The Virginia Gazette

An account of what passed yesterday on his Majesty's going to the House of Peers: Mr. Sayre's commitment to the tower having raised the curiosity of the public to an extravagant pitch, Westminster streets were crowded by 11 in the morning. On Tuesday a hand bill, signed, "A Poor Mechanic," was distributed in great numbers, which produced an answer on the following day, intimating that the magistrates had provided effectual means to apprehend, and bring to justice, persons attempting to violate the laws. Fifty thousand of these last papers were distributed. Sir John Fielding's advertisement combined with the above circumstances to make people imagine something very extraordinary was to happen. The Middlesex justices attended at the house of the Guildhall, Westminster, at an early hour, and about 50 of their constables were stationed in the Court-room. Another large body of constables placed themselves at the door of the Swan tavern, Westminster-bridge. At a quarter before one o'clock a body of about 40 constables passed through the Park to the Palace; and by this time the number of people, in the Park only, could not be less than 25,000; but their looks spoke peace and good humour; nothing like treason, or misprision of treason.---His Majesty left the Palace about two; and the procession was in the following order: Two horse grenadiers, with swords drawn, to clear the way; three state coaches and six, filled with Noblemen and Gentlemen in waiting; a body of horse guards; trumpets; a body of yeomen of the guards; fourteen of his Majesty's footmen, two and two; his Majesty's coach, drawn by eight cream-coloured horses, with footmen on each side; a party of horse guards, followed by the constables almost under the heels of the horses. All was quiet in the Park, save a few faint hisses, and a few still fainter huzzas. At the door of the Parliament House a little hissing. When the King arrived, the guns at Lambeth were fired, and again on his leaving the House; and during the period of his being there, two of the horse guards paraded Parliament street to see that all was quiet. His Majesty was in the House just 20 minutes, and he returned as peaceably as he went. The whole number of the people assembled on this occasion were estimated at sixty thousand.

If his Majesty had been taken into custody yesterday, it must have been by the Ladies; for there were five women to three men, the Park through.