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their cap?, 'fcateerlng money am.ongt} the rabble, and crying out down with the to?fiimtioners; down with theWhigs ? no G--e; Jn --- s forever? Orrn?td, ?}dingbroke, d?. _ It fortunately happened that none of the conflitu. rionets were much hfirt; butit is believed that they' would all have been mafficred, if they had not fled u?n the fir? .affault, and efcaped to their colleges through the back-door of the'tavern. As Coon as it was known that the gentle. men of the club had found a way to e�capei the urnted rab- ble of fcholars and townlinen proceeded next to dif-. charge their fury upon the windows of thole few' houtes that either happened to be illuminated, or were known tobetong to. Whig i?habitants. Belldes this a Presbyterian meetmgohouie was gutted, and tlemolifl?'d, 'and fryetel other enormous outrages were committed. The next day was fpent in triumph by the Tories; for th? vi?ory they had obtain'd over the eonjtitu- tioa. elt?b. Every one was ambitiousof being thought an ac%r in the Riots, though there w. ere few of the rioters, who, 'after roaring and hooting the-night before, had voice enough left to tell oF their mad exploits. But as far as they had proceeded in their violent and rebelIious defigns, it t?:ems they had n6t yet fully accomplifh'd them; it was therefore pubX lickly given lout, that the g!orioas work which left unfinifl? rt the left night, fhould be renew'd and cornpleated the next. Accordingly, about fix of the clock in the eV'eh;; ing, the fireets were again crowded with fch?I?s and others, who for iome time went about:; town, repeatit?g the above-mention'd feditiou?crie{i till hearin th,{t �ome gentlemen of the eo.nfliitii ttor,.d#b were ?elterd m OrielCollege, ? was mecliately refohred to demo!i(h that college. Vote. II. G ?. -.