The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-09 00:00:00

A NEW PENAL SETTLEMENT.

TO THE EDITOR OT THE SUN.
SlR,—The difficulty of finding a suitable place for ourincreasing convict population has led to much controve,tej
among those who are supposed to understand the quest,leul.4
but up to the present time no decision has been come to. "-„
colonies are now too far advanced in civilisrAtion. to receic"
them, and, if even they would do so, we should not be
justified in sending cargoes of live ruffians to contaminates
the country and terrify the people. -Well then, agah!ce,D3:
the question: What are we do with the brutes P .5
see. There is one place, and a most suitable one it I_s_
which has been overlooked by the authorities and the
public, and that is the gorilla country, where theY °ll,g.
theloselvet,
to be landed and left to shift for
for the rest of their lives. No convict est%
lishment, and no more expense. They have forfitoevr
every claim to leniency and consideration, and a final
must now be struck. Away, then, with all sicklY 8,-;
mentality; we have had too much of it; besides, it °oil
old game, and was always a mischievous one. The la` 15
sympathy for malefactors was a public scandal so loeg
as Gay's time, for Miss Peachum, in contemplating' 5 esee
prit on his way to execution, exclaims, " Methink6 Ind,''
him now, more lovely than the nosegay in his ilaansvoY
Verily, the race of Peachums is not extinct. Thee -06
with such trash, the hour of retribution is at hand'„ tha
land of the gorilla is the most appropriate place 'e"° the
savage banditti, and should the grim natives disPeool:l
right of possession, the question can be settled by of
up fight, and it will matter but little who gets the '4"
it, gorillas or garotters.—l have, &c., T,T.O•
Dec. 8, 1862. GEORGE

ALDERSHOTT INFIRMARY.—TiIe readers - „if the
West Surrey limes will remember correspondence .;tee
corning a proposal to forma committee or a sub-col'eLs ie
or to do something to meet the case of penitent fehle-tty
the Aldershott Infirmary. The proposal caught the 6' 01
Lion of Mr. Briscoe, M.P., who volunteered at once t°,,,,e0,
in the prosecution of so good an object. A few gentiew•dor
members chiefly of the infirmary committee, met wee:xi:l,on
what might best be done, and passed a resolution cellel-nl'ai it
that committee to approve the effort, and to advise
might be so carried out as to secure perfect hareioel/0
action. But it seems that the infirmary committee twat 0
very energetic. The managers, if there be any, meet err
time when the most energetic members can seldom heeaere
sent. Month after month some of the quiet residue
to the place of meeting, but thought, or affected to te-aae
themselves incompetent to act. They did not act. .` ejore
they did not even deliberate. For such an effort the',"
not prepared. The gentlemen who professed thee:eon'
ready to do a good work were not noticed. Their D
nication was not answered. Inaction, however' ct; $ gal id
advantages. When there are not men enough 0 6
Fol
in this case when the gentlemen were so slow, it W: f ti3°
that some of the gentler sex perceived the urgeneJ ° 01"
sisterto,loo
case, and hastened to succour their neglected
agitation of the subject roused attention. Soule
and cer;
l and pious ladies in camp, not heeding committeee# e.og tb
tainly not addicted to circumlocution, did the °tion.
was to be done. One of them, at her own cost, lei:of:ail
house at Ash, where any poor girl who is willing
her evil way is welcome to a temporary refuge' aof a 0„
thence transferred to her home, or otherwise disPeefor tl3;
may appear most advisable. This lady's pernlis9°,l3orePr;
publication of her name has not been asked, and ,v„clelibl/4
the name is not just now printed, but it will be ""t. air
written on the heart of many a reformed ohtell'esc'ora
better than all, her witness is in heaven, and her r 4
on high,— West Surrey Times. roi,lll
AUGMENTATION OF THE METROPOLITA" Co
Forret?, —ln consequence of the numerous geret- t-of
ries and burglaries which of late have eccerreidal re,e
suburban districts of the metropolis, the COMIO"S'-°0165
Police have decided upon immediately augreellii I the
police force by 300 men, and also to attach a eerPf-oti°dee-1
A reserve in the S and K divisions. It is also ih'-i,eiPe
increase the number of police doing duty th°,.Pi-r
thoroughfares of the metropolis and crowded r'.":1; a 'dr
men of the X division—a division temporarily (155*Avee t
the International Exhibition, and many of whore tifteeen
considerable experience—will bo drafted to the
divisions. ferael
See.- 010

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