The Queen’s Prison Discontinuance Act 1862
WHEREAS the Amendment of the Law of Bankruptcy and Imprisonment for Debt has reduced the Number of Prisoners in the Queen's Prison to such an Extent that it is expedient to discontinue the said Prison, and to remove the Prisoners now remaining therein to the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex situate in Whitecross Street, and herein-after referred to as Whitecross Street Prison: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords...