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tel aitinsties in whirl they wire plunged, but They
were wholly without the Ines's:, of support, or any
sits, to preireot a relsose into crime, as the rouse•
quence of extreme distress. In this situation a
mode of present relief was held out, remarkable
for its singularity, though not perhaps fur its pre.
Bence—it watt the eller at one of their lllMllbirtWti‘l
rake the desolate beings they had saved, and'provide
toy them in his nwo house.—"Applause.)—lt was
!I lIMIMITIP to record that Malty, very many of these
persons were restored to society, iu which they 1
coot ittered instost AMPS and honest member'.-r-
Thee soon had,se antishertion of *veiling them-
selve. Of the InsiWane offer of that eitcelleut Sikiety ,
'the It.fuge tilt the Destitute, firm whom they re.; ,
(wired tit, wok of Is part of their building, which
was' ostreeispiedoswing, he tegi•etted to say, to The
rent of Nude in the Refue, to apply it to their
own rn,nt exrellentsnd useful pumas. The OM.
1;-titleman they Pointed the.attenttois of the Meet-
ing to the past and Indent state of the prisons. of
'tile (-artistry, and the material improvements which
siisci;.line reml a hinter system had happily csta-
11114ed in them. Neragate now, fOr instance, had
almost become a place of fashionable resort, for the
poirwoio of dons gworl.—liipplairse.)—Since the
time of Ph. Howard, the snbiect of
z
the .tar.e of prismsr ' been taken op by other he-
recolent characters; by Mr. Neild, and by several
whose sole object iris the reformation of their Nye-
etes.—( eferpAtirse.pLThe labours of mach char.ic-
ten had fortnnoteluexplotled the old system of the
phis and prisseipWof prison regulations, and
• taught the poblic Ittid something more was ewers-
•ary 'to a gaol than igh walls and heavy dnne.—
(I.lvii-, hear.)—The more the Committee extended I
thi•ir 1.41Mur., the more they were convinced that
the mereste of juvenile delinquency was caused by
the c,miagion to which the miserable objects were
toc;•,##l by the want of classification within the
...all,: of the prisons of This country.—(//ear, hear.)
—At rite period to which he alluded st was obvious
Om A armenre of imprisonment and hard labour
.wits to.!ritly to consign au individual to idleness and
cloth. Tile penitentiary houses were, at the name
time, in an ritually inefficient slate, and as well as
the 0 toll, consisted of places little better than schools
fir inculcating every species of crime. How then
cool/1k be expected that individuals t!,rown from
~itc!. .. i t nat ions, and without the means of any support,
.'#.#,Ojtailopt any other course than that by which
11,...% ...erilil relapse into their former habits of de-
sir Icy ? The main object of the Society soon be-
e un- to reostder what steps should be taken forth.
t•mr,,',” of providing employment for those who
v ..t.z. i•-•••••orfl from scenes of evil and vice. The
riviawiit their sttenti 111 l was publicly known to
.1-,tc liven dr.twis In this subject, the Committee
r: n. io the -almost daily . habit of receiving applies.
ie.• -'from the Magi:Ai-n(7 and other bodies, with
impili-. for their plans, their arrangements. their
rn:., ; indeed, for every information which could be
1.1-.1-nf its the reforotetion, not only of the discipline
of iiroiss, but of the plans usually adopted for
tlii,e einistruetiou. These numerous inquiries led
ICI 1 mound interchange of information, and
the 'Committee had now given the public the
lulll benefit of their whole labours. The Committee
Iml never lost sight of this important axiom, that
with,r4t. classoficetion end employment it were kW-
powl.le to do any effectual good in the way of
r.forotation. lle would now take this opportunity
el. 1 mdicating the Society from one charge that
Jtad. among ninny others. been brought against
ter, ro.", It was said that they waded to make pri-
-101.. p!,\Cell of comfort and indulgence. This charge
he would fairly inert. They wished Is) make prisons
eo fay comfortable as to make them clean—
(; tear, hear)—and to make their inmate, clean in-
sAe,ol of filthy—to make them industrious instead
cf rale—rational instead of intemperater(Hear.)
'—Were these then the ways that were calculated
ID cake him relapse into crime, or whether they
were not rather those best calculated to promote the
reci.#l order of the community ?—(//eat. kette.)—
If- knew very well the old practice which they
c,w had altered, the scenes of gaining, and
drunkenness. and profligacy. that were wont to be ,
witnessed in The prisons of the country, and by
goes!). of which the novice in crime, who was thrown
it:to a gaol, soon cline out a ready adept in every
*pp( ins of profligacy end crime.—(Bear.).--
Tin re vices were now banished, an far as classifica.
lion had been practicable. This was (nions on a
comparison between the gaols conducted on the old
and new plau. On the former, thirty4forty, sod
ev-t, sixty. out of every hundred, were found to
.rrt tiro to the gaol from which They came, while on
lisp pew plan the returns were not found to exceed
Inv per cent. The object of the Society was lost to
rep,ke a prism) e place of comfort, but one of disci-
-1.11 tie—(lleor)—liot one of rigour or harslinits. but
.of r ',tonal restraint. The old plan was court as
w. II as I ix. it roused not quelled passion—the stew
sevi moderate and effective, The sorest way to
u•ske men savages was to treat them like savages.—
///ear)--The noisiest example of the practical
etr,ct of n change of system in the Mansgeinent of
prisoners had been formed by the Ladies' Commit-
tee its Newgate.—(!/ear. hear.)-11 was made too
upon wills which trever,.kirew contiol, and who in-
dulged in every is:maim. and in a hold defiance
alike of the kw, of God and MM. These brings
. were trued to yield to a rational slivcipline, which
they were soon made sensible was calculated for
Weir own .griod. Hr *mild. while on this topic,
sissy • word respecting a Isle distgibance among
the ferrules in Newrate, a loch was proiJaimed to
Ilii•artold. not atom tlitosi.th the orili!#aiy duettists
of public information, but also by placards posted
up on the walls of the metropolis. On inquiry the
accounts pote'idted were found to be erroneous.
There had beeti certainly a disturbance ist the toil-
stnt, and though lie did slot mean to vindicate ii, be
must also say there was some Valise for that ills-
tmlunee.. 14 was the Intniane practice of the 1
Covernor of Newgsse to allow the female coo lie:re I
the opportouity if seeing their friends the 'tight
before they were sent away for irStiepOtialloll--iitis I
privilege on the ocessinon alluded to, owing to
Ow time when the arningemein for articling the
women off was Pride, could out be seceded to. Iso

the uproar therehy ostteerl eighteen joiurJ, and up-
wards of eighty Romeo, though reeked by the others,
dill 01 •join,—/Hear, hear.)—The forbearance of
the one ought therefore to 'pave beets inentioesed as
well ■s the act of the other.—(l/ear, hear.)—lt
altuuld oleo be recollected what war the mite of tlwee
women before the Ladies pee their attention to the

'prisen. •It rlN:haell a scene of hofideettifeolligley.
This change was it conduits" ;front of the benefit
&tired from an alteration oldie old system. With
rtterct to the foreign operatioiss of the Society,
whet had been Abided to by their illustrious
Chairmen, their minable 'fiend, Mr.'tVtn. Alien, had
modes foreign tour. Russia was now 'actively em.
pined iu adopting for bet- population the plans of
the Society. At St. retereburgli and Moscow
public meetings hail nlreviv b-en had, and large
POMP subscribed to carry into effect the reformatory
'Diem; the Emperor of Resta* hal declared Ishn-
self Patron, anti nominated his Punt, Minioter,
Prince nallitsen, to be President. The Hoe. Gen-
deem then adverted to the prospective arrange-
Meats to which the Meeting ought to look for the
Porpoise of extending, as well as preserving the
greet benefits which the Society Visel, in view. 13y
the evidence given before the Parliamentary Com-
mittees, it amid he seen that 8,001) jnvenile delin-
quents subtitled in and • about the metropolis by
schemes of profitmic7 and ploooder.—( Hear.)—
There wretched beings were at once the burden
and the disgrace of their country.—( llear,hear.)—
It Wits in vain then in so extensive n state of vice to
hope to dap the evil by any system of prison dis.
cinline, unless it were followed by an asylnrn for
the employmeut of the objects their hontattity had
saved.--(Neat.)--The wretched object. I,ver.
*helmet! by distress, mud almost. in the 'mature of
things, revert to• las former Whits, unless some
means were placed within hie repels of procoareig
an honest livelihood. The plan in view Mil to
establish en asylum for such a porpese. Ile men-
tioned this great object to the Meeting, it wait
for them to say, how far it could be carried into
effect by public benevolenre. He cooclorded by
earnestly entreating the assistance of the Meeting
to promote so laudable and comprehensive an ob- ,
jeer.—( Load applause.)
The Marquis of LANSDOWN then rose and said,
that the object and view of the Society had been PO
clearly and ably developed by the Gentleman who
had just spoken, that little remained for him to say
in support of the great and substantial improvement
which this Sleeting had to promote. He should,
therefore, only aibl, that he felt real satisfaction in
assisting on so useful and benevolent an occasion.
(Am:dense. J—Considernille light had-been thrown
upon the practicability of the object, by the suc-
cess which had attended the steps alteady taken to
promote it, and indeed nothing remained hut to
follow the path already trod, which pest lead to
the accomplishoneut of all, their wishes. The see.
timent convened in the Itesoloithan which he held
in his hand, was one not only of sound law,
but of humanity and common senor. It was nn un-
deniable truth, that willsoialclataireation no good
could be effected rot the inmates of a prison, and
without employment no benefit could be !lord for
thews oben'out of confinement. It wits to be la-
mented dint as yet the general plans of this Sw...iety
were not carried into effect more generally is the
prisons of the country; but in those where they had
bean fully adopted, it wecimportatit to see sow ex-
teutive were the beneficial results.—(//car.) —lt
was also gratifying to see the alacrity with which
that moat important end useful body, the Magi-
strates of the country„ were disposed to diffuse
the 'Meaning's of this Society.—(hear, hear.)
Tht• meeting had berme them all the facts, which
skewed. under Providence, the great benefits the
Society had dispensed among trot condellteile ;
and
it 1111111.0 P thew to be instrumental in enlarging the
circle of their henevolessee, and giving the country
at large the advantages of so excellent i system.—
The Resolution which he held in his Italia ,hewed
the oneetino, the necessity that related of consider-
ing generally the stated the mimeos throughout the
country. Their nett. 519 gaols in the (hotted
Kingdom, which contuined, in the year IRIS,
107,000 prionoters. Only 9.3 of these role had or
were enabled completely to adopt the plan and
pripciples of the Society ; he, therefore, barmier,
oil tiw meeting the imperative 'weedily of making
still- farther everrinnte so as to give the utmost pos-
sible effirecy to plans at once PO wise, hnntatw, and
judicious. The Noble Margolis cencluded, amid
loud altniehse. by proposing the first Resolution,
which was declaratory of the state of the prisons
throughout the country. and of the necessity of
clareifying prisoners—lfor which Me Advertise-
ment./
Lord AUCKLAND. in rising to second this mo-
tion. said. that alter the thereon address of the
lion. Gentleman she Gist spoke, and the Noble
Marquis who followed him, he could not think of
intruding his own less perfect sentiments upon the
Meeting. Ile should therefore content himself
with stating, that both in public and private, the
Society slormicl have his most cordial support.—
. 11,med . applause. J —There was no bead that ever
Irlt for she Mowry of others, tore nsind that ever
enjoyed the charm of benevolence. which must
not on tine resent occasion derive the moat
plesaing reessolon from the progress ntid site.
ceps of t so admirably calculated to elevate
the character of the country, and ameliorate its
best interest a. pplaase. ucli good had at.
ready been dot e by their cleansing primatns of their
filth—much sell remained to be done to purity the
wretched inmates, and bee them from the opera-
limo of that moral contagion to which they were
now so liable. The Noble Lord concluded by
seconding the first Resolution, which was unani-
mously adopted.
The linveeC/1 A I rtm A N begged leave to withdraw
in the present stage of their proceedings, Ile re-
gretted bring !prevented by illness from remaining
any longer in the room. He assured the meeting
of the warm Parted which he felt in the promo-
tion of their object ; indeed it was that desire to be
present on au occasion someone-toes to their humane
and benevolent views which induced him in his pre-
sent state of health to :attend the meeting.—(Load
opplunse.)
The Marquis of LANSDOWN said, that the meet•
ing could owl suffer his Royal Highness to depart
without expressing to hen their gratitude for his
cotidescension in presiding in their Chair, as well ue
the satisfaction they telt rat haviog Royal High.
item's efficient support end -co-operation to promot.
nig the objects of the Society. —(eipplotise.)
The thanks of the lfociety carte then given by
acclamation to Isis Royal lloghtiess, who acknow.
hedged the grateful brow be entertained of slits tri-
bute of respect from so eidightened andommerous a
meeting.
'rime 114‘1,444e tl, q witbdrew amid the cheers

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and good wishes of The meeting fur the restoration
of his health.
a TAM AUCKLAND then took the Chair—.and
Mr. Wutscorouce proposed the second Itero.
lution. (Earl Grosvenor rose at the some instant,
but resumed his seat.) He observed, that lie should
net have p►essed himself then upon the attention of

the meeting. filled as it was by personages of the
first distinctionovere it wit that the second was the
Resolution pot into his bawl, and Gentlemen like.
himself were on occasions of this kind but the pow
Mg instruments, as it wete. to the bands of the par- ,
ties more immediately combusting the meeting, to
give effect to their views, and f d 1 into the places
.aligned them. It was impes•ible to read the Re.
solution he haul to submit without being shocked
at the dreadful fact of 8.000 boys subsisting by the
pinutler of the community. Ssich an increase of
juvenile depravity could not be viewed without
sensations of the deepest re ;•et.—(//i or, heae.).....
Stith aprenred from the information of the Society
to be the melancholy fact. A 4 men and as Chris-
tians, they Iseult be shocked at the recital of so touch
misery, and they were bound to attend to the
claims of the poor notsl unfortunate youth that were
devotee, to such prospects.— (I/earl—He, as a
memleirof the I..egidature, took shame to himself
for tint sooner hay* assisted m c.ithiug the atten-
tion of Pertiatnent to the germ national object of
the education of the people of the country.—
(Heue.)—lf flint education bad been hitherto more
widely diffusive!, it might have preventrd many of
these unfortunate boys from falling into that Mips
of crime which now overwhelmed them. To release
them, if possible, front such a stite, was not only n
Christian duty—it was not alone no act of justice
and a Moral obligation—but, strictly speaking. it
was sit act of retribution which society owed three
unfortunate and miserable
The corruption mainly cense(' by the neglect of
moiety, the eommonity were bound to root out.
Dreadful . indeed had been the 'State of prisons
when these boys were heretofore made their iomates.
The novice in crime soon became the hardened
assistant of the old and depraved villain. and became
iu his turn the incorrieible adept. at corrupting
other.—(dear, hear.j—To such an extent had
juvenile depravity been found it violation of the
law., that out of 55 convicts whom lie had himself
seen under sentence of death in Neevgate. 13 were
mete huyr.—(Hear, /tear.) —What was the remedy
for such an evil ?—obviously that so efficiently ap-
plied by this humane and benevolent Society; it at
once flashed conviction not alone upon the judg-
ment hat the heart.—(Hear.)—lt only remained
then for that enlightened meeting to give tffict to u
plan, not speculative in its nature, but oue sauce
tioned by the strung test of ciii,c:7vlicc.—(Hear.)
—The Hon. Gentleman then limbed :be caution,
prudence, and iseratseurantie of the Committee, the
Members of which pri.ceedt.id, step by step. until
at length they load compiled such a mass of facts,
and deduced from them such cogent and practice!
conclusions, that it was impossible to retie;
either their force or their application. They
spoke at length in a voice of thunder, when
at first but the still small voice of conscience"
skewed the clearness us %%edits justness of their
views.—(app/arse.)—lt was delightful to find that
the Magistrates of the country so cordially co-ope-
rated in promoting the views of the Society. It
was the glorious institution of the Magistracy of
this country which so largely contributed to sus.
lain its high repotetion, and distinguish it from
other 'tattoos of the world ; it wits the enlightened
station anol active efforts of the 113gistracy. bind-
ing as they did the great mass of the community to
them with the strong ties which the assurance of
support and protection were so well calculi:ter, to
cement ; it was their wirendaney and influence, rind
the confidence they inspired, which gave this country
so decided an advantage over ethers Celt had not
the advantage of the same frame of society.—
(opplente.)—lt was most gratifying, he repeated, to
see the Magistrates so ready to give effect to the
views of the Society.—(Hear.)—lle rejoiced that
this great Christian plan of doing good had been
reared, and thus it had pleased Providence lie should
have lived to have taken a part in its erection.—
It emanated, he knew, from among that respectable
class of persons (we believe of the Society of
Friends) who lore to do good in private (np.
planse)—but whose work had at length grown so
large, that it became 114 it were the property of the
public. It was at such a moment that his Royal
Highness the Duke of Gloucester did honour to
himself, while he did honour to them in stepping
forth to become their Pat roit.—( Loud applause.)—
They must know aid feel the value of such support.
Many, ninny years had now elapsed suttee the be-
nevolent Mr. Howard published his work, and
called the attention of the country to the state of
its prison.. Much feeling was excited at the time,
but owing to the want of its being tsikeit up in a
public-spirited manner, attention died away, and
the subject was forgotten. At a distrust interval
came another man, who followed the stages of Mr.
Howard, he alluded to his late excellent frisiol,
Mr. Neild, whose hotnane and benevolent labours,
though ineffeetuel in their time, were now most
fortunately followed up hr other intlividunls. In
this manner and by those exertions the abuses of
the existing system became publicly known, and
the remedy equally apparent. It was, indeed, chi-
merical to suppose that pity human efforts would
totally banish vice and crime, but it was obvious
that the evils which arose from depravity may be
materially mitigated, mud that many of the wretched
objects who were corrupted may be reclaimed.
for the common good of society.—(Hear, hear.)—
The remedy was the diffusion of moral and reli-
gious education among those who had mifortu-
nate.y commenced their career without the enjoy-
ment of such blessings; that experience had shewn
was the first step to he taken to fecal the erring
mind from the evil courses to which it was limn-
tunately led by vice, and the contagion of bad
example. The reform of the female offenders in
Neergair, was a memorable instance of the efficacy
with which the plait of this Society worked. It
was know', by experience that the corruption of the'
best things became the worst ; so in the female cha-
racter,their vices because, whims abandoued to bed
habits, the most deplorable, and yet yielded to the
great corrective of this Society, in the admirable
and most praiseworthy fitatitirr Sir which it had been
applied. The Hun. Gentlemen concluded amid
great applauie, by proposing the id Resolution.
Mr. Sruasit IBesi xt, in seconding this too.

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Lion, livid, that if hi. lion. Friend, whose !Urgent
wu so long known and apperetited, felt esoltaremie
ed at the valuation in which be mood, hose iiih
more so must not lie feel, who had none of the 'drool.
ingest which so eminently distinguished his Hon.
Foetid. fie fully and most cordially agreed in all
that had fallen from the pereensages Who had pre.
ceded him respecting the great importance of the
object of the Society, and the practical applicabi-
iit*.of:the means which they spotted to carry, their
views two effect. He spoke tint without some ex ►
-
perieur.e. for 1w had peen the success of their plan
when storoduced by his lion. Ftireirl (Sir Thomas
Boone) in the county gaol near the vtace where he
resided in the country. lie was therefore perfectly
satisfied that such a pion, when generally adopted,
could not fail to produce the most important ad- ,
vantages to society at large.—(Hear. hear./
The second Resolution was then carried unatti-
meusle.
Earl GROST6NoIt then rose to propose the
third Resolution. and explained that whet, lie hail
lately risen, it was under a mistake into which he
had been led by the numerical order of the Resolu-
tion pot into his bawl. He was gratified that his
lion. Friend (sir. Wilberforce) hail preceded Mina
for hula reinviued for lion to trouble the meeting
with, Idler the able expositions they hail heard of
the humane and benevolent objects of the Society.
lie was sere they felt the obligation they owed their
late Itluitrious Chairman. who manifested, notaitithe
standing the severity of his indisposition. so deep ass
interest in their booties', as to have attended that
day.—(!:real applense.)—lt was another matinee
of the active benevolence of the Royal House-to
which lie belonged—(blear. hear)—and who were
on all occasions the active patrons of every great
anti benevoletit.object.—(Applause.)—The walls of
that Hall were decorated with- the portraits of those
illustrious persons who so often took an active part 11
in the promotion of public projects. The Noble '
Earl cowhide/I, amid great applause, by stating,
that though be was not much in the habit of per.
tonally, atteuding public .meetings, yet he was
always glad to be a contributor for the promotion
of the object they had in-view. He warmly en-
forced upon the meeting the necessity of sopped-
hag the funds of the Society.
Dr. LUSHINGTON said, that in seconding the Re-
solution which hat been proposed by the Noble
Lord, he trusted lee should be allowed to offer a
few words, which perhaps were peculiarly called fur
from him—because, having been a member of the
Committee originally aretenised, lie had perhaps a
more than ordinary opportunity of observing the
necessity that existed for an institution of this na.
tare. Tiiey had board frost his Hon. Friend (Sir.
Buxton), that thtlabouro of the Committee had
been at first direcTed to an inquiry into the causes
and progress of juvenile delinquency ; and the re-
stilt of their investigation chewed nut only its ex-
istence, but that it was continuing and increa.ing
every day and hour. To check the progress of an
evil in its consequences the most alarming, as
striking at the very root of national morality, secs.
rity, and happiness, was the earliest object of the
Committee, particularly till the Legislature had
applied itself to stop it as far so human totems
could. They soon discovered that one of the
causes of the evil they so much deplored was, that
when juvenile offenders, who had bees, committed
for trifling offences. or light mistlemeatiote, were
discharged from Newgate, or similar places in the
metropolis, they were alwolotely left without any
honest means of subsistence or maintenance. It
was not unkimwit to the persons then assembled.
that for tonne years past an utiostial difficulty had
existed to the worming of employment ; how much
then lens that diftidtitty enhanced to persous thrown
on the world without friends, without character.
and, from their tender age, devoid of the prutleisce,
experience, or even power to avail tbetneelves of she
}nited rowers of industry which dad exist
(/fear.)—What had been the consequence of turn.
ing Imp of that age loose on society without aiso
guidance or assistance ? Was if not plein that they
of necessity returned to their former habits.-slat
they were d.iven to renew their depredations to tap.
port life—and that they terry day sunk deeper and
deeper into crime and vice, and became more the
destruction of themselves sod the bane of society? .
It was in order to provide a receptacle for youthful
offenders in such circumstances that an Implication
hod been made to the Society for the Relief of the '
Destitute. It was. as they had been informed, sue-
cessful—a honer was obtained. That Institution
had been osilytwo years in action. It was to be
under.tood, however, that it wall no otherwise con-
nected with the Society for the Relief of the I3esto-
we than being on the same premise.. In that
short epaCe of time spot less thin 410 individtials
had been received within it ; out of thieve airy.
eight had been restored to their friends or their
parishes; several others had been disposed of in
various suitable ways ; eighteen 'only aheceuded ;
and there were remaining in the estehlishment
thirteen. Almost every cane of these were persons
who had violated the laws of society. and of the
whole but twenty might be said to have Miami-
ducted themselves,—(hirer., hear,- hosr.y...Batt
even vupposibg that the great majority of the
people ill yotestinut had tclepsell kites the Ara of I
vice and misery. I:teh they held been before
immersed, would it not lie worth while to make an
effort to rescue the remainder ? IViss it not equally
their duty and their mit-outage to- do so? Was
there a more noble or more beneficial employment
in the world than the suppression of clime, and the
reclaiming of the criminal ? What a glorious ob-
ject, considered either with referent,- to the unfor-
tunate criminal himself, the persons who availed
themselves of such a godlike opportunity of doing
good, or to society at large ! Even on the sparrow
principle of peblic economy, hushing was snore de-
serving of encouragement than that which would
add to the stock of general labour and productive
industry, and diminish the depredation mod destruc-
tion of property by the indoleet.—(Heare hear.)—
Dal he was carry to say that the Nude of the Com-
mittee were so contracted, , that many individuals
who most earnestly applied fur admission, were ne-
reasenly -refined it, and the most !minim' task the
Committee Watts perform was, to keep their doors
closed against numerous applicants truly dens.
titnte. Therefme he said, thpt no' better pr
higher object could be proposed to. a benevolent
public than to enable them to multiply the beater
fits of the Institution, to enlarge their tillotte si
•reeeiviug the. peniient Mid isidigutt, and snatching

from the gulf of poverty, guilt, snd contsniinit.
Lion, many a fellow-cresture.—(Hear,
rhould nest beg leave to Fey a few words on the
propriety and duty of reclaiming those ill-Curd
early delinquent.. There were many persons who
had never iii the course of their lives an opportu.
nity of seeing or doincv.J.S.-they might to d 0....
who were kit from infant, without good exampi.,
education, advice, or any one motive or incentive
to good conduct—who.-tinteset of beiu trained ht.

their parents to the practice of virtue and mora!vi ,
were inst meted in the exercise of &sedan(' iquitt.
To mention floe instance in il'austretlen : A boy .0'
eight years of age had lately come under the now.,
of the Society, whose enothor was still living, at
did worse than completely neglect him, that had
abrade been at no lees than eighteen police Ace,
on different charges.—( 1 fear.)-11* said the a
child so circumstanced was au outcast from so. Lett,
vud ht saute further, that society should pot do its duty
if it abandoned the care of such a heipi
(Hear. to.-ae.)—Who was there of all those thAt
enjoyed the blessings of careful nurture, and early
religious and moral education, tint had never strait.
ed ? Wes it surprising then that thitse who had
never heard religion or good morals mentioned but
for purposes of ridicule, who had never heard one
good advice, or Cecil one good example. should
mire the tight path ? Throe things ought to be
known and rrffected on. It lease-serious subject
for the consideration of the Legislature, whether
the expense of building a permanent plice of
reformation of youthful offenders would not be re.
paisl in the results with great interest. Such :in
institution was most called for in London. 1)r.
Lashington then indulged its an anticipation of
happy results of the diffusion of thee, Immune sod
liheral otnittnarnts over every (porter of the amid,
the held of which, he owned, would never he ex-
tiorguislwd—inid cosicbaded by expressing hie hearty
concurrence in the Revolution, which was put and
carried unanimously.

T. 11:A RING then rose to propose the beet He.*
onlution.'seid addressed the Meeting, but weregret
to ray Hist molly of his remarks escaped to, in con-
sequence of the low tone of voice ill winch they
were delivered. The elision and trlrj-etso he sans.
of the institution. bad liras urged by the Gentle.
man wilo had spoken heforehim with a power and
eloquence which t was Ware carried conviction to
every mind—.(f/earl ..hear)--and he .trusted thrt
throe who had heard them, would on their parts
afford that protection and support which was neces-
sary to enable the Society to proceed in their hu-
mane course, and effect their excellent view,.
[Here the floss. Baronet paused a little limo, no.
patently from the iliflitence of stroiDns fethite./
lie kit himself so the situation of being guile
overpowered by the presence of so !loge and re-
spectable au assemblage met to promote so noble a
purpose, and the force of these feeling. was in-
creased by the terms in which his Hon. Friend (11r.
Buxton) had spoken of his own humble serriett.
The legitimate end of ell punishment ors to Ene
cent crime, but he could not help sayiog `lint
prisons of this COMA ry had been hitherto, tiMorronlic
be might say, to the utter-perversion of their true
uses, so flimsy schools of crime, so many semina-
ries of iniquity, where the young delinquent woo
confirmed ill Iris former vicious propensities, taught
new criminal habits. and from thence sent adrift on
I society, in most instances worse than when he hot
been apprehended. The prison its which his own
humble exertions had been made was our of those-
examined by his Hots. Friend (Mr. Batumi), and
an outline of the system there pursued was contains.
ell in the valuable work winch be had Rivets the.
I public—a work which ably pointed nut the error.
and evils of the old, and the juiprorement, rind
• irefits of the new course of discipline. The nu-
tetioe trainees at that gaol were now completely chi-
retro! from what they had been some time before.
The very hest effectihod Rowed I the new classo.
&Mims of Vie pritiotiers. is Hoo..Frieritl 11411,43 Fri;
thAt a charge had been ins& against the Society re-
lative Is the species of treatises! sad discipline re_
commended by them, which,* bad expreEteil his
opinion was without foundation. Ile was sore.
however, that such a charge email not have been
made with the intimation of obstructing .the At-
tainment of their eitiosete ohjeet, and v.!!1!e
they were anxious to introduce
of reform into their prisons, •ilney should lir-
ware of falling into so opposite extreme. lExtrerino
were natural to man. The exteriors of our o tot
now bad the appearance of stately edifices, Mill he
thought it possible that in the interior matigionee;
of their prisons they might commit tire same error a-
in their outward construotioiss. fitful sod lulicrat
treatment might be carried to such a latch tliat
the loss of liberty alone would not be sutfictent to
deter all persons from stoking n refuge to a gnol.
• They could not go toil for in hist monist sod rota-.
cation. but they might excued in iiitiolo,unce. The
consequences of improved discipline no the it..l4.ttlet
roamed in dor goal of the enmity «here In. no 'lest.
and to which he had It-fore were more *to-
Me on males than females. The meson wis clr
Winne—it wag •beconse they had been utile to bemt,v,
much more attention and vigilaoce no the milt
than the women.—(Herren hear, hear.)--fle !riot-
ed that it would unit hr !nog adore a society
of Lashes solidi! he eidislitisficrl there for di-•
solwriotendeoce of the feta Alec —(1 hoe, hour.}
—Front the experiment garde in the I ___e.ropo..s, .ii•
lied no doubt that the ben fir ial von.etriences ars.-
ing from it would be similar. • The Hon. Dermot
then stud an extract from a reoort of the stale of the
gaol to which he list! berere elludril, draft it tip tor
himself, sir winch snoi...uggeoion was st t
and enforced. After 1..... remarks sin rise Route-,
tiro' he ruse 10 latl:c!I was of tononder.ible
length, he expresscd lots ilishility to read it. rind rro
quested that that task would be undertaken ty tie
Gentlemen* who wits to 'tetrad it. Accordingly,
Mr. Iton.I.IAN A r.r.oe, .of the Sort ty ~1
Friends, was then called On by the Chun mon. OtAf
after reading the Rego:whin, otos., .rel, that alter the
very able manner in which the sorhject hid heels
bronght forward _sod urged on th. Meeting by' die
Geeslin:mesa wino had prsooolori loin, he was ready 'n
shrink from the task.-(titeers.)—But on lookl'or
around. hint he saw tine faces of those whom be hart
the happioo., to all his friend,. awl who were al-
ways preatent and foremost where any object was
propelled fur the semi of usaiikind—fiker)—
, therefore lie was eseooraged to proceed. sad tray
.to.the inilidgeote of his motham..—( Hero .).I.IY as
6it now, Weed, in tali f> teceth centory, fed Edge
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