The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-10-02 00:00:00

PUBLIC WHIPPING.

eb/dette, stkeseerk Si.
F•iward Mad, forroerli clam-blower at Cartadyke,, who I
was at the last Amities convicted of au attempt In violate *girl,
scarcely twelve year. of age, was on Wedoesky. pursuant to
his sentence whip) through the weft!, of tins icily. 10
eleven o'clOck, ootwithatinding the rare, a large noted
of old and young meal and women had sseembled rimed
the goal. Shortly afterwards, a erne detachmeek,elf
the 7th dragoon guards, ender the command of .1
Sothis arrived. Exactly at twelve o'clock the deli .
C.
was brought old, with his Meek hare. Ile is g •
min, slot exceeding five feet See inches high, mid Is 1108/
meows of a prepossessing appearance, having • dull loony
aspect; pale and invalid, much agitated, sad trembling with
cold, it was a very general inspreseiou Hitt he would be
enable to stand the usual member of lashes. He carried
• small rope, snarled so the handcuffs, with which be
was booed by the ennoton exemitiner to the beck of a
earl. The tons Akers, same of the trial'sl officers,
and a men party of the pollee, ander the direction .r
Hr. Hardy, were ranged rand the cart, inside the guard
of dragoons. Mimi all was reedy She cavalcade Moved
Frond so the from of she gaol, and halted preparatory to
maniehmeat, bet the crowd and pressure to see the prisoner
were au excessive that some minutes elapsed before matters
were so arranged that the whipping could proceed; Wheel
all was ready the executioner displayed a large esd.o'-nine
tails, sad b,owgbt it smartly along the shoulders of the
shrieking dclitiqueut. The first lash kft the marks
of moat of the tails, in deep purple 'Min ; by the
Snit *retried most piteously, and at the tenth, appaintly la
great agony, he shrew himself off his feet under the cart;
being raised by the officers, he took • few inuothfulao‘iwraier
1
sod sea red ether ten lashes. The punishment wait n re-
peated at the foot, and at the head of the Stoekeeff aid
lastly at the Cross; et each of throe plates the Prisoner re.
(visa SO lashes, making SO in the whole. Is abost.4o mi-
•ates the procession had returned to the Gaol,, where the
Prisoner had his hack dressed by Dr. Corkiadale, soil waa
reeousmittcd to his cell, to remain till be be tratisported
loryind eras fur ids.
The crowd, ea this orreries, far exceeded itinuMber that
.mumbled at the lam public whipping; and oat one of the
theasans who wiloeseed the poaisloaleot, publicly rani.
fatted the least sympathy for the delioquent, ur clusapprobs..
tin of the executors of Ike law. Os the eoutrery, eves the
females, who, in nasal eases, commiserate the sufferer% very
genre* declared that the punishment one still inadequate
to the crime. As might be expected, the men eityceesed
their mita* with lees loquacity, and generally with sine vole
garity. At Ilse foot of the Stockwell particalarly, several of the •
crowd cried to the executioner, " lay on Tans, 4 weel,dne,
Tam," "put them into him," ice. ruttuding every egetialatl4oll
wMI the choicest epithets they cold WOW seed the
Premier.
Along the streets the jostling, pressing, aid drildag were
amnia! : ao dens was the oramd, that la isteaty pose they
Deemed to he literally wedged ha see aussiliteri aid every•atep
prodoeed • fresh imensin of essanhont. Thera was oe ensue.
login premiere; and it was outkiiing sauna' to be tarried off
the feet, sod borwe along with the impel Mem Mare 'reeky win.
dew was Alled, every Lap comet oemspieff, aid the roofs .of
the houses had their full properties., all anion to gets glance
of the culprit. On Ilse streets were very imprudently placed
a seeker of carte, burleys, ice. filled with the peemisirone
green, who, obstructing the passage, were imilieliattlyi
rhino from their position, and the vehicles overturned
by the irresistible font. Mary bees, shoe% Ire. were lore, •
their owners beisg unable is recover them frem the
best* At the fimt of the Stockwell a cart woo so prusetal"
that the horse fell, and all in it were overheard; but
fortmlately tbe occupier. sustains' so material injury. A
matelos's truss also shared the same fate, and a member wen
precipitated into the middle of a moutilly of mortar, wiliqn
they were obliged to remain wallowing till the throat pssepi, t
The military were very krhearlog, sod elthooth hard preens!
' us every side, kept off the cooed in a gestic manner. 1

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The enhappy men was' dal to the toile a cart, *ilk the',
upper port of Mt body eienpleteit voceiered, a novel
spectacle to the citizens of Olovfon, eeJ one which me
hope will be • wattling to yams efreedrn of every de-
eeriptioss. His hack was very muck laceraf.d from the
llagellatioa. A v. ry great crowd attended his progress.
but evinced the must orderly cordial. Neither censers,
nor spoliate, was heard aniosiget them. We underlining'
that Jock Xiitek had very 'early ran riot on' ilk ace&
Mon, mod from his rot/ease inspevitorece to the kiagbirittia,
proceeding, so Await, hum an idea of his aliperior import-
ance, had almost merited a link of the discipline sulevisisfet.
by himself to Han!, before be comeseocett his labours.
Jaith, a bold, sturdy-kruking man, refund to tie the eolprit
to the cart, or carry • spare cat-se-niue-t•ils, allegieg that
the former was not his duty, and that a substitete otlght
to be provided to carry the latter, or be would not be an-
swerable for the cuesequenees. To seeorronsodate matters,
the apace weapon was puss judo a bag, and steog to the cart.
Joel's ellAtroper on this ucessioe, appears to have pro.
'seeded from the greet offence he took at the judgment of
the Count in consinauding the seefeece to be put in exc.
cutioo in Glasgow, ie plus of Greenock. If it had
bees ie Greenock, Jack say., be would haws bees anti.
the to tea guineas, whereas, beteg inflicted io Glasgow,
where be has a leerier salary, beoely receives half a guises
fur his freebie. In short, be does nut relish such jobs, and
considers such senteur.a as an iunovation upon his usual
duties, maintaining, that it Costs him more trouble to an
see thus haste ten, with pay diminished in proportion to the
more labusious case.

The stsge•cosch which travels between Newcastle
and Carlisle was unfortunately ovecturutd on Mon-
day wreck, at Haydoo Bridge. There 'eye foot in.
side and four outside passengers. Four only were
hurt, but not so-revel'', as they all proceeded with
the coach next day. The diiver only was left be-
hind, being most hurt by the accident.