The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-01-15 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

CIIIIILTY IX AXVIE;;EEII.-- Mr. Croadrll, or
Creswell, the assistant overseer of the parish of St. Mary, Stoke
Newiogton, appeared before ROBERT llEvict, Esq. the Chief
Magistrate of this establishment, in pursuance of that gentleman's
summons, to answer the complaint of a poor distressed tradesman,
named Warren, who, with his wife and five cbildtenthail, through
the reversed fortune, been driven to apply to the ahoy* Pariah.
their legal settlement, for support; out 01 which circumstance the
present arose of complaint arose.
The poor fellow stated, that he was by trade a tailor, and had
formerly lived in respectability ; but, from misfortunes in trade, ht
became very distressed, and had latterly lived with his family, en-
' during the greatest privations, in the parish of St. Leonard,
Steditch. He contrived to procure food for his wife and little
ones as long as he was able ; and when he could no longer do so,
he applied to the parochial officers of Shoieditch, who, learning
their legal settlement was Stoke Newington, gave them tem.
porary assistance as casual poor, and, by an order of removal.
paned them to their right parish. where they arrived on Saturday,
the 24 inst. Ile, on his arrival, applied to the assistant overseer,
now present, and he placed him and his family in an uninhabited
house in Church-lane, and supplied them with bread and butter.
Shortly alter they had been introduced into this asylum, the de.
fendant brought them a truss of straw, and told them that must
answer for their bed ; he also brought sonic coals, with which they
made a fire, and was permitted by the defendant to keep it burning
all night, as he said the walls might be damp, the house being so
long untenanted.
Mr. flyet tr.—Was the straw the only bedding allowed you and
your wife and five children ?
Warren—lt was, Sir, and all of us were shivering with cold all
night, although there was a tire in the room, but it was owing to
our having no nip or any thing to throw over us : infect, I thought
my wife and the infant at her breast would have died in the night,
from the intensity of the cold.
Mr. Beet Lt. —Then you all slept in your clot lon on this bed of
straw, I suppose ?
Warren replied in the affirmative. He continued to state that
the second day of their !ridging in this cold habitation, the tame
rations and sort of food was supplied them, which was about •
pound of bread each, rod half a pound of butter amongst them.
This allowance was continued all along, but the tires at nit
were desired to be discontinued, and the consequence was, that
they reposed at night on the straw. and were nearly perishing.
The infant at its mother's breast took cold, and was then in a dying
state. He had repeatedly told the defendant, that unless some bet-
ter provision for his family was afforded, they would certainly be
destroyed ; but lie took no notice, and they lingered on in the
same miserable condition. On the following Wednesday it
was proposed to allow him eight shillings a week if he
would take his family to town, as he would be more likely to ob-
tain work there than at Stoke Newington. He told the
who made the overture, that if they would furnish him witreir::
out he would take a lodging in the metropolis, and he had no doubt
but he could earn bread for himself and family ; but this they re-
fused, and nothing more was said on the subject. Next day he
heard of a job of work in London, and he accordingly left his family
..at Stoke Newington; and almost immediately after he had gone,