seven o’clock
At last , at seven o'clock in the evening , the Privy Council issued a solemn proclamation that it was now necessary to employ the military , and that the officers had most direct and effectual orders , by an immediate exertion of their utmost force , to repress the disturbances ; and warning all good subjects of the King to keep themselves , their servants , and apprentices , within doors that night . There was then delivered out to every soldier on duty , thirty-six rounds of powder and ball ; the drums beat ; and the whole force was under arms at sunset . The City authorities , stimulated by these vigorous measures , held a Common Council ; passed a vote thanking the military associations who had tendered their aid to the civil authorities ; accepted it ; and placed them under the direction of the two sheriffs . At the Queen 's palace , a double guard , the yeomen on duty , the groom-porters , and all other attendants , were stationed in the passages and on the staircases at seven o'clock , with strict instructions to be watchful on their posts all night ; and all the doors were locked . The gentlemen of the Temple , and the other Inns , mounted guard within their gates , and strengthened them with the great stones of the pavement , which they took up for the purpose . In Lincoln 's Inn , they gave up the hall and commons to the Northumberland Militia , under the command of Lord Algernon Percy ; in some few of the city wards , the burgesses turned out , and without making a very fierce show , looked brave enough . Some hundreds of stout gentlemen threw themselves , armed to the teeth , into the halls of the different companies , double-locked and bolted all the gates , and dared the rioters -LRB- among themselves -RRB- to come on at their peril .