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prove the fact : however, as the vanity of the man may be 

 imagined from his own writing, I shall here insert an article of 

 his from one of our Journals so that, Let era scripta manet, as 

 proof of the facts. 



" Mr. Warrens of Trimingham, Norfolk, in a letter to the 

 Reporter, writes : 



" 1 must now entreat the reader's attention to the following 

 facts. 1st. That my earliest information on Flax was derived 

 from Captain Skinner, the former secretary of the Belfast 

 Society.* 2nd. That I engaged three of the same Belgians 

 who formed the first staff of instructors to the Irish. 3rd. 

 That with those men, I overcame difficulties such as were 

 never thrown in the path of Mr. M'Adam, and attained at my 

 own cost the very object which he, the secretary, supported 

 by the funds of an association, failed to accomplish. 4th. 

 That my establishment for handscutching was the receptacle 

 for the off-scouring of the workhouse, for the outcasts of the 

 prison, and for the nondescript, idle race, such as few were 

 willing to employ upon any terms. 5th. That most of these 

 became expert scutchers, and none departed to seek more 

 permanent employment without manifesting gratitude and 

 improvement, both in morals and conduct. 6th. That the 

 above remarks apply with equal force to girls and to women, 

 who, thus trained to labour, obtained situations as household 

 servants, and may be considered inndependent members of 

 society. Need I refer to children and youths now in my 

 scutching-room, contributing to the maintenance of their 

 parents ? While in Ireland they sit, as I understand, " scorch- 

 ing their knees before workhouse fires," the scutching mills all 

 the time performing their work. 



(( I question whether a single youth taught at the expense 



* About the year 1843. Warrens should have added " and from J. Hill 

 Dickson, of 29, Broad Street Buildings, London." 



