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that likely to find an an
J.B. besides the common interest has Head of
that for much of
The good effects I flattered myself with
being able to produce would not permit
<me to see any thing
dependablemanner
Campbell £22,000
BotanyBay 22,000
But the above is
for three quarters only
That the proper Officer
That there be laidthe convenience of
his Majesty's Navy Board
do live before this House
an account of the
respective values
below of the several
vessels with their
respective Boats as delivered
to Duncan Campbell
Esq.r Henry Bradley
Esq.r Merchant
J. Chrene - Burn
J. Groundwater
J. Butterworth or
any other persons
to serve as Hulks
for the reception
of Convicts in the
Thames in Portsomouth
or Plymouth
Harbours or elsewhere
within England
from the beginning of the year 1776
to the present times
together with the
of the several Vess
costs of the/these respective
fitting them up
Repairs from
and keeping them in
Repair
Justitia Stanislaus
Censor Lion
Eaves
Fortunia Dunkirk
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J. B.
A man
of responsible
circumstances,
of unexceptionable
character
of an liberal
education
of an honourable
profession
—not altogether
unknown in the
literary world
who quitted that
profession to devote
other purposes, than to himself exclusively to the
service of mankind
a man who
was then friend of
Howard who comi and in
the confidence of
all
his plans. to
and whose services in
the original framing
of the Penitentiary
Act were stand
recognized under
the hand of Blackstone
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Plymouth Hulk
I do not mention
It is but too true
that on board of
that Hulk there
was a dreadful
mortality : from
1/6 to 1/5 dying of the whole number dying
in the course of
a year —
I wish that fact
to be told brought properly
before the House.
I do not mention
this in any
adverse view.
That Hulk has
sincee been discontinued
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Objection
This plan will
be dearer —
For under Mr
Campbells, the
the public have the
benefit of the Labour
of the convcicts
Answer
They do not
all work under
Mr Campbell
— not did any
sort of work and
on the Hulk at
Plymouth, when
there was between
7 & 800
2. Give him as
much as Mr
Campbell has for
the convicts, he
will do into the
bargain by more
economical methods
as much
work as is done
for the public by
the Convicts
[+] besides the expence
of the Hulk itself
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That the Master there be
of the King's Bench
land before the
House copies
of the <add>several Reports
given in
from time
to time his office by Duncan
Campbell Esqr
and all such
other persons as
have contributed/contracted
with
convicts on board
of any of the Hulks by
contract with
Government
This to answer
purposes
1. To shew the
nature of their
employment, and
how many of them
were kept in total
idleness.
2. To shew the state
of their health : &
in particular the
great mortality that
prevailed at Plymouth.
3. To shew the
average number
so maintained in
a year
4. To shew the
average number on
board of each hulk
during the whole time
and thence to shew
how much a head
the expense of £125
a month viz. £1625
a year for the crew of such
hulk amounts to [+]
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