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confined to my bed, although I have had the greatest Cae arid
nourishing food from my dear mother for the last ten days, ond
the kind attention of Dr. Symes, her medical adviser, wile has
visited ire every day; his certificate ;will testify the state
in which he found me. The pocket-money I 118 d
given me by my parents, amounting to 14s. 6d., in"'
on my return to school, taken from me by M. de Bre°,
and be has scarcely allowed me any part of it to spend, ihe"
sides charging 35. per quarter for spending money. We uarhe
not ask for it for fear of being beaten. We were all very In"-
afraid of Madame de Bree, as when we showed dbenitent, she
would beat and starve us, so we were obliged to submit to her
cruel treatment. I hope Mons. and Madame Ile Bree's cruel
treatment to me may be made public, so that it -may Prevent
other boys from experiencing the hunger and hardships I We
endured. HENRY PHILIP GRIGGS.
15, Queen's-row, Pentonville.
I omitted to say that the day I came away, a strive
bed soi
prepared for me in a loft.
)
I hereby certify that Master Grigg's health when be f,;:
turned from M. de Bree's school was most deplorable ;
ing, in my opinion, from want of nourishment and cleanlioeiz -
and had he remained much longer, I have no doubt his !ill
would have been sacrificed. • •t
eit .

WILLIAM SYMES, Stu-Aeon,
Tavistock-square, May 21, 1841.

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(C.)
I have been to school at M. de Bree's Chateau de l& cells,
Boulogne-sur-Aler, and during my stay there have se"--/•
all sorts of ill-treatment. 1 have been there a quarter o
bear, and have only had meat to my dinner, and butter on ni!
read for three weeks out of that time. I have suffe:ed
verely from hunger, as she used to give me a thin slice of dI
bread for breakfast, and a quarter of a pint of -bran tea;
eat,
dinner she gave me four little potatoes, and no 'flhia
nor anything to drink. At tea I had another
slice of bread and the same quantity of bran tea, being a 5132,,,
of eleven or twelve hours without anything to drink, ttod...Za
would not allow us to drink water; the water was. 'rm.;
up. He has not heard me one lesson since I have been t'7,
but he used to make me work in the fields, stable, or Ow=
Thirty pounds of flour used to last sixteen of us a week,'L..-
sides the master and mistress. We had to go and woeu.:,,;)
selves in a cave (we were naked all but our trou"--01
in the depth of winter, and the water froze on 10, had
consequently we bad dreadful chilblains. We then haa
less to eat, and she told us we were rotten. We fie
to work on a Sunday the same as any other day t,
took all our pocket-money from us, and would not allow u,s
re
keep it. The bedrooms have not been cleaned since I 'jai,
been there, and the sheets on my bed have not been cliingel
t a.-
and they were not clean when I went there. We were po
lowed to speak to one another. My hand is very bad with child-
blains, and I canr.ot write like I used to. He
not let us write home what we liked, he made us say we -era
well treated. We had a calf which was dying from cold an,
starvation, and we were obliged to kill it and skin it ours the
with our penknives ; and we had a pie of the entrails, t,..
inside of the head, and the eyes. which lasted for nine ~,-
She has hardly any furniture in the house, which was vell 'tar
and always dirty ; there being no servant, either male or le°llseit
There were only us, Monsieur de Bree, and an old well,
whom he called his mother, and who took pleasurei:jk.
treating us, and sometimes she beat me with her thlea,,,. not
ing-stick on my chilled hands till the skin came off,
goi n t o work goon enough: The .'house was five milesof
Boulogne, and there Was'no means:of cominnuieating
person. _ _ WILLIAM HENRY STYI' -
„wireot 'Dear Sir,—Words will -not convey-my gratitude and h
fulness to-,you for-the rescue of my dear child-from worse t"
..the jawelif.deith--the pangs of lifter. heart,
The sporitaneeut act does, honour 'to your fielings and - a
and May the blessing 'of that- God which is promised lie uP;•-
•,you and -yours kir AM. assistatice which you have given t. wit
desolate and the orphan in the houi,ofiteed.;' :Be assure.
a debt which will ever remain on my Memory, and I trust be
child's also ; and I hope to know your dear boys will ',°°,rietinatte;
restored to convalescence under the judicious and careful
ment of Mrs. Earp, as it will require the greatest are' its
such cruel abstinence, ere their digestion can be brought 10
proper tone.
With respectful compliments and thanks, both to Mrs.
and yourself, beliere me to remain _

Your grateful and obliged humble servant, E,
Sharpe Terrace, May 5. M. STY' See'
P. S.—Will you be good enough to let me know the r
niary expense I am indebted to you.
(E.)
I have been at Mons. de Bree's nine months, and hare,ef;
perienced all kinds of bad treatment. The house \ra't as
large, and nearly without furniture ; it was also very dirt.; tee
there was no servant, either male or female, and [lobed).
Called
house but us, de Bree, and a decrep e
id old woman .ie os
his mother, and who seemed to like to ill treat us. 1 'Areel
this g for breakfast or supper but about two ounces °' as
and sometimes I had a little butter on it, with a cup s'eseen
tea, and could not have any drink, not even water, ye; els
breakfast and supper, a space of 12 hours ; the wate;stoes,
even locked up. For dinner we had a few l',.°`,`" est,
and sometimes about an ounce and a half 0' hoe,
and nothing to driak. When we were going to write letter,
they made us a tart, which we had to mention in mos theThere were no regular school-hours, we used to wors•
ther
grounds like common labourers on Sundays as well as anY °est
day. Iti winter we used to play at card* every eveningthesti
Sunday. When we were in the house, de I3ree never ther,
us our lessons, hut we used to repeat them one to atinseecl
There were about thirty pounds of flour made into brand
every week for about sixteen of us, besides Monsienrsresd
Madame de Bree, and when there was uot loet,
enough they gave us medicine, and kept us "ego)
We were kept without fire (with the exception of tIYO
old
up to Christmas Day, and the day after we were kept in ace to
damp, underground, paved kitchen, without fire or a Pia
sit upon, and were without food during ten hours. lel
Every morning, in winter as well as summer, we. W
obliged to go nearly naked into an underground kitche:
wash. We all washed in a sort of trough, made of stun; a
the same water, which was often frozen, and which, chest it
had broken the ice, smelled very bad ; it was so cold tL'astre
froze to our hands, as we were not allowed to dry therm seta
had to make one own beds, and the sheets were changed but
while I was there ; the bedrooms also were never cleanedl
though there were twelve empty rooms, we occupied but as
small ones; and Moan. and Madame de Bree slept tegetherce,
another. We were only allowed to wash our feet but,e,pheir
and then it was in thedirty water the others had soaked " If,
broken chilblains in. When they had a half-starved c3Ol.
which was dying of cold and disease, de Bree stuck it, :of
we had to help to skin it with our penknives, and to eat 1'3;0
it next day ; she made a pie of the entrails and head' °titer
lasted us nine days, during which time we had nu °see
meat, and sfbre so hungry we chewed even the h'iiie;
When we had chilblains we had physic nearly every In"tnee for
one thin slice of dry bread, and half a cup of bran
breakfast ; three or four small potatoes for dinner, and n° eho
per. I was dot allowed to speak to my younger brothers,e,i to
told me when he used to give the COWS their food, lie end
eat the beans they left at the bottom of the Vie, 110
when he came home his bones were nearly throue `ye
skin, and he could not sit without a pillow. I,,V,llsode
used to go out for walks, Monsieur and Madame de s'srieeeenla
and we used to follow on foot for great distances. f re;
sometimes bought a small pie, cut it up among all es :so'
serving of course nearly half for herself and M. de ur
made us pay about a penny each for about a mouthful,
sheet
which we had no other dinner. The house was detached
usespe
five miles from any town, and when I contemplated m. the
I found it impossible, as, if I had got out of the ho 1 bate
gendarmes would have brought me back before I nowuouseti
reached Boulogne, and as nobody ever came to the tea.
had no means of lettir g anybody know how we were tres_.t.
May, 1841. THOMAS EARP, 156, Fleet-sty
I sou'
I entered M. de Bree's school, Chateau de la CaPe,e: seik
logne, July 14, 1840. From the beginning we had o°' it fet
cient to eat, and were badly treated, kicked, and straeretes •
the slightest offences. I was found with a letter I had re-d ine
home, saying how we were treated. M. de Bree follol,eateer,
about, flogging me with a whip of twelve thongs of e fires
and shut me up. During the winter we have only 115041/
on two or three occasions, although it was elsceerk, to
cold : and were often sent down into a cave till 7-
set I°3
keep us warm. I was confined in bed with bad ''-oetre'.,
nearly four months. During that time `cal as/
washed, nor had any change of linen. Every other feet"`
or so, I was obliged to go down to show nlYtiset
when I was flogged and called names, till I confessederetehe'
was my own fault that my feet remained bad, having not feet
e
them, or else they would have healed ; and that it scow
want of nourishment. But that was untrue; the e` 010
was forced through fear of punishment. During the,..ei of :
was in bed I was nearly sta.: ved. My breakfast consist oof
thin slice of bread, and milk and water, and my
_,'liintliege
or three dry potatoes, and sometimes a very silo. s' 030, "ei
meat, but very seldom. I was fetched home by 113-7 meal'
and still remain in a most emaciated state, and under tle A:
treatment. My friends are all shocked at my trii'erae'ttehl'
pearance. Indeed, lam not able to express half the c,
I have experienced. CHARLES WILS° bob.
3, Vauxhall-plate, South Lam afr;
The LORD MAYOR having requested the attendance ,°eresli!.,
Earp at the Mansion-house, that gentleman, and the on
of other children who had been at the school, waited 1,050
Lordship, and confirmed the statement ; and his Lord,
e;`,. eir'
that he considered it to be his duty to make the atroe;"
cumstances as public as possible. Imo/ a
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