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broken to pieces. Sir William 
Rowley’s, at No. 34, in the same 
street shared the same fate. 
In no one instance did these 
destroying parties exceed fifty in 
number. Acting in detachments 
they distracted and deluded the 
attention of the guards; for al- 
though the scene of last night’s 
operations does not exceed the cir- 
cumference of half a mile, the 
whole of the mischief was effected 
in the momentary absence of the 
military. It is in this manner 
only that we can account for the 
havock which took place in 
Mansfield-street, Portland-place. 
—Lord Bathurst, one of his Ma- 
jesty’s Principal Secretaries of 
State, lives in this street, and thi- 
ther the mob repaired, venting 
their fury on the front of that, 
and the adjoining houses of lady 
Denny Floyd, and Thomas Hun- 
ter, esq. 
In the-city there was some ap- 
pearance of a disposition to riot. 
After dark a mob collected sud- 
denly in the vicinity of Finsbury- 
square, whence they proceeded 
down Chiswell-street to Mr. Whit- 
bread’s brewhouse, where they 
destroyed the windows with a 
shower of stones, and instantly 
dispersed, having heard that some 
military were at hand. 
Shortly after the house of com- 
mons adjourned, a great body of 
people proceeded down St. Mar- 
tin’s-lane exclaiming against the 
Corn Bill, and threatening de- 
struction to those by whom it was 
supported. The crowd increased 
as it advanced towards the House 
of Commons, where the rioters 
learned, much to their dissatis- 
faction, that an adjournment had 
taken place. Being disappointed 
in the expectation of meeting any 
of the obnoxious members, they 
commenced an attack on the win- 
dows of that part of the House of 
Commons which faces St. Mar- 
garet’s church. The constables 
being unable to repel them, a 
messenger was dispatched to the 
horse guards for assistance. On 
the arrival of a troop of horse, 
the populace retreated with pre- 
cipitation into St. Margaret’s 
church-yard, where they amused 
themselves with hooting the sol- 
diery, and vociferating curses on 
the Corn bill. 
8.— About ten o’clock at night, 
the work of devastation began 
again. A small party of the po- 
pulace made a slight attack upon 
lord Castlereagh’s house, in St. 
James’s-square, but they had only 
broken a few windows when the 
cavalry arrived, and they dispers- 
ed. They next proceeded to Mr. 
Ponsonby’s house, No. 19, in Cur- 
zon-street, May-fair, with their 
numbers increasing on their way. 
On their arrival at Mr. Ponson- 
by’s they presented a very for- 
midable force. They instantly 
commenced a furious attack upon 
the house, demolished the win- 
dows, and broke the iron palisades 
in front. During this, some firing 
began from the inside of the house, 
through the door, while the mob 
were endeavouring to break it 
open. The door is much injured 
by the bullets which were fired 
through it, but we have not heard 
that any person was hurt. The 
house of Mr. Quintin Dick, next 
door to Mr. Ponsonby’s, is also 
considerably injured from the 
misdirection of the stone-throw- 
ers. Ina few minutes the cavalry 
made their appearance, and the 
