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EPRICE ST.XPENCEt;

.REPORti
RESPECTrNG STATE PRISoNEES IY lEtPICA VD'.

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Copy of a Letter from Mr. Justice DALY' rest:cal lg dye
Slate. Prisoners, in .Kilinainharn, to It, Euseifen.'y the
LOPD LIEUTLNAZir.

Dublin, July tt,

MY LORI),

The, inclosed Papers, which I received from Kit.'
main-ham G:aol-, must be my apology tbr obtruding'
myself uprin your Excellency's attention. In con- _
sequence of a. Letter written by one of • the State.:
Prisoners, named Mason, to the Judges. who sat on
The last Commirsion, one of -whom I „wa;, coal-
plaining, on behalf of himself and otheri of the
Prisoners, of harsh and improper treatnient, I
thought it my duty to visit Kikriinhain Gaol, feT
'the purpose of examining into the truth of the corn-
; and from 'the imperfect investigation t waS
ble to. make, the inclination of my mind is, that
14i.; grievances co,Uplained of, if they exist at all,
laie greatly exaggerated in the Memorials which I
.have the honour of't rAnsiniiiing to your Excellency.
The reason which ha's induced me to make this
communication to your Exceilency" direMly•ts, that
it is the wish of the State Pr:koners that I sbould do
"so, udder a notion,- to
,whicit I am very far indeed
from .=ascribing, that.it will-reach your Excellency
ri-,,; effect. thm if communicated in the ordi-'
nary way, I have the honour to b &c

(Signed) So GEo, DALY,
EiCelieficttile Lord Lieu it'lnant,

(A true Copy)
A. MARSDEN.

Copy ofa Letter from His Excellencrthe Loan Lzeutssr.
ANT', to Mr. Justice DALY.
Dublin Castle, July.l4, tBo4i,
I received your Letter of the 11th inst. inclosicg.
two Memorials, which the State Prisoners in the.
Gaol at Kiltlainham have requested you to transmit
to the, thouh Lam happy. au learn, that from the
in`vestigatiun which you were able to make on your
date visit to the prison, there is great reason to be-
.4ieve that the complaints, if not totally unfounded?: •
are greatly exaggerated, yet, as the M.lmorials have
reached me ,through your hands, and'contain mat-
ters of 'complaint, some of which (if correctly stated)
ought to be redressed, I fear it will be necessary to
trouble you to make another visit to the prison, in
comp:nty, with some of the other Judges;
in order that a regular inquiry may be made, not
only into the truth of the complaitns, but into the
propriety of granting to any of the prisoner's indul.!
gences which they have been hitherto retuned.
have therefore transmitted the Mem,rials to the.
Lord Chief Justice DuwNgs, from whom you will
probably hear further 'on the subject. •
I remain, &c. •
(Signed) HARDWICKE.
Mr. justice Daly. •
(A true Copy)
A. MARspax.

Copy of a Letter from His Excellency the LORD Ltaut
ANT, to the Lord Chief justice Dowries.
Dublin Castle, July 14, 2304.
Ajr? URI], •
I think to communicate to your Lordship.
a Letter which I have received from Mr. Juice
'DALY, inclo,ing two Memorials from the State Pri-
soners in.the GA at Kilmainhain. ' From whatever
quarter these representations_ had reached: me, 1
should.have felt it to be niyduty to ascertain, as far
as possible, the grounds of the complaints; but
having received them through so respectable a chari-
nel as, that of one of the Judges of the Court of
King's Bench, I should wish (if your Lordship sees
objeaion to my taking that course) ro trouble
Mr. Justice DALY, and vone or two more of the
Judges, to visit the Gaol, for the purpose of tin.
quitinfr into the truth of the allegations contained in
We MeCnorials.. The Memorial which is signed by
Etistace and others, is expressed in proper and re-
speaful terms ;, and, 'So Or as :he complaint applies
to the food .allowed them, and to't he use of candles,
I should be indlitted to extend to them more indul-
gencei thin they can perhaps strictly require, unless
it should appear that the indulgence had been with-
drawn on account of its having been abused. The
other Memorial is not expres,ed in ferias equally
moclerate;though it proceeds from persons, of better
education, and who, from that circumstance, and
from their situation in life, zre far more criminal
than those- Who have been deluded by false repro.
sentations to adopt a condu& hostile to the mild
Government of Their Cdw try. An unrestrained
intercourse 4ith their friends seems to be entirely
inconsistent with safe ,custody, as well as with the
object for which many of the prisoners are detained.
If your Lordship should think it tight to desire Mr.,l
Justice DALY, and some of the other Judges, to
quire into the general management of the State Pri-
soners, and to Ascertain whether there is any just
inundation for their complaints, and that any infor-
mation should be required as-to the allowances which
are Made by order •of Government, I will dired -a
copy of 'all orders which have been issued from the
Chief Secretary's Office, "to be furnished to Mr.
Justice'lLLY, if your Lordship should think it ma-
terial, with a view to the inquiry which it seeing
necessary to inStittite. , I cannot -conclude without .
Calling your- Lordship's attention to the affidavit
lately made by the gaoler, a copy of which was pub-,
lished in the Dublin Newspapers.
I remain, !&c.
(Signed) HARDWICE.Z.
The Lord Chief justice Downes,

(A true Copy.)

A. MARSJAN.

Copy of a Letter from the Chief justice, with Report of the
uug-a.; thinr Investigation ut the Concha nof the
State k' nsonets confined in Kiiinaiuham Uaul.
July IS, 1804.
Mi LORD,
In pursuance of youfEicellency's Letter of the