Those officers who attempted to restrain the rioters were overpowered and disarmed.

At length the chiefs of the insurrection established some order, and marched out of Ipswich at the head of their adherents.

The little army consisted of about eight hundred men.

They had seized four pieces of cannon, and had taken possession of the military chest, which contained a considerable sum of money.

At the distance of half a mile from the town a halt was called: a general consultation was held; and the mutineers resolved that they would hasten back to their native country, and would live and die with their rightful King.