The Sun.
London, England, 1833-01-18 00:00:00

MINUTES of EVIDENCE taken before the COMMITTFE
of the HOUSE of COMMONS.
SAXUEL Dowses Examination.
Where do you live?—At HunslatCsr, near Leeds.
What age are you 7—Twenty-nine.
Are you a Leeds man 7—No, a native of Shrews-
bury.
Have you been acquainted with factories 7—From
my youth.
At what time did you begin to we! k at (ne ?
At about 10 years of age.
In whose mill did you work 7—ln Mr. Marshall's.
At Shrewsbury 7—Yes.
What were the customary hours of labour in the
mill; state first what the hours were when they were
brisk ?—When they were brisk we used generally
to begin at five o'clock in the morning, and they
ran on till eight o'clock at night ; sometimes from
half-past five to eight, and sometimes nine.
What time had you allowed for meals and re-
freshment ?—The engine never stopped, except 40
minutes at dinner-time.
Were those long hours found to be very fatiguing?
—Yes.

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was 22 years of age, and by trade a fancy glass-cut-
ter. The deceased and he had been acquainted for
12 months, and she live:l under his protection at
No. 11, Jane-place, Cornwall-road, for some months
past. On the previous evening, at seven o'clock,
the deceased left home, and he met her at 11 o'clock
in the Haymarket, in company with a female named
Davis. They went to a public-house opposite to
Covent-garden theatre, where Davis was joined by
an acquaintance, and they drank together. The
deceased and he left the public-house at about half-
past two, and walked arm in arm as far as Waterloo-
bridge, on their way home. As soon as they had
passed through the toll-gate the deceased suddenly
let go his arm, and ran before him on the bridge as
far as the first or second recess on the left side.
When he got there he found her standing on the
seat, and almost immediately after she mounted on
the parapet of the bridge. He thought she was
" larking," and pulled her down three times, when
she again broke from his hold and threw herself into
the river.

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What means were taken to keep the children
awake and vigilant, especially at the termination of
such a day's labour you have described ?—There
was generally a blow or a box, or a tap with a strap,
or sometimes with the hand.
Was very considerable severity used in that mill
when you were there ?—Yes.
Have you yourself been subjected to it ?—Yes.
Strapped ?—Yes, I was strapped most severely,
till I could not bear to sit upon a chair without
having pillows, and I was forced to lie upon any face
in the night time at one time, and through that I
left. I was strapped upon my own legs, and then I
was put on a man's back, and then strapped and
buckled with two straps to an iron pillar and flogged,
and all by one overlooker. After that be took a
piece of tow, and twisted in the shape of a cord,
and put it in my mouth, and tied it behind my head.
He gagged you ?—Tes; and then be ordered me
to run round a part of the machinery where he was
overlooker, and he stood at one end, and every time
I came there he struck me with a stick, which 1
believe was an ash plant, and which he generally
carried in his hand, and sometimes he hit me, and
sometimes he did not ; and one of the men in the
room came and begged me off, and that he would
let me go, and not beat me any more, and conse-
quently he did.
You have been beaten with extraordinary seve-
rity ?—Yes ; I was beaten so that I had not power
to cry at all, or hardly to speak at one time.
What age were you at that time ?—between ten
and eleven.
What had you done ?—I believe that in the ma-
chinery I did not like the part he put to me, be-
cause I had never been in a mill where there was
any machinery before in my life, and it was winter
time, and we worked by gaslight, and I could not
catch the revolutions of the machinery to take the
tow out of the hackles; it requires some little prac-
tice, and I was timid at it, and pricked my hands
very much will the hackles. I desired him to re-
move me to another part, which he did for some
part of the day, and then sent me back again to
that which we called doffing the hackles.
You say you were beat so that you could not
even cry ?—I cannot assign any other reason for it ;
it way not because I had not sufficient punishment.
I did my endeavours. When he had used some
mode of language that gave me to understand that
he wanted me to cry when be had flogged me on
the man's back ; I remember he repeated a verse
about devils trembling, and said, " But this har-
dened wretch will not shed a tear." He was a
member of a religious society, and I suppose that
was the reason that made him use those words.
Was he discharged from that society ?—Yes, I
believe he was. My grandfather %vent to the class;
it was held in the chapel, and he was discharged
from it.
• • . • • • • •
Were young women as well as young men beaten ?
—Yes, I never saw any distinction made between
boys and girls.

William Avery was an occasional waiter at the
Albion Tavern, Little Russell-street, Drury-lane.
He was returning home that morning, at about a
quarter to 3 o'clock, across Waterloo•bridge, when
he was attracted by some persons disputing, and on
coming to the first recess he saw the defendant sit-
ting down and a young woman in the act of jump-
ing off the parapet of the bridge. Witness imme-
diately ran forward and pulled her back, saying,
" You would find the water rather cold, young
woman ; let us have none of these tricks here." The
defendant made no attempt to save her, and witness,
telling him for God's sake to take care of her, went
away, under the impression that they would make
up their difference when left by themselves. He
had not gone more than 200 yards when he heard
a voice calling for a boat, and, suspecting what had
occurred, he ran back and heard some person run-
ning down the steps, leading to the water, on the
Strand side of the bridge.
Mr. l'Onsistiurx—Did the young woman say any-
thing to the defendant in your presence ?
Witness—She said something to him in an angry
tone, and when he told her to put on her shawl,
she replied rather haughtily that she should not
want one soon.

Mr. Thomas observed that the deceased, before
she committed the rash act, had thrown off her
bonnet, cloak, shawl, and cap, which were now in
the office.

Mr. MiNsituLL—One thing is quite certain, that
the prisoner might have prevented the young wo-
man from destroying herself.
Mr. MINSIIULL inquired if the body had been
found.

Mr. Thomas replied that it had not, and he was
afraid there would be some difficulty in recovering
it, as the tide was running down at the time.
Mr. MtssutiLL should feel it his duty to detain
the defendant, in order to secure his appearance be-
fore a Coroner's Jury. Mr. Thomas was then di-
rected to lodge him in the station-house for the pre-
sent, and he was accordingly removed to that place
in custody.

SECOND EDITION.

S UN-OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

HIE LONDON GAZETTE

THIS EVENING.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DEC. 21, 1832.
The King has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-Colonel
Thomas William Taylor, one of the Grooms of his Majesty's
Bedchamber in Ordinary, in the room of Vice-Admiral Sir Henry
Blackwood, Bart., deceased.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JAN. 5.
The King has been pleased to appoint Lord Adolphus Fitz.
clarence one of the Lords of his Majesty's Bedchamber in Ordi-
nary, in the room of the Earl of Denbigh, resigned.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JAN. 15.
The King has been pleased to appoint Captain Francis Hugh
Seymour, Groom of the Robes in Ordinary to his Majesty, in
the room of Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, resigned.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, JAN. 13.
The Very Rev. the Dean of Hereford has been appointed, by
the King's command, one of the Deputy Clerks of the Closet to
his Majesty, in the room of the Rev. Dr. Hughes, deceased,

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, JAN. 13.
The Rev. Timothy Fysh Foord-Bowes has been appointed, by
the King's command, Supernumerary Deputy Clerk of the
Closet to his Majesty, in the room of the Very Reverend the
Dean of Hereford.

WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 18.
Ist Regiment of Life Guards—G. Rushout, Gent., to be Cornet
and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Kingscote, appointed to
the 17th Light Dragoons, Jan. 18.
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Lieut. Hon. A. J. C. Vil-
liers to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cosby, who retires, Jan. 18;
Cornet NV. R. Tyrell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Villiers,
Jan. 18.

6th Regiment of Dragoons—Lieut .Colonel H. Madex, from
the helf-pay Unattached to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without pur-
chase, vice Greswolde, deceased, Jan. :8.
21st Regiment of Foot—Capt. A. W. Mackey, from the 33d
Regiment, to be Captain, vice Beet, appointed to the 94th Re-
giment, Jan. 18.
33d Foot—Capt. F. R. Blake, from the 94th Regiment, to be
Captain, vice Mackay, appointed to the 21st Regiment, Jan. 18.
41st Foot—Staff- Assistant-Surgeon N. Dame, to be Assistant.
Surgeon, vice G. N. Darnell, who exchanges, Jae. IS.
50th Foot—Ensign H. Gunton to be Lieuteuant, without pur-
chase, vice Tudor, appointed Adjutant ; Gentleman Cadet W.
H. Wright, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice
Gunton ; Lieut. W. L. Tudor to be Adjutant, vice White, de-
ceased, Jan. 18.
61st Foot—Ensign J. T. Bligh, from the 94th Regiment, to be
Ensign. vice Seton who exchanges, Jan. 18.
66th Foot—Limit. F. Carr, fpom the half-pay Unattached, to
be Lieutenant, vice J. M. Russell, who exchanges, receiving the
difference, Jan. 18.

18th FoCot—Major Lord W. Paulet, from half-pay Unattached,
to be Major, vice J. Menzies, who exchanges, receiving she dif-
ference, Jan. 18.
77th Foot—Captain G. A. Ramsay to be Major, by purchase,
vice Wernyss, who retires ; Lieutenant.W. .1. Clerke to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Itionsay Lnewn R. J. Straton to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Clerke, Dec. 18.
111th Foot—Captain J. 0. Beet, from 21st Regiment, to be
Captain, vice Blake, appointed to the 0-3 d Regiment ; Ensign
W. C. Seton, from the 61st Regiment, to be Ensign, vice
who exchanges, Jan. 18.
HOSPITAL STAFF.
Assistant-Surgeon G. R. Dartnell, from the 41st Regiment, to
be Staff-Assistant-Surgeon, vice N. Dartnell, who exchanges,
Jan.

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