Last week a girl came to Mr.H.terribly scarred and "slashed," and complained that her master had beaten her.

It appeared that this was the _seventh offence_, for neither of which she could obtain a hearing from the special magistrate in her district.

While Mr.H.was relating to me this fact, a girl came in with a little babe in her arms.

He called my attention to a large bruise near her eye.

He said her master knocked her down a few days since, and made that wound by kicking her.
Frequently when complaints of insolence are made, on investigation, it is found that the offence was the result of a quarrel commenced by the master, during which he either cuffed or kicked the offender.
The special magistrates also frequently resort to flogging.