Many thanks Nivard, once again you have come up with a good answer. The piece you sent me certainly does fit and provides an interesting description of the practices at the old Workhouses, certainly shows a great deal of just plain cruelty by the ruling classes of the day. In my search for the Osborne family in Suffolk I also recvd some data about a member of the family transported to Tasmania after breaking and entering a house and stealing two things of minimum value, 2 pearl earings and a silver coin Result 10 years transportation. Shows very little concern for less fortunate people, and almost a vicious attitude. Anyway Thanks again Nivard, and I might also add that Mevagissey is one of my very favorite spots in Cornwall