FOOTNOTES:[1]A “fleet” in early English meant a “brook,” otherwise a “creek” or “bay,” a term often met with in British geography in the names Northfleet, Byfleet, Purfleet, etc.[2]“State of Prisons,” i. 36.[3]A free inmate who carried messages abroad.[4]The doorkeepers and porters whose duty it was to recognise all prisoners, and prevent them from passing through the gate.[5]Oldys was for many years an inmate of the Fleet Prison. He was permitted to go abroad to see his friends outside and even to spend the whole night at large.[6]The reader will remember Mr. Pickwick’s kindly relief of Mr. Alfred Jingle and his faithful henchman Joe Trotter in the Fleet.[7]The manufacture of straw plaiting was taxed and brought in a revenue to the Exchequer.[8]This is not correct. Compare with official report,ante, p. 194.[9]Captain Stopford was an officer who had served with distinction in the Indian Mutiny as adjutant of the 52d Light Infantry. He subsequently became a Prison Commissioner and is now a gentleman usher to His Majesty Edward VII.[10]History of the United States. Vol. v, p. 487.
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[1]A “fleet” in early English meant a “brook,” otherwise a “creek” or “bay,” a term often met with in British geography in the names Northfleet, Byfleet, Purfleet, etc.
[1]A “fleet” in early English meant a “brook,” otherwise a “creek” or “bay,” a term often met with in British geography in the names Northfleet, Byfleet, Purfleet, etc.
[2]“State of Prisons,” i. 36.
[2]“State of Prisons,” i. 36.
[3]A free inmate who carried messages abroad.
[3]A free inmate who carried messages abroad.
[4]The doorkeepers and porters whose duty it was to recognise all prisoners, and prevent them from passing through the gate.
[4]The doorkeepers and porters whose duty it was to recognise all prisoners, and prevent them from passing through the gate.
[5]Oldys was for many years an inmate of the Fleet Prison. He was permitted to go abroad to see his friends outside and even to spend the whole night at large.
[5]Oldys was for many years an inmate of the Fleet Prison. He was permitted to go abroad to see his friends outside and even to spend the whole night at large.
[6]The reader will remember Mr. Pickwick’s kindly relief of Mr. Alfred Jingle and his faithful henchman Joe Trotter in the Fleet.
[6]The reader will remember Mr. Pickwick’s kindly relief of Mr. Alfred Jingle and his faithful henchman Joe Trotter in the Fleet.
[7]The manufacture of straw plaiting was taxed and brought in a revenue to the Exchequer.
[7]The manufacture of straw plaiting was taxed and brought in a revenue to the Exchequer.
[8]This is not correct. Compare with official report,ante, p. 194.
[8]This is not correct. Compare with official report,ante, p. 194.
[9]Captain Stopford was an officer who had served with distinction in the Indian Mutiny as adjutant of the 52d Light Infantry. He subsequently became a Prison Commissioner and is now a gentleman usher to His Majesty Edward VII.
[9]Captain Stopford was an officer who had served with distinction in the Indian Mutiny as adjutant of the 52d Light Infantry. He subsequently became a Prison Commissioner and is now a gentleman usher to His Majesty Edward VII.
[10]History of the United States. Vol. v, p. 487.
[10]History of the United States. Vol. v, p. 487.