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WENINI i some ring's tly re ers, at ts. Ia x) was y this found 1 • • • w ife of wife of w ife of no. sea r t,endesto h, eh& pool, to Toon. 01 CatholiC m Stott, 11, elder ' Houses is, WIT: Thom ;titer OL Lre , , St. N o . s 4, , 0 ( the surreys 'ar, Esq" bare, at Burge"' aught° .eb, Pli be, Esq" „ Sar a ' a Oake° lie" ruro, 5 CBP" ▪ rd.P.• r by▪ W 8 in, c°°/- , a cal' iZab etil „ ; or L 56 1/ ins Woo, b dangb- 5' 31311 lict Lenba rn ' ase-side, :to n -gill' , eacbe' id f 0... ..........° WNG, 7,e, - N°. ceunq THEEAST INDIA HOUSE, August 1558. COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That a ',_CIAL GENERAL COURT of the said COMPAN l will be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on MOND NY, Aug. 10, 185 at I ,i.h._lltelin the forenoon, for the purpose of submitting for the con e ' n Lion of the Proprietors the Resolution passed by the General ourt This Day ; approving an unanimous Resolution of the Court of Directors of the 11th i n s tant; gran ting an Annuity of .2.. 4 ,400 to Sir John Laird Muir Lawrence, Bart., G.C.B. J. 4 D. DICKINSON, Secretary. TnEEAST INDIA HOUSE, August 27, 1858 . COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST to be the spr e rA COMPANY DO , HEREBY said GIVE NOTICE, appointed the 9,othe.d at their House in Leadenhall-street, on MONDAY nex , sp t ,,, instant, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, IS MADE FURTHER opi ' e t i tAL, for the purpose of laying before the Proprietors the de rat l: or counsel upon certain points submitted for their const- Cotirt 11 by the Committee of Proprietors appointed by the General on the 11th instant. J. D. DICKINSON, Secretary. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. d as ,„:INDSOIt and back for 9.5. Cd., from Paddington.—Week dap,, fib 8.45 and 10.30 a.m., returning at '.35 and 8.5 p.m. On Sun atck2°,ll Paddingtonreturning at 7 P.m.—Taplow and c.i7._11 Sundays, for 2s. 6d., from Paddington at 9 a.m., returning roturait He and back for t is., from Paddington, at 9 a.m., , ug at 8.55 p -----_____ an. . NV -V 4YN I OUTH and . CHANNEL ISLANDS t ° GUti 'r„ z•M-PACKET COMPANY (Limited).—DAY PASSAGES TITF ADA .i. ,LY and JERSEY.—The CYGNUS or AQUILA. every in ' u tb II IIIURSDAY, and SATURDAY, at 8 a.m., from Wey bAry ~ arbour. . and every MOND iY, WEDNESDAY, and FRE -46 3 0 ~ mid p aw ,: a.m., from Jersey (calling at Guernsey), with Goods Fates,s.S from Paddington, first class, 315., second class, 51s. Stop,"ard' Weymouth, „ 18s., , I 120 . s fees' W u est: 4 h booking from all th e principal stations of the Groat ra ailw ay ' AaY 20,R . 1858 —...._ JOSEPH MSIINDEBS, Manager and Sec. and MRS. GERMAN REED'S NEW ENTERTAINMENT. POSITIVELY THE LIST NIGHT OF THE SEASON. Tins DA Great SUCCCS3 of the new Characters and Songs. ki o; -.. (ATURDAY), AUGUST 28, (LAST TIME) at 3.- 41 Omer, Beale at th,:',". 19 -, 25., and Is. Stalls secured, without extra charge, cr am - .03'al Gallery of Illustration, 14, Regent-street, and at . and Co.'s 201, Regent-street. The Gallery to be be n-- 4111 Ing Mr. and Mrs. Reed's Provincial Tour. Application to , by letter only, to Mr. L H. Elkin ------ ADELAIDE GALLERY CASINO, Lowther V EN tr i cade, Strand.—The above ROOMS will RE-OPEN THIS RG (Satuiday, August 28). The celebrated band of the 11.0, 04 Gonis 'will play, by particular Conductor,desi from II Lilikyri n e - Traviata, and Rigoletto. Mons. A. Ch “.• Principal cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt. Leader, Mr. ar es t la ls, 11' Doors open at half-past 8, commence at 9. Adam _ KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 8 , TICHBOURNE-STBEET (Opposite the Haymarket). Ito Tub Open daily (tor Gentlemen only). uES by Dr. SEXTON at Four and Eight o'clock, on im• wdtt and i n t e resting topics in connection with ANATOJIY m 'EIIOLOGY, and PATHOLOGY (vide Programmes). Admission ONE SHILLING. 14„ D- -• 'KAHN'S NINE LECTURES ON THE PHILOSOPHY OP elpt of tw tee4RIAGE, elve stamps. Fze.. sent post free, direct from the Author, on the R.__________________ OYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL.-- ti Xvts,,pirector, Mr. R. DUFFELL.—Open, wet or dry, EVER . Y e nt ,,'AG, from Monday till Friday, at 7 o'clock (the entertain toet,,;:i_eotainencing at half-past 7). On Saturdays at . 3,.f0r pro ellud",7 (the entertainments commencing at 6). Admission, is. ; fz eos 'ea, 6. Open on Sundays for promenade, at 5. Re ut,elent ticket, Ed. Vocal and instrumental concerts by trailed corps; musical director, Mr. Phillips; conductor of the borserites. krtY band , Mr. Dean, nearly 100 performers ; vocal conductor, lu yan ns,!ell Grover, assisted by Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. P. Corri, Master fave, .` - ' ol ' l l, Mr. Chas. Sloman, Mr. Elijah Taylor, and other popular The Cirque Imperial, exhibiting unrivalled feats of On Rat: On tranZ a , n ghiP—two clowns. Illuminations and fireworks upon the ban cin ‘' scale, surpassing every other exhibition in the metropolis. the leviathan platform at 9, and after the tire-works. Dole 4 r daY afternoon the bands will perform at intervals. A. may ztapn mee and other performances will be given on the ballet chn and country and other dances on the leviathan platform, by .14no's troupe. --___ ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL. ths_ irector, Mr. R. Duffell.—REAT AMEB,ICAN BARE BACK "a. M r. JAMES ROBINSON, G EVERY EVENING. ALRAMBRA. PALACE, Leicester-square. The best Ventilated and Coolest Building in Europe.—Lessees, Messrs.daps will Howes and Cushing.—CßUlSEß, the greatest novelty of the the Will APPEAR MORNING and EVENING, in connection with W Celebrated CIRCUS TROUPE of Mr.W. F. ALLETT, whose fame eZ u ,olv become an established fact. The Proprietors of the above th e i,; 4llo lent, with every desire to cater for the amusement of Gai, Patrons, have entered into an arrangement with the Xx u ,'ATEST HORSE TAMER of the DAY, Mr J. S. RAREY, for the kt at r ITION of the Celebrated Horse CRUISER, in his subdued (t en ~ , h owing the power o' man over the brute creation . The won ,inbjectio which this hitherto savage animal has be . en da 't ut bY Mr. Earey has become the wonder of the world. Mid ..ntertainment at half-past 2 ; Evening at 8 o'clock. Pr ivate 6 be d le ; Stalls, 55.; reserved seats, Is.• boxes, es.; pit, ls.; gallery, „, bz - billee open from 10 a.m. until ' 5 p.m. No foes for bo9k . places f 8 • umldren under 9 years of age, half-price. SALE OF PROVISIONS, &c. AT DEPTFORD. I I THEAdmiralty, Somerset-place, 26th Aug. 1 558 . COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING I tix the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the 'UNITED GIV I° .„, If of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HEREBY at 4 ,40TICE, that on WEDNESDAY, the 15th September next, o'Clock in the Forenoon, the Captain Superintendent Ileyo. v „ruP to Sale in her Majesty's Victualling, Yard atEeptford, bioi;' Lois of ARMY, VICTUALLING, TRANSPORT, and ME STORES, consisting of Ground Coffee, Salt Beef and Pork, woks' FM, Biscuit and Biscuit Siftings, Raisins, Cooperage storis, "tzen's Clothing, Bedding, &c., &c., &c., all lying in the said Yar d . t_flsnons wishing to view the Lots must apply to the Superin - T 1 t for Notes of Admission for that purpose. untalogues and conditions of sale may be had here and at the hrd. SALE OF HER MAJESTY'S VESSELS BATHURST IND FLAMER. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, Somerset-place, 27th August, 7 258. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING Itn, l ,,,the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of th• UNITED GINT;" °I 1 of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HEREBY NOTICE, that on THURSDAY , the 14th September next, at clock, they will be rea ,, y to receive Sealed TENDERS for the ;is` °' clock of her Majesty's undermentianed Coast-Guard Vessels, Tons burthen. Where lying. 13 T . 1:1 1 31/ RST about...., - 240 Gravesend. 1, 3 tErt, about.. , tre. ? tender will be received after two o'clock on the day of agentnOr will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an R I,. for him (duly au thorised in writing), to make a deposit o f Per cent. on the amount of the tender. r al ferY tender must be addressed to the secretary of the imresrend bear in the left-hand corner the words .. Tender for d the p "e of H.M. Tessels," and must be delivered at Somerset-place. Co n ; . "'"' wishing to view the vessels must apply to the Inspecting Catalogues of the Coast Guard, at Gravesend. e at Viogues and Cowl itions of Sale may be had here or on appli- Gr av 4 to the Inspecting Commander of the Coast Guard, at esend. THE EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY, in have expectaon of their next Telegram bringing favourable news, acineed their quotations for Black or Green Teas to 2s. per lb., In Gl bags—the lowest price on record.—Warehouses, 9, Great St. e n's - churchyard, Bishopsgate-street. GEORGE HOBSON begs to call the attention of Gentlemen to his New Autumnal Trousers, 218. to 255. 411 0 his New Partridge Mixture Shooting Coats. Elcellence with Economy. GEORGE HOBSON, 57, Lombard-street. Established 1796. bEAFNESS, NOISES in the HEAD.—Dr. ,„,_ WATTEILS , 32, Spring - gar dens, Charin g -cross, London, "Itantees to Cure Deafness in one examination, by a safe and rainless treatment unknown in t his country. One thousand cures ltl , be referred to. 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The gentlemen cadets of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, yesterday went threugh a series of mortar prac tice, firing 21 rounds of 8, 10, and 13-inch shells, which were fired with much accuracy. The Admiralty yacht Banshee left Woolwich yesterday morning for the purpose of joitiino: the Royal squadroa about to escort her Majesty scruss the Channel. Lieut.-Colonel Eardley s eper:ntendent of the Royal gun factories, Woolwich, has been granted a tempo rary leave of absence. The duties of the.depart merit wit' he conducted for the present by the captain instructor of artil lery, Captain Ilaultain. The Melpomene, 51, screw, was taken into dock at Porta'. mouth yesterday, to be fitted and brought forward for sea service. The Dauntless, 31, screw frigate, and the Sidon, 22, paddle steam-frigate, have had their defects remedied, and have been taken out of the steam basin at Portsmouth, and laid up in ordinary. The Vulcan, iron screw steam troopship, is to be taken into dock at Portsmouth to-day for repairs. The Bacchante, 51, screw frigate, being built in Ports mouth dockyard, is to be ready for launching about the end of the year. The Russian squadron at Spithead are making good their repairs and filling up with coal. N 0.4 dock in Portsmouth dockyard is about to be length. cued 40 feet. The Industry, 2, Iran steam storeship, Master !Hodges, sailed from Portsmouth yesterday for the westward. The Dee, paddlewheel steam stereship, Master Com mander Thomas C. Pullen, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from the eastward with boilers and machinery, and gunboat in company. Lieutenant Henry Fairfax has been appointed to her Ma jesty's ship Diadem. the other way. Were the Royal Albert to meet the Bre tagne in a sea-way, both ships full of coals, the Royal Albert would have the advantage, as she carries her lower deck ports nearly a foot higher than the Bretagne. This is a great point. Mr. Lindsay gives the dimensions of the basins, dockyards, &c., all much larger than ours ; and he observes that the French may whirl down 100,000 men to Cherbourg, but unless they command the Channel, and have a different class of ships, they cannot come to England. As far as commanding the Channel goes, Mr. Lindsay is quite right; but as to his opinion of their ships, be is quite wrong. The French build, and indeed always did build, as fine ships as ours ; and some of the best ships we had last war were taken from the French, or copied from them. And Mr. Lindsay never saw a finer two-decked ship than the one launched the other day at Cherbourg. Mr. Lindsay then comes to the point. He observes :—" France never built those arsenals unless they inttnded building ships to put into them, and we cannot shut our eyes to the great fact we have seen, that there is one thing in which we are defi cient." He says :—" We have abundance of seamen, we are a maritime people, but in the hour of emergency we have had a difficulty in obtaining seamen to man our ships ; but lam happy to tell you this evening—for I think it is the only difficulty we have now to contend with—that the ' Government are now zealously devoting themselves to the luxuries ; that they are rather medicines than comforts; that such children's ideas of enjoyment are much better realised io the closenese, dirt, and disorderly freedom of the common lodging-house; and were the dietaries better than they are, and the buildings finer, few boys would stay to enjoy them at the price of digging, trenching, brickutaking, and stock keeping, in all weathers, at all seasons, with the Scripture regulation in full force—if a man will not work, neither should he eat. Wherever the labour test is steadily carried out, and restrictive discipline as to dirt, disorder, quarrel liege and had language regularly enforced, all fear that the reformatoty will be seductive to thecluldren themselves may be safely thrown asiee. With respect to its attractions to the parents, I shall have occasion to speak presently. But I am fully confident that the instances in which the boy or girl thinks the reformatory school a place of privilege, or wishes to remain in it for the physical comforts or advantages it affords, are very rare. The frequent endeavours to desert from the schools and return to the haunts and habits of their previous life, which give the superintendents of reformatories so much anxiety and trouble, are of themselves sufficient proofs of this. The reformatory acts have operated very beneficially on the internal discipline and management of the schools certi fied under them—placing the children under legal detention and restraint, investing the managers and superintendents of the schools with clear and definite powers of custody and control, and making reformatory agency a recognised part of the social system, and those engaged in it directly and distinctly responsible to public opinion and subject to inquiry. They have already done away with much of the looseness, and irregularity, and insubordination, that used to be met with. A manly, straightforward, and strengthen ing tone pervades the discipline, far more useful and just to the young offender himself than the sentimentality and pet ting and indulgence that might formerly be often complained of; much more order and obedience are found in the school, and much more activity and exertion in the field and workshop than was the case a year or two ago. The superintendents have more experience in their dnties, and are more equal to them, and inspire more confidence in those those who employ them and overlook their proceed ings. Their management is more systematic, and mere kind ness superseded by intelligent and gentle firmness. It must be acknowledged, however, that there is still room for im provement, and reason to wish for it, in several institutions. The supply of really efficient masters and mistresses is still inadequate, and some have still to be retained who are but ill-suited to a work which, to be well done, requires so large a combination of religious earnestness, sound judgment, kindly temper, and steady perseverance in its agents. Some serious drawbacks exist also in the construction and arrangement of the reformatories themselves, especially of those first opened. With such a class as they contain corpo ral punishments are not very effective or advisable. They may be advantageously resorted to occasionally for such faults as indecency, lying, and impudence ; but, as a general rule, the boy s has been too familiar with blows and rough usage at home to make him care muck for the cane or the strap in the school, and his passionate and violent impulses are much better dealt with by a few days' solitary confine ment on bread and water. Hence two or three cells, placed so as to be secluded andinaccessible to the boy's companions, and at the same time directly under the master's supervi sion, and in easy communication with him, are essential in a reformatory. It is again of great impertence that the mas ter's apartments should be so placed as to enable him to have a ready and easy oversight of the boys in the school room and yard by day, and in their sleeping rooms by night. The kitchen and store-room also and the cells for correction should be shut off from the common entrance and passage used by the boys. The neglect of simple things such as these has caused many efficient masters to be greatly hin dered or harassed, the boys being often able to elude their vigilance or defy their authority. Another obstacle to the success of a reformatory will always be an insufficient staff. Where the master is over tasked as to the amount and variety of the work imposed upon him, he cannot adequately discharge his duty. No one man, however willing or earnest, can be always doing or attempting to do everything. To expect the same officer to manage and teach and look after the employment of thirty or forty boys from morning till night, without relief, exercising general vigilance, and yet attending to each par ticular exigency as it arises; instructing in the school-room, looking after the meals, inspecting the clothing and bedding, keeping the books and registers, directing and sharing in the out-door labour—is to impose a burden of toil and re sponsibility that no man can successfully bear, for at least any length of time. An adequate staff, dividing the moral and the industrial training, and the domestic and external management fairly between the officers employed, is a fun damental requisite. Considering the amount which the Treasury now allows for the care and maintenance of the children in these schools, I think that the Government, acting as the trustees for the due application of the grant, have a right to require that suitable superintendents, and an adequate number of them, be employed. I have pressed this on the attention of the managers of those reformatories which have appeared to me to be defective on this point, and in most cases I have had the satisfaction of finding my views entered into and acted on as far as circumstances would allow. I feel bound, indeed, to say that all the suggestions which I have thought it my duty to make, as to the better organisation and ma nagement of the schools under my inspection, have been met with readiness by their founders and directors. The spirit of kindly unostentatious earnestness with which these gen tlemen are actuated seems to give every reason for antici pating a continuous and successful progress to the great social work they have undertaken. The educational state of the reformatories is at present more directly under the control of the Committee of Council for Education. I shall confine myself to saying that in the majority of them mental training is comparatively little attended to. Managers generally look upon labour and industrial exertion as more powerful reformatory instruments than school instruction. These are no doubt the great es;en tials, yet we have no right to neglect the other; and I hope that in time all children under detention %ill be taught to read, to write, and to cypher correctly , and will be instructed in so much of economic science as may make them under stand the duties and relations of the labourer and mechanic to his employers, and the true conditions of their own wel fare and success in industrial life. The religious instruction given in Protestant reformatories is usually superior to the secular and general teaching. The teachers in most cases believe the Bible as well as teach from it. They are mostly earnest, and in many cases intelli gent, Christians, with much seriousness of character and considerable individnal' k experience ; able to be the interpre ters of scripture, and to interest the minds and feelings of their scholars in it; not merely lecturing on its geography or history, but opening its practical meaning, and leading them to realise for themselves its intimate relations with their. own daily habits and pursuits. Where such is the case, the result is easily seen in the brighter aspect, the more refined and respectful manner, the more steady and earnest conduct of the children. I have already alluded to the industrial training. There can be no doubt that in most reformatories this is both real and satisfactory. I cannot he'p hoping that the example given in reformatory schools may ere long produce an effect on our workhouse and common schools. It seems a just cruse for regret that the advantages of the practical train ing by which boys and girls are led and used to working habits, and so brought up to " eat their own bread" and " work with their own hands the thing that is good," should be confined to that class which, by personal miscon duct, or by parental or social neglect, has become amenable to the penalties of crime. Out-door labour is found more effectual as a reformatory instrument than sedentary and in door occupations, and I think that, on the whole, it is found quite as remunerative. With reference to the profits of school farms and workshops, no considerable returns have as yet been realised, nor, so far as my experience enables me to judge, are likely to be. The cost of superintend ence and instruction must always bear heavily on the profits of the children's labour. By the time that are well instruct d and have become practically useful, they are, in most cases, old enough, or have been de tained in the school l on g enough, to make it advisable to discharge them and place them out in the world ; and while very frequently a considerable return might be realised from a few for whom profitable employment would naturally pre sent itself, this is reduced and almost neutralised when num bers have to be dealt with, by the necessity of finding and inventing occupation, and, in fact, employing the majority in practically useless and unremunerative woak. The ex penditure and industrial profits and net cost per head of those reformatories which have been long enough in opera tion to make their results practically available will be found appended to this report. The returns and financial state ments which have been furnished to me for 1857 vary, how ever, so much as to the form they are drawn up in, and the items they embrace, that they can scat cely be made the basis of any accurate conclusions. This is especially the case with regard to the accounts of profit and loss on the industrial departments. Estimates of the value of work done, or even of produce consumed, are apt to be very loose, and the item of "stock in hand" is one that particularly requires an impartial vigilance. I hope that I shall be suc cessful in the end, in inducing all reformatory mana gers to adopt one uniform system in keeping and stating their accounts, ;to make them up in all cases to the same date, to exclude all rough estimates of value, to charge ac curately all supplies of vegetables, timber, labour, &c., which the schools may have from the farm or estate they are situated on, and not to be satisfied with anything but a re gularly balanced account, showing the ordinary expenses for maintenance, superintendence, repairs, clothing, Sec., distinct from the extraordinary items of building or outfit on discharge. The auditor of the Redhill farm school (Mr. Moxote) has placed the book-keeping and accounts of that institution on a very clear and satisfactory basis. They afford, I think, a model that might well be generally fol lowed; and I add, therefore, the annual statements of re ceipt and expenditure of both the school and the farm at Redhill for 1857 to this report. At present it is very difficult to pronounce wit h any accu racy what ought to be the average cost per bead in refo o r tories, and what really is the industrial profit or los w s o f frnt no farmin or trades carried on there. As :yet I instance in which a reformatory has made of f tne P areasury being self-supporting, independent, that s often even of allowance, or large voluntary subscri y Itkpnol,oacb to o h n e e ut s m hi o ll s i t n t g h p at er b r b e o a t l h i st ag e e p t r h o e fi r of child detained in the school, after 31 hoots , waseebPketeillpnedtrt bee expenses a c t o h o f materials and instructors, or, manure, extra labour, Sm. 'raireformatories are occa lfe Pa :c of rent, seed, heave enough o to employ all as to take in washing, and to h self-supporting. sionally more productive; where Gr that is, they are so situated ehllaammearwareretutrhaast a in p s p t e it a u r t t io o n b s e a r r e e al t i o se b d e , f t o h t e m ir d ol i d n er w i h n i m oh at m es o . But I think that in such cases it will also be found-Ist, and which are sometimes spoken of as nearly .s That the employment of the inmates supplied from some particular s ource, or carrie d on under some exceptional and special c i r cumstances, from which no general inference can be d ra wn ; and 2 n d, That the inmates are mostly above 16 years of age, are not detained under any legal restraint or compulsion, and are subject to a far more lax and indulgent discipline than would suit a certified reformt I hope, roy. h ow ever, that the c ost of reformatory institutions will be gradually lessened, both by their greater industrial produc tiveness and by more economical management. I think there is reason to expect that as the reformatory system be comes more familiar and more practically understood, the schools in which it is carried on will be less expensive. The mere feeding and clothing of the child is not the most costly part of his detention, Most reformatories defray these ex penses for less than four shillings a week. It is in the con• scant superintendence and moral discipline that so much ad ditional cost is incurred. A single act of desertion may entail at once half the expense of the child's board for a year, in the charges for apprehension and recovery. A rough, undis ciplined spirit among the children will entail in waste, disorder, damage, attempts to abscond, Sec., as much as would maintain three or four additional inmates. Hence it is that so much depends on the moral condition of the school, and therefore on the influence and efficiency of the master or mistress in charge of it. As teachers and superintendents rise in the scale of experience and ability, and as the schools become more and more settled, and a wholesome tone is more and more developed in them, the extra sources of ex pense may be expected to decrease, and their total cost, therefore, to be gradually diminished. But, on the other hand, the expedses attendant on the disposal of inmates on their discharge will become greater as the number entitled to their discharge increases ; and the managers of reformatories will find themselves calle I on to provide considerable funds to defray these, if they wish to make the work they have done permanent and complete. There is no doubt that a large proportion of juvenile crime is the result rather of the offenders' circumstances than their dispositions. Their relations, their homes, their early made asso ciations, the haunts and connections they have been familiar with, produce the greater part of the depravity and vice which the reformatory has to cure or eradicate ; and if, after two or three years' better training, the child, still young and impressible, is put back among the same people and under the same corrupting influences which produced its perversion at the first, it can scarcely be expected to escape from depravation again ; and though it may not appear iu the list of our juvenile convicts it will swell the ranks of the adult class, and all we shall have done by reformatory in terference will have been to postpone or interrupt the pro cess of its moral ruin and social mischief for a time. Nothing can meet this difficulty but foresight and exertion on the part of the managers and supporters of the reformatories themselves. Many of the children under their care, espe cially in agricultural districts, may be advantageously placed with the farmers or other employers of the neighbourhood ; sometimes the relatives andconnexions are of a more respect able character, and can safely undertake the care of them ; but often, and particularly as regards young offenders from large towns, permanent separation from their old haunts and companions until the age of manhood is indispensable, and in such cases emigration offers the best method of provision. The managers of the. Redhill School have for many years acted sn this principle, and with great success, and I am glad to report that the committees of several other schools are adopting the same system. Emigration, however, involves heavy charges, and however economically carriedon, must considerably swell the expenditure of the reformatory which resorts to it. The reformatory acts make no provision for the costs of this or any other method of disposal. As, how ever, no epeccial limits are assigned to the amounts that may be contributed from the rates for' care and maintenance," there seems no reason why these should not be made liberal enough to enable the managers of the schools to defray some portion of the costs of ultimate provision from them. Enlist ment in the army and engagement in the navy or the mer chant service, afford excellent means of providing effectually for boys when fitted by age and constitution for these lines of life. Many lads have been enlisted from reformatory schools during the year, many have also gone to sea. The reformatory school ship " Akbar," at Liverpool, shows in its remarkable efficiency and success how well adapted the training and discipline of a well-ordered ship are for lads of a more resolute and adventurous disposition. I hope that before long a similar establishment will be completed for the south of England. The expediency and social value of the reformatory school system are essentially enhanced by the operation of that most just and wholesome provision of the Reformatory Acts, under which the parents of delinquent children are liable to contribute to their maintenance in the schools in which they are detained. I was instructed by Sir George Grey on my appointment to make this a special object of attention, and the results of the few months during which the law has been put systematically in force afford considerable ground for expecting some pecuniary advantage, but still greater moral benefit from its action. The amount of inquiry and corre spondence, and the necessity for continued vigilance and pressure upon the parties contributing, make this branch of my duties both laborious and difficult, and some time must still elapse before the principle of parental responsibility can be said to have been generally and effectually enforced. As it is, during the year 1857, authorities for proceeding were applied for by me from the Secretary of State in 395 cases, and the amount of contributions obtained under these was— For the quarter ending June 30 September 30 83 5 6 December 30 question." I am glad to hear it ; but, I regret to add, that the com mission has done nothing except examine half a dozen witnesses, and then adjourned till November. —I remain, sir, your obedient servant, Merehistoun, August 23, 1858. CHARLES NAPIER. REFORMATORY SCHOOLS. FIRST REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR. TO THE RIGHT HON. S. H. WALPOLE, M.P., SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT. Office of Inspector of Reformatories, 15, Parliament-street, June 30. Sir have the honour to report u p o n the c ondition and operations , of the reformatory schools under my inspection in Great Britain during the year 1857. The schools cansist of two classes ; those certified under the 17 and 18 Vict. c. 86, and those sanctioned under the 17 and 18 Vict. c. 74. The first of these two classes will form the chief subject of my report, as being by far the most numerous, and as being also more directly under the supervision of the Home-office, in virtue of the allowance made by the Treasury for the care and maintenance of the young offenders detained in them. The schools sanctioned under the 17 and 18 Yid. c. 74 (Dunlop's Act) are wholly in Scotlan, and are for the most part only more organ ised Ragged o d r Industrial Feed ing Schools. They come more naturally under the inspec tion of the Committee of Council. The present being my first report, and, indeed, the first collective or specific report that has been made upon the subject of the certified reformatories, I propose to make some general remarks upon their state and progress before giving any description of them, or criticism on them, indi vidually. I have myself been so recently appointed to inspect them, and the most of them have been so lately opened, and are still in many points so imperfectly orga nised, that I feel it would be s j carcelyust to report minutely on their arrangements, or expenses, or results. Their further development and my own further experience will enable me, I trust, to present next year a more detailed and accurate view of their internal working, and their economical and industrial condition. 1. ENGLISH CERTIFIED REFORMATORIES. The number of these on the 31st Dec., 1857, was 40-10 having been certified and opened in the course of the year 1857, 17 in the course of 1856, 10 in 1855, and seven in 1854. Saltley, near Birmingham, established the first reforma tory that applied for a certificate under the act, being cer tified in August,lBs4. Mr. Barwick Baker's school at Hard wicke, ne ar Gloucester, and the Kingswood school, near Bristol, were next opened in October. The Newcastle refor matory began in November. Miss Carpente r December ; . Joseph Sturge opening hisfarm school at Stoke t near Brims grove, and the committee of the Birmingham girls' reforma tory establishing their institution (now removed to Smear wick) in Camden-street, Birmingham, in the same month. In 1855, reformatories were certified as follows :—ln April, for Devon and Exeter; in May, for Cumberland and for Lei cestershire; in July, for Norfolk; in Sept., for Berks ; in Nov., for Hants; in Dec., for. Cheshire and for the West Riding of Yorkshire. The home in the east, and the Catho lic reformatory at Brook-green, H a mmersmith, both in Middlesex, were also certified in the autumn of this year. In 1856, certificates were granted to the Akbar school ship at Liverpool, and to the Northamptonshire boys' refor matory, in January; to the Toxteth-park girls' school at Liverpool, and the Suffolk boys' reformatory, in March ; to the Sunderland Industrial School, in April ; to the Castle Howard Reformatory (Yorkshire, N.R.), in May; to the School of Discipline for girls at Chelsea (London), the Wor cestershire Reformatory for boys; and the -Allesley farm school for girls (near Coventry), in June; to the Philan thropic farm school at Red-hill, in September ;to the West Riding Refuge for Girls at Wakefield, in October; to the Warwickshire Reformatory, in November ; to the Essex and the Wiltshire Reformatories, in December. Catholic Reformatories were also opened In the course of this year at St. Bernard's Abbey, Loughborough, and at Market Weighton, Yorkshire, E.R., for boys; and at Arno's court, near Bristol, for girls. The following are the reformatories certified in 1857 : Dorsetshire, in January; Bedfordshire, in April; Norfolk, (Catton) ; Liverpool, girls (Mount Vernon-green), and the North-Eastern at Netherton (near Morpeth), in June ; Beauchamp Lodge, Hammersmith, Catholic girls, in July; the North Lancashire, in Sept. ; the Manchester and Sal ford, in Oct.; the Hertfordshire , in Nov.; the Leeds and the Rescue Society's Home for Girls, at Hampstead, in Dec. It will be seen by the dates in this summary that the refor matory school movement has gone on in a course of gradual but steady development; its promoters advancing with care and caution in their work, as they obtained greater experi ence, and were encouraged to proceed by the success of pre vious efforts. Ido not think that any movement has been characterised by a greater mixture of earnestness of purpose on the one hand, and practical good sense and discretion on the other. The number of inmates of the certified reformatories on Dec. 31, 1856, has been returned to me as — Boys, Protestant, 838; Catholic, ....210 Girls, ~ 83 ; ), 41 Total — 1,172 The [Omissions for the year were — Boys, Protestant, 778 ; Catholic, ....216 Girls ~ 100; , ••• 59 Total — 1,153 The discharges for the year— _ Boys, Protestant, 418 ; Catholic, 15 Girls, 3 23 ; „ Total — 459 Making the number of inmates on the 31st Dec., 1857 Boys, Protestant, 1,198; Catholic, 411 Girls, 160; ~ 97 Total - 1,866 In general, the operation of the certified reformatories is strictly local. Being mostly founded by the efforts of indi viduals or associations in particular counties or boroughs, they usually confine their admissions to the young offenders of the district or town they pre connected with; and only receive children from other localities in the way of exchange or mutual assistance, when it is desirable to prevent the aggregation of too many from one neighbourhood in the same school. Some counties and boroughs have made ar rangements with reformatories in neighbouring er ether dis tricts to receive their juvenile offenders, contributing to wards the rent and staff expenses of the school, either by voluntary subscription or by aid from the county rate (under the provisions of the Act 20 and 21 Vict. c. 55). Thus, Ox fordshire subscribes to the Berks reformatory ; Sussex, Kent, Somerset, and Surrey to the Redhill farm school ; Derbyshire to Kingswood; Staffordshire is Saltley, &c. Some few counties are still without either reformatory school or association. They are but few, however, and even its these there arc signs ormovement, which indicate that ere long their magistracy will also recognise the principle that the helpless and neglected boy ought to be dealt with differently from the responsible man, and that the child is as much and as justly an object of reformatory education as the adult is of punishment. As a rule should evidently advantageous that each county or borough deal with its own criminals. More efforts will be enlisted in the support of the school, more responsi bility felt as to its management, more interest awakened in its moral surcess, more facilities given for the disposal of the children when discharged, if the school be the centre of a certain circle, and has a direct co locannexion with the magis trates and employers of a distinct lity. in the other , the case cf large cities, the aggre- On gation of a number handof young criminals from the same neigh bourhood in one schoo u l at ts most injuriously—renewing old e depraved tone and the vi sous associations , keeping p feelings and habits which it is the object of reformatory treatment to suppress, and impeding most seriou;ly the growth of better impulses and motives. lam quite satisfied experience that, in reference to such large from my past ex of population as are collected in London, Liverpool, masses manchester , sce., it is far w iser t o make such arrang ements with the managers of various distant reformatories as wil l secure the dispersion of a large proportion of the young offenders to be dealt with, than to attempt to deal with them when concentrated in one large local institution. The condition of the ce their discfirtified reormatories as to their in ternal arrangements, pline, and the industrial employment of their inmates, is generally good. Considerable differences exist in the extent and character of the buildings, and the qualifications of the superinten dents. But though in some the school-rooms and dormi tories are of higher pitch and larger area (so as to afford more space and secure better ventilation), and the masters' apartments more comfortable, and the masters themselves of a better standieg as to manners and intelligence, the general characteristics of them all are simplicity, plainness, and practical utility. A single roosn; about 35 feet long and 18 broad, with walls of plain brick whitened over with lime, floor with tiles or concrete, and warmed by a common stove or open fireplace, serves for school-room, meal room, and, in wet weather, for work and play room. The dormitories are generally unplastered and ceiled roughly under the rafters of the roof. The yard for exercise and recreation in the play hours is open and unpaved. An out-building or shed is fitted with a bath and a trough for washing. No hot air or hot water pipes are found even in the cells of correc tion; very few have even the convenience of gas. The chil dren are usually at their work (the boys in the fields, the (*iris in the school-rootn) by six o'clock. They work about eight hours, and are in school for mental instruction about three hours per day. The field work and o ther labour, though not always carried on as methodically and skil fully as I could wish, is usually real, and eutails a full amoun t of hard practical exertion ou the boys engaged in it, and to town-bred lads peculiarly, a considerable degree of self-denial and endurance. Many boys have said to me, " I would rather be in prison than there; I should have more to eat and less to do." 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And if this is done with care and economy, REV KLENTA ARABICA FOOD, which saves fifty times I do not see there would be occasion to very much increase its cost in other remedies in illness, and is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it is the only food which the estimates. But even if it costs money it must be done. never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor interferes with a Anything is better than commissioning ships one day and agoodndli restoresberal diet, th e f but acu i l m t y p imparts s digestion, ge s healthy tion , a r e n l d i s h n e for r, 0 1 u u n s e at h d a n m d useul a dinner r paying them off the next —foolishly spending money with energy to the most enfeebled. out efficiency, and disgusting both officers and men. We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of grati tude from invalids :—Cure No. 71, o f d y s p epsia, from the Right Hon. I have as yet said nothing of the French fleet we found the Lord Stuart de Decies—" I have derived considerable benefit, under the breakwater. But as I cannot entirely Barry'sf 3 T o o u m rs D el o vesand l a y g i r n e g e with Mr. Lindsay I must say something on that tßebe v a i publicen t a t A o r e a t c t a h o F ri o s o e d, th a e nd pu c t o i n ic s a id ti e o r n it of du t t es to e lines. Stuart de Decies."—Cure No. 49,332. " Fifty years.' inde subject. scribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, con stipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomit- Mr. Lindsay says that the number of ships be saw at ing, have been removed by Du Bar r y' s excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Cherbourg were not to be compared to what he saw at the Wortham Ling, near Dias. Norfolk." Cure No. 47,121. Miss Eliza beth Jacobs, of Nosing Vicarage , W altham Cross, Harts, a cure of reviewflee fleet a wast r S e p v l i t e b ‘ e v a e d d ; at bu s t pi M tb r e . a L d in it d w sa asmme Lindsay i forgets ch. that when the extreme nervousness, indigestion, gathering s, low s p irits, and ner vous fancies.—Cure No. 48 , 314 . Miss E lizabeth Yeoman, G, immediately after the OMM near Liverpool: a cure of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors Russian war, and not a ship had been paid off. The French fleet he saw at Cherbourg, nine sail of the line, w a s of nervous irritahility. Cure No. 18,216 . Dr. Andrew lire, of con stipation, dyspepsia, nervous irritability. Cure No. 34,210. Dr. Sherland, of dropsy and debility. Cure No. 36,212. Captain Allan, the squadron of evolution, the Toulon squadron ; the Brest of epileptic fits. Cure No. 4 2 , 116 . Major E die, of enlargement of sq uadron did not even come to Cherbourg. Mr. Lindsay the liver and total prostration of strength. Cu re No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms, and daily vomitings, Cure No. left at Spithead five sail of the line, just fitted out, and 26,418. Dr. Harvey, of diarrhoea and debility. Cure No. 39,628. Dr anchored any how ; and he found at Cherbourg nine sail of w nrtzer, of consumption. Cure N 0.32,830. Wm. Hunt. Esq. barrister of paralysis. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, wood merchant the line, that have been in commission upwards of two Frimley, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood years, moored in a beautiful bow and quarter - line, no t a liver derangement, partial deafness. Cure No. 58,816. Mrs;Hoize, aged 107 years, of dyspepsia (indigestion) debility, irritability, and ship above a few fathoms out of her station. I cannot say nervousness, which had tormented her for 70 years. Cure No. 46,814. Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea.the ships, as a whole , s tr uck me as bein g ver y inferior to Cure No. 52,612. The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, of many our owu ; I thought they were very fine ships, and looked years' nervous irritability, bile, and indigestion. Curt No. 54,812. had years' nabandonedervousn nervousness, hopesconstipation,great o f m recovery. isen ~audCwu indigestion, r h e ic No. na Miss Virginia Zeguers, cured of consumption, after medical advisers very ranch like men-of-war ; five of them were built for y n e, t c y fo - r fl uo v rd e and debility, scre',vs, and four were sailing ships transformed into screws. which I have sufferedT)',ree of the ships we left at Spithead were also sailing ships remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. B. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London." Na. transformed into screws. The Renown and Orion were 4,903. " Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, built for screws, and very fine ships they are, and two of spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health-restoring No. 34,836. " alsia , ,e Food. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. ..l elm • There was no manceuvring, and we were not on board of W. Flavell, Riddlington Rectory, Norfolk." and therefore could not judge either the French ships very much resemble them. • , excessive nervousness, with pains in my aaelc and left ears and any left arm, and general debility, which rendered but the flag -ship, their discipline or crews. I went with Mr. Lindsay lve life of very miserable, has been radically removed by Du 5fl 7 's on hoard the Br eta g ne, and I agree with him she is a health restoring Food. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of s ' Skibbereen." Cure N o. 3,906. " Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, magn ificent ship. Tigre was no preparation for us; qui t e and general debility have been removed by Du BP.rry's excellent the contrary, the men were a t their ba g s, dressin g to receive Revalenta Ambles Food, James Porter, Athol-s treet, Perth:' Impo r t a nt Caution again st the fearful dangers of spurious imita- the Queen, but everything s eemed in the hi g hest order, and Lions : the ship was beautifully fitted. Indeed, all French ships The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood granted an injun c tion on the 10th March, 185 4, against Alfred Hooper Neville, f,r are; they are all alike, and everything in its place. imitating "Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food." Whether the men were sailors or not I cannot say, but Suitably packed for all climates. and with all instruetions. In be strong, healthy men. Mr. canisters, llb 2e 9d ; 21b 4s 6d ; 12.1 b 295. Super refined quality they appeared to me to lib Gs; 21b lls; filb Vs; 101 b 335. The 101 b and 121 b canisters are. Lindsay compares the Royal Albert with the Bretagne, foiSprarded carriage free, on receipt of Post-oflice order, Du Barry ; and if both were manned with Frenchmen, the he says, and Co., 77, Regent-street, London; Fortfium, Mason, and Co., pur- veyors to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly; James Well, 48, Sloane- ' Us Royal Albert would sink the Bretagne ; but be don't tell . street; also at 60, Gracechurch-street ; 330, 430, and 451, Strand; why. The Bretagne is a much larger ship, and mounts 94, Clicapside ; and 60, Bishopsgate-street 03, 150, and 198, Oz., ford-street, ,; more gnus, and has more men; therefore it ought to be quite " THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.- 1 It is only a short time since this singularly efficacious article of animal diet first made its appearance ; and already its celebrity is world•wide. It has been a subject of wonder, and has puzzled many a brain to explain how this has been brought about. Yet when we are acquainted with a few facts concerning the food, our wonder willcease. A few days since, a gentleman wrote, stating that he had a horse which was a " perfect bag of bones." He tried all kinds of things to get the animal into condition, but in vain. He then bought some of Thorley's food; and he says the effect was wonderful. The horse rapidly grew fat, mid in the course of a few weeks had gained no less than 12 stones. Again we find at the late agricultural show at Birmingham, Cardiff, &c., the animals which ca rried off the highest prizes had been partly fed with Thorley's food for cattle. Such facts speak for themselves, and we are forced to the conclusion that its celebrity arises solely from its own in w to t o t p a o p a p t ly t r 77, N ewga te-street, in trinsic merits, and the g reat demand for it can proceed alone from the good opinion and testimony of those who have tried it. All par ti es interestedLoinndou horsesfor a an p d a e m a p t t h l e l e w t yell CHERBOURG AND 511? C. PIA PIER TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. has been asked what did we see at Cherbourg ? I will tell you. On approaching the land a magnificent breakwater appeared rising from the sea, defended by four strong batteries, mounting many heavy guns, and so insu lated that is the event of the breakwater being boarded they could not be taken by escalade. On the starboard hand going in is the fort of Querque vile, between it and Fort Hornet, with its four tiers of guns; on every projecting point are earthen. works, close to the water's edge (the most dangerous of all for ships), mounting many heavy guns. From Fort Hornet to the Place d'Arnas there is a continuation of batteries (some not finished), along the sea front to the line wall which surrounds the town. Inside of these fortifications lies the dockyard (about double the size of Portsmouth), baying three basins, capable of containing sixty sail of the line, thirty of which can lay alongside the jetties. There are, I think, ten building slips and six docks fit to receive the largest sized ships. Round the basins, at convenient dis tances, are large storehouses and workshops of every de scription, built with stone excavated from the basins. On one of these slips was a 90-gun ship, the City of Nantes, ready for launching. It was intended to let the water in with a great rush and fill the basin at once, to accontplish which a mound of sand was constructed at some distance from the gates of the outer basin, that was to be gradually filled by sluices, and the pressure was supposed to be sufficient to carry away the mound and let the water in like a torrent. In the event of the pressure not being sufficient the mound was mined, ready to spring at the appointed time; unfoitunately for the grand display, when the sluices were opened some part of the mound gave way, and it gradually crumbled down, and the grand spectacle failed; but the basin was filled in time, and the ship was launched amidst loud cheers of " Vive Napoleon," and "Vive l'lmperatrice." To the eastward of the Place d'Arnaes is the Merchants' Harbour, where lay 20 gunboats. This harbour is approached between two long piers nearly dry at low water; at high ! water vessels enter the basin, which is capable of containing a considerable number of merchant vessels. The Mercantile Harbour is entirely separate from the public establishments. - - At a considerable distance to the eastward of the harbour is a very strong fortification, mounting many heavy guns ; further on, and opposite the fort on the east end of the breakwater is another very strong fortification of three tiers of guns, resembling Fort Hornet, All these works are commanded, or will be commanded, by a chain of redoubts on the surrounding hills, in the centre of which stands the Citadel La Roule, which has a magnificent view of the harbour and surrounding country. We bad not time to count the guns, nor pet:haps would it have been prudent; but, judging from the great extent of fortifications, and the ground they covered, there could not have been less than 2,000, and, from the loud reports, they must have been of very heavy calibre. So many guns, and so many different forts at considerable distances from each other, would require a large army to defend, and a still larger army and fleet to attack ; and the probability is, Cherbourg would not be seriously attacked with a view to its capture, but it might be so tormented that a fleet could not lie there with impunity. France may be asked, What is all this for ? and she would no doubt reply, We have no Isle of Wight for the protec tion of our roads, and the Emperor has made one. We have no Portsmouth harbour, and he has made three basins, and is about to make a fourth, which he has a right to do--it is no business of ours ; but it is our business to take care of ourselves, and that can only be dune by a strong and power ful fleet. _ _ Let us now examine in what way Cherbourg will affec t our safety. In former wars France collected her Channel fleet in Brest, anal off that port we spent many an anxious day and night. Plymouth breakwater did not then exist, and when bard pressed we only bad Torbay to run for, and the moment the wind came to the eastward we were off to our old station. This gave us great experience, made good sailors and smart officers, but it wore out both men and ships, and did not keep the enemy in port, fur they sailed when they pleased. In another war, if France means mischief abroad, she will keep her fleets in the western ports ready to put to sea; if she means mischief at home, she will collect her forces at Cherbourg, and we will watch her from Alderney, Portland, and St. Helen's, and save wear and tear ; so far we shall be better off. If she means invasion, sbe must collect her steamers to carry troops, and these steamers must be covered by a fleet, and before she can land we must have a regular stand-up fight, and I have no fear for the result; but, sir, what I fear is, that in time of profound peace, France, having a large army at command, a large fleet, and a large number of seamen always ready, may suddenly make au attack on this country from Brest, Cherbourg, Boulogne, or any other Channel port she pleases. Remember, this does not now require ships of war (though she is preparing steam transports to carry 15,000 cavalry)—she would only have to seize steamers—no matter who they belonged to—collect them at Cherbourg, and this is only GO miles from Port- THE ARMY. Total £3OB 4 7 In the majority of the cases inquired into and brough, under contribution, the parties resided in London or in Liver pool, for each of which localities a special agent was appointed to condect and carry on the necessary investigations and proceedings, and to collect the payments. The result leads me to anticipate a similar success in other large towns, as the system is more completely carried out. Much will de pend on the views and feelings of the magistrates on the reformatory movement, and still more on the activity and earnestness of the police. As a general principle, I have urged the importance of exacting some contribution, how ever small, in every case. I believe the object of the law to be, not so much the collecting a considerable sum of money, as the producing a just sense of parental duty, and the applying a check to the negligence and the drunken habits by which so many parents cause their children to be come first vagabond and idle, and then vicious and criminal ; and I have found that the enforcing even so small a pay ment as sixpence or ninepence per week has proved effectual for this purpose in several instances ; examples can now be referred to in which dissolute and drunken fathers bare been led to be more sober, and the family at home made more comfortable, by the pressure exercised in exaction of the payment for the children in the reformatory. I have not had to resort to legal proceedings iu more than a few cases. Usually it has been sufficient to give notice that a summons will be applied for, if a fair contribution be not agreed to. The ailment to be demanded I have fixed, as a rule, at one-twelfth of the average wages (i.e., a penny in the shilling). But a larger payment is reasonably required where the family is small and the wages large. Ou the ave rage, the payments are one shilling per week for each per son actually contributing, er sixpence per week for each person that has been inquired about or summoned. In a few cases the penalty of ten days' imprisonment has been in flicted in default of payment. I trust that the magistracy will gradually use the powers given by the last Reformatory Act more frequently, and assess the parent at the same time as they sentence the child. Much trouble and expense will be thereby saved, and a more direct effect produced on the parents themselves, as well as on their neigbours and connexions. I cannot complete this part of my report without acknow ledging the willing and effectual assistance I have generally received from the police authorities I have had to apply to. With scarcely an exception, the inquiries I have requested have been made; the further steps, when necessary, have been taken; and the payments received and remitted, and when in arrear applied for and enforced at the expense of much personal trouble by the chief constables and superin tepdents of police, both in most of the large manufacturing or borough towns, and in many of the country districts, not only gratuitously, but with great readiness and regularity. I should especially record the friendly aid afforded by the Rev. Thomas Carter, chiaplain to the borough gaol at Liverpool, In directing and superintending the inquiriesand proceedings in this matter in that large town. The Reformatory Act has been more extensively applied in Liverpool than in any other place, and that this has been done with safety, so that juvenile delinquency has been effectually diminished there, is very much to be attributed to the judicious earnestness with which, under Mr. Carter's direction, the parents of all the young offenders committed for detention during the last 18 months have been inquired about and called on to contribute. In concluding this general report, I would refer to the gratifying fact that the criminal statistics for the last year show so considerable a diminution in the number of juvenile offenders in England. The commitments of offenders under sixteen years of age, for the year previous, i.e., to Septem ber 30, 1836, amounted to 13,981. Those for the year ending September 30, 1857, amounted to P 2,501, being a decrease of commitments of 1,480, corresponding to a decrease of individual children committed of at least 600. There is reason to hope that the returns for the present year will show a similar and continuous decline. While, however, the juvenile delinquency of Middlesex and Surrey continues to be comparatively so little interfered with, the reformatory system cannot be said to be fairly or effectually tested. The commitments under fifteen years of age for the metropolitan districts amounted in the year 1857 to 2,696. The long-contemplated Middlesex industrial schools will now shortly be in operation, and the Surrey magistrates are taking active steps to p lace a considerable number of the juvenile criminals of that county at and other reformatories. An effectual impression on this serious amount of youthful delinquency and vice the may ro si si l o o n w s therefore be looked for. It is to tie hoped that e p f of the Middlesex Industrial Schools Act for . enforcing contributions from the parents may be steadily eptorced ; so long as reformatory i nte rference was only_ occasional, an act of charity in a limited number of cases, there was no serious risk of holdin g out any premium to vicious or negligent parents to throw their children on the streets in order to be relieved of their maintenance; but when this interference becomes the rule, and is n o o n ltmritteitr.oprofyided t fhore by individual benevolence, but by ac 1 u rom pu blic purse, the ques tion assumes a totally different aspect, and the interests and moral welfare of the community demand that while the child shall be reformed, the father her shall be held liable to aid in its reformation. Or thit her If this principle be steadily acted en, on the one hand, and the schools be rightly managed, and their style and furni ture, and the dietary and employments of their inmates, such as offer no undue temptation or inducement, ou the other, gain much, and risk little by the reformatory society will system, however widely it may be extended. 11. SCOTLAND. There are four reformatories in Scotland certified under the 17 and 18 Vic., c. 86, four certified under both this act and the 17 and 18 Vic., c. 74, and. fourteen certified under the last-named statute only. Of the first and second classes, the well-known houses of refuge for boys and girls at Glasgow are the most deserving of special notice. They contained, on the 31st December, 1857, 525 children (394 boys and 131 girls), and appear to be conducted with great earnestness and ability by Oleic managers. The reformatories at Aberdeen and Montrose are still struggling with the difficulties of their first commence ment. In the other Scotch reformatories of the same description at Greenock, Paisley, Stranraer, and Inverness, convicted children are mixed with paupers and day-school scholars, a practice which I cannot think defensible or safe. It is to be regretted tha. the previsions for compelling parents to contribute have remained hitherto a dead letter in Scotland ; many of the inmates of the houses of refuge are the children of parents in the receipt of considerable wages. The schools certified under Mr. Dunlop's act are, in fact, industrial feeding schools of a superior description. Scarcely any of the children in them are committed under that act, the clause enabling the parochial boards to withdraw such children on giving security for their better protection hav ing almost neutralised the direct operation of the statute altogether. But the indirect operation of the law appears to be considerable and very advantageous ; large numbers of children coming voluntarily, or being sent by their parents—from the knowledge that, if found idling and beg ging in the streets, they can and will be sentenced to the school, and compelled to attend it—l think the value of these certified industrial schools in Scotland can scarcely be exaggerated. They seem to offsr the cheapest and roost effective means for preventing the evil which the reforma tory can only cure. No one can visit Aberdeen, especially, without being struck by the absence from ne the streets and lanes of that large class of disorderly and glected children so abundant in most large towns, and i ap t ; preciating the beneficial working of the schools wne Sheriff Watson and Mr. Thomson of Banchery, have established. I sincerely hope that th e Industrial Schools Bill Bill of last year ( 20 and A VlC Vic., c , 48) may ere longbe y Orders were yesterday received at Chatham for the follow. lug reinforcements, to embark for Bombay, at Gravesend, on the Ist Sept., on board the East India Company's troop ship Sardinia, 969 tons, Capt. W. H. M'Cleery, which vessel is previously tote inspected by the Commandant of Chatham Garrison, in order to ascertain that the required arrange ments for the comfort of the troops during the voyage have been carried out, viz.,-50 men of the Bth Hussars and 28 man of the 17th Lancers,from Canterbury; 64 men of the 33d (Duke of Wellington's) Regt., 82 men of the 89th Regt., and 58 men of the 95th Regt., from Fermoy ; 18 men of the 18th Royal Irish, and 20 men of the 86th (Royal County Down), from Buttevant ; 20 men of the 71st Highlanders, and 30 men of the 92d Hi4blanders, from Stirling ; 16 men of the 56th Regiment, from Colchester; 15 men of the 51st (the King's Own) Light Infantry, from Weimer; 20 men 6f the 72d Highlanders' f r om Aberdeen; and 20 men of the Royal Artillery, from Woolwich—total, 475 men of all ranks. The following draughts are ordered to embark the same day on board the Velocity, 1,100 tons, Captain E. Shrews bury, for Kurrachee—namely, 10 men of the 61st Regi ment, 15 men of the 70th Regiment, 18 men of the 81st Regi ment, and 21 men of the 94th Regiment, from Chatham ; 30 men of the 7th (the Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards, and 35 men of the f, Bth Regiment, from Canterbury ; 40 men of the 27th Eeniskilleus, and 30 men of the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers, from Buttevant—total, 194 men. The reinforcements for Calcutta and Madras are to embark at Gravesend on the 2d and 7th of September. The contracts for the supply of the whole of the infantry regiments with free kits have been given to the following firms :—Hebbert and Co., London ; Gilpin and Co., Lon don ; Prater and Co., London ; Dolan and Co., London ; Messrs. Marks, Chatham ; Grover, Chatham ; and Ireland and Co., Dublin. The whole of the kits were previously supplied at £2 lls. 10d. each, until the authorities at the War Department refused to receive any more kits from the firm. The price at which the contracts have now been taken averages £3ls. 6d. for each kit. In order to provide against anything like inferior articles being supplied to the troops, the whole of the kits as they are supplied are to be sent to Mark-lane, instead of Weedon, where they will be inspected by a board appointed for that purpose. The steam-ship City of Manchester,belonging to the Liver pool, New York, and Philadelphia Steam-ship Company,from Portsmouth and Gibraltar, arrived at Algoa Bay on the sth of July, after a passage at sea of 391 days, and a total time of 47 days, including disembarkation and embarkation at Gibraltar, and coaling at St. Vincent's and Cape Town. The whole of. the troops, comprising 1,216 men, women, and children, were landed with o u t a sin g le case oesickness. On the 14th of July she was officially inspected, and was to leave again about the 25th of July an ber return voyage, with about 600 men of the Royal Engineers and 12th Regi ment, and may be expected at Portsmouth during next week. THE MILITIA. The 4th West York Militia Is to assemble at Leeds on the 28th September for 21 days' training. This regiment gave a great number of volunteers to the Line when it was em bodied about two years ago. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. Liv2RPOOL, Aug. 27.—The market opened firm to-day, but closed at rather easier prices, with little doing. Hates of continuation were light. Birkenheads, 074 B—Blackburns, 114 i—Berwicks, 93 —Eastern Counties, 121 4—East lemeashire, 934—Great western, 501 I—Lancashire and Yorkshire, On 4—Londou and North Western, 92 31—Sheffield, 344 4—Midland. 97 4—Caledonians, —Dovers 21 7- 6 4—Dutch Rhenish, 4 34 dia.—Grand Trunk of Canada, 9 I—(4reat Western of Canada, 174 —Leeds Northern, 454 46—North British, 531 44—Chester and Holyhead, 35 36 market B ri ta t daHAyM, at York and North Midland, 724 , 34. ,A r u a g th . er 27.. e — as T ie b r er p el rie w e r . a flat business done in this MaNcussusa, Aug. 27.—There was a very inactive market to day, but business was done at full prices. Grand Trunks were at 91—Midlands, 971—Leeds. 941 4—Sheßields, 34 4—Dowers. 21. THE ROYAL NORTH LANCASHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The annual meeting of this association was held on Tuesday and Wednesday, in Lightburn Park, Ulverstone. On Tuesday, when the trial of implements took place, the weather was remarkably auspicious, and induced the attendance of from 5,000 to 6,000 persons ; upwards of i,•.20 more than was anticipated being taken at the gates. i The trials were made in a large field on a farm in the occu pation of Mr. R. Atkinsen, ci Lane House, the property of H. W. Askew, Esq., Couishead Priory. The most notice able feature was the trial of reaping machines. Two excel lent ones were shown by Mr. Drewry, of Holker, near Ulverstone (Burgess and Keys, London), and Mr. W. Kendal, Harbarrow, Furness; and the prize was awarded to the former, the second being highly commended. One of H ussey's, improved by Dray and Co., shown by Mr. Robert Birch, Stand House, Netherton, Liverpool, was commended. On Wednesday, when the show of cattle, horses, sheep, &c. took place, the weather was again favourable, and the attendance most numerous. Among the gentlemen en the ground we noticed his Grace the Duke of Devonshire (president of the Society) ; H. W. Askew, Esq., Conisbead Priory ; Colonel Clifton, Lytham Hall ; Major Cross, Red Scar, Preston; Marquis of Hartington, M.P.; R. T. Parker, Esq., Cuerden Hall; Colonel Wilson Patten, M.P. • A. H. Royds, Esq., Falinge, Rochdale; Lieutenant-Colonel Towneley, Towneley Park, Burnley ; G. Drewry, E s q . Holker (chairman of the couscil), &c. The show gave the greatest satisfaction as regards both the number and quality of the animals shown. There was also a more extensive exhibition of implements than at any presious meeting. The principal prizes awarded were—First prize, f2r il a c puLe shorthorned bull, two years and five months l i on best bull . Robert Tempestt Broughton Hall, Skipton. lonel Towneley. t Royal Butterfly, above one and under two years ' 01, firs ' prize and Society's silver medal, e_ Lieut.-Colonel Towneley also toolt i fi u rst prizes for a cow or heifer, above three years old, Roan Duchess 11. ; for a short horned roan heifer, Rose of Towneley ; and for Diadem. The Duke of Devonshire bad first prizes awarded to him for a shorthorned calf, best shearling southdown ram, pure soutildown ram, shearling Shropshire down ram, pen of five southdown ewes, and pen of five shearling ewes. First prizes were taken by Mr. William Bolton for a short-horned bull calf; Cartmel and Knowles, Westby, Lytham, for a bull, Pie years old, Sheriff; by Mr. John Bentham, Ulverstone, for his roan bull, Symmetry; Mr. James Dickinson, Up bolland, for the roan hull, 14 months old, Prince of Prussia; Mr. William Bolton, Ulverstone, roan bull calf; Mr. John Binns, Marsden Heights, Burnley, dark roan cow; Messrs. J. and R. Patterson, Ulverstone, four dairy cows; Mr. Thomas Atherton, Speke, Liverpool, roan heifer and heifer calf ; Mr. William Boulton, Ulverstone, roan heifer; Mr. Christopher Grattan:, Inch, Longtown, Cum berland, grey horse ; Mr. Alexander Begbie, Lytham, bay stallion ; Mr. Hugh Fowler, bay stallion, thoroughbred ; Mr. Thomas Atkinson, Garstang, bay stallion for road or field ; Mr. Henry Parker, Kirkby Ireleth, brood mare, for agricultural purposes; Mr. James Williamson, Lancaster, brood mare, for road or field ; Mr. John Porter, Garstang, filly, for agrieu ltural purposes; Mr. Thomas Ashburner, Pennington, gelding, for road or field ; Mr. John Fox : Dalton, filly, fur agricultural purposes ; and Mr. R. e -1 Richards, Kirkham, brown gelding. The other prizes were for extra stock, sheep, roots, seeds, and cheese. A dinner took place in the evening, at the Concert Hall, his Grace the Duke of Devonshire presiding. LADvErmsEssENT.]—Holloway's Ointment and Pills a certain Cure for Abscesses, Wounds, Piles, Fistulas, and Sores.—The wonderful cures effected by the use of this invalu able ointment it. cases where patients have been suffering from the above complaints, have induced several members of the medical profession to introduce it into hospitals and their private practice. In many instances in which the sufferer was considered incurable, Holloway's Ointment, in conjunction with his Pills, brought about an extraordinary change in the condition of the patient, and at last restored_ him to perfect health. These medicines, though so peculiarly' mild in their operation, are rapid and absolute in their effects. Directions for their use accompany each pot slid box. [ADVERTISEAIENT.]—The difficulties and dangers of bringing up infants by hand or wet nurse base been entirely overcome by Du Barry's delicious Re valenta Arabica Food, which feeds, strengthens, and removes all those little pains and irregularities infants are so subject to. The following letters speak volumes:— "Grammar School, Stevenage. 16th Dec., 1850.—Gtelnatle men,—I think it but common justice to you_ o t r o u s ie tat l e ast l f t I have used Du Barry's Revaleuta Arabica f months, during eitouhri;d in s f u lt r h ed as n n iu e c v h er d h u a r d in d is ° t o u .se t' dered bowels, fro w m hi v c v l b l ie ti l m i rs ' ed, though ever g he previous six months, whilst beingl rnown of your 'ere valuable. was taken to prevent it. Had d infant much pai r and Food sooner, it would have save me also the beavy.expense of , a mvvYl, Bun` sew. a tle r 4 , r' L d in , L o ndon, , . Du Barry Robert Ambler." " 75, Queen s-road, , , Nov. 2:2, 185:2. 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