21. _The Gentleman’s Magazine_, November 1824 (part ii. p. 461); December 1824 (part ii. p. 580). In the December number there is a trenchant letter from the Earl of Normanton, condemning the criminal code. “Philosophy would deem it an abuse,” says he, “to punish the crime of a Fauntleroy in the same manner as the crime of a Thurtell.” For the obituary notice of William Moore Fauntleroy, the brother of the forger, see the _Gentleman’s Magazine_, part ii. p. 1092, 1803. NOTES ON THE FAUNTLEROY CASE NOTE I.--_Pierce Egan’s Account of the Trial of H. Fauntleroy._ Knight and Lacey, 1824. No one excelled the historian of the Prize Ring in this style of literature, and his two other similar works, the _Life of Samuel Denmore Hayward_ (1822), and the _Account of the Trial of John Thurtell_ (1824), will remain text-books for all time. Pierce Egan makes a note (p. 21) that Mr. Fauntleroy has never used a ‘slang expression’ during his imprisonment. The surprise indicated by this comment is natural, for, robbed of his italics, the author of _Life in London_ would have been left as naked to his enemies as Cardinal Wolsey. NOTE II.--_The Newgate Calendar._ Knapp and Baldwin (1824-28). Vol. iv. pp. 285-390. Accepting the statement made by most of the daily newspapers, this account declares that Fauntleroy was hanged for defrauding his wife’s family. Although this statement was made by _The Times_ on October 2, it was denied two days later in that paper, and the contradiction was published also in _Bell’s Weekly Messenger_, the _Globe_, and the _Courier_. Again, on December 4 _The Times_ repeats once more that “Miss Frances Young is no relation to Mrs Fauntleroy.” Considering the bitter rivalry that existed between the various newspapers, and the jealous criticism that each journal bestowed upon the information of its contemporaries, it is certain that if the assertion made by _The Times_ had been untrue--and if false it could have been disproved easily--its rivals would have exposed it with the greatest joy. Moreover, since Fauntleroy might have been charged with twenty other indictments, the public mind would have been shocked had his sister-in-law alone been selected as the instrument of vengeance. NOTE III.--_The Anatomy of Sleep._ Edward Binns, M.D. Churchill (1842). p. 282.