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members who support the Corn 
Bill, were very numerous; but 
the frequent appearance of the 
military amongst them, kept them 
in a state of tolerable quiet.— 
Guards were stationed at the 
door of the lord Chancellor; horse 
and foot soldiers paraded St. 
James’s and Berkeley-squares, 
where reside lord Castlereagh and 
lord Darnley ; and indeed mili- 
tary patroles were seen last night 
in most of the streets of the west 
end of the town. About seven 
o’clock, before the soldiers had 
arrived at lord Castlereagh’s a 
mob, consisting of not above 40 
or 50 persons, broke the lower 
windows of his house, and then 
walked leisurely away. We have, 
however, to lament a melancholy 
occurrence which took place op- 
posite to the house of Mr. Robin- 
son. 
It has been mentioned that the 
windows of the house of that 
gentleman had been completely 
demolished on Monday night ; on 
this night, the street in which he 
lives was almost the only one un- 
protected by the military, who 
were so numerously dispersed in 
most other places, The conse-~ 
quence was, that a mob was able 
to assemble, which between nine 
and ten o’clock proceeded to fur- 
ther mischief, by flinging large 
stones at the shutters: some sol- 
diers, who, it now appeared, had 
been stationed in the parlours, 
fired from the windows; seven 
shots were distinctly heard, but 
five of them were supposed to be 
the report. of blank cartridges. 
One shot, however unfortunately: 
took effect, and aman was. seen 
to fall. Thecrowdthen dispersed; 
the person who was struck was 
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taken up and carried to Mr. Ker 
rison’s, the surgeon, but he was 
found to be quite lifeless, having 
been shot through the head. The 
body was thentaken to St. James's 
infirmary to be owned, No card 
or letter was discovered about the 
deceased which could lead to a 
knowledge of his name or situa- 
tion ; but from the buttons on his 
coat, it is conjectured that he was 
a naval officer, 
Baker-street, Portman-square.— 
Arriving here about nine o'clock, 
they. immediately began their at- 
tack on the house of Samuel Ste- 
phens, esq. late M. P.: for St. 
Ives. Mr. Stephens has not been 
in town these nine months. His 
house in Baker-street being left 
in the care of an elderly female 
servant, the mob met with no re- 
sistance, and the doors and win- 
dows in front, together with the 
iron railway of the area, were to= 
tally demolished. From Baker- 
street, the mob proceeded to 
No. 38, Harley-street, where, 
evidently by mistake, the house 
of Mrs, Sampson, a most respect- 
able and inoffensive lady, was the 
object of their fury—doors, win- 
dows, and iron railings, all were 
broken and demolished, before 
Mrs, Sampson or her domestics 
had time to consult their safety 
by retreat. From Harley-street 
this division of the mob proceed< 
ed to 
Portland-place, but here the mi- 
litary were collected in sufficient 
numbers to disperse them... Other 
detachments, however, had begun 
the work of destruction at 
No 19, Wimpole-street, the re= 
sidence of lord King, of which 
every pane of glass was smashed, 
and the window-frames and doors 
