Sessional papers

164 items, a few loose in the volume but mostly bound in

2. Note re meeting of 2 June, Bromhead as chairman. Rules, as amended, approved

5. H. Hobhouse, Whitehall, 14 June, to Charles Chaplin, about the need to establish the charter evidence for the claims of the boroughs

6. Chaplin to Forbes, 16 June! I fear I shall have great difficulty in persuading Mr. Peel to bring in a Public Bill upon that subject'

8. The Revd. J. Kendall [received 18 June]. In view of Ostler's intransigence the county is bound to proceed against the soke (of Grantham)

12. Printed copy of amended rules

16. Copy of resolution of gaol sessions, 7 Oct. 1825, declaring the October sessions the principal one of the year, and enjoining a good attendance on the magistrates

25. and 26. Chaplain's annual reports, Oct. 1825 and Oct. 1826

27. Draft minutes of gaol sessions, 6 Oct. 1826. Brownlow (chairman), Sheffield, Heron, Bromhead, dean of Windsor, Charles Allix, W.A. Johnson, Col. Sibthorp, C. and F. Chaplin, Henry Hutton, the Revd. E. Chaplin, Amendments made to Rules following observations by Mr. Justice Abbott

30. Annual accounts

59. Draft minutes, 6 Apr. 1827

73. Copy of confirmed Rules

101. Draft minutes, 6 July 1827

107. A royal pardon for Joseph Richard Tonge, convicted of overcharging postage and sentenced to seven years transportation. 12 May 1827

117. Chitty's opinion that a chairman of gaol sessions (or for that matter quarter sessions) does not have a casting vote. 25 July 1827

118. Minutes, 28 July 1827

119. Voting for candidates for the office of turnkey, 31 July 1827. (Kesteven, including Brownlow, outvoted by Lindsey.)

124. Smirke, Stratford Place, 26 Sept., about the accounts for the newly completed debtors' yard

130. Draft minutes, 5 Oct. 1827. The prisoners to be set to work. Clerk to prepare a bill to consolidate the county hall and judges' lodgings commissioners with the gaol sessions, and to enable the Castle to be purchased. (Crossed out.)

134. The debtors complain that their new yard is unpaved

135. A long report by Sir E.F. Bromhead on the extent to which legislative requirements and the system of discipline required by the new Rules have been met. The quarterly sessions have proved a great advance on the old system of irregular annual meetings. Between sessions the gaol is under the superintendence of the sheriff and visiting magistrates, usually consisting of the Lindsey and Kesteven magistrates meeting in petty sessions at Lincoln. The committee of visitors holds a regular monthly meeting. Sensible of the value of publicity, the magistrates have freely opened the prison for the inspection of 'respectable strangers interested in this new branch of Social Economy.' 'With the same view, they have requested each Grand Jury of Assize to appoint a Committee, especially of gentlemen who are not magistrates, minutely to inspect the prison, and in consequence of valuable suggestions offered at the last Summer Assizes, they have adopted some beneficial changes.' Detailed description of prison regulations and discipline

136. Clerk's report

151. Copy, Forbes to Brownlow, 20 Oct. 1827. The gaol sessions having passed a resolution to apply for a pardon for William Wakefield, will B. please lay the application before His Majesty?

153. S.M. Phillips, Whitehall, 5 Nov. 1827, to Forbes. Lord Lansdowne will recommend a free pardon

160. Notes for meeting of 20 Dec