Fleet Prison (Poor Side).
TO THE EDITOR OF THlE TIMES. Sir,-The following is a case of great distress, arising out of the depres8ion of landed property. The father, aged 70, his son, who has a wife and seven children, and his two sons-in-la,v, who have eight children, making together 15 children, have been committed for con. tempt of Court-the father for not appearing, and the son and two sons-in-law for not putting in their answers to a bill of foreclosure filed by a mortgagee. In consequence of the tenant failing. and the land becoming unoccupied, they were unable to pay the'interest. Thc defendants having been committed to this prison on the 23d of June last, are in tbe greatest possible distress; the son having caught the small-pox, is now in the infirmary, though vaccinated 19 yearsago. Oneof tne sonJ-in-law hasbeen seized with an inflammation in the bowels, and is now very feverish; while one of the children of the other son-in-law is dying with an inflammation at the chest. Dr. Clutterbuck, of Bridge-street, has most humanely attended them, and furnished them with medicines gratuitoasly. Contemplate, Sir, the aged father, 3 score years and ten, with his son, and two sons-in-law, in prison, without fbod, their patrimonial estate sunk aDd Iying xvaste. I trust the benevolence of the British public will be extended to them. In the exercise of this virtte con- sists the perfection of the Christian character. I am. Sir. vftlr h-rnhTh e-- A. B. No. 2, Poor side. Aur. 2. I Q24 iseeevetl by Mr. WatsOn, agent of the Blackfriars Bible Association, No- 7, middle of the market, Flcet-street-end. N. 13. The gate fees to be paid the WVarden before they can leave the prison amount to got any money left. FLESET PRISON (POOR SIDE).