The Sun.
London, England, 1801-08-31 00:00:00

Mr. ttkekitsTe 544, the School was flourishin4
until this.ACtion was brought.—So far was it from
being true that the children were scantily provided
with food;; or of ;their being itl any manner ill-
treatctl or negladed, that there were a crowd of
children who had been at the'School,- ttl teseifY in
favour of the whole of its conduet---,The crowd of
them was so great,' he said, that he could hardly
get into the Hall:—lt would depend on:the credit
of the Witnesses, when they should all have given
their evidence.

Mr. GI II Bs said, that Mr. EkSKIRE NtlaS right
in saying there was a crowd of children from the
School ; but he mistook the side they came to tes-,
tify for—they were the Plaintiff's, not the De-
fendant's tnessesi

Lord I.l.c..F4Nyol‘i said, " That if there was evi
claim to slew that this School was not supplied.
with sufficient food for the children, so as to Sup-
port them in health, it wo-41d be relevant to the
,
-issue, but general and loose accounts on that topic,
would -amount to nothing."
Mr. Gr BBS said- he was instruaed to say that
the School was much too scantily supplied with
food ; and this was'one of the-heads of'complaint in
this Aaion, for the Defendant's agreement was,
that he Would supply this young woman- with suffi.,
cient meat, drink, &c.
The Witness -then proceeded in her evidence=—
" There was always -enotigh for dinner, but it was,
very frequently; so bad, that we .could not eat it-4
was not much with Mrs; Giroux"; but I very seldom
saw--her but she scolded mer-and •xhat on the most
trifling occasions—. She used to fly into a very great.
passion.—l have. made some complaints to my fa
ther and .mother, and my mother expostulated with
me for it.—My mother also complained to Mrs.
Giroux in my presence, that was, when the'.child
was with the measles.—After that, the treat-
ment I met' with from. Mrs. Giroux was very indif"
ferent indeed, and I complained." •
Mr.' ERSKINE—" We 'shall examine into the
credit of this Witness."

Mr. Gt.aas—" I will tell your .Lordship the
reason why I examine into this—" It is to repel an
observation that would otherwise be .made against
uslk--‘, If you were so ill-treated, why did not
you complain_ ? Why did you continue so long
where you were so ill-treated ?" The Witness
proCeeded—"
.Once. as I was going to bed, MrS.
Giroux called. me up, and gave me the most abu-
sive language for, an, hour together."

On her cross-examination, she said, " I went to
this School in the month of August /799, and for •
three 'months Iwas treated very well ; that was until
Ncloember, but I did not.complain in November :
it was not so bad at first. I did riot complain in
I\iovem'aer, nor December, norlanuary, but _I did
complain; in February. The child had the measles
between Christmas and Midsummer. ;About three
Months after Christmas, about March 'Boo, I did
complain to my father and mother, that this sick
child was put.to sleep with me, but they persuaded
me to continue at School. I dined with the rest of
the scholars, and' breakfasted with. them, and had
as much as they had, liut the meat we had was so
bad that I could not eat it. It was either taiwed,
or else served up in so dirty a mrtriner, and of s;.)
bad a kind, that it was impossible to eat it. - Some
of the scholars were obliged to eat it from hunger;
nothing but hunger could compel .them to eat it. . I
do not speak of them all, but I,do for myself, and
I say that 'nothing but hunger could compel me to
eat it, We were all fed alike : the bread and but-
ter we had, was very good. We had, not enough----
I had not enough—l dared not call for more. I had
been to school at Oxford-court, and I had gone as
far as Reduelion, before I went to this School: I was
taught French at this School, and these are my
Exercises ; but I was pretty forward in my French
before I went there.—[The Exercises were pro-
dueed.j—." I did a small piece of embroidery there.
[That was also .produced, and the part which was
done by, the Witness was pointed out by her.].

The Witness. said, "- I learnt that kind of work
befOre I went to this
,School—l made very little
progress in improvement while I was at_ that School.
[Here the Witness gave an account of the Boarders
in this. School, and also of the negligence 'of 'the
Servant Girl who ought to have attended them, but
who' was so sleepy that they could not make her
hear in: the I did: no great deal of eM-
broidery-4 worked at the hammer-cloth of Mr.
Giroux's chariot.-4 had
_learnt a good Ideal of
French before 1 went to this School, and-I had
learnt writing also I had been to School ever
since I was between five and six years old."
• Lord ICENYO.N—Q. " And your parents had an
opportunity of observing what progress you made ?"
—A. " Yes, my Lord ;, but instead of learning my
lesson, I was obliged to wait on • the child, on
.the
order of Mrs: Giroux.'"

Q. " Did your attendance on this Lady prevent
your learning'?"—A. " No ; it did_ not."

(To It ecntinurd.)

On Wednesday evening Mr. Woodcock,' of Ox.
ford, was stopped by a footpad near that city, and
robbed of his money and pocket.book,; the fellow
then desired him to alight from hiS horse, and
thinking him tardy in doing so, .fired at and
• wounded him severely in the thigh, after which
he beat him with the pistol on the head in' such- a
manner that his life is despaired of; .
A Carpenter was last week • employed to pull
down a spar shore to an old post in a farm-yard at
Nation, Suffolk, fbr which purpose he bored a hole
and drove in a large spike ; about an hour after,_
haVing occasion to go to the spot,. he discovered
the post to be', on fire, and on cutting it down,
found the inside, which time had reduced to touch.
wood, a mass of fire; burning with considerable
avidity.
Two children playing near a-windmill at Great
Sampford, and their Infant years not giving them a
sufficient foresight of their danger,- in approaching
too near, they 'were struck by the sails, which
killed onc, and so fraftured the head of the other,
that 17 pieces of the skull have been extraaed, yet
it is thought to be in a fair way of recovery..

CHANO•NPAIILLAN, (of Bow:street, Coveni-Gardcn); and P kthlishea by .Wi Lid A wham' nER SCRIPPS •(of Horse-kerryt-roail, WeArniaster);
must be addressed.
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