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BABYLFaRMNING IN LONDON.
KEXTR'AORDINAR'Y i REVELATIONS!
ring is io on Baby Farming
at :the?Di jiledticali:Siciety'sa'irooi Il,;i
,Adamnstreet,-Adelphi, a statement made
y Mii gareftt iaters on Wednesay, and
'which'ecovred- some fifteen sides" of tfools'I
capI exchi girea g ae t re f Th diseus"
sioi' was oigini:etied by, a niierof Dr
Dickson's; of- St?- Like 's'-Asylum, on
" Baby Faiimin and its Physical and
'Social Effect.."?Vateis'Aevelations were
epitomized ih follows:-
-Dr.qEdmundids?stated that on Wednes
day-'he':hadirseenpTthe woman, Margaret,
Waters, ..now lyiung under sentence of
death, andlie received from her a state
mniet relati ve to her history anid the t viiw
she conducted her system? of blaby' fari`m-'"
iing: The facts which she gave him fre
vealed lthe particpl is of a state of thiings
of whichi fewv people hiad any'idea.
R atei's] it' appears; w-vas: a widow,,- sinice'
1864( :-In thal t year shd was settled\it?ih'2
"li-husband-in-Newfoundland;and-was
in very gpod cxrcimstances. ie Thcy
decided to?go to England onia wvist, nd
they proceeded toScotlatn4ý :Inu asg6
her husband died; and h:et-:returned ý LO
Newfoundilliand to wind upte faily
affairs and ;realise: whateverroper e
minained, Having done this;: she rertained
to Eugliirid withl £300 in`heir: po~d~iseidn
Intendiing'to turn lier c ipitdl tb account
she took' o house in Addingtoni-quaie,
Ciamberwell, and put into it a number of
sevwing--machines. Her plani was tiT o ? keliki.?
collarsi and ' other ;sucli. articles' and sell
thiem to the city-houses. Sl eknaelitatle
or notliinr?of the liffusiess?'liowever iid
partly owing to tlihat circumstanco and
partly;to the miserable prices whiclhwere'
paid foir uiuch :goods; she was ait the";end
of the year a 'losei of '£250. :She theli
resolved to save herself by lettinglodginigs
and- that led her; imperceptiby into :her
career of baby farming . One of' her ift'
lodgers was i~ lady living, under the pro
tectidn of a: city solicitor, and passing -as
his 'wife'uiidei' an 'assumed nainme:'" 'Mrs
:Wiaters .didi not 'know that sihei. was.i
single womani, but believed she was: reallyi
the g'en tlenian's wife. ' She was corifined'
in thedliiouse, ind she then left, but'ffsidi
she did not, vish to take.the child withl
hher; but offered to. -ay :Mrs -Waters "fori
nursiin7'it.' "MrsrWaters consenited' ind
thint wis ?lth1e fist :chiild she in:,.ai?iny; i
farmeid. iThe same :ladycame :againiwas.
corifined and loft another child whom she
also paid ve1' for. Being in difficulties
Mirs Wateirs began to think 'tat" this
.would be a good means 6f hddinig to her
i inme but 2i ;le did no-,to ingto" baby
fa lming, ,as ,yet, .systematic-lly.. Soie
more ladies became lodgelrs under- much
the s;aime :cir;cu istiarces ·i s 'the 'first; and
two; of thliili ldren ?,i e Ialso left' with'
he. IShe : ?drifted along: in thisilcourse,
gettingfrom bad to <worse. But' she:po
tested that l;e; hid no' idea odf iij g
the ehldill eu oughsedid some thgingah
she ,was very sorryfdor, :owang to tle -
iflifcultie of:bt e?position. : She 'adveir,
tisred' lief elf foir;'?hildre?'tou'adopt ',~aWd
she geneially got .£10 witl ione., Wlien
she got the child and the money she went
to bone' of.? the'. other -ad'vertisers :in'?the?
thle hibaby out.to nurse. -,'- Upon paying;tw o.
weeks '?in', ad vance i she was hardly ,ever
asked even for her?address, ind vhnen id e
we ntaway of course she neset hmeirtdany1
thing more about the child. She'gained,
the difference b-etween"the ,£10: given hers
foti aidopirig the childr?adrthe :fortni ht'sl
payment fornursig it il wa
all; a?,very precariousoresource, andai:s
fell` intobTreatrdistress.' S iiSivenrit'to a,
rineyý hinder( (ose nim'e' she ddes'not"
conceal) ind borrowved £8 from',hi?, ,ii0
~her furniture. He deducted £14:ofi the
£28 foi6 ,'.expenses,r'. and made:.hie pray,
pmaid hiin., ':V:Whenevers heiwa s. at few days
behindhand.infpaying. one:of the instid:il
mentfhlie thireatened to sellll 'her things
,and lie only? desisted upon-being paid lO0s
iby way of:fine:i.'. WThentile £28 was, paid
back,in thisway, sisheiwais so redued sihe,
was obliged to get anothdr loan from the
money-lendei on thesame tem ms. At'tliis
timed bab6ies were :as'we·l attended to0as. she
could manage it; and a inedical uan .was
always called in whenr they fell sick. When
Vthey died they were buried prope ly aind she
had the undertaker's receipts. D)r Pick
stocke certified as to the death of several.
SThe tinme caine soon when sire was unable
-to pay tlie money lender his instalmnen'ts:and
Shef threatened to--sttp her-of--everything
unider- bill .of sale.- She owe,-'-besiiles,
twelve . moniths' rent; She took - .-atith.r
house, aiid removed her thiiigsa.duraiiigtehte
aighit. -When bhe went' to:Blrixtonidie-,:
dreti:die'dd some fron' di'arrhoea 'rnd:wasting,
and others froniseinvolsions: ,.-She:was:very;
poorl and determined io save i heprice:of birial
by ,leavin-: thmn, abou t. ; Shew ra?ipeiljthe
bodies:in:brown paper and etook: theme out:
at night, and left them whetcitheycwero:found
by :people afterwvards;:- Slich. maintai'ns 3hat
she did what shlicouold ifor? these childie'n,
u'nd attendced theli to tlie bet ofhefpiwer.:
There were also four other childtreri:whoum,?
she gotirid of:.in ,a=way for~thichshe isa!ioQi
very'asorry..E:Sie tnook thcn,ra'one atjlavrtimer
into the .stieetp anvidwhen sheisawhlittleboie:
and :girlsa.t lilaylsh called'one ofithebmtaud.
siaid,.'!,OhI..ami'?mo'itiriedlid HI.re, holdrnmy
balby, and:h're?i?~asixpen-ed forayouritol go:
i nto the' wdetstuffshsop and~ get ustnmetliin
nice"? Vsiile "theboy.:ot: girl ienrt into :the
shplishe made off.:IThe bab6ieishe,beleives?
wicdt itakel itoýthe ?vorkhouae. v Or:one idc
egasion the boy to whom she gave ,otfet as:
:,r svjtyi? soquick ithat he'reamnelrcitrbeforeisbihb
hadhtinmto get away: dS h ttierefore steppeda
into a oyster shop, and brderedsomit dysterse:
She saw.the b'oyalookingiup:an'd cdowiv xith i
i'e baby.in his arirhs .and when"headidi aoin
see .her;', he'ibegano.tos?ry: e?Soneipeople
gatheied, andaoni policdtnant came up iIto.
whomithe boy showed the baby,;oThd.poliee4i
man then walked away with .the boyj;iand:
she Jeftthe oys'ter shop andg:cst roff safe:.
So'nieofxrtlie' persons,who .gave tcherchildren'
foti adoption: weiedvidendtly .wellooff. dedThe
babiesjawiwre j?.verpf fiwel : dressediu" SSht'
used utocgqblave;appomtin tmen ts often ito hmeet
parties at the railway stations; aud aigentle-i
manri.aceonpar'iedd-:byai liursd, wbutd i'jive&
hei" the dhild. :?iSomitilieis'i`the-?children
were given:bher wtritliin :iant' houid 'after .ithey.
were:born' in' less" time, intficdt, and tbefdre
they were even dressed. One of the child,
ren found,.by/.the polictfa'tBriitoni hadibeerin
givenAtolherroilyltwo days befoi e..liShergott
£20['wi th'+ it,;'and. .the people: thatI gave. it'
(promised her any sum if -she onlyitbok gobod
care'ofiit, JIDriEdmiiuns, ihaconcluding.thu.
recital C'oft':tlie ireinairkabler arid .instructivel
statement Mirgriiet W.atersianode, to hiiim: ii
,few houris'beford; said ::that when 'eh'ildiien;,
reventunddr th?lbestaconditions;i were. takeh
from :the ,breast:anrd }brouglht ,u'p, by, :hand,1
the chances were.all~iahainstl them.'. ?Vhhat,
theniwad:therchance 6f.<infants-taken; dit in.
the bpen airathe:onibment tlheywere born and
broulght up with only such a ppliances asi
Mlrs.iWaters; ,at':herxwits':end) for':inbne.f
flying= frdm " mbndyi ilender's;and d?dod gingY
landlordl; b:i d !dt heridisposal iPr'roni:swhati
he' could ,jiddge;? :she'bhad:?oa initntion of.
m urdering any of; the childrene btit tley died
off,-ais they'mit+ht' have :leen' -expected :to"
die ofl, from ,iarirlana,thrushland corivul-,
sions, and when they died she callously git{
<rid 'of.:their- bodie eis beýt shieh coild' cwheii
shle became poor. -When she w.as'compara.
ttively:we'lioff the hltildren: :eeiattended bfy?
doctdrs, aind;z weie:e;properlyi bui:ied.dvhen'.
,they'died'out?,ndt -from::r bing: murdered,,
but from ,the ,effects! of E?iidurish mehot:mot!
-adapted to infeints of iso'tendeir. an age; :add
of. grossly caieless;aod infflicient ntureiung .":
AnDDITIo0AL L D REGLVTIONS: ?Mr
Rolbeitso l; iainateo for iLandsyesterdpy
laid on the table of the Assembly'
copies of two:-new "land :regulations.
The--first ,ttdditionald fotizcarrying into
effect. the Grown Lands: :Alienation, Act,
'anid'wa,:'as:follows :i?-:ALdtndsr ;?hich
'1emnporarilykreversed !fr6ni sale under, theo
4th sectionof. the Crowxn,1Lands .Aliena-;
tion Act, andthe .reversatiott ,of, whichi
siiallhaveibeen =revokedashlU not be sold:
ionditionallyi or.:iotherwise:i until ,thirty
clear; days !shaill have a expired wafter the,
)publication in the:Goiie?mnintenGazette of
the =notice,ofi 'suchli reroaation.:?: .-fhe.
=secondvwas. an atdditionaL :'regulation, f.or
carrying' -into effect.:,rthe'aCrown, Lands
uetpaFiuaonAct, and, t was i as? follows :.-.
-??izy lands xwhichmikyhave;;been,, held.
un der niineral 'lease a.ndJ forfeitediia shall
h6ot" be reselected :untilthirty" .clea': days.
shall have expii-ed aftori;the. piiublication
in the:Goverinment~Gazetteof stich forfei
GOL- tND SILVLr' ComniAOE --The Colonial'
Treaslurer'(thle oni'. Sadl Samruiiel) has received
,infdrmatidn from `th6' HinmeGiiveirnment, -to'
the-eflrct:that o'n and afterithie irst of:January
dnext,:'the' Impearihl die' may'be used at:the
Sydney Mlintiin thie coinarne of sovereighs and
h;ilfisovereign s.-:,: The s.aovereigns minted in
theapolony wiil, .therefpre, after that, date,: be
iiri exict e8punterpartof'th·rt issued f,rom ,the
toyal Mnit rn ,Enlan.i.. Some. ,f? months
Government to s'bstttte new slver. crtnage
'for the defaced-lhii now v dt'cirdiuatiion here;
and ofrom the tenbri "of our mail tdtlgram,it
"n'iay ~b presiumed that arrangements 'lhaee
Ieenti'ada by-l which the exchange may he
effeteed. This will be a great cnnvenience <ton
the: codmmunity generall- for the operations of
tho iretail trade are now constantly hampered,
by the enormous anintint of wora coia.i qcirr
culation. -S N1 Herald i. .. Hi s 4
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