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NECO.723.009
4-11 Mar 1723:21 (84)
The extraordinary disturbance made at Mr. Gatchell's Dancing
School in Hanover-Street, may be thought worth taking notice
of in your paper. On Thursday the 28th of February, a
company of young lads, who were deny'd admittance, after
firing several volleys of oaths and curses, threatening to
kill Mr. Gatchell, and using abundance of obscene discourse
not fit to be mention'd, they fell upon the glass windows,
shatter'd them all to pieces, & broke one of the iron bars.
On Monday night last 10 of them were brought before a
Justice of the Peace, who was oblig'd to remove from his
house to the Town-House, by reason of the great concourse of
people. The lads owned they were there, but denyed the
fact: However, several witnesses being sworn against them,
they were bound over to answer it at the Sessions. 'Tis now
grown too common for our children and youth to swear and
curse in the streets, and to abuse with foul language, not
only one another, but their superiors; And this growing
wickedness is certainly in a great measure owing to the many
servants brought from other countries, who seldom fail of
ruining most of the children in the families where they
live. But I leave others to propose a method for preventing
or punishing these enormities, and remain, Sir, your humble
servant, &c.
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