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sword and after leaving the Governor in close arrest marched off his victorious Banditti in triumph, the prison door was then thrown open and Mr McArthur liberated, this Refractory Gentleman was confined for Contempt to Court and refusing to pay a fine, the soldiers and the mob then placed him in a Chair and carried him about the Town in a disorderly triumphant manner. The Bellman was then ordered to summon the Inhabitants to assemble in order to subribe money to defray the expence of two Delegates Messrs Charles Grimes and William Minchin to proceed to England to impeach the Governor. The Self Created Governor Johnston then proceeded to liberate the Delinquents who were in Confinement and by his Proclamation to make null and void the acts of the Courts of Indicature. The evening was ushered in with a blaze of illuminations and Bonfires and so disgracefull scene of drunkenness and Excess unprecedented.
Justice calls aloud for the Insurgents to be brought to the bar without delay, so that His Majesty's Colony may be freed from Anarchy and their fate be a lesson in future times.
Henry Irvines Washington
Grafton Street