The Sun.
London, England, 1801-08-06 00:00:00

Q. The Parish OAcer carne to look- at you
4, Yes, Sir.
Q. Before he came, did this man's daughters or
himself give you any thing more than you have
been telling us ? A. No, Sir, they. -gave us -no
"more. • - _ .
Q. Was any thing said to. you about complain-
ing ? A. The Parish Officer gave us a -
and my Master took it away, and said he would
buy a half-shawl. .
Q. How many died while you were there ?
A. There were five died while I IN'll9 there. An-
oilier died, wbile.she was there, in the passage.
Q: Whitt was tier name ,A. Fanny Bradshaw.
'She died of a decline. • .

Q. Was she thin when she died ? A. Yes, you
could see her back through her skin when she died.
Then the Parish Officer ame and took us away ;
that was about three months ago.
Eche way, this happened Was, that one of these
miserable girls made her escape, 'and .went to Green-
wich, and related the wretchedness of this place,
or probably, they would alt have perished-6o much
for the care with which these places arc in.speeted.]
Q. Was there any alteration in the allowance
you had while. you were: there ? You had three
meals at first ? A. Afterwards we had rice boiled
in water twice a-day, and no more—nothing at all

in it.
She underwent a long crOss-examinatiorybut did
not contradict the above statement in any particular,
we shall therefore pass it by, to avoia prolixity.
Mary Russel, a girl of seventeen years of age
swore, "I lived at Mr. Jiveaux's at the same time
as Susannah Archer, the last Witness. I came there
with her. We rose in the morning to work at six
o'clock in the winter—in the summer sometimes at
five, and sometimes at four."
Lord KENYON.—How late did you work in the
day ? A. Till eight o'clock, and sometimes till nine.
Q. How long in the Winter ? A. We used to
work till twelve at tuitinight, and in...the Summer
till eight or nine.
• Q. What had you to eat for your Veakfast ?.A.
A slice of bread and half a pint of tea—We break-
fasted sometimes at nine and sometimes at ten ; we
dined at one o'clock, or two.
Q. What had you at dinner time ? A. A slice
of dry bread. '
Lord ICtrtYwr. What to drink ? A. Water.
Q. Did you ever have any meat for dinner ? A.
No, Sir, no, orily on a Sunday.
'• Lord K fiNYON-Had you' any broth in the course
of the week ? 'A.:Yes, sir, some times.
Q. Was there any rice or any thing in it ? A.
No, it was nothing bur the rater which the meat
was boiled in.
Q. What time did you sup ? A. At eleven
o'clock.
Lord KETrox—ln Summer it an earlier hour ?
When you had done your work at eight or nine ?
A. Yes, as soon as we had done our work.
Q., And then you went to bed immediately ? A.
I. Yes.

Q. What had you ,for supper ? A. A slice of

bread.

Q. Anil.what had you to drink with it ? A.
Nothing, Sir, but
,water.
Q. What size was the slice of bread ? A. A
very thin slice ; the loaf was cut found, and cut in
two again.
Q. What was the latest hour you used to work ?
A. Always till twelve in the Winter.
Q. Do you recoiled working later than twelve ?
A. Yes, sometimes when the work was in a hurry
we used to work till one-or twO.
Q. And when you worked so late as one or two,
when did you go to work again in the -morning ?
A. At five or six in the morning.
. Q. Do you tecolled Susannah Archer being cut
with a cane ? A. Yes, by my Master.
Q. Did you observe her after. she had been cut
by your Master, whether the stick bad left any
mark 'upon her ? A. Yes, Sir a great many marks
on her.

Q. What part of her was cut ? A. Upon her
back and shoulders, and her head, or any where.
Q.. Was she cut in her face ? A.. Yes, Sir, he
used to beat her in she, face and pull her hair, and
once with the snuffers he .made her bleed. . •
Q. You were at Hackney ? A. Yes, Sir.
. Q. Were you treated there in the same manner r
A. No, not at first ; when we were bound we were
treated so ; but while we were upon liking, we
were ireated better.
Q. Do you recolleft. having any, food of any
body A. Yes, Sir, of Mrs. Osborne, the next
door neighbour.
Q. Do you recollea having any thing out of Mrs.
Osborne's yard ? A. Yes,
.beans, out of the hog-
trough.
Lord KENYON.—HOW often did you go.. to
Church ? A. We never used to go to Church. It was
a matter of two years that we did not go to Church. •
Lord KENYAN.—Did you never say your Cate-
chism or the Lord's Prayer I A. No Sir.
Q. When your provisions were redue&l.tri two
meals a day, did you work as before ? •A. Yes.
One day we had a slice of bread a piece, and three
penny worth of potatoes between rune Of us, (at
this time potatoes were at least two pence apouncl.)
Q. Do you remember eating any thing out of a.
hog trough? A. Yes', Ido ; me and the other Girls
getting Pease or Bean§ out of it.
Lord KENYON to the Counsel.—llave you op--
prised the Officers of the Parish of this monstrous
abuse ?
Mr. ATTORNEY GENERAL.--Yes, my Lord,, we

have. )
Lord KENYON.—Why did you not. do it sooner?
These thingS, I fear, are: lamentably' neglected in
,this Town. Iu the neighbourhood_ of Manchester
we have these concerns admirably Managed under
the direftion of Mr. Bailey and others, whose con_
duet is a laudable example to Magistrates. They
think it worth their while to attend to and alleyiate
the miseries of their fellow-creatures in obscurity.
Mr. ATTORNEY GENERAL.--These Gentlemen
are making amends, as well as they can, for past
negligence, by ,present aaivity ; and, they are
termined to bring
_these Matters properly before the
Public. The former negligence in not visiting