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 ¬streets we got into a situation to me so per- fectly new and terrific, that I suffered more from fear than I thought it manly to express ; an universal tumult and conflict having taken place, which I of course considered to be a violent sedition, if not the beginning of a revo- lution in the government. — The carriages were driven violently against each other, their drivers assaulting their opponents with the utmost fury. I can liken it indeed to nothing but what we read of in our earliest histories, when the ancient Britons used to rush to battle in their chariots. — The contest at last became so violent that I could no longer conceal my alarm, and said quite plainly to my friend, that though nothing was further from my wish than to detach him from his duty in the service of his country, yet that being myself an entire stranger to Armata and its concerns, I neither wished to take any part in its internal divisions, nor to expose my person on either side. — I en- treated therefore to be let down without delay, as I should take the chance of finding out his ¬house ¬