faid Recognizances were not return'd. There were other Perfons against whom the faid Complaint was made, who alfo paid their Fees in the Prefence of the faid Smith.

Dorothy Mac Nemara, upon Refufal of Fees for being bound to her good Behaviour, upon the Complaint of two Women for ill Language, was threaten'd by the faid Bolton, that her Cloak fhould be pawn'd unless the paid the Fees, which she was forc'd to do, being a Crown.

John Bryan, Servant to one Mr. Behan, from whom Plate had been ftolen, being inform'd by two Conftables of the faid Bolton's, that Margaret Mac Cabe was_concern'd in ftealing it, gave in Examinations to that Effect against the said Mac Cabe to the faid Bolton, upon whofe Warrant fhe and her Daughter of 11 Years of Age were apprehended, and upon the Alderman's not being in the Way, he was carry'd by the faid Constable to the Black Dog, and her Child to Bridewell, from whence the had her Child remov'd to the Black Dog, that they might be together: The next Day she was brought to the Alderman's, and nothing having been fworn against her, but upon Hearfay, they were both released without entring into any Bail, neither was the Examinant John Bryan ever bound over to profecute.

The Particulars of the Expence fhe was put to, on this Account, are as follow:

To the Alderman's Clerk, to remove her
Daughter from Bridewell to the Black
Dog

Fees and Expences for herself and Daughter。

there.

To Alderman Bolton next Day upon her being discharged

To his Clerk at the fame Time

More for Liquors drank in' the faid Clerk's
House, at her Expence

1. s.

d.

2

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Mary Winter was bound over by the faid Bolton for abufive Words, on the Complaint of one Brown, and paid half a Crown. She at the fame Time complaining to the faid Bolton's Clerk, that Brown had call'd her feveral reproachful Names, was advifed by the faid Clerk

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to give in Examinations against him; and the faid Bolton being in his Clofet within Hearing, call'd out to the faid Winter, and faid, fhe might as well do it here as in any other Office, which the accordingly did, and had him bound, over. She was after this apprehended on the Complaints of the faid Brown's Maid, and one Linnard a Conftable, belonging to the faid Bolton; and for Want of Money to pay her Fees, was committed to Gaol, where he was barbarously ufed both in Perfon, and by Extortion of Fees, for which the was forced to pawn her Cloaths before the was discharged. One Mary Mac Donnel attended the faid Bolton at a Tavern, and offer'd what was demanded on the part of the faid Winter; whereupon the faid Bolton wrote a Note by her to his Clerk, directing him to receive the Fees, and write a Difcharge for the faid Winter, both which the faid Clerk did, and the faid Winter was, after much Expence, and ill Ufage, difcharged by the faid Clerk's Order.

Catharine Mac Donnel and her Husband paid 10 s. upon giving Bail to a Complaint of the fame Sort, which was alfo taken by the Clerk, pursuant to the Direction of the faid Bolton, who left the Office before the Recognizance was acknowledg'd. They were obliged, upon Pain of being put into Gaol, to give to two of the faid Boltor's Conftables 13 d. each; they infifted, that there was but one Perfon who gave in Examinations against them both; but the faid Bolton reply'd, That he was fure there must have been two, or fo much would not have been demanded.

Upon Agreement with the Complainant, the faid Ca tharine Mac Donnel prevail'd on the faid Clerk to cancel the Recognizance, which was done upon paying 7 s. and a Half-penny in Money, and fpending 1 s. 4d. in Drink at the faid Clerk's Houfe. This happen'd in. Auguft 1729, which the Alderman faid, was fo long ago, that it was impoffible for him to remember any Thing. concerning it.

One Mary Perry complain'd to the faid Bolton of being abufed by Margaret Reiley, and obtain'd his Warrant against her, upon which fhe was apprehended and brought before him; the faid Mary Perry attending at the fame Time with her Husband Peter Perry, Alice Moore, and Sarah Eyanfon, to make out the Charge; but Bolton, inftead of enquiring into the Grounds of the faid Com-: plaint, difcharged the faid Margaret Reily, and bound over (for what Caufe did not appear to the Committee)

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the faid Peter and Mary Perry, and committed the faid Moore and Eyanfon to the Black-Dog Prifon for want of Fees, where they remained three Nights at great Expences; an Account of which, as alfo of the other Expences of this pretended Profecution, are as follow.

To Drink in a Spunging-Houfe for the Conftables

To Constable Jones for the Alderman's Fees More Fees to the Alderman (a Crown being? demanded, but compounded for)

Paid a Conftable to be Bail for the faid Peter and Mary Perry (the Alerman refufing to take any other Bail)

For Drink in the Clerk's House, of which they did not take one Drop

For the Alderman's Warrant against Margaret Reily

Fees paid at the Black-Dog for the faid Moore and Eyanfon

2.

s. d.

In all 1 16 81

As the higheft Proof of the faid Bolton's infatiable Defire of Fees, this Inftance is thought fufficient to be added, tho' many others were offer'd to the fame purpofe. One Catharine Dillon was taken up on a Warrant of the faid Bolton's, on the Complaint of her own Daughter, a Girl of about 16 Years of Age, for an Affault. The faid Dillon proved to the Alderman, That the Complainant was her Daughter, and that he had only corrected her moderately for going to a Dancing-School without her Knowledge; of this the faid Bolton faid, he could take no Notice, and that the faid Dillon must pay her Fees, or go to Gaol; the Execution of which Sentence he left to his Clerk, and went out of the Office, where another Daughter of the faid Dillon's came, having heard of her Mother's Distress, and was told by the faid Clerk, that fhe was alfo accufed by the faid Girl of affaulting her, and that if she and her Mother did not find Bail, and pay the Fees, they fhould be committed, which obliged them to raife 7 s. upon a Pledge for Fees, which they paid to the Clerk for entering Bail; and the Recognizance was acknowledged before the Clerk only, and was never returned as the Committee find, That Alderman to this Complaint faid, he believed the Examination

Examination was very gross, or that it would not have been taken upon the Complaint of a Child against a Parent or Sister.

Upon a Petition of one Margaret Jones, a poor convicted Prisoner in Newgate, setting forth, That the said Alderman detained a Moidore from her, which was found in her Custody when she was brought before him on Account of a Robbery, of which the is now convicted: The said Alderman confefs'd, That the Mojdore was taken from her in his Office, and was produce în Court upon the Tryal; but not being fworn to by thể Prosecutor, hè took it home again, and afterwards gave it to his Clerk, who told him, that he paid it tỏ Hamkins the Keeper of Newgate, for the Use of the Prisoner. The faid Clerk would not appear, for fear of falling into the Hands of the Serjeant at Arms, (the House having voted him into Cuftody in the beginning of this Enquiry) but the faid Bolton offered an Affidavit, fworn by the faid Clerk, That the faid Clerk had delivered the Moidore to the faid Hawkins for the Use of the faid Prifoner, and that the Receipt given by the faid Harkins for the fame, at the Time of Delivery was mislaid, which the Committee did not receive as Evidence, and only report it as the fole Defence made by the said Bolton again the Complaint of the said Jones.

The Remainder of the Committees Report, contain only the Opinion of the Committee, upon which the Refolutions of the Houfe, which are mentioned in the printed Votes of the 20th of December, are grounded, for the taking the faid Juftices into Cuftody, and ordering them to be profecuted at Law; we therefore omit them, thefe being fufficient to fet forth the vile Practifes of thefe Men, and the Cruelties and Extortions, as well of the Magiftrates and Peace Officers, as of the Gaolers and Prifon-Keepers in Dublin, which, if poffible, have exceeded the Cruelties detected in England in the Prifons of the Fleet and of the Marfhalfea; all which is to be hoped will now be put in a Way of judicial Procefs, in order to Punishment for the Crimes past, and Re-` formation for the Time to come.

One Report more will conclude this black Account from Ireland, where we fhall find the groffeft Abuses were crept into the City Government, and the Administration was fo corrupt, that it loudly called upon the fupreme Authority of the Parliament to correct and amend it,

This relates to the managing of poor Children left to the Parishes for their Maintenance, in which horrid Abufes had been committed, and many Murthers alfo.

This Enquiry lay before the House of Lords, as the other did before the Houfe of Commons, and is as follows:

REPORT from the Lords Committees of that Kingdom, aointed to enquire into the pernicious Practice carry' 'd on in the City of Dublin, by removing of Foundling Chil dren from one Parish to another, whereby many of the Jaid Children have been deftroy'd.

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Sabbati, 3. die Januarii, 1729.

HE Earl of Cavan reported from the Lords Committees appointed to enquire into a pernicious Practice carry'd on in this City, by removing of Foundling Children from one Parish to another, whereby many of the faid Children have been deftroy'd ; that they had confider'd of the Matter to them refert'd.

And upon the Examination of Elizabeth Hyland, who had been fwor at the Bar of this Houfe, do find,

, That the faid Elizabeth Hyland, about the 3d of Sep tember laft was Twelvemonth, was hir'd and employ'd by Mr. Charles Fisher, then a Churchwarden or the Pa rish of St. John's, to take up Foundling Children in the faid Parish; and that by the faid Fisher'sDirections, fhe the Deponent, fince fhe was fo employ'd, took up 27 Foundling Children, feven of which dy'd in the Deponent's Keeping, and two others were taken away by their Mothers; and that the remaining 18 Children, fo found as aforefaid, the the Deponent lifted to other Parifhes; particularly one of the faid Children, the the Deponent left at the Door of Mr. Green, a Surgeon, in St. Paul's Parish, and another at Mr. Tilfon's in the fame Parish; and the Deponent always acquainted the faid Fisher of her lifting the faid Children, and placing then as aforefaid; and alfo acquainted the faid Fisher, either at her going, or at her Return, with what he had done with the rest of the Children that he had lifted out of the faid Parifh of St. John's, into the other Parishes of this City; and the Deponent had a Salary of 31. a Year from the faid Parish, as Parish Nurse.

The faid Elizabeth Hyland further depofed, That at the Time fhe lifted the faid Children, fhe frequently found Diafcodium in their Mouths, by which they were

Atupify'd