immediately after paying the basket-men for their trouble.

26. If the Marshal advance money for a supersedeas, he is to be reimbursed out of the next county-money.

37. Common side prisoners may elect an annual Steward; who is not to be deposed, but on application to the Court or a Judge. No prisoner in the Rules may vote.

28. The Steward to enter in books the Tables of Fees, these Rules, and a List of the Charities. All, together with his Accounts, for inspection of the prisoners.

29. A prisoner, wronged by the Steward and Assistants, on applying to the court or a judge, shall be paid his damages out of the next dividend of the Steward and Assistants. If he complains unjustly, he shall make satisfaction from his own next dividend.

30. If the Steward or Assistants embezzle the money, successors may call them to account, and stop their dividends of the grate-money, &c. for reparation of the injury.

31. These orders to be read publicly every third Monday. 32. Marshal, servants, and prisoners, to observe their Rules, under pain of the utmost punishment of law.

33. No clerk or servant of a judge to take any fee on occasion of a petition founded on these Orders..

Further RULES and ORDERS for the Government,

&c. made and signed the 10th day of May, 1759.

1. No person to bring any weapon.

2. Those on the Master's side who demand Garnish to be turned to Common side for a time, not longer than a month. Those on the Common side are, for the like offence, to

be

be excluded, not longer than a fortnight, from all profits, except share of the baskets.

3. Doors of the great garden to be shut at dark: doors of the

wards at nine.

4. The chambers at disposal of the Marshal, &c.

5. If a Master's side prisoner neglect for a month to pay his cham ber-rent, he may be turned over to the Common side till he pays. His goods to be delivered to him by a witnessed inventory. If discharged by the plaintiff, he may yet be detained for fees, and a month's chamber-rent.

6. None to sell in the prison victuals or drink, without consent of Marshal. A prisoner thus offending may be turned over to the common side for a month. Marshal to take care that those who sell do keep good order, &c.

7. Confirms the 14th Rule preceding; i. e. the great room for exercise, and the two rooms for the sick.

8. Prisoners turned to common side for offending, or nonpayment, to have no profit but share of the baskets; to bear no office; nor vote for officers.

9. These Rules to be fixed in the most public places, for inspection.

(Signed) MANSFIELD.

T. DENNISON.

M. FORSTER.

E. WILMOT.

A further RULE and ORDER, &c.
made 19th May, 1760.

Those who attempt or assist an escape; who sell or promote the sale of victuals or liquors without leave of the Marshal who assault another; who blaspheme the name of GOD; swear, or make a riot; may be sent by the Marshal to any one of tire following prisons in Southwark; viz. the County Gaol for

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for Surrey, the Bridewell for that county, or to the Marshaland there confined, for the first offence, not exceeding one month; for a second offence, not exceeding three months.

This Rule to be hung up.

(Signed) MANSFIELD.

T. DENNISON.

M. FORSTER.

E. WILMOT.

On the same Sheet is,

A TABLE of FEES, to be taken by the Marshal of the King's Bench Prison, in the County of Surrey, for any Prisoner or Prisoner's Commitment, or coming into Gaol, or Chamber Rent there, or discharge from thence in any Civil Action. Settled and established the 16th day of June, in the 33d year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Second, and in the year of our Lord 1760, pursuant to an Act for the Relief of Debtors, with respect to the imprisonment of their persons;

viz.

1. To the Marshal for every Prisoner committed on

any Civil Action,

2. To the Turnkey on the Master's side,

3. To the Marshal, on the discharge of every such

4. To the Deputy Marshal, upon the discharge of

one or more actions, executions, or other
charge, and no further fee, though there be
never so many actions,

5. To the Clerk of the papers, for the first action upon the discharge,

6. To the Clerk of the papers for every action, execution, or other charge, to be paid on the discharge,

7. To the Deputy Marshal upon a Commitment of a Prisoner in Court, or at a Judge's Chambers, in any Civil Action, if carried to the King's Bench Prison, .

8. To the Clerk of the papers for the same,

9. To the said Deputy Marshal for a Surrender in Discharge of Bail, be there never so many

10. To the Clerk of the papers for each Action upon such surrender, .

11. To each of the four Tipstaffs, 2s. 6d. for each Prisoner's Commitment by the Court, and carried to the King's Bench Prison, in the whole, .

12. To the Tipstaff that carries any Prisoner committed at a Judge's Chambers to the said prison,

13. To the Marshal, for the Use of Chamber, Bed, Bedding, and Sheets, for each Prisoner, if provided by the Gaoler at the Prisoner's request, for the first night, in the Common side of the said Prison,

14. For the like use every night the Prisoner remains in custody after the first,

15. And if two lie in a bed, 1a. each,

16. For the like use of every Prisoner that goes on

the Master's side, for the first night,

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17. For the like use every night after the first,. 18. And if two lie in a bed, 2d. each,

19. And if the Prisoner finds his own Bed, Bedding,
and Sheets (which the Marshal is in no sort to
hinder him of), then he shall pay for Cham-
ber-rent to the Marshal, per week,

No other Fee for the Use of Chamber, Bed,
Bedding, and Sheets, or upon Commitment
or Discharge of any Prisoner on any Civil
Action.

THOMAS HOWARD.

MANSFIELD.

ANTHONY THOMAS ABDY.

T. PARKER.

WILLIAM HAMMOND.

I copied the following LIST of BENEFACTIONS, on the 6th of March, 1802, from the Book kept on the Common Side of the Prison; it is entitled, "An Account of Gifts and Donations to the "Prisoners on the Common Side of the King's "Bench Prison."

County-money, paid quarterly, by the Clerk, to the
Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, at 15.
per quarter,

The Gift of Sir Thomas Gresham, paid by the Cham-
berlain of London, at 2l. 10s, per quarter, .
Lady Bertie, at Lady-day yearly (deducting Land-

poor

£. s. d.

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