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About one o'clock the doors of 
the gallery were opened, and it 
was instantly filled. The © pas- 
sages meanwhile continued crowd- 
ed, and: an order given to clear 
them was executed with difficulty. 
The avenue to the House through 
Westminster Hall wasthen closed, 
and a strong party of constables 
was placed at each door, leaving 
the portico passage, opposite 
Westminster Abbey, the only one 
open for the admission of mem- 
bers. This passage. was filled 
with constables, who had strict 
orders to permit no strangers to 
pass. 
The persons who were thus 
forced to quit the lobby and pas- 
sages, took post on the outside of 
the House. In these groups there 
were several who were well ac- 
quainted with the persons of many 
leading members of both Houses, 
and who pointed them out as they 
came down to attend their duty— 
“That is lord Grenville—that 
lord Stanhope—that the chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer,”—and 
hooting or applause followed as 
the member passing was known 
to be friendly or unfriendly to the 
Corn Bill. Meanwhile loud shouts 
of “ No Corn Bill !? raised with- 
out the House, were distinctly 
heard within it. . For some time 
the groups confined themselves 
to these manifestations of plea- 
sure or displeasure. At length 
many of: the carriages of the 
members were stopped, and the 
members were forced to walk 
through the crowd amidst hoot- 
ing and hissing. The civil power 
was ‘now: deemed insufficient for 
the protection of the members, 
and the Magistrates having ap-~ 
plied to the Speaker, received an 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1815. 
order to call in the military toact 
under the civil power. 
Several members in their ap- 
proach to the House of Com- 
mons were placed in considerable 
danger. . Among these were the 
Attorney-general, Mr. Croker, 
and Sir R. Heron, The latter 
gentleman had one of the skirts 
of his coat torn off in the tumult. 
The military had succeeded in 
suppressing the tumult near the 
House, and the immediate vicinity 
remained clear during the rest of 
the night: but the populace, 
driven from this scene, repaired 
to other parts of the town. 
About 10 o’clock they proceed- 
ed to lord Eldon’s, in Bedford- 
square. The mob tore up some 
of the iron railings before his 
lordship’s door, and. these were 
used as weapons to force an en- 
trance. This they soon effected, 
and after breaking every pane of 
glass within their reach, destroyed 
such of the furniture as they 
could lay hold of. The military 
at the Museum had been sent for, 
and got into the house by the 
back way, but the work of de- 
struction. was so rapidly carried 
on, that the mischief had been 
done before they arrived. Soon 
after eleven, a party of the Horse 
Guards came, and the mob soon 
dispersed. .Two were taken into 
custody in the house. 
Mr. Robinson’s House.—Not less 
the object of their fury was, Mr. 
Robinson’s, because he had intro- 
duced the . Corn , regulations. 
Having supposed his residence to 
be .in Charles-street, St. James’s- 
square, they went. thither, and 
did not leave the street till they 
learned he had removed to Bur- 
lington-street. As soon as they 
