The National Register.
London, England, 1819-03-21 00:00:00

NATIONAL ItEG

directed my printer to alter them in any futnte 0
my book. llitt I alit Colitist itt yell that I fins", ifi',4l
thisordor at the imminesit ',mil of tillitlnt my Fml;dr"Fil;
fur it it in Vaal) that I have searclobtl tor other terms equally
descriptive of the tenth. Were i called upon to &lino
the extressioto, " Sink ut itlitoess," I should say that it
nignlfies " a place into which persons itf Mk Rallis /Ince is
fekekary to he gathered, mid in whirl, suites they are unto go-
tkzre 1, their /taints of tikneui are (mutilated and ronfirostel."
Orrtainly no desctlption can be more accurately applica-
ble to any prison, in which criminals arc pi f.videti with lid
kind of occupation.
It is with pleosnrr, Gentlemen, and 0 holly wititont
irritation, that I mitt ()nit the subject of our grove deloVeil
in order to notice a mach more in portant 'powitibi Pll eb
it appears that we are I n.ly agreed.
In one port of your add' ess to the pnblic, you State, that
" the Magistrates have Inv( r discouraxedinaernptoyntent
of the pi in nee ro ;" again, !ou say that " the Magiairate*
would he glad to see the prisoners employed ;" an.l I have
now lying before me a docoliteut width goes still fin ther
—ss hich proves that you, nut only di not discourage the eon
ployment of yout pt tenni r< ; that you not only ori•ti for it;
hot that you actaallf inietal to pursue that Milieu tont uojer t.
The ductuneot to nine's I a litotle in a resolution passed at
tha General Quarter Sessions, held by adjostrunitut on
Ilse 2,1 d of last month, before B. lo'inato, Esq. Meteor, Rohl.
Alderson, Esq. St o Ward, Crisp Brower, Esq. John Poltr-
oon, Esq. and utliets their fella**. It is as follows ..
" Resoli.etl, that the !hook. of this Court be given In J. J.
Gni ney, Esq. fur his conionunication lespriiiita the Jail;
and that lie or accpiaiutett that it is the intention of the
AlAginuat,, to pursue seine plan tor the employment of
pet sons confined in the prison, t• 1 thin city."
In the pursuit of this object. however, you appear to labour
under tome little difficulty, which I oil' now shortly endeavour
to remove. "It is well known," you say, " they (toe pr.soners)
cannot ho compelled to work, nor have the Magistiates the power
to provide materials for them."
• A lor-e proportion of the prisoners now in Norwich have been
rwire% to a term of imp ell in a House of Correction.
knee can, of course, and otig.it to be " compelled to work."—
ith untried prisoners, to whom you probably intend to allude,
compulsion is certainly inoropet: but it is also need:as ; for
!. with persons are generally !build .1 embrace with (wetness the
opportunity of employment. To fill the vacancy of mail a
tedious hour, arid to accumulate for future occasions. a small
sum of money, arc the oat Ind objects ut their desire; and no-
thing surely can be more worthy than suck a desire, of encourage-
uncut 1 because it is by putting then very inmates into oaten tout
we are MilSt littzly to produce tabrinats:ai, Of the three criminals
in your jail, now employed in shoe-making, two are untried
prisoners.
From your other supposed impediment mint-tin.; materials.
it is in my power entirety to relieve you, for there is an Act of
Parliament on that specific subject It is the 19th of Charles 11.
chap. 4, and runs in the following tentui:—" Wherras there is
not yet any sufficient provision made ter the relief and setting on
work of roor and needy persons committed to the common gaol
fur felony and other misdemeanors, who miry times perish
before their trial, and the poor there living UPI mid onemptrycol
bemuse debourhed and come 'bras to:Irk:lel in the practise of
thievery and inane ss ; for remedy whereof be it enacted, &c.
that the Justices of the Peace of the rc•pective counties at any
of their General Sessions, or the major part of them t:ren there
assembled, if they shall Lind it needful so to do, may proMde a
:fork of :nets material, us they And rotivenient.fir the wiling poor
plisoners art sank, in such instinct and by such ways as other
county charts by the laws and statutes of the realm are and may
be levied anti raised." The provisitios of this Act (which I pre-
sume by construction tooe available for cities as *ell as for
counties, and which is clearly available for tho "comity arid city"
of Norwich.) are confirmed and enlarged by 31 Geo. 111. c. aG.
You are, thorefore, furnished with full authority to provide your
prisoners with materials for work ; but were it otherwise, it could
be of no importance, because ii system ot labor in prisons, if
judiciously conducted, may always beniade to pay its owls ex.
penes.
I sin confides% Gentlemen, that all your difficulties in pro-
moting so excenent an object will presently subside; and I am
equally confident (I My it With teal sincerity) that your deter-
mination, if vigorously acted on, will nut only place you beyond
the reach of censure, but will call forth in your behalf, the cor-
dial gratitude and commendation of the community over which
you preside. That regular and constant employment is a most
Important means of ptirducing atnendrnent in throe depraircal and
dissolute persons, who mostly inhabit our )orisons, is a tact not
to be contradicted. It is probable on theory and ascertained by
practice.
I have only to add, on this subject, that my humble efforts in
the promotion of so good a cease, coutintle to be much at your
serVicc • but you arc well aware, that nothing material can be
effected in it, without the full countenance and support ot ma-
gisterial authority.
Before I aincinde, I -fill trice the lib...l'y once more publicly
to &dare my opinion. tile: the evils and deti..cts existing in our
present Jail and Bailie-ell, are, lion' the nature of the build-
ings, quite incapable of being completely remedied. lam con-
vinced that a new prison might be goo ad .1 Norwich. (to serve
the purptwes both of a Jail and a Penitentiary) which. it' con-
ducted on the excellent principles .adopted at Bury, Ikhester,
Ploiledelphia, Ghent, and other pl.wes, would not only be of the
greatest advantage to ourselves, but would alliord a beneficial
example to tile whole country.
I heartily desire that you andyour brother liagi crates may
be indeed maturely to weigh this important *object, before you
finally discard it. Should you institute any prOceedings towards
the accomplishment of so great an object, I fully believe you will
meet with the *medial and liberal en-operation of your fellow-
citizens; many of whom are thoroughly convinced, that no
measures are so worthy of support—that none are so truly cc mo-
one-al—as those which are calculated to improve and prcsoive
the morals of the people.•
J have now only to apologize to you and to our common fiend
" the ?music," for the Ivngth of my letter, and to subscribe
myself, (as I can with the greatest truth)
Your sincere friend and warns well wisher.
JOSEPH JOHN GURNEY.

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nthairs. :srl Illont;t 16,1 r, 1819.
• Would that itmonpt such measures, could be numbered
our Word Ricriernis; than which, as they are now conducted,
fear by both parties) there cannot surely be devised. a more
open *chive of scandithhis bribery and corruption a more ',m-
itigate waste of money ; a more convenient occasion for loos and
blasphemous ribaldry ; a nio:l2 fruitful source of nii,ery, drunk-
ennzss, and crime; a more certain method of sapping the inde •
pendency, and destroying the morals of the community ,
re,dlraishinx toth our roorlitouner and onrjailn! Alas!
for that en-terms and honourable feclinir in all claw s of society,
by wide') such degrading and disgusting scenes night yet be
prevented.

On SSamrday lot the HomEdnal+.l liribunt v. ad
mitted to the freedom uf Norwich at a Court of Mavor-
y. lathtr was mode 411 honmary ficetmo .1731

A most humorous publication, from tie peu or
tbe Author of Lana Bookh, has just made its a;►-
pearance, under the title of, " Tam Crib's Memorial
to Congress: with a Preface, Notes, and Appendix•
By One of the Fancy." We make the follow•ieg
extract:, from the Appendix ttA a sample, and may,
perhaps, be tempted to continue them next %so:4.

MY IITAIITIES!
Suns by JACK llocstEs, the Coazhntan, at a lea litsiuez.s.l.:
in St. Giles's, iu the Character of Lora C-:::T-••2.-t;1.

I first was hir'd to peg a Hick
They call " The BIM," sometime b^c!,-,
Where soon I learn'd to potter „gash,
To curb the lits and tip thr tr•h—
Which pleas'd the 3:aster of rttE Catawar
So much, he had me up to ”n,
And gave me Itli of q,,kls a year,
To tool "The Constitution" hems
So, ya.hip, Ileartiza ! here ant I
That drive the Constitution Fly.
Some wonder how the Fly holds uut,
ho r01a.% 'tit within, without ;
So loaded, too, through thick and thin,
And with such heavy crew-a lw.
But, Lord, 'twill last our titne.—or if
The wheel, should, now and then, get !stiff,
Oil of i'a/dt's the thing that. sowing.
Sets the 14.2tri amt./Woes going!
So, ya-hip, Hmrties ! At.
Sonic wonder, too, the tits that pull
This rant concerti along, to full.
Should never to. or .44 or kick
The load and driver to Old ti irk.
But, ti^ver l'em—the breed, though 13::Lialt,
Is now no longer ironic or skittish;
I:xcept, aomedmes, about their et 7n.
Tenter Hutehttio,nts ne'er were Let.
So, ya-hip, Hearties!

And then so sociably we tide
While some have pia, e 4, snug, iaside,
Some, hoping to be there anon,
Through man) a dirty road hang vs.
And when we reach a filthy spot,
(Plenty of which there are, God wet)
You'd laugh to see with what an air
We take the spatter—each his !
se, ya-hip, Hearties! &e.
The other song of Mr. Gregstin, which I have
been lucky enough to lay hold of, was sung by
Ohl .Prosy, the Jew, who went in the character of
Major C- RTW—Glir, and who having been, at one
time of his life, apprentice to a mountebank doctor,
was able to enumerate, with much volubility, the
virtues of a certain infallib!e • nostrum, which he
called his ANNUAL PILL. The produnciation of
the Jeti added toftsiderahly tb the effect.

'THE ANNUAL
Sung by OLD Peoal, the Jett. in the Character of Milos

C-RTV-11T.

ViII nobodies try my nice Anaval
nut% to purify every Ling nashty avay ?
Mess ma heart, I.k,s ma heart, Ict ma say vat I Till,
Not a Chrislaian or Shentlentaa miuds v,,t. I say
'Tis sit pretty a bolas !—just down let it go,
And, at vonce, such a radical gunge you vill see,
flat l'd not be surprislitl, like de horse in de stow,
If our head. all verc fbnnd, s,:re our tailsh ought to be!
Vill nobodies try my nice Annual Pill, lte.

'Twill cure all Electors, and purge away deli
Pat nii. hey bail it hang doy've got in their hands—
'Twill cure, too, all Statevman, of dulness, ma tear,
Though the met: vas as desperate as poor Mr. Vales,
Dcre is noting at au vat dis Pill vial nut reach—
Give the Sinecure Sl'endernan von little grain,
Pim ma heart, it vlll act, like do seat on do leech,
And he'll throw de pounds, shillings, and pence up again
Vill nobodies try my nice Anitml Pill, An.
'Twould be tediotts, ma tear, all its peauties to paint—
B ot, among oiler tings.jundamenta,:ly wrong,
It viii cure the Prood l'ottom—a common coinplaint
Among M. r.% and weavers—from tatting too long.
Should sympt3ms of si,erching preak not on a dune*,
(Vat often de case) it till stop de tlEease,
And ring away all de long speeches at vonce,
Dat else you'll, bk.: tape-worms, come by degrees !
Viii nobodies try my nice Animal Pill.
Dees to purify every ring nahty avay
Plea ma heart, pleas ma heart, let moray vat I yin.
Not a Claris:,tian or Sleatlesnan minds vat I say I