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be in a high fever, and unable to fit up: 
he {aid he was confined to his bed. fince 
the 28th of April laft, and had often fene 
for the doctor during that period, but 
could only fee him twice. Being fo weak 
that he could not eat the prifon allowance, 
he requefted the doctor to order fomething 
that he could eat ; but the doétor told him, 
if he did not eat the prilon allowance he 
might go without any: however, he has 
allowed him to have a pint of milk per 
day. 
<‘ We next went to that part of the 
prifon where debtors, paupers,and vagrants 
are ufually confined, which we were not 
fhewn on our former vifit. That place 
exhibited a true picture of wretchednels, 
difgraceful to humanity. Inthe firftroom 
there lay a poor man, up im a corner, 
named Davis, with fcarcely a rag to cover 
him; he had been committed for one 
month, and appeared to be extremely ill. 
Our foreman, anxious to afcertain the real 
fituation of the prifoners, went to the cor- 
ner of the room where the poor man lay ; 
but was fo overcome by the difagreeable 
ftench of the place, that he could hardly 
retire without fainting. From this {cene 
of milery we proceeded to an upper room, 
in the fame part of the prifon, where we 
difcovered eight unfortunate beings who 
were confined under the vagrant act. It 
appeared that each of them had only a 
pound of bread and water per day for ful 
tenance, unlefs by accident that fomebroth 
was left by the other prifoners, which fel- 
dom happened. They had only three {mall 
flraw mattrefles for the eight perfons to fleep 
on, without an atom of covering but the rags 
which they had on their backs cn coming 
into the goal. In addition to their other 
misfortunes, fome of them complained of 
being tortured with vermin, which they 
caught from the filth of the place for want 
of clean ftraw ; and poverty is the offence 
which fubje&ts our fellow creatures to fuch 
cruel treatment ! ; 
*« We next vifited that part where the 
fiate prifoners are confined ; they. appear 
to be tolerably well accommodated in one 
room; but they complain that the keeper 
withholds from each of them 13s. 4d. per 
week for fuftenance, being the money al- 
lowed to them by government, which they 
think fhould be at their own difpofal, as 
they could fupply themfelves with victuals 
at a lefs expence, and more to their fatis- 
fadiion, which would enable them to fave 
fome of the money allowed to them, to 
{end to their ftarving families in the coun- 
try. Wialliam Chetham, one of the ftate 
prifoners from Manchetter, bought.a filk 
handkerchief for'gs. from che Nath, a pri. 
Hortible Afgair of Mary Rich, Se. i 
fener; and James Aris, the govefrior’s 
fon, feized the fard handkerchief a confie 
derable time ago, and has fince withheld 
ir, though he often promi(ed to return it, 
or pay the 4s. that it coft. And in No 
vember laft, the fatrd Willigm Chethan 
fenta new 61k handkerchiefto the laundry 
to be wafhed, whicd colt 7s .which he has 
never fince received’ back from the {aja 
James Aris; who has the care of the laun- 
dry. Another complaint was made by an 
American captain of a fhip; named Cowan, 
that onthe 26th of laft January (being cons 
fined in that prifon), he entrufted Thomas 
Nicholfon, the keeper's clerk, with 2 
draft for 20]. on Webb and Lawford, of 
Cannon-ftreet, to receive cath for the 
fame: that Nicholfon gave him 131. in 
part of the money next day, and a pair of 
pantaloons charged 1}, 4s. bat thar he 
never could obtain the remaining balance 
fince. Nicholfon followed us out of the 
prifon, and acknowledged he had Cowan's 
money; but would fettle with him the 
next: day, and entreated us not to men- 
tion it in court. 
“We vifited the men’s fick ward, 
which was very clean; and only faw one 
patient there, whofe complaint was the 
{curvy, though at that time there were z 
number of prifoners whom we fiad feen iw 
fo bad a ftate of health, that they ought 
to have been admitted into the hofpital. 
‘© We then went to the women’s ho{pi- 
tal, and there faw a gil under fourteen 
years of age, named Mary Rich. She 
had been very ill for fome time, though her 
miferable condition was concealed from us 
when we vifited the goal before. We en- 
quired of her what was her complaint, and 
how fhe was treated in the prifon? She 
faid fhe was well treated during the laft 
four days, but for four or five weeks be- 
fore fhe had been very badly off in every 
refpect, having nothing to cat but a little 
bread and water, except fome broth every 
fecond day. “That fhe lay very badly in 
a cell, No. 5, with two other women, and 
one of them lay with her on a very narrow 
bedftead. We immediately went to the 
cell, where fhe had been confined, and 
meafured the bedttead, which was only 
two feet fourinches wide. We afked the 
keeper’s fon, James Aris, how he thought 
two perfons could refit on fuch a narrow 
bedftead? He replied, it was very com- 
mon to put two perfons in one hed, as they 
could lie ead and tail very well. 
‘© It appeared, that the young girl was 
committed for the purpofe of giving 
evidence again, a perfon that had. in- 
jured her, but the next morning after we 
faw her,a certificate was read in cout from 
the 
