The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-22 00:00:00

CRUEL TREATMENT of a BO

EMPLOYED IN AGRICULTURE.
(From the .Devizes Gazette). e of
At the Devizes petty sessions, held on Monday, one
m.
these little fellows, who (attended by his mother), came fr?_":
Marden to tell his tale to the magistrates, particularly to
terested us in his behalf. He was a bardy•looking b°10:
scarcely, we should say, beyond ten or twelve years of
erg,
and had, it appeared, suffered severely from the repeat'
ill-usage of those under whom he had been put tolvork. vi;
Saturday, the 30th of last month, he said he was at ploug,,
with a man named Absalom Hiscock, whom he displease
by striking a favourite horse, when the ploughman set pd
from hint the whip with which he was salving,atit
with the butt-end of it boat him in a brut
manner, not only upon his body, but over his head s3a
across his face, injuring one of his eyes so much that he co
afterwards scarcely see. Notwithstanding 'this, ~wir
the 70
came to his work the next morning, when he was Put he
clean the horses' legs in the stable, but, it would seem, t
did not perform it to the satisfaction of his superinten"s
(a fellow named Cleverlen, who also cruelly beat him °lwo
a whip. Naturally enough, on his return home, be told
ed
misfortunes, and the blood of an elder brother being Orgir
by hearing of the little fellow's ill. treatment, he went to P.
cock and threatened to thrash him for his cowardly ceadtle;
He did not, however, lay hands upon him ; but this led
further unhappiness for the boy. His master (Mr. Strattop
on hearing what had been done, and of the interference of toil
brother, now took the little unfortunate fellow in hand. ell
with a halter-rein beat him severely for having brought
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brother to kick up a row on his farm." t et
The Magistrate asked Mr. Stratton whether he did not A
the time see that the boy had been ill-treated? Indeed, TA
eyes appeared then to be swollen from the first boating hell
received.
Mr. Stratton said he did not observe it at the time; but
had since seen that the boy's eye was contused and id°,°°„;
shot. He admitted that he had •' taxed him smartly" ; 7,15
the boy was an obstinate and contrary youth ; and, in,";-..
,
opinion, if masters and carters were not to have the Pr" 1"
lege of beating boys when they did amiss why they might
well stop business at once !
Mr. SCHOMBERG, however, made some remarks in rePl7!:
this assumption of " privilege," not altogether in 1101"
with Mr. Stratton's opinion.
cast
Notwithstanding, the magistrates dismissed the
against Cleverley ; also, as regarded the lad, that against
Hiscock (though he and the lad's brother were bound ofe
to keep the peace) ; and in the latter case, Mr. Stratton 06.1
called upon to pay the expenses of the summons, &c.

IPSWICH.—EFFECTS Or THE Hulll WIND 01(
d
FRlDAY.—Considerable damage appears to have been cause
by the high wind that prevailed early yesterday mornipti
For some hours it blew with considerable fury, and frp.,,
seven to half-past it reached a perfect hurricane, carrAT,
away tiles, chimney pots, palings, and, in one instance,
stroying a range of brick building, forming part of bles:7
Catt and Quadling's railway carriage factory, St. Matthew 4*
tehwreoerkothofersde
The building in question was 130 feet long by 30 feet wide,
and at the time of the catastrophe there were 15 men inside
at work on some railway carriages. Five of the carriage
isntruac tioenry
Awetrheaclfo-Inpapslettesde'veanndth
about a dozen tiles of the top row of the roof on the iviudvitad
side being carried away and in a few minutes after, the wine
gained admission into the building, asvsY the
tore
skylights on the opposite side and blew them into s
the roof itself being forced b,
off almost at the same moo
heir
The workmen, being alarmed, thought of making, t the
escape, but before they had time to do so, both wahs,no
ofoolnrwmaerndoesdtati.
full length of the building, came down with a tremetrilie
crash, smashing the windows, steps, and springs was
carriages to a considerable extent. The body of oneheo
completely forced away
,from the frame, and the others
were more or less damaged. The men crouchedull_u:rs;
the vehicles, and with two exceptions escaped u
one man was seriously injured by a brick striking hunied.
the back of the neck, the other was but slightlyto
As soon as the alarm had subsided, the men were cic
l
work to clear away the heap of ruins, and ascertaily
extent of the damage. The total loss is estintate
several hundred pounds. The gable wall of aubinwo
finished house in New-street, London-road, Was ,—en
down at the same time, but luckily there were no
on the premises. A row of palings at Mr. Gower's, near., welt
lifax, was torn up, and about thirty feet of the garden
was
adjoining the melon-ground of Dykes Alexander, Es q' yrig
blown doivn. A girl in the service of Mr. Quadhug, ,o°o
out after beeakfasr; had a narrow escape from a tile that
blown from the roof above, and fell within two inches of
bLey
head in front, striking her apron as it descended. It s
Yo
pected that considerable damage must have been cause
the shipping at sea, and that intelligence from the coon_
will show that the work of devastation has not been cunt'
to Irowich.—SuS:olk Chronicle.
to tbst
TRADE IN PAISLEY.—We are happy to .fi
the improvement in the trade of Paisley, noticed in oar in
continues gradually to increase. Our manufacturers are
ss
better spirits. The block-printing branch of busin e
ert '
also considerably quickened of late, and good workmen Are
longing to that trade are nearly all employed•
houses are
happy to learn that our principal manufacturing
s__vris for
lui
at present engaged with a new description of
of weavers
the London market. A very large number
sist
of light
are now engaged with these goods.
They
c°ll
very great
woollen and silk shawls, checked in the loom,fonr the poorer
variety. The mountings are rather expensive
manufacturers
class of weavers ; yet in many cases the....,...ifiewshire
have advanced money to assist the workmen. Alf,
Advertiser. t the Colonia•
Dispatches were received on Saturday a
office from the Governors of the West Ltgdill

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