28.4 



Report of Diseases. 



[Oct.l, 



corilijiucd fncceffivcly by divers tempo- 

 rary Acts, and cyntiiming thein turtiier 

 to the period expielVed in tlie title. 



Ihe fecond I'ectioa continues tlic pro- 

 vifions of '^."j Geo, III., c. 46, authorizing 

 the ie:uoval of oifendciA in Scotland to 

 teuipoi-ary places of coiilineuient for the 

 like pcriud. 



.' Tile Act 19 Goo. III., c. 74, the fnfl of 

 the Acts tliijis continued, fprung from the 

 joint deiibei'utiuns of the eier-meuiorable 

 ]iyuajil, of Sir William l)iackftorie. Dr. 

 J;o!l)ergi)l, Dr. Lettlbin, and Sir Charles 

 Bpijbury. 



, They iiarl conceived a plan of erecting 

 peniiciitiai-y-houlea for tlie retbrmation 

 ofoFf'.'nders. 



Thele ,hy the Art v.ere directed to be 

 two : to be erected in Middlcfex, Elfcx, 

 Kent, or Surrey, under the direction of 

 three lupervifors, to be iippointcd by the 

 Ivin§ in Council : healthinel's, the ac- 

 commodatioa as to water, and diltance 

 from all oilier buildings, being the ob- 

 jects to be regarded : and tlic lite to be 

 apprined by the Lord Chancellor, the 

 Speaker of tne Iloiife of Commons, the 

 twelve Judj,es, the Lord Mayor of Lon- 

 don, or by ei;;ht or more of theui. 



The buildings to be fullicient, the one 

 to contain (ix hundred male, the other 

 three hmidreii feinule convicts, with pro- 

 per Itore-houl'es, wcrk-houl'es, and lodg- 

 ing-rooms ; an infirmary, a chapel, and a 

 Imrying-grnuiul ; a prilon divided into 

 dark but airy dungeons ;* a kitchen-gar- 



* This expreilion had better been avoided. 

 Doujcu is originally m (bong tower ; but dun- 

 geon, pioOably tierived .loni it, is with us a 

 ihong and dnrlc jirifon under (jrour.d. And 

 fucli lubtenaneous innprifjnment, formerly 

 *• by many a toul and midnight murder 



den, and proper aiiing-c;rouads ; vards, 

 cidiccs, and other necelUu-y apartments 

 for otiicers and iervants. 



The fame Act provided for the difci- 

 pline (4" fuch houfes. 



Aw\ by 21 Geo. ITT., (feflf. 2,) c. 50, 

 § 1-J, (the other Act recited,) the Court 

 of Iving's Bench, or uje Court before 

 "■hich the perlim had been convicted, or 

 any Court within the county having like 

 (lutliority, or, in the vacation, any two 

 .Fudges of the coif, might direct tlie ot- 

 fender to be tranfported to any other 

 place, when the original fentence of 

 tranfportation could not conveniently be 

 executed. 



By the fame x\£i the place of traxiCpor- 

 tation may be ordered by the King in 

 Council, without bemg appointed in the 

 fentence. 



A fid by 31 Geo. TIL, c. 46, § 7, pcr- 

 fons ordered to tianl'poftatiou might be 

 directed to be itnpriioned, and kept to 

 hard labour until tranfported : fuch im- 

 piifonmtiit to be reckoned as a pait of 

 tlieir term of tranfportation. 



Deportation, or relegation, or exile, 

 were modes of punifliment eftablilhed by 

 the Greek and the lioinan laws. They 

 were not adopted in J^iigland until made 

 part of oar law by 4 Geo., c. 11, § 1. 



It certainly appears better for the 

 country to which the puifoner belongs to 

 endeavour the reformation of the oil'en- 

 der, thiin to force that olYender upon an- 

 other nition. 



rtjiii'd," and too cip^ble of bein.' made I'ub- 

 ferviciit to fuch cruelties as would amount to 

 multiplied and protrailcd murder, were juftly 

 odious to tlie difcerniag and philanthropic 

 Howard. 



REPORT OF DISEASES, 



In the public and private I'la/^ticc of one of tlie F/ii/ficiuns (if' the Finjbiny Difpeiifari/, 

 from the '20th of' Auguft to the 20lJi of' September. 



^ATARRHUS 13 To ;ni anxious enquiry w ith regard fo 



Pthyfis 7 the nature of a friend's indilpolition, it 



Diarrhffia 18 is by 110 means uncommon to receive for 



Cjiolera 2 ^ reply, that it is on! y a ctwgh. VVhcre- 



Amenorrhcea 9 ..^^ ,„• jv^,.f_ ^Vj^,.^ j^- ^^^ ,-yaiptoin « hat- 



L^^" orrh^r 4 ^'■'^''' '''''"'^' ''''^^'' ''^'""^'"'^ ' *^""t'""i'cl tor 



A^iu-""^^'"** ' oi aiiv conlideriibie period, at leall in the 



Ailhenia 21 -.. , ,.' . '. . ■ , 



.' ,r,,-, ■; earlier part ot lire, is lo eminentlv en- 



/iaaiarca .....,........__........ j -ii i ■ i 



Paralvfis .-..1 titled to awaken alarm, and to urge to 



Hyil.'ria - J ^'"^ greutell potiible degree of vigilance 



•Jl«rbi Ciitanei 19 and carf. ^- Onl)/ a cough," is an ex- 



Jlorbi Infantiles 17 preliion which, aitiiough familiar to the 



ear. 



