Note 20 — HOGARTH.
Reading edition
Mr. Rayner, in his reading on Stat. 2 Geo. II. chap. 32. whereby Bambridge was incapacitated to enjoy the office of warden of The Fleet, has given the reader a very circumstantial account, with remarks, on the notorious breaches of trust, &c. committed by Bambridge and other keepers of The Fleet-Prison. For this publication, see Worral's Bibliotheca Legum by Brooke, 1777, p. 16.
"A report from the Committee appointed to enquire into the State of the Gaols of this Kingdom, relating to the Marshalsea prison; with the Resolutions of the House of Commons thereupon," was published in 4to. 1729; and reprinted in 8vo, at Dublin the same year. It appears by a MS. note of Oldys, cited in British Topography, vol. I. p. 636, that Bambridge cut his throat 20 years after.