The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-01-22 00:00:00

PRICE BID.

rious occasional payments, which, though necessary
to be made in the present instance, did not appear to
the Committee to call for any permanent provision.
The Report was ordered to lie on tho table.
On the motion of Mr. D. GIDDY, the Committee
on the Wotton Basset Election was postpoued to the
18th of February.

IRELAND.
Mr. PONSONBY, (in coniequOce of the severe
domestic crlamity which' had recently orcurred in the
family of his Noble Friend,' for whom a notice had.
been 'given on a former evening of a motion relating
to the situation of Ireland), postponed the motion oa
that subject to Monday fortnight. '
PENITENTIARY' MIMES.
4f-11011.'0RP rose, Qrsuaut to a 'notice girea
on alfirmetrev'enleg, to move for leave to bring in a
bill ttr the eii,ctioil of a Penitentiary House, for the
reception of convicts sentenced to trensportatiwi.
The object of the Bill which he proposed to bring in,
would be to place such convicts in a eituation, that
there might bc.a reasonable expectationi that;tltpace.
forward they would apply t I#iuselves to useful hula.'
try, instead of restoring them to society under circum.
stances that almost rendered a recurrence to vicione
practices unavoidable. The lion. Gentleman they
proceeded to describe at some length the plans which
had formerly been framed with this object in view,
and to detail those circumstances which had opposed
their being carried into effect, and rendered usoless
the Acts on the subject of the 19th and 34th of his
present Majesty. Adverting to the bad effects of
confinement in Newgatc on the morals of prisoners,
he fully acquitted the present Governor or that pri-
se!' of being in any way the cause of them, and
!noire in tenus of high praise of his generrl conduct.
The evils of which he complained had their origin in
the place itself, And io 'the present system. His
plan was to 'take . thence a number of male and
female convicts, whO were confined there for trans.
portable
.offszticeq, and theti he hadpo doubt but the
city. of Lon&r would exert themselves to make their
prison alfit place for. the . reception of prisoners;
place to which their ino'ralvould he less likely'; to
get corrupted, than at prnt. . The evil arose, in- a
great measure from the present distribution of pri-
'loners, no clistinction'being made between those Con-
victed of the (deuces with which they were charged,
and these who were only there committed for triul.
The ' ect of this was. ipse.,iulurious. • He- would, for
l' '' . mall the a tteiitioa .'oL the }loose to the sit*.
1 a tieiaplife liiiiitation in lit* whq migWl
W_frein kW for ti 7* al suspicion of ha.vitt&curn;
mil .ta theft, of, which.4llewas not guilty.; what
piustb.l her
..situ,flh.n, place-T9n° atm pug those ii.
malty whp'had biSi; -copv,.ekor„trausportable or!.
feuces, and vi,hzia cull theruselvekfry lung
habit to • treat ever' Fut. resirai.ut (which fble:lia#
beeii in the llithi( oK.. eiling)wilb. conttaimPt *rad
aisle'
neglect ?wt.—That Vow cpyrd..a. petect to sittekte4
hare when. rely-hied from cpelfnernent (in Bill berm
!Meg acilischer);:oc lisiee refeivedicuteg.py respec.
19de family, afiff....gepaartilig for. aux.considep able
period in Such Semeri.77 Ins goo ircaiMaieconureeod
the erection of a 'Pciptentiarigokess, latin enough
...to. contain 2Ctnhalr dOaricts,And tap many\ females,
properly separated from .each other. Be concluded
_with moving for leave to bring iu a Bill for erecting
a Nnitenliari House for the confineMent of offeit
dens, maie and female, under sentence 'of-transport*,
tion in.the prisons of the City 9f London, and dye
County of Middlesex. ' • .
Sir W. CURTIS. was understood 'to 'support thts.
motion ; and, after a few words from Mr. Aid,ermaa
Combe,whickcoald hit be distinctly heard from thO
gallery,
Sir S. ROMILLY expressed his regret at finding
the subjecj had not engrossed the attention of the
House in a degree at all proportionate to its impor-
tance. He wished particularly to draw the attention
of the House to the plan produced in 1794 by Mr.
Bentham. This the House could dts.andit would
still be open to them to adopt the plan of tkat (;en.
tlenian, of any other that might be preferred. The
House too, be thought, would do wrong if they did
not ta e into their consideration the Report made oa
the. ' *-
in 1708, Which *I been printed last Ses-
stop "go the motion •of the member for Yorkshire
1 (whose absence, from.intlispositiont he much lameut-
ed). Aniong the advantages of the An of Mr. Ben.
than!, there were two of great importance, which
appeared to have been disregarded by the last Coml
mittee on tlie.subject ; the first was, it provided vas-
ployMetit.'fot the, convicts after. the period of
.their.c on linen** ill, tiptoed WM its economy. He WA.
- rticOarfy anxionithat.t4, !louse should leek to
t aporitehad rneritioPed, before they laid Mr. i.• .0....,
"V i.vasicie. !ii. be considered that plan had
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