Continued, Thursday, 31st. Jany. 1799 .

Report.
Select Commitee

anticipated by the Wisdom and policy of our Ancestorse

Care of ye. Sturdy
"o Idle & Prisoners
"guit at the Sessions

Proposed
regulations for
them.

That for the third Class of Persons who were the
"original Objects of Bridewell" the sturdy and the Idle, and
"likewise such Prisoners as are quit at the Sessions", the local
Situation and the accommodation of Bridewell, seem to be
well adapted. That, besides the separation of the Sexes,
and of the different Classes of Persons. it appears to your
Committee to be expedient that there should be some
general labour, not requiring Skill or instruction, for
those who are not capable, and desirvces of being employed
in any other more Profitable Work:That for these there
should be an inforcority of condition, as to diet, accommedation
and Clothing, in order to induce hem to endeavour do
obtain and preserve a Situation in one of the other Classes,
and to make them avioid what would be the consequence
of Misbehaviour in the other Classes, their being reduced
again to the inferior Class.

Vagrants to be
passed shod. be
distingusished lyd.
Magistrate so as to
passd. blameless
immediately, &
parish the rogue
dragabond by Cooper
comfinement:

That there is a part of the third Class, which, tho'
discredited by the general name of Vagrants, is composed
of Persons very different in character conduct and
circumstances; The honest and unfortunate sufferer
being confounded with the Vicious, and Profligate, who
have a bundoned their Fainilies, their Parishes and the
places where their Labour and industry might be useful
That, the Sentence of "a Weeks Idleness & confinement"
to all of them at the same time that it is too favorable
for one part of them, is Severity and in justice to the
others' therefore your Committee is of opinion that a
more strict judicial inquiry ought to be made into the
cases of Vagrants committed to Bridewell and white the
unfortunate and blameless Passenger, is favoured by a
speedy and comfortable return to his or her own Parish
the Rogue & Vagabond should receive that proper Correction
which