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was     found    by   the   river's  side�察  �near   Millbank�察    �Westminster�察     �and    was 

afterwards   exposed   to   public   view   in   St。   Margaret's   churchyard�察  �where 

thousands   of   people   have   seen   it�察  �but   none   could   tell   who   the   unhappy 

person was�察�much less who committed such a horrid and barbarous action。 

There   are   various   conjectures   relating   to   the   deceased�察  �but   there   being 

nothing certain�察�we omit them。 The head was much hacked and mangled in 

the cutting off。; 

     The     head    which     caused    such    an   impression      upon     Monsieur      de 

Galgenstein was�察�indeed�察�once on the shoulders of Mr。 John Hayes�察�who 

lost it under the   following circumstances。 We have seen how Mr。  Hayes 

was induced to drink。 Mr。 Hayes having been encouraged in drinking the 

wine�察  �and   growing   very   merry   therewith�察  �he   sang   and   danced   about   the 

room�察�but his wife�察�fearing the quantity he had drunk would not have the 

wished´for  effect   on   him�察  �she   sent   away  for   another   bottle�察  �of   which   he 

drank   also。  This   effectually   answered   their   expectations�察  �and   Mr。   Hayes 

became thereby intoxicated�察�and deprived of his understanding。 

     He�察  �however�察  �made   shift   to   get   into   the   other   room�察  �and�察  �throwing 

himself upon the bed�察�fell asleep�察�upon which Mrs。 Hayes reminded them 

of the affair in hand�察�and told them that was the most proper juncture to 

finish the business。 * 

       * * * 

     *   The   description   of   the   murder   and   the   execution   of   the   culprits�察�

which here follows in the original�察�was taken from the newspapers of the 

day。   Coming   from   such   a   source   they   have�察  �as   may   be   imagined�察  �no 

literary    merit   whatever。     The    details   of  the  crime    are   simply    horrible�察�

without one touch of even that sort of romance which sometimes gives a 

little   dignity   to   murder。   As   such   they   precisely   suited   Mr。   Thackeray's 

purpose at the timewhich was to show the real manners and customs of 

the Sheppards   and Turpins   who   were then   the   popular heroes   of   fiction。 

But nowadays there is no such purpose to serve�察�and therefore these too 

literal details are omitted。 



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       * * * 

       Ring�察   �ding�察   �ding�   �the   gloomy      green    curtain    drops�察  �the   dramatis 

personae are duly disposed of�察�the nimble candle snuffers put out the lights�察�

and the audience goeth pondering home。 If the critic take the pains to ask 

why   the   author�察  �who   hath   been   so   diffuse   in   describing   the   early   and 

fabulous      acts   of  Mrs。    Catherine's     existence�察    �should    so   hurry    off  the 

catastrophe      where     a  deal   of   the  very   finest   writing    might     have   been 

employed�察      �Solomons       replies   that   the  ;ordinary;      narrative    is  far  more 

emphatic than any composition of his own could be�察�with all the rhetorical 

graces which he might employ。 Mr。 Aram's trial�察�as taken by the penny´a´ 

liners of those days�察�had always interested him more than the lengthened 

and poetical report which an eminent novelist has given of the same。 Mr。 

Turpin's     adventures      are   more    instructive    and   agreeable     to   him   in  the 

account      of   the   Newgate       Plutarch�察    �than    in  the   learned     Ainsworth's 

Biographical        Dictionary。      And     as   he   believes     that   the    professional 

gentlemen who are employed to invest such heroes with the rewards that 

their great actions merit�察�will go through the ceremony of the grand cordon 

with   much   more   accuracy  and   despatch   than   can   be   shown by  the   most 

distinguished   amateur�察  �in   like   manner   he   thinks   that   the   history   of   such 

investitures   should   be   written   by   people   directly   concerned�察  �and   not   by 

admiring persons without�察�who must be ignorant of many of the secrets of 

Ketchcraft。       We    very    much     doubt     if  Milton     himself     could    make     a 

description of an execution half so horrible as the simple lines in the Daily 

Post of a hundred and ten years since�察�that now lies before us;herrlich 

wie   am   ersten   Tag�察�as   bright   and   clean   as   on   the   day   of   publication。 

Think of it� �it has been read by Belinda at her toilet�察�scanned at ;Button's; 

and   ;Will's�察─  �sneered   at   by  wits�察  �talked   of   in   palaces   and   cottages�察  �by   a 

busy race in wigs�察�red heels�察�hoops�察�patches�察�and rags of all varietya busy 

race that hath long since plunged and vanished in the unfathomable gulf 

towards which we march so briskly。 

     Where are they�拭 �Afflavit Deus;and they are gone� �Hark� �is not the 

same wind roaring still that shall sweep us down�拭�and yonder stands the 

compositor at his types who shall put up a pretty paragraph some day to 

say   how�察   �Yesterday�察  �at   his   house   in   Grosvenor   Square�察─  �or   ;At   Botany 



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Bay�察�universally regretted�察─�died So´and´So。 Into what profound moralities 

is the paragraph concerning Mrs。 Catherine's burning leading us� �

     Ay�察�truly�察�and to that very point have we wished to come�察�for�察�having 

finished our delectable meal�察�it behoves us to say a word or two by way of 

grace at its conclusion�察�and be heartily thankful that it is over。 It has been 

the writer's object carefully to exclude from his drama ��except in two very 

insignificant instancesmere walking´gentlemen parts���察�any characters but 

those of scoundrels of the very highest degree。 That he has not altogether 

failed   in   the   object   he   had   in   view�察  �is   evident   from   some   newspaper 

critiques which he has had the good fortune to see�察�and which abuse the 

tale of ;Catherine; as one of the dullest�察�most vulgar�察�and immoral works 

extant。 It is highly gratifying to the author to find that such opinions are 

abroad�察�as they convince him that the taste for Newgate literature is on the 

wane�察    �and    that  when     the   public    critic  has   right   down     undisguised 

immorality   set   before   him�察  �the   honest   creature   is   shocked   at   it�察  �as   he 

should be�察�and can declare his indignation in good round terms of abuse。 

The characters of the tale ARE immoral�察�and no doubt of it�察�but the writer 

humbly hopes the end is not so。 The public was�察�in our notion�察�dosed and 

poisoned by the prevailing style of literary practice�察�and it was necessary 

to administer some medicine that would produce a wholesome nausea�察�and 

afterwards bring about a more healthy habit。 

     And�察  �thank   Heaven�察  �this   effect   HAS   been   produced   in   very   many 

instances�察�and that the ;Catherine; cathartic has acted most efficaciously。 

The author has been pleased at the disgust which his work has excited�察�and 

has   watched   with   benevolent   carefulness   the   wry   faces   that   have   been 

made   by   many  of   the   patients   who   have   swallowed   the   dose。   Solomons 

remembers�察�at the establishment in Birchin Lane where he had the honour 

of   receiving   his   education�察  �there   used   to   be   administered   to   the   boys   a 

certain   cough´medicine�察  �which   was   so   excessively   agreeable   that   all   the 

lads longed to have colds in order to partake of the remedy。 Some of our 

popular novelists have compounded their drugs in a similar way�察�and made 

them so palatable that a public�察�once healthy and honest�察�has been well´ 

nigh poisoned by their wares。 Solomons defies anyone to say the like of 

himselfthat his doses have been as pleasant as champagne�察�and his pills 



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as sweet as barley´sugar��it has been his attempt to make vice to appear 

entirely    vicious�察   �and   in   those   instances    where     he  hath    occasionally 

introduced something like virtue�察�to make the sham as evident as possible�察�

and not allow the meanest capacity a single chance to mistake it。 

     And what has been the consequence�拭�That wholesome nausea which it 

has   been   his   good   fortune   to   create   wherever   he   has   been   allowed   to 

practise in his humble circle。 

     Has   anyone   thrown   away   a   halfpennyworth   of   sympathy   upon   any 

person mentioned in this history�拭�Surely no。 But abler and more famous 

men than Solomons have taken a different plan�察�and it becomes every man 

in his vocation to cry out against such�察�and expose their errors as best he 

may。 

     Labouring under such ideas�察�Mr。 Isaac Solomons�察�junior�察�produced the 

romance   of   Mrs。   Cat�察  �and   confesses   himself   completely   happy   to   have 

brought it to a conclusion。 His poem may be dullay�察�and probably is。 The 

great Blackmore�察�the great Dennis�察�the great Sprat�察�the great Pomfret�察�not 

to mention great men of our own timehave they not also been dull�察�and 

had pretty reputations too�拭�Be it granted Solomons IS dull�察�but don't attack 

his morality�察�he humbly submits that�察�in his poem�察�no man shall mistake 

virtue for vice�察�no man shall allow a single sentiment of pity or admiration 

to enter his bosom for any character of the piece�此�it being�察�from beginning 

to   end�察  �a   scene   of   unmixed   rascality   performed   by   persons   who   never 

deviate into good feeling。 And although he doth not pretend to equal the 

great   modern   authors�察  �whom   he   hath   mentioned�察  �in   wit   or   descriptive 

power�察�yet�察�in the point of moral�察�he meek

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