The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-31 00:00:00

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MEETING of MIDDLESEX MAW'
TRATES—REFORMATION of JUVENILE OP

FENDERS.
On Thursday was the adjourned day, which was espeoc.ialli.
appointed on the last county day, for the transaction.
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arrear of business standing over since that meeting;
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consequence of the absence of one magistrate at the_
tion of time limited by the standing order for fortillefr
Court, it was again adjourned.
Shortly atter the adjournment a great number of j..tte_ti.cesed-
entered the Court, and the Chairman (Mr. Pownall)
their attention to the following memorial from the
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thropic Society, relative to the treatment of juvenileo tteinanU..`;
on their discharge from prison. He said that it wasrn,
ject of great importance, but he feared the Court could
tha,the
interfere in the matter. It was, however, desirable be
document should receive publicity, as something should
done by the Legislature to remedy an evil so generally'
justly deprecated.
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.. Memorial of the Philanthropic Society, SL Georger'esioureolds:
established 1788, and incorporated 1806, for th
tion of juvenile offenders, and the industrial educe
or
the destitute ospring of cnvicte felons.
"To her Maffjesty's Justoices of td he Peace
for the NOV
of Middlesek. ted and
"That your memorialists have been lately instruc_i
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empowered by a general meeting of the members an,.‘„er
porters of the institution which is placed under their i 5
ment to employ the resources, and direct the endea 7els
the charity in a more especial manner to thevfortu
juvenile offenders discharged destitute from prisonsi
" That your memorialists have accordingly 0.7
present, to receive into the Philanthropic, anY
convicts not themselves guilty of crime; and ha'
modelled the institution as to render it, as far as
both as to its arrangements and its discipline, an
school for the reformation and religious industrial
of criminal children.
"That the establishment of the Philanthropi
occupies nearly three acres of ground, the freehold
of the Society, is now divided into two departnn
one as a probationary house, in which the boys_
into the institution are placed for some months airf,v
admission ; the other, and larger one, a mannfninw`''
which the boys are from time to time transferred'
which they are taught some useful branch of indtistl7,
dition to being instrucled in religious and useful, krianer
The whole institution is superintended by a clergym
Church of England, who is directed to exercise ever
mates a kind and gentle, though at the same time'
control. Your memorialists believing that for tie
tion of boys of this neglected and depraved class, till
moral influence is required, and that such boys ean,
effectually reclaimed by an intelligent and exterideu
of religious and general education.
" Your memorialists apprentice or otherwis
geously provide for the boys admitted by tiler'
proper ages and sufficiently improved in charact(
tiuue to watch over them, and to encourage th&
vere in honest and meritorious habits, for some
they are placed out. •
" Your memorialists have peculiar facilities kg
boys under their care a full practical acquaintan,
trades they are instructed in, owing to the large
employment furnished for them by the patron
friends of the Society.
" Your memorialists have satisfactory proof
ciency of the moral and industrial training, in the lead!,
with which the boys have been received from the in
by respectable masters in all parts of the metropolis' te,
" The building of the institution could accomai 400 ef.
the offices reqnirad for the management and instill lofP,
its inmates, would suffice for the education and col-dilate
least 150 boys, and could be made available for A sti 3911
number, but that your memorialists are not able to "itjr
such at present, from the unassisted resources of the
more then 60. „
" Your memorialists therefore respectfully ask you
sider whether any means could be found by the In
of the county of Middlesex to make the institution In: of
tensively usethl for the reformation of offenders, by bet
in it, at a moderate rate of payment, a considersteed
of the male juvenile criminals who are now left dein' sle
their discharge from prison, and who, in many,dle°
almost compelled by their loss of character—their fn r
condition, and their ignorance of any useful trade, to
again to dishonest practices for their support. the"
Your memorialists, being only anxious to einP''d /1"
Society's useful agency to its full extent, would re%
ceive into its establishment, and train, and finally
tice or place out boys of this description at the chargew
of the expense of -their home and clothing, such b°
amount to about 161. per annum for every boy, su—,,y
the time of conviction, not being more than fouriee;rip
of age ; and, in case of means being found, by silbs;',,bj
ti
or otherwise, for placing any considerable number 0, vio
on such terms in the institution, your memorialists f
readily associate with themselves in the managementi°d
Society one or more members of the magistracy, sh°ll. „
an arrangement be proposed or wished for. DD; I
(Signed) " CHARLES A. D-
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DRIED FRUIT. ,it
In noticing the position of the market for dried id te
there are some circumstances of interest, with regsrAid
the consumption, touched upon in a report bY3,r, lOC
in the City, Mr. R. Witherby. Though within the
month the consumption of currants has fallen ° there
returns for the year exhibit an increase. In bet' 001
has been a progressive increase of late years' rneli°
clearances at the port of London having bee",;(1" out,
5,125 tons ; in 1843, 6,800 tons ; in 1844, 7,1-''",tif
in 1845, 7,550 tons —showing an increase of
per cent. since 1842. Those of raisins do not eris43t
similar result, having been in 1842, 5,350 tons ; 11135,
7,150 tons ; in 1844, 6,125 tons ; in 1845, 6,350 —OO
showing an increase of 20 per cent. upon the of
clearances, but a decrease of 10 per cent. upon tb, cw or
1843. It appears, therefore, that the increased
sumption of currants is partly attributable to the
prices of raisins which the Spaniards have kept oPt* 0,1
In 1833, with the high duty of 445. 4d. per e"'„1. tb'
prices ranging from 755. to 80s., the consumption"
to
United Kingdom was only 7,020 tons, and was Ho", ed
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the higher classes of society. In 1834 the duty /111,.id
duced to 225. 2d., or one-half, and seven years isEs",,"'s,
.
1841, with prices still high, say 60>. to 70s , :01
sumption had only reached 9,500, yielding a reveoll"
220,000/. h
In 1843 the price had fallen to 40s. to 435., wnie
a heavy loss to the grower. In 1844 the duty gist
further reduced to 155., and the consumption of the be'
eleven months of 1845, with prices from 465. to Oslthiti
reached. 14,184 tons, being an increase of 50 percent. n 845
our years, and yielding for those eleven months or .vecl
the same revenue of about 220,000/. as had been tielLti
from currants during the whole of 1841, with the
at 225. 2d.
In January, 1844, while the duty was 225. 2d. rer
cwt. Patras currants were at 455. to 475., and 11°- to
January, 1846, with the duty at 151, the price is 41:yee
495. The growers must, therefore, have fully retrieThe
the losses they suffered by the low prices of 1843. A the
increased cultivation of currants in the Mores, 01140
entire change in the relative position of raisins,rthe
reasonable grounds to hope that, at no distant peci', s;
British consumer will participate in the benePT:oi
templated by the Legislature in the recent remiss
duty.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last Night's Gazette.) 32,1°
in Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, QI6P,
the Week ending on Saturday, the 24th day of January, 16.
issui DEPARTMENT.

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Notes issued.— •• • . 26,525,025 I

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COV!thment debt • • 12.9114,7i1
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Gold coin and bullion 1 , 5b0,,
Silver bullion •••• • •
£26,x.
525r°
Dated the 29th day of January, M. M
1846. RS
ALL, Chief

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