question was not conducted with more discipline and
judgment.

On this occasion, as well as on that of the preceding day, the same
person who acted as the popular leader was present, dressed as before,
in a sash, and peaked cap that concealed the greater portion of his
countenance, which was, besides, otherwise disguised. On arriving at the
defaulter's house, this man took off his sash, lest it might make him a
more conspicuous object for the police, in case of a recounter, and put
it into his pocket, from which one end of it, however, protruded. Two
other leaders held subordinate rank under him, a circumstance which
gave to the whole proceedings a character of premeditated concert, and
deliberation.

From the house of the defaulter, the police, encircling the
process-server, proceeded in a certain direction to a place called
Tennison's Gate; but so closely were they now pressed upon by the
multitude that they were obliged to keep them off with their bayonets.
Their threats, their increasing numbers, and their irrepressible fury,
now excited such alarm in the minds of the police, that one of them,
calling to his officer, entreated him to take them into the open field,
where alone their arms could afford them protection; or if not, he
added, that they must fall a sacrifice to the vengeance of their
enemies. At that instant, two or three of the leaders of the people were
in commotion with that gentleman, one of them resting his hand upon
his horse's neck, and the other so close to him that his words could be
distinctly heard.

"Captain G----s," said the latter, "don't be afraid--meek yourself
aisy--not a hair of your head, nor any of the police, will be touched;
we only want the process-server; let him be given up, and you will be
safe."

"Sooner than give him up to you," he replied, "we will, every man of us,
part with our lives. Sacrifice us you may, but we will never surrender
our charge."

Instead, however, of following the sound advice of one of his own men,
the chief constable, credulous to infatuation, allowed the infuriated
body, by which he and his men were surrounded, still to press in upon
him, without taking those precautions which common sense, coolness, and
the insecurity of his position, should have dictated.

By the time they had passed the place called Tennison's Gate, a large
body had collected in their front, blocking up the road they had to
pass, and which would have conducted, them in a differ