§ MR. LOCKEasked the First Commissioner of Works, Whether it is intended to convert the Queen's Bench Prison into a Military Prison; and, if not, what were the intentions of the Government with respect to the site of that building?
MR. COWPERsaid, that when the Queen's Prison was discontinued as a prison for debtors, the Government had to consider what use they could make of the building, and it seemed the most convenient and economical course to use it as a military prison. The building was accordingly given over for that purpose to the War Department at the close of last year.