September 1800.

Board the Saturn Captain Douglas in 1797. That Early
was Ailing at times the same as he was when in the
Prison.

That Your Committee also Examined Robert
Hambro'. another of the Mutineers who stated That he had
been very ill with the Scurvey since he had been in the
Prison that he had no Complaint to make and that
Luke Early< no role > never was a Healthy Man since he had
known him he alway's Coughed and spit very much.

That your committee also Examined James
Pilton another Mutineer who stated that Luke Early< no role >
was very much subject to the Bloody Flux he used to
Cough and spit very much and was a Sickly Man
that it is impossible that a Man can be starved within
this Prison from the manner the Prisoners have been
fed, that he was on Board the same Ship as Early, Early
was one of those that intended to do Price the Turnkey
a mischief, there were Several Schemes laid to injure
Price he had often heard Hudson say if he was sure
his sentence was only Three years he would have his
Revenge and not go on Board a Man of War that
he had been a very Quarrelsome Man ever Since
he had been in the Prison Daming and blasting the
King and Family and the Country.

And Your Said Committee further Report
That being informed by Mr.. Aris that since their
last Meeting. Vizt. on Thursday the Fourteenth day of
August the Prisoners in his Custody had become
refractory and Riotous in somuch that it had been
necessary to call for the Assistance of all the peace Officers
in the Neighbourhood, and also of several of the
Parish Associations and that in Consequence of the
Disorders the Chairman of the Session and many
other Magistrates had attended at the House of
Correction and taken the Examination of some
of the Prisoners as to the Cause and nature of the
Riot and that a Copy of such Examinations
had been sent to His Grace the Duke of Portland
One of His Majesty< no role > 's Principal Secretaries of State
that he had judged it necessary to put Irons on the