The Sun. — 1801-01-10 (London, England)

PRISONERS.  teSpellable Gotlernan of Bristol baYing lately ptitiliShed a representation of the sufferings cif the Vreneli Prisoners confined at'Stapieton, the May=or, and all the Pe.nbers of that City, with the gentlrOsitydrataltevistic of British Menthants; inimedifitely Opl-med subscription for their relief. A. few :.doys. a4er, liowever, lr. Nos . the of the. Cty.raetor fur supplying these un" Scirtunate men with provisions, in a Letter publicly add e:,sed to that Gentleman, and inserted iii „ thd.1),17 refuted eym',,part ctf his .t,taternnt, .except what related to their extreme Want. of clothing ; and, it appearing that the Briti-sli'Govt:.rnment had given orders to relieve thib rucir,cli'stress, .the subscription was- dise:natitinod. Thc Gentleman who had set it on thot, in a most honourable .manner, inserted an advertise not in-the same Paper, ackirowledging that lee had proceeded on a mis...sta.tement of fiCI: ----Of- the benevolent motives'which direeled his • conduel;..no,one can entertain a doubt ; but on a • subjekt'-so do:ply:involving the Charatier of our Country., we: think it oar duty to publish the follOw:int,f; 'Extr.ta from-Mr. None. 's Letter : " To prevent the intreduCtion of hnwholesome or improper food b} the Bntaer or Baker, the to host care has been taken, independent of my endeavOnr,- to see the contraft fairly and justly There is Gentleman. appointed by the CoMmissioners,' Of 'known hunianity and integrily, who resides near -the' spot, to superintend the Prison, and to• inspect daily every article of food frir the 10. of the. Prisoners. A's a prottf of • hiS. vigilance and attention to:the goodnesS.of the fond, 'ivh any article, in,his opinion, is infetior -in .4zialiry, novrhole some, rejeds it ; and in two instances, purcliraSebeef in the raarket at the 'orpcnee of the Contrad-or ; part of which' beef SO refused by: him was tent me . while 'at- With, Whielil•therdglit so good, that I seryed it up at my own table',-arid every 'one of my' f:nnily Can witness it was goad meat. The Ratelwr., thinking hiMself she,wed it to filAny t;:qt-(9.able ,petbons, who deekired it was good meat, and-might not to have been iiifused: - Itwas sold in 'his .11op afterWardS, and the prime obrained 7d. per pound. to knoW the greater part cif the supply,of this for some time past, haS beeii from F6feign Wheats; very:,' little of Which: 'hai been found wee', .and xtoduced an ill 't.iSte 'in Bread 'in general : such Will be stronger its coarse than in fine Bread. You night also have known, on inquiry, that leaven 'has • been used in the Prison Breadi'in lieu of yeast, at the particular desire of the Prisoneri, to :pen_ duce that sourness they are so fond of, which, I an), perntaded, has induced many, on 'tasting it, to condemn it as unwholesome and improper food. F.,%%ery means has been use.'d ro'preient any mixture of other grain with but every family, I beiit:ve. has experienced that it bas bee,-, too often dm:e. When such has 'happened, and the bread has been too moist.,:-or nut_ quite baked, it has not passed ,unnoticed. by- the Agent, or unternedicd by ;myself*: -Often Z have thought the Agent wrong, and have ,sugmitted -the bread: to the inspctiou.of the- Board of Commis_ , signers. , .  ..'" Best .white boiling pease have ever been issued, cccept when nigney could not; purchase -them. 1.-hert,, and. only then,- others have' been receive'd.-,-,TheContraittor's orders to Me being, (". let stub be •supplied,-.if" to be ,had within one htmdred miles, Cost what they' inay..l.! 1 have paid for hat I could punch: e,from i6s. to I Ss. per •boshel. " 'The Prisonet.; find their own cooks, who receive rind e'.olllll.le, their provision:,-- and report their opitiiop to the Ageot, , Whom 1 have knowq . tO'edttiplain to Me, when the Prisoners- have de. clTared themselves well Satisfied; If .we believe your ,arertion, ',upwards of tWo.hundred Out of two thousand, or a few more ;(as you used the'word' above); have died within those si.t wceks, in .consequence of their priv3:, tionS, which is . strong insinuation, that the, w,int of oecetsarieti alone has been the cause. in the firsrpirce,, had you;;. Sir, studied ac. curacy liztle more, 'yon.wOtild have found the number, of PrisonerS more than dace thousaild; in the: CotitSC liature, increases the rairnbc.: of .deaths- in proportion to the number But `What mutt everyintan think and when told by aetual returns in the mentioned b)': you, ;there: Were ooly eight :ditti instead of tWo hundred, as stated by you, Which is a difference of nearly four to -one. Rut supposing you 'had tom :cot reef, .no Man Would have 'been :surprised, when told f. and which .you night haie kitioivti, -that "froth ti;e spirit of gaming,,..many blare sold their led,, which.wer: conveyed privately out of the prison:, sone have sold their clothes Off' their backs, and others 'lost- manydays;:dloWanee, ;ma starved'the whlie; 'fa remedy this evil, If yon can point rat rite means, your advisee c iii'be tharqkfully cc i fired. • " 1 flatter myself, ;this just statemnt of fads, will remove every iropro.'ler ilnre'ssion ml be,en occasionedily ) our inisrepresen. tabors ; -id wish 'to bdieve, -On an anxioL4 ire' relieving your creAtirres."  Dn Christmas-dai-, two wrens' nests (with each an. egg- in them), were discovered .upon the pviniv..,-s. of 'Farther Pearce, at Coleman's Moor, neAr, laddon Bridge,:in, Berkshire ; in whose gariivw altols a rose tree, dispbwing buds burstinto bi-oarn, a 3 in the beginning of May. >V a Soldier ,belongiilg to the WA4nitrismr, Militia, was drummed, ignornini.: At4y, out of 'the Regiment,' fiir having acremp,red • tiv,conirnit ..suicide;:, by, t tabbing himself a t the ba4,..i.0. avoid a ,trikini.); punishiricrit to which ,he Ila&been sentence&for a military misdemeanour.