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with white sticks; they made at-
tacks on the barracks, and were
always drove back; always when
a fresh party came from the
north part of the town, they
made a new attack; there were
about five or six different at-
tacks made; saw a large man
with a red cloak and white wig;
they gathered round him, and he
spoke two or threes minutes, and
they gave some different cheers
for the Main Guard; they said
they ‘would do for the soldiers.

Archibald Bowman, Saw &
number of people hallooing fire,
fire, in different quarters; nur-
bers ingniring where the fire
was; they gathered in a large
body; some went up by way of
the post-office, some went up the
lane the pump, and some
came down forcibly aa if chased;
they whistled through their fin
gers and cried fire; observed a
gentleman with a red cloak and
white wig; the crowd gathered
round him; they staid a little
while with him, and then drew
off and hbuzzaed and then dis-
persed.

John Cookson, Was at the
Green Dragon on evening of 5th
March} heard ringing of the
bella; some one said it was not
fire, but a rumpus.

Wittiom Strong. On evening.

of the Sth of March was at Mr.”

Marston’s; we heard the ery of
fire; some said we will go out
and see where the fire is; went
and saw several people running
to and fro; asked what the mat-
ter was; they said a soldier had
kitted a boy; some people said,
“We will go back again and get
our sticks; saw a number of peo-
ple running up to King street;
‘one of them struck the ground
with his stick and shivered it;

the people encroached on the
sentinel; he retreated back and
they went forward; at last I saw
him go on the steps of the Cus-
tom-house, and they went closer,
and he set his back to the door
and loaded; heard the ball go
down distinctly; about ninety or
more people were there. Tho
generality of them were young
men; he presented his gun, and
said, “Keep off or I will fire
Upon you”; the reply was, “Fire,
fire and be damned;” thers was
a man standing by me; he had
the butt end of a bat in his hand,
and said he would throw it at
the sentinel; I said, “Do not, for
he will fire at whatever place it
comes from”;

William Dizon. Went to the
balcony, and saw people going
up that alley where the barrack
are; they increased from the
North end to pretty large num-
bere; then gathered together in
8 crowd opposite to where I
stood, and huzzaed for the main

John Gillespie. On the evening
of 5th of March I met not less
than fifty people, with white
sticks in their hands, in emall
parcels; somebody said there was
fire; met Mr. Fleeming’s man
coming back, and he said it was
no fire, but the soldiera and in-
habitants fighting; eaw two en-
gines, and the people putting
their’ buekets and b bags in peo-
ple’s houses; inquired where the
fire was; got the same auswer,
no fire, but the soldiers and in-
habitants fighting.

Thomas Knight. On 5th of
March heard the bells ring, which
T took for fire; ran to the door;
the people were passing pretty
thick, aome with buckets, some
with bags, and numbers with