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Fruits of Lord Ashley's Bill.—On Monday, four' finely-grown young Lancashire women, neatly attired, named Anne Brookes, Mary Pickering, Anne Radcliffe, and Margaret Watson, were brought up before Mr. Bingham for final examination, under the following circum stances:—The prisoners were originally charged with begging in Spitulfirlda, when they told the magistrate that they had come from Lancashire, where they had been thrown out of work at Mr. Hayes, of Haigh colliery, by the operation of Lord Ashley's bill. After walking all the way to London without getting work, they found themselves necessitated in sing through the streets to get food. Mr. Bingham, on that occasion, remanded th**m for the purpose of writing to Haigh colliery to inquire the truth of their story. An answer was received that day, which stated that Lord Ashley*! bill had thrown good many of their hands out, and that the poor girls* story was, without doubt, correct, though the overseer did not re member their names —On reading this letter, Mr. Bingham expressed his conviction of the truth of the prisoner*** qfatement, and ordered a sufficient sum of money to be giren to each of the girls from the office poor-box to carry them back comfortably to their native place.—The prisoners expressed their gratitude in the warmest terms for the magistrate's kindness, and promised to Bet out immediately on their return home.
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Weekly Chronicle
London, Middlesex, GB
Sat, Jul 20, 1844
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