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CERTI FICkTIEC.

Garth, of Ball f;rorc, fluor rolne, Lancaster,
eulton-spintirr-11'illians Bolt, of Morioka, sitar Burnley,
Lancaster; cution-spismer. —(rsirgc *lithos), of iirrer)ni,
copribraints.—Luke Owen, of Manclirstor, coru-ifealer --
Chaska Stsvens, of Billericay, baker —Joint Barrow,
• Drayton-ia-Hulrs, Salop, milliner—William Smith, of
Horton, Northissoberlanil, sistrchant.—Cliarirs broils of
toymtakts.- Jamrs Pixram, of
Bruit:tin, Loom, shopkeeper.—rhos 'Huxley, Tavi.tock-
shoot, Corrsil.(hirikn, SI olillesca, '. • Jraper..—Jamcs
Watkins, to Chapel-sorest, f'tiromosti et I. !tlay-Fair,
▪ gruccr,--Johii Darwin, lair of Portsmouth, but now of
Wapping-Will, Middlesex, tailor.

D-110CSit§. •
FIRST ANNUAL. REPORT FOR 1816.

tUISSTANCE OF TOE FVIPF.NrE GIVEN SY SOME
OF THE i‘ITI4ESEES.

in v. 22, 1616.
iArd G O. ski-Nitwit tei the Chtlr.
lIIr. audio W. Roger. called ex gild. exhiniited.

Mi. Rogers-4 ion 3111 apothAitry, residing at
No. SO, Broad-street-14re, to the city; i have been
in the habit of .vititing the Thad-haissets withlo the
hills of !natality, professionally, is an stpothecttry
and acconcheur, for the last 0 yetirst, and lotNre Wit-
nessed, (twins-- that flaw., orany of the eruelties con-
stantly practorted in them. Mr. Joins I)usistu3l;•tostt-
iit-laW o'f Mr. Warburton (die stettint s•rSt. Lake's
hospital: ads epode-cloy 'to three of these hossers
sit Bethnal-green, all or which Iselonged to Mr.
11-arbinton, viz. Taillmeir, the White House ; abin
Ithode:s's ; and Whitmore-house. As Mr. Dun=
ston keldoin visited, 1, its his aSsiiitent, had the sole
management of them. The botiness of the above
hooselk *as thrown into the hands Of 31r. Unusual,
to the exclittion of other practititsiserlt, hevasise he
was to Mr. 'lVarburton; and on that
count, tie bills for Medicine which lie 'sent in half-
yearly to these houses, were alwies paid, whether
the patieut 'laid the vaster Of the house or not.—
Among other iitittinces of cruelty, I recollect seeing,
in the year 1811, at the *late House, while in
company with Mr. John Ditiodon and Mr. Talbot's
a keeper of the mime of Simnel Rainshotham,
bleating in g likuSt siva:king manner Capt. Dickin-
son, of the Royal Navy, who was confined by
means of a Chain on Ills • legs, and lusioletiffs,
which ;tut it hist of his power to ward off the
blows that were repeatedly given him on the
face mid hotly; Mr. DUIIIAtOII remonstrated with
Mr. Talbot, who only shook his head, said the
keeper was a cruel sort of nuts, and lie must
get rid of lime Ile reinstitierl, however, in this
service for nearly two years afterwards, and was
then dismissed for some other act of cruelty. Capt.
Dickinson died shortly afterwards ; but I do slot
steno to %ay that he died from those blows. hared
I cannot speak us to the cause of Isis death ; though
it is my belief these abuses accelerates! it. My
sister, Arils Ilurniereti; who was Wiese-keeper at the
%Vitae house for three yeais, hut is now 'sit France
with her family, also told me, that she one duty
heard a violent screaming 011 the gentleman's side
of the house ; she isomedietely ruts towards it, nod
found S. 1 Itardsisotluun beating Mr. privet, a
respectable farmer, in the most violent manner,
with a Loge thick pair of hoots. Another instatice
of cruelty practised by the same keeper, also CHUM
to my ktioivledge. 1 was requested by a patina*.
a gentleman who had been placed there only two or
three days, to look into his mouth, seeing .that i.e
had been very touch injured by Samuel Itamsho-
thain : 3131 inspeeting.d, there was a wound in the
palate, through which something lied heen forced,
and which I was told Itatoshothein had &toe with
the handle of II wooddest spoon, 111 endeavouring
to open his mouth. The patient. told me, that
lie did not like to eat just when the keeper ebte.r.
Ills friends, on the next visit, took 'situ away, and I
did not see I afterwards. I inter also seen R nos-
bottom strike the patients on. the belly hundreds
of tiniest with his fist, so that 1 !save beetkastimished
they did not drop down dead. Tnisnamsbotham,
who was drunk every afterstoon, was first keeper in
the gentlemast's side. mid hind the sole massage-
merit of them. lie was kept malty years after nu-
merous complaints of his misconduct. 11r. War-
burton had once some words with Mr. Talbot for
keeping him. Ile was once sent away, but it was
only far a few mouths, and Mr. Talbot had lam
back, and made Simi keeper of the parish !Wields.
1 believe the three houses at Betlsoal-Greess to be-
long to Mr. Warburton, sod he has one beside at
Hackney. At the White house Mr. Talbot wits
the massager under Mr. IVarburton—it was called
Warbris eat 1 Taillsit's—the bills were made out
in their joint names ; hut though they write out
their in this way, I tit)
not believe that they
are partners. .

The practice of forcing an instrument down a
patent's throat, to make him sat or swallow, is ex-
tremely itoj • a. The mode is this ; the keepers.
or attendants, have a vessel resembling a tea-pot,
Suinettines with a very long spout. I have seen it
with a very short one : the patient us laid oil his
back, held down by one of two keepers; one lots a
cloth in Isis hand, and the other owns his mouth
by means of a key. I have never reels any thing
else used but a large key, for opening the. month.
The spout of the pot is forced into the mouth, the
nose is held by an assistant keeper, and the cloth
immediately clapped near the month; in this state
the patients either swallow or olie, unless they at.-
siot. I have seen them block in the face. My nisi-
Mon is, hat they often .poke the spout of this
thing too far, and that the food pusses down the
wind-pipe, and suffocation ensues. I have known
many instances where the mouth has been lacerated,
and the teeth forced out; and I have known pa-
tients suffocated; I have not witnessed it, but I have
scent the body immediately afterwards. l recollect that
Mrs. Hodges, the wife of the vestry clerk of Si. An-
drews, Holborn, died in this way, under the hands
of Mary Seal.- I was in the house at the time, and
was ordered to loot at the body. The lips were
lacerated ; hut there was son appearance of suffoca-
tion is the face; these.'hovrever, would soon distils.
pear. There was no uecestaty for forcing Mrs.
Hodges, as she had taken her food the day ;tweeds
ing. stud was walking shout very well. There Was
Ito impirst on the body. A coroner's iisquest is
held only when the ;salient ceiniusita suicide. The
practice of forcing is general in all amyl-looses;
and it is never thought necessary for a medical man
to be present. The masters of the I se alluded to
above sometimes neglect to go rotund and see toe
patients fur a period of two mouths. I know this
frosts Illy sister and the patients. Having *litres'
to my sister, amid dc,itr.l Iser to commit to paper
those csicumstattees slit. Isis! heen witnass to, and
winch she knew had transpired in the White House,
she wrote stie tins tuisive• : •

Nlmittettill„ Jan. 11, 1818•

" DTA% RROTlll,ll—Arrie:l6l. to via,' "6'67 I Irre &lute
to y.. 0 1111 l of I.m r, tlb cloth ir brrr b.vo to
eye-wit.tess, I,IE my reli.l.l4ce to iltr RSite ; to
the troth of .rlot Is I hill Ica I, fortrirtl,t.lml stair OP
ust!toforesist,tvy.rusiost I ag the a. .t.•luati wisp *at chuNheal
in she act of furcirg, 11 *ulnae' Raiwidutliato. Althuugi

I hilve)tnoire'imtauces of Am Lind occur, yt4 I was nut pre-
vent at this one, but received my infoenution from Mrs.
Talbot's own mouth, as follows:—A gentleman who was
emullated in s room over thc.bne in which theYavaily
fusel to tuba ht.. food, IA which Samuel Itantshothase pro,
veedcd to force it aimin, in the usual way, bpt used such arto•
tenor, that the patient railed loudly 'for atasiidance, ayeng,
4 For God's sake, Mr. Talltot, cooly up and help ire, ur 1
shall be killed by ibis teen.' Mrs. Talbot mid do could rot
pervetade Mr. Talbot to go up and see what was the matter,
and the keeper mire shortly after to iuform them the patient
Went off in a ht while be was Threier hint.
Mrs. Talbot also .informed me, that when Mr. Talbot
was miler Ihiough the poor men's hall one day, a patient
Unmet him, on.whirh he rave the poor man so violent
blow that knocked his eye wit, and that this piticut died
shortly *Air.
Eg t !rive repeiteilly witnessed the °rain of Mr. end Mrs.
Talbot to Reitz Welch, to confute [nitrite Admire, of St.
Gorge's, HinoVer-ourpsnre' to her crib, with her wrists end
Lire lurked idler she lweente hiCh, and while liens confined
to tier bet with a ;Commou handwltip, which sh dad. .
have it:14111k Motel radio* the strider. NMI I. a% e marks in
ll* faith Mgr* Not My. Miler, and have nitwit receive.;
Many a metre stripe, in intleurvonrisig to 1111111:Ci 'VT front
limit creel treatment. t reed not tell you of Betty's creel
dispeelltion; as you he've Often wen Air treatment of the
poor creatures undir her care; the 'el :pities I informed yriis
of, respecting Bridget, is Perfecti?‘ corrett. I have caught
her farceur, the 'tour women tender her nee out of their
crib* with a birch broom ; and When Met Were completely
naked, force thins into a tub under the liutnp to lbe.yabl,
fo Wash them from their filthy state, cacti with the snow oft
the ground. As to the wine, the patient) eerteiniy have not
th,de than half a ens. fn's a glass, and half a piht Tor a pint,
and the spirits, to those who t•ilte it, ru the lotahe propor-
hoe ; het es foe the Palmer, they fate better, as far :II I know;
though the patients often complain, that 'mile of die lterpedi
dridk it from Anti. Indeed I know lite accusal to be
true enough. *hen t first went to this batiste the Pluale pa:
tlenta wale in titer, total state todegd, mid I was obliged Id
into all the blankets on the *omen's aide of the karst., to
destroy the Iterniie. Yon Meet eertatul, rechllect the stale
they were In when it was said to be a humonk in the blood.
I assure you it arose from tin amantity of 'Bout
them, diet was the consequence of excessive scratching. The
(rands Committed in the linen roam are very great; when
patients are brought into the Itouse a proportion of their
clothier are put by in the store•roont.

The mitielits wore their old linen longer than intended by
their friends, mu that iii due time when their friends visit
them, they ale informed how much the patient destroys his
or her clothes; that he or she mud have • fresh supply,
which are acterdingly provided ; the Haug" thus 'meows-
laird are motel by the mistress to the master, fur the purpose
of clothing those patieuts wlwm he provides fur; this is a
pertmisite of the mistress, lay which and other perquisites,
ape informed me broiled her iu 31101. a-year; it was my
business to make out an inventory of these things, together
with the bills. The parish patients are also deprived of their
clothing; more than a third part of it from their differeut
parishes is kept back ; I have myself, by notice of Mrs. Tal-
bot, cut up IS new danuel petticoats at a lime, belonging
to the parish of Saint Mary-le-liotalt. Mr. and Mrs. Talbot
bare both frequently told me, skit the lines-roars at Saint
tothe's Hospital ens managed the mine as their own, and
frequently called me to see the clothes which came from
thew., with the marks cat out anal others put in; also, that
their poor patients are kept there in a crib °flares/ the whole
year, snail their limla become contracted; indeed I 'ernes-
her one patient coming from that hospital in this state. I
hay, heard Mr. anal Mrse. Ford fregitently assert, that the
patients at St Luke's are cheated of the things their friends
send them, god that they have not eyell the full allowance of
the housr. I have known Mr. Talbot neglect to go round
the it rota period of two months. I have had the whole
Management of Ilse concerti fur months togetbrr, without his
visiting the patients.
" Mr. H. smites with me in kind remembrance to Mrs.
Rogers and family.
" Your affectionate sister,
• " A. HIJ.%IIERES.

" To Mr. Rowers, Surtimm, &r.
30, Broad-street place, Illoodields, London."

What is the hill you have in your hand ?—That
6 an inventory of the clothes which were sold by
the mistress to the &aster of the house, from nut of
the store-room.
What does the store-room contain ?---Clothes be-
longing to the different patients of the house; other
things are kept in the room, such as wimp and
candles, and so on; but those are kept in a semi-
nal part of the room.
In *hose hind-writing is that bill ?—My sister's,
at the time she was housekeeper.
What does that purport to contain ?—ft is a bill
or Mrs. Talbot's to her husband. for clothes deli-
vered out of the store-room. which I believe to have
belonged to the different parishes.
The clothes kept in the store-room are those be.
longing to the patients the patients and the
parishes.

[The bill was delivered and read as follows :]
Sixteen gement, at 10s. eac► L.. 8 0 0
Six •lsif costs, :t Ss earb 1 10 0
Twenty-four shirts, it ss. each
Twenty-ire caps, at Is. 6d. each
Eight Aids, ut 7s. each
Eleven pair Of worsted stockings, at 2*.
per emir
Fatter pair of cotton stockings, at 2s per
Pair
Eighteen pocket handkerchiefs, at Is. 6d.
reek
Tweedy-furs flannel coats, at 4s. each
Reventees aprons, at 2s. each
Rewires' shawls, at 2s. each
Six pair or shoes, at bs. each

1- 33 18 0

Mr. Rogers continues: It was in Rogers's house
that I observed the female pauper patients were ill
regulated. In oue room there were three women in
oue crib; these were quite naked, though the wea-
ther was frosty. There was no straw in the crib.
On inquiry of the female keeper, she told me that
her master had informed her there was no straw in
the house, and that they must wait till it came.
The servant added, that they had hut one shift
each; that she was obliged to put them to lard to
wash their shifts against they got
_up in the morn-
ing. A piece or common carpet was lying over
their backs, and they were sitting huddled up to-
gether ; the carpet was of no more use, as to warmth,
thou if you had laid a board over them. There
was no covering over their legs and thighs. They
passed many Alights, in my opinion, without any
other covering. The common covering of parish
paupers, in this house, at that period, nos
hop sacks cut up ; the male pauper patients are also
touch exposed to the cold ; the bed covering, which
is ■ pauper rug, is thin, and there is but little
stn►m. I have been called upon to relieve many
patients who had suffered from the cold. I have
taken off the toes from mortification having taken
place ; and I took off both the feet of a ynsin4
cousins in the Wlnte House; she was a young cow,-
try girl of about ty years of age. A gentleman,
whose name was stated to be Captain Hay, of the
Guards, and also was retanived from the cellar at
Whits House to the White House, fool his limbs
contracted in eoosequeure of drawing his bushy toge-
ther to obtain snore warmth. From the damp and

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sitl.celerl;9lr aeiettall.roloftf:rutailissmlledvavuettex::4lwitoo)lri':Nkepacdi 'eu; tg.
M(This *atom co'rroborated the principal tiarts of
the statement of her brother, Mr. Rogers, respect-
ing the ill treatment of Captain Dickinson and
Mr. Driver, by.. Ratinibottosui the keeper. She
then proceeded :1
Isabella Adonis, a Patient from St. George',,
uNnovev-square, was Confined in a place its that
yard t it was originally • pig-stye it was run ut,
high on impose for her. I have seen her confined
there three weeks together. She had been ironed
there in the crib, with wrist locks end le?, lucks ;Ind
a chain two or three bones across her body. 13,.
Mr. Talbot's order tut iron bar was made, :Ind
placed between her leg% in order to preveet
jos ll ill g her feet together: this latter was nit mid
wlwil she tas Chaltirai Ip her crib, but when rote
allowed to pro idiom, to pretest her escuimp4; the
chain 'Alight lie as thick as my middle She
wore it aboitt a week. She was a very harmless pa-
tient ; ydli might it and talk to her whets she was its
the highest state. l'here was u female keeper at the
White Honse named Betty Welch ; she was a very
turbulent wotnan, very hands and cruel to the pa-
t Wists. I have seep her ill-treat ',Owl's Adams by
!Dann( her down in her crib with wrist-locks mud
leg-locks, and horse-whip her wills a dog-whip,
having a at halebblie handle arid a long lands, sn that
the blotid followed the strokes. This was in coo-
sequence of orders given by Mr. Talbot In sue to
deliver to Betty Welt+, lidt which I reque,4,..l
him to do hirltself; whit+ be did. the Words, to
the Lest of my recollection, were, " Betty, I dr-
sir! you to go and take Isabella Adams, entifior
her to her crib, and give her a good hone-whip-
ping. She undertNait this discipline became
she had attempted to escape. Air: Talbot told
Me lie had 'mire to treat her in this 14$111111t-f
from the Saisit George's gentlemen; shut they
told him the best thing he could do with her
*as to give her at good bore-whipping. I lift
Betty as a
'keeper when came away. Isabella
Adams was never horse-whipped after the trial
came out of Mr: Chahwiter. Mr. Talbtit mute
at that time the following oblervation to air
" Mrs. Huiniere, we mint not follow that piartice
of flogging Isabella Adana, or else the pnl,fie wilt
get hold of it ; a whip is tint to he softrreil to lie
used in our house." ',alien* Adams had esaiped
several times.

[This witness sniff she had come from Fratote
on purpose to give her testimony.]

(To be continued )

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