How far the scheme of the present mob extended, when it first collected, is hard to say; but upon leaving Mr. _Story_’s, they proceed to the house of Mr. _Benj. Hallowell_, comptroller of the customs for Boston; and to the repetition of similar excesses to what have been just committed, add the drinking and destroying of liquors in the cellars, the taking away of wearing apparel, the breaking open of desk and drawers, and the carrying off thirty pounds sterling in money. Many being now inflamed with liquor, and numbers having joined them, they become more riotous, and are ready for any mischief. They hurry away to Mr. _Hutchinson_’s house with the rage of madmen. He sends off his children, bars his doors and windows, and means to remain; but is soon under the necessity of withdrawing, first to one house, then to another, where he continues till four in the morning, by which time one of the best finished houses in the colony, has nothing remaining but the bare walls and floors. Gentlemen of the army, who have seen towns sacked by an enemy, declare they never before saw an instance of such fury. The rioters carry off about nine hundred pounds sterling, beside plate, family pictures, household furniture of every kind, and the apparel of the lieutenant governor, his children and servants.—They also empty the house of every thing whatsoever, except a part of the kitchen furniture; and scatter or destroy all the manuscripts and other papers he has been collecting for thirty years back, beside a great number of public papers in his custody. The loss of papers is irreparable.