Sir G. Grey has suddenly become energetic. He had issued
instructions calculated to prevent the rowdy riots which disgrace Guildford on Guy Fawkes Day ; but the " roughs" threatened to disobey them. Respectable inhabitants were " marked," and the police would have been overborne. The Home Secretary, being informed of the facts, resolved that the law should for once be re- spected, and 50 Dragoons and 150 men of H.M.'s 37th Foot were ordered into the town. Orders were issued to arrest any oneusing fire- works, the High Street was kept by the military, and up to eight p.m. on the 5th the " roughs " had failed to obtain their expected enjoy- ment. The use of soldiers in. this style is unusual; but Guildford is often given up to its blackguards, and a reminder that the law has physical force on its side will do them no harm. For the future we trust the borough will see the expediency of keeping up a decent police force, at least until its inhabitants have acquired some touch of civilization.
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