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Compositions canoe had genuine. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. . • in th 6 agricultural counties are to be attributed to the vicious habits created by poaching. With regard to prison discipline, your Committee will make at present but two short remarks. The one is, that little good seems to be effected by con finement, unless accompanied by Wily labour. The other, that the construction and. regulation of the tread-mill, the prison diet, and the hours to be employed in hard labour, ought to be made as nearly as possible uniform in every gaol in the :kingdom. The Committee do not at present feel themselves prepared to give any opinion on the' evidence upon the very important subject of education. ati; 564 CRIMINAL COMMITMENTS AND CONVICTIONS. The following is a Report from the Select Committee on Criminal Commitments and Con victions, which was ordered to be printed by the House of Commons :---. Moved by John• lawlesS, Es q., seconded by, A. -Carew OtrAryer t - EMq., dealers at :melt' wet ? , ricer refore, for ty. Oats iuced la , quality of id 4s. 3d• command r. There mer rates• sale, and In Flour NtW. d. 8a 9 0 6a 8 1 0 a 0 0 2a 8 8 1a 8 3 6 a 8 0a 5 3 4 a 4 A) 3a 4 1 3a 4 1 10 a 4 0 a 58 0 8 a 3 10 1a 3 1 8 a 3 10 0 a 67 0 0 a 59 0 0 a 36 0 0 a T 3 0 oa-. 0 0 a 21 0 0 a 35 0 0 a 46 0 0 a 38 0 0 a 35 0 0 a 34 0 Oa,- 13. '• I OatmL . Loads. 909 barrels. t Court of street, gham, bread- VICE-PRESIDENT. Sir CHARLES FORBES, Bart. M.P. TRUSTEES. W uuam•P. Call, Bart. 'On Bent, Esq. '.:O. Harris, Esq. C lement Hue, ALD. dred's- I parties came out More del ry to find struction, two live icks were :ordinglY• t is it? DIREI 'ye Mar , nded pro , which if y melting excellorA ptation f Ireland ; Noblentso Eficient cement to all time', in the ac' Carkal 1. --The The larly fool favourite remarked there art ROSS-SHIRE. r interest' , nd name! ' r proud al rut of Bri ll for that itants at mboroug ll , Ty whic h t in stout" le rose ra e of thee" situatioA point, ar lwever, it 9pOrtSlVe" %) at ear eituatio* dies, wha such 0* of Arch• , ady liar- l a d y of Bridge's, ler. the lady Dawson son of n's Bay' daughter 'Y. Jain nvisharnf rrant, of the Rev. to Ellen, g, of the William )od Hall, tris t Esp -, A.M., 7, eldest ace, aria Rev. T. rake, to .sq. owshire, .intiores, Thomas ml Hog, r A. C. . w. F. Ed-• Platt, rathaniel , • ph-lane. n, Mrs. Hardie, square. ar, after Francis to of his ...... ...........•••.., tt the 1 QUALIFICATION. VICTUALLING OFFICE, Jute 25, 1497. PIE 'Commissioners for Victualling: His • Majesty's Navy, &c. do hereby giia,notice, that on Tnuasnxr, the 27th of Septembex next, they will be ready to receive Tenders in writing.(aealed tip), and treat fiir the mpply to this Department of a quantity of IRISH SALT MEAT, equal to 11,000 Navy Tierces of BEEF, and 10 ,000 Nay,* Tierces of PORK, all to be cured in the ensuing Season, and to be delivered four-fifth parts thereof in Tierces, and the remaining fifth part ' in Barrels, into Ri s majesq's Victualling Stores at Deptford, Partsrncnith; Plymouth, and Cork, in such proportions as shall here after be requirek'one half thereof on or before the 28th ilay of February, and the other half on or before the 31st da y of May, 1828 ; to be paid for, .as usual, by Rai, with out interest, payable at sixty days after date. The Conditions of *lie Contract may . be seen at this Office; o r by aPPIY?,"ng to Mr. J. IV: Dunsterville, Agent for the Victuallin g at Cork ; to the Collectors of his Majesty's Custom s at Litnerick, Belfast, Newry, and Waterford; and t o th e Secretary to the Postmaster-General at Dublin respectively. No Tender for a less quantity than shall be equal to 300 Tierces of Beef, or 300 Tierces of Pork, will be ad mitted, and each 'fender must specify the price in words at le ng th, an d b e d e li vere d before One''o'Clock on the day appointed, and must be accompanied by a Letter signed I 'Y two responsible Persons engaging to become bound with the Party tendering in the penal sum. of 'one-third of - the amount of the Contract, for the due performance of the The Person who makes the Tender, or some Person en 1,1 1 behalf, must'attend to answer when called for. M. WALLEjt CLIFTON. TO THE PROPRIETORg OF-EAST INDIA STOCK; LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, . • THE Seat lately vacant in the East India Direction having, been filled up by the Election of Colon e l LU SHINGTON. I beg leave respectfully to inti mate to y ou , t h at , as a C an didat e f or th e same hi g h di stinction, it is my fixed - intention to proceed to the Ballot on. the occasion of the next Vacancy that shalt take place in that Body. Should you be pleased, by your Suffrages, to raise . me to .the i m p ortant an d respons ibl e s it ua ti on o f a Director of Your Affairs, I promise - to discharge, with diligence and "day, the duties of the officeduties not only, as I con- Conceive, compatible with a due attention to,. but which may be honourably and usefully associated with, those of a Member of the House of Commons. • I have the honour to be, with great respect, Ladies and Gentlemen, • Your most obedient and faithful Servant; R. CUTLAR FERGUSSON. 17, Great Cumberland-street, 13th August, 1827. EUROPEAN COMPANY, FOR LIFE INSURANCES, the SALE and PURCHASE of ANNUITIES, and ENDOWMENTS for CHILDREN and OTHERS. Established January, 1819. Office, No. 10 , Chatham-place, Blackfriars. YRESIDENT. EDWARD BERKELEY PORTMAN, Esq. M.P. Peter Still, Esq. G. J. Sullivan, Esq. Thomas 'Wilson, Esq. John, • a Esq. - J o h n P o i ng d es t re , E sq . 1 1 1 11 es Rolland , Esq. William Sargent,, Esq. j. l "4 9 H. Call, Esq. Frederick Silver, Esq. 9. Harris, Esq. G. 1. Sullivan, Esq. 1 7;VPaxton JerVis, Esq. J o h n Thoyts,' Esq. 7 . Ph. Le Breton' • Edward Wright, ESq. l ‘rkliaollro" Draturou—JOHN CLARK, Esq. AUDITORS--T. Bent, Esq., J. IL Spurling, Esq. J. Wilson, Esq. , 13osatiquet. Pitt, Anderdon, and Co. 73 ) Lombard-street.; Sir William P. Call, Bart., Arnold, anil Marten, 25, Old Bond-street. • 13 nrsici A rr—T. Thomson, M.D., 1;2, Conduit-street. s oLiiioß —Win: Spike, Esq. Temple. This Company continue to effect Life Insurances at re 4need premiums, which, may he paid Quarterly, Half- Yearly , or Annually, at the option of the Insured ; to grant - Annuities on single. ocjoint .lives ; and to advance Money 1 1 : 1 Annuity secured on Freehold, Copyhold, or long Lease (3l4 Property, or on Money in the Funds. The Assured and Annuitants with this Company par :ciPate periodically in the profits. • DESIRABLE ESTATE, WITII A FREEHOLD The Estate of TEANINICII will be exposed to Sale in the month--of .00TOBER next, on a day to be afterwards named, within the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edin burgh, if not previously disposed of by private bargain. 1 1 HE Estate is mostly situated on the shore - 11 - of the Cromarty Frith, in the most improved and: beautiful district of. the •County, surrounded by the richest and most diversified scenery, and combining advantages for residence and improvement not surpassed in the High lands of Scotland. It is intersected by the Mail-road, at nearly equal distances froM Dingwall and Tain, and hounded on the east for a considerable way by the River -Skilless, and on the west by the'Lands of Novar. It his a southern exposure, and consists of rich Arable Land, pro ducing bamiy and abundant returns of Wheat, Barley, and Other crops, and . .the Salmon FiShings as productive- About four miles north of the Low Country Estate, is situated Hill Grazing Kenlochanastrone, which to both the Agriculturist and the Sportsman, forms a very desirable appendage. The Lakes and Rivers on it abound Iv ith Char and Trout,.and the hills with Grouse. The greatest part of the property is in the natural pos session of the Proprietor, in the highest state of cultiva tion, and enclosed with Substantial stone dykes and hedges, interspersed with clumps and beltings of plantations. The Mansion House is spacious, recently built, comprising four Public rooms, 26 feet by 18, and 20 feet by 18 ; twelve Bed-rooms, some having dressing-closets attached ; Shower, Rot, and Steam Baths, with abundant supply of water and' other conveniences, with servants' accommodation and cellar ,P, and contiguous are Wash, Laundry, Dairy, and .Brew houses, supplied with water ; also an Ice - house . A delightful Shrubbery connects with the Garden and Hothouse, which are surrounded by a high wall, and for an abundant supply of choi ce a n d early fruits are not surpassed by any in the county. The Farm-offices consist of Coach-house, Sta lling, Thrashing, and Meal-ruilns by water, and every ne cessary convenience, besides a large Store-house at the sea shore. There is also connected with the' Mains Farm a Distillery on an extensive- scale, with Malting-barns and Kilns, capable of malting 1,500 b us h e l s a - wee k, an d could be extended at a small expence ; the water is abundantly supplied, and rises to the height of the coolers ; an excel lent Malt-miln, with machinery for pumping, an d a n ex tensive Peat-moss belonging to • the property. The Dis tillery being detached, could be separately let. The thriv ing and rapidly extending village of Bridge-end is partly built on the Estate, and having an inexhaustible Quatry °f excellent Freestone adjoining, cannot fail of adding pro gressively to the value of the property. The Estate is now under survey, and is supposed to con tain about 3,000 imperial Acres, of which 567 are Arable, and 177 Planted Wood, 130 of the Plantations are up wards of 25 years old, and all very thriving. The present gross rental of the whole is estimated above 1,091/. ster ling, besides what will continue to be obtained from the thinning of the woods, and without any rent - put down for th e Mansion-house and Distillery, for both of which, with the garden, lawn, and suitable offices, there is no doubt that, 3501. can be got. The Grouse Shooting could also be let at 201. or SOL, but is not charged. Plans of the Estate to beseen with (when the Survey is concluded) and farther particulars known, by applying to the Proprietor, Captain Munro, Teaninich, by Evanton or to Robert Logan, Esq. Inverness. FOR WORMS, FITS, PAINS IN THE . STOMACH, THE more *coal symptoms of Worms are Fits, rains in the Stomach, Side and Head, Loss of Appetite, and Pale, Languid, and Emaciated Appearance in the Patient. The extraordinary efficacy of CHING'S PATENT WORM LOZENGES in all such complaints, as well as obstructions in the bowels, and every disorder where opening or cleansing 'physic is required, is so uni-, versally known, and has been publicly acknowledged by so many persons of distinction and rank in society, that it is unnecessary here to enlarge on their.peeuliar virtues. Sold in Boxes, at Is:U-(1. and 2s. 9d. by . Messrs. But ler, Chemists, Cheapside, corner of St. Paul's, London ; 51 , Sackville-street, Dublin ; and 73, Princes-street, Edin urgii S av ory and Co. 136, New Bond-street; and 220, R egent -street; and by the principal Medicine Venders in „ Xingdom. L a ?f whom ma y b e had PERRY'a ESSENCE, which - b ea b ee_r . declared in highly respectable Journals to he the AW,07,,1ng ever discovered for 'the TOOTH AND EAR . 1.14 89tgeft a gt is, lid, and 2s. 9cl. . - Resolved—That in profound respect to the Memory of that eminent and Most eloquent Statesman, the Right Hon. GEORGE CANNING, whose splendid and unrivalled talents have ever been employed in the vindication of the Right of the Catholics of Ireland to an equal participation in the Laws and Constitution ,of their Country, we do hereby resolve that the Association shall forthwith adjourn for a fortnight. 1 • NICHOLAS MAHON, Chairman. • EDWARD DWYER, Secretary. • WOODVILLE SEGARS. • • (cam) • • AVING appointed Mr. J. D. NIEMANN 11- of London, my sole AGENT in England, for the SALE of SEGARS of my Manufactory, I beg to assure all those who may become Purchasers at - his Warehouse, that it shall be my constant endeavour to - supply none but of the very best quality; and trust that these Segars.will soon enjoy in England the same high.reputation for which they have so Ling been distinguished in every other part of the world. • . Mr: NIEMANN has entered into an engagement to sell no other, than the WOODVILLE SEGARS, supplied to bins directfrom.my \ Manufitctory, which will be a guarantee to all who favor him with their orders, that they obtain the article genuine. • Havannah, Oct. 13, 18211. • . (Signed) MARINA WOODVILLE. In consequence of the above appointment, I beg leave to state; that I 'have opened a Warehouse, at No. 221, Regent-street, the corner of AfaddoX-street,. for the exclu sive SALE of the WOODVILLE SEGARS, for ready money only. • Orders addressed to No. 33, Winchester-street, where samples may be seen, will be duly attended to. N:" . B. 'A liberal, Discount allowed to the Trade. 33, 'Great Ninchester-strect, Broad street, City. • •J. D. NIEMANN. GOOD TEAS AND .CHOICE• WINES. 'V and R. SPARROW beg to recommend 41; • the following superior qnalitie4 at very reduced prices :-- Per lb. _ s. d. s. d. Good Congou 5 oto 5 4. Good Strong Ditto 60 6 6 Fine Souchong. Good. Green 6 0 6 6 Fine Thankay Fineillyson lO 0 12 0 Good Coffees Fine Turkey 3 0 4. 0 Cocoa and Cocoa Nuts 2 0 2 ' 6 Fine Chocolate 3 0 4 0 Per der, Good Old Ports 27 o.to 30 0 Superior Ditto Fine Crusted Ditto 42 0 48 0 Good Sherries 27 0 30 0 Fine Pale Ditto Bucellas and Lisbon l eneriffe, or Vidonia Madeira ~ Clarets and Burgundy 42 0• 60 0 Sauterne and Bargae - 60 0 Bronte Madeira, or Sherry .4 0 30 0 Cape Afacleira. or Sherry - Hock and Moselle loorigro . bottles- 42s 6O 0 72 0 Sparkling and CreamingCharnpagne 605...66 0 72 2 " 4 * An assortment. of each in Pints. The Original London Genuine Tea and Wine Warehous a. 8, Ludiatt thilt TCLARK'S GENERAL OUTFIT • TING WAREHOUSE, for the EAST and WEST INDIES and SOUTH AMERICA, EXETER 'CHANGE, STRAND. Officers, Cadets, and Writers going to India, and Gen.L tlemen proceeding to South America, or any other part of the Globe, will find in this Establishment the whole of their Military Appointments, Swords, Cina/bs, Sashes, Belts, Pistols, &c. together with. a large a.nd well-manu factured stock of Sea Cots, Conches, and Bidding; Cabin, Wash-hand Tables, Chairs, and 'Lamps ; S ea Ch es ts, Mule and Bullock Trunks, and every Mbar .descriptionof Travelling Equipage. AN ASSORTMENT OF CANTEENS, ready fitted with the necessary' requisites for India and.' other tropical climates; likewise a great, variety .of Silver and Plated Article, Knives and Forks, suitable for families going abroad ; Military and Hindostannee Rooks, Maps, &C. A FASHIONABLE STOCK of carriage ; Curricle, Tandem;Pliaeton, Stanhope and Chaise HARNESS, with every description of Saddlery, &c. &c. for home use, East and West Indies, and South America, which merit inspec tion frOm their excellent quality, first style of workman 'ship, and moderate prices. All the Articles in this Establishment are warranted, and the excellent plan of fifty years standing is still strictly adhered to, of • asking one Ready Money Price, but from which no abatement is made. - BRITISH PAINT MANUFACTORY, 61, QUEEN-STREET, CHEAP SIDE, LONDON. UPTON and Co.' Chemical Colour k..)Manu facturers, respectfully recommend the following established Articles, viz. the REFINED MINERAL PAINT, at lbs. per Cask. This Paint hof a handsonte dark Chocolate colour ; is insoluble in water, and, there fore, peculiarly adapted for all Work constantly exposed to the Weather, such as Barns, Palings, Hot-bed Frames, Sluice-gates, Water-wheels, and Weather-boarding.. It is also a cure for the Dry- rot, prevents Damp, and destroys Vermin. Being fit for use, the whole expence is but little more than one penny per lb. ; White Lead, Patent and Grass Greens, from is. 6d. to 2s. per lb. ; the Ordnance Anti-corrosion Paint 501. per cwt. ; the Lithic Paint at 30s. for Plaster and Stucco Work. The Durable Oil Paints, viz. Invisible Green, 40s. ; Olive Green, 768. ; Lead, Slate, and Stone Colours, 465. ; Dark Red, 268. ; Bright Red, 3Gs. per cwt. ; fine Olive Green, is. per lb. " These Paints are very ornamental and preserving, and, re quire only to be thinned with Oil. Prepared Oil 3s. 6d. per gallon. The Rectified Sperm Oil for Sinumbra, French,. and all Lamps of a superior kind, where a brilliant and -un fading light is required, without smell or smoke. N. B. UPTON and Co.'s Mineral Paint does not require to be heated for use. NEW- EDITION, THE. TENTH, 'ENLARtED. With Observations on the Danger of trusting to Nostrums as an Internal Remedy for the Cure of Stricture ; illus trated by Cases,' price 3s. 11DRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS on STRICTURES of the URETHRA and REcTA.JIII, recommending an improved System for their Treatment and Cure, illustrating its efficacy by numerous remarkable and highly important Cases, in some of which Strictures of from ten to twenty 'years' duration have been totally re moved in a few weeks, and its superiority thereby fully established over every other method hitherto practised.: By C. B. COURTENAY, M.D. To which are added, Ob serva ti ons an d P rac ti ca l Com ments on Gleet, Seminal Weakness, and the Miseries oe oasioned by Self-abuse, for the cure of which a mode of Treatment, the result of long and successful practice, and at once safe, speedy, and effectual, is adopted by the Author. Printed - for the Author, Robert -street, Adelphi ; and published and sold by Sherwood, Sherwood, and C►., Paternoster -row; Onwhyn, 4, Catherine-street, Strand ; Chappell, Royal Exchange; }harsh, .137, Oxford-street; Walker, 90, High Holborn ; Chapple, 94, Pall-mall; Sutherland, 9, Carlton street, Edinburgh; and may be had of all Rooksellers. " We earnestly recommend the cases related by. Dr. Courtenay to the perusal of such of our readers as 1 are afflicted with the complaints which the author has made the subject of these Observations. Several instances are adduced of the recovery of perfect health from states which were considered hopeless by practitioners of emi nent talents, and very extensive experience. We entertain the highest opinion of Dr. Courtenay's professional skill, and congratulate him on his successful and judicious appli cation to the seYere and often fatfldikases."...-European 31aganne. SMOCKING ACCIDENT AT MR. CANNING'S FUNERAL.—Yesterday afternoon, shortly after the funeral procession of this lamented gentleman had passed through Parliament-street, a Poor woman, with a child in her arms, and two chil- . dren following her, was retuniing home,. when a low looking fellow, who was 'titing a .spirited "horse in a most furious manner, knocked , her down with great violence;' and licked her dread fully. , She was taken up in a state of insensibi lity, and Carried to .a surgeon's,. where every as sistance was rendered her, but she was found to be in a. dangerous condition. The rider was seized, together with the horse, when a ruffianly, set of fellows rescued him,,and he .rode . off. EFFECTS OF TIIE STORM YESTERDAY.—' During the. violent thunder storm of' yesterday, the lightning struck Elder .. House, Battersea fields;, the' residence of .Lieutenant Stewart, which it considerably damaged. The -electric fluid entered by the chimney of .a back parlour, where it broke the chimney-piece and smashed a lOoking-glass, and anumber of smaller things to atoms. It next penetrated into the drawing room, the partition of which it considerably damaged, without, however, injuring the side board close by, or the glasses that stood upon it. At the moment of the house being struck, Lieu tenant Stewart, who had been out, opened the door. He was met by the flash and slightly abovethe,eye. Mrs. Stewart also, and two ;persons who were in the house adjoining, were airected, but not so much as to cause any serious inconvenience. CURE OF 1-IYDROPHOBIA,—A4TgiCaI case occurred the - other day, Which, even -.itriperfectly as we are acquainted with the details, we con-* skier it worth while to lay before our readers. The *ast we allude to was • one of cure of hydrOphobia. We took occasion some time ago, in a short article on that dreadful disease; to state to the best dour knowledge, that no more than three cases of cure were on record, and only two that were • well authenticated. The patient in the present case, was a Miss Boree, a respectable young lady, who resides with her sister, a Mrs. Jones, No. 41, St. James's-street. •Miss• B. vvas_bitten in Drury lane, on Monday, fourteen days past, in the hand, by a dog, which the con sequences have proved to , be in a rabid state. The syMptoms of the disease displayed them selves on Sunday, the-stli. Dr. Brown, of St. George's Hospital, who was called in, advised her immediate removal to the Hospital, inti mating at the same time, the nature and probable issue of the malady. Her friends were, however, averse to her removal, and she was consigned to the care of Mr. Hicks, surgeon, of Conduit street, Regent-street; by whom the wound was carefully excised and caustic applied. Mr. 11. also bled the patient largely and cupped her. The consequence of this decisive treatment has been, that the convulsive twitches of tlie 'muscles of the throat have completely ceased, the power of swallowing liquids is fully restored, and. Miss Boree, in all but the weakness incident on the mode of cure, is quite well. • MYSTERIOUS AND EXTRAORDINARY MUR DER.—The inhabitants of Monk's Eleigh and its neighbourhood have been thrown into consi derable agitation by the following mysterious and distressing 'circumstance :—A little boy, of the name of Jonas Ansel!, about seven years of age, the son of very decent parents, was missing on Wednesday, the Ist instant. On the following morning the water was drawn off from the mill head, in the river of ]Yfonk'S Eleigh, fora great length of which strict search was made without effect. A number of respectable .inhabitants then commenced a general search in the.neigh bourhood, but it was not till the following Tues-. day that the body was found, when it presented a dreadful spectacle, the features being. nearly obliterated by decay. It was, however, clearly perceived that a considerable blow had been given on the head, and a deep wound was found on the back; under the right shoulder. A Coroner's Jury was summoned, and continued their inves tigation for nearly two, days, when, frdm the ab sence of material evidence,- the inquest was flir ther adjourned. In the meantime a woman and two of her children. have been committed by a Magistrate residing near the spot, to our gaol . for further examination, und4 circumstances of strong suspicion. The supposition is,. that the' deceased bad been bathing with the two junior prisoners, and that having quarrelled, the injuries which caused his death were inflicted. From the . fact of the slaughtered boy having, received wounds on thenaked body, there being no marks on the . clothes, it is surmised that the mother, having discovered the murder, dressed up the body and concealed it in the place where it wits found. It is stated that she was seen in consi derable agitation near the spot on the day the child was missed. We 'understand that since the committal of the - worrian and her sons, who haie' been keptin separate cells, varied accounts of the transaction have been elicited,. including a ' partial confession of their culpability. ,The oldest of the boys is about qinC years of age, and ithe pungest 9nly §even Herald, • - REPORT. The Select CoMmittee appointed to enquire into the Cause of the Increaie in the Number of Criminal Commit menta and Convictions in England and Wales ; and who were empowered to report their Observations and Opinion thereupon, together with the Minutes•of Evi dence taken before them, to the House,—have enquired into the Matters to them referred, and agreed upon the following Report : 'rite appointment of the Committee having taken place late in the Session, there has not been suffi cient time either for complete enquiry or mature de liberation on the whole of the important subject re ferred to them.' But the evidence given before them upon one branch Of their enquiry, appears to them of such considerable value as to j ustify their.making a separate Report; calling the attention of the House to its bearing and effect. ' - The first object to which the attention of your Committee was turned, was to enquire into the in &ease of the niiinber of commitments as comp?ed with the increase of the population. The . increase of population from 1801 to 1821 is as follows • ENGLAND AND WALE'S. 1801 1811 1821 The number of commitments for.triaLin England 4nd Wales from 1806 and 1826 1806 . 1816 ' 1826 • Including the number of commitments on sum mary conviction before Magistrates, the increase would be still greater. .But .the returns in the Se cretary of State's Office on this subject are not yet so complete as to, induce your Committee to bring the befOre the attention of the House. The increase of crime from 1806 .to •1816 may perhaps be in part accounted for by the 'change from war to peace. From 1816 to 1826, however, not only has there been no such change, but pecu liar attention has been paid to the subject of crime both by official persons, by voluntary committees, and by individuals. The duties of the Secretary of State for the Home Departmext have been exercised .with peculiar zeal and judgment; prisons have been improved, the defects of the law inquired into, and education among the poor promoted.. - In proceeding to inquire into the causes of the in crease.in the number of criminal commitments, your Committee, for the convenience of reducing into order an investigation so extensive, began by ,di viding the subject.irito three parts--Ist, the increase of crime in the agricultural districts; 2d, the increase of crime in the manufacturing districts; 3d, the in crease of crime in the metropolis. It is to the first 'part alone that they have hitherto directed their in quiries; npr have they been able to form a definite judgment even on this portion of the subject.— ' They proceed, however, to lay before the House their observations, together with the substance of the evidence taken before them, .referring to the evidence itself. far more complete details. The-main cause of the increase of crime in the agricultural districts appears clearly to be the low rate, of.sages, and, mitit of sufficient employment for laboureN . This evil has been greatly aggravat ed, although not altogether produced, :by the abuse of the Pool: Laws to a purpose for, which they were never intended. During the high price of provi sions, which occurred soon after the, commencement Of the. war in 1793,- the farmers, instead,of raising the wages of labour in proportion to the increased value of subsistence had recourse to the expedient of making up the deficiency out of the 'poor rate. While the war continued, the increasing demand for agricultural produce, .and the abundancy of the cur rency, concealed the evil with' which this system was pregnant; but,with the restoration of peace came large importations of foreign corn, a diminished cur rency, and a want of employment for the labourer. At the same time while employment diminished, the new administration of the Poor 'Laws tended to increase the population. So that the farther have takenthe he obstacles, fluctuations to a .restoration which this vicious system was carried , the greater .and more difficult became of.ahpele since a a l e thys l te.: T 81, both with regard to the price . of corn and the amount of the currency in circulation, have still father' acted to prevent any iniprovement in the situation of the country. It is not for. your Committee to enter into any dis cussion on questions of , eeonorny. But they think it their duty to call the attention of the House to thealearadation of tile moral character of the labour ing classes which attends the vicious system of sup- . porting from the poor rates a number of young meri, for. whom the parish finds only partial employment. The wretchedness of their condition, the want of regular habits, and of the due subordination of the labourer to his employer, all tend greatly.to the pro motion of crime. Early marriages, contracted either to avoid going to prison ,on a charge of bastardy, or with a view of receiving a better allowance from the parish, increase the evil, and multiply a population for whom there is DO certain employment, and.a mi serable subsistence; and in this,situation they are too apt to believe they can improve their condition .by offending against the laws. The best remedy for such a state of things would undoubtedly be a great increase in, the demand for -labour. But whether that increase takes place or not, some amendment of the poor laws :which might prevent the prevailing abuses from being carried fur ther seems to be called for. At present, while in many counties the character of the labourer is daily becoming worse, and the means of his employer daily becomingless, there are other districts where the old and wholesome administration of the Poor Laws prevails, where the wages given are sufficient for the maintenance of the labourer and the feeling of indepen dence is not vet obliterated. It is sorely desirable to prevent- the infection of a vicious system from,spread ing to districts which it has not reached, and, if pos sible, to provide for its gradual dim inu t i o n in those where ,it most prevails. The, evidence taken before the Committee spews undeniably that the great increase of 'preserves for game which has taken place of late years has tended materially to the increase of crime in particular dis tricts ; a pheasant or a hare is so easily taken, that a labourer only, half employed and ill-fed,: cannot re sist the temptation. Men 'of a wild character, like wise liaye within their reach both the means of gratifying their love of sport and the means of dis posing of their booty. Some are of opinion that if the sale . of game were allowed by law, poaching would not be so frequently. resorted - to. Whether such a speculation be well founded or no, it -appears to b e the.duty of the/Legislature to listen to ever' rational proposal on the subject of the Game Laws, and rather to hazard an experiment which may fail, than to allow , the present evils to continue without any effort to counteract them. • When on this subject it deserves remark, that in prisoners for trial, ntloieneteatruernt()o, the commitments of be found for offences against the Game Laws till the passing of the Act - which subject's men to transportation for going armed at night in pur suit of .game. This offence does not appear by the returns to have increased .e,ince the passing of the Act ; the nurnker committed in 1817 being 127, and in 1820, 120, La many'of the petty larcenies With respect to the increased frequency of com mitments under the Malicious Trespass Act, your Committee 'would observe, that although petty offences night not to go altogether unpunished, there can be no greater evil than the abuse of the power of sending to prison for trifling trespas,scs : so far from preventing atrocious offences, your Committee is of opinion, that the mere fact of having been sent to prison is likely to deprive a man of one of the greatest moral restraints, the dread of being marked out •as ;i criminal in the face of his country. To this evil is-to be added the danger of 'associating with bad characters in prison, and the difficulty which some times occurs of finding employment after being discharged. • - ,- The Committee now proceed to Tarnish sum mary of the evidence taken before them. Mr. Pym has acted for nine years as a Magistrate for the county of Cambridge. It appears from the Returns presented to Parliament, that the number of prisoners committed for trial in the county of Cambridge were, in 1805, 40; in 1806, 26 ; 1814, 37; 1815; 64; 1816, 71; 1824, 110; 182.5,-137; 1826, 142. - Mr. Pym is of opinion, that since the Gaol Act there have been more full returns sent to the • Office of .the Secretary of State. He states, however, that there are more committals under the Game Laws, which he attributesJo distress. The sum given by the parish to a single man who has no employment is 2s. Bd. per week; the wages in har 'vest are about '26s. a week, and beer. • " In the summer season these single men can earn as much as would enable a man to support a family, generally speaking; they then squander that money, and in the winter, about the month orNovember, they ge nerally- apply to the overseer, or to• the surveyor; and I have known many instances in many parishes, and it repeatedly comes before me, that single men would not let themselves as servants to the farmers, because if they should do so they would be under their controul in the summer months, and they would rather take parish pay and take their chance through the winter, than controul themselves during the summer months, when they could get a tolerable demand for labour, and constant employment." He thinks the feeling_of shame at receiving paro chial relief is quite obliterated ; the practice of the labourers subsisting on very small sums received from the parish without active employment, makes them discontented and dissatisfied with their condi tion: They think they are not sufficiently paid for their labour, and often hold out a threat, that if they have not more they must do something which they would not like to do to obtain it. In this situation, the labourers are oft en gu ilty o f poaching or fowl stealing, but especially the former. They do not consider poaching to be a moral offence : there is a .very general feeling both amongst the farmers and amongst the labourers that poach ing; is not a moral crime. The labourers begin with potiching, and that-leads tq,every thing that is bad; they begin to set snares at' ten years old. In the district where Mr. Pym resides, however, there is very little game, and more . fowl-stealing. In the gaol at Cambridge the prisoners work on the tread mill nine hours a-day ; those who work on the tread mill have three pounds•of bread and a pint of small beer'a-day allowed them. Those who are not put upon the tread-mill are allowed only a pound and a half of bread a-day, and nothing else. Poachers who are not put on the tread-mill often apply to be employed on it for the increased allowance; idle men, • on the other hand, have a greater dread of being'sent to gaol than they formerly had. The Reverend Dr. Hunt produced from an ac curate return' the total number of, commitments to the gaol, of Bedford. In 1802, they were 47; 1803, 88 ; 1805, 91 i 1806, 120; 1815, 125 ; 1816, 141; 1825, 333; 1826, 348, and the year ending the 10th of January 1827, 417. He calculates_ that from the year Ik4ol to 1827, the population of the county has increased to the amount of 40 per cent., while-during the same period crime has increased ten-fold, or 900. per cent. It is to be remarked, however, that in the i l year. following 1801, . criminal commitments more, than, doubled, and have clever since been much 'be low that amount. It is likewise to be observed, that the prisoners from the town are now committed to the county gaol. On the other hand, the 'practice of sending vagraMS to gaol, which of course swelled the returns, has been discontinued for the last few years. Dr. Hunt states as the first cause of the increase of crime, the distress of the agricultural labourer. He says, that in some parishes the, unmarried labourers are universally degraded to become rounds men, or parish labourers on the gravel pits or on the roads; that such men receive from 3s. to 3s. 6d. a week ; that he has known an instance of a young madapparently .17 years of age who received only 2s. a week. That they marry either to avoid going to prison on a charge of bastardy, or to obtain a better provision from the parish. That he has ob served a great loss of the feeling of independence, scarcely any ,compunction . at receiving parish relief, and a consequent degradation in the moral character of the labourer. He does not think any great im provement can take place among them till they can generally obtain regular employment, and fair wages. • Those , who are kept by the parish during the winter receive ss. from the overseer, to enable them to seek their fortunes during hay time and harvest. Those who get employed for the harvest work receive about a pound a week. Irish labourers supply their places at harvest, and the labourers of the parish return to be a burthen during the winter. ' Men in this wretched condition are liable to yield to any temptation; they go to poachingas an offence of the smallest guilt. They generally appear hardly to consider p oac hi n g as a crime; many who are guilty of poaching would Certainly have great re luctance to ' commit what they would consider a violation of private property. 'The great majority of persons committed for ollences against the Game Laws arc young unmarried labOnrers, though some poachers are dissolute characters, who would remain such even if good wages were offered. The general opinion is, that game is not private property. They say, God has made the game of the land free, and left it free. The farmers,sinjured by the game, do not discourage this notion. When punished for of fences against the Game Laws they are apt to think they have not had a fair trial, when they have been convicted by ,strict preservers of game, who havc frequently been sufferers. Poaching and commit ment to prison bring* them acquainted with dissolute characters ; they proceed to petty thefts, and thus poaching tends in various ways to injure the moral feelings of the labourer. Dr. Hunt is of opinion that the Malicious Tres pass Act, and other Acts which give summary, juris diction, have greatly increased the number of com mitments. He is also of opinion that these com mitments tend to the increase of crime; because a person once sent to prison gets into a cours e of criminal habits by associating with dissolute persons he meets there. With regard to prison discipline, . • $-; . • . . . he adchh - "After long A attend vre g y 10r,131 prison discipline; and aft . N e e . 'ea.*/ tion with the very excellent.-Chai,f-bi s e prison ' of the county of Bedford, - IMhtlki'veYlittle im- ' provement is ever made in themoral habits of a pri soner by even the best forms of prison discipline and instruction that have yet been devised." The clas sification is as perfect in the Bedford gaol as it can be made in a county of that extent. He afterwards states his opinion in these words :—" I do not think that prison discipline 'has increased crime, but that sending to prison'at all for a small crime rather tends to increase crime of every description ; a man becomes a worse subject by being sent to prison ; but he is not made so much worse now as formerly, in consequence of the improved discipline of pris sons." He allows that " the discipline of prisons is better than it ever was formerly, but thinks that punishment of this or any other kind has not a fair trial, because' the prisoners have not been able to return to a state of regular employment at good wages." With regard to eaucation, Dr. Hunt 'states, that domestic discipline and parental controul have not been so much attended to as formerly, arising per haps from the great increase of schools, parents ex pecting from those schools more than 'they have been found to realize. The rapid education given in them is seldom accompanied with much moral in s struction. Sometimes when he has reproached the parent of a child, who had shown early depravity, • the parent has thrown the fault upon the school, saying, " I sent the child to a school where it ought to have been instructed better ; I have nothing to reproash myself with." He has always observed that educated prisoners have been better behaved in proportion to the education they have received, par ticularly if Moral discipline and instruction• have accompanied it ; but no very permanent good results unless parental controul had also been exercised.- , - He is of opinion that a very great improvement in the moral character of the pOormight be• effected by a more general diffusion oftligisystem' of infant , schools. Mr. Orridge, who has been Governor of the gaol and house of correction at Bury St. Edmund's for nearly thirty years, has given very valuable in formation to the Committee. The number of pri soners committed to the house of correction has been, 1805 221 lBl5 387 1824 457 1806 192 1816 476 1825 499 1807 173 1817 430 1826 573 This witness states that the great increase in the number of commitments began in the year 1815,. from the depression Of agriculture and the great dearth of employment. Men are employed upon the roads at a very low rate. They consider it a ' matter of right to be paid from the poor's-rate.— When the unemployed poor are put by the parish to work on the roads they become lazy ; they know that Whether they sit on the wheelbarrow, all the, day, or, wprk hard, the result on Saturday night would be the same. The continuance of this prae.: tice has a bad moral effect. He remembers the time when a man considered himself disgraced by taking the allowance; but that feeling is now gone by, and the independent spirit has been all destroyed: Single men receive from eightpence to tenpence a day from the parish. Next to the want of employ- • ment, and the inadequacy of the price of labour, he attributes the increase of crime to the fact, that there is an abundant market for . pine, and . nobody to compete in that market with the poacher. The quantity of game is greatly increased. When first h li n e n ‘ n v d en s t t k o ep t t hegaol h in dle there were four packs t v . e ;thel.eareno of fo none now no‘ x: Since the fox-hounds have been laid down, gentle men have •turned their attention to the preservation of game; and associations for this purpose pay for the services of those who give information that. leads to a conviction. Until game became strictly pre served, and game associations formed, the number of commitments under the Game Laws was inconsider able,-1810,5 k 1811,4.; 1812,2 ; 1824,60, 1825,41; 1826,71; 1822 (a year of great agricultural dis tresS), 78. Some poachers commit offences of this kind from the love of sport ; but the greater part of them are single men who do not receive adequate wages. He believes, that if game could be legally bought, the major part of the purchasers would pot deal with the illegal traders in. it : how far that would drive them into the farmer's pig and poultry yards he will not pretend to determine. While the first cause exists there will be misdemeanours of some character or other. He observes, however, that in the article of poaching, there is a general under standing amongst the lower orders of people that there is no moral crime in it; so that they go to it with a feeling that they are doing no moral wrong. " I believe there are many men go to poaching who would not steal, but I am afraid there are many men, - who, wben they have been out and taken no game, would take poultry on their return, from their ne cessities. I have known instances where men have assured me after conviction, that they went out fOk the purpose of taking game, but having been dis appointed, they have on their return taken fowls, or pigs, or something else. I think that it leads to a great deal of crime, and so far affects the morals of the people. I think there are poachers who would shudder at what they considered a felony; but from congregating with idle characters, , when they carry the game for sale, their'minds get ,colrupted, and their moral feelings bhinted." This witness attributes a part.of the increase in the number of commitments to the Trespass Act, which gives a power to Magistrates to commit and convict : he is likewise of opinion that the improved discipline of gaols induce many Magistrates to coin-. mit, where formerly they would not have done it, There 'used to be a reprimand from the Magistrate, and a power of flogging them at the stocks for minor offences. He thinks that . ihe Trespass Act has done great good, and has tended to diminish the number of atrocious crimes. The County of Suffolk, when hefirstknew it, had more crimes of atrocious character than it, has at present. Formerly the gaol had but two roesas, one for 'debtors, and one for criminals of all denominations.—The doors were opened in the morning and not shut till'night ; there was a con stant intercourse with those abroad ; there was no prohibition Of liquor; there was n tap in the prison; the whole was a scene of riot. Now, all is order the prisoners are,kept on the tread-mill,.and there is more dread of Coming to gaol. The tread-mill, when administered mildly, is'no effectual pu n i s h ment ; in dustry,' regularity, and order, are inculcated by it, when properly applied. The men work between nine and ten hours a day, two-thirds on, and . one-r third off : he calculates they walk from forty-eight to fifty steps in a minute, each step'aeven inches apart. As regards juvenile offenders, - a less term of imprisonment than that usually applied, with private whippings, is more effectual thaniongetterms.. The sense of shame • is not gone off with the short jai , prisonment, and, combined 'with the pain of feeling., makes a lasting impression; but if they are kept for a long time, 'communicating, as they must_ de, 1 e ie vi o n lio n i i t r i v n e e s l , it tir lesson the sense of shame,. and the commitment for poachirx is e: not I th o e w m e . ver W t i h tl e i respect gaol i t s o managed,poaching,o t l Tni eit tt i s ha s : a tei t i s lNeo, en t t t i tee l ia l. ; 4 l. l A : t c ; enforce hard labour. of money, and a lahour. " We may them,emply.e. by labour says in something not se"i the body, I ploy them so as to fatigue grdeus:vpeetachrste bodyonf"' aY moral til e instruction, term i o f iT P t 1 :; .. you do not affectaYl meatsdeo; t m h are e inond m tt'f a iai n altn ' i s mind; and I think there is 1% defect in the Game Laws : if it is necessary to commit at an, it is necessary to attach .hard labour to it. 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