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.1 , ---....- - .•••••............. .................. ......or ...._ . , 461•11Wwilmilielm...- . ..-.411.•.. ,, ei5m...1•1.,..1• 1111 . 11 .........„. - _ -04.. . ..._.... _ Itl• Cent .4 • / c .: c owirervai ke& i 7 ( '''''': .. ,.._ .......4 4 4 . ).. i f l. .-- • OP ..< • : / • Air .., , . , • . . ....... ~ .... ~ . . . / 2 7 . --..... .. ci II ... el . . --.- ' % _J&:<., - ~,%-- i '-• • .. _ _ NumsEq 3880. LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, PItICR Id. THRATRR-ROYAL, DRURY-LANK. THIS F.VENING, TUESDAY. October 9, big Majesty's Semgels will perkno (19th thine) a aew Drassatie Piece, to three aces, called CFI{ALDI DUVAL, THE BANDIT OF BOHEMIA. _ _ EART INDIA DOCK HOUSE, Omutalt 5,1 . 321. THE couirr of DIRECTORS of r•he EAST INDIA DOCK COMPANY do hereby give Nol ice, Thet • GENERAL MEETING of the Propri►tors of the •aid Company will he held at click Huse,. i• St. Helen's pi.cv, Rivlsspegete-street. o• FRIDAY NEXT, the Itc h ineses% at Twelve oThek, for the pe•poote of ronsiderUir of e Dlllidfilii MI the Capital Stuck of the Company fur the Heltyear esidiug at Michaelmas lam. By Order of the Court, JOHN FARRAN, See. N.B.—The Chair will he lake• at One u*Cluek precisely. Geraldi Duval, Mr. Cooper ; Count Alienherg, Mr. Bar. hard ; Maurice. Mr. Meredith ; ii'itttkin, Mr Knight ; nits ; Mr. Randall ; Sieraolf, Mr. Smith. Ethelind, Couutees of Altenherg, Miss Smithson; Nita, Miss Cuban ; Nitanette, Mrs. Blared; Drams, Mrs. Egerton. After which TII F. CORONATION. The Procession eormineuem from Westminster Hall.— The Second Scene, the Interior of she Abbey.—The Third, and lati• idactury Scene, in which Mr. Knight will inirodute a new Comic Sony. eniitled." The Klieg and the Coronation, Euxland and she People."—The Foolish Scene, she Hall, in the coarse of which the Grand Ea' iire of the Champion. To conclude wish (9th time). new Farce, called MONSIEUR TONSON- The Principal Characters by Mears. Cooper, Barnard, Foote. Genie, W. H. Willies's, leer. dab, Violet Mrs. ICuight, Mus Sinishison, awl Mrs. Bland. The Doors to he opened at Six o'Clock, and the Per formances to bruin at Seven- HAMM 7a ; Second Price, 31. 34. ed.; Second Pries, ea.—Gallery, 25.; Second Price, ls.—Upper Gal lery. la.; Second Primed. An Thiirolay. Geruldi Duval—with The Coronation—and Monsieur Tomo,. A new Cousedy is in rthearsal. TI-IE NEXT or KIN ( i f on ) of RICHARD PASCOE, late belonging to the East India Merchaot Ship, Shrqtsis of Camden. &Tensed, by applaivi to Mr. Owen, No. 3, Bell-yara, Doc Commons, way hear of seaseibing to thew advartage. GRAND SPATE LOTTERY.—AII Sorr— %at Many!—.Three P'rizee of 30,0001. twarl Thiel/ MM ww hotterke • 11,7011 other Prim!..ltiet Two . Weak, to a Prize!--No Stork Priers!—Nu Classes'.—Every Titled drawer singly !—Firet drawl, Prize, 30th THIS MONTH (October), will reveler 30,000 t. ! 'rockets sod S'oto es are selling by T. BISH, 4, Coneltill c sod f. Cho. iop.rrtrae. who has Sohl more thou Half the 30.01101. Prise; that have ever been. ••• The Price of Stocks is affixed. hourly, Amine. PUSH'S Office, is Curohill, by which the Public may ace be llueituribrua. TIIKATRII•IWTA I, CM' NT GARDEN. TO -MORROW. WEDNEsDAY, Oct. IQ, esti be performed the Moeirel Dreamer THE ANTIQUARY. PRISON• DISCIPLINE. .I.motkso 0141butk, Mr.L.otsO;Coxes, Mr. Bionehrersl; THIRD REPORT . • OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIETY rot ' THE IMPROVEMENT OF PRISON DISCIPLINE, •WD FOR THE REFORMATION OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS. Level. Mr. Doman;; sir Arthur Wanton., Mr. Chapman ; Elie ()chaste. Mr. Erwery; Lord Glenallan, Mr. Cuomo; HCCII., SHOW, Mr. Abbott. 111i41. illlllWlNWardoor, Mow Nallastde; Mite Griselda thillneek, Mrs. Davenport; th of the Craigborstfuot, Mr.. Food,. After whirh the Grand Monodic Rnwaaee of BLUE HEARD; Or. FEMALE (Antioslyr.. Ahrintelique, Ur. E gerton; Ibrahim, Mr. Blassehard; Se. lira, Mr. Durn.et ; Abaertltar, Mr. Fawcett. Fatima, Miss Loire; Irene. Miss Mallande; Bede, Mrs. Liston. A Private Box may be had fur the :moon, or nightly, of Mr. firandiiii, at the Box•OlSce. Boxes, 7..; Second Price. 34.6.11.—Pit, 3s. Ad.; Second Price, 2s.—Gallery, 25.; Second Price, ls.—Upper Gal. let y, ; Second Prier, ail. Ti;. Dorris will be opened at Half past Six o'Cloek, and the Play Itegin at Seven. Places for the Boars to be lakes of Mr. Besados, at the Box other, Hal i•sirect, Item Tru lull Four. 0.. Friday, The Stranger : Mrs. Halter, by • leen [Ad,. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYNARICNT. THIS EVENING, TUESDAY, Octobrr 9, *ill be perfurmed (13th time) s sew Comedy, in thee their, cant ci MATCH-BREAKING: Or, THE PRINCE'S PRESENT. The Prior ipal Cbsrarsers by Mr. Osbert(, Mr. Tiny. Mrs. r. Mr. Dcreubp, Mr.Willisuss r ar. Towner, Mrs. QM. >, MIS. Pea/Cr, Nibril.. Corti. After which the Opr►a of THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO. Count Almavirn, Mr. Baker; Fiorellu, Mr. Leiesii Lee; pro, Mr. Decamp; Awtuuiu , Mr. Taylrtire; Clierobsoo, Chatierley. Cuesstesa Alara►iva, Alias Carew; Alia, B. Coin ; Barbarism. Mu. Garrick. Doors to Ice opened al Ball past Six o'Clock—lbe Play to brgia at firecu. Buser, Bs..—First Gallery, 2s.—Secood Gal in,. Ir. Planes for the Boxes to be lake. of Mr. Martsingltas, at Ito Theatre. B.ll.—l'rivate Boxes may be bad sightly, by applicatioa at the Box-wilier. To-narrow, Lovers Roy Macgregor—and Vettenr'■ Thursitsr, The Jealous Wife—hlaieh.asalliag—and High Life Biluw Stales. NATIONAL TESTIMONIAL. AT a "utberoue awl most respectable MEET ING of the AURSCRII3ERS to the FUND for ererline a LASTING TILSIIMONIAI to ronsmieuto.rate Nis MAJEsTrIi erscious VISIT to IRELAND, held this Jay, Sir ptenibre I, at the Royal Eartsaitice; The Riett Hue. the LORD MAYOR is the Chair: Resolved—That it would he at present premature to ester lulu any discussion as to shot the Testimonial may be, 11.1 that nostril, iu a area meaorre, be driertmard by the mamma of the Sub.rription, and that we rely or the loyal stud grahful Gil nog* of mu Countrymen for the speedy food:mt . urroels a Fund, as chat' he fully adequate either to erect a 'testable Palace, err, nt all events, 1.. complete a desire suitable to the important tveul, the riermiry of shirk it is intruded to per. r gosh. Resolved—That is order In facilitate and reprdite as much a. pmsible the collection of Salueripaions, a Cure nutter he appointed 1.. remind the Coolleroins, end invest the Man. y ilsohlie Seca's' ie., to runoist of sixty Nallotriaten slid G. utieuiru—that thusly MO of tlorwe be, the Mph She ri}!', or in h.. room ' nor Nohlesnas or Gristles'sr from each comity-oml five of them be the Chief Magistrate, or its his rooms, one Genghis's.' of rank and cusaideratioo from each of the cities of Cork, Waterford, Limerick, l.nsulooderry, wad Belfast, sad that the reosainiug twenty-three be stow anisioted. ilesolved—That the following Noblemen and Gentlemen be appeitated time rem visisog tweuta-tbree Members of the Conont•tger fur eusaductorsg the collection : Right Dow the Lord Mayor Throne Ellis. EN. M.P. Light Hots. the Lord Chan- fleitionsir Hall cellos Lyndon BUIS.* A 10.1,011,1) of Dahlia Richard Cane A clibisleip of 'room Thomas Croothwaile Num Rev. Murray Thomas Finlay Earl of lilrants Stephen Chrlosn " 4 i,Eml Newcomer , Alderman James Toe novo., William Illiimpbreys Goverunisof the Root John David Labourite Sir Rohe. t Slaw , Rao. NI P. Edward !Wore C. b. Hawthorne, Esq. Dash! O'Connell, Emrs. Resolved—That the Han. and Rey. John Pomeroy and Thomas M*Dirsoirll, E.q hr appointed joint Serrriarsea. That the Daalit of Ireland he appointed Treason's to the lend. That the Lord Mayor be requested to transmit to the High Sheriff of each County, and the Cli;4 14,glidrate• of the Cities of Cuilt, Watesfuid, !Amelia, Loinhunter.), and BrMust, topics our Ratiolathing, reepsepting th. at to lay .ht &slue !Afore their respective- Grand Juries, m . to take such oiler twins' as may seem best calculated to expedite the suliseriptions sod increase their arnotoiL Rrsolved—That tke Chairmen be tryorstril to *lit• to owl isidivi 14..1 residing in Euglatiel or elewltere, poiwirwisre letuil44l pet.fieity 111 Ireland. euck/aiul • cupy of tbe Ittrolo. twn.eitu r ttl this d.y, thrl lw may have MO appal/Welly of 114.e0Ilit it., list he Anita feel fur Ireland on skis glow woe ABRAHAM BRADLEY RING, Cluirman. (Continued from oar Paper of Friday last, There are, however, other causes which power fully contribute to encourage and perpetuate the viers of youth, and which admit of a specific and more immediate returdy : among the foremost of these incitemeists may be ranked the injurious ten dency of impri,so 00000 eon in the pols of the metro ' polis. It is well known, these prisons do slot admit of sufficient space for classing and employing the juvenile 'manners connisitttd to them, or of jectsog them to such • course of discipline, as experience has proved efficacious for the reforms. Umn of criminal youth. Crmorded as these gaols are to excess, they present a fearful assem blage of humus. depravity; Isere the youth who is committed on suspicion cull, or guilty of a first offence, is cootinerl with the convicted and the hardened. Surrounded by such temptation, few individuals, however virtuous, could escape con. tamination. Powerfully then must the pollution opmate soma stied 'steady &hawed. nod alive ill evil istspressiou. With deep concern the Commit tee have often wititersed the fatal 'fleets of such iniprirt iiiiii reit, sod its their visits to the prison., have watched the progrrs• of coriuption with "sundial solicitude. Those who have me their admission ex hibited propriety of feeling and decency of insuners, have soon stylised the bold and sullen demeanour of the hardened delinquent; and cases have oc curred within the knowledge of the Committee, of lads whom there was every reason to believe its parent, and who have been acquitted as such, whose ultimate ruin may ouequivocably be traced to their imprisonment. From the invest gations of the Committee, there can be little doubt that there are upwards of 8,000 boys in the metropolis, who subsist in a material degree by depredations on the public, and this number must be rapidly and daily increasing. A great proportion of these boys are Fussing constantly through the Immo', are ripening into the st atrocious offenders, and on their release are indus triou•ly engaged in spreading the knowledge and practice of crime. Whether so large a postioss of the. rising georration should he suffered to be tsaito erl up its habits sit tuition,* to themselves and in jurious to the peace of society, is a question of sitsl importance to the public welfaies If. indeed, the juvenile depredator be regarded as a miserable outcast, who 1545 nu elsorus ou the interests or compassion of society; if the commis sho of his offence he a transgression which no cerctionstatices tau extremist..., or penitence atone; if his reforinalion be ru object unworthy of exertion, or impracticable to effect ; then little need be ttrgetl organist the species of punishment by which he is no* injured. hint if, at Ilse Committee firmly be lieve, both duty and sound polity require that every effort should be made to reclaim the vicious; if the ultimate end of all 1111111411 PCll.llt V be the prevess tioin of critite, sod the reformation' of the offender be is practicable as it is humour awl lust, u can• toot he dented thst she system of prison discipline to which he is now subji.cted is etroi 1111111 S 111 principle, and radically had. Is vitiates rather than deters, ✓od harden. reviser than refooms. The many latve trot distress to plead on their behaff that they have friends earnestly desirous to assistiltens, and that, notwidwiamling, they persist in their fatal cou , ses, casuist be denied ; yet, even ill these cave ., the hams of the delinquent miry he traced, if not to the wilful misguidance, to the ism prualeot imlulgente sisal carries, example of pa rents. The hu)s composing this dais, however, futon but a onal I proputtwu of the juvenile delredutors iu the inettopoli.; the grent majirriiy of whom have net au opportuoily of amending their live., and are, strictly 0p...1:n0g, withotit one earthly friend, The Couttnittee have too desire to txtlie undue sytupathy for any violator of the lore, hest there are eases in which counissurien for the ritfesider is out incoosistent with abhorrence for his c.ime; and if iu stay caste that feeling might he hirlidgeri. it i• surely when the object is a child, the offpring of iginiiiincr, depravity, and begiret, and the victim of circuinstainei over which he eueski have had no euutrol. For one thus destitute,. who cm re. press the feelings of compa•siori ? It is, indeed, impossible to trace the histories, sod investigate the situatiou, of massy sof these wretched children,' . _ without commiseration. Number's are slurs d in. depravity —tutored in Mae. At an tiny age they are turned into .th* rustie r and date ri it return to their . f4tholll a certain k the fruits of mendicity or theft. Others ore parent less : they sleep ut night in the 'streets and market places, and are, from time to time, in prison for petty offences Their habitat are, by some, as cribed to lunge propensities. and they wee marked out as objects of the severeot reprelseuvion; but trained up as many of them ore to vicirras courses, who can expect diem tO set otherwise? Will any one rent are to say, that hid ha lii en circumstanced as many of these childreu are, he would not tease fallen before surrounding tvroptatititte. Let the..-, who are most prone to censure, cuntiont the ad veutages which have intended their owls childhood, with the condition of the josend e depredator, who is alike 16 !ranger to doe**, sod the charities of life, whose earliest itnirreserai s have never been . chastened by relogrous culture. stud whir never ex perienced the resintitit and teuderness of parental authority and love. In attendesig us the several prisons in the metro polis, the Committee hove met with many case, of boys who were quite hiendless, and who, on their discharge from confitiensent, literally knew not where to lay their heads. The Committee have been desiious of assisting tho se w h o were di spose d to abandon a life of vice—and in eider to afford relief in much eases, they were induced soon after the commencement of their exertions to establish, at the cost of the Society, a temporary refuge far such necesoitour objects; the beneficial effects of which institution have been stated in a former Re. port. During the inlet year, this asylum has been further iostrumental in affording materiel assistance to a considerable uumber of buys, rind other., who were discharged destitute from prison. But for this seasonable arsirostice, the Reedier part of these lads moat have again resorted to criminal practices for support. Oil admission into the temporary refuge, they have been instructed its moral and reli gious duty, subjected to habits of order and in thistly, and after a time disposed of with a reasons prospect of becoming useful members of so _ . There is so much similarity in the cases of the most destitute classes of these chikhen, that to relate them would he tedious. The subjects of the follow nor, narrative um somewhat above the ordinary description of juvenile depredetors, end are striking instances of the benefit resulting front the Tempo rary Refuge.. • I.—G. G. • native of Scotland, by trade a bakes, came to Loud°m at the age of 16 years, in order le procure employ.. neut. He succeeded in tobtaieing a sitteatioe, is which he re mained foe two years and a half, conducting himself as as ia dustriors, honest, mod religious plea, mate. At this period he was seized with a severe fever, sodobliged to quit his Whaster's booms. The INtie mosey whiebkokationsod was expoodad, sod by his aloes, he lost his sheaths. Day atter day eras spoil is a fruit less search fur work, whilst be was convert ism his apparel into the moues of procuring accessary food. Wheel his last article of clothing hail berm disposed of, and he was latterly destitus • this young man remorse lo dialmisest prac tices. He was apprehended, sad committed to prisms • where he attracted the alkalies o f • mem b er o f th e Goas: miller. In this coedition, he was recent/availed to the comudevatiou of the Society, and by diem was plaited is the Temporary Refuge. His desire to medial himself with propriety, was proved by the esifornt tumor of his coo. duct. Is a few moieties, he regained fell possession of his health and strength, which bad suffered much during his distress lied conlioesseet. After baring reinanied soma time in the Temporary itefoge, he was provided with detest clothing, aid with the seemoary outfit for • long voyage, a al...mine having been obtained for him o• beard as E ast ludiamais, in the capacity of shies baker. He is now Ole his voyage; aud• from the cwovietion ou his 'Hied of the sinfulness of his past emoted, soil the earnest desire be appears to feet to adhere to the paths of virtue, there is every reasonable hope that his future life will be spent in habits of Gooiest industry. 4.—A. B. was brought up, until the age of 16 years, see. vaut to a farmer ; he thew mitered into the service of a gentle. mate, by whom he was, is • short lime, recommended to • very respectable family, in the vicinity of Loit4oe. For the spate of nine months he roodoeted himself to the entire satisfsctioa of his mashy. Abort that time be eofortemately became acquainted with some bad characters, and sues after lost his place. He cuutioNed his connexion with them until the whole of Isis money and rivaling was twisted. He thee commenced dishouest practices, and was apprehended on • charge of felony. He was convicted, and widowed to three monks imprisonment, is the House of Ceerrectiuo, Cold. bath Fields. Upon his discharge from coollisenseet, be re. turned to his evil associates, was again convicted of felony, and was further sentruced to ale mouths imprisonment.— Daring his secutid euriaetarat be was etiesprilled to labour upon oar of Mr. Cubitt's twills: t►e effect was strikeiso, fur at his dkeharge be was anxious to submit to say hardship rather than return to it. 1161 . 344. became known to the Conessittee, soil be was ad omitted into the Temporary Reface, where his behaviour gave the greatest satisfactiwt. A situation wise obtained fur him, in which be has coodurted himself with so much pro priety, that his employer has already advanced him tu a bet ter employment slow that in which he was aaArst engaged. 4.—W. J. was born at ars ; his hither was for many years in the naval service. At the age of 14 years be was apprest tieed to a trade. lie fell into the company of had charac ters, sad joined them in animittiak depredations. His ease was mode known to the Committee; he was received into the Temporary Refuge, and having rrma ned a cuissiderable time RI that aryl , was appreutited to the Captain of a merchautmssa. His conduct uu board has beets most enema plary, and ratirely to the sasisfact of his employers.— He lately presented himself to theCommiltee, sad return ing !batiks fur the kind as4iatance which Ist had received, said aisle touch rmulivu , "This House has saved use trams ruin." b.—C. B. 16 years of age: his parents are both dead. Ile worked several years at a cotton factory in Cheshire. Hay. ing found hie way (shunt three years since) to London, be was employed iu the brielt.6elds in summer, and in the winter iu several dust yards. Being in company with arm Wye, he was apprehended with them for rubbing • till in a shop, and was mummified to the New Prison, Clerkerwell, where lie was eunliised a week. His conduct during his re. sidenee in the Refuge arm moat exemplary, and he Las been apprcuticed for screa years to a reaprclable bone at Honduras. A rem distres►ed females nn their discharge front prison have also been relieved. Anionic these weir, &—A. D. a Dative of Shropshire, came to Landes at the age of 14 years, and was placed in the care of lore uncle, with whom atm heed a year and • half, sad by whams she oss recommended to the service of a very respectable family, in which she russtinued three )ears. She them awned herself as srrvaut is another family, mists whims she lived two years. She left this Ilitortion, in the bop* of getting a better; but is this she nes disappointed. Having beta a consider- . ,_ - 'Me tithe out of einployeeeilt, and bowie( expeuelill the weans of sulisietesee she pledged • shawl, the Peoliwrilr or, theliereon with sebum; she !edged. She egmoshisi Om the sense at the Old Bailey, aid gas matelot-ell Itit gig assiothe iiisprisonesewt in the House of Greedier, Css‘Hosta fiehat. Her ease became kttowa to the Committee, kg !boas she was placed in the Temporary Reilly., and every hope Is euteetaiteed of her beiwg reinstated in • respectsblit • hut' of life. It duel not appear, from inquiries which have been mrde, that 'this young isoniiim liad made'any greet prowess.' in crime, or that she bad hero ever tionisected with wicked or licentious company.— The shove offence appears to have been her first deviation from the path of integrity. In her case, then. the importance of visiting prisons is seen in a striking point of new. If she had been no der the necessity of quitting her confinement with out the benefit of immediate protection and sup ports lepich she. removed from this soctetg a • mike macs, su ell probability, have returned to, and• ended her days in, the commis-ioii of ciime. The success of the efforts to reform the youthful:l offender in this establishment, has excerded the!. Committee's meet sa. tome expectation, and at.' forded sufficient proof that there are few, antis among the most &linseed, whom kindness will not soften, and judicious discipline subdue. Yet *but has been done in the Temporary Refuge, amidst many disadvantages, may he effrcted with great. r facility in u prison, where the authority of the law can be exercised to enforce personal detention and the observance of the rubs. The Committee are the more hippy to allude to the success of this esiublisheaent in reclaiming the youthful character, Its much difficulty is stated to be felt in m surging juvenile offenders in ordinary prisons. Hot hots, in fret, require u species of discipline distiiict from that of men ; and as the gaols of the metiopolts, from their crowded state and imperfect constiuc tion, do not admit, without couriderahle .Ilse - tions, of such arrangements as are necessary to re claim these delitiqueuts, it becomes of great itu litortance, that it a petiod when crime is making such rapid progress among the rising generation. • prison should be built solely for the confinement of such offenden. It is not the wish of the Com mittee that one of three boys should escape cur rectioo ; on the contrary, they would inflict a punishment far more merle and terrible than that which he now experiences ; imi.risoumrut in the gaols of the metropolis bring at parent regarded, by the majority of theca, with comparative audit . - ference. The Committee have long been persuaded of the urgent expediency of a prison for boys—a ineasuie which has received the recommendation of the Prison Committee of the House of Lords, and which will, it is trained. be carried into execution at no distant period by his Majebty'sGove.rsisnerit. Before the Clmsswittee quit thatpeet of the sobw ject they would beg to add, that kw reuses have it more powerful tendency to corrupt the lower classes of youth in the metropolis, thou the fairs which are annually held iu Loudon and its vicinity. They form, indeed, a rendezvous for the worst description of the population ; here—thievea and prostituns, the idle and disorderly, assemble fur the avowed purpose of mischief and depredation. Crowds of boys resort to these scenes of profligacy, suit the Committee have ascertained dust many who have come under their notice, have commenced at these places u criminal carerr. Before the continuance of these fairs should be tolerated. it ought to be clearly 'hewn that they are compensated by souse public advantage : but, irs point of fact. dues society derive from them a single benefit ? The Comisikee are aware, that to aim at the suppression of these ssss a, would he to excite no small degree of popular clamour. On their behalf is sometimes surged the cruelty of de- Kirin. , the lower classes of th e me ans o f recrea tion. de priving the poor partake of reef) , enjoymegit that is consistent with their own permanent happi ness, and not detrimental to the politer itaterepte ; but it sitoold be esseisterrd that piteestee was sot the origami& object or three hater mart reels if it were, mime fla Mrs& sa the poor weeld wish them ta iodolige is amusements so injurious, and which are so dearly purchased—often by weeks. and sometimes years, of misery sod repeutooce ? Within the distance of ten miles round London, thir►y-one fairs are annually held, which continue eighty days within the spate of seven mouths ; Ike greater part of them are established by express charter, or by immemorial usage. They form a considerable source of property ; but the Legi.hs ture, by whom alone these furs could be abolish ed, would make pecuniary compensation for arty ftes that might be sustained; a course which is always pursued whets private interleave are required to be Sacrificed to the public good. Other fairs have sin charter, and are hut of recent origin. To abolish them would require no parliamentary enact ment, and their suppression might, and atsuredly ought to be immediately effected by the neigh.- bouring Magistracy. If there be one of these assemblages more perni cious than another, it is that which is annually held iu the centre of the metropolis. Here the evils in tendant on fairs in general seem to be accumulated, and nearly every species of wickedness abound:. l'lte fair in Smithfield, from its situabon, is pecu liarly attractive to youth. It is well. known that during the period of its celebration, moil boys are committed to the City House of Correction. Im pelled by thoughtlessness, it frequently happens that the school-boy or ►ervant-lad joins the assen►- biage with no criniiu l intent, mud sob. ly urged by a desire for bombs% plrairsie. Ile finds himself surrounded by every tempi:llion that can invite the profligate, and seduce the unwary. His means of purchasing amusement are soon exhausted ; he min gles with the juvenile delinquent, end in an unguard ed moment yields to his sugges•iona, and joins him in the commission of some petty depredation. He is apprehended and committed to gaol, where his ac quaintance with those who have seduced him be- COOK'S confirmed, and every hour of his imprison ment accelerates the ruin of his character. lie is now file pith as winch histotireirta hav e re ceded hint, whO have go at from the fair to the pri. ts, from the prison to further sets of comicality. until their cartels has been terminated by banish. mewl or death. The offence with which lie is charged nrey stood seknooledgod t but is it um 6' some degree occasioned by ineitenooits which 111'4' t have been removed, and to which he ought ..4it therefore to have been eitreied ? Are his Mist steps in crime attributable to his imprudeme &flys as si does he alone awe it reprehension ? If he Who pre vents the temptation be implieuted in its room (turners. no small spare of tespotaibiiity sal thole who can attests% year after year, lilt it jouthia effects of thill disgraceful assemblage, without k tug a single effort towards its entire •biolition. Although the Committee consoler the ditisisioit of iefiaritintimi iu this country to be their primary object, thorium' muffed themselves of every op port thoty of circolatistee their pubheat our, and other works on ;mom discipline, its foreign cowories. In their hue Report the Committee atameuticed she formation of a Prisms Discipline Society in littssi :and that this Society owed its eataOlistimetit to the Indefatigoble exertions of a valuable member of Committee. Mr. Wetter Venn Those wh.. hive prsus.d the former Reports of this Sociesy will sympathise with the Committee in their feelings of deep regret. when they learn the death of ilia gentleman. Assiduously t tk.otged in visiting one of tile prisms. in St. Petessburgh, Mr. Ve 000000 ig coil teaseled a fever, dish teldtiiiiited his existence wt the 10th Jaiiiiiiry last. Soon after the formatioa of the Society Mr. Vett- Wog joined the Committee, and aviv essentially raiiiiitmod, by his exertions, to the socceve of their labours. He was 11111Ailigible in visiting hie gaols of the metropolis, and cyrr earliest in lot endeavours to restore the et Mho bait tsprvi4ll ) , the youthful offender, to the paths of ruliglim and virtue. During his late residence in Russia, a period of ieatly four years, his time has been ov _ iseasitigly devoted to the ameliniation of the gaols iii that titiotry. He presented to the E.r., erur Alexander a memorial, forcibly 'miming out the great nazi I advautsges that result flout the jai.. Domenico of prison dtsciyl tie . aml the wisdom mot practicability of rendering puniehinent the instiu- Meta of reformation. The justice of these viers was ockhooledged, a n d to c arry them into flee:, an Association was formed at St. Petersburg's, under the Imperial is:auction. Th. Association has beau productive of extesisive good, by introducing im provements in the construction of places of eds.fiite anelit, and regulation. calculisted so preserve tl e health. and promote the moral and religious lisle rests of the chrome'. It is needless to add, that to these philanthropic labours Mr. Vecting rah firmly shared : and lung, very long, will the wreteii.. ad mad the redly confined in the prisons of the Russian empire, have remota to revere his name, said bless ha memory. The Committee linv:ng thus briefly adverted to the public services of their deceased throat, might heir close; but they cannot forbear to indulge, h r one motorist, in the remembrance of those Christians virtues, sod that unaffected meekness, which distil)~ gtsfsliett his life, and adorned his character. Ili prose , cutiug his public labours, his conduct was marked by undeviating firmness. No prospect of personal danger, or consideratious of domestic ease, could in. dace him to relax in his noble efforts. He sacrificed health, interest, comfort, and society, to eticousiter vice, misery, &aim., awl even death. Like llowsro, he was devotee' to the task of assuaging the unseio,.. and promoting the improvement, of his fellow crea ture., and like him fell • victim to hisexertions. Yet, though sternly resolute in the pursuit of duty, Ins heart was formed of wilderness, mid ever alive to its softest appeals. The niost wretched shared tits sympathy, isor did lie spare soy reel tion to reclaim the vicious, and befriend the foisekeo. His I.le was throughout regulated by th it religion, the f • s of which are piety to God, and broevolehe., to Mali. The Committee trust that they skill Le excused this short digression. iu presenting a faint tribute to the I ttttt mired mensinv of their departed fiiend. cut off in the vigour of as., and iu the midst of useful tses end while they would humbly confide in the :..psudness of Divine Providence. to raise up instru ments to supply the loss mess:word by droll', they would deeply impress on their own minds the neces sity of increased exertion in the service of humanity. end the importance 'of labouring diligently in the curiae while it is day. seriue that " the night cuateth wherein no man can work." It is gratifying to obrerve, that tt , e patriotic zeal in which the St. Petersburgh society origmatee, cootitima to animate its suporter.. The arva•al prisons in the Russian dominions are in a train u 1 jewel:ligation, and important improvements in thrli management are drily introduced. An auxiliary Prison Society ha. bran loomed at Cronstrdt, under the Imperial patronage, and from the eminent clia.. racier• who are perounally engaged in its maiiti.o-- meta, much benefit is likely to result frutu to %L..- blishment. ... In Sweden and Norway, the 1.111/Ise of pri•oo .ri•- ciplitre is likely to prosper. A respectate:e so intelligent physician, Dr. Doha, of been fur some hone past eiigaged U. the Continent, aiiil in this country, tinder the aus pices of the Swedish and Norwegian Goverinuems, fur the purpose of collecting iiifornistioni Midi% - to .the management of prisotis and hos/pilots.— During his stay ill this country, the Committee, 4: their weekly meetings, were frequently favoureii with the company of this Gentleman : and from the great attention which hr paid to the objects of his suimion, and the correct views which hr etitel - tinned en the subject of prison discipline. there is every reason to hope that his country will derive important Genefits from his re.earches. The Committee have lately received accounts of the proceedings of the Royal Society of Fraller fur the amelioration of Prisons. - Cosaissitters ha% e been funned for the purpose of drawing up instruc tions to the Magistrates of that kingdom, and herr- ..erA