Colt's followers were almost all on foot.
He was a favourite with the keepers of pot-houses, and had enlisted a strong body of porters and chairmen.

The two parties, after exchanging a good deal of abuse, came to blows.

The adherents of the ministers were victorious, put the adverse mob to the rout, and cudgelled Colt himself into a muddy ditch.

The poll was taken in Westminster Hall.

From the first there was no doubt of the result.