The Sun.
London, England, 1801-08-29 00:00:00

ments of the Defendant in hii house, were fUrnish-
ed out with all the luxury of modern dissipation,
and resembling that of our Nobility and persons of
the highest Rank, while, the children, under the
Defendant's care, he said, were, most of them, put
below into a dark roam, so low, that a middle-
' sized person'could touch the ceiling with her hand.
They were kept in a place which wascalled Gil Bias's
Cavern, where they had no other gratification than
that of hearing the festivity of the.elegant dining.
room above them, and with no better edification
than that of heating the conversation of those who
think that Concerts and Musical entertainments are
well appropriated to the'Sabbath-day. The Jury
were to determine whether this was the'proper way
of instruding the youth of this Country, and espe-
cially of qualifying them.to become the teachers of
othe..6. This, he said, was a cruel conilud in the
Defendant towards those whom -he had under his'
care, and ,for• which, there was no better excuse
than the mere love of a little pilfered money. [Here
the Defendant appeared to chew some emotion of
anger'.] Mr. Glass said, he was glad to observe
some signs of grace in Mr. Giroux.

Mr. ERSK I Nr, on behalf of the Defendant, said,
this was hardly right in a Counsel for the Plaintiff
in a civil aCtion. •

Mr. Gilt as said, he was determined to be strictly
regular, he would withdraw the irregular observa_
dot: he made, and which was so rightly objeted to
by the Defendant's Counsel, and allow that he did
not observe any signs of Grace in, Mr. Giroux ;
but he would say that the condua of Mr. Giroux
was wicked and cruel, for, to procure money to
himself, he did not care how many others should
endure the loss of it, or of any other benefit they
might be entitled wby means of it. This young
woman was kept without moral precept to inform
her, and without iostrudion as to the means by
which she 'was to be enabled to make out a liveli-
hood, and half starved, by which her health was
impaired. He did not Lean to say that her life
was adually in danger for want of food to support
it, but that her health was impaired and her growth
stinted • for want of a sufficient quantity of food,
and, certainly, she had not as much food as she had
a right to expert from the Defendant, who had un-
dertaken to provide for her in a proper manner in
every resped. He had to complain that this young
woman had a Sciophulous complaint which, he main-
tained, was caused by the usage she had met with
in" the Defendant's house, and he complained also,
that she was most improperly treated there by the
Apothecary,by the false information which the De-
fendant gave of the cause of her complaint. Such
was the injury of which Mr. May, on behalf of
this young woman, had to complain, and when he
had proved these circumstances, the question would
he, what Damages the Jury would give. The sum
advanced by Mr. May to the Defendant, was only
501. but he asked for a much larger sum in Damages,
and 501. was the suni which Mr. May had given
three years ago, (for this young woman had been in
the Defendant's house near that time), but that was
not the measure of loss which she had sustained by
the negled of her education, which, in some re_
specs, might be said to be an irreparable loss ; it was
rather_ for something that would bear some propor-
tion to a part of the loss of,a young woman who
had three of the most valuable years of her life wast-
ed away, when it was the -hope of her family that
she should be acquiring knowledge that was to
,be
afterwards the support of herself acid a part of
her family. For this reckoning, Mr. Giroux was
fairly accountable, and this Mr. May, on behalf
of this young woman, claimed of the Jury.—
He said nothing of the sol. because that was a sum
which, upon the proof of this case, must, at all
events, be returned by the Defendarr —the condi-
tions on which he received it not having been pt-r.
formed by him. There was one point more which
he had omitted to state in the opening. The -Jury,
perhaps, knew, that at these schools ,there were
holidays kept, during which time the children were
allowed to go home to their parents. This young
woman applied for leave to go home as well as the
rest of the scholars, but she was kept at school,
under pretence of instruding her, in this interval, in
a particular manner; but, the real reason for keep-
ing her was to make her a mere nursery-maid, and
to save Mrs. Giroux the expellee of a servant.
'Thus, instead of treating this young woman as an
apprentice to be instructed, she was treated as a
mere domestic servant, during these holidays. This
was another breach of the agreement .between the
parties. All these things proved, and considered,
he.thought the Jury would avail themselves of the
opportunity which this Cause would give them, of
holding out a good lesson to the Public, by' the
damages they would give in this Case.—He then
proceeded to call the evidence.
Robert Stanton being sworn, said—" I know Mr.
Francts Gabriel Giroux : he kept, a school at,
ton. I had children, three or four in number at
that time, and prior to Mrs. Giroux's opening the
school, and I continued them there with, her. I
know Isabella Wood, the daughter of Mrs. May.
It was in the month of August, 1799, I believe,
she went there. I was present at the time the
agreement was made between -Mr. May and Mr.
Giroux. I was the subscribing witness to it."
Here the agreement was read : it was dated the
29th of August, 5799, between Henry May -and
F. G. Giroux, by which, for the sum of sot. he
undeirtoqk to teach Isabella Wood French, English,
Dancing, and the art and method of keeping a
Boarding-School for Ladies ; and he undertook also
to keep her during the period of four'years, in suf-
ficient meat, drink, washing, and lodging. Mr.
May to pay the master for instruding her in writ-
ing, music, and drawing, &c.
The Witness then proceeded—r" I had frequent
opportunities of observing the condua of Mr—and
Mrs. Giroux,- and I observed it to Mrs. Giroux
herself, for I. was in habits of friendship-with Mrs.
Giroux for about: twelve months after 'Mrs. Giroux
began to keep this school, which is about two years
and a half ago, and about a few months before
Miss Wood Went there.—ln consequence of -the
.good condud of this school for about- twelve
months, I recommended Mr. May to Mr. Giroux,