...of introduction;" which he furnished, and Sir William adopted. 3 • He said to Sir William Scott, " The age is running mad after innovation ; and all...supported by it. Why is all this to be swept away ?" I perfectly agree 1 The Hon. Horace Walpole, now Earl of Orford, thus bears testimony to this gentleman's...

...from the fury of innovation. Executions are intended to draw spectators ; if they do not they do not answer their purpose. The old method was most satisfactory...supported by it. Why is all this to be swept away 1 " Newgate was first used on 3d December 1783, when 10 men were executed. From this time the cart...

...their favour They who would rejoice at the corwas Aetat. 74. J The solemn procession to Tyburn. 189 was supported by it. Why is all this to be swept away ? ' I perfectly agree with Dr. Johnson upon this head, and am persuaded that executions now, the solemn...

...lines of introduction ; " which he furnished, and Sir William adopted.' He said to Sir William Scott, " The age is running mad after innovation; and all the...supported by it. Why is all this to be swept away ? " I perfectly agree with Dr. Johnson upon this head, and am persuaded that executions now, the solemn...

...lines of introduction ; " which he furnished, and Sir William adopted.1 He said to Sir William Scott, " The age is running mad after innovation ; and all...supported by it. Why is all this to be swept away?" I perfectly agree with Dr. Johnson upon this head, and am persuaded that executions now, the solemn...

...to draw spectators, if they do not draw spectators they lose their reason. The old method was more satisfactory to all parties. The public was gratified...supported by it. Why is all this to be swept away?" In truth, the change of scene was an illogical compromise : the picturesque effect was gone, save for...

...their purpose. The old method was most satisfactory to all parties ; the public was gratified l>ys procession ; the criminal was supported by it. Why is all this to be swept away 1 " country which prided itself on the mild and indulgent principles of I'? laws " ; and again, of...

...The old method was most satisfactory to all parties ; the public was gratified by a procession, and the criminal was supported by it. Why is all this to be swept aivay?" — Boswell's Johnson, iv. 204. 3 Denman, vol. ip 253, and vol. ii. p. 320. classes of convicts....

...argue that such a step would be a vast improvement. ' No, sir,' thundered the Sage of Fleet Street, ' it is not an improvement ; they object that the old...supported by it. Why is all this to be swept away ? ' The Laird of Auchinleck, whose remarkable propensity for witnessing executions is too well known...

...answer their purpose. The old method was most satisfactory to all parties : the public U'as gratified hy a procession ; the criminal was supported by it. Why is all this to be swept away?' The Laird of Auchinleck, whose remarkable propensity for witnessing executions is too well known to...