The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-05 00:00:00

BIRTH.

.7
On the 3rd inst., at AN aterloo, the wife of Melchor o
Klingender, Esq., of a son.
MARRIAGES,

On the 2nd inst., at St. John the Baptist's, by the Rev. J.
Hassan, M.A., Frederick, son of Mr. James Maddocks, cotton
dealer, to Miss Mary Maddocks, of Wesley-place, both of Tox-
teth-park.
On the 2nd inst., at St. John the Baptist's, Mr. Charles
Atherton to Miss Mary Honing.

On the 2nd inst., at'All Saiiits', by the 'Rev. James Wynn,
Mr. James Dinwoody to Miss Mary Pendleton, of this town.
On the 3rd inst., at St. John the Baptist's, by the Rev. J. G.
Pilkington, 8.A., Mr. Charles Emmett to Miss Isabella Morse.
On the 3rd inst., at All Saints', by the Rev, James Wynn,
Mr. Joseph M`Nabb to Miss Elizabeth Barron. of thi.roan
DEATHS.
On the 11th Oct., by the upsetting of a yacht be the Canton
River, aged 30, Joseph, son of Mr. Wm. Blain, of this town.
On the 27th ult., Jane, relict of Mr. Richard Warburton, 236,
Vauxhall-road.

On the 29th ult., at No. 9, Every-street, West Derby-road
aged 28, David, son of Mr. John Edwards, bootmaker, Wil
liamson-square. aye.

On the Ist inst., Alice, wife of Mr. Edward Bolton, of Hoy.
lake.

On the 2nd inst., aged 37, Mr. Henry Barnes, wool broker.
On the 2nd inst., at 6, Upper Baker-street, in this town,
aged 24, Jane, the beloved wife of George Bell, and second
daughter of the late William Bragg, Esq., of Cockermouth,
Cumberland.

On the 2nd inst., at 25, Ainslie-place, Edinburgh, aged 38,
the Rev. James Robertson, D.D., Professor of Divinity and
Church History.
On the 4th inst., at the residence of her brother, near Man-
chester, Hannah New, wife of the Rev. John Morris Fawcett,
8.A., curate of St. Martin-in-the-Field's, Liverpool, in the
29th year of her age.

13RowN and BACON most respectfully announce to their cus-
tomers and the public generally, that they keep a large and
well-selected stock of articles required for Family Mourning;
and that all Funeral and Mourning orders are attended to with
the greatest care and economy.—Magazin : Si, 83, and 85,
Bold-street.—Adv.

PLAYING Caaos.—Hithato the keenly contestckt trhist
cribbage, 100, &c., exhausted the use of the playing card.
Now, atkt however, the beautiful, instructive, chaste designs
imparted to their exterior, teach the fora, edtour, and growth
of plants which have enriched the commerce of Great Britain.
Those manufactured by Dc la Rue and Co., are peculiarly rich
in design, and can be had in great variety at Benson and Mal-
lett's, commercial stationers, 10. Castle-street.

HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT Asn PlLLS.—Erysipelas, cancer,
ulcers, hemorrhoids, or piles, boils, and prickly heat are
treated with unvarying success by this mild yet penetrating
unguent. The vast consumption of these remedies in India
and throughout the East is a better proof of their excellence
than the testimony of any individual. They would not be in
such demand in all our distant dependencies and colonies, if
they had .not been found so universally beneficial,. Pew internal
or external diseases can withstand their joint enfluence ; whilst
the Ointment cools, soothes, and remedies outward complaints,
the Pills by purifying the blood, improving indigestion, and
stimulating the kidneys, thoroughly throw out from the system
those subtle corruptions which engendered erysipelas:and its
associates.

Perfect digestion, stron.'g Nerves sound lungs, healthy liver,
refreshing sleep, and. tofictional regularity, are speedily
meat
tredid
disordered_
dt purging,
Beaxd!snse, to the
enfeebled,purbgin
Health Restorlatg Revalenta Arabica Food,
riglltekl inine,
r och.DrCentlicoiovuess
liv
to k pepsia), habitual constipation, hwutorthoids,
mdigestion 'd ,-s ',
1...4 mplkint, fiatuency, diarrhoea, dysentery, nervousness,
tidellidotsustinzenscarlatina and other fevers, sore throats, eatarrahs,
gthceohugeeha,
and diphtheria,cars, tt l
rheumatism,ea sl e s,
gout, chicken
nwollisocospiinn
imantu.srmitaiiiiipoczka,,
lessne„,ja:,.VuPtions, hyiteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleep-
dropsy
,',le'st'oanyd! Palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility,
sinking, fit,' conenifY, cramps, •spOsms, nausea and sickness,
tightness of theg ' asthma,
hersbronchit, consumption, scrofula,
between the
shoulders, &c,, at pit of the stomach and
body in ola a a der; ("'
R-- Min , atrophy or wasting away of the
invariably ~:,,,.„,,,,,._ g. Avoid pills and medicines; they
diS.k Le expense to
pix)in.iiivnt, and
tad appaltecary's bithiay may bc saved, and -all doctor's
which, at a few pence peoridd, by using Dn Barry's Food,
physic, cod liver oil, and auday, saves fifty times its cost in
36,418 ; We find it the safest i other
'T. r a edios. Certificate No
F.R.S. ; Dr. Harvey ; Dr. Seri Dr. Andrew Ure, M.D.
bell. We extract a few out of n, Dr. shorland ; Dr. Camp-
-1,771: Lord Stuart de Beek, :in,ytt.housand cures : Cure
Cure No. 49,332: Mrs. Maria Johy, of many years' dyspepsia.
• leseribable agony from d Lynn, Norfolk. of fifty
years' Inc
i tion fi t "Pepsia. nervousness,"
asthma, cough, const Pa , a ueney, spasms, ~.
vomiting. Cure No. 47,121: Miss Elizabeth Jacobilyckoness, and
nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, axf. extreme
fancies. Cure No. 54,316: The Rev. James ?.r. !L, nervous
Fakenham, Norfolk, of indigestion, and torpidity of 1in,333,eve11,
Cure No. 46,270: James Roberts, Esq., of Frimley, sur're" •
thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derange_
merit, partial deafness. Packed in tins, with full instructions:
llb, as. 9d.; 21b, 4s. 6d. ; 51b, I Is. ; 121 b, 225. ;te2llb, free of
Carriage, 4,5. Barry Du Barry and Co., '77, I. gent-street;
Piccadilly ; Abbiss, 60, Grace-
also, Fortnum, Mason, and Co.,
church-street, London; and through all grocers and chemist..
Age its in this district :—Nixon and Thew, 1, Castle-street; T.
Lo, ; ./ . Kirkus ; Forsyth ; F. G. Jones, 5, Paradise-street;
R. Sumner and Co. ; H. S. Alpass; E. Pearson and Son ; .
Oliver; W. Cross ; Sharp, Higgins, and Co. ; Clay and AbraJ-
ham, 37, Bold-street; Evans, Sons, and Co., wholesale agents
John Beynon ; Thompson and Capper; J. strawson, druggist ;
G. Bramwell and Son; C. Bromlow, 1, London-road ; Isaac
'Woodville, tea dealer ; Raimes and Co., wholesale druggists ;
F. Staveley, druggist, Price-street ; T. D. Walker, Ranelagh-
street ; J. IL Howell, 72, Dale-street; Kingston, druggist,
.
Bold-street; Henry Middleton; Gilbert Brothers; J. Cruice ;
11•,r:ee and Kelk; G. Barber, 21, Great George-street, BBirken-
headT. Fore, druggist • B. J. Candler ; J. Dutton;,J. E
Hargrave,. -' . e, , E.
, ougera and. Co,; C. K: ( : thcxek

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THE DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAT, DECEMBER 5, 1860.

(tie pailg am.

WEDY.ESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1860.

NEWS OF THE DAY.

King Victor Emmanuel has issued a proclamation to
the Sicilians, in which, recalling the former connection
of his family with that island, he promises to establish
institutions for the promotion of public morality (which
we thus infer must be rather at a discount at present in
Sicily), and to, respect the, privileges of the Sicilian
church. His Majesty concludes with an appeal—and it
.
is not an unnecessary one—to the inhabitants for unity
and concord among , themselves. A notable circum-
stance is stated to hate occurred to the King on his'
departure from Naples for Sicily. Ile was saluted,
apparently as "King of Italy," by the English squadron
• in' the bay, no doubt at the suggestion of the noble
writer of the recent despatch to Sir I. Hudson, who
also enjoys the distinction of being the author of the
" burham letter."
Our special correspondent, who belongs to the Anglo-
Garibaldian Legion, has sent us a most graphic account
of the Utterly disgraceful and discreditable state of the
corps. Some of the details seem absolutely incredible,
and unless they were vouched for by the writer himself,
it, would be improbable tb believe them. Our cares-
pinclent, Will be seen, attributes the insilbordination
and disorganisation which has ensued, to the men not
having been permitted to Choose their own officers, and
to their being required " to submit to men, the most of
whdrii were aitalld*ed up in their own conceit; and
could not be Epproached without the formality of
salute." We are happy, hoWeVer, to And that, as
regards the Liverpool arid Manchester eonipany, the
chnide Micas has been itiost fortiinatti, and that his
remarks have no application to those gentlemen. The
present revolConary Italian campaign has not been
fruitful either in glory or credit to our countrymen
either on this OT the other side of the Channel. Perhaps
for the fiittlre they *ili stay at honie, and leave the
people of other rations to tight their own battles. We
strongly reconinends this course for the future.
Ai6ordiiig 10 ;he latest addettitte Of the siege of Gaeta,
which come dova to the cud of last month, nothing
decisive has yettaken
place in the conduct of the siege.
Daring the day of the 20th and ,zyzn t;i3
kept up a very vgorous fire against the enemys' workers,
and compelled he Piedmontese to evacuate ,their in-
trenched positions, and to withdraw them 300 yards
further back: The latter have also been compelled to
change the posi;ion of the camp of the first division of
the siege corps, co as to be out of the reach of the fire
of the place. :; is added that the Piedmontese, not-
withstanding thE enormous difficulties which they en-
counter owing the nature of the ground, continue I
actively to advtice towards Monte Secco. They are '
working night ad day at the construction of the mortar
batteries, which tey are erecting pn the heights of the
Capaccini.. ThOI batteries were to open fire on the
Bth or 10th of the month. The besieged, with a view
to weaken the efets of the bombardment, were engaged
in "blinding " a great many houses in, the tovvn, to
serve as A place ? safety for the inhabitants. la is
known that ahead, for some time back the fort s and
all the buildings coupled by the troops, as well as all
the magazines andtores have been blinded.
The intelligenel regarding the state of health of'
Francis 11. is verpontradietory. One accoun t—thi at
from which we hoe gathered.the preceding paitieular s
--,represent it as c.cellent, and this is confirr nod lr a
telegram subsequeny received; but a lotto; 407 Naples,

dated the 27th, which is exclusively occupied with this
subject, contains information of the very opposite
tendency. " The feeble constitution. of the young
Sovereign," says the writer, "has not been able to resist
the terrible moral shocks which he has had !o undergo.
A complaint of the eked, the symptoms of which are
alarming, has necessitated an application to be made to
one of the medical celebrities of Naples, who, by superior
orders, has proceeded to Gaeta to give his advice to the
august patient. While writing this lam informed that
the life of Francis 11. is in serious danger." We are
inclined to consider this last account is nearest the truth.

The official Vienna Gazette has been instructed to give
a formal denial to the rumours concerning the negotia-
tions for the cession of Venetia for "a pecuniary indem-
nity," adding that "as a matter of coarse there can be
no ;question of selling a Drown land." No, but the same
difficulty May not apply to an etchange.

readily allies itself to sincerity, he, from the bench of
his court of sessions, explicitly announced that being
now able to form his judgment upon effects produced
instead of effects merely predicted, he had arrived at
conclusions diametrically opposed to such as he had
formerly held."
With this array of evidence and authority in
favour of reformatories, it is certainly a most
wonderful phenomenon to find the Daily Post
giving publicity to such an opinion as the follow-
ing :—" We look upon reformatories as among
the impostures of the day, and we confess to
an inclination to suspicion in all that appertains
theui." How bold; aiid yet how wrong ! To
the Writer of such a sentence we shall only
repeat the wish expressed towards him by the
worthy stipendiary magistrate of this borough,
Mr. RAFFLES, "that future experience of the
benefits of reformatories may convince him, as it
did the late Mr. JARDINE, the magistrate of
Bow-street, who at one time was strongly
opposed to them, that' they are highly bene-
We believe the public will not be
readily induced to withdraw their confidence or
their contributions from an institution so admi-
rably conducted as that of the Akbar'.
The great fact has been recently and solerimly
announced; by oitr aboire-nanied contemporary,
that " holjtitt STEPHEisisol4 is in the Akbar
Reformatory." It is not pretended that there is
anything very original in the discovery, since it
is admitted that he has been there now for some
two years. Neither is it professed that there is
anything very strange or marvellous about the
young man's career to entitle him to the typical
honours of a leading arable; throughout which
his nanie shines Pre-eMinent: lidt seeing that the
Reis. 13. Itifists—not lIA/NEs—the incumbent of
St. Matthias's Church, has been so full of good
works as to devote a great deal of his time and
attention to the getting up of a case against the
constituted authorities generally, and those con-
nected with this juvenile's case in particular, the
opportunity therebY afforded our contemporary
for writing do*ii reforniatOrieti seeing iä have
appeared too tempting to let slip. Accordingly
it is now, after a lapse of two years, profeoed to
have been ascertained beyond a doubt that this
naughty boy was not properly sentenced, has been
improperly treated, and of course is now impro-
perly detained: the views of Mr. llifA-S add of
the Daily Post were endorsed yesterday by a no
less authoritative and respectable print than the
paid organ of Mr. JOHN BRIGHT,—the Morn-
ing Star and Dial, whose respect for all consti-
tuted authority is well known.. Now, it may be
all very well for prurient Radical prints and
popularity-linnthig clergymen to trump up a
case of seeming injustice to a poor boy, and shed
inken tears over the lot of his broken-hearted
mother, and soforth, to serve their own purposes;
but it is not to be tolerated that these dis-
reputable trickeries of trade shall be directed
against one of the most beneficent schemes of the
day. If Reformatories aie—is the parties in
question belieVe them to be—one of the impos-
tures of the day ; and if they are justly liable to
suspicion in all that appertains to them, let an
attack be made upon them in a fair, straightfor-
Ward; and unequivocal mariner: The public will
then know that they are dealing With the +ery
small minority Who have failed to see the pro-
priety of such institutions under any circum-
stances. But let us have no underhand attempts
to destroy their ,usefulness by most unfair and
misstated rePresentatiotis Of fdetS connected with
their managenient, under the pretence of seeichig
justice to a poor, innocent boy, and relief to the
feelings of his distracted mother. Can there be
any mistake as to the real value of the following
ecitithig sentence Of Mr. Minis', when writing
of the Akbar committee's refusal to lie unneces-
sarily tormented by his lncubrations and appeals
—" Well, be it so. They are many, rich, and
powerful. lam one, and a poor person ; ' and
yet, GOD being my helper, that innocent child,
the last surviving of ten that have gone before
him, shall be restored to his mother before I
relax one iota of my exertions!' If Mr. RAINS
has undertaken the same amount of chivalric
devotion to all the " innocent children," —or
rather naughty boys, of St. Matthias's,—we have
no hesitation in saying he has taken in hand a
great deal more than enough, consistently with
the due performance of higher duties. But that
is rather a matter betwixt him and his flock than
any concern of ours. So let it pass. The public,
however, are concerned to known that the advo-
cates of ROBERT STEPHENSON'S demand to be
released are the avowed enemies of the institution
to whose benevolent care he has been consigned,
and their seVeral statements and arguments are
to be weighed accordingly.
To attempt any detailed exposure of the per-
Versions and distortions of facts indulged in
throughout this ill-advised onset upon the Akbar
Reformatory, would occupy more space than we
can at present devote to it. Nor, in the circum-
stances, do we think it necessary. The clear and
simple narrative contained in the impartial letter
of Mr. I. R. BROUGHAM, the honorary secretary
of the committee of management of the Akbar, is
sufficient. After quoting the report of th. (74n..
vernment officer, the secretary states—
Thus it appears that Stephenson was apprehended
first on the 24th August, 1858, and, after remand and
inquiry, was discharged, though his mother appeared
wishful that he should be sent to a reformatoiy school.
He was again apprehended on the 6th September,. 1858,
and, after remand, was sent to prison for fourteen days,
and then to the Akbar, without any further visit to the
parents than that above-mentioned. A note, however,
was sent to his mother by post previous to his removal
from Walton to the Akbar, and she visited him there
before he left. In March, 1859, the mother applied to
the committee for her son's discharge; but the report
on his conduct not being sufficiently satisfactory to
warrant their recommending it, they declined to inter-
fere. A second application was made in May, 1859, to
which a similar answer was given,
It has been stated that the boy's age at the time of
his conviction was eleven years; but by the warrant of
commitment it is stated to be thirteen, and by the boy's
own statement at the time, and entered in the register
book of the Akbar, he appears to have been 134 years
old, and to have been twice previously apprehended.
His frequent usage of thieves' " slang" proclaimed
him at the very first to have been an intimate associate
with some of the worst boys in the town, one of whom,
his old companion, had been a short time previously
committed to the Akbar.
His general conduct after admission was, as has been
stated, bad, and in July last, in consequence of his
deceit and continued falsehood to Captain Fenwick, the
privilege, granted to well behaved boys, of seeing their
parents on Sundays, was denied him as a punishment.
These facts are incontrovertible. Mr. HAINs
has utterly failed to set any one of them aside.
The public will accept them as perfectly suffi-
cient to justify the detention of this troublesome
lad for the full period of five years for which he
has been sentenced. Let all well-disposed per-
sons, therefore, who desire to encourage this
benevolent institution, and to support the proper
authorities in the discharge of their important
and too often thankless duties, see to it that
there is now an end of those claptrap appeals
on behalf of a wilful and ill-behaved boy, seeing
that they are intended chiefly to cripple and
destroy one of the most successful and hopeful
instrumentalities yet discovered for the removal
of that fearful amount of vagrancy and crime
Which constitute the great plague spot of modern
society.

The Prussian GoVernment lately called, as has been
stated, on the different Chambers of Commerce of the
monarchy to give their opinion and advice on a com-
mercial treaty with France. Their reports have now
been received by the ministry, and the negotiations are
about to commence very shortly. M. Duclerc, who will
be the bearer of special propositions from France, is
expected at Berlin in a few days.
It is stated that a gfeat Many pair, but staunch,
Catholics have invested the *hole of theik little forttines
iu thb Papal Lean, the half-yearly diVidend of which is
not 'fortheotning, and a good deal of distress must
necessarily followthis suspension of Payment. Their
only hope is, that the haritest:of " Peter's pence," ?pay be
sufficiently large to 'enable the siiecesiscit 'tif St: Peter
to Pay the laciest on the money he has borrowed ; and
of this there seems not a bad prospect, if we are to
believe the telegraphic announcement that no less a sum
than £65,000 has arrived on this account from America.
Meanwhile the Gazette de Prance thunders against the
whole tribe of Israelites, and hints that M. Fould
has inflneheed his brother financier Baron Rothschild to
decline the tatpoiis,_ for a political object, dad that a
conspracy.ekists to, discredit the Vatican on 'Change.
This is quite possible. .
A short telegraM from Bombay, dated lath NoveMber,
states that disturbances are imminent, On ACCOunt of the
'cellection of the income-tax, and that all business is
The serious frauds in the leather trade, which have
occupied so much attention lately, were again the sub-
jects of investigation at the Guildhall Police-court,
London, on Monday, when Lewis Robert Poole (of the
late firm of Poole and 13ryati; of Notthatnptbii, boot
and 'shoo manufacturers); Mr. Mier t3awson (a soli-
citor, of Northampton), Mr. 'jambs Cooke (a tanner
and currier, of NValsall), deorge Billingham (a furni-
ture broker, 'of Northampton), Thomas Chapman (an
innkeeper, of the same town), and Frederick Walter
Ventris (Messrs. Quilter and Ball's, the accountants',
clerk), were again examined on the charge of conspiring
together for the purpose of concealing and embezzling
property to the value of £1,200 and upvfards,, with
intent to cheat and defraud .the ereditoks of the bank-
rupts, Poole and lirian. Sir R. W. Carden presided ;
and after a lengthened enquiry Mr. Dawson was dis-
charged, but Chapman, Billingham, Cooke, and Ventris
were committed. Bail was then taken for all the parties
excepting Ventris, who was unable to procure it.
We regret to learn that the consequences of the recent
dreadful colliery explosion in Monmouthshire, have been
, greatly more fatal than *its at first reported. it is now
'Coniinted that not less than 170 human beings haVe lost
their lives by this awful occurrence. It is suspected
that the explosion was caused by one of the miners having
opened his safety-lamp to light his pipe.
The report of the Conservative Land Society, pre-
sented to the great meeting held in 'London yesterday,
is of a very satisfactory character. There has been pro-
gress, it is stated, in every department of business, and
four allotments of estates have taken place during thb
past year. The receipts fok the last quarter of the
financial year are the largest since the commencement
of the society. The grand total of land sold up to the
present time is £258,000. The dividend is to continue
at 5 per cent. on completed shares, and 4 per cent: on
deposit S.. 4

An important order has just been issued by the

Secretary of State for War, which confers a great boon
on all officers belonging to the several branches of the
service. By the regulation just decided upon Mr.
Sidney Herbert has notified to the General Command-
that,, in consequence d'T the inconvenience
officers are put to when moving with ticapB for, want of
niesS his Oideied that an allowance
of 4s. per day be granted for officers travelling coastwise
with troops, provided the journey exceeds twelve hours,
and there is no mess accommodation for the officers.

Our readers will learn with pleasure that the damage
to the Tasmanian is not at all seribus; Considering the
perilous positidn in Which she had been placed;

"We are unable," says the Birmingham Post, "to
report the least improvement in the staple trade of
Coventry." In fact, it Would seem that the trade has
scarcely yet reached the lowest point of declension: It
is estimated that only Atria 25 per cents of the artisans
are at work, and wages have been fearfully reduced.
An influential meeting of the neighbottring landowners
has been held; with Lord Leigh at their head, and a
considerable sum has been already collected for the
operatives in this City; who aro thus suffering so much
from the effects of the French Treaty.
The result of the trial of Irwin v. Lever, arising out
of the Galway packet Contract, is, that the plaintiff was
yesterday nonsuited.
The Bishop of
.Oxford has.received, and sent to the
papers for publidation, a highly interesting and charac-
teristic letter from Dr. Livingstone. It is, however,
dated sd far back as the 7th of April last.

It appears that last year four railway companies paid
dividends at the rate of 1 per cent. per annum and under ;
iiine between i and per cent.; twenty-Ave behteen 2 and
3 per cent. ; thirty-two between 3 and 4 per cent. ; twenty-
nine between 4 and 5 per bent. ; nineteen between 5 and
6 per cent ; five between 6 and 7 per dent.; four between
t and R per cent. ; one between 8 and 9 per cent. j and
four between 9 and 10 per cent

The condemned convict Anne Padfield has) since her
conviction, made a statement to the ordinary, solemnly
declaring that she had nothing to do with the Murder,
and incriminating other persons. This statement has
been submitted by the sheriffs to the Secretary of State,
and is how under inVestigation.
Lest iiight Mi% bright attended the annual meeting
and ballot of a Freehold Land Society, held in the
the Town-hall, Birmingham, and delivered to the per-
sons assembled to hear hira a lengthened address, the
main topics of which were the alleged evils of the law of
primogenitute and entails in Lnglandi and the alleged
advantages of the abseiled of these laNi's in France and
America. ThP 'tint mzollif inn tuna rronvarl, aanonaocl, and
supported by three several "Doctors," all apparently
from the northern capital ; and the second had the advo-
cacy of Mr. Bright himself.

* * Owing to the pressure on our space, our
Paris letter, and several other communications,
are held over.

ROBERT STtPIIENSON IN THE AKBAR,

agJUVENlLElrreeaatalready
cimprovementso nRf EenF oe Rdm
immense
inoEsfse et
bho
ene
ns
et
flai tgtuset
,e
noa nn eas
ooef the
have
eatvye.
aWnahefnorthsoettisee institutions
time.swuberseequilernsttlyes, tthabelisy hmeedt,
with the disapprobation and opposition of a few,
who seriously doubted their suitableness and pro-
priety as a means to the good end in view. Gra-
dually, one by one, the ranks of the doubtful and
disbelieving have been thinned; and we question
if there is now a single judge on the bench
engaged in the study and administration of cri-
minal jurisprudence who has not emphatically
pronounced the highest appreciation of the success
which has attended this mode of attempting to
reclaim and reform juvenile delinquents. On
this subject we think it d propos to a recent local
discussion to reproduce some remarks made by
Mr, domnaissioner HILL, the Recorder of Bir-
mingham, in his charge to the grand jury at his
last Borough Quarter Sessions. He said—
" ff any teninant of that corps of sceptics who might,
had we given ear to theni, haVe disheartened us in the
outset by their misgivings, still retain to be converted,
I would ask them to confer with such as have the best
means of information with regard to the classes from
whence that army of juvenile offenders was wont to be
recruited., which so lately disturbed and even alarmed all
reflective members of the community. !het him ask
respectable workmen and their wives whether the steps
of their children between home and school are so fre-
iltiently dogged as heretofore by the city Arab. Let him
enquire of til9 officers of police whether the diminution
of this juvenile pest iii our streets is not apparent to
the rinl;l- careless observer in the form Let him ask
what has been the consequences of gQizing the captains
of the various gangs of juvenile depredators who hereto-
fore harassed the passenger and the shopkeeper, and of
sending these leaders, not to be confined for a week or
two, and then let loose to join their followers in triumph,
but to be consigned to a reformatory for years, thence to
emerge willing and competent to enter into some honest
and useful occupation. The inquirer will assuredly find
that the abstraction of the leader has caused the disper-
sion of the band, it being as true of a body of thieves as
of any other body, natural or artificial, that the head is
by far its most important member ; and that, discouraged
by its loss, the followers will slink away to their homes
or their hiding places, whence they are readily attracted
to schools and refuges. For myself, I know of none
who have retained their unbelief."

Speaking of the opinion of the late Mr. Jardine,
Recorder of Bath, and .one of the police magistrates of
London,--a gentleman whose extensive learning had
been particularly directed to the administration of our
criminal law in past ages, as his published works testify,
and whose knowledge and experience were perfected by
the assiduous exercise of his official duties during a long
course of years,—and,'referring to the ,fact that Mr.
Jardine had at one time withheld his approbation from
'the new system of juvenile reformatories, the Recorder
gave the following interesting statemdt of the more
matured_ yiews of the learned judge
Shortly before his death, with the marlines which