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41)1SC' PLAN P, AND FO TiIiIIitSPORNIATION
, JUVENILE OFVF.N DER&
T • UENEKAL 04it1tTial0 or the SUR.
A SCRISIMS pod EN De to dris SOCIETY, Meld*,
at Fternissess' Ha l& be TUESDAY, Nay 14 1110;
His Royal Hiybuyth Disks of GLOUCESTER. Palter ;
•its the Chair
The fallowing Remiclions were stesaiedemsesely agreed to
It wns moved by tin:Nam& of SIIIIMMWO, aid second-
ed by Lon! Aocklaed—.
1. That it appears, by retells whaub hem emend, Imes
laid before Perlisment, that of 111111 Gaol, and Moms of
Ctirreetioa in the Vatted Kingelows,=te whit-14in the year
11118, steered's of 111,080 pereess rommitted, e 3 only
-if Mesa primers are divvied as requited by law, for the etas-
eilleatren of °Seeders; 10 have egt ellieseere whatever to
separate amok Iron female prisasei 131.-have merely alto
divines • mil that in 73 prisms • mapidynsentii
henkiservedisoed. That thm N *ale eel* -4
improvised with the euevictioi, deal thr ddinetive roastette-
linn discipline of massy of the Gaeta and Homers a Coe.
reetioa are prodoclive of much crime sad misery. Thai, se
the great east stall pienishmest Is the prevention of crime,
des object is beet attainable by measures. which, while they
operate to deter, are calculated to reform the criminal.
That experience ban satisfactorily demonstrated the brute.
lend erects of salutary arrangements in prison dioctpline, by
which hennas treatment, consiout inspection, mend and re-
ligtoos isatrushios, joilicions clasailicat ion. and well.regu.
tided labour, seldom fail, under the Divine Blessing, to re-
elnimlbe most guiltj, and soften the most obdurate. 'Pot
eh., greenl adoption of •a improved and enlightened system
in the construction and management of public prisons
would very essentially ruatribule to the dieniaution
of crime, nod the welfare of the community; and that
this Nestle( is therefore strongly convinced of the or.
'essay of euntinniut its exertion* in the collectisin and
differing of reefs' informative, the suggestion of hen,.
Reid regalitioes, the eirealatioa of tract., the preparation
of plans for the tweeters of new, sad for the alletetion of
old prisms, anal in otherwise accelerating the adeption of
improvemirats is prison dimipline.
It was Moved ity Ws. Wilberforce, Emu M.P. and se-
conded by the Right Hon. William Sturges Bourne,
T. That this Mewing laments es oboerve the continued ig-
en:see of youthful °Seeders in the metropolis and its vici-
nity, to as eldest most deeply affecting the pnblic security.
That by a persowal inquiry which ibis Society has made into
she eases of 1,000 juvenile dem...deters, there is reason to
believe that in the Cities of Leedua and Westminore, and
the Borough of Southwark, there me upwards of 8,000 boys
who derive mtheisteme by the daily perpelratioo of crime.
That although some of the circumstances which operate as
imiteeenals tojevenik deliiiineney are difficult of removal,
yet there la one cause which admit' of erectile remedy, and
the effects of which are deeply Injurious—the defective
eliscipliee of the gaols. That crowded esthetic prisms are
with felons of emey degree its guilt, the pooh committed ow
saspieloit only, or misvieted of a Int ',Scare, is ortesearily
compelled to associate with characters the most nuncios%
among whims, If isament, he most Ism be correpted, sad
if godly, hardened is iniquity. That die Meeting es thesee
fore decidedly erf °pieties that so mesas See the diastase.'
ofjovenile delinquency will he so effiemises as Me emotion
of a prism for youthful *finders I. ter weetrerelis, seem
ducted on an estighteeed eyeless of diseiplear, a steneses
wide\ this Steeling is happy to observe hes enceisid the
mettles of the Gel Committee ileum of Lards.
mgr ,wired by the Sad ffiesereiptee 9 sof staseeaml by
Stephen Lestilogton, Esq. M.P. sad L.LDee.
3. That it bee hires amertaisted by Mrs Society that a great
properties of the jevesite depredates, I. the metropolis are
the viminis of parental Reelect, 'slimly destitute of moral
sad religions Inotrottitia, sad very frequently without any
new of prociarlog an bowel eabeimenee. Under tech
eireemeleacee the tempeatiois to pleader hreetwee almost
irresistible, sad it Is the duly as well as the laterest of the
consnoweity to diminish that templatim by every pesetimble
preeaullow, aid to reclaim those who may base deviated
from the path of honesty. That this Society therefore Ws
adopted arrangements fee the relief of destitute boys, de-
sire.. of ebsedoniag their viciam lyabite, bet who without
such midetame must have recurred tit dishonest practices for
support. That. the success of the Society in reformieg a
emeiderable armilser mf yeellifel crinsinalalim been highly
uatinketistry. bet It is greatly to be regretted that the low
mate of its leamee bas obliged the CONlMilife la reject the
earnest petitions of nosey who have the streamt eisims for
assistance.

It was sowed by Sir Thomas Basilic Bail. M.P. sod
seconded by William Allen, Esq.-
4. That this Meeting testae with muds plesiere the exertions
of the " Dahlia Smociation for the Isprowment of Prisons,
sail of Prison Diseplise," whose vslnahle Slaws have es-
sentially contributed teeseite inquiry. sod otherwise promote
improvements in that part. of the Coiled Kingdom ; nor
caw this Meeting withhold the exptessius of its Sincere de.
light, that the philanthropie interest which happily prevails
on this important sobjrri ikroseeliout the kimgclom hes ex.
weird to foreign countries : that a Society has bee. ests-
Idolised in Russia. udder the immediate patronisee of the
Emperer, for the inspeovesseet of Public Prisons,
rue I. ceenestea with which are furring in the principal
hunts of that vast Empire: that in Prance the Royal So-
Oily fee the Auseliorstisis of Prisons, and of which the
King has been pleased to declare blawelf Protector, is its
settee operation: that I. Peseebt, mod Sweden, a stress dis-
position has been shows le peewee,* tido bes;volent work:
and that prospeets of a stout sseiseragieg Sabre have lately
•ornaefil. which allied the Satiety • well-griseaded hope, that
.the pealed hat band arlseinlearesne and ealightenell priori.
piss of diseipliee will be carried into practical operatics
throsibuist the Prisms* of every European State.
It was moved by the Rims. /leery Grey Beasett, M.P. sad
aregesled by Joseph Jobe Gurney, F. 41.--."•
b. That this Meade( begs to express Its ;witted sebaow.
Imkposais to doom Magistrates andiedwrefriendx to thr
primmest of. Prison Discipline thresiokbot the kispiloos,
whose mo-operetioe has materially facilitated 11w-obi's% et
thee/P(10y, nod' open whose continued eterlioss the snollell•
of soy plan fur this porpoise mast essentieLly depend.
It was moved by Lard IlOgrave, sod sessoded by the
Hoe. and 1t... Gerard
O. That it is impossible on the peeseat octosioa to golf
the daeleresiee of the hies sense which .this Meeting !OW
tains of the earrearied and benevides, avertioes of. abo.,
Lunn' Committees visitiag Newest. and the
Comptes,, who, ender circumstances the meet
gross, have strikingly exhibited to the world she 'posseilid-
efficacy of moral sod criminals instreetion, Itiothiess attest.
meat, sad judicious discipline, in seclaimiag the most de-
praved; sod this ateesiog earnestly reshomends their ..tll.
ample lo Ladies iababiting otber.popeloss elfin, ma Irak:s-
lated to predate the duet hes:racial rife'sts spot the moral
insprovemout of prisoners.
It waa moved by Lard Negeet, sad seconded by T: a.
Ries 8.5.-
7. That the followleg Noblemen sod Gestiewto be elect-
s! Tersiornisdeuts of the inetitionis ,
The Ilergeis of Sealer lord Liifeed
has Lord Aleeltleelk •
• The Magnin et Laesiews Lard Calteeeper
et Darby Leed Clive
Seelig Araternsle • Lard Ildipse.
Road DaMmesth Loa
Sisl44llsregart Lad •
reel of Iheatvidge • Wahl Nes. tilkall Doug..
Zed fibeereser ' Omer, M.P.
' Ilart Livergekel ". J. C. Pillisee, P.
Reel eft Iteesils IlesAlleetiedbeees
Zed of Ilenemeby - . tie Theme island Nee.
Mei et le
Logi OteeeNle Tam Destras. Drs. H.P.