by
men brandishing swords and and his fold
pinioned,
his arms
daffers, chain matched from his
neck. The Neverend ME. Stanton and Mt.
Martin pirceiving that Mr. Jackson
was not
following returned to aid him and were themselves
leized; One of the assailants thrust a
dagger at Mr.
Martin's breast, two endeavoured to throw him on
And
while
the fround pockets were rifled
with Mr. Jackson
struggling
with them his
The
pursued
same course was
and Mr. Stanton. The latter
lost his watch, the former still retained his, but
every thing
was taken. The assailants then
left
else
us but the persons on the wall followed
us
for
some time hurling large stones and using menacing festivres and opprobrious language.
Proceeding louthward beneath the
again
wall to reach the river side, we were
"wed and attacked by another party; M?
fallowed Jackie res
received a violent blow on his chest, and : a roof was torn up to furnish large sticks to the
assailants.
assailants. In this attack Nor. Jackson
deprived of his watch; at one time the people
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tvas
our clothes were torn and
were
disposed to strip
us
No resistance was offered, it was
1.opeless to have attempted it, not only by reason of the numbers
and weapons of the multitude but also on account
of the attack on us along the walls.
our own
The
from the watch tower and
outrage
was
entirely unprovoked
official character and the presence of a
Minister of Religion
was a guarantee for
peaceful conduct and had his presence not ustramed Mr. Jackson and Mr Martin, bloodshed might probably have ensued. Reaching
a more populous part of the suburbs, we neeted a moment and then proceeded home but not unfrequently hearing opprobrious epithets
mingled with cries of "Kill them, Kill them."
Europe would
From
no
Nation in
British Subjects suffer this treatment; there
Can