The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-01-10 00:00:00

INHUMANITY OF A WORKROUSE-SEEPER.

Or Thursday last a vestry meeting wu specially convened rt
Cambridge to take into consideration the conduct ut John Allum,
die' keeper of the workhouse in the pariah of the Holy Trinity.
The meeting was numerously attended; and it appeared that a poor
diminutive youth, of the name of Robert' ilk, about twenty-five
yeah of age. hail been in the house some years ; he was dumb and
'an idiot ; indeed a more dienswing object had never excited the
aymnathies of the humane. The iharge against Altum was, that
Ire had during the orverity of this lesson, and for a long time pre-
'ions, confined this poor creature In an out-house without any tire,
permed up in one corner, there placed upon a board without shoes
Or stockings, and with his arms bare, and only a petticoat on and
some coarse covering for the upper pert of his body ; there he was
oecsistonned to remain till night, trampling in his filth, when he
.sees rot into a crib or manger, with a small portion of short straw.
'There was no chair or stool in the hovel for this unfortunate victim
of severity to rest upon. The cruelty thus practised reached the
Mari of Mr Alderman Coe, t Magistrate, who went to the work-
bouise, and saw the young man is the situation above described_ ;
lie insuctUy ordered him to be removed into the house, there to be
crothed with shoes and sackings, and placed near the fire, and
Ittireiwi,e properly taken CM ot. Two der )5 afterwards the worthy
4Segotta e rolled again to see the youth, when, to his utter astonish.
knent,,he. found uo attention had beep paid to his directions by the
Ihnniage muter; but the unfortunate creature was still standlrfk
span the board, penned in the same corner, and apparently in
extreme pain ; still without shoes or stockings, and the very water
Med dirt he stood in gurhing up between his toes. Mr. Fermi', the
tuyrgeon, who in this visit accompanied the worthy Alderman. in-
ataptly ordered him to be removed into the house ; he examined
lua.feet and trim and espoused tame apprehension lest mortifies-
should ensue, art' gave e directions for the to be put in a warm
,
bs 'titer other precautionary measures had been taken. A vestry
'og was held a few days after this happened to transact the
eft eery lousiness of the parish. when Mr. Alderman Coe attended,
inf,iir:led the palish of what had occurred. Allum was In.
Ityguily ieepended, and directions given for calling a meeting to
3111;1114 into hit. conduct, when the statematit being confirmed, the
sheeting nnaniminssly agayed inetantly to discharge bin., for acts of
swilv, (rem his sitimtion.—(:utribr age Indepaul cwt.

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We are requested to state that Mr. Coleman, purser,
• ft.if., was the only Knglish person who perished in the
VOn. ',art India Company's transport, Lotus; the par-
tactility; of which we have alqeady given.
Tar Maws' Batuos.—The suspended bridge across
oh, :Menai Strains, lately opened, and which has been con-
'tittered so extraordinary a work of art, would appear, if
04 old Welch legends are to be beli•ved, not to be the first
it connected the two banks, fur Mr. Jones, of Cell)?
Lyfdy, quotes the folkwing from the Nun-Greal:—Ar-
time, when he had ecoopktcd his conquest of the Saxons,
*lade Ni th Wahl his principal residence. In this part of
tLe ialsmil there were many remarkable circumstances, par-
ticularly between Stretirarer. which, from the description
m the tina-Greni, appear, to be Yatead March, and Gurloes
or Anglesey. It also says that there was a bridge across
tee Menai, which was constantly guarded by a troo of
' Men in armour ; and that there was a King In the ialsud
Trio fovgbt many hard battles with Arthur.