The Sun.
London, England, 1808-07-26 00:00:00

14th inst. which I had the hontur to 3citnowiedge
.the receipt of -on the same day, rapplied to Mr.
Justice DALY and 'Mr..,Justice OSISORtrE,: to assist
me in the investigation 'desired by your Excellency,
having -thought myself obliged, from the present.
state of the health of Mr. Justice DAL v , to decline his
aid; and accordingly on Mdnday morning,
,the 16th
inst. we pl;ce-eded upon the sitbjeel, and continued
theinvestigatice.l to alate.hour.this day,.by.examin-
ing the Prisoners of the.first class individually, upon
oath, and by exainining deputations -of the other
Prkoners, seleeted by thenaselies, in like manner.
upon oath ; and I have the honour to send to your
Excellency-herewith. the depositions of the several
Prisoners, as well as of .the Inspe&or, Gaoler,
Bltcher, and Baker, as taken before us, for your
furthtn- information-, observing that the nature of the:
subjea into which we were to examine preduded-
us from drawing information from any. persons,
save thcsa coniplaining,• and those who were com-
plained against.
I think it proper, however,A6 observe to your
Evellency, that the statements given by some of
the first class of Prisoners, particularly by Mr. Long,
Mr. Mason, and Mr. Tandy, were made most
manifestly' under the appearance of great irritation
ant! resentment against Dr.Trelior. -
-;Upon the whole of the investigation, it appeared
to, us, that Door Trevor, the Inspeetor; Mr.
Donn, the Keeper; .and the Under-keepers and
Turnkeys of the gaol (with the exception of one of
the latter description, who has been discharged for
miscondutit), have condueted themselves with hu-
manity to the Prisoners;: but it appeared to us that
sufficient attention has not been paid, in every in-
stance, to the miuuter comforts and accommodation
of the gaol, viz. no table-cloths,- no towels, very
iodifferent attendance both in serving up• their food,
and in conduCting the Prisoners to the-water-closets,
which are not accessible without such attendance,
but additional attendance-for this latter purpose has.
been.: procured. It also • appeared to us; that the-
meat provided for the Prisoners was of- a good-qua-•,
lily, 'with some few and accidental exceptions; bin
the bread famished to ,the PrisOrters has been re-
peatedly of bad Aour, and indifferently baked, as the
baker himself upon examination acknowledged ; and
I think it proper to state to your _Excellency, that
in our opinion it Would be right to have sore alte-
rations made in the management of the gaol; and
some additional alldwance, made, in order to procure
further and necessary accommodation for the fel-
roWing purposes :
We think that some arrangement ought to be,
adopted to prevent the possibility of any 'Prisoner
having occasion to-visit the water-closets being de-
tained from having an immediate oPportunilty2l ad-
cess to them ; this could be accomplished by,. laving
cnie or more additional attendants employed.
• rKhe next alteration that we would recommend,
is to -have the vi&uals served to, the Prisoners in -a
more comfortable manner than They are at present.
For this" purpose, we would recommend that the
Prisoners should be diVided into messes of to or 12
each mess, or into such other numbers as the nature
of. their offences, and the knowledge that Govern-.
inert' May probably have of their degrees of guilt,
And of their means of effe.aing public disturbance,
May ,trender it advisable to adopt; and that each
nies-s should be furnished with a cheap, but clean
table-cloth, metal •spoons, knives and forks, and a
ciA•filie of plates, with vessels of water in the mess-
rooms: and, .in order, under the head of diet, to
prevent all further complaints, as far as may be
iy,;s ible, upon the subject of food, we beg leave to
state to your. Excellency, that from the nature of
all Sorts- of provisions, the liability, of the best meat,
and of all malt liquor, to he affe&ed by weather, we
think that the Inspetlor of the gaolovlbwappears to
rti to give daily attendance there, should be direated
to be frequently present at the dinner.of, theyrison -
.ers, to examine into the quality of the t:ieat,:, drink,
-water and bread, that are daily furnished.
Boners ; the cookery, or mode of dressing • those ,
victuals; the decency and propriety, and sufficiency
of the attendants that serve up the 'meat ; and the
proper distribution of, the meat and drink amongst
the Prisoners at ire table.

Upnn the subj. ci of air and exercise for the*Pri,
goner, (cancel 'ling which many have expressed'great
anxiply), we think that they
,shOuld- have every op-
_Fortunity of indulgence- in these respe&s as they.
rnay -choose, consistently with prevenetiig
.an
proper or unsafe assotiation of dangerous then.:
There are other regulations which'may.be adopted
for the bctter-accommodEktion•of the lower class of
Prisoners, such as 'keeping fires constantly in the
common hails to enable the Prisoners' towl,sin their
drink when necessary, and for other purposes, and
al o an'allowance to them of an additibnal number
of candles.- We have suggested these latter circum-
stances to Dr. Trevor, and from every thing we
hAve si:::tn of his conduci, we have no doubt but
that be tyill dire& such detail of• small accommoda-
tion of this kind to be provided for the Prisoners.
With regard to the Prisoners Masai--anti Long,
w.ho are. ordered into solitary confinement, we take
for granted, that Government have sufficient rea-
sovs fur such (!istinistions; but we observe that these
are the Prisoners who apply the most irritated lan-
raze,. and cast the heaviest imputations on Do6tor
PL-vor—imptitations -w,hich we can discover no
foundation tor, or trace to any other source than tile
exasperated state of their minds, occasioned possibly
by the nature of their 'connernent-,' and whiCh they
probably, whether justly or not'We cannot' say,
attribute to his representations.

it appears to us, that the sum allowed .by Go-
vernment for the 'subsistence of the first Clap ofTri-
sorters is not wholly expended upon their viauals
and upon examination of the gaoler,' it appeared to
us that w hativer advantage he has derived from the
allow auce of the first class, has been counter-balanted
by the Oficiency of the allowance of the second
class. Possibly, therefore, it may deserve your x-
celleney's constderarien, whether some smaV increase
of the allowance far the second class may not be
made, so as to avoid the necessity of encroaching
On tiiat of the first.

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We think that the increased q
eerices. of the
gaoler, ih-procuring- and subsisting servants, and in
procuring zddivonal attendance'upon the P,risoners,
ought to be paid-out of aUys otti'ol:,ftind that' from
the allok‘cnce to the Prisoners. •''''' ' --- -

In submitting, however, these ont. sentiments to
your Excellency, we thitili it proper to observe, quit
.
niaking any alterations in the system and rna-,
Laci,;:mt:nt of the 'it is- of the utmost eonse-