600 
the instruction given in those 
schools, has had an effect on the 
poor of that district ?—-No doubt 
of it, it leads them to better 
habits generally speaking. The 
poor who have had their children 
educated there, benefit very much 
by it themselves; even although 
they cannot read, it teaches them 
to be sober and frugal. 
In the year 1801-2, you were 
overseer of Spitalfields Parish ?— 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1815. 
I was; and that was a time of 
veny great distress. 
ou have for many years had 
an opportunity of observing the 
condition of the poor of Spital- 
fields?—I have, from the year 
1800; I have ever since that time 
taken a part in parish concerns ; 
lam treasurer of the parish, and 
that leads me to attend the parish 
meetings, and to be acquainted 
with the concerns of the parish. 
