The Sun.
London, England, 1801-01-10 00:00:00

PRISONERS.

teSpellable Gotlernan of Bristol baYing
lately ptitiliShed a representation of the sufferings
cif the Vreneli Prisoners confined at'Stapieton,
the May=or, and all the Pe.nbers of that City, with
the gentlrOsitydrataltevistic of British Menthants;
inimedifitely Opl-med subscription for their relief.
A. few :.doys. a4er, liowever, lr. Nos . the
of the. Cty.raetor fur supplying these un-
" Scirtunate men with provisions, in a Letter pub-
licly
add e:,sed to that Gentleman, and inserted
iii „
thd.1),17 refuted eym',,part ctf his
.t,taternnt, .except what related to their extreme
Want. of clothing ; and, it appearing that the Bri-
ti-sli'Govt:.rnment had given orders to relieve thib
rucir,cli'stress, .the subscription was- dis-
e:natitinod. Thc Gentleman who had set it on
thot, in a most honourable .manner, inserted an
advertise not in-the same Paper, ackirowledging
that lee had proceeded on a mis...sta.tement of fiCI:
----Of- the benevolent motives'which direeled his
• conduel;..no,one can entertain a doubt ; but on a
• subjekt'-so do:ply:involving the Charatier of our
Country., we: think it oar duty to publish the
follOw:int,f; 'Extr.ta from-Mr. None. 's Letter :
" To prevent the intreduCtion of hnwholesome
or improper food b} the Bntaer or Baker, the
to host care has been taken, independent of my
endeavOnr,- to see the contraft fairly and justly
There is Gentleman. appointed by
the CoMmissioners,' Of 'known hunianity and in-
tegrily, who resides near -the' spot, to superintend
the Prison, and to• inspect daily every article of
food frir the 10. of the. Prisoners. A's a prottf of
• hiS. vigilance and attention to:the goodnesS.of the
fond, 'ivh any article, in,his opinion, is
infetior -in .4zialiry, novrhole some, rejeds
it ; and in two instances, purcliraSebeef in the
raarket at the 'orpcnee of the Contrad-or ; part
of which' beef SO refused by: him was tent me
. while 'at- With, Whielil•therdglit so good, that I
seryed it up at my own table',-arid every 'one of
my' f:nnily Can witness it was goad meat. The
Ratelwr., thinking hiMself she,wed it to
filAny t;:qt-(9.able
,petbons, who deekired it was
good meat, and-might not to have been iiifused:
- Itwas sold in 'his .11op afterWardS, and the prime
obrained 7d. per pound.
to knoW the greater
part cif the supply,of this for some time
past, haS beeii from F6feign Wheats; very:,' little
of Which: 'hai been found wee', .and xtoduced
an ill 't.iSte 'in Bread 'in general : such Will be
stronger its coarse than in fine Bread. You night
also have known, on inquiry, that leaven 'has
• been used in the Prison Breadi'in lieu of yeast,
at the particular desire of the Prisoneri, to :pen_
duce that sourness they are so fond of, which, I
an), perntaded, has induced many, on 'tasting it,
to condemn it as unwholesome and improper
food.
F.,%%ery means has been use.'d ro'preient any
mixture of other grain with but every
family, I beiit:ve. has experienced that it bas
bee,-, too often dm:e. When such has 'happened,
and the bread has been too moist.,:-or nut_ quite
baked, it has not passed ,unnoticed. by- the Agent,
or unternedicd by ;myself*: -Often Z have thought
the Agent wrong, and have ,sugmitted -the
bread: to the inspctiou.of the- Board of Commis_
, signers. , .

..'" Best .white boiling pease have ever been
issued, cccept when nigney could not; purchase
-them. 1.-hert,, and. only then,- others have' been
receive'd.-,-,TheContraittor's orders to Me being,
(". let stub be •supplied,-.if" to be
,had within one
htmdred miles, Cost what they' inay..l.! 1 have
paid for hat I could punch: e,from i6s. to I Ss.
per •boshel.
" 'The Prisonet.; find their own cooks, who
receive rind e'.olllll.le, their provision:,-- and report
their opitiiop to the Ageot, , Whom 1 have knowq
. tO'edttiplain to Me, when the Prisoners- have de.
clTared themselves well Satisfied;
If .we believe your ,arertion, ',upwards of
tWo.hundred Out of two thousand, or a few more
;(as you used the'word' above); have died within
those si.t wceks, in .consequence of their priv3:,
tionS, which is . strong insinuation, that the,
w,int of oecetsarieti alone has been the cause.
in the firsrpirce,, had you;;. Sir, studied ac.
curacy liztle more, 'yon.wOtild have found the
number, of PrisonerS more than dace thousaild;
in the: CotitSC liature, increases the
rairnbc.: of .deaths- in proportion to the number
But `What mutt everyintan think and
when told by aetual returns in the
mentioned b)': you, ;there: Were ooly
eight :ditti instead of tWo hundred, as stated by
you, Which is a difference of nearly four to -one.
Rut supposing you 'had tom :cot reef, .no Man
Would have 'been :surprised, when told f. and
which .you night haie kitioivti, -that "froth ti;e
spirit of gaming,,..many blare sold their led,,
which.wer: conveyed privately out of the prison:,
sone have sold their clothes Off' their backs, and
others 'lost- manydays;:dloWanee, ;ma starved'the
whlie; 'fa remedy this evil, If yon can point
rat rite means, your advisee c iii'be tharqkfully
cc i fired. •
" 1 flatter myself, ;this just statemnt of fads,
will remove every iropro.'ler ilnre'ssion
ml be,en occasionedily ) our inisrepresen.
tabors ; -id wish 'to bdieve, -On an
anxioL4 ire' relieving your creAtirres."

Dn Christmas-dai-, two wrens' nests (with
each an. egg- in them), were discovered .upon the
pviniv..,-s. of 'Farther Pearce, at Coleman's Moor,
neAr, laddon Bridge,:in, Berkshire ; in whose
gariivw altols a rose tree, dispbwing buds burst-
into bi-oarn, a 3 in the beginning of May.
>V a Soldier ,belongiilg to the
WA4nitrismr, Militia, was drummed, ignornini.:
At4y, out of 'the Regiment,' fiir having acremp,red
• tiv,conirnit ..suicide;:, by, t tabbing himself a t the
ba4,..i.0. avoid a ,trikini.); punishiricrit to which ,he
Ila&been sentence&for a military misdemeanour.