Hanging*<br >of<br > Whilst the Shah of Persia was on a visit to England， he wanted<br >to see how the English executed their criminals. The sight of<br >torture is a favorite entertainment of Eastern monarchs.<br >Accompanied by a numerous suite， he went to Newgate， the<br >London Roquette. Great was his disappointment upon hearing<br >that the rope gave instantaneous death. However， he decided<br >upon seeing how the apparatus worked， and desired the governor<br >of the prison to be good enough to execute a criminal on the spot.<br >It was represented to him that there were no criminals lying<br >under sentence of death just then. He was about to lose his<br >temper， when， recollecting himself， he cried， "That s no objection;<br >I will let you have one of my suite."<br >The London folks have not forgotten it yet<br > *Max O Rell， John Bull and His Island (London: The Leadenhall Press， 1882)<br >pp. 110-11.<br >Xlll<br ><br >