Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places . he servants, who, onhearing the discharge of the pistol, had run, in fearand trembling, to the wash-house, not knowing 192 OLD AND NEW LONDON. rTyturn. whether his lordship would not take it into hishead to send a bullet through their bodies called them once and again, desired one tofetch a surgeon, and another to help the woundedman into a bed. It was clear, however, thatJohnson had not many hours to live; and, as hedesired to see his children before he died, the earlordered that they should be summoned from
Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places . he servants, who, onhearing the discharge of the pistol, had run, in fearand trembling, to the wash-house, not knowing 192 OLD AND NEW LONDON. rTyturn. whether his lordship would not take it into hishead to send a bullet through their bodies called them once and again, desired one tofetch a surgeon, and another to help the woundedman into a bed. It was clear, however, thatJohnson had not many hours to live; and, as hedesired to see his children before he died, the earlordered that they should be summoned from thefarm. Miss Johnson came speedily, and found for trial at the bar of the House of Peers. Histrial lasted nearly three days, and resulted in hisbeing sentenced to be hanged by the neck untilhe was dead j but, in consideration of his rank,a few days extension of time was allowed beforethe sentence was carried into effect, and also hewas permitted to be hanged with a silken insteadof a hempen rope. Lord Ferrers, to use the slangexpression of the sporting wcw-ld, died THE FLACF, OF EXECUTION, TYBURN, IN 1750. her father apparently in the agonies of death, andLord Ferrers standing by the bedside, and at-tempting to stanch the blood that flowed from thewound. During the night, by a clever 7nse^Johnson was removed to his own house, where helingered only a few hours, dying early the nextmorning. The coroners jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Lord Ferrers, who was atonce lodged in Leicester Gaol. About a fortnightafterwards, we are told, he was brought up toLondon in his own landau, drawn by six horses,under a strong guard, and he was dressed like ajockey, in a close riding frock, jacked boots andcap, and a plain shirt. Arraigned before theHouse of Lords, he was at once committed to theTower, and two months later was again brought up To the last he had respect to his rank, and, de-clining to journey to Tyburn in a cart, went slowlyand stately thither in his own
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