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Ah moved this here frae Peter Prowler's Page - ah didnae realise ah wis trespassin oan private property! ;D
An Exposure From Personal Observation Of Female Prostitution
In London, Leeds, and Rochdale, And Especially In The
City Of Glasgow, With Remarks On The Cause, Extent, Results
And Remedy Of The Evil
By William Logan, City Missionary
Published at Glasgow 1843
In1841, 1 was appointed by the Directors of the City
Mission, to one of Ihe lowest districts in Glasgow — hav-
ing first, second, and third-class brothels to visit, and, in
addition to my stated labours, I have visited the Lock
Hospital, Female House of Refuge, and the Police Office,
weekly, for about twelve months, which has enabled me
to acquire a knowledge of the fearful system in this city ;
and I beg this to be particularly understood, that from all
I have witnessed or learned on the subject, I am more
and more convinced that the rules which regulate the ac-
cursed system in London are essentially the same in Leeds,
Manchester, Liverpool, and Dublin : the only difference
in Glasgow is, that the girls are more depraved and the
supporters less ashamed of their conduct or afraid of their
" good name."
There is one respect particularly in which the harlotry
of Glasgow is more debased and unnatural than in any
other place of which I have knowledge ; but so dis-
gusting, that even amid the plain speaking of this publi-
cation it cannot be described. In England, there is at least
an understood acknowledgment of the prohibition of
nature - in Glasgow there is none. Can the harlots be
more debased without their paramours sharing in the
deeper debasement ? What an abomination both parties !
Efter leavin us hingin in suspense as tae exactly whit this "abomination" is, Mr Logan goes on tae some case histories:
About nine months ago I met a girl, fifteen years of
age, who came from Lanark to the bughts for a situation,
and when she was there, a woman came up and engaged
her as a servant, and then conducted her to that old sink
of iniquity in Stirling-street, where she was kept for a
short time, and then turned, out. I met her in a third-
class house, and sent her home.
About three months since, an orphan, sixteen years of
age, came from the country to the bughts for a place. A
female, who pretended to be a servant, went up to her
and said, " I am leaving my place, and I think you might
get It, if you like. It is a very good place" but I have got
a better one." The simple girl followed her, and was
taken to Mrs.------ in King Street, who keeps a second-
class house, and that very night a villain was put into the
room where she was, and seduced her ! She is at present .
in a diseased state.
In the course of my weekly visits to the Lock Hospital,
I one day observed a good-looking young woman, about
seventeen years of age, who appeared from her dress to
belong to a first-dass brothel. As she appeared a simple-
looking person, I felt anxious to get her rescued, when
discharged from the hospitaL I called the day following,
and, in course of conversation, she told me her friends ad-
dress, and I wrote them. They returned an answer, stat-
ing that they had heard nothing of her for ten week and
appointed a day when they would come to Glasgow. The
following interview took place after she was rescued : — '
"How long is it since you left home ?"
" About ten weeks."
"When did you come to Glasgow?"
"Nine weeks since."
"Where did you remain that week before
you came to Glasgow ?"
" In ------- (about 20 miles from Glasgow)."
"How did you come to this city?"
" I was walking with the girl I left home with in ---------,
and she spoke to a lady who requested me to come to
Glasgow, and I would not require to work any, and when
I left the house her mistress would clothe me elegantly.''
"Did you come along with her?"
"No, but she took my adress, sent several letters asking me to come, and
then she sent money to pay the coach to Glasgow."
" Would you like the companions you met there to attend
you when you die ?"
"Oh, no !"
" Were you comfortable ?"
" No, I was not : I often thought about my sister,
and what my kind dying mother said to me."
She burst into tears.
" How long were you in Mrs.-------------
Stirling-street, after you told her that you were unwell,
before she sent you to the hospital ?"
"About two weeks, but I cannot speak to a day."
" Did she tell you to state to the Doctor that you had been ill two weeks ?"
" Oh, no ! I was charged to say a day or two only for fear of bringing a
bad name on the house." . . . . . .
. . . . . .." About how many "gentlemen" have you seen in course of
the day?" (here she wept bitterly,)
"I could not exactly say; but I have often seen five or six go away, and others come."
" Had you many visiters on Sabbath "
"Yes, generally more than any other day."
" Did they often remain all
night?"
" Yes, but they always went away early, before
it got light."
" Is there much drinking in the house?"
"Gentlemen sometimes send out for a bottle of wine, and
Mrs.---------- gives the girls a glass herself occasionally."
" Are you allowed to pick their pockets ?"
" No ; a girl took £2 from a gentleman, but the mistress put her away."
" How much money do you expect from visiters?"
" £l ; sometimes £2, and more than that."
" How much of that money does Mrs.-------------- get ?"
" She claims the half of it, and then charges us £1 weekly for board; but she gets it all in the first place, and after paying for the
loan of dresses, &c., we are generally in debt."
" Was it Mrs.------------ that met you in ------------ ?"
" No ; it was her housekeeper."
" How many girls are there generally in the house?"
"Four or five, besides Mrs.-----------, the
housekeeper (or procuress), and lady's maid."
"Does the housekeeper attend church?"
"Sometimes, in the afternoon and evening."
"Do the girls get out to walk ?"
" Not without some person with them : I was
never out until the servant took me up to the hospital."
I have seen procuresses going to church in this city, dressed so
modestly, that no person could imagine that they were looking out
for good-looking girls for the purpoee of decoying then.
Although I have singled out this and other houses in Stirling
Street that have existed as brothels for above twenty years I might
refer to houses towards the West end of the town, where deeds have been perpetrated which have never been surpassed in the annals of this vice. I shall only refer to one case :
— "A few months ago a sea captain visited Mrs.---------- , living not far from the Broomielaw Bridge. A regular visiter, not being aware that any person oocupied the room, went in, and his unexpected appearance produced, such horror upon the captain's mind, that be was seized with, convulsions, which terminated suddenly in death! This is not a solitary case in Glasgow, and not of unfrequent occurrence wherever the Holy One is thus defied.
An always thought aw thae bodies lyin aboot the City Centre wur jist drunks!
An Exposure From Personal Observation Of Female Prostitution
In London, Leeds, and Rochdale, And Especially In The
City Of Glasgow, With Remarks On The Cause, Extent, Results
And Remedy Of The Evil
By William Logan, City Missionary
Published at Glasgow 1843
In1841, 1 was appointed by the Directors of the City
Mission, to one of Ihe lowest districts in Glasgow — hav-
ing first, second, and third-class brothels to visit, and, in
addition to my stated labours, I have visited the Lock
Hospital, Female House of Refuge, and the Police Office,
weekly, for about twelve months, which has enabled me
to acquire a knowledge of the fearful system in this city ;
and I beg this to be particularly understood, that from all
I have witnessed or learned on the subject, I am more
and more convinced that the rules which regulate the ac-
cursed system in London are essentially the same in Leeds,
Manchester, Liverpool, and Dublin : the only difference
in Glasgow is, that the girls are more depraved and the
supporters less ashamed of their conduct or afraid of their
" good name."
There is one respect particularly in which the harlotry
of Glasgow is more debased and unnatural than in any
other place of which I have knowledge ; but so dis-
gusting, that even amid the plain speaking of this publi-
cation it cannot be described. In England, there is at least
an understood acknowledgment of the prohibition of
nature - in Glasgow there is none. Can the harlots be
more debased without their paramours sharing in the
deeper debasement ? What an abomination both parties !
Efter leavin us hingin in suspense as tae exactly whit this "abomination" is, Mr Logan goes on tae some case histories:
About nine months ago I met a girl, fifteen years of
age, who came from Lanark to the bughts for a situation,
and when she was there, a woman came up and engaged
her as a servant, and then conducted her to that old sink
of iniquity in Stirling-street, where she was kept for a
short time, and then turned, out. I met her in a third-
class house, and sent her home.
About three months since, an orphan, sixteen years of
age, came from the country to the bughts for a place. A
female, who pretended to be a servant, went up to her
and said, " I am leaving my place, and I think you might
get It, if you like. It is a very good place" but I have got
a better one." The simple girl followed her, and was
taken to Mrs.------ in King Street, who keeps a second-
class house, and that very night a villain was put into the
room where she was, and seduced her ! She is at present .
in a diseased state.
In the course of my weekly visits to the Lock Hospital,
I one day observed a good-looking young woman, about
seventeen years of age, who appeared from her dress to
belong to a first-dass brothel. As she appeared a simple-
looking person, I felt anxious to get her rescued, when
discharged from the hospitaL I called the day following,
and, in course of conversation, she told me her friends ad-
dress, and I wrote them. They returned an answer, stat-
ing that they had heard nothing of her for ten week and
appointed a day when they would come to Glasgow. The
following interview took place after she was rescued : — '
"How long is it since you left home ?"
" About ten weeks."
"When did you come to Glasgow?"
"Nine weeks since."
"Where did you remain that week before
you came to Glasgow ?"
" In ------- (about 20 miles from Glasgow)."
"How did you come to this city?"
" I was walking with the girl I left home with in ---------,
and she spoke to a lady who requested me to come to
Glasgow, and I would not require to work any, and when
I left the house her mistress would clothe me elegantly.''
"Did you come along with her?"
"No, but she took my adress, sent several letters asking me to come, and
then she sent money to pay the coach to Glasgow."
" Would you like the companions you met there to attend
you when you die ?"
"Oh, no !"
" Were you comfortable ?"
" No, I was not : I often thought about my sister,
and what my kind dying mother said to me."
She burst into tears.
" How long were you in Mrs.-------------
Stirling-street, after you told her that you were unwell,
before she sent you to the hospital ?"
"About two weeks, but I cannot speak to a day."
" Did she tell you to state to the Doctor that you had been ill two weeks ?"
" Oh, no ! I was charged to say a day or two only for fear of bringing a
bad name on the house." . . . . . .
. . . . . .." About how many "gentlemen" have you seen in course of
the day?" (here she wept bitterly,)
"I could not exactly say; but I have often seen five or six go away, and others come."
" Had you many visiters on Sabbath "
"Yes, generally more than any other day."
" Did they often remain all
night?"
" Yes, but they always went away early, before
it got light."
" Is there much drinking in the house?"
"Gentlemen sometimes send out for a bottle of wine, and
Mrs.---------- gives the girls a glass herself occasionally."
" Are you allowed to pick their pockets ?"
" No ; a girl took £2 from a gentleman, but the mistress put her away."
" How much money do you expect from visiters?"
" £l ; sometimes £2, and more than that."
" How much of that money does Mrs.-------------- get ?"
" She claims the half of it, and then charges us £1 weekly for board; but she gets it all in the first place, and after paying for the
loan of dresses, &c., we are generally in debt."
" Was it Mrs.------------ that met you in ------------ ?"
" No ; it was her housekeeper."
" How many girls are there generally in the house?"
"Four or five, besides Mrs.-----------, the
housekeeper (or procuress), and lady's maid."
"Does the housekeeper attend church?"
"Sometimes, in the afternoon and evening."
"Do the girls get out to walk ?"
" Not without some person with them : I was
never out until the servant took me up to the hospital."
I have seen procuresses going to church in this city, dressed so
modestly, that no person could imagine that they were looking out
for good-looking girls for the purpoee of decoying then.
Although I have singled out this and other houses in Stirling
Street that have existed as brothels for above twenty years I might
refer to houses towards the West end of the town, where deeds have been perpetrated which have never been surpassed in the annals of this vice. I shall only refer to one case :
— "A few months ago a sea captain visited Mrs.---------- , living not far from the Broomielaw Bridge. A regular visiter, not being aware that any person oocupied the room, went in, and his unexpected appearance produced, such horror upon the captain's mind, that be was seized with, convulsions, which terminated suddenly in death! This is not a solitary case in Glasgow, and not of unfrequent occurrence wherever the Holy One is thus defied.
An always thought aw thae bodies lyin aboot the City Centre wur jist drunks!