...but I soon learned that the same injustice was practised in them ; and looking into the prisons, 1 beheld scenes of calamity, which I grew daily more and more anxious to alleviate. In order, therefore, to gain a more perfect knowledge of the particulars and extent of it, by various...

...with the grievance, and willing to grant the relief desired ; but they wanted a precedent for changing the county with the expense. I, therefore, rode into...I grew daily more and more anxious to alleviate." These oppressions, these calamities, he dragged to light. He may be said to haverfimn-eredthem— soindiftVi...

...order to redress this hardship, I applied to the justices of the county for a salary to the jailor in lieu of his fees. The bench were properly affected...I grew daily more and more anxious to alleviate." In the jail at Bedford, every prisoner, whether debtor or felon, however justly he might be entitled...

...order to redress this hardship, I applied to the justices of the county for a salary to the jailor in lieu of his fees. The bench were properly affected...calamity, which I grew daily more and more anxious to atleviate."— P. 183. Such is Mr. Howard's own account of the circumstances which first led him to...

...but I soon learned that the same injustice was practised in them ; and, looking into the prisons, 1 beheld scenes of calamity, which I grew daily more and more anxious to alleviate." p. 123. Mr. Howard, therefore, immediately commenced his plans of mercy ; and visited all the jails...

...grant the relief desired : but they wanted a precedent for charging the county with the expense. 1 therefore rode into several neighbouring counties...I grew daily more and more anxious to alleviate." The principal local defects which he noticed in the construction of the jail at Bedford were, that...

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...of the county for a salary to the gaoler instead of his fees. They were properly affected with this grievance, and willing to grant the relief desired,...I grew daily more and more anxious to alleviate." Here then his great work was begun, and we shall see how diligently he prosecuted it to the end of...

...: but I soon learned that the same injustice was practised in them ; and on examining the state of the prisons, I beheld scenes of calamity, which I grew daily more and more anxious to alleviate." This journey Howard undertook about the beginning of November, 1773. He first inspected the gaol of...

...to redress this hardship, I applied to the justices of the county for a salary to the jailor in lien of his fees. The bench were properly affected with...I grew daily more and more anxious to alleviate." These oppressions, these calamities, he dragged to light. He may be said to haverfiscouerecfthem—...