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real", awl it ergidabe'a dinetirtion of 'kik defy if they .1 1
vs.t protect them. The condition* of the app.entices' in
new ores were selTicieully strong to give them the power;
s Committee .sat every morning from ten o'clock moil
it.lee, at the Foiciudfaig, to hear all eitorptalnis of mastem
agnivist hurl apprenticed uist Ginn the lustiliShar. The
same Committee had the power or calling ou the .swirl to
prodnce their anprentirta before them, and to anewer any
eumplaint made by the apprentice, awl if it was well found-
the Govtrimrs, 'on the report of the Committee, weir
aothorived to Whet a penalty of 10:. uu the master for every
~(fence. Mr. Beckwith, however, ch.l not thinly proper to
°motility to the Cornmittet, hot they 'whorl...a Mr. Scott,
as a governor., to wait on hint after the boy had (-omM:ref...ll.
lye hefted 'wave to state, that Me. Scott was a most ho .
.able ami.fespettahle man, anti was incapable of acting in any
sea, defog,' ory to the rentrinet tele reni lemon. lie saw Mr.
lisi kwith un the subject of the einnolaim made by Nutt to
she Institution. He emir' snot a wish to get red of him, wool
•ffered to give*, Institution 101. if they would take him oti
Ilia hands. The boy wished to tee apprenticed to a tailor,
dad the Trefoils'', finind him a matter, he,, when Mr. Scutt
railed wa Mr. Beckwith, he refused he pay the 101. As to
rile charge agaisist Mr. Scott of barhousiug Nutt, he was
author uteri by that gentleman to say. that the moment Nett
romplaiaml to him that Mr. Bet kends leftismd him 1nc.),0 he
wrist to that gentleman's house,. nod the automat of the liar.
Dusting wart, that he desired 'Mitt word.' remain until he
warned. !le arknowledged, tel the alone lime, be oulrrerl
ba aaaaa otre to give the boy his Irreek(.att, u he could out
*re • youth Irelungiug to the lastliution without food. Ile
%the Secretary) had two complaints to make egaiost Mr.
Esckwitio-ethe first or not learniug Nutt his triule, and the
see•ml for not having him bound to hint by the Company,
whirls he undertook by the covenants of the indenture, cater-
ed late, with the Foundling Hospital. Mints Noll was dell.
erred over to Mr. Beckwith, he was tone ..f the best boys on
the Establtshment, not only ns le, industry, but to morals;
wad even Irlkra there was no charge of dishonesty attempted
to he made ngainst him.
The worthy Aldermen were of opinion, that, instead of the
ce,noiect of the. Scott b.ing improper, it was highly merilo.
tonnes. The case certainly wet one that did not come un-
der their jarisdietion. They inquind of Mr. Beckwith if he
seat aware that fur every default of his towards kis appreu-
tire h.. 'Tea liable to pay 101.
Mr. Beckwith said, he Wow it now, bat he did sot know
it whet, he. took Nutt, for, if he had, he wool: not have
taken hint with a premium of 100?. and he did nut receive •
shelling, for his business was tin excellent one; a journey-
ne t.. could earn rosin three 1.1 finer guineas a week.
The Weretai y begged permission to reply to what Mr.
Beckwith said, respecting hie wit having received any ap-
prentice tee with Null, he could assure him that many mer-
chant• of the first reepeetability were happy to take boys
eat of the Foundling as apprentices, where they had refused
re son: of Er nilraorn with a premien' of 3 tee 4001. He
(0111 d itat" many instances, hut perhaps one would be so ffi-
carol. Mr. Browne, of Graccebtereb.street, merchant, had
taken lately two hope out .I" the turtitniion, at the same
tme rejected two with a premium of 500/. There were
711111 V respectable merchants and tradesmen ill the City who
lead here. apprenticed from the Foundling, whir did honour
to the City of London as well as the Inatitation.
Alderman J. J. Smith said, the chaser was dismissed, and
that Null was to be delivered to the Governors of the Gua-
va.' I.
Mr. Beckwith said, he would give a check for 101. to get
kid of his appeentire.
Ti,. Secretary said, on the part of the Governors he ac-
cepted the offer, and he would take Nutt back to the Found-
V.i.g with pleasure.
Mr. Beckwith accordingly rive the check, and the loot-
tut,uu tuuk Neon nuder its humane prutectios.

tK tRLIBOROUOII
ROBBERY BY A HACKS EV-COACHMAN.
Yesterday George Broad, driver of the hackney-roach
No. 32, was brought tip in the custody of Wales, the otEcer,
*charged by Colonel Waters, of the army, un suspicion of
having perloiued a box, etrotaiuing valuable trinkets to a
large amount, his piuperty, under the following circum-
stances 7.•
C 0 1.,11t1 Waters stater!, that having occasion to leave the
Hummams, Covent-Garden, where he had the above and
tither pi operty, he ordered a hackney-coach to be brought
fur the purpose of eonveyinz it to Charing-cross. The
Prisoner arrived with his coach, in teloch iho property was
packed. On his arrival at the Imam the whole of the pro-
perty was taken out excepting the box witlf the trinkets, a ith
which he drove off, and it was immediately missed, and the
servant was sent after him.
The Colonel's servant proved that lie traced the coachman,
with his cuscii, snout afterwards, but lie denied all knowledge
of the property, and it was not inside the etiacb.
Pot the want of further evidence the Prisoner w‘s re-
Manded. _ _