The Sun.
London, England, 1818-05-16 00:00:00

INFANT CLIMBING-BOY.

FrATTON-GARDEN; Imie, a Chimney-sweeper, re-
siding in John-street, -Tot t enham- court-road, was summoned
to appear before the Magistrates to answer a complaint against
him for letting out his climbing apprentice-boy on hire. ltwas
stated, that Win. Blaunin the boy, had been seen in a very crip-
pled mid exhausted state in the stre on Wed nesday morning,M
.company with sine of Lake's journeymen, or a person to whom
he had lent the child to obtain soot at 2s. a sack, which could
• afterwards be sold by Lake fdr Us. The master at first disclaim-
ed the boy, conteddingthat he had taken him out of charity,
but that he had never been apptenticed,and thereupon neglect-
ed the Ma;istrate's summons for bis appearance in the morning
with the hely. In thefevening, however, .he brought him and
also the iir.entare, bearing date. in December, 1814, stating
therein that the child was S years of age ; but it was evident,
from th.e appearance of the boy, That he could 'not
.now he
ten years old. The Magistrates inspected the knees and ancles
of the boy, anti found them to be in *most shocking state of
• inflaimuation. Skinher, surgeon, Hatton garden, was'
examined upon oath as to the state of ie wounds, and said he
considered theca as very highly inflamed, but with proper wash-
ing,poulticing,and rest,thonght the limbs might be restored ; ire
also did outthink the boy could be 10 years of age. The boy, who
coned hardly support .himself during the examination,_ was
evidently intimidated- by. his master into a statement of un-
qualified. goOd usage, though he admitted that the preceding
day he had been' employed from 4 O'clock .in the morning in
sweeping 24 flues, with -little, if any, clothing to cover
him, and nu brass plate on his cap, to avoid detection.—
The master was clamorous in his own defence; to which
the worthy MFv-ittrate, Mr. SELLON, paid littler attention,
stating. his full impression to be, that the child was now
scarce ten years old, .;though he had been worked .four
years, and also that there was strong _round to suspect that
at the time of the execution of.the indenture a larger boy ltad
been suhstituted and produced to the Magistrate, who would
otherwa'e have rejected so small a child, as evidontly withirt
the age of eight, prescribed by the Act. Mr. Took, who At-
tended ou behalf of the Society, requested leave to inquire
further into the iact of the age of the child, with a view to'
cancel the indeature, should he have beets under.B at 'the date
of it; be also prevailed an the Magistrate to retain the inden-
ture in the office, and to havethe child protected during the in-
vestigation; upon which Mr.Sellon delivered the boy to the care
of Mr. Tooke, who undertook to lodge him in the workhouse
of the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, whither Mr. 'Cooke had
him carried, and saw him safe in the care of the matron,
who would wash and poultice the • woinids, and Mr. Skint-wr
promised to visit him and report thereon to the Magistrate.—
(Morning Paper.) '

We are authorized to state; that since the Me-
dical Board has been established at Chirlotte-
fiouse, Great Charlotte-street, opposite the Rev.
Rowland Hill's Chapel, and Woodstock-sttegt,
adjoining New Bond street, upwards of Thirty
Thousand. Patients of both sexes have buen re-
stored to perfect health, many of whom had
lingered
,for years tinder the most painful and Ob-
stinate d;seases, were .pronoun'ssed incurable by
respectable practitioners, and several di-scharged
from Hospitals—Such is t he, ealCts resulting ham
combioed talents !! .

, Messrs. Coo Pita and Co. of Medical anti Sur-
gical celebrity, after kitty years 'experience in this
MetropOlis, are consulted daily at both houses
until' nine *it "night, and the poor have advice,
gratis,' on Tuesday, ThAirsday, and Sunday Morn-
ings., until twelve o'clock.

Path-Airs at a distance, describing their case,
immediaiely attended to.—All-letieis to be direct-
'ea to Ci.atiotte Honi'e, Black frias-road, but hone
are answered which do not contain
.a.condult-
ing fee.