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Letter 3
20 Decr 1802
XVII Hulk Mortality
Invalids or cripples on deck—50
Confined to their beds—11
In the Hospital Ward—11
Total Invalids out of 300—72
besides 20 of the worst invalids recently removed.
Invalids out of 320 therefore out of 320—92
In the midst of All this is
not without its some consolations: "discipline considerably
"improved": "of late", no "insurrection" "of late" "none of them had
been shot." Here, as in New South Wales, such is the use of famine.
Among the dying, insurrection difficult: among the dead
impossible. Erasmus sung the praise of folly: who shall
sing the praise of famine? To whom if sung shall it be dedicated? What
rivalry—what generous rivalry—between Your Lordship, and
the Duke of Portland,—between and Mr Addington and Mr Pitt? Who
has done most to furnish materials? By famines budgets are
eased: by without famine noble Lords oblige their friends could
not propagate the Gospel
or any so
much at their ease: by famine, noble Lords obliged their friends.
to observe that recent insurrection
had never been heard of: and that
those are times when none have of late been
shot: a proofs these of a state of "discipline ...
"considerably improved". Amongst these proofs
to the abuse of insurrection is added
that of "recent meetings". What is meant by
recent meetings is a place amongst convicts
crowded together in the I do not
pretend to know.
Such was the state of things in a ship
"manifestly prepared" (say the Commissioners Visitors)
"for our reception".—
On the occasion of this visit SrJohn Mildmay
labour of inspection it appears was furnished
Labour and expence of inspection
by Sr Henry Mildmay and author Mr Neild:
Sr Henry Mildmay's "" being "":
auspices and permission sufferance by Lord Pelham.+ "Sir Henry's
orders and auspices by your Lordship. His
services (we are told) were volunteered: other services it should seem were possessed.
The origin of it I see referred to a letter
from a Cornish Jailor, who had occasion to bring
Convicts to the Hulks: date Feby 4th 1802. In less
than
+ What a troublesom
man this Sir Henry!
What a troublesome man this
Mr Neild why could not they have
kept quiet!
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Identifier: | JB/116/583/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 116. |
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116 |
panopticon versus new south wales |
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583 |
letter 3 |
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001 |
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correspondence |
1 |
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recto |
d2 / f41 |
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john herbert koe |
cw 1799 |
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c. abbit lees |
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1799 |
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letter was never sent; see note 8 to letter 1747, vol. 7 |
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