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Rose early and visited Newgate, where most of the Committee met to
receive the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, several Aldermen, and some of
the Jail Committee. Even the irritable state of city politics does
not interfere with this attempt at improvement. The women were
assembled as usual, looking particularly clean, and Elizabeth Fry
had commenced reading a Psalm, when the whole of this party entered
this already crowded room. Her reading was thus interrupted for a
short time. She looked calmly on the approaching gentlemen, who,
soon perceiving the solemnity of her occupation, stood still midst
the multitude, whilst Elizabeth Fry resumed her office and the
women their quietude. In an impressive tone she told them she never
permitted any trifling circumstance to interrupt the very solemn
and important engagement of reading the Holy Scriptures; but in
this instance it appeared unavoidable from the unexpected entrance
of so many persons, besides which, when opportunity offers, we
should pay respect to those in authority over us, to those who
administer justice. She thus, with a Christian prudence peculiar to
herself, controlled the whole assembly, and subdued the feelings of
the prisoners, many of whom were but two well acquainted with the
faces of the magistrates, who were themselves touched and
astonished at being thus introduced to a state of decorum so new
within these walls, and could not help acknowledging how admirably
this mode of treatment was adapted to overcome the evil spirit
which had so long triumphed there. The usual silence ensued after
the reading, then the women withdrew. We could not help feeling
particularly glad that the gentlemen were present at the reading.
The prisoners crowded around the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs to beg
little favors. We had a long conference with these gentlemen