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tDf any in the place; when inhabited by its 

 founders, it is said to have been planned with 

 everj^ attention to convenience they were so 

 capable of bestowing upon it ; but the nature 

 of the arrangement for its present occupants 

 being so well known to every one, they do not 

 attract our notice. 



The New Gaol is a very handsome building 

 of fine grey stone, one hundred and sixty feet 

 in length by sixty-eight in breadth, three stories 

 high, having its roof covered with tin; it is 

 situated on the north side of Ste. Anne Street, 

 with the front towards Angel Street; stand- 

 ing on an elevated spot, it is airy and 

 healthful; it has in the rear a space of ground 

 one- hundred feet in depth confined by a lofty 

 wall, where the prisoners are allowed the benefit 

 of exercise. The interior is most judiciously 

 planned, as it respects the health, cleanliness, 

 and safe custody of those who are so unfortu- 

 nate as to become its inmates. The design and 

 construction confer much credit upon the archi- 

 tect, and the commissioners under whose super- 

 intendance it was erected ; it has been but re- 

 cently finished, and was occupied only in 1814. 

 The expense of the building, upwards of £15,000, 

 was defrayed by the provincial legislature. 



Opposite to the new gaol is the Scotch 

 Church, a small building not distinguished for 



