The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-08-12 00:00:00

PRISON DISCIPLINE.

Rep •r( of the Ys • • g Jr.iires •p.. she Mere of she jail 41541
kriAr*. II for she I ossusy • f R r hawses*, hod orh.r wittier*
refry red so likens ts, She Rolex sykd Reteluiseee eshabliisieJ
the prep.r flo•ernowerd of she ow.

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The Visiting Justices hate the greatest satisfrcline
Fin slating, that tontinser to oaarr•r all
li. poop/net for which it was constructed; and that
the new moll ordered to he erected is now ready,
,thri In actual ese. The prisoners have been kept in
wire employment daring the whole of the last quer.
set; • lid altlantioh • considerable number of them
hare horn cog led upon the building., which after a
'Wirt limp Salisit cease, pt the two c 'in mills, with
'he addition of such handicraft murk as has
and may he, intr.llured far the occupation of those
obit may be intuit' le of hard labour, will afford
ample employment for ali the male prisoners that
this jail can contain; and not a wine.. inclosidest will
"by loft, as heretofore, in • stole of Wiener',

"The grind Oleo anticipated from the introdoclion
of labour hot alrvaily manifested itself in the dimi.
.instion
'of refrscsol husbendry his commit-
toll 0, this. prison ; and of ssgrantS alt.., since the
of • most ssletsry revalstion with se.
spec' so them. Muth of these desrtiptinn of per-
sons, and paisisularty the former, his., it is be.
firmed, been deterred from the commission if of-
fences by she dread of compulsory and enpr4table
htni Winer, upon I restricted diet. Shoeld 1161
aisrm coosstiole• oe operate upon the m nJs of these
persons, as she Visiting Jostler' have little doubt
hot it will, she introdoction of lobos, into this
prison will not only haws a beneficial tendency in
r.forming the individuals 'Who may he Committed,
hot °cession the suppression 4* crime, sod cons,•
quensly diminish the public espeoditore: for it us.
n•fniinos, that before the corn.still eras in cc-

line nlwrstinn, and the icy of tho labour
known to the two description of persons bawl' men•
lion•d, that so far from relsetaisci being felt by
either at being committed to jail, that the one was
indifferent shoot it, end the other not infrequently
sne.:ht an say WM Within the Is 5114 of the Prison,
where they were comfortably lodged and fed without
the infliction of any kind of punishment ; but beers(
one kept to hied labour, and prohibited from
receiving any substance from their friend', the treat-
ment is no longer an object of unconcern to the one,
or of comfort to the whet. The 'spent, to the
county, for !he vagrants only, has, during else you.
ter of a year, amounted to no less a sum than
&)l. M. 9d. ; and if the system of reform introduced
into the Boidarli should be productive of no other bene-
ficial couserpaener, that to deter mans farming servants
and vagrants from entering the prison, It will hate
already effected a greet morel and economical silvan.
I tag.; but the moral good likely to molt from a eon.
'invent', of the present gyve., is scarcely to be limit.
ed ; and although prat hes never constituted soy
part of the object contemplated by the Magistrates
who projected and have carried the plea into eaves.
lion ; yet the Visiting Justices think it right to men.
tion, that Mocker gain from the labour of the pri•
Goners at the millond by baking, amounts, erste the
present time, to upoatds of loot. ft is d ing of
notice also, that the work performed by the prison-
ers, in building the addition to the prison, would, if
etecorterl by hired mechanics and sulkiness, bate
amounted to a very e.insideinble gam.
ft is extremely parift ions to use Visiting Justices
to be able to owe, that the plan for time employment,
as well as the atrengement snarl. for the thissiog the
poisoners, has received the most uniieslibeil appro.
brio., of sterit•l Msaiiotates from distant rowdies,
who hate F•ttoillitristlO,l the artisrrl adoption of the
system ; and no better proof can be advanced in fa-
vour of the sunup? in whick the isbusir has been per•
formed, than the wish espres,ed by many inditidoalv
of Wiorchester, to be allowed to seriil wheat to the
Illrideurell fur the permit, of being around.
desire Intimated by the among,' s two of the eroetest
public charities of the city to porch'se their bread at
the initial. and the

' With relpert in the females -••nkoeti within this
prison, sin regular 11, VP*. of enipl t•nsitnt has q• yet
been formed; some liege been occupied in west:log,
end,. few in knitting, carding, and ,pinning, hot
•ndi the yards for the aeparatinn of them Into chases
are ready, little Instills this object can be don.;
but the Vititing Justices entertain a cntili:lent ea pave
tallow -.of witnessing vOry soon, as much seise in.
I dealt, amongst the women as is note to be MK
amongst abreacts ; and they rennet resist it • impedes
they feel, in reporting spots this I.art of the in:erior
anytiageniont of the prison, of espressiag nut merely &
wish, but an Plume hop. diet tb• Wits of die city
I and tortagtihouthood of Winchester suss be ills:aced to
everod tonard ihe.eviliterse females confined alibiti
Ithe 'relit of this prise', and of the county jail, a
pectin, of that commisurs:ion and humane •ttetitioni,
which, in common wish such lifT• rionhet• of iLete
own sea, they hey! heels sie.it to ettere‘e towards
the insfortooairt and rowdy of 'leery other char .1J er.
Ennogh of misery • ill be foetid within these prisons to
virile the strorgest feelings of co Inpassion ; end if to
reclaim a sinner from the error of her *aye be a real
ehject of Chriati:o chatits , au ample field for elm.
'inn will here present itsvilLwhieh, If-celled into ac•
!inn, it is to be h Tool will, wader the aelive blessing,
be adten Jed with success. Mtn, yelling females, In:
esporienceil in vice, and for a dist r.ffenre of no groat
moist iippiiede, are brought within the precincts of •
jiff; to them 'he visit of a Chrivian of their own sez
aright become en inestiotitite blersing. Others, el.
throes 1110,1. litlfgneed in in:gait', mt.) be reclaimed;
and ndoe IlhfriPil-Ferfnitsidirert sun hardened In de.
ratify In tin iffipeilllnell to admonition and inststee
lion. Should the attempt be deemed impracticable,
let the esiracirdinary hut undoubted elects produced
spun the muff eh indourd of her an by a single in..
divides', and that in a situation the most Imprimis.
Ing, give the answer that it is nor. Hitherto it has
been Ins much the practice In cnninend the crim• and
the v 64,01141, and t o 10,4 epos both with an equal de.
gree of dere.tiViofi•nd honor; while' common charity
anti Ch:istian precept cells upon ail le rescue fro*
deorectinn a polishing fello•.it,estgru. Pity for the
Offender is not incompatible with a just abliorrooto of
the crime ; sad as the danger is great, and the enn.e.
splence, both temporal and etyma!, dreadful from an
impenitent and unreiiewed mind, where no theirs*
pltilanthropi.l lo.k for, or tx,ort to God, objects
more demanding relief Pan within the walls of prl.
sins! Bete the Visiting J Alitii would desire its
less. the sohject, Dot douliii. g the readiness with
which the respectable inilivid•ale to whom this addreee
is offrord will concur in the prwpoeition ; and the
Visiting !Loth,' would only observe, thet they shall
be most happy to co.npierate with the bars, in Care
ryirg into esnewinn some plan, founded upon theta
euggweliona, and in conformity wish the roles and
regulations for the g, veanment of the pifons.
OA ing to the state of the buildings, and theme'''.
quent imp tssitiili:y of dossing the prism Ors, very
little has been accomplished towards dir fnrmstion of
schools, but she Chaplain, .Ite Ker. Mr. Zilloond,
has, greatly to his credit, availed iiimmlf of all tho
oppoitenity in hie power of instrociing the prianners;
and some who entered the prison a very short time
ego. enables to read, are now able to reed their
B idea.

The Visiting Justices cennot conclude •their Re.
port, without o.king • single ahaervatien in favour
of
a mast sperisorioos close of inctividells, a largo
proportion of whom have reposed their live., and
many of thous bled, in the service of th.dr King and
minify. The late lenteet.ble and alarming increase
of crime has, and how far generally it may be true
or not the Visiting Justices have no means of deter.
mining, been imputed to the disbanded military aid
wavy. Toffs being • maritime enority, sod hewing
owe of the largest naval @newels siteated within its
orders, may he fairly looked to as forgoing nos in.
serer ite criterion of the truth of the charge with re.
ere to the latter service; and the Justices
'hoeing. from 'he report.. both of the anvernor of
Ike Jail, and Keeper of the Bridewell, as well as
from a reference to the records of these prisons, the
power to contra lira the fact, as far as relates to this
coolly, they feel a gratifi-stion in endeavoering to
remove an accusation which they believe to be en.
foamier!, by publicly stating, that the commitmrat
to their ptlsoul, both of soldiers and sailors, his not
been greater iri number since the peace thin flaring
the period of oar. In paying this jos! teasel* of
praise to loyalty and Watery, the Visiting Justices
would add, that they are dtoposert to think that
many of the criminal arts attributed to the individuals
belonging to their honourable prilevvioni, are per.
pelralvd by primes assuming the- garb fur the pure
rose of disguise.

ThOWAS nAlti C, Chairman.

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SINGUIAN FAcT.-40eisrhy seesnight II tow en.
Ivied the Duke of Yiirk poblic-hrtere, St. Thomas.
11411,1, litigtol, walks* deliberately op tan lights of
stairs lots a r.toni, sheretatoetl again withent doing
or 4111flaintsic any lola*.
One of the Cline* Jaggier, bits been cammilled to
Lincoln Cislie for trial,. for stealing a gold watch,
chain, and seals, (rim the lOU whore they slept at
Otaiothorotagh.
A .inanlar Irene took plant on Tuatdaf in Toting.
Inn Church pr.!. A h•irly nes brought for interment
in in iron ciilfin. It was refilled to be admitted ion.
der Or-
;fetehaeareerirrint to
e.fsle. ante •mnentin( bet le
Is.. It was 'hen left air a tomb-stona till night
when the person who brought it tkoright proper to
take it array. •
About 11 o'clock list night 25 01011! convict',
amoci oh.", arena I boys, some of them appal.
meetly sot more [hap 10 years of age, WIVIP se' t off
from Neopto in Cite caravan, is potra•lir.. of :!.tlr
anima of transportstloa„