MEMOIR

OF THE

Life and Character

OF

WALTER VENNING, ESQ.

A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE

Of the London Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline, &c.

WHO DIED AT ST. PETERSBURG,

January 10th, 1821,

FROM A FEVER CONTRACTED IN VISITING ONE OF THE GAOLS
OF THAT CITY.

BY RICHARD KNILL,

WITH A PREFACE BY

ROBERT WINTER, D.D.

“I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a
stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: Sick, and ye visited me: I was in
prison, and ye came unto me." Matt. xxv. 35, 36.

LONDON:

Printed by J. Haddon, Finsbury.

SOLD BY J. AND A. ARCH, 61, CORNHILL.