Colepepper's wife declared that she and her husband went in danger of their lives, and that their house had been assaulted by ruffians in the Cavendish livery.

Devonshire replied that he had been fired at from Colepepper's windows.

This was vehemently denied.

A pistol, it was owned, loaded with gunpowder, had been discharged.

But this had been done in a moment of terror merely for the purpose of alarming the Guards.