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(2°) ings in a riot. In anticipation of this contingency, soldiers had been kept in readiness. One of these, in the midst of the uproar, bayonetted a man of the name of Allen, who had taken no part in the disturb- ance. Notwithstanding the verdict of ‘ wilful murder’ which the jury brought in against the soldier, he was rewarded with a pension; and special thanks were conveyed to the soldiery by the Secretary for War for the manner in which they had behaved. It was with difficulty that the mob was restrained from tearing the offending soldier to pieces—his chief crime consisting in the fact of his being a Scotchman. Over Allen’s grave a tombstone was raised, with an inscription describing him as ‘An Englishman of unspotted life and amiable disposition, who was in- humanly murdered by the Scottish detachment in the Army.’ However unpleasant Wilkes’ enforced seclusion may have been, it was mitigated by the innumerable marks of kindness he received from his friends, by visits from leading politicians, and last, though not least, by large sums of money bestowed upon him by some of the greatest gentlemen and ladies in the land. The City itself testified its approval by electing him an alderman. Twelve days after his expulsion Wilkes again offered himself from his prison as a candidate for Middlesex ; but on his election the House of Com-