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

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—The difficulty of finding a suitable place for out
increasing convict population has led to much controversy
among those who are supposed to understand the questi°l''
but up to the present time no decision has been come to. Our
colonies are now too far advanced in civilisation to ri ceive
them, and, if even they would do so, we should not be
justified in sending cargoes of live ruffians to contaraina:
the country and terrify the people. Well then, again "r9e-
the question: What are we do with the brutes ? Let
see. There is ono place, and a most suitable one it
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which has been overlooked by the authorities alidav
public, and that is the gorilla country, where they °llia as
to be landed and left to shift for thorn
for the rest of their lives. No convict esti' a
lishment, and no more expense. They have forfeitoew
every claim to leniency and consideration, and a final
bl
must now be struck. Away, then, with all sickif seuo
mentality; we have had too mr_lh of it ; besides, it is
.au
old game, and was always a mischievous one. The resW!lagso
sympathy for malefactors was a public scandal so lent' tip.
as Gay's time, for Miss Peachum, in contemplating 1
see
prit on his way to execution, exclaims, "Methinks
him now, more lowly than the nosegay in his ha
ay
Verily, the race of Peachums is not extinct. Then -Tijo
with such trash, the hour of retribution is at hand. the
land of the gorilla is the most appropriate place for 010
savage banditti, and should the grim natives diePtit's
right of possession, the question can be settled 10Y 5..84 of
up fight, and it will matter but little who gets the es'
it, gorillas or garotters.—l have, &e., 1-110‘
Dec. 8, 1862. _ GEOB,GE

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ALDERSIIOTT INFIRMARY.—The readers 0. coo,
West Surrey limes will remember correspondeecs ;aces
cerning a proposal to form a committee or a sub.cornoi's
or to do something to meet the case of penitent ferealefro.
the Aldershott Infirmary. The proposal caught the s' sib
tion of Mr. Briscoe, M.P., who volunteered at once te
in the prosecution of so good an object. A few eg utlepcie
members chiefly of the infirmary committee, met to 0061 op
what might best be done, and passed a resolution callivgig it
that committee to approve the effort, and to advise of
might be so clrried out as to secure perfect harre°lll,lat
action. But it seems that the infirmary committee is
at
very energetic. The managers, if there be any, poet :re'
time when the most ever relic members can seldom 13° 'toe
sent. Month after month some of the quiet resicluo roll,
to the place of meeting, but thought, or affected to thiiii,pg
themselves incompetent to act. They did not act. g rore
they did not even deliberate. For such an effort the)" sakes
not prepared. The gentlemen who professed thel3'se,. tr,
ready to do a good work were not noticed. Their °0
as its
nication was not answered. Inaction, ho sveverta ct aoa
advantages. When there are not men enough to ' 011
in this case when the gentlemen were so slow, it w6a f
tee
that some of the gentler sex perc,ivod the urgency The
case, and hastened to succour their neglected sisters.osoo
agitation of the subject roused attention. Sono And roc'
and pious ladies in camp, not heeding committees, ,to
tainly not addicted to circumlocution, did the thhirst,
was to be done. One of them, at her own cost, has tror,olo
house at Ash, where any poor girl who is willinB t°
and id
her evil way is welcome to a temporary rottlge' d Of o
thence transferred to her home, or otherwise dislPseor the
may appear most advisable. This lady's permissferl 0-reforc
publication of her name has not been asked, and "brielibli
the name is not just now printed, but it will be 'll, old
written on the heart of many a reformed outcas'f
better than all, her witness is in heaven, and her reeo
on high.— West Surrey Times. rODICS
AUGMENTATION OF THE METROPOLITAN obte
FORCE —ln consequence of the numerous garotte r,O th°
ties and burglaries which of late have occurred Irs of
suburban districts of the metropolis, the Con3rnissiol
ti.ac_
Police have decided upon immediately augma ci
police force by 300 men, and also to attach a eorrs
cti theca to
A reserve in the S and K divisions. It is also intell.ncipsl
increase the number of police doing duty in the Pri"
thoroughfares of the metropolis and crowded art a for
men of the X division—a division temporarily assign:oloa
the International Exhibition, and many of whom
a liaalereat
considerable experience—will be drafted to the '
divisions. Ire tera4
NEW LIFEBOAT FOR NEW ZEALAND.-- - At tho
some interesting and satisfactory trials were Iliad°
)1 cif
Regent's Canal Duerr with a new lifeboat (on tho),0100a•
those of the National Lifeboat Institution) for Newel
_ts to be
The boat is 35 feet long and 6 feet wide, and:NCrclz
admirably adapted for the special purpose font v; a
ucidan
was required—namely, to land passengers
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from ships, when the surf would be too heavy
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answer
the boat self-0 ct.
extremely well, and when full of water
.c boats to venture off. Her self-righting properties .ete
is
it in 15 seconds. She possesses all the qualiti
,su_
single banked boats of the Lifeboat Instiiteutioonin.o.r:
be shipped this morning on bowl. t
for
_elw, zeolan
Huntress, which leaves in a day or so .-"N
has beenbuilt gr.
under the direction I do
Messrs. Forrestt, of Litnehouse,
a ent °r
John with 200 or 300 emigrants. The Go.,
John Marshall, the intelligent emigration g
colony of New Zealand, in this country.