February 1795

in - 1793 and to £84..2..0 last year - No Rate has as yet been settled for the
New House of Correction as far as has come to the Knowledge of the Reporter, and
it is humbly suggested how far it might be right to pay some attention to that
object so as to get both the Public and Parochial Taxes settled as low as
possible.

Having thus stated such general Observations as have appeared to
be immediately connected with the particular interest of the County of Middx
so far as regards the Prisons it may not be improper before this Report is
closed to discuss in their proper Order the various heads which constitute
the Regulations adopted for the Government of the New House of Correction .

And first on examining into the Classes of Prisoners who are now
under confinement it appears that they run in the following proportions
namely.

Of the 1 Class 49 Prisoners, Convicted of attrocious Offences from the Old
Bailey and the Sessions

Of the 2 Class 24 Prisoners, Convicted of lesser Offences, from the Sessions &
Magistrates

Of the 3 Class 27 Prisoners for Trial.

As far as a conclusion may be hazarded from the state of the Prison
since it was first opened it would appear not unlikely that about one half of
those under confinement will generally be convicts of the first Class and
consequently subject to a long confinement: One fourth may be the number
of Convicts of the second Class and the remaining fourth as nearly as
Judgment can be formed at present will compose that Class which may be
denominated temporary Prisoners. And hence it will follow if this position
shall prove true that about three fourths of the Prisoners by coming under
the description of permanent Convicts may be so arranged as to make their
labour in some degree productive, and certainly much more so than if they
were temporary Prisoners, but it will require time attention and perseverance
aided by method and system to effect this salutary purpose and it does
certainly appear to Your Reporter that one of the chief difficulties in perfecting
this system and in rendering it permanent under all the Charges of
inspection which must necessarily and properly take place will arise from the