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London, England, 1864-06-04 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 4.

TEE work of reforming boys who from any cause
have exposed themselves to the punishment of
crime is not one which necessarily forces itself upon
public attention. It is • slow and tedious business,
requiring to be carried on for the most part in shade
and seclusion. Accordingly we hear very little of
well-conducted Reformatories, except when the
necessity of raising funds leads to an appeal to
the public and to meetings of friends, generally col-
lected with difficulty. The mode in which insti-
tutions of this kind may best be aided by the State
has been a question of difficulty from their earliest
existence; it being found that a very little encou-
ragement in excess calls into existence establish-
ments which are only Reformatories in name and
appearance, and in reality abodesof disorder and nur-
series of idleness. We fear it is true that the rules
found necessary by the Government to check the
growth of these excrescences have in more than
one instance proved fatal to well-directed and
successful institutions of this class. If the
fact be so, it is an additional reason for regretting
the continued support from the public funds of so-
called Reformatories which in no sense fulfil the
promise of their name. The primary schools
aided by the Education Committee of the Privy
Council are subjected to a test which more or
less secures a rate of payment proportioned to
useful results. It does not seem unreasonable
that the Reformatories aided by the Government
should be dealt with according to the same prin-
ciple. How would the Mount Saint Bernard Re-
formatory stand such • test t How many boys
has it reformed ? or has it at any time since its
foundation been in a condition to make it likely
that one would be reformed there f The public
has beard moreof the inner life of this " Reforms.-
" tory" than of any other, and always to its dis-
advantage. We have [become accustomed
to the news of " another outbreak at
" Mount Saint Bernard's ;" and, perhaps,
are acquiring the indifference that comes
of familiarity. But the residents in its vicinity
cannot take matters so easily, and we learn with-
out surprise that at the present moment the whole
neighbourhood is in a state of alarm, owing to
what, ludicrous as it may seem, is seriously and
correctly termed the " threatening attitude of the
" boys." A few months ago the subject was brought
under the consideration of the Home office,
and an inquiry having been ordered a report was
made to Sir Gwent Garr, showing that the
monks either did not possess or were unwilling to
d'art the authoray 1166essary IC mania or to
control a large number of turbulent boys of the
age at which youth most needs a bridle. Some
changes were accordingly made, but whether owing
to these, or as the natural development of causes of
longer standing, the government of the institution
is now weaker and more ineffectual than ever. The
boys appear able to do just as they plasm, and
they please to do nothing but mischief. The
recent disturbances began on Sunday week
with the escape of four lads, who rose
in the night, and after letting them-
selves down from the dormitory, unobserved
by the officers, broke into another part of the
premises, dressed themselves in the best clothes
they could find, and made their escape. On the
following Tuesday nearly the whole of the criminal
inmates, 180 in number, rose in mutiny, not only
refusing to work or otherwise obey their superiors,
but attacking and severely beating the few well-
disposed lads who were ready to do so. If this ,1
insurrection was not irresistible, it was deemed so,
and the place was at the mercy of the mutineers.
We are informed that about 50 of them, having
first armed themselves with knives and sticks,
went off to Bardon, a neighbouring village, where
they attacked with knives and atones some la-
bourers, who, knowing the clandestine character of
their visit, attempted to capture them ; one of the
labourers was wounded severely. On the same
evening, another party went out on a pleasure
trip. These young fellows knew what they were
about too well to run away ; 70 of them returned,
taunted and defied the officers, were masters
of the place, called for what they chose,
were supplied with it, and no want remaining
ungratified went to bed. It is added, and we can
well believe it, that if their freak hadended here
the public would have heard of it. But
they were so unwise as to challenge the outer
world. On the next day after their saturnalia •
party of them, who were in a field "at work,"
saw a farmer whom they recognised as having
assisted the authorities against them, and
fairly hunted him to the refuge of •
neighbouring inn, which they surrounded,
demanding his delivery to them by the landlord.
On their request being refused they smashed the
windows of the house. It would be wearisome to
follow in detail the story of their outrages. On
Friday in the same week there was another
general revolt, when as usual " the authorities
" were paralysed," and the police were called in.
Thirty lads were looked up, and still more police
were required, as " there were signs of
" • formidable rising." An official inquiry
is to be made into these facto by the
Home-office ; without anticipating its results,
which will no doubt show with great discrimina-
tion bow the blame of the scandalous occurrences

ought to be distributed, we have no hesitation in
submitting to the public that the experiment of