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Some Distinguished Victims of the Scaffold

Part 2 — INDEX

Reading edition

Abbott, Charles, 124.

Abinger, Baron, 167.

Adair, Mr James, 49, 52, 53.

Adair, Mr Serjeant James, 53.

Adair, Dr Robert, 39, 73.

Adair, Robin (origin of song), 39, 73.

Adair, Mr William, 39, 40 sq.;

discovers his signature, 42;

mentioned, 46, 49, 55.

Addington, Dr Anthony, 17;

Henry, 133, 140, 141, 179.

Adolphus, John, 214.

Ainsworth, Harrison, vii.

Akerman (Governor of Newgate), his humanity, 63, 98.

Albemarle, second Earl, 39.

Alley, Mr (counsel for Wall), 123, 124, 196.

Alvanley, Lord, 187.

Ammersley, Mr (banker), 94, 95.

Angel, Miss. See Kauffman, Angelica.

Angelini, Edmund, 199.

Angelo, Domenico, 92, 101.

Angelo, Henry, 62, 108.

Aram, Eugene, viii, 104.

Armstrong, Benjamin, 119, 121, 125, 127, 143, 145.

Asgill, Sir Charles, 90, 91.

Ashbee, H. S., 224.

Ashe, Miss, 173.

Aston, Sir Richard, 28, 54, 61.

Atlay, J. B., vii.

Ayliffe, John, 85.

Bailey (barrister), 57, 58, 62.

Baker (coiner), executed, 65.

Baker, Mr, 197, 199, 201 sq., 223, 226.

Bamford, Sam, 192.

‘Bang’ Mrs, 181, 190, 212.

Bank of England, 184 sq., 194 sq., 208, 216 sqq., 225 sq.

Barnes, Thomas, 221.

Barrington, George, 206.

Barrow, Mr, 224.

Bartolozzi, F., completes engraving by Ryland, 97.

Bathurst, Henry (barrister), 23.

Bell, John, 222.

Bell’s Weekly Dispatch, 222.

Bell’s Weekly Messenger, 222.

Binfield, Betty, 15, 17.

Binns, Edward, 225.

Black, John, 220.

Blackburn, Joseph, 205.

Blake, William, mentioned, 79;

visit to Ryland, 88.

Blandy, Francis, described, 1 sqq.;

breaks with Cranstoun, 8;

invites him to Henley, 10;

attitude towards him, 10;

falls ill, 13;

suspects poison, 16;

last hours, 18 sq.;

death, 20.

Blandy, Mary, mentioned, viii, 9, 74;

described, 2;

early life, 3 sqq.;

engagement to Cranstoun, 4 sq.;

passion for Cranstoun, 8 sq.;

fear of disinheritance, 11;

plots with Cranstoun, 11;

receives love philtre from him, 12;

prepares her father’s oatmeal, 14 sq.;

suspected by her father, 16;

calls in Dr Addington, 17;

writes to Cranstoun, 17;

conversation with dying father, 18 sq.;

accused by Dr Addington, 20;

taken to Oxford castle, 21;

life there, 22;

trial, 23 sqq.;

speech, 25;

found guilty, 27;

last days, 29;

execution, 30 sqq.;

burial, 33;

date of birth, 38.

Blandy, Mrs, described, 2 sq.;

death, 7.

Bolland, James, 205, 214.

Boswell, James, viii;

visits Mrs Rudd, 68.

Botting, James, 136, 204.

Boucher, François, 80 sq., 82, 105.

Boyd, Hugh M’Auley, 55.

Braham, John (singer), 39, 73.

Brandreth, Jeremy, 142.

Brighton Gazette, 224.

British Press, 221.

Broderick, Mr, 196.

Brooke, Dr, 46, 55.

Brown, Sheriff, 192, 202.

Brownrigg, Elizabeth, 54, 138.

Brummell, George (‘Beau’), 149.

Bryer & Co., 87.

Budworth, Joseph, writes of Mary of Buttermere, 146, 147;

advice to her, 148;

writes again, 148;

details of his articles, 176, 177.

Buller, Judge, 95 sq.

Burke, William, 138.

Bute, Marquis of, 83;

employs Ryland, 84.

Butterfield, Jane, 59.

Buttermere, Mary (the Beauty of), mentioned, viii, ix;

Wordsworth’s lines on, 146;

becomes famous, 147;

Wordsworth’s and Coleridge’s account of, 147;

marries ‘Colonel Hope’ 152;

description of, 152;

wedding tour, 154;

announcement of marriage, 158;

discovers husband’s identity, 158;

letter to Sir Richard Forde, 165;

popular sympathy with, 166;

attitude to Hadfield after trial, 169;

child born, 173;

marriage and subsequent life, 174;

contemporary descriptions of, 176 sq.

Byng, Admiral, 128.

Byron, Lord, 155.

Cadogan, Lord, 22.

Cameron, Jenny, 1.

Canning, Elizabeth, 34.

Canot, Peter Charles (engraver), 76.

Carlisle House, 86, 101.

Caroline, Queen, 189.

Casanova, 86.

Catnach, Jemmy, 188, 226.

Charlson, Abraham, 166.

Chatterton, Thomas, 205.

Chudleigh, Elizabeth, 10, 60, 86.

Churchill, Charles, 85.

Clement, Mr, 222.

Cock, Henry, 205.

Conant, Mr John, 185, 191.

Conway, General, 121.

Conyngham, Lady, 199.

Coleman, Henry, 22.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, mentioned, viii;

articles on Hadfield, 169, 175;

description of Mary of Buttermere, 176.

Copley, Sir John, 193, 194.

See also Lyndhurst, Lord.

Cornelys, Madame, 101.

See also Imer, Therese.

Cornelys, Sophie, 86.

Cotton, Rev. (Ordinary of Newgate), 197, 198, 199, 200 sq., 202, 203, 223.

Courier, 223.

Cox, Sheriff, 134, 137, 138.

Cranstoun, Lady, 4, 5, 7, 10.

Cranstoun, fifth Lord, 4, 37.

Cranstoun, Captain William Henry, courts Miss Blandy, 4;

stays with Blandys, 4;

past life, 4 sq.;

divorce suit, 6 sq.;

dismissal from Henley, 8;

return, 10;

desperate position of, 10;

plots with Miss Blandy, 11;

returns to Scotland, 12;

sends ‘Scotch pebbles’ 12;

writes instructions, 13;

denounced by Mr Blandy, 18;

escape and death, 28;

alleged innocence, 37, 38;

mentioned, 74.

Crump, John Gregory, 149;

friendship with ‘Colonel Hope’ 149;

honours his draft, 152;

witness at Hadfield’s trial, 167;

mentioned, 168, 169.

Cumberland, Henry Frederick, Duke of, 48, 165.

Dagge, Henry (barrister), 45.

Dalboux, Hannah, 58.

Davy, Serjeant, 62.

Dawson, Mrs, 69.

Delaney, Mrs, 104.

Demarteau, Gilles (engraver), 82.

Dennis & Co., 161, 167.

D’Eon, Chevalier, 60.

De Quincey, articles on Hadfield, 169, 172, 176.

Despard, Col. Edward Marcus, ix, 140.

De Vaudreuil, 113.

Dickens, Charles, 192.

Disney, Mrs J. C., 212, 214.

Dodd, Dr, viii, 54, 67, 104, 186, 205, 225.

Donellan, Captain, viii, 105.

Drummond, Henry, 40 sqq.

Drummond, Messrs, 40 sqq.

Drummond, Robert, 40;

destroys Mrs Rudd’s writing, 44.

Duval, Claude, 173.

Egan, Pierce, 215, 223, 224.

Egmont, Lord, 40.

Eldon, Lord Chancellor, 132.

Elia, Essays of, 38.

Emmet, Ann, 13, 14.

Englishman, 222.

Evans, Private William, 120.

Ewart, William, 67, 221.

Examiner, 222.

Falconet, Pierre (portrait of Ryland), 87.

Faulkner, Mary, 129.

Fauntleroy, Henry, mentioned, viii, ix, 67;

becomes manager of bank, 179;

description of, 179;

character, 180;

private life, 181;

marriage, 182;

liaisons, 182;

forgeries, 183 sq.;

discovery, 184;

arrest, 185;

examined at Marlborough Street, 187 sq.;

excitement over his case, 188;

friendship with Parkins, 190;

imprisonment, 191;

employs Harmer as solicitor, 192;

trial, 193 sq.;

defence, 195;

verdict, 196;

sentenced, 196;

last days, 197 sqq.;

execution, 203;

comments on case, 205 sqq.;

details of forgeries, 207 sqq.;

and the newspapers, 220 sqq.;

contemporary accounts of trial, 224 sqq.;

reported resuscitation, 225;

written statement of motives discussed, 225.

Fauntleroy, John, 197.

Fauntleroy, William, 178;

death, 179.

Fauntleroy, William Moore, 180, 224.

Fawcett, Henry, 120.

Fenning, Elizabeth, viii, 33, 95.

Ferrers, Lord, viii, 53.

Ferrick, Peter (surgeon), 127 sq.

Fielding, Henry, viii, 9, 33.

Fielding, Sir John, 46, 93.

Fielding, William, 124.

Fisher, Kitty, 48.

Fitzgerald, George Robert (‘fighting’), 114, 142.

Fitzroy, Lady Caroline, 10;

(Petersham, 173;

Lady Harrington, 86).

Foote, Miss, 207.

Forde, Rev. (Ordinary of Newgate), 135, 136.

Forde, Sir Richard, 165.

Fortrose, Baron, 123, 145.

Fox, Charles James, 141.

Fox, Maria, Fauntleroy’s mistress, 182;

visits him in Newgate, 197, 198;

mentioned, 212;

trial, 214.

Fragonard, Jean Honoré, 79, 80.

Francis, John, 226.

François, Jean Charles, 82.

Frankau, Mrs Julia, 88;

account of Ryland discussed, 109.

Frankland, Admiral Sir Thomas, 46, 52;

attacks Mrs Rudd, 57, 58;

prosecutor at her trial, 59;

daughters painted by Hoppner, 73.

Freeman, Mrs, 92.

Freshfield, Mr, 185, 186, 193.

Fry, Elizabeth, 197, 223.

Gahagan, Usher (poet), 104.

Gainsborough, Tom, 75.

Gale and Barnard, 225.

Gardelle, Theodore, 54, 104.

Garnet, Father, 212.

Garrick, David, 9.

Garrow, Baron, 193, 196.

Gentleman’s Magazine, 224.

George III.: mercilessness, 56, 63, 67;

portrait by Allan Ramsay, 83;

pardons Ryland’s brother, 86;

refuses to pardon Ryland, 97;

considers Wall’s case, 132;

refuses to pardon, 133.

George, Prince of Wales. See George IV.

George IV.: humanity, 67, 149, 150;

character, 198.

Gibbon, Edward, 32.

Gillray, James, 177.

Globe and Traveller, 223.

Glynn (Recorder), 55.

Goodchild, Mr, 185.

Goree (island of), 113 sqq.

Gould, Henry, 60.

Graham, W. (barrister), 95.

Graham, Mr, 211.

Granby, Lord, 48, 159.

Green, William, 176.

Grignion, Jacques (engraver), 76.

Gunnel, Susan, 13, 14, 13, 18 sqq.

Gunning, the Misses, 34.

Gurney, John, 124, 193.

Gwynn, John, 85, 92, 101.

Hackman, Rev. Mr James, viii, 54, 105.

Hadfield, John, mentioned, viii, 146;

passes as Col. Hope, 148;

in Lake District, 149;

makes friends with John Crump, 149;

stays at Buttermere, 149;

acquaintance with Colonel Moore, 150;

betrothed to his niece, 150;

pretensions suspected, 151;

marries Mary of Buttermere, 152, 153 sq.;

wedding tour, 154;

returns to Buttermere, 155;

confronted by George Hardinge, 155;

arrested, 156;

draws on Mr Crump, 156;

escape, 156 sq.;

identity discovered, 158;

previous life, 159 sqq.;

motives, 163;

details of escape, 163;

arrested, 164;

examination, 165;

taken to Carlisle, 166;

trial, 166 sqq.;

speech, 167;

sentenced, 168;

last days, 168;

execution, 171;

burial, 171;

case examined, 172;

character and motives, 172 sq.

Hadfield, Mrs John, 161;

loyalty to husband, 165;

mentioned, 169.

Haley, Sheriff, 66.

Hamilton, Sir Edward, 141, 142, 143.

Hanson, John, 191.

Hardinge, George, 155 sq., 165.

Hare, William (‘burker’), 60.

Harmer, James, 192, 193, 196, 199;

reproves Times, 221;

proprietor of Weekly Dispatch, 222.

Harrington, Lady, 86. See also Fitzroy, Lady Caroline.

Harris (turnkey of Newgate), 191, 201.

Harrison, Richard, marries Mary of Buttermere, 174.

Hart, Mrs Christian, 57, 58, 62.

Harvey, Daniel, 222.

Harvey, Edward, 143.

Harwood, Joseph, 198, 200.

Hawkins, Sir John, 76.

Hayes, Catherine, 123.

Hayman, Francis, 75.

Hayward, Samuel Denmore, 173;

life of, 224.

Heathfield, Lardner & Co., 167.

Heidegger, John James, 9.

Hindley, Charles, 226.

Hogarth, William, 76.

Holroyd, George, 167.

Holt (secretary E.I.C.), 94.

Hook, Theodore, 223.

Hope, Colonel Alexander Augustus.

See Hadfield;

the real, 158, 166, 167, 170.

Hope, Anthony, 207.

Hopetoun, third Earl of, 148, 152, 166.

Howard, Frances, 34.

Hughes, Ball, 187.

Hughes, Sir Edward, 113.

Hulme, J. D., 184.

Hunt, Henry (‘orator’), 190.

Hunt, Joseph, 184, 192.

Hunton, Joseph, 222.

Hutchings, W. W., vii.

Imer, Therese, 86.

See also Cornelys, Madame.

Jack (Rann), ‘Sixteen String’ 44, 54.

James III., 83.

Jeffries, Elizabeth, 34.

John Bull (newspaper), 223.

Johnson, Patrick, 208.

Johnson, Dr Samuel, viii, 3;

and Mrs Rudd, 68.

Jones, Mr Arthur (solicitor), 40.

Kate, ‘Corinthian’ 181, 190, 212, 215.

Kauffman, Angelica, 105 sqq.;

friendship with Ryland, 88;

pictures engraved by Ryland, 89 sqq.;

mentioned, 101.

Key, Alderman John, 193, 202.

Kent, Constance, 34.

Kent, Mary Ann (Mrs Bang), 212.

Keppel, Lady Caroline, 39, 73.

Kerr, General Lord Mark, 4, 5, 6.

Kinder, Colonel George, 49;

attacks Mrs Rudd, 56.

Kirby (keeper of Newgate), 131, 133, 138.

Knowlys, Newman, 124.

La Charpillon, Mademoiselle, 86.

Lacy, Mrs, 128 sq.

Lamb, Charles, 38.

Law, Edward (Attorney-General), 124;

conducts case against Wall, 125 sqq.

Lawrence, Sir Soulden, 124.

Le Bas, Jacques Philippe, 81.

Legge, Judge, 23, 27.

Lee, George (highwayman), 65.

Leighton, Blair, 106.

Lewis, Evan, 126.

Lewis, Dr William, 20.

Lewis, ‘Monk’ 165.

Lloyd (housebreaker), 99.

Lovat, Lord, 83.

Lowry, Captain James, 138, 142 sq.

Luddite riots, 166.

Lyndhurst, Lord, 193, 217.

Lyttelton, Lord, 62, 68.

Lyttleton, Lady, 40.

Macclesfield, Lord, 22.

Macdonald, Sir Archibald, 124.

Mackenzie, Frances, 123.

See Mrs Wall.

Mackenzie, Captain Kenneth, 122, 128, 133, 141, 143.

Mackenzie, Kenneth (father of Mrs Wall), 145.

Mackintosh, James, 67, 221.

Macnamara, Colonel, 114.

Maclean, James, 173.

Mansfield, Lord (Chief-Justice), judgment in Mrs Rudd’s case, 60, 61;

mentioned, 68, 88.

Marsh, Sibbald & Co., 178.

Marsh, Stracey, Fauntleroy & Graham, 179, 196, 207 sqq., 221, 222, 226.

Marsh, Mr William, 178, 209, 211, 216.

Martin, Samuel (M.P.), 54.

Maybrick, Florence, 34.

Maynard, Thomas, 222.

Mills (bankers), 52.

Mirabeau, Count, 80.

Montgomery, Captain John, 222.

Moore, Col. Nathaniel Montgomery, 150;

cashes draft on Mr Crump, 151;

suspects ‘Colonel Hope’ 152;

confronts him, 155, 156;

mentioned, 167, 178.

Moreland, Mr (banker), 95.

Morning Advertiser, 221.

Morning Chronicle, 220, 221, 223.

Morning Herald, 220.

Morning Post, 220.

Mountenay, Mr, 24, 29.

Murray, Miss (Mrs Cranstoun), 6.

Murray, Fanny, 48.

Napier, Sir Charles, 121.

Nation, Mrs, 160;

marries Hadfield, 161.

See also Mrs Hadfield.

Nelson, Sara, 176.

Newell, Thomas (attorney), 22.

Newgate Calendar, vii, viii, 69, 173, 224.

Newnham, Sheriff, 66.

Newton, Mr (lawyer), 167.

New Times, 221.

Nicholson, Rev. John, 153 sq.;

faith in ‘Colonel Hope’ 155 sq.;

assists his escape, 156 sq.;

witness at Hadfield’s trial, 167;

mentioned, 172.

Nightingale, Mr, 90, 91.

Nollekens, Joseph, 75.

Norfolk, Duke of, 130, 189.

Norman, Henry, 205.

Norton, Benjamin (apothecary), 17, 18.

Nucella, Mr, 161.

Observer, 222.

Oldham (Deputy-Advocate), 130.

Palmer, J. H., 226.

Palmer, William, 138.

Park, Justice, 193, 196.

Parke, Colonel, 167.

Parkins, Joseph Wilfred, mentioned, 182, 215;

career, 189 sq.;

indicted for perjury, 192;

at Fauntleroy’s trial, 192 sq.;

letters to press against Fauntleroy, 220;

and Morning Herald, 220;

letter to Sunday Times, 222;

lawsuit, 223.

Parsons, William, 175.

Paterson, George, 119, 120;

dies, 121, 144, 145.

Peckham (counsel for Ryland), 94.

Peel, John, 174.

Peel, Sir Robert, 199.

Pelham, Lord, 124, 131.

Perceval, Spencer, 124.

Perreau, Daniel, mentioned, ix, 39, 205;

description of, 44;

committed to prison, 46;

relations with Mr Rudd, 48 sq.;

speculations, 49;

takes house in Harley Street, 50;

statement in defence, 52;

on trial at Old Bailey, 54;

defence and condemnation, 55;

attitude after trial, 63;

in the Press Yard, 63;

drive to Tyburn, 64 sq.;

execution, 66;

guilt, 67.

Perreau, Mrs Daniel.

See Mrs Rudd.

Perreau, Mrs Robert, 58;

evidence at Mrs Rudd’s trial, 62;

begs Queen for mercy, 63.

Perreau, Robert, mentioned, 39, 205;

at Drummond’s Bank, 40 sqq.;

denounces Mrs Rudd, 45;

committed to prison, 46;

attitude towards brother, 50;

joins in plans of Daniel and Mrs Rudd, 51;

cashes bonds, 52;

trial at Old Bailey, 54;

defence and condemnation, 55;

loyalty to brother, 63;

attempts to save, 63;

in Press Yard, 63;

drive to Tyburn, 64 sq.;

execution, 66;

guilt, 67.

Petersham, Lady Caroline (Fitzroy), 173.

Picton, Thomas, 142.

Pitt, William, 132, 141.

Plank, Samuel, 185.

Plumer, Thomas, 124, 129.

Pocock, Mrs, 31.

Pompadour, Mme. de, 79, 81.

Poplett, Lieut. Thomas, 127.

Quick (clerk), 167.

Rambler’s Magazine, 224.

Ramsay, Allan (portrait of George III.), 83.

Rann, John (‘Sixteen String Jack’), 44, 54.

Ransome & Moreland, 91.

Ratcliffe (coiner), executed, 65.

Ravenet (engraver), 76, 77.

Ray, Martha, viii;

Récamier, Madame, 166.

Reed, Mr Frederick, of Hassness, 176.

Reynolds, G. W. M., 225.

Reynolds, Sir Joshua, viii, 75, 105.

Rice (broker), 53.

Rich, John, 9.

Rives, Mr (lawyer), 22, 30.

Roberts, Captain, 116, 145.

Robinson, George, 120.

Robinson, Mary.

See Buttermere, Beauty of.

Romilly, Samuel, 67, 221.

Rooke, Sir Giles, 124.

Roubiliac, 75.

Rous (barrister), 95.

Rouvelett, John, 205.

Ryland, Edward, 74;

his plates, 76.

Ryland, Mrs, 92;

opens print-shop, 104.

Ryland, Richard, 87.

Ryland, William Wynne, mentioned, viii, ix, x, 54, 205;

attends St Martin’s Lane Academy, 74 sq.;

apprenticed to Ravenet, 76;

home in Old Bailey, 77;

goes to Paris, 78;

at Boucher’s studio, 80 sq.;

engravings after Boucher, 81;

learns stipple, 82;

makes the grand tour, 82;

exhibits in England, 83;

returns to England, 83;

appointed king’s engraver, 84;

engraves royal pictures, 85;

friends, 85;

society, 86;

obtains pardon for brother, 86;

resides in Stafford Row, 87;

portrait, 87;

starts as print-seller, 87;

fails, 87;

visited by Blake, 87;

friendship with Angelica Kauffman, 87;

engraves her pictures, 89;

print-shop in Strand, 90;

success, 90;

extravagance, 91;

charged with forgery, 92;

in hiding, 92;

attempts suicide, 93;

in Bridewell, 93;

trial, 94;

condemnation, 95;

last engravings, 97;

progress to Tyburn, 98 sqq.;

execution, 102;

burial, 104;

guilt, 104;

genius, 105;

Mrs Frankau’s account of, 109;

other accounts, 109;

list of engravings by, 110.

Rudd, Margaret Caroline, mentioned, viii, 105;

description of, 43;

confesses forgery, 44;

committed to Bridewell, 46;

appears before Sir John Fielding, 46;

admitted as evidence for Crown, 47;

previous life, 47 sqq.;

passes as Daniel Perreau’s wife, 49;

sources of income, 49, 50;

family, 50;

skill as forger, 51;

statement in defence, 53;

committed to Newgate, 54;

arouses public sympathy, 56;

her enemies, 56;

defends herself in the press, 56;

dealings with Mrs Hart, 58;

and with Hannah Dalboux, 58;

her ‘pair of scissors’ 59;

six months in Newgate, 60;

her case before the judges, 61;

gives her brief, 61;

appearance at Old Bailey, 61;

trial and acquittal, 62;

conduct reviewed, 68;

subsequent history, 68;

death, 69.

Rudd, Valentine, 48.

Rutland, Duke of, 159.

St Martin’s Lane Academy, 74.

Salvadore (moneylender), 48.

Sanxy (Dr), 59.

Savary, Henry, 205, 225.

Scarlett, James, 167, 213.

Scawen, William, 59.

Scotin (engraver), 76.

Seaforth, Lord, 145.

Selwyn, George, 32, 104.

Serres, Olive, 189.

Sharp, William (engraver), 97.

Sheppard, Jack, 206, 225.

Sibbald, Sir James, 178, 211.

Sidmouth, Lord, 190.

Skelton, Mr, 149.

Slaughter’s coffee house, 75.

Smith (Governor of Bridewell), 93.

Smith, Madeleine, 34.

Smith, Tom, 104.

Smythe, Judge, 23.

Springett, Rev., 197, 199, 201 sq., 220.

Stark, Thomas, 40.

Stevens, Serjeant Henry, 8, 38.

Stewart, John, 49.

Stracey, Sir Edward, 178.

Stracey, Mr J. H. (Sir Josias), 178, 188, 211.

Strange, Robert (engraver), 83.

Strutt, James (pupil to Ryland), 84.

Stuart, Daniel, 223.

Sun, 223.

Sunday Times, 221, 222.

Sutherland, Captain John, 143.

Swinton, Rev. John, 26, 29, 30.

Sydney, Lord, 117.

See also Townshend.

Sylvester (Crown counsel), 95.

Tadema, Alma, 106.

Taylor, Sheriff Robert, 93, 98.

Thistlewood, Arthur, 142.

Thomson, Sir Alexander, 166, 172.

Thornbury, George Walter, 206, 225.

Thornhill, Sir James, 75.

Thornton, Abraham, 167.

Thurtell, John, viii, 184, 188, 192, 221, 224.

Timbs, Private Charles, 130.

Times, 220, 221, 223, 224, 225.

Townshend, Mr, 112, 115, 117.

Traill, H. D., 175.

Turner, Anne, 34.

Turton, William Henry, 143.

Urban, Sylvanus, 145.

Upton, Corporal Thomas, 120;

dies, 121.

Vickery (Governor of Coldbath Fields Prison), 191, 221.

Villette, Rev. (Ordinary of Newgate), 65, 66;

at Ryland’s execution, 99, 102.

Waithman (Lord Mayor), 190.

Waterman, Mr (papermaker), 95.

Wale, Sam, 76.

Walker (engraver), 76.

Walpole, Horace, 21, 34, 59, 104.

Walter, Mr, 216, 221.

Wall, Augustine, 145.

Wall, Governor Joseph, mentioned, ix;

description of, 112;

Governor of Goree, 113;

serves in West Indies, 113;

in John Company, 113;

duels, 114;

service in North-West Africa, 114;

Governor of Goree, 115;

censured by Horse Guards, 116;

arrest, 117;

escape, 117;

his soldiers in Goree, 117;

their discontent, 118, 119;

has soldiers flogged, 120;

fugitive abroad, 122;

returns to London, 123;

surrenders, 124;

trial, 125 sqq.;

sentence, 131;

last days, 131 sqq.;

execution, 137;

body ransomed from Surgeons’ Hall, 139;

burial, 139;

comments on his case, 139 sqq.;

other accusations against, 144;

reported court-martial, 145;

flogging of other soldiers, 145;

date of appointment, 145.

Wall, Mrs Joseph, 123;

attempts to get husband reprieved, 131;

parting with husband, 133;

mentioned, 145.

Watteau, Antoine, 79.

Wellington, Duke of, 198.

Weston, Henry, 205.

Whibley, Charles, vii.

Wild, Jonathan (thief-taker), 74.

Wilkes, John, 48, 87;

at Perreaus’ trial, 54.

Wilkes, Miss Polly, 56.

Wilson, Harriet, 182.

Wilson, Richard, 75.

Wilkinson, Mr, 213.

Wilkinson, Tate, 21.

William IV., 198.

Williams, Peter, 129.

Williams-Wynne, Sir Watkin, 74.

Wontner (Governor of Newgate), 191, 196, 201.

Wordsworth, William, mentioned, viii;

lines on Mary of Buttermere, 144, 145, 176;

on ‘little Barbara Lewthwaite’ 148;

visits Hadfield in gaol, 169.

Wood, Alderman, 189.

Wood, George, 124, 167.

Wright, Sir Sampson, 45, 93.

York, Duke of, 150.

Young, Miss Elizabeth, 187.

Young, Miss Frances, 187, 194, 225.

Youngson, Margaret Caroline, 49.

See also Rudd.

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