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For information: there is a short article on Hollis Hospital on Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollis_Hospital

In November 1823, the prisoners in the Scotland street gaol, 32 of them, were given a pint of ale and six shillings each, by Smith the keeper, on behalf of Earl Fitzwilliam. The prisoners assembled in the yard to drink the health of the Earl and his son Lord Milton, and gave three cheers for them. The Earl had just visited Sheffield with great celebrations, dinners were held in various places, the main one probably being at the Cutlers' Hall, as the Master Cutler (Dewsnap) was present. Outside a cast iron arch lit by gas had been erected, the population seemed to adore the Earl, and the newspaper reports were excessively sycophantic.

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