The Express.
London, England, 1861-10-31 00:00:00

REFORMA roar SCHOOLS.

Last week a large party of managers of re-
formatory schools, and others who take special interest in
the diminution of crime. met, by invitation, at flardwicke.
court, Gloucester, the seat of Mr. T. B. LI. Baker, whose sue-
outdid exertioos and noticing energy in that cause are well
known. Three entire drys were occupied by discussions
bearing upon this subject, which resulted in the adoption
of seseral resolutions to ho presented io a memorial to her
Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department.
(due of the roost impoitset of these was a recommendation
that boys should not, except in special ca IK be sent to
reformatory schools the first time they are convicted of
crime, but should alms et invariably be so sent on a second
conviction. Experience has shown that for a Logo propor-
tion of boys once convicted, a short, sharp punishment is
a sufficient check —c. g., of 1,771 boys committed to the
Wakefield prison during fifteen years. per cent Dever
came back. CM the other heed, of boys committed a second
time, no ler then $4 per cent. did come back for • third
, The lecture for this (Thursday) evening is ex- koPrisolifuent—s strong proof of the Pest necosety,.lor
ported to Le of a peculiarly interesting character, the sub. • IsslusS"*l "'stifle" in sesh cases. In this es sm" se se
net being the priociples of geology a. illustrated by ! another resolution, recommeoding • reduction of the moan,
summer Ham by Mr. J. T. H. Orbeell, The from the Treasury, during the later years of detention,
chair will be taken by the Rey. Charles Mechem,. the managers were actuated by a desire that the country
A.M., at eight o'clock preehely. should be put to the least possible cost for the main-
'Cie following clones are now in fall operation, viz.: Wean of reformatories onnsistent with their efficiency.
French, Gelman, iseasielk. mi.. Laub, Hebrew, Greek. , Another point most essential to the reformatory system is to
Brewing,, political economy (Professor Leone sutures upon the parents of young offenders a sans,
Levibebemidry, arthmetic, book-keeping, shorthand, vocal of their natural responsibility, by making them cos-
mese% algebra, geometry, English history. Eoirlish grammar ' tribute something towards the maintenance of their
sad annonsitioo. *lncubi*, writing, sad coecertioa. , children in the schools. The exertions of her Majesty's in-
Tun'. also a debetjageoeway, caned the City of Lower specter to whom this department is confided have been
eollegs Deleting Society, which waste ate p.m. on Friday., ' greatly thwarted b 7 the supineness of magistrates as to
The subject for delete on Friday the Ist November is making and enforcing order. for this purpose. Lastly, tie
That the Voion of Church and Slateshould be main- manager. expressed • strong conviction that their work is
Wool " greatly neutralised while adult crime is no inadequately
dealt with as it is is England, and while under its bad
The Lord Mayor has aildreased the following
1444 r" the example and influence the reek. of young offenders ere
leading merchants, bankers, of the City, via. : being constantly recruited. lo this view they draw especial
" Mansion-house, Oct. 21. i attention to the monstrous evil that tiouviete, ;toiler license
" Dear Sir,—l beg your kind attention to the accompany- •tobe at e, larg-- before the expiration of their sentence,
ing detailing the plan of the new college for the are allowed, in contravention of the express terms on whici
that Itemise is granted, to go on associating with notoriously
young men of the City of Loadoe. Entirely meet:lariat' is
its views anal open to all, it has claims upon the citizens of bad characters, living without labour, and therefore pro-
London ; it offers the means of mental improsstsest to all bably by crime, yet unchecked until another conviction
thesis whose education is deficient, and it will tend to raise subjects them to a fresh sentence. This evil is rendered
their chancter.aod better qualify them for alum of treat. 1 more manifest by the fact that in Ireland, owing to a better
venture to seed you a list of contributions elftwaY PromLsed• administration of the same law, not only are such cases
and to express a hope that you may allow your name to be unknown. but the number of convict. her, been reduced to
so'o'n!.-1 am 4:c., LI " WILLIAM rUBITT." much less than half what it was eight years ago.—Leeds
,
The energ which the Lord Mayor has shown has caused Mercury.
the foundation fund to reach over 1,3001. Young MOD still
continue to join the chimes, the number of students, mem-
bers. an I subscribers having nearly reached 800.
The object of the fund is to reader the college rent free,
by purchasing the WWII of the premises they are now oc.
cupping, thereby making the inialtation self-supporting.

Ih. A w sal be hoped the gentleman mu not al-
luding to b:ni when be sp‘ke of parties calling public
roweling* out of theirdietricts; he begged to state he had does
au such thing.
The ru tIIIIIAX interfered, sad said that there was co
run. before the court. and Use wetter dropped.
?Le court dm* afterwards adjust's&

CITY OP LONDON COLLEGE.

New STET:MR.—A return made by the Firateorn-
tnisaioser of Works states that theSpitalfielde line of street
of 700 yards • Docketreet, 285 yards ; New °stied-street,
770 mils; Eldell-street, 3.550 yams: and St. Martin's-lam
sal Craubteirne.street alteration, 370 yards—together, cost
837,5442. The Spitalfielda extemlon, 520 yards, coat
211,5891. ' • and the Pimlico improvements, 378 yards,
52,478/. A return from the City states that New Cannon.
street, LICA yards in length, coat 5119,4701. ; and the corn.
pletion of the improvement. authorised to be made by the
Clerkenwell Improvement Commissioners, Victoria-street,
Clerkenwell, 1.120 yards, 313,0751. ; but there is building
ground out dispoeed of, in coosequeuce of railway commu-
nication in the line of street being sanctioned by parliament.
i'pou the whole 5,651;/ yards of street, not quite 34 miles,
there has thus been laid out 2,0,14,8721., or 3501. upon a
yard's length of street.
LONDON Gamow. OMNIBUS COMPAIIT (Lumen).
—Traffic receipts for week ending Oct. 27, 11,0911. se,
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MR. C. DU CANE, ALP., ON THE EDUCATIONAL
QUESTION.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

Aommusr, Oor. 30.—Arrourrmorse. —Com-
mander L C. H. Robinson, to be inspecting-oominander of
the wait guard ; and E. J. Pollard, to the Simeon.
Lieutenant C. Hill, to the Orpheus, commissioned, addi-
tional, for disposal on the Australian station.
Sub-Lieutenante C. T. Chute, to the Donegal; and A,
G. C. Tait, to the Revenge.
Master J. Richards, to be additional to the Indus, fir ser-
vice is the Petrel.
Chaplain' and Naval Instructors the Rev. J. H. Lang,
WA., to be chaplain of the Wellesley ; and the Rev. 1). J.
Boutdower. M.A., to be chaplain and naval instructor of the
Arrogant.
Master's Amistant J. J. Tozer, to the Orpheus.
Paymaster B. Scott, to the Queen.
Chief Engineer S. Stephens, to the Orpheus.
Engineers J. H. Adams, to the Orpheus ; and G. M.
Doolay (acting), to the Asia, for service in the Jasper.
First Class Assistant Engineers J. H. Vickery, to the
Orpheus ; and T. Hall, to the ludua, for charge of the ma-
chinery of the Delight.
Second Class Assistant Engineers W. /ammo and E. J.
Miller (acting) to the Orpheus.

WOOLWICH, OCT. 30.
Alderman Salomone and Mr. Angentein, the
members for the borovegh of Greenwich, bed an interview
with the Board of Admiralty a few dAys since, for the pur-
pose of endeavouring to obtain a modification of the order
recently made for the discharge of a large number of work-
men from the steam factory department of this dockyard.
Hie Orr the Duke of Somerset replied that the question
was mood Stenos, all as the amen* granted by the last
estimates bid beta to a great extent eahausted, it was found.
neehmary to reduce some of the departments by the suspen-
sion of work not urgently required. Arrangements have
subsequently been made to retein. a number of man who
would otherwise be discharged, by means of reducing the
number of working hours, and consequently the amount of
wages, throughout the establishment. The wages of first-
class draftsmen and others, heretofore receiving la. per day,
will be reduced by 13s. per week, whilst the labourers will
now receive but 10s. per week.