Catalogue description Sessional papers

17. Address of the ground jury on the retirement of Lord Denman, L.C.J. (in hand of P.A. Christopher)

41. Return of strength of enrolled pensioners at Lincoln and Newark (Lt. H. Rose, staff officer)

43. Report of visiting justices, dealing with Inspector Hill's recommendations. July. The justices are opposed to the re-introduction of the separate system, and the reception of quarter sessions prisoners from elsewhere in the county, mainly on the grounds of the limited accommodation at Lincoln. A common gaol cannot be used for house of correction prisoners without the sheriff's consent. Even if the Lincoln gaol were declared a house of correction for each of the three counties, the gaol sessions would have no power to levy the appropriate rates

45. Copy of report of Select Committee on Prison Discipline, 29 July

64. Clark's report, Cot. Since February the separate system has been abandoned, the single cells being used as bedrooms only

94.-105. Correspondence about the appointment of a matron

119. Brownlow (Byde, 25 July) '... It is quite absurd in these fellows who are called "Inspectors of Prisons" to go about picking holes and finding fault, for the sake of setting a fee and showing their importance'