in Newgate, where Mrs. Brownrigg, the Prentice-cide, was confined previous to her Execution”—a response to Southey's lines from “For the Apartment in Chepstow Castle where Henry Marten the Regicide was imprisoned for thirty years”. This piece had been considered an idealistic, republican, and well-written Jacobin piece. Canning replaces the main character, Marten, with the character Elizabeth Brownrigg, who was popularized by the work the Newgate Calendar. In this piece of literature, Brownrigg is depicted as a villain who awaits screams, curses, and demands for a strong drink before her execution. For instance, Southey wrote: For thirty years secluded from mankind Here Marten linger’d. Often have these wallsEchoed his footsteps, as with even treadHe pac’d around his prison: not to himDid Nature’s fair varieties exist;He never saw the sun’s delightful beams;Save when through you high bars he pour’d a sadAnd broken splendour. Dost thou ask his crime?He had rebelled against a King, and satIn judgment on him: for his ardent mindShap’d goodliest plans of happiness on earth,And peace and liberty. Wild dreams! but such As Plato lov’d; such as with holy zealOur Milton worshipp’d. Blessed hopes! A whileFrom man with-held, e'en to the latter daysWhen Christ shall come, and all things be fulfilled. Canning wrote: For one long Term, or e’er her trial came,Here BROWNRIGG linger’d. Often have these cellsEchoed her blasphemies, as with shirll voiceShe screamed for fresh Geneva. No to herDid the blithe fields of Tothill, or thy street,St. Giles, its fair varieties expand;Till at the last in slow-drawn cart she went To execution. Dost thou ask her crime?SHE WHIPP’D TWO FEMALE ‘PRENTICES TO DEATH,AND HID THEM IN THE COAL-HOLE. For her mindShap’d strictest plans of discipline. Sage schemes!Such as LYCURGUS taught, when at the shrineOf the Orthyan Goddess he bade flogThe little Spartans; such as erst chastisedOur MILTON, when at College. For this act Did BROWNRIGG swing. Harsh Laws! But time shall ComeWhen France shall reign, and Laws be all repealed! Through parodies such as “For the Door of the Cell in Newgate, where Mrs. Brownrigg, the Prentice-cide, was confined previous to her Execution,” Canning and other contributors felt that they were exposing the French revolutionaries' principles and motifs. Another Southey work was satirized by Canning, Frere, Gifford and Ellis in "Poetry of the New Morality". This piece, in the style of Pope's "Dunciad", appeared in the last issue of the Anti-Jacobin. “Like that of Byron after them,