into the STATE OF THE POORER CLASSES IN IRELAND.
793 Appendix fA.)
the allowance was not sufficient for any but a boy of 10 or 12 years old.
The food given to the scavengers, who obtain double bread and more potatoes, is about equal to that of an employed labourer.
" I never applied," said Brown, " to the Mendicity here; the allow¬ ance is too little."
Many would wish to get in who could not, and who are obliged to beg in the country, but at least half of those who might refuse to go in.
The confinement and not o-etting enough to eat are the chief objections.
Mr.
Anderson thought that the regular hours and the cleanliness insisted on (the punishment for dirt being low diet,) induced many to dislike entering the institution; but of 20 who were receiving exterior relief, and who were offered a residence in the institution, only five accepted the offer, though the recusants were struck off the list.
" I would rather live on half elsewhere than enter it; they would make me work and sweep the streets, and I am not able for it; besides, I would not like to be shut up," said Brown.
There is a great objection, said Mr.
A to being employed sweeping the streets ; it is considered a degradation.
Many leave the institution discontented with it; they say they did not get half meat in it.
They principally dislike the regularity and cleanliness enforced.
One woman who left it, Mr.
A told us had since been brought in several times and punished for begging.
Vagrancy.
Ulster, Co.
Londonderry.
Examinations taken by C.
W.
Borrett, Esq.
James Peebles, Esq.
Parish Templemore, including City of Londonderry.
Barony, City and Liberties of Londonderry.
See Questions Nos.
6, 7 and 8, in the Supplement ; also the Addenda.
