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TREATMENT OF APPRENTICES FROM
MR DUKE OF YORK'S ASYLUM AT LONDON.

OLDHAM PETTY SESSIONS, AP%IL 22.

William Percival, of Simon-field., within the township
Itnyton. was, at the instance of the overseers of the said town-
ship, summoned before the Reverends John Holme and James
%%dean, clerks, to answer the complaint of John Chapman ••
il,iooh about 18 years of age, who had been indentured to Percival
e Governors of the Duke of York's Asylum. The com-
e.4oint, his master, and two ,other fellow-apprentices from the
tune institution, having beta placed before the magistrates, Chap.
man .was sworn, and gave his testimony as follows:
Mr. uplme—What is your complaint ?
Chapman—My muter does not allow me half sufficient of
',Amain, and he sets me more work than I can do. The meat
•!.• water porridge, and. of that not so much is I could eat. The',
...re messed in a basin, and I get. to them milk and small-beer mixed
tivether, Sir.
Mr. Hordearn—Does he never give you meat ?—No, Sir.
Mr. Holme—What do you dine upon ?—We have had water
porridge for some weeks.
How long think you?—Since Christmas.
Broall.beer and milk mixed together ?—Yes, Sir.
Mr. Hordearn—What had you at night?—The same, Sir.
What, water porridge again T AU three meals ?—Yes, Sir.
Had you nothing between meals ?—Yes, sometimes a little bread
aod butter.

Had you never any butcher's meat ?—No, Sir.
How long is it since you had any ?—We have not had any these
many months.
What, neither salted meat nor bacon ?—No, Sir.
What was your pork ?—I wove two yards and a half of broad
velveteen a day.
The constable of Royton was called, and was understood to say
that two yards and a half of broad velveteen were as much as an able-
todied man could weave daily.
The examination of the boy was resumed.
Mr. Hordearn—At what time did you get up in the morning ?
At about half-past five.
And how long did you weave at night ?—Sometimes till nine,
sometimes till ten o'clock.

Mr. Helme--Had you no time for play P—No, Sir.
At what time did ycu get breakfast P—About half-past O.
Then had you no rest till noon again I—We stopped a few ml-
:attn.

Are you allowed no play in afternoon ?—No, Sir.
Mr. liordearn—Have you never asked your master for meat ?
Yes, because he wanted me to do three yards a day. He said he
thought a belly of porridge was quite sufficient ; but 1 never had
luy belly full, Sir.
Had the other apprentices the same as you ?—Yes.
Mr. Holme—What age are you?—Doing on 18, Sir.'
What age is the youngest boy P—l am supposed to be about six
months older than him.
Mr. Hordearn—Does your master never give him meat ?—No.
Mr. Holm inquired if the boy had left his master. Mr. Barlow,
the clerk, said he had, and had been in care of the overseers since
the Thursday previous, when the complaint was laid.
The Overseer said the boy had been in the workhouse, and had
woven three yards of narrow velveteen per day. The constable said
the broadcloth was harder to weave, as it required grater force to
the blow.

Mr. Hordeam—He ran away from his master, did he not ?
Boy—Yes, Sir; he ordered me to go about my business, and so
went into Crompton, and wove with Eli Dyson ; but my muter
sent him notice that I was an apprentice, and so he sent me back
again.
In his defence, Percival stated that the boy had not woven 2i
yards on any day. A young woman wbo was in court could give the
magistrates a better idea of the boy's treatment than he could. The
boy's work was badly done, and the manufacturer had told him he
would not have any more of it. He had run away, and had sold a
silk handkerchief and various other things.
Mr. Hordearn—How often did you give him meat ?
Percival—Twice a week, and occasionally three times.
Boy—Never since I come to him.
Mr. Barlow—At the time Colonel Shaw came round (to inspect
the apprentices from the asylum,) the boy stated that he had potato
pie very often, with flesh in.
Boy—No, not with flesh in, Sir.
Percival—He offered to sell his bible and prayer-book for three.
pence a piece.
Alice Whitehead was sworn—l have lived with Percival three
quarters of a year. I work in the same place whir the com-
plaipant, and have my victuals in the house. The boys got por-
ridge and milk to their breakfasts, and sometimes the milk was
mixed with small beer. Chapman was always grumbling ; he was
always saying he had not enough. Sometimes they had potato pie
to dinner, and sometimes porridge, when there was no nub meat.
Mr. Holme—.Was there meat in the pie ?—Yes.
Boy—Nay, never ; there was no meat in ; it was always without.

Mr. Barlow—How often had they meat to dinner?—Sometimes
three times, sometimes four times, and sometimes twice in the week.
Mr. Holme—Did you dine at the same table with them ?—No,
but I did in the same room They got porridge and milk to sup.
per, and bread and butter when they had done their work at night ;
they were never denied.
Boy—Yes, if we did not do our work we must have none.
Mr. Hordeam to the witness—Do you sleep in the house ?
Yea, Sir.

Boy-She does not. Witness—Yes, I do.
The master said she had recently commenced sleeping in the
house.

Mr. Hordearn to Mr. Barlow—ln what state were these ap-
prentices when Colonel Shaw went round ?—They were as well off
at this place as any where else ; they all said they were well off.
John Hutchinson—l am an apprentice with Percival. lam
from the Duke of York's School at London, and have been with
my master five years. He does not work me too much, and he
gives me plenty to eat. I have no reason to complain. I get
porridge to breakfast, sometimes porridge to dinner, and potatoe pie
twice a week.

Mr. Hordearn—.l don't think their appearance indicates starve-
vation. —What has your master to breakfast ?—Coffee. And what
to dinner ? the same as you ?—Yes.
Chapman—lie has not, Sir, he has meat every day.

Mr. Hordearn to the witness.—What has your muter at night
—He hu his bagging (lunch.) and tea. lam 18 years of age. It
it not so way weaving two yards and a half a day.
To Percival—lf the boy does not do his work you must not starve
him ; bring him here and let him be puniithed, but don't starve
him.

Percival—He is never satisfied with any terms, Sir. I hope you
will allow him to do for himself.

Mr. Hordearn to the overseer—Have you seen any alteration in
the boy's appearance since he came to you ?—l'es, Sir; he looks
better. He has had meat four times a week, and something pre-
pared fVom flour to dinner on the other three days, with porridge and
milk to breakfast and supper.
Mr. Hordearn to Chapman—Do you wish to leave your muter ?
--Uwould, rather than stop to be starved, Sir.
Mr. Barlow.—Did you not say to CoL Shaw that you could not
get as much as would keep you as your master did ?

Boy—Yes, Sir, but he has changed us since.
Mr. Hordearn—l think this case had best be reported to Colonel
Shaw ; he may state it to the board, and if they can End the boy
another master, they may do so. (Mr. Barlow was instructed to
state, that the boy complained of want of food, and that the Ma-
gistratcs thought it would be better for both if he and his master
were separated.)
Mr: Barlow undertook to make the communication; the boy was
ordered, for the present, to remain in the workhouse and the com-
plaint was dismissed.
Each of the apprentices were healthy in appearance, decently and
cleanly clad, but of small stature and bulk for the ages they stated
themselves to be.

Naw STAMP DuTi4s.7-§ir J. Newport, on Monday
sight, complained of the non-appearance of a promised
comparative statement, Showing in .parallel lines the
existing duties, and the proposed Stamp' Duties. He
also complained of the 'character of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer's proposed measure, observing that though it
was termed a " Consolidation" it in reality would
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itnpose new and additional Stamp Duties in [rebind ; and
that it would do the same as regarded the Stamp Duties
of England. " Consolidation' .was made to mean aug-
mentation. The Chancellor of the Exchequer replied,
that the reason of the. statement alluded to not having
been alittady thehandp.of•Mentbeis; was in reality the
difficulty of preparinic, but!sdded, that it was now at
pre*, aid. would be rekdi to-day. If, after all the delay
that has taken place, even Owe* who concocted the new
schedule, and who may be &tiptoed to have all requisite
infornifiliOn. at their fingers ehd,. have to complain of the,
" difficulty" of ,prepering the *operative. statement,
what must bathe situation of the WOE; and.the
who have to inergine and perhaps condhltothe lichedule of
one hundred Allis pages?
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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWMARKET FIRSIEST—IING MEETING, 1830.
Race Course, Tuesday Afternoon, Five o'clock.
The Races this afternoon terminated as follows :
Sweepstakes of 50 soy. each, for fillies. R.M.
Mr. Payne's b. f. by Wrangler, 3st. 71b. (Arnull)
Gen. Grosvenor's b. f. by Nicol°, Bst. 71b.
Mr. Wagstaff s b. f. by Shuffles, Bat. 41b.
Mr. Wagstaff's b. f. by Bustard . . 4
8 to 4 on Mr. Payne's b. f. by Wrangler, who won easy by three
lengths-1 paid.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 soy. each. D.M.
CoL Wilson's e. by Emilius, 2 yrs. Bst. 21b. (Lad)
Mr. Sowerby's Tomo, 5 yrs. 9Bt.
V
Lord Jersey's Glenartney, 5 yrs, 9st. 131 b.
3
Lord G. Cavendish's Spaniard, 3 yrs. Bst. 61b
Col. Yates's Versatility, 3 yrs, Bst. 21b
Mr. Al‘Namara's f. by Whisker, 2 yrs, fist. 71b 0
7to 4 apt Spaniard, and 2to 1 apt Glenartney. Won by a
length.
Sweepstakes of 100 son. each, h. ft. Bst. 71b. D. 111. (Four
Subscribers.)
Lord Exeter's Augustus
Lord Anson withdrew his stake.
Fifty Pounds for four yrs. old and upwards. Last three miles of
B. C.

Duke of Rutland's Cadlead .
Sweepstakes of 100 son. each, It. ft. for three yr. olds. A. F.
(Eight Subscribers.)
Cot Yatee's Bolivar, 7st. 131 b ..,..,.,,,.,(80yce) 1
Meßidadale's Tranby, Bst. llb 2
Mr. Hunter's c. by Gustavus, 7st. 111 b
Lord Exeter's Acacia, 7st. 9lb 4
Even on Acacia, 7 to 4 eget. Tanby, and 5 to 1 apt. Bolivar,
who won easy by three lengths.
The Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, by subscribers of 100 soy, each,
h. ft. colts Bst. 71b. fillies, Bst. 41b. R.M. (15 Subscribers).
Lord Exeter's Augustus
Eord.Cavendish's Mouse colt
8 to 4 on Augustus, who won easy by two lengths.
Sweepstakes of 200 soy. each, h. ft. colts, list. 71b. fillies, list. 41b.—
D.3l.—Six Subscribers.
Lord Anson's Zillah (Amull)
Mr. Petre's Laura 2

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6to 4ion Zillah-2 lengths--easy.
His Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas for mares. R.C.
Mr. Sowerby's Toso, 3 yrs.... 1
Mr. Baison's Seraph, 3 yrs.. . 2
Lord Exeter's Acacia, S yn
Won by a neck.
MONDAY.—ocrURTHER CORRECT Paivercur.was.)
The Scrub Stakes 906 soy. each, h. ft. for colts, Set. 71b. and
fillies, Bst. 41b. R.M.
Lord Jersey's Donegani, by Tramp
Mr. Roberts's eh. c. by Emilius 2
Lord Tavistock's c. by Aliddleton
2 to 1 on ch. c. by Emilius —Won by a length.
Lord Worcester's Coulon, list. 21b. beat Mr. Thornhill's Merchant,
Bst 101 b. .Ib. M. 200, h. ft.-7 to 4on Coulon.—Won by two
lengths.
Mr. Greville's Lady Emily beat Mr. Gully's Clotilde Bst. 51b.
each. A. F. 500.-6 to 1 agst. Lady Emily.—Won by a length.
Never wu any thing considered so safe as this race ; inded so
little idea had the Emily party of winning, that they made very li.
beral offers to be off; the backers of the Yorkshire mare, however,
would not consent to any compromise, and, previous to starting,
had laid 5.6, and 7 to 1 upon her. The event was illustrative of
the old saying, " there is many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip,"
for Lady Emily made the twining, won cleverly by a length, but
not without a liberal use of the whip; she was jockeyed by Arnull,
and Clotilde by Wheatley.
Sweepstakes of 200 son. each, h. ft. for the prodace of 1826 ; colts,
Bst. 71b. fillies, fist. 41b. D.M.
Lord Anson's f. by Morisco, Bst. Ilb
Lord Chelterfield's b. f. by Tramp, Bst. 41b .... •••• . • • • .. • • 9
Lord Tavistock's f. by Partisan, Bst 41b
5 to 4 agst. b. f. by Tramp—Won by a length.
Sweepstakes of 100 soya. each, h. ft. for fillies, Bst. 21b. D.M.
Mr. Scott Stonehewer's The Fairy, by Emilius .
Duke of (kaftan's Citron, by Centaur .
6 to 4 on The Fairy.—Won by a neck.
In the evening the betting was rather brisk upon the Derby and
Oaks.

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4 to 1 apt Mr. Chifney's Priam (Cressida) (taken)
II to 1 Lord G. Cavendish's Mouse colt (taken)
a to 1 Mr. Petre's Bninswicker
10 to I Sir M. Wood's The Mummer
11 to 1 Mr. Ridsdale's Little Red Rover
11 to 1 Lord Exeter's Augustus
14 to 1 .-- Sir M. Wood's Cetus
16 to 1 Lord Exeter's Mahmoud
25 to 1 Lord Cleveland's Wat Tyler
15 to 1 Lord Sligo's Hein*
33 to 1 Mr. Ramsbottom's Zucbarelli
2000 to 60— Lord Sefton's Captain Arthur (takes)
400 to 100 on Mouse apt ZuckarelU (taken)
oars.
9 to 2 .. Lord Sefton's Moodie
11 to Lord Queensberry's Maria
7 to 1 Lord Exeter's Sebumla
10 to 1 Duke of Grafton's Brambilla
13 to 1 Mr. Payne's Brown Duchess 1.
15 to 1 Mr. Benson's Lady Blanche
20 to 1 Mr. Maberly's Zelus.
HUNTING.
The Hon. Mr. Moreton, son of Lord Dude, has taken to the
country lately hunted by the Earl of Kintore, and intends, with the
permission of the proprietors of the different covers within the circuit
of the late Old Oxfordshire and Berkshire Hunt, to reunite and re.
gularly hunt the whole of it, In the same manner, and to the same
extent, as formerly done by the late Earl of Abingdon, and that
genuine old sportsman, the late Rev. John Dock; of Hinton, Beals,
for upwards of half a century. Mr. M. stands high, and very justly
so, on the list of fox-hunters, and is remarkable for his mild and
affable manners, and gentlemanly conduct in the field. With an
exsellent pack of hounds, and with one of the best huntsmen in the
kingdom, surely then we may congratulate our sporting neighbours
on the certainty of having their country again regularly and sada.
factorily hunted.—Cheltenham Journal.
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The Birmingham Journal of Saturday contains a long
account of two religious imposters, one of whom is a fish-
monger, pretending to be the real Shiloh, and the other
" the Lord's Messenger." " Shiloh himself," say the
Birmingham Journal, " is in person about five feet ten
inches in height, squints most hideously, and weighs
14 stone. The place selected for their disgusting minis-
trations is a chapel formerly occupied by a congregation
of Independents, in Lawrence-street. The two lust Sun-
days the place hss been crowded with persons of all
grades, drawn together by curiosity, and the streets
around the chapel filled to repletion by all the thieves
and scoundrels infesting the town. On Sunday last, wo
visited the spot professionally, and a more disgraceful
scene was presented to onr view then, we should sup-
pose, ever occurred iu this country under the sanction
of any new-born religious creed, however fanatical or
blasphemous its tenets. At the conclusion of any pas-
sage in the speaker's address, containing more than
ordinary monstrosities, the audience occasionally broke
forth in loud yells and hootings, and were at last roused
up to such a pitch of indignation, that, either inten-
tionally or accidentally, several of the benches upon
whichLthey were sitting gave way, and universal disor-
der and confusion prtvailed throughout the whole as-
sembly."
A fatal occurrence took place at the Consolidated
Mines, Gwennap, on Monday afternoon. An immense
boiler belonging to one of the steam-engines, and which
weighs about 15 tons, was being removed, and for that
purpose- it was placed on a carriage used for such pur-
poses, and to which was attached 20 horses. The car-
riage had to descend by a gentle slope along the side of a
declivity of about 25 feet in height, and a part of the
road was constructed for the occasion. About 100 men
were employed in retarding the motion of the carriage
along the descent, and for this purpose several strong
ropes were attached to it, which were held by the men.
When the carriage came to the newly-made part of the
road, the weight caused the ground to give way, and the
boiler was precipitated over the declivity. One of the
men employed in retarding its progress along the road,
nulled James Northey, became entangled in the ropes,
and was whirled with immense velocity after the boiler
down the precipice, by which he was so dreadfully in-
jured as to occasiep his death in about five minutes after.
the accident.— West Briton.