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Title: Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Thornbury, Walter, 1828-1876
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Publisher: London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin
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THE MAR5IIALSEA IRISON, unfortunate insolvents, and what was called the Lords Act helped to prevent the enormous conflux of such people. But this inefficient kind of legislation was not what was wanted; it acted as a temporary alleviation of the miseries and abominations of the system, but it failed to abate the nuisance, which may be said to have nourished with renewed vigour from the prunings which removed its effects. The consequence was that the prison was crowded with persons of all classes, EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. spinsters were amongst the majority who could not pass the gates. It may be calculated that the numerical strength of this strange colony amounted to an average of eight hundred or a thousand individuals. The state of this gaol is thus described by Smollett, about the time of its establishment in the Borough Road; it was much in the same state down till late in the present century :— The Kings Bench Prison . . . appears like a neat little Southwark. FORMER CONDITION OF THE PRISON. 67
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THE MARSHALSEA IN 1800.The Racquet Court of the Marbhalsea. Interior of the Palace Court of the Marbhalsea 68 OLD AND NEW LONDON.

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