The Sun.
London, England, 1816-02-07 00:00:00

iiOUSE

Sir b. MotrcK presented' petitioh froth the
seaniett North .Shiehtsl, praying relief. Amouit •
other subjects or compl4iiit, the petitiolt ou!ieuit
that the ituproper mode of inithuilig ships 'i#lll1-t
frequebtty a cause of the toss of prosoeit, A
conipii;itir was sjso •tiaot, of, the emptoyineut tsf
Foreig.3l iu the coal-
.traJe--(,)rttereci to lie ott
the table. •

Rosa said, he should'iin fiinrstlay call the
attention Of the 1-louie itithe aeport'of the ttn.W.,*
mitt on MzolloaNes.. -• ,
Lard G. 'Braeavottn appeared at the I3ar of flit,.
House Avid) his Royal Aligfiness's answer CO
the Address of the Hotise. Ilir nnyal Highne,s
thiwked.,the !loose lOr their dutiful and Ad-
dress niod nher haring with the assistance of his
Majesty's. :titbit:es, subdued so Many such
powerful eaemies, his Royal iliAliness felt the.:
House bad a claim. on his- Alajetty's.GOSelnnent
that every ekertiou• should be directed towaids
lessening the burthens of the.public.
KING'S lIENCEI PRISON.
111 r. LAW seeing nii flunotirable Gentleman
(Mr. Bennet) in his place, took air opportunity
of nuking some observations on what had fallen,
train the Honourable Gentleman. on it 'late occa7 ', •
sion, .torichlng the ,management of the King's
Bench Prison. The Honourable Gentleman up--•
peered, frorn'the report that had been given of
his speech (for he, Mr. Law, only spoke front
the printed report), th it no improvement, had
t•akeu place in the regulation of the Kin ;'s Beach
Prison,,and that no report had been made. If
the Ilotioursble Gentleman had takeo the trouble
to Inquire more accurately into the Matter,. he
*mild have found, that oat only a report hail beta
matte, butt that 'very great improvements had tatted
plitee in the regulation of that prison. One ofthe •
greatest abuses that had existed was that of
gences, under which. women mid children were al- /
lowed to sleep in the prison. Ilyese
were nu longer nernotted ; the niouher of pri-
goners the-rules was 192 ;. the !oral number oft
prisoners, 500 ; the wo,lien and Chldeen excluded
tottoieuteil to 10g. Ohservai ions trot been. ,made
in the report on the system of drainage 'Hunched
to, the pt iaon, and • the Viyoe appointed luift
proposed' a new and effectual method of clearsoce.
(th•ervations hall,,been made aim the subject of
the :Ittrshill's heildiug .three offices 'at the• same:
brut:; t.wo.of those had been tilled Hp by. other
persons. - Another great source of complaint was
the want of adequate heilduig for the establish-
toent ; reform ti•its also me fiimeil on this point :
" but when lie stated that there were hot 192 rooms
to the prism+, that 307 prisoners were brought ill
in three nays, and 103 on tire first day of Term,
the Mu. Gentleman would admit that some thf.:
ficulty cx)sted as to what amine:tient should be
adopted. Ile had the pleasing of informing the
Hail. Gentleman, that gratuitous medical aid %Ilia
now afforded to the poor prititmers, and likewise .
that the average number of deaths amOng.the ptir
soners was much smaller, in proportion to their
numbers, than the average number tlf deaths Ili
any other part of Loudon. One' eircionitunce he
was enabled to state with confidence,- that that
Committee, and Mr. Lashington 'in particular,
hail ascended every staircase, had opened eery
door, had aside inquiries of every prisoner ; that,
so tar flout any complaint haiing been made Olt
that ocenSiiiii, the prtimOrts had Onariiradtisly. ex 4
pressed then)seivet. satisfied itr e,rery respect, und
c. haul, Without one exceptiOn,laineal in their les-
_ timony•of applause to the Marshal and his ahsis-
•tarits : ha hoped, therefore, the Howe Witold set:
that 'the- „Itni,,,vitt :had not been io remiss ashad
been tepiesented,, or.,the lion. Gentleman so at-
tentive its ht' might have heel).
Mr: lit!';N:-r.r Begged to i'are the I that
he.had not [Lade the remarks alloikd to, in arty evil
spirit or intention : his object, teas merely, asei.,r-
-• titer,; if possible, what ihc facts of the case rcally
wtrt2,lind lie had not 4,5erl rut thh. imprqmiii!iih
• ..
whatever hail taken plate. One great object of in-
, nuiry, which did not set in to Lave cause under corn-
templation, Was. the.matmer io which the goiter

was remunerated : he va remunerated by the.
granting of indulgences, and Mall 'ninth d pounds
were yearly indite by permissions to reifte.in-the
rule*. Surely prison tatt“t be. liable to great
whvit (he interest of the. gaoler was lit
,direct oppOsitiop to .I,k duties. It Wit impossible
for the Utilise tent to ieotetilber that the strongest
pog-gible report had been made iu the.- year 1790
nod though this report d' ;IS titutle 1)0)re the Judget
to the King's-Bent:lt, yet had they been so rieaw.
ciglously rentios in their duty, that litth: ut no 1111^.
IiTOVCMCItt had since been adopted,. No One had.
it higher opinion than himself of the ret;pectablet
311d,,,e who ito,t• presided that Court ; but it the
Gottnnittee ltd made' any iiltjtt c whenever, it.
‘vit3 iinpoysiine ttor to hate tout wit!: the !volt itg4
gravitted toi,wry at every step, with ottuplaint itt
every Own-44114 thesat was nothitig like it. in titoA
dent Europe. I:14 was hap.ty th,,t rkt lealt
fliNl4 ha l tweti but iie wit sure that -very'
little had been tt,itte,.,4lllll that Ihe state of, this
prison still citlkti nitwit for initelhitlitto•
rephcal, that lir kiwit tnittit the Arse m
ratimis which had jtt*it fallen tcoak hint, invon C-
eps':lice of the Ocnti:tuatt's having lfSeil lila
Sithl 110 improvettuittWtl keen made tit
the state of tha ETato.sing,- as he d tl, thdt

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