From The Times, 25 Oct 1816, Posted with permission of the transcriber, Petra Michinson. Geo. The Carlisle paper of the 19th says, - "The number of children running begging from house to house, in this city and neighbourhood, is at this time very great. Some, no doubt, are in want, but the greater part are young impostors, instructed in all the cant and cunning of those grown older in the art. They go in parties, sometimes to the amount of six or seven, and pretend to be brothers and sisters; they are fitted out expressly for their expeditions, and from morning to night, to obtain alms, are in the constant practice of lying and dissimulation." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~