The Express.
London, England, 1850-12-17 00:00:00

THE GAOL OF NEWOATE.

following an extracts from the report pro-
w the Court of Aldermen, by the Rte. John Davis,

, of Neergats, on the elate of the gaol for IMO:
olotber you, involving an incalculable mass of fast and
has now passed over in this gaol, sod it amain be-
my duty to prevent another report to your worshipful
and on the present occasion I avail Illysslf the more
of the opportunity to express my great thankfulness
mat • I alterations and improvements that ham

wade in the prima daring the year now elided. More
list changer, bearing upon the dtealiplioe and
of the geol, have sot for a very long period takes
sad all the maemben of the worshipful court in their

rc duty se magistsstm will imperious* much
ice st ths results Tim coils, during the past eh rievalty,

en lighted aid warned ; large and 'Missive work.
have been fitted up for transports Ow the model
hash prison. Coeviets are compelled to wear the
and labour is emelernity with their maleness
hole interior of the prim hem bees furnished with
lout 200 pas lights lospt busing daring the sight
weeeesery, sad as improved night.wsteh Imbue
ad own the weeper.* end throughout the prison, so
'emetics mites esqvised can be afforded at oleos

tel.l and promrly.
.at the iaterior of any rrMen gan ell times ever be no
tilt known to • body o magistratai as to the responsible
whole 4..4 and bossily duty is to 14 ocitropied in
4, it. one can reasoaably expect. The court, there.
are not klt so strongly me the responsible officers have
e gnat inconveniesme se/ soils to which the ahem
denied to supply remodion Deriog the MUM swathe
17 'linter the tutors mildness of tits cells sad the
o which it pat wreathed primmen rendered thugs cells,
micro( mussily, shwa naemespied. Ina gaol like
Ice, ria.-• will .met 'bore separation is absolutely
sty 14 the pupates of *dos. Men will be found so
id is their habits, sad addicted to such office. s, that
'ut but is.rlatims from othem Is for them ; and,
ur waking fer trial, or undergoiag the sentence of the
ea their depravity, ocimmem pcopristy demands that
hat, nape with them la miallaentent to debase and
r. The difficulties to whisk is sums ewes the respon-
Mars have bees pat, by dm blew coldness of the
to tiny out era simple end necessory a principle, Ire
issue to those wise gete the daily mock*/ of the inte-
nt Newest.. Many stamp,. bare been previously
to °busts this evil, but caner till tae meant time has
imedy been obtained."
lee speaking of the had effects aririag from the state of
.tasty which awaited the removal of °Dories Rader
nue of transported°. by the Sientary of State, the

n says:
I sada,* the ettieratiass pm have Nude daring tbie
par have, is a very Remind dep... pis a seep for eve,
this source of comply t. Tb. envie% are kaput Wait
4 eaey work, pickle' oakum is easvist dotes sad they
war to ukase, ander the 541POTtilliDi of as dim. dating
day. elm is relieved at sight by &iodise tilliser. shop
is to paint ell irrvialarities is the paiss sedeped to
Tios alsami MAURO! ei Sips depraved MIPPI NOON their
Imam ocespitii is Stair wards, is prises isterviswe
with them, shies sesasiady, is lbs pima chap! sad
Aare, i. to as moot stailiti. Wisp bosoms omit mars

•as a their leeks; their dismeasicir Ia the elierl is
rls mote bemadag ; their eembasatiose tor pl•dthert
ion ere mended. their bmlttion aceeife el predatory
..13 is impeeWele. sad the equable solitude of labouring
‘..uus ridings bore, as elawbere, some of the results
t imprikausent ought to effect. . . . .
have believed, had I not witnessed its resulto,
lark important an effect is ?iodated in prima dime-
,• y the mere introduttiln of light. As a matter, not of
,r$ to the prisoners, but of supervising influents, its
• ire /ACM striking. I have referred to the improved
• cod msnrers of eouvicts by merely keeping hem at
rr- cud tts), work; but this effect is lees apparent the*
mhos now visible in the gasping wards of transports,
abottair what it used to be when they slept in darkness*,
• tenet may now be seta audit, the beneficial imams, of
lte• The ponernmeat has wisely had the eleeMag wards
c.rd ell :be %reimport hulks lighted up by a%ht by the
tedetutes of pottabLe sal sad other suitable means, es
Y berm is the reports of these establishments pree. sled
the lest sasion of perliaammt. If ono-fiftieth part of
Lit hie been told me by omelets sentenced to imprisonment
um hacks be tree, and I admit and allow for the doubled
'`,,c death t. stun coy, the transport *aide of Newstate wets
wont conditiou palaces of light compared with Ms
gird deeds of those dissolute and last men, when
hay wire Mat op in darkness of mind Ind body from foss
t• ti in the afternoon of winter till about dayliett t, the
',lt tanning. Whale blue book upon blue book was hurling
•I"ilitlt therders upon Newer's*, the cries of the ma
44 halts, ender the same inspection as Nampa*, was
4' sat u d unbieded. I 'moot but rejoice Root
`l"s that though so late, still at lost, light sad *ha/
',bias haeo been introduced fate both."
4.!he tkeplain proceeds to report upon the mom ardleary
u:mc of the prison, prod's.' a useful table of erimMales
alt--" A great dittoes@ continues la the number ad'
• as 'ten to Newt/ate. la 1860, we had 37 lees than le
sae In that year 73 less than in 1848; making a total
'tf eme of 110 in tern years. The total number for the three
riaei wen Mt in 1848, 211 is 1849, sad 174 la 1830. . . •