text:  The populace gathered in groups which rapidly dissolving at the approach of the soldiery as rapidly assembled again when they had passed by; street minstrels of the most humble description were plying their trade with a remorseless exertion of lungs; I heard the names of the Parliamentary leaders and the government frequently transpiring in those rough specimens of the popular taste; and from the alternate roars of fierce laughter and bursts of wild indignation which arose from the groups it was evident that "men and measures" were not spared