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And what a figure fhould he cut in flory,
To mix with fuch a rabble-rout,
Who fought for plunder, not for glory,
And fo indignantly fold out?

The murd'rous fcenes of war and cruelty,
No mortal hated half fo much as he,
From thefe he welcom'd his release
With hypocritic cant, and downcaft eyes,
He then applies,

For leave to ferve the Prince of Peace.
This maxim, fir, he did not want to know,
If for a fon you've got

One that can scarce repeat his criss-cross-row,
A ftupid blockhead, or abandon'd fot;
He'll do to carry the religious farce on,
Has he grimace?

Size to ace,

He'll make a special parfon.

Impoffible, alike 'tis to explain,

The various fprings that move the human will,
That make men humble, proud, capricious, vain;
As to discover, why in room of skill,

Of right found judgment, and an honest soul,
A vote, a pretty coufin, a fmooth tongue
Well taught in adulating phrafe to roll,

To gild o'er falfhood, and make right of wrong, Why these prevail, why, with quick wing fhould glide,

Honours to fuch, from all that's good and great;
Which in old time right reverend implied,
While piety now ftarves at my lord's gate?
To leave thefe paradoxes to the wife,
View now our hero made a dignitary,
Mutt'ring in folemn form, and prieftly guife,
A Paternofter or an Ave Mary.

But when by ufual methods he attain'd
The ruler's chair (by court-intrigue I mean)
His flaming zeal for truth and virtue feign'd,
Vanish'd at once, and then outfhone the d-
Pride for his equals, meanness for the great,
Contempt for all beneath him was his rule,
Learning he laughed at, honour held a cheat,
Virtue grimace, and honefty a tool.

More ignorance he, than ever Goth could boaft, More impudence than modern infidel,

Like him to teach was what he fancied most, Vol. III.

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As he like him, was qualified fo well. And when to fhew his part forfooth, fo long He roars his fenfelefs jargon in the ear, Poor orthodoxy blufhes for his tongue, Left chance fome fcoffing nonconformist hear, And thus exclaim, "This, this a priest, a D"Well manag'd church which fuch a one employs! "Here the refemblance of yon bell is feen, "Huge bulk, like Tom, with emptinefs and noife." Chrift-Church, OxfordRALPH SCUDAMORE

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For the POLITICAL REGISTER.

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Wfd, or, The New Teacher.

Humbly infcribed to the Followers of that New Reformer.

O the ignorant croud, thus a Methodist rav'd,

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"First deserve to be damn'd e'er you hope to be fav'd, "The great purpose of heaven fmall fins may defeat,

""Tis the weight of your crimes, makes the mercy complete;
"And the pow'r of your mafter, more amply is fhewn,
"When the devil has mark'd every man as his own.
But this quack in religion, appears to have stole,
From a quack of the body, a hint for the foul;
The great Mifaubin, thus (once fam'd for his skill)
'Till the p-x was confirm'd, would refuse

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ALIQUIS.

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The Trial of Samuel Gillam, Efq; at the Old Bailey, for the wilful murder of William Redburn, who was killed in St. George's Fields on the 10th of May, 1768.

John Taylor. I live in High-street, Mile-end, New-town, I am a journeyman weaver, William Redburn was the fame; he lived in High-street, I lived next door but one to him; he and I went home about two o'clock in the afternoon, on Tuesday the 10th of May, we were going to Westminster, we went over London-bridge through St. George's fields. It might want about a quarter of three o'clock when we got there; the horse guards were just come ; they were clearing the people out of the fields, for that reason we ftaid. We ftopped in the caufeway towards the Haymarket, I believe fifty yards or better from the foldiers when they fired. The King's-bench prifon I believe may be about an hundred yards more. We might be from the foot foldiers about fifty yards. The horfe were mixed; they had been in and cleared the people out of the fields. We ftopped about five or fix minutes, and in that time there were two or three foot foldiers fired. I faw no rioting, and nothing done in the time I ftood there. I was not there above five or fix minutes before the firing was. We did not continue there in the whole above five or fix minutes. When two or three of the foldiers fired off, Redburn faid to me, Taylor, let us go; we came out of the causeway into the road, our backs were towards the foldiers. We turned our backs, and in that time he received a ball. I cannot fay the exact time when he received it, because a great many people were running; when he stopped he told me he was wounded; I looked down, and faw the blood upon his ftocking: he was wounded in the hind part of the thigh; it was at the time he was running I believe, but I cannot justly fay, I did not know it till the time he stopped; I had not power to help him along, though a great many did; he went to a furgeon in Blackman-street. The furgeon probed the wound, it went in behind and came out before; I was told the ball was found in his breeches, but I did not fee it. There was a great concourfe of people; they were ftanding, looking on, I faw nothing elfe. I cannot fay I faw Mr. Gillam. I was looking at the foldiers and the mob. I did not fee any thing at all between the foldiers and the mob previous to the firing. I did not fee the mcb do any thing, I did not fee any body make any disturbance during the whole time I was there; it was but a fhort time I was there.

Crofs examined. What number of people might be there I cannot tell; there was a valt number. Before we fet out I did hear there was a mobbing. I was at home when I heard it. We went that way for a walk, we did not mean to ftop. All was very quiet

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Richard Nicholl. I am a rope-maker by bufinefs, and a conftable of St. George the Martyr; I was potted at the King's-bench prifon the 10th of May, I came there at half an hour past two in the afternoon. I was posted near the door, near Mr. Gillam. I

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was there between two and three, but that was not the first time I I came firit between ten and eleven. I was walking about. There was a vast quantity of people, a thousand or more for what I know. The folders, when I first came, were up against the King's-bench, they were foot foldiers. The horse came about two in the afternoon. When I first came down before the King's-bench I went nigh the brick wall; Mr. Ponton faid, there was a paper ftuck up against the prifon wall, he defired the paper might be taken down; Mr. Latham the conftable took it down; soon after the people cried out, "Give us the paper," and throwed ftones at us. This was between eleven and twelve, as nigh as I can guess. At the juftices and conftables, as they went towards the marshal's houfe, this throwing of ftones continued, from the time of the taking down the paper till they got to the marshal's houfe; the justices and conftables went in there for foldiers, as I believe; after they had got into the houfe the people kept on throwing ftones, I ftood. at the door, the people kept throwing ftones very much, fome of the fiones paffed me as I flood on the step, and went in at the door, as the door flood open. The throwing of ftones might continue about four or five minutes. Windows were not broke at that time, I did not fee any, they just went through; there is a way through the houfe, and there was a guard of foldiers, they came from behind the houfe, and the guard of foldiers came after them; they came from behind round to the front of the houfe. There were three juices there I believe, Mr. Ponton, Mr. Gillam, and another, I do not know the other indeed; when they came round the houfe, the people began to halloo, and cry out for the paper, and kept throwing of ftones till the juftices came round again from behind the houfe, and after that they threw ftones again; upon that Mr. Gillam, Mr. Ponton, and the other gentleman, drawed up to read the Riot-Act, and while they were reading it, or were going to read it, the mob of people heaved flones at the juftices; I faw one ftone cut a ferjeant's lip, and another ftruck Mr. Ponton upon the breaft. Mr. Gillam was endeavouring to read the RiotAct; after that they came from there, and marched the foldiers half way down the brick wall. I cannot fay I did hear him read the Riot-Act; there they halted; there was a man hallooing out, Wilkes and liberty for ever! He was in the field facing the brick wall, about five yards from it; upon that I was ordered to take hold of him. I believe it was Mr. Ponton's voice ordered me, it was one of the juftices; I went towards the man; getting within ten yards of him I faw him run, I looked over my left hand, and faw an officer and fome foldiers running after him; I faw them as far as the Haymarket, then I loft fight of him; that is all I know of that part, this was near twelve o'clock. About one I was ftanding near the road, where were fomé foldiers polted; the people behaved very riotous, they throwed flones at the foldiers, fo that the foldiers could not keep their posts for them; Mr. Gillam was there, he begged of the people to difperfe a ad go about their bulineis, he told them the Riot Act had been read, fome people there faid,

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"D-n you, we do not believe the Riot-A&t has been read." Mr. Gillam faid, "If I thought that would appeafe you I would read it again." Upon that he took a pocket-book out of his pocket, and called out filence, and read it again, I heard him read it; the people came round about him, they were pretty filent at that time, and afterwards he begged of them again to difperfe. This was about three or fourfcore yards from the prifon door, about forty yards from the wall, this was about one o'clock. In talking to them and reading the Act might be about half an hour. There might be eight or nine hundred round him for what I know, there was a vaft many. No cry in particular that I know of among the mob except the men crying out, "D-n you, we will not beFieve you." Between two and three o'clock, as I was standing by the King's-bench, Mr. Gillam faid to me, "Conftable, go with me." I went with him to the foldiers, they were pofted near a road; when we got there he begged of the people to disperse, he told them the Riot-Act had been read, and they were every foul liable of being taken up; while he was begging of them to dif perfe they threw ftones at the foldiers, Mr. Gillam, and me, as we food altogether; Mr. Gillam faid, then, for God's fake, good people, go away, if I fee any more ftones throwed I will order the guards to fire; while he was fo faying a stone came and hit him over the head, about the temple, it caufed him to reel three or four yards backwards; and when he recovered himself, or foon after, I heard him fay, "Fire." The foldiers were then in two rows, they fell back a few paces into four rows, and then fired. I do not know whether there were four or fix in front; after they had fired the horse rode down and fired, fome of them were at the further part of the field, they came riding up to the fame place where the foot had fired. The Riot-Act had been read above an hour the fecond time; it was above an hour and a half after the fecond time, as near as I can guefs. I heard no order for the horfe to fire; after they had fired I faw a man fit upon the ground wounded in the path-way, he held his hand upon his thigh, I faw blood in his hand and it ran down. How that man was dreffed I do not know, they faid he was a weaver. I was pretty near the foldiers when they fired. The two firft rows fired first, then afterwards the two fecond rows fired, there might be a quarter of a minute between. A good many perfons were taken up. None that I saw were rescued. Yet they would not difperfe.

William Abbot. I am a conftable of St. Olave's, and live in the Maze-pond, Southwark; I was at the King's-bench prison on 'the roth of May, there were a great number of people gathered together; I came there without my staff. Mr. Ponton asked me where my staff was; I went home and got it, and came back about one. There was a tone, or fomething or other, came and hit Mr. GilIam upon the head, between two and three. I was in the fields near Mr. Gillam. Some of the mob did throw it, I cannot fay who, the stone made him ftagger; prefently after that fomebody gave order to fire, I heard it, but who it was I cannot fay. I did

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