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56 TALLIS'S ILLUSTRATED LONDON J
plices were executed here, for high treason, in 1803, and
in 1849 two remarkable murderers, Manning and his wife,
whose crime, and circumstances attending upon it, were
the topic of the day, suffered here the last penalty of the
law in the presence of a vast mass of spectators, amongst
whom were several ladies of title, who employed their
opera-glasses for the very foreign purpose of witnessing
the dying agonies of the unfortunate wretches, in whose
death struggles they did not blush to look for amusement.
Adjacent to this prison, in Newington-causeway, is the
Sessions-house, where misdemeanours are tried, and the
assizes for the county are sometimes held. From Horse-
monger-lane several streets run into the Old Kent-road.
Blaekman-street is joined by Newington-causeway, a
wide street of business, terminating at the Elephant and
Castle. This inn, situate at the head of Walworth, be-
tween the Walworth and the Kennington-roads, occupies
a central point, and is a station whence coaches and
omnibuses are continually running to and from all parts
of town. Here several cross-roads meet; those on the
south extending to Kennington, Clapham, Brixton, Strea-
tham, &c.; Camberwell, Peckham, Dulwich, Norwood,
&c; on the south-west to Vauxhall, Nine Elms, Bat-
tersea, "Wandsworth, &c.; on the east to Deptford,
Greenwich, Blackheath, &c.; on the north to London-
bridge ; on the west to Lambeth, Westminster-road, and
Charing-cross. Prior to the formation of railroads
the Elephant and Castle tavern was much frequented,
and a favourite point of departure for all persons tra-
velling south from London. We shall have occasion
to return to it as a central position whence we can best
direct our readers into those numerous and many beautiful
localities to be found within a few miles of it on the Sur-
rey side of the water. West of the Elephant and Castle
is the London-road, leading to St. George's-rircus, whence
it is one of the several roads that branch; the other roads
radiating from this centre are the Borough-road, the
Blackfriars-road, the Waterloo-road, the Westminster-
plices were executed here, for high treason, in 1803, and
in 1849 two remarkable murderers, Manning and his wife,
whose crime, and circumstances attending upon it, were
the topic of the day, suffered here the last penalty of the
law in the presence of a vast mass of spectators, amongst
whom were several ladies of title, who employed their
opera-glasses for the very foreign purpose of witnessing
the dying agonies of the unfortunate wretches, in whose
death struggles they did not blush to look for amusement.
Adjacent to this prison, in Newington-causeway, is the
Sessions-house, where misdemeanours are tried, and the
assizes for the county are sometimes held. From Horse-
monger-lane several streets run into the Old Kent-road.
Blaekman-street is joined by Newington-causeway, a
wide street of business, terminating at the Elephant and
Castle. This inn, situate at the head of Walworth, be-
tween the Walworth and the Kennington-roads, occupies
a central point, and is a station whence coaches and
omnibuses are continually running to and from all parts
of town. Here several cross-roads meet; those on the
south extending to Kennington, Clapham, Brixton, Strea-
tham, &c.; Camberwell, Peckham, Dulwich, Norwood,
&c; on the south-west to Vauxhall, Nine Elms, Bat-
tersea, "Wandsworth, &c.; on the east to Deptford,
Greenwich, Blackheath, &c.; on the north to London-
bridge ; on the west to Lambeth, Westminster-road, and
Charing-cross. Prior to the formation of railroads
the Elephant and Castle tavern was much frequented,
and a favourite point of departure for all persons tra-
velling south from London. We shall have occasion
to return to it as a central position whence we can best
direct our readers into those numerous and many beautiful
localities to be found within a few miles of it on the Sur-
rey side of the water. West of the Elephant and Castle
is the London-road, leading to St. George's-rircus, whence
it is one of the several roads that branch; the other roads
radiating from this centre are the Borough-road, the
Blackfriars-road, the Waterloo-road, the Westminster-