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been produced, except in the doubtful case of it could not be complied with, according to the one prisoner. new act, in consequence of not having more than five divisions for all descriptions of prisoners, debtors excepted.

The justices have arranged the rules and regulations for male and female debtors; for prisoners before trial; and for convicts and other prisoners after trial; but have not made any further or additional rules to those contained in the acts. That such rules have been printed, and affixed in the respective wards in the three prisons. GRANTHAM, chairman.

No. 3.-BERKSHIRE.

To his majesty's justices of the peace for the county of Berks, assembled at the Michaelmas quarter sessions, 1824.

The report of the clerk of the peace, pursuant to the 24th section of 4 Geo. IV. c. 64, intituled "An Act for consolidating and amending the "laws relating to the building, repairing, and "regulating of county gaols and houses of cor"rection in England and Wales:"

The clerk of the peace begs leave to state, that reports of the visiting justices of the county gaol and house of correction, at Reading, and of the house of correction, or bridewell, at Abingdon, and certificates of the keepers of the said prisons, have been regularly made to the court at the four quarter sessions, holden at Michaelmas, 1823, and Epiphany, Easter, and Midsummer, 1824; but that the chaplains of those prisons have not made their respective

reports.

Oct. 19th, 1824.

W. BUDD, clerk of the peace for Berkshire.
C. DUNDAS, chairman.

No. 4.-BRECON COUNTY GAOL. Pursuant to the provisions of the 4 Geo. IV. c. 64. sec. 24, the accompanying return and reports were submitted to the justices assembled at the Michaelmas quarter sessions of the peace held at the town of Brecon, in the county of Brecon, on the nineteenth day of October instant, and were approved of.

There is one prison only under the juris. diction of the justices of the county of Brecon. HENRY ALLEN,

Chairman Breconshire quarter sessions.
The Lodge, near Brecon, Oct. 27, 1824.
The report of the chaplain to the county gaol

of Brecon.

I read prayers and preach in the gaol every Sunday, every Christmas day, and every Good Friday. The prisoners attend divine service haviour is generally decent and orderly; they regularly, except in cases of illness; their be are supplied with English and Welsh Common Prayer-books and Bibles.

Oct. 19, 1824.

JOHN JONES, chaplain.

County of Brecon.-We, the undersigned, being the visiting magistrates of the gaol and

pursuance of the provisions and directions of the act of the fourth year of the reign of his present majesty, c. 64, report as follows, viz.

That it appears from the report of the visiting justices at Reading, particularly from the report made to the last Midsummer sessions, that they have not observed, nor have they received in-house of correction of the said county, do, in formations of, any abuse in the management of that prison; but, on the contrary, that they considered the discipline and regulations of the gaol and house of correction had been strictly attended to by the keeper; and that the general state of the prisoners, with regard to morals, health, &c. was in every respect good.

It appears, too, that the rules and regulations laid down for the government of the gaols by the said act of parliament had been complied with in the said gaol and house of correction at Reading, under the care of the keeper, so far as the building, in its present state, would allow of.

That the visiting justices of the house of correction at Abingdon have repeatedly visited it, and have found the several wards and sleepingrooms kept clean and in good order; that the keeper has been invariably attentive to the duties of his office; and that, with the exception of one or two slight instances of insubordination, the state of the prison, as to observance of rules and orderly conduct in the prisoners, has been quite satisfactory.

That the rules and regulations of the said house of correction at Abingdon have been observed by the keeper, as far as the building will admit of; but that, as to the classification,

We report the said gaol and house of correction, which are under the same roof, to be in complete repair; that hitherto no alteration or addition has been made, except the erection of a tread-mill on Mr. Cubitt's plan; that we have examined the proposed alterations and additions, as set forth in the map or plan annexed to the petition intended to be laid before the most honourable the privy council, pursuant to the act of the present reign of his said majesty, c. 85, and do fully approve of the same.

The conduct of the prisoners, in the said gal and house of correction, has been orderly, with the exception of one female prisoner, Catherine Llewellyn, under sentence of transportation for life, whose behaviour has been unruly.

There is no employment for the prisoners, excepting that derived from the tread-wheel.

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peace for the county of Bucks, in quarter session | majesty, c. 85, for receiving from the town gaol assembled, this 19th day of October, 1824, a number of prisoners, not exceeding 10. The made pursuant to the act of 4 Geo. IV. c. 64:

Sheweth, that it appears to the court of quarter session, by the quarterly reports of the visiting justices of the gaol and house of correction for this county, and of the chaplain to the prisons, and also by the certificate of the gaoler, that additions and improvements are in progress in the said gaol and house of correction, and are expected to be completed before the next session, whereby the said justices will be enabled to carry into entire effect the classification of the prisoners required by the said act.

That a chapel, upon a plan of similar classification, has been built, and will be ready for use in the course of two months.

That the health of the prisoners, in the gaol and house of correction, has, within the last ycar, been generally good, except that cases of sickness have occurred during the present quarter, which are attributed by the surgeon to the dampness of the atmosphere, and to the crowded state of those wards of the prison which, during the alterations now in progress, were alone sufficiently secure for the reception of prisoners, and also to the want of exercise amongst the untried prisoners, in consequence of the restrictions, as to labour, in the act of 5 Geo. IV. c. 85.

That it appears, by the certificate of the chaplain, that divine service has been regularly performed by him at the prison, except in cases of sudden illness, and that the prisoners have regularly attended, and conducted themselves with propriety.

BUCKINGHAM and CHANDOS, chairman.

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Gaol and house of correction. The gaol and house of correction are comprised in the same building, have the same visiting magistrates, and are under the superintendence of the same keeper. They are capable of containing 70 prisoners, sleeping in separate cells. The total number of prisoners committed between Michaelmas 1823, and Michaelmas 1824, was 230, including 43 debtors; and the greatest number confined at one time was 95.

In consequence of a strong representation made by the magistrates of the town of Cambridge (having a separate jurisdiction) to the magistrates of the county, stating the insecure and very crowded state of the town gaol, and the intention of erecting a new one, as soon as an act can be obtained for that purpose, the magistrates of the county are about to enter into a contract, under the act of the fifth of his present

prisoners in the county gaol being now diminished, the magistrates of the county are enabled to comply with the application from the magistrates of the town; but a clause will be inserted in the contract, authorising the county magistrates to return to the town gaol the prisoners received from thence, whenever the county gaol shall, in the judgment of the visiting magistrates, be too much crowded. A plan of the gaol and house of correction has been transmitted to the office of the secretary of state for the home department.

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Employment of prisoners.

The only employment for male prisoners is the tread-mill and pumping water for the use of feathers. Since the passing of the act of the fifth the gaol; and for females, washing and picking of his present majesty, c. 85, no prisoner is allowed to work at the tread-mill until sentenced thereto. Many of the untried prisoners are desirous of being allowed to work at the treadmill, to entitle themselves to the extra diet; and the gaoler is of opinion that such permission would tend to the more orderly conduct of the prisoners, especially as there are no other means of keeping them employed. The earnings of the prisoners amounted, during the last year, to the sum of 657. 18s. 5d., which has been appropriated to their maintenance.

Conduct of the prisoners, and their state of health, during the year.

No complaint has, during the year, been made by the keeper of the gaol to the visiting magis. trates of the conduct of any prisoner; nor has complaint been made by any prisoner of the conduct of the keeper.

During the first three months of the year more than usual sickness prevailed in the gaol; but that was also the case throughout the county.

The small-pox made its appearance in the gaol, his certificate, stating that the rules and reguand one infant died of it; but great precaution lations laid down for the government of the being taken to prevent the disorder spreading, | said prisons had been complied with, and that it disappeared from the gaol long before it ceased no deviation therefrom had taken place; and in the neighbouring villages. Subsequent to the nothing further relative to the said prisons was three months above noticed, the prisoners have done at this quarter sessions. in general been in health.

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A chaplain, whose salary has been lately increased from 1007. to 150l. per annum. He daily reads prayers, selected from the liturgy, and explains part of the Scriptures. A surgeon, whose salary is 407. per annum, besides being paid for all the medicines and other articles provided by him for the prisoners: both the chaplain and surgeon are appointed by the magistrates. A keeper, who receives a salary of 2001. per annum; he is appointed by the sheriff of the county. A matron, whose salary is 307. per annum, and who is appointed by the magistrates, under the act of the fourth of his present majesty. A superintendent of the treadmill, at a salary of 11. 2s. per week, and who is also appointed by the magistrates. Two turnkeys, appointed by the keeper, one of whom receives 16s. per week, and is paid out of the county rate; and the other 14s. per week, which is paid by the keeper.

Rules and regulations.

Pursuant to the act of the fourth of his present majesty, the magistrates prepared new rules and regulations for the government of the gaol and house of correction. In consequence of the act of the fifth of his present majesty some alterations became necessary, which have been made, and it is intended to lay the rules and regulations before the judges for their approbation. The schedule (B) of the keeper accompanies this report.

HENRY JOHN ADEANE, chairman. No. 7.-CARDIGANSHIRE. Michaelmas quarter sessions, 1824. A general report of the state, condition, and management of the gaol and house of correction of the said county, from Michaelmas quarter sessions 1823 exclusive, to Michaelmas quarter sessions 1824 inclusive; founded on the report of the visiting justices, on the report of the chaplains, and on the certificates of the keepers of the said several prisons; prepared by the clerk of the peace, and submitted to the justices assembled at this present Michaelmas quarter sessions of the peace, in pursuance of the act of the 4th Geo. IV. c. 64.

Epiphany quarter sessions, 1824.

Easter quarter sessions, 1824.

2. The visiting justices reported at this quarter sessions of the peace, that no material alterations had been made in the prison since their last report; but that, from the considerable increase of prisoners, it appeared necessary that some addition should be made to the building, for the purpose of carrying into effect the classification enjoined by the 4 Geo. IV. c. 64, and that they had every reason to be satisfied with the general behaviour of the prisoners, and the conduct of the different persons connected with the establishment. The chaplain's journal and the surgeon's journal were also laid before the justices then and there assembled, and were inspected by them, and signed by the chairman; and the keeper of the said prisons delivered in his certificate, stating that the rules and regu lations laid down for the government of the said prisons had been complied with, and that no deviation therefrom had taken place; and nothing further relative to the said prisons was then done. But an adjournment of the court was ordered, for the purpose of taking into consideration the addition to be made to the county gaol and house of correction of Cardigan, and the classification of prisoners, as required by the said act; and also as to the further continuance of the house of correction at Aberystwith: and at such adjournment, which was held on the 26th of May last, it was ordered by the court that the clerk of the peace should write to his majesty's secretary of state, to inform him that the court had that day taken into consideration the requisition of the said act, respecting the extension and classification of prisoners, as applied to the house of correction at Aberystwith; and that it was in contemplation to make a new addition to the county gaol and house of cur sition of the said act; and that when such were rection at Cardigan, as would meet the requi carried into effect, there would be no further occasion for the house of correction at Aberyst with, but that the same should be continued as a lock-up-house only, for the safe custody of prisoners till they could be safely conveyed and lodged in the county gaol.

Midsummer quarter sessions, 1824.

3. The visiting justices reported at this quar ter sessions, that they had nothing to add to 1. The visiting justices made no report at their last report, but that the tread-wheel had this quarter sessions; but the chaplain's journal, been in operation since the beginning of May, and also the surgeon's journal, were laid before and that they had found it necessary to make the justices then and there assembled, and were some trifling alterations for the additional seinspected by them, and signed by the chairman;curity of the prison. The chaplain's journal, and the keeper of the said prisons delivered in and also the surgeon's journal, were also laid

before the justices then and there assembled, and were inspected by them, and signed by the chairman; and the keeper of the said prisons delivered in his certificate, stating that the rules and regulations laid down for the government of the said prisons had been complied with, and that no deviation therefrom had taken place; and nothing further was done relative to the said prisons at this quarter sessions. But an adjournment of the court was ordered, for the purpose of again taking into consideration the additions necessary to be made to the county gaol and house of correction at Cardigan; and at such adjournment it was ordered that an application should be immediately made to Mr. Wilcocks, the architect, to appoint a day to meet the visiting justices, to inspect the county gaol and house of correction, in order to enter upon such plans as might be deemed necessary for the augmentation of the said prisons, for the purpose of carrying into effect the requisitions of the acts of the 4 Geo. IV. c. 64, and 5 Geo. IV. c. 85.

Michaelmas quarter sessions, 1824.

shipful his majesty's justices of the peace for the county of Carmarthen, assembled at the general quarter sessions of the peace of our sovereign lord the king, held at the shire-hall in the town of Carmarthen, in and for the said county, in the week next after the 11th day of October, to wit, on Wednesday, the 20th day of October, in the fifth year of the reign of his present majesty, and in the year of our Lord 1824.

The report of Charles Morgan, clerk of the peace of the said county, in conformity to an act of parliament, made and passed in the fourth year of the reign of his present majesty, intituled, "An Act for consolidating and amending the Laws relating to the building, repairing, and regulating of certain Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales."

I do hereby report, and submit to your worships the reports of the visiting justices and chaplain of the gaols of his majesty's castle of the county of Carmarthen, as also the reports and schedules of the keeper of the said gaols, which have been delivered me, in pursuance of the act, since my last report to his majesty's justices of the peace assembled at the last general quarter sessions of the peace, held in and for the said county.

That it appears by the report of the visiting justices of the gaols made at the Epiphany general quarter sessions, held at the shire-hall in the town of Carmarthen, in and for the said county of Carmarthen, on the 14th day of January, 1824, that the prisons are in want

4. The visiting magistrates reported at this quarter sessions, that the gaol and house of correction were in the best order, on the 18th of October instant, with the exception of the chimneys, which did not draw well, and part of the roof, which required to be pointed; that the classification of the prisoners had been complied with, as far as the limits of the prison would admit, though they considered its present of trifling repairs, which are now carrying extent inadequate to the classification required by the 4 Geo. IV. c. 64; for which reason, they recommended such an addition to be made to the building as the magistrates, assembled at the quarter sessions, should think proper for that purpose.

That they had the satisfaction to state, that no abuses in the management of the prison had come under their cognisance, and that they were perfectly satisfied with the general state of the prisoners, as to morals, discipline, employment, and hard labour, and the observance of the rules of the prison; that no material additions or alterations had taken place in the gaol or house of correction; but some necessary repairs, of a trifling description, had been made at different periods.

The chaplain's journal, and also the surgeon's journal, were also laid before the justices then and there assembled, and were inspected by them, and signed by the chairman; and the keeper of the said prisons delivered in his certificate, stating, that the rules and regulations laid down for the government of the said prisons had been complied with, and no alteration therefore had taken place.

J. LLOYD WILLIAMS, chairman.

NO. 8. CARMARTHEN,

into effect; but that in pursuance of a presentment made at the last general quarter sessions of the insufficiency of the gaols, alterations and additions were commenced pursuant to the directions of the said recited act; and it appeared also by such report, that the then state of the prisoners, as to morals, discipline, employment, hard labour, and observance of rules, was correct.

That it appears by the gaoler and master of the house of correction's certificate, that the said gaol and house of correction are undergoing a thorough repair, in compliance with the said act of the 4th of Geo. IV., and that the doors of the debtors' apartment, and the doors of the said house of correction, are in want of repair; that there were then confined in the said gaol eighteen debtors, one for misdemeanour, and six felons, and in the house of correction five prisoners.

That it also appears by another certificate of the said gaoler and master of the house of cor, rection, that the rules and orders for the management of the said gaol and house of correction have (as far as consistently could be with the repairs and alterations required by the said act and going on) been complied with.

That it also appears by the report of the visiting justices presented to his majesty's County of Carmarthen, to wit.-To the wor-justices of the peace, assembled at the general

quarter sessions of the peace, held at the shirehall in Carmarthen in the week next after the close of Easter, to wit, on the 29th day of April last, that the gaol of the said county, with the house of correction annexed, not appearing perfectly secure for the detention of prisoners, the same would be forthwith put in a secure state.

That it appears also by the gaoler and master of the house of correction's certificate, that the said gaol and house of correction were not completed so as to comply with the sections of the act; that there were then confined in the said gaol fifteen debtors, two felons, and one for misdemeanor, and ten confined in the house of correction.

That it appears also by the certificate of the gaoler and master of the house of correction, that the rules and orders for the management of the said gaol and house of correction have (as far as consistently could be with the advanced state of the repairs and alterations required by the said act) been complied with.

That it appears also by the report of the visiting justices, presented to his majesty's justices of the peace, assembled at the general quarter sessions of the peace, held at the shirehall in the town of Llandilofawr, in the week next after the translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, to wit, on Wednesday the 14th day of July last, that since their last report nothing material has occurred relative to the gaol and house of correction of the said county; further than that alterations of the same, pursuant to the said act, have been begun and are proceeding.

That it appears also by the certificate of the gaoler and master of the house of correction, that the said gaol and house of correction were not completed so as to comply with the different sections of the said act; and that there were confined in the said gaol sixteen debtors, four felons, and three for misdemeanours, and ten in the house of correction.

That it appears also by his said certificate, that the rules and orders for the management of the said gaol and house of correction have (as far as consistently could be with the advanced state of the repairs and alterations required by the said act) been complied with.

house of correction have undergone many alte rations and repairs, which are nearly finished, in compliance with the said act; that the doors in the debtors' apartments and in the house of correction still want repairs, likewise new bedstocks; and there were confined in the said gaol sixteen debtors, three for misdemeanours, two convicted felons, and five non-convicted felons, and in the house of correction twenty for various offences, as expressed in the schedule (B) in the said act.

That it appears also by his said certificate, that the rules and orders for the management of the said gaol and house of correction have (as far as consistently can be with the repairs and alterations nearly finished and under consideration, required by the said act) been complied with.

That it appears also, by the report of the chaplain of the said gaol and house of correction, that on every Sunday from the 29th day of September, 1823, to the 16th day of December in the same year, at the hour of three in the after. noon, divine service commenced with reading prayers, conformably to the liturgy of the church of England, after which a sermon was preached; and from the 16th December to the 29th September, 1824, the appointed morning and evening services of the church were regularly performed on every Sunday, Christmasday, and Good Friday, and a sermon preached; also prayers selected from the liturgy were read every morning in the week; which services and sermons all the prisoners attended, except such as were prevented by sickness, or some other cause, and all of whom appeared particularly attentive, and behaved with becoming decorum during the time of divine service and worship. In addition to this scale of duties, he visited the prisoners in their respective wards at least once every week under ordinary circumstances; but when the said gaols contained any convicted felons, the chaplain's visits were necessarily more frequent, and regulated, as to their nature and number, according to the exigencies of the prisoners; that such prisoners were supplied with Bibles, and most of those confined within the last year were able to read, and the chaplain had the satisfaction to find that they were in the habit of perusing them daily.

That it appears by the report of the visiting justices, presented to his majesty's justices of the In conformity to the act, the clerk of the peace assembled at the general quarter sessions peace of the said county having submitted to us of the peace held at the shirehall in the town of this general report, founded upon the several Carmarthen, in the week next after the 11th reports of the visiting justices and chaplain of day of October, to wit, on Wednesday the 20th the said gaols, together with the schedules acday of October, 1824, that the gaol of the said cording to form (B) in the said act, of the county, with the house of correction, have un-keeper of the said gaols and house of correction, dergone many alterations and repairs, which are nearly finished; and since their last report nothing else material has occurred relative to the gaol and house of correction.

That it appears also by the certificate of the gaoler and master of the house of correction, since his last report, that the said gaol and

This court doth approve of the same.

J. JONES, chairman.

No. 9.-CARNARVON.

Sir, Carnarvon, Dec. 13, 1824. In reply to your letter of the 6th instant, I beg to inform you that I have it not in my

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