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THE
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CASE
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OF
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The CITY OF LONDON,
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WITH RESPECT TO
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The GOAL of NEWGATE
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THE Goal of
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, which is
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the common
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Goal of the
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, and the
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County of Middlesex
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, and is Situate in the very Heart of this Metropolis, hath been
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long complained of, on account of the Closeness and Incommodiousness of the
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Building, and its total Unfitness for the Reception of the grat Number of Priso-
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ners crowded into it, at th Opening of the several Sessions held at the
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Old Bailey
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Upon a Survey thereof, it appears, that the Goal cannot be rendered Healthy and Commo-
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dious, without being taken down and rebuilt upon a more extended Plan, which will be
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attended with an Expence, on a modereate Estimate, of 40,000 l.
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The
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have, for many Years past, maintained and supported the Goal, and
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the ordinary Repairs of it, but the rebuilding it upon the Plan proposed, is too great a Work
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for them to engage in singly. - They would gladly contribute their reasonable Proportion, and
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have made their humble Application to Parliament, upon that Foundation.
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And for this they have been traduced in a printed Paper, intituled, The Case of the
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County of
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Middlesex
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, with Respect to the Goal of
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Newgate
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They appeal to the Public to judge between them and the
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County of Middlesex
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, whether
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they have deserved to be so treated.
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And to enable the Public to form a Judgment upon this Subject, they Subjoin the printed
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Case with their Answer to it, in opposite Columns, Paragraph by Paragraph.
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And be the Event of their Application to Parliament as it may, they trust they shall be
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thought to have deserved the Thanks of the Public, for their Endeavours to remove a most
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dangerous Nusance, from the Capital of the King's Dominions, and to promote a salutary
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Measure, essential to the well governing of the
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, and
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CASE of the County of Mid-
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dlesex, with Respect to the Goal of
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THE Goal of
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is, and for upwards of
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600 Years hath been, a Common Prison, and
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Place of Security, for Felons, and other Offen-
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ders; and, so far as it tends to secure, and
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bring to Punishment, those who by Acts of Rapine and
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Violence, endanger the Persons and Properties of Mankind,
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it seems to be of public Use and Benefit: Notwithstanding
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which, the Citizens of
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, and several Tradesmen,
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inhabiting near the said Goal, have of late laboured to re-
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present it as a most dangerous Nusance.
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In
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The ANSWER.
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It is certainly true, that the Goal of
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, so far
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as it tends to secure and bring to Punishment, those
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who by Acts of Rapine and Violence, endanger the
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Properties of Mankind, is of public Use and Benefit,
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and the Citizens with that the
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County of Middlesex
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would
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see it in that Light; and yet in Respect of the Closeness
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and Incommondiousness of the Building, admitting neither
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of a free Circulation of Air or Water; the Multi
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poor Wretches confined there, many of them brought
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thither diseased, too often infecting, and always corrupt-
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ing one another, from the unavoidabel Communication
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with each other; the Numbers who die there every
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Year of a malignant Distemper; the Possibility of that
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Distemper once more reaching the Sessions-House, and
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communicating itself to the Neighbourhood, and even be-
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coming epidemical, not to mention that many Econo-
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mical Dispositions necessary for the reasonable Accommo-
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dation of the Prisoners are wanting, and cannot be sup-
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plied; the Goal of
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, in its present State, is truly
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represented to be a most dangerous Nusance.
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The
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