September 1800.
And Your said Committee further Report that
they were attended by the Revd.. Mr.. Evans the Chaplain
to the Prisons who stated that the Prisoners in the House
of Correction had since, the late Riot in the Prison behaved
very Orderly in the Chapel but that for some time before the
Riot took place the Prisoners had not conducted themselves
so well as they ought to have done that they did not
behave with due Obedience to Divine Service when
in the Chapel which they ought to do
And Your said committee Lastly; Report
That the Average number of Prisoners in the House
of Correction since the last Session amounts to 276.
and that Mr.. Webb the Surgeon
and Apothecary
to
the Prisoners stated that a violent Bowel complaint
had Raged thro' the Prison Since the last Session
that the complaint had subsided without
proving fatal to any of the Prisoners and that
most of the Prisoners had recovered.
All which the Committee Submiting.
And the following Depositions being also Read
Vizt..
Friday Evening, 10. "Clock. 15th.. Augt.. 1800.
At the House of Correction Clerkenwell
.
Present
William Mainwaring< no role >
Robert Baker< no role >
John Nares< no role >
John Bond< no role >
Nicholas Bond< no role >
Rupert Clark< no role >
Esquires
Middx.
(to wit.)}
The Examination of
John Nicholson< no role >
a Prisoner in custody at the House of Correction Cold bath
fields
under sentence of Imprisonment for Twelve
Months, being convicted of Felony.