one o’clock
Many of the convicts , drawn back to their old place of captivity by some indescribable attraction , or by a desire to exult over it in its downfall and glut their revenge by seeing it in ashes , actually went back in broad noon , and loitered about the cells . Fifty were retaken at one time on this next day , within the prison walls ; but their fate did not deter others , for there they went in spite of everything , and there they were taken in twos and threes , twice or thrice a day , all through the week . Of the fifty just mentioned , some were occupied in endeavouring to rekindle the fire ; but in general they seemed to have no object in view but to prowl and lounge about the old place : being often found asleep in the ruins , or sitting talking there , or even eating and drinking , as in a choice retreat . Besides the notices on the gates of the Fleet and the King 's Bench , many similar announcements were left , before one o'clock at noon , at the houses of private individuals ; and further , the mob proclaimed their intention of seizing on the Bank , the Mint , the Arsenal at Woolwich , and the Royal Palaces . The notices were seldom delivered by more than one man , who , if it were at a shop , went in , and laid it , with a bloody threat perhaps , upon the counter ; or if it were at a private house , knocked at the door , and thrust it in the servant 's hand . Notwithstanding the presence of the military in every quarter of the town , and the great force in the Park , these messengers did their errands with impunity all through the day . So did two boys who went down Holborn alone , armed with bars taken from the railings of Lord Mansfield 's house , and demanded money for the rioters .