January 1799.

other things an Examination of the said Thomas
Aris taken by the said Committee (previous to the
Letter received from the Marquis of Titchfield).
respecting several Persons convicted of Mutiny
and of several other Persons Confined in the said
Prison on Charges of Sedition and Treasonable
practices, and also respecting other matters which
had happened in the said House of Correction
since the last Sessions was Read and is as
follows

Thomas Aris< no role > 's
statement to the
Committee}

"Sir Francis Burdett< no role > , has been three
times in the Prison the second time he came he
was accompanied by a Person whose Name I do
not know Sir Francis said he wished to see the
whole Prison, I told him I would attend him
We went through the Kitchen to the second
Gallery where we saw Colonel Despard they
shook Hands together, Sir Francis said Colonel
you are better off now, he replied that he was
and that he was also very well, Sir Francis
pushed the Door opposite open, and said who
have you got here, I told him his Name was
Duffin and he was there for keeping a Gaming
House, Sir Francis said how are you Mr.. Duffin
he seemed to want to speak to Duffin, but I
kept close to him and he did not We went
into a Passage where some the Mutineers are
Confined, Sir Francis said, these Doors are all
locked, open one of these places I went to see them
I opened a Cell in which a Man of the Name of
Painter was Confined, Sir Francis asked him, what
are you here for, you are not well; Painter said he