CHAPTER XXV

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Escape of Prisoners--A Gang of Forgers--Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt--Prisoners Object to move--Opposition to Removal--"The Last Days of the Fleet"--Sale of the Fleet Prison--Begging Grate--Richard Oastler 313

Fleet Marriages.

## CHAPTER XXVI .

Illegal Marriages--Cost of Marriages--_Peculiars_--Suppression of Irregular Marriages--A Fleet Parson's Reflections--Fleet Parsons--An Heiress Married 327

## CHAPTER XXVII .

John Gaynam--The Bishop of Hell--Edward Ashwell--John Floud--Walter Wyatt 339

## CHAPTER XXVIII .

The Lilleys--Fleet Parsons--Parson Keith 351

## CHAPTER XXIX .

"The Bunter's Wedding"--Fleet Parsons--Exchange of Wives--Singular Marriage--Irregular Marriage 363

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