The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-30 00:00:00

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.

Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren.
THIS EVENING, AUGUST 30,
Will be performed THE TI3fE3. Characters by Messrs. T. Farren,
J. Johnstone, William Farren, H. Marston, G. Cooke, and Shalders ;
Mesdames Anderton, H. Gordon, E. Turner, and Bartlett.
With SLIYLOCK, or, TEE MERCHANT OF "VENICE PRE-
SERVED." Shylock. Mr. F. Robson.
To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Bags,
Mr. F. Robson.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.
The Best Ventilated Theatre in London. NoTiCZ.—Farther Post-
ponement of the New Classical Burlesque, in consequence of the
hitherto unprecedented attractions of the memorable Battle of
Waterloo, the admired Scenes in the Circle, and the never •tiring
Fox Chase. Rank and Fashion nightly crowd the Boxes, while
the Pit and Galleries are filled to overflowing, giving to the
Management a decided proof of the Public wish. No spectacle
ever created so great a sensation as the revival of the Battle of
Waterloo. To add to the effect, a Military Brass Band has been
expressly engaged. Return of Miss EMILY COOKE from her
Continental Engagements, wkich have been attended with the
most brilliant success. Due Notice will bo given of Miss KATE
COOKE'S First Appearance is London.
95r11 NIGHT OF THE CHASE.
THIS EVENING, Auousr 30,

And during the week, will be presented (68th night) the renowned
"LITTLE OF WATERLOO.
To be followed by an entire change in Mr. W. Cooke's Scenes in
the CIRCLE, introducing Miss Emily Cooke, the World's Wonder.
Concluding with (95th time) TUE CHASE; or, LIFE ON THE
7177;F—with real Fox Chase.
Box-office en from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West-

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
THIS EVENING, ACGCST 30,

Brilliant Routine of Entertainments—Panorama of CHUSAN,
Splendid MENAGERIE, and Promenading Elephants.
EXHIBITION of the MARINE AQUARIUM, a Collection of
Sea and Fresh Water Fish alive, in five large Glass Tanks. The
Mollusca, Zoophytes, and Crustacea procured expressly by P. H.
Gosse, Esq., the eminent Naturalist.
Vocal and Instrumental CONCERT. Two favourite songs by
Miss Poole, the popular English Vocalist.

The whole eoncludinz with the wonderflil Tableaux of THE
FEAST OF LANTERNS, brilliant FIREWORKS, and EXPLO-
SION of CHINESE JUNES. Admission, le.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tins DAY —Morning 36 min. after 10 I Evening 16 min.aft. ll
To-Meaaow —Morning 0 min. after 0 I Evening 52 min.aft. 11

THE WEATHER.--SUN OFFICE, AuGusr 30.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
67—highest since noon yesterday.
52—lowest this morning and during the night.
67—this day at noon.
BAROMETER, 30.05—rising steadily.
WIND, W.SW. to W.—Fine breeze, and sunshiny,
ummer weather.

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LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1853.

The masterly Report recently compiled by
Colonel JEBB, and presented by command of
her MAJESTY to both Houses of Parliament,
is calculated, we conceive, to elucidate most
of the difficulties, if it do not actually and
entirely solve the problem, involved in the exceed-
ingly complicated question of penal discipline ap-
plicable to convicts under sentence of transporta-
tion. It would be difficult to exaggerate the

merits of a document which goes farther than any
other official statement yet published, towards pre-
paring the way for a comprehensive series of re-
forms in the whole framework of our criminal
jurisprudence. Within little more than a hundred
pages, are compressed an array of indisputable facts,
important evidence, and invaluable statistics, all
bearing directly upon the subject of so many
anxieties to the Government, and affording the
light of experience for the guidance of the judg-
ment of the Legislature. We have carefully
scrutinised the materials now collected together
by the Surveyor-General of Prisons, and we can-
not but acknowledge the existence of the merits
apparent on almost every page of the Blue-book,
the merits of indefatigable industry, of puncti-
lious exactitude, and of a really admirable lucidity
of arrangement.
A minute description is successively given
by Colonel JEBB, of the discipline and ma-
nagement of the several convict prisons under
Government. In this manner we are con-
ducted by him, step by step, as it were,
through seven or eight of the principal among
these establishments. We traverse the whole
range of their respective systems, and examine
cautiously into the result of their operation--at
Millbank, at Pentonville, at Portland, at Dart-
moor, at Portsmouth, at Parkhurst, and at the
Convict Hulk Establishment. Prior to ally in-
quiry into the existing scheme of convict disci-
pline, we are made acquainted by the Surveyor-
General with the extent of the different prisons,
and the amount of accommodation at the dis-
posal of the Government. An aggregate
of 16,126 (exclusive of 200 females at Millbank,
irrespective even of all the numerous prisoners in
Van Diemen's Land) shows the extent of that
acco
Inn:lodation. Of these 16,126-2,850 are
and Scotland :
abroad, 5,046
Ireland,inthoseBo37 d
beingB,o 30
thusiu E ndgilsatnrid_
bated-._.1,026 •
the Invalid Depots, 625 (juve-
niles) at Parkllll
,720 in the Prisons and
Hulks for Publieurst' 3
prisons set aside fo7ktlsi' and
purpose of separate con-
-5,659 in the eleven
hnement. Thteesmatatuioaaes, abroad, of course, refer
and -Western Australia.
to Gibraltar,
The Invalid Depots relate to Dartmoor and the
Portland,
Stirling Castle Hulk at Portsm
sons and hulks for public works oinuctih. The pri-
Portsmouth, the able-bodied department
moor, and the Defence and Warrierntutpart-
Woolwich. While Millbank, Pentonvill —lts at
N•orill Wake
field, Preston, Leeds, Leicester,
atuptou
Bath, Reading; Bedford, and Perth- constant:,
the localities selected for the eleven prisons for
separate confinement. Such are the establishments
for male convicts, such is the manner of their
distribution, such is the extent of the accommo-
dation, up to this time, at the disposal of her
Majesty's Government. Having explained all
these particulars, having shown that the total
convict population, during the year 1852,
amounted to 9,525 2,953 having been re-
ceived during those twelve months, and 6,57 2
being the number which remained in the convict
prisons on the Ist of January at the period of
that year's commencement—having explained,
moreover, that '2,658 (out of the before men-
tioned aggregate of 9,525) having been disposed
of during 1852, there consequently remained in
the different convict prisons no less than 6,867
on the 31st of last December—Colonel JEBB
enters minutely and
dispassionately upon the
examination of the complicatedl
q c
question of penal dis • -
ine applicable to convicts
under sentence of transpo tion.
While endeavouring so to lance
contrast statistics, that both
evidence and
the most effectualmanner to f may tend in
mate solution of the problem aueilitate the ulti-
nder
considera-
tion, the Surveyor-General of Prison
we will confess it, scarcely less to our contrives,
contrives,
r amazement
• ciTnirltion to re,.. • thap.to.our a •
,P preserve his owri jud,
• in, a, s+ato of equilibrium. colonel ju-'°
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