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414 kirby’s wonderful museum.
had told him he totally declined having any thing to say in
it, and it was my doing only; I said, ( do not deceive these
men, that is very wrong of you ;’ I asked him, if Mr. Rus-
sel did not tell him he would advertise to this effect ? I be-
gan to be afraid, and, as many of them came about me, 1
left them.
“ Nothing happened after, till Wednesday night, that was the
20th, about seven in the evening ■, then I saw a great many
of these coal-heavers assembling together, about 3 or 400
yards from my house, going up Gravel-lane. I shut up as
fast as I could, and told my wife to get out of the house as
fast as she could with her children ; accordingly, she went
away with the child that was asleep in the cradle ; Gilber-
thorp was in the house drinking a pint of beer, (I did not
know his name then) ; said I, 4 brother Tarpawling, (he is
a seafaring man), I am afraid I shall have a desperate at-
tack to-night, from what I have heard; will you stand by
me, and give me all the assistance you can ?’ 4 Yes,’ said
he, ‘ that I will.’ When the house was secured, backwards
and forwards, I went up stairs; some stones had broke some
windows there; I believe some of them had thrown stones
and run away; I heard them call out, 4 Wilkes and liberty;’
I saw the neighbours lighting up candles ; I said to my maid,
4 for God’s sake, take and light up candles, for these people
shall have no occasion at all to use me ill.’ I went to the
window, and begged of them to desist, and said, if they knew
any thing particular of me, I was ready to resolve any thing
they wanted to know. Seeing 1 could not defend myself, I
disguised, myself, and put on an old watch-coat and a Dutch
cap, and went down stairs, in order to get a magistrate to
come and prevent my house from being pulled down ; I had
one Dunderdale, a shoemaker, that lodged in my house, he
went down with me ; when I can^ down to the back door, I
heard them threaten they would have me and my life; I then
found it impossible to get out of the house; I ran up stairs then,
had told him he totally declined having any thing to say in
it, and it was my doing only; I said, ( do not deceive these
men, that is very wrong of you ;’ I asked him, if Mr. Rus-
sel did not tell him he would advertise to this effect ? I be-
gan to be afraid, and, as many of them came about me, 1
left them.
“ Nothing happened after, till Wednesday night, that was the
20th, about seven in the evening ■, then I saw a great many
of these coal-heavers assembling together, about 3 or 400
yards from my house, going up Gravel-lane. I shut up as
fast as I could, and told my wife to get out of the house as
fast as she could with her children ; accordingly, she went
away with the child that was asleep in the cradle ; Gilber-
thorp was in the house drinking a pint of beer, (I did not
know his name then) ; said I, 4 brother Tarpawling, (he is
a seafaring man), I am afraid I shall have a desperate at-
tack to-night, from what I have heard; will you stand by
me, and give me all the assistance you can ?’ 4 Yes,’ said
he, ‘ that I will.’ When the house was secured, backwards
and forwards, I went up stairs; some stones had broke some
windows there; I believe some of them had thrown stones
and run away; I heard them call out, 4 Wilkes and liberty;’
I saw the neighbours lighting up candles ; I said to my maid,
4 for God’s sake, take and light up candles, for these people
shall have no occasion at all to use me ill.’ I went to the
window, and begged of them to desist, and said, if they knew
any thing particular of me, I was ready to resolve any thing
they wanted to know. Seeing 1 could not defend myself, I
disguised, myself, and put on an old watch-coat and a Dutch
cap, and went down stairs, in order to get a magistrate to
come and prevent my house from being pulled down ; I had
one Dunderdale, a shoemaker, that lodged in my house, he
went down with me ; when I can^ down to the back door, I
heard them threaten they would have me and my life; I then
found it impossible to get out of the house; I ran up stairs then,