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.

Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber:
the involvent debtor=> the insolvent debtor {pg 38}
que deux heros=> que deux héros {pg 79}
According to the acount there given=> According to the account there given {pg 101}
the hospital and died there of “langeur,”=> the hospital and died there of “langueur,” {pg 168}
detenus=> détenus {pg 234, 240, 274}
on supicion of being a spy=> on suspicion of being a spy {pg 253}
‘Tuez moi ces coquins ci’=> ‘Tuez-moi ces coquins-ci’ {pg 266}
tres mauvais sujets=> trés mauvais sujets {pg 275, 276}