Star. — London, England, 1818-09-02 00:00:00

. . lie i• Ct. ta I , 4 1( 414 11 6 / - i , • ../ 041 • # 14 ---"......, 1 ' -4 X 11•.." 'c.' a b . .....;,,, i ' 1 47, i ll % t,',-e-o•-‘; ) p, , ii ) . • ( a l ititto.wit tyro...Nl, .....* ~,„, .7 A ( • ~_ NumBER 9332. EXCHEQUER -BILL OFFICE, Sept. 1, 1818. TO BE PAID OFF. An E.:chequer Bills dated in the Months of July, August, m . .d September, 1817, Supply, i'24,000,000, 57 Geo. 111. Cap. 2. Ditto 18,000,000, - - Cap. 16. tHE LORDS COMMISSIONERS of his MA -1 gsTrs TREASURThaving given directions for paying off t o r iuripal Vat above-ntentioned Exchequer Bills, with Me interest & A r on, at Me Exchequer-All Office in the Mesita of Exchequer, sac i t i ar .Yord, Westminster, on Wednesday, the 23d of Septern ut,swedonte will be given daily (Sundays and Holidays ercepted), Aursday, the 17th Instant, from Ten o'clock in t i t Arsiss till One in the Afiernoonjor the preepose of receiving the um ., ; pike ,greater dispatch, Me Bearers of the said Bills are yndapl each description o f Bills in separate Lists ( which arc to this (ewe), classing them in the order litheir respectik demoutittre for the same eminent being numerically arranged, eir yibmithe principal &OIL% and Interest due therten,corninded Minding the days on which thei are reapktiady dated, to fed l id d o.: , o f September beclaiske, when the Interest wglermse ; Oiled OA Bowers, should they be acting as the Agents of !faders vitt:genet are inserted in the Bills, are preoimedy to prorsere the ialtrussenu of such Hiders; and the Bearers are also indispen. i dlyrequired to endorse each Dill with their lotus! Signatures, and k with& Rena and rezidence at the bottom of ~,j, separate List atky are moreov er required to attend the Exchequer-Bill Office fy po.viwis, an d ',mei,: the new Bills, and give the Receipts for lig Make. Ifeny lithe Holders e at ofrresaid Bills should be desirous of raring Payment ofthePrincipral and Interest previous to the said I :s.lSay of September, they may be accommodated, on computing the tired to the Damon which they wish to be paid, rid leaving the said late f e eraniination one day prior thereto. I.o4Penons,,s may be desirous of having new Exchequer Bills in aide tint port 1 Purina of Principal, upon marking new Bills, ad mlitifining Me amount at the bottom Itheir Lists, delivered on Vure Thursday, the 17th instant, moy be accommodated with new )k e. to or Order, carrying an In sw tfiero Peace by the Day, on every One Hundred Attends, Mick atilmett. Bills will bear date the said 23d day of September, and elk Littered together with the Interest due in respect of the Bells 'kart nit erchangtyt, on Thursday, the 24th day of September, al M:Winne; days. Drhequer Bilts to be issued in Erchange and made payabk tr or Order, as abore-mentioned, may be either trans fonik, reetnriemeist, n. Of be paid to the Bearer f the Blank shall askflet op. Erelvierer Pills dated prier to July, 1817, have been k rid 21„ HAVING been repeatedly requested to make gal: the Powers of Attorney granted, as well vs our Fro ato oarselves individually—We hereby give Notice, that v.:us aphorised by the following Insurance Companies, e nal.vviriters in ILuntourgh, both the Ccoupany and ?eV: Underwriters. The Underwriters in Lubeck. Die Rolal Chartered Insurance Society and the private Un deaths i 2 Copenhagen, Iht lawn:ice Company in Stockholm, Ditto Gottenhurgh, Ditto Ditto Christiana, T/ 7•C: ts their Agents with respect to damaged Ves4o, mi d Caret rattadle'da any of them which may arrive at the Port tf*xvr:gtr, or its district, going from the River Sirc NIA of F"ir;6l,ll, to Rrwardc, on the Lith of 6..rgers the Village of Sltetstal excepted, as far as Mr. C. V. DV, 0r ;hat place, is spe cr-14 appointed for time of the Mambo rgh Underwriters. We likewise give notice, that Jacoh Kielland is appointed Av.!! for the Ilderwriters at Lloyd's, at the Port of Stavanger, the district front the Village Egersund to Rywarde ;.e. - tatrmioncd. _ - ...... cf Vein's and Proprietors of Goods 'insured with any of :Se .hoce-raentivwd, our Constituents are requested to ac tz...-4 at, when they get intelligence of any Vessel or Cargo ar nrAl !hit district with damage by sea, or to instruct the Mu te:m:4ply to es for advice how to act, and for the necessary ter-inlet to Fevent obstacles to the settlement of the ac cart, to to the claims upon the Underwriters. JACOB KILLLAND and SON. &urger, in Norway, June '26, 1818. IN THE FERTILE YALE OF GLAMORGAN. At Craraway's Cofeetouse, on WEDKESDAY, the 23d of Sep. tember nett, If not previously disposed of by Private Contract, THE Capital EST ATV, and FARM of BOVER TON CASTLE, containing Six Hundred and Seventy lor Acts of very rich Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Land, note only four miles from Cowbridge, 15 miles front the mar let Dim of Cardiff, and only one tides sail from Bristol. For paniculars apply to *. A. Miu ray, Surveyor and Land kr, N 0.61, St. Martin's-lane, London; Win. Vaughan, F.sq. c Lhaelay by Cardiff. Mr. Thomson, at Boverton Castle, will Orr , the Farm.--Letten post-paid. ‘IOST MYSTERIOUS CASI OF CONSPIRACY AND ABDUCTION. This day was published, price 3e. A MIL and Correct ACCOUNT of the TRIAL Al. which took place at the last Dorchester Assizes, before NIL !Ake Park and a Special Jury, in the case of the King on tl f ;tweed= of George Lowman Tutkett, Esq. r. James Britardi and nine other Defendants, upon an indictment for Cm ';i 4 c7, Assault, and false Imprisonment: taken from the Sh ot auzil No.es of IL Richardson. I di cue the case to you on the part of the prosecution, ' 27 asae w Treater treachery, guilt, depravity, and cruelty orator kaaalt virtue, innocence, and happiness, was never sub auteJ to the considerarion of a Jury. If you find that she (Miss Glenn) is not to be 7 11 " 0 • you matt 2grefl that there never has been found before ' 2 * bittory of our fellow-rival:l.es, an instance of a young 1 : 1,1 7 having arrived at a climax of infamy at the early age of sitewiag a conduct unprecedented in the annals of 8 *ant Pell's opening speech for the prosecution. 1•cOd4:1: Printed for iLaawin, Cradock, and Joy, Pawl- COMPLAINTS AND DEBILITY. DIE late celebrated Dr. FOTHERGII.L, in the muse of his extensive practice, encountered repeatedly . 124 d'iuTising cases of Nervous Complaints that he was in . to direct his p r i nc i pa l attent i on to the discovering an ef kl.litid prmanem remedy. This invaluable Medicine here tu the public attention under the title of " Dr. FO- L.f.'s DROPS," was the haapppy result by MOMS of 'which he invariably satesxeded is seb tuctmilarin; every description of Nervous disorders vairPts alfectient, as Lowness of Spirits, 11z3 1.1,1 I Arpetite, IndireAlon, Spasm% 'tremors, 11::rk rue Lassltatlt, Anxiety, Fainting Fits, :; kill ,f or re Cation of tne system. To those t;: , '• • aired, it ig , :oaftl•stly recommended to ma !e iklediaw, by which they are assured of ire.lcd . ..te relief, And by a due perseverance in it %lire:time given, the complete re-establis,hment ,: ~.; ~. 7t 46. ed. I la. and CZ.. by Birtrtata and Sco t ';tt. 4, carnet of St. Nan, Londwn; and t' • A-Arert. +at ; princip.il Fkr3k 3,4lers, : kit:n:le Vtaders t?roughtit the Kingdom WEDNESDAY, SEPTEM: This day was published, price OS; THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, or CRITICAL JQUR NA L—No. 59. Contents—Polar Ice, and a North-West Passage; Ricardo's Political Economy ; Childe Harold, Canto 4th ; Eteocles Notes on America; Hallam's Middle Ages; Spy Systeitt at Lyons.' 1817 ; State of Parties; Bishop Watson's Ildemoin; Women, or Pour et Centre. Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. and Longman, liurst, likes, Orme and Drown, London. MRS. ONE'S NEW TALES. This day was published, in 4 vas. ltrno. price LI oe. boards, NEW TALES.—By Mrs. OPlE.—Printed for Longman, Ilursf, Rees, Orme, and Brosm Loden. Of whom may be had, by the same Author s 1. Father and Daughter, 12mo. 4s. 6d. beards. 2. Talcs of Real Life, in 3 vols. 12s. boards. 3. Simple Tales, 4 vols. lgmo. Al IS. boards. 4. Temper; or, Domestic Scenes, 3 vol.:. LI 11. 5. V'alentin'e Eve, 3 vole. lemo..£t is. 6. Bien*, foolscap livo. Gs. boards. NORWICH UNION INSURANCE Speedily will be published (by Order of the Directors), ABRIEF and DISPASSIONATE APPEAL t . the MEMBERS on the SUBJECT of the MEASURES CONNECTED with the MEETINGS lately held at the Gaols's! and Vutxuart Tares„, Cornhill, London. For more than 21 years this Society has been extending itself over various parts of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Directors have been long accustomed to receive the most sada factory testimonies from the Insured, as to the manner in which losses have been adjusted, and the general concerns of the Insti tution carried on. In London, however, where the Society's Business (at least to, any extent) is comparatively of recent date, much dissatisfaction has lately been fomented; and the measures pursued by the complaining parties have excited the attention of the Members throughout the Kingdom. A respectable London Committee being now occupied in the investigation of the Society's concerns in that District, under the express sanction of the Directors they have-been unwilling in any manner to anticipate the Rep ort of that Committee. But the time of its publication being uncertain, and the Metnbers throughout the country having earnestly requested official infor mation on the late transactions in town, the Directors feel that this is no more than they are entitled to, independently of any measures that may be in progress tespecting the Metropolis and its vicinity. . Under these circumstances (and especially since the George and Vulture Committee has issued a Remit the Board has de termined to publish such a Statement as may be calculated to meet the wishes of the Country Members; in doing which, they will, for the present, exclude Irons their consideration the un settled claims in the London District; or if it 4bould be found needful to allude to them, it will be done no further than may be unavoidable for conveying to the general body of insurers the information they desire. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZZTTR. Ifis Royal Highness the Prince Regent has beet•, pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to approve of the following Regiments being permitted to bear on their co Burs and appointments, in addition to any other badges or devices which may have heretofore been granted to them, the distinc ' dens undermentioned, 59th Regiment of Foot, the words—" Virniera,"• l Tahvera," and " Albuliera," in commemoration of the distinguished ser vices of that Regiment at the battle of Vimiera, on 91st August, 1808 ; at Talavera, on 27th and 28th July, 1899; and at eUbu hera, on 16th May, 1. • - 5 ki tht word " Talavera," in commemoration of th , s. ni•-”s of tht Lae se - ml Battalion at the battle of Tala vera, on ::ith and :Bth July, 1809. MILITARY PROMOTIONS. WAR-OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 1. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign Thomas Butler, from the 46th Foot, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, vice Duke, who exchanges. 13th Regiment of Foot—Brevet Major William Light, from the half-pay of the 21Ith Foot, to be Captain of a Company, vice Robert Campbell, who exchanges. 27th Ditto—Astlcy Cooper, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Buchannan, promoted. 46th Ditto—Ensign and Lieutenant Edward John Duke, from the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, to be Ensign, vice Butler, who exchanges. 76th Dit to—John Ileueage Gribbe, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase vice Wood, promoted. 83d Ditto —Captain John Hutchinson, from the half-pay of the 94th Foot, to be Captain of a Company, vice Donald Camp bell, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 2d West India Regiment--Lieutenaat James Grant, from the Royal West India Rangers, to be Lieutenant, vice Day, who exchanges. Royal West India Rangers—Lieutenant Mathew Day, from the sd West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, •ice Grant, who exchanges. HOSPITAL STAPP. Staff-Surgeon Sitnon Rawling, from the half-pay, to be Surgeon to the Forces, vice William Wallace, w•ho retires. stLMORANAMt. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, t r.:voke the Com mission of Deputy Muster-Master-General. lately held by John Tekell, Ehri. and to discontinue the appointment froth 50th July, 1818. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. October to, Samuel Abbott, late of New-court, St Swithin'i lane, London, merchant, at ten, at GuildhalL October 16, Robert Lee, of Great Winchester-etreet, London, underwtiter, dealer and Chapman, at ten, at Guildhall BANKRUPTS. John William Keith Mackennal, Litt of the Old South-Sea- House, London, merchant, to surrender September 5,1?, and October 13, at eleven , at Guildhall Attorney, Mr. D. H. Richardson, Clement';-lane, Lombard-street. Thomas Story, of South Blyth, Northumberland, ship-owner, dealer and chapman, Sept. 19, 23, and October 13, at eleven, at the George Inn Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Attornies, Mr. Flexney, Gray's-Inn-square, London; or Mr. G. A. Lambert, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Edward Saunders, of Feversharn, Kent, grocer. Sept. e, 210, and October 13, at ten, at Guildhall Attornies, Messrs. Noy and Ilardstone, Bell-court, Mincing-lane. Thomas Stephens, of Torkington, Cheshire, dealer and Chap man, Sept. 14, 19, and October 13, at ten s at the Spread Eagle Inn, Manchester. Attornies, Messrs. LongdW and Butterfield, Gray's Inn, London; or Mr. Dims, Manchester. William Gook, of Chapel-street, New-road, Middlesex, grocer and tea-dealer, Sept. 12, 19, and October 13, at twelve, at Attornies, Messrs. Fielder and Bartlett, Duke street, Grosvenor-square. William Davidson, of Little Saint Thomas Apostle, London, wholesale eta:toner, dealer and chapman, Sept. 12 , 19, and October 13, at twelve, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. James, Bucklersbury. Richard Thomas, of Northumberland-court, Strand, dealer and Chapman, Sept. 2, 19, and October 13, at twelve, at Guild hall. Attorney, Mr. G. T. Taylor, Fethersten-buildings. DI VIDE:NOS to be made at G Li I LDIIALL. Sept. •.2.?, C. Bit top, High-street, Southwark , ifnen-draper, at twelve. e - tel , r 31, G. Penny, arnford-court, Throgatorton. street, much-u, at ten. &pt. Yfi, W. Lows, at Muck/4dd, 2, 1818.. druggist, at tea. Sept. 17, A. Keating, &mad, silversmith and eweller, at eleven. DIVIDENDS to be made in the COUNTRY. Sept. INI, W.. Hewes', Hinckley, mercer, e eleven, at the Ring's Hod, Coventry: Sept, 25, J. Saint, Lymington, Won founder, at twelve, at the Anchor and Hope Inn, Lymingtoo. Sept. 25, Kisicpibtek, Liverpool, stealer and chapman, at ova at the George, LiverpooL October I, J. Simpson. Braza-knump Kingston.npah.Thill, ollenerchant, at eleven, e the Degas ies. a I Duck Tavern, Hall. October J. Richardson, El dal, haewearpenter, at siesta, at the King's Arms Ina rk liebby KendaL Sept. 24, W. Saushm Warwick, liquer.assenhant, et It, at the Swan Hotel, Warw ick . Sept. 22, A. !barna, areacallet linen-drew, at eleven, at thi Ram Inn, Cirencester. r. 19. • CERTIFTC--- —_ D. daddy Isedi, hosier. F. Drown, Croydon,; grocer. T. Moresby, Carpi" stock-broker. S. Shrubsoie, Liverpool, userchemt, Y. Coat, Little Alle-street, Goodman's-fields, ur . holder. D. Tucker, lirlitalt dealer. sum tilt.—B. Owing, Little AU.-street, Goodmatiodeldh upholder. J. Distrait, Old Bood.otreet, coachmiuker. B. South all, Leyden, Herdadakeetarrar. J. Harley, Gosport, asap manafestunr. DISSOLUTION'S OF PARTNERSHIPS. Tamald and Mason, Worcester, chemists. Harvey and Bei nalL O. and A. Murray, 3lanchester, cotton-spinners. Wren and Bentley, Choriey, liquor-merchants. Parr and Poynton, London, hardwan— Sandie, sm. and jun. Matdon. Wat- Loner, ha - •—•..u rs . *Namara and Cud son Liverpool, clihy, New Rose, provhdonmorchants. Taylor and Hargreaves, Preston, Lancashire, nurserymen. REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE an We STATE OF PRISONS IY tHs METROPOLIS. COLD RATR-FIELD6 PRISON. (Continued from our yaper of yesterday.) Work.—There is little or no work in this prison ; whatever common indoor repairs are wanting are performed by the prisoners. The females wash the linen, and make the clothes which the county al lows. The principal employment of the male pri soners is the picking of oakum ; the value of that labour during the last year was 347/. the number of prisoners 8,667. It is stated to your Committee, that about one-fifth of the prisoners do not work ; and that there are besides between 12 and 1500 vagrants, whose labour is very small, though not altogether to be put out of the account. Your Committee consider the question of work as one of the greatest importance. The law sentences the convict-felons to hard labour, and the practice under the law is, to supply nothing that can be called labour ; here no habits of industry are formed, and the convict is discharged at the end of his term of imprisonment, corrupted by the prisoners with whom he has been associated, debased and hardened by punishment, corrected of no idle habit or wicked propensity, and less than ever disposed eco earn his living by labour, from the long continued idleness ,in'which he has indulged during his imprisonment. The ,Keepor says, that there are various kinds of 'used lafinitt in which prisoners could be employed ; and your Committee wish to Press strongly upon the attention of the Magistrates, the immense importance of this great subject. They have no doubt, under proper management, the prisoners w ould be enabled to do much by their labour towards their daily sup port; and your Committee are decidedly of opi,lion, that plenty of plain food, such as good wheaten bread, should.be furnished to the prisor.ers, but that all indulgencies beyond that ought to be the result of their own labour. In a pecuniary point' of view, a material saving would hereby be made to the county. But, looking on labour in a House of Cor rection as a moral remedy, they have no hesita tion to declare it to be their opinion, that without regular and constant occupation being afforded to each prisoner, no reasonable hope can be entertained of his amendment. Food.—The allowance of food is as follows :—onc pound of the best wheaten bread a-day, a pint of good water-gruel in the morning, and six ounces of meat, when boiled, every other day ; and the days .they have not meat, they have one- quart of soup each : the bread is given out early in the morning, the gruel at eight, and the meat or soup at two o'clock. The prisoners are allowed to purchase po tatoes; which are cooked in the kitchen for them ; and their friends are permitted to bring what food they please, provided it is dressed; no malt liquor is allowed, unless ordered by the Doctor, excepting to the debtors and to the prisoners under re-examina tion. Yoiir Committee are informed, that this regu lation is strictly attended to ; but they cannot avoid remarking, that the quantity consumed in the prison is very great, supposing only the two classes of per sons above-mentioned are in the habit of purchasing the same : the porter is brought into the prison three puncheons at a time, and one of the turnkeys has the sale of it, at the same price as out of doors, for the profit of Mr. Shepherd, of Clerkenwell-gr een. Hcapita la.—There are several hospitals in this pri son, and they appear to be clean, well ventilated, and proper accommodation provided for the sick.— On the male side, the infirmaries communicate with the yard ; hence a free access is afforded to the fe lons who are confined below. The Surgeon informed your Committee, that he endeavours to check this irregular and inconvenient practice ; but the priso ners having a free communication, they cannot be shut out. Your Committee found many of the pri soners on the staircase leading up to the infirmary, the doors open, and the communication as unre strained as to one of the day-rooms ; there is no clas sification of prisoners in the hospital; and your Com mittee found there a prisoner, a coachman, who had been committed for an assault, then a convalescent, in the same ward with the convicted felons, and that open to all the felons in the yard. On the female division of the prison, a wooden staircase has been made on the outside, by which means all communication is closed, and the Surgeon expresses a hope, in which your Committee join, that if practicable, a similar arrangement may take place in the infirmaries for the males. Your Committee wish to remark here, that there is no receiving pl.t.e in the prisuit, to which a pi! PRICE SEVEN-PENCE. goner, on his arrival, can be placed before he is eta mined by the Surgeon. At present the fines from Newgate are, on their commitment, put In a yard with caber prisoners ; a practice which, in the opinion of your Committed, is highly objectionable. In the l Arst Sate, it is contrary to law; as inull Houses of Coneetion • a receiving room or yard is expressly con Landed by the 17 or Geo. 111. ch. 74, sec. 57 ; sad, idly, the state in which prisoners are committed from Newpte, ren. -.t k hw liable to introduce dis; ease into 414 e prison.. The Surgeon says, " they are ly in a filthy state ; indeed so much so, that generally in a filthy state; indeed so much so, that their iesh is so much grained in with filth, that we are under the necessity of putting them into a hot .bath or slip, and having them washed all over, other wise it would be impossible to discover whether they had the itch, or any other disease upon them." Your Committee have been informed, that the nurse in each hoewital is a prisoner, who gives the medicines which are prescribed ; one of these, a con vict, states, that in his hands are left drugs ; which, to say the least, arc most hazardous to be so intrusted to an ignorant man ; vitriolic acid and opium being certainly medicines which persons, who are not me; dical practitioners, are unqualified to prescribe. On the female side of the prison, your Committee think a matron ought to be appointed, who would be a fitter person to direct the administration of the medicines, than a female convict. Furl and Lighic.—The allowance of coals it stated by the keeper to your Committee to be ample; no regular quantity is apportioned to each tire, but t'Ae prisoners have as much as they can burn ; at the sante time your Committee think it their duty .0) stsl!e, they heard from the prisoners some complaints of t:le want of fuel, And that they suffered severely from cold. The prisoners are shut up in their respective cells, in the winter at four o'clock, and in the sum mer at eight o'clock in the evening; they are not permitted to have the use of candles in their cells ; none are furnished, and they lia;•e no liberty to buy any ; the lights arc all put out, except those in the Infirmaries and the Officers' rooms, as soon as the prisoners are shut up. Cleanliness.—The general appearance of the prison is remarkably dean the interior well ventilated. The small number of sick and the little mortality demon strates the healthiness of the situation ; the good di;- cipline of the e%;ablishment ; and the result is highly creditable to the medical treatment of the house. Clothing.—The convict prisoners are all clothed at the expense of the County : the males have a jacket, breeches, shoes, stockings, and shirt; the lemalci, jacket, blue petticoat outside, flannel petticoat un derneath, shoes, stockings, and shift. The linen is changed weekly: 17. is allowande of clothing is given to all prisoners who come in for more than seven or fourteen days: if those who are thus committed, er ceptingthe felon convicts, have good clothing anti linen, they have vrmis , •ion to wear them, and their linen is washed for them in the prison. Irons. --Noe are ironed except those who are tom• mined for re-examination on capital charges: your Committee olj!-ct to this practice of putting men in irons who arc not even committed for trial ; the of fetters can only be justified when necessary for the purposes of safe custody ; and in a prison where the felon-convicts arc it ;Toned, the fettering prisoners who arc under examin .•ion is, in the opinion of your Committee, unwarrantable. Visiting Magistrates.—A Committee of Magis trates meet on Thursday previous to the Sessions, and the Thursday next but one after them ; they assem ble seventeen times a-year ; six or nine generally meet, and they go round the prison, personally in specting it; at other times, individual Magistrates visit the prison ; a journal is kept, but observations are hardly ever made in it. The Committee's meet ing often, and the remarks, are entered in a book, which is in the possession of the Clerk of the Peace. Religious Attendance.—The Chaplain (Mr. Buell) performs Divine Service once on Sunday, Wednes day, and Friday; he generally attends himself two days in the week, and his cntate one; he states to your Committee, that he goes round the jail once a week at least; he attends also the school, catechizes and hears the boys read. Your Committee wish to ob serve, that in their opinion it would be expedient to provide a schoolmaster to take charge of the boys; at is of importance that he be a person ofirreproach able character, and on no account a prisoner for any offence. The establishment of a general school in the prison would also to their mind be a salutary measure. The Chaplain circulates among the pri soners religious tracts, and there are several Bibles in each yard ; he keeps a journal, in which he enters the time of the performance of Divine Service, and he makes, sometimes, remarks on the conduct of the prisoners : a copy of this journal is laid quarterly be fore the Magistrates. Though the attendance of the Chaplain is thus regular, and the performance of his various duties highly meritorious, yet, in the opinion of your Committee, the Sabbath-day is by no means well employed in this prison. The service begins soon after nine o'clock, and, of course, is over before twelve ; from that hour till night the prisoners have neither religious nor moral instruction ; they are left entirely to themselves; and the Chaplain states that he has never on that day gone round the yards. Yo - ,:r Committee think it would he expedient to perform the service twice on Sundays ; and that if a school. master was appointed, some portion of the day which is now spent in idleness, and in loose and unprofit able conversation, might be more beneficially em ployed. The Chaplain informed your 'Committee, that here also he has never administered the Sacra ment, nor has he ever proposed it to the sick or the dying ; but visits once a week the infirmaries, and if wanted is sent for. John Wright, the surgeon's assistant, informed your Committee, that of the 20 persons who have died there dating the fifteen months he has been-a prise.. uer, the Chaplain visited and prayed with only ei g h t or nine . T. be contiaratl.) • !?