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houfes of corredion in this county. If they appear 

 fevere, let it be undeiftood they are the feverities 

 cf the kgijlaturey not of the compiler. The firft 

 fcven rules are infertcd verbatim from the fchedule 

 to the acfu of the 22d of his prefent Majefty. The 

 reft are either included in the body of the fame ait, 

 or required by the a6l of the 19th, called The 

 Penitentiary A5i. But I will make no apology for 

 them, nor can I with any propriety deem them too 

 harfli, fince they have met with the entire appro- 

 bation of the gentlemen of this county, as well as 

 that of the judges of the affize, who have pe- 

 rufed them. 



Prifons furely fliould be places of real punifli- 

 ment, and even carry terror in their name. I am 

 certain they ought not to afford either indulgencies 

 or amufements to the perfons configned to them. 

 However I rnuft obfervc, that perfons committed 

 for fmall offences, or on light fufpicion, are under 

 lefs reftraint. They arc allowed to work in fome 

 foi't of focicty, two, three, or four together; and 

 if the houfe be full, they fometimes lodge two in a 

 cell, and are never fettered. All the prifoners, 

 when fick, are attended by a furgeon or apothecary, 

 with as much afllduity and tendcrnefs as the greateft 

 humanity can require. 



I have 



