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The London Evening Post Letter on India and Executions
A reader laments optimistic dispatches about Indian disturbances ending and questions the swift quiet in India. The piece critiques English public executions, arguing scenes at Kennington Common fail to deter crime and decry the cruelty and indecency surrounding gallows and carts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
London Evening Post
India
Mr. Meres
Kennington Common
England
France
Sidney
Louis the Ruth
College of Clermont
Paris
French Flanders
Doway
Royal George
Coffim Aly Dawn
Pondicherry
Holland
East-India Company
Henriques
St. Ann’s
Aldersgate
William Hynam
Radcliff-highway
Mary Haguepana
Noble-street
Youngady
Putney
Robert Allen
Mington
Crook
Plaisterer
Tower-street
James Gamson
Little Bell-alley
Coleman-street
William Price
Rhiwles
Merionethshire
Bath
Wales
Chapel-Royal
Parker Whitehall
Line
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Brown
Whalley
Woodford Wells
Maypole
East Smithfield
Elfinear
Edward Allen
Carolina
Amsterdam
George Wright
Hull
Dantzig
Elizabeth
Sarah
Bishop
Margaret
Johnson
Holyhead
Dublin
Limerick
Germany
Straits
Deal
Downs
Cruizer
Genefer
Andrews
Leghorn
Stanate Creek
Braganza
Martin
Lisbon
S.S.E
Drury-Lane
Covent-Garden
Hay-Market
Stroe
Polly Honeycomb
Govent-Garden
MercHant of Venice
Agate