THE FOOL OF QUALITY; OR, THE YHISTORY OF HENRY, EARL OF MORELAND. BY MR. BROOKE. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. CINCINNATI: PUBLISHED BY U. P. JAMES, THE FOOL OF QUALITY; OR, THE HISTORY OF HENRY, EARL OF MORELAND. CHAPTER I. Shortly after the conversation narrated at the close of the preceding volume, Mr. Fenton requested of Mr. Clement an account of the manner in which his money had been disposed of among the prisoners in the Fleet.First, Sir, he replied, you will see, by this list, that, for little more than the 500 pounds allotted, were leased ninetyfive prisoners, whose debts amounted from forty shillings These, in the geneto about twelve pounds per man. ral, had been journeymen tailors or weavers, or professors of other inferior crafts; and as they wanted means or encouragement for exercising their respective occupations in gaol, they subsisted on the pence which they got begging at the grates, or on their dividends of occasional sums, which were sent for their relief by charitale individuals. Nearly all of them were thin in flesh, and extremely shabby in clothing; and yet they could Hardly be said to excite compassion, as they appeared so cheerful and unfeeling of their own wretchedness. Neiher was there one of them, that I could learn a single circumstance of, whose story was worth reciting. Some, however, were of a quality much superior to this Jass. Among others, there was a French marquis and German prince; the prince had been put under arrest VOL. II, 811653 A |