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committee in their said Report, submit the 
same to the judgment of this honourable 
Court. 
John Palins: J- Jacks, 
Joseph Daw, Robert Waithman, 
Charles Aldridge, James Brooks, 
William Child, 
William Rawlins, 
Samuel Thomas, 
Thomas Bell, 
John Ord, 
john Hamman, 
J. R. Mander, 
Jonathan Delver, 
Wm. Jno. Reeves, 
Edward Wigan, 
Jacob Boak. 
.We wiiose names are hereunto sub- 
scribed, to whom it was referred to take 
into consideration the Orderof Reference 
from the Court of Common Conncil of 
the 21st day of June last, to examine 
into the ailegations contained in a pub- 
lication by suv Richard Phillips, knt. late 
one of the Sheriffs of this city and county 
of Middiesex, addressed to the livery of 
London, pelatiae to the state of the dif. 
ferent Goals of this city, and the fees: 
taken by the respective keepers, and to 
report our opinion thereon; dea certify, 
That we are fully convinced of the ne- 
cessity of enlarging the goal of Newgate, 
or of making some very material alter- 
ations therein, particularly in that part 
appropriated to the female criminals; 
and we conceive that the inconvenience 
may be partially amended during the 
day, by admitting the women to make 
use of the passage leading from the Goal 
to the Bait Docks, -to which there is al- 
ready 2 communication from the female 
side of the prison; and no fear of an es- 
cape can exist, if proper fences are 
placed at the top of the external wall ; 
but during the night, we see no means of 
remedying the mconvenience and danger, 
other than by removing them to other 
parts of the prison, or of greatly enlarging 
the space now allotted to them: and 
having observed that the windows of the 
upper wards appropriated to the females 
were glazed, and those of the lower one, 
in which the far greater number is con- 
fined, were open, having iron bars only, 
we requested Mr. William Hutchinson 
Box, the surgeon of the prison, to report 
to us in writing his opinion of the state 
of ithe goal, and what imconveniences 
he has experienced i in the course of his 
practice there; particularly to state his 
opinion with respect to the glazing the 
windows jn the prison; and upon se- 
riously cons:dering the same, we fully 
agreed therewith, ~ and do particularly 
recommend the les ee pointed out hy 
him with respect to the windows to be 
adopted, 
Report on the Improvements of the City Prisons. 
viz. by Venerien shutters or 
[Aug. 1, 
casements hung withinside the wards, 
covered with strong cartouch paper, 
which may be opened in the day-time 
at the pleasure of the prisoners, and - 
closed at night so as to exclude the wet 
and cold. And, with respect to those 
parts of the prison appropriated to the 
male criminals, we-are of opinion, that 
though at this time the space allotted to 
them Is very considerable, there are times, 
particularly at the approach- of almost 
every session, when they have not the 
requisite accommodation; and we con-~ 
ceive that in the event of a peace, it 
willbe totally inadequate to the number 
to be expected, and the most serious ill 
consequences must be Spprerenint 
therefrom. 
That in the course of our examination. 
of the prison, we observed cone of the 
great causes of the crowded state of the 
goal, arose from the number of persons 
confined: there who had received sen- 
‘tence of transportation, and which we 
conceive would be greatly -relieved if 
more frequent drafts were made for send- 
ing them to the place of their destination, 
or to some other place of canfinement, — 
particularly from the wemen. In Sep. 
tember last there were seventy-two men 
and forty-eight women who had received 
sentence of transportation confined in 
the prison, some of whom had received 
their sentence more than twelve months’ 
previously ; but upon enquiry, we found 
that the greater part of them were under 
the consideration of his Majesty’s mercy. 
That we also observed sundry prisoners 
confined there as lunatics, eight of whom 
are entered as such, and four of them not: 
entered, but who have become so sub- 
sequently to their trial. We were deeply 
impressed with not only the lamentable: 
situation of those distressing objects in a 
crowded prison, but the apparent inhue 
manity of exposing them to the constant 
sport and ridicule of such characters as 
are there confined; and we conceive 
some strong representation should be 
made to his Majesty’s government, fora 
separate place of confinement to be pro- 
vided for such persons, where proper 
care may be bestowed on them, which 
it is impossible can be done in the goal 
‘of Newgate. 
On viewing that part of the prison — 
appropriated to the debtors, we could 
not help noticing the great inconvenience 
and danger that must also be there ex- 
perienced from the inadequacy of the 
space allotted to them, there being then 
nearly two hundred deb:ors male and 
female 
