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

MEETING of MIDDLESEX 314616.
TRATES—REFORMATION of JUVENILE Of'
FENDERS. .0111
On Thursday was the adjourned day, which was espeoLhe
appointed on the last county day, for the transaction )1_.:70
arrear of business standing over since that meeting; no.
consequence of the absence of one magistrate at the
tion of time limited by the standing order for forrolob
Court, it was again adjourned. r • stices
Shortly atter the adjournment a great number 0. Jet_tid
entered the Court, and the Chairman (Mr. Pownll)
their attention to the following memorial from the rt"
thropic Society, relative to the treatment of juvenileoffe_osduefrli
wasould oet
on their discharge from prison. He said that it
.jest of great importance, but be feared the Court c
interfere in the matter. It was, however, desirable that the
document should receive publicity, as something sh?,u_. and
done by the Legislature to remedy an evil so generalq,
justly deprecated.
" Memorial of the Philanthropic Society, St. George'eft.taell:
redo of
established 1788, and incorporated 1806, for the
tion of juvenile offenders, and the industrial edora
Just the destitute offsprin of convicted felons. coati
"To her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the
of Middlesex.
"That your memorialists have been lately
empowered by a general meeting of the members an.oge-
porters of the institution which is placed under theirlo:o of
ment to employ the resources and direct the endemol witle
the charity in a more especial' manner to the reform
juvenile offenders discharged destitute from prisonsa for the
That your memorialists have accordingly
cB"s7ldren of
present, to receive into the Philanthropic, any C- so re.
convicts not themselves guilty of crime; and bavone
modelled the institution as to render it, as far 15 reffectire
instructedd
satiopd,
bl
both as to its arrangements and its discipline, sn lotion
school for the reformation and religions industrial ed
of criminal children. which
"That the establishment of the PhilauthrOP'e'roperti
occupies nearly three acres of ground, the freehold P..; the
of the Society, is now divided into two departinenc;ived
one as a probationary house, in which the berttrer the
into the institution are placed for some months s' into
manufneto?4 ja
admission ; the other, and larger one, a
which the boys are from time to time transferred, To
which they are taught some useful branch of indlistrZwiedie:
dition to being instrucled in religious and useful 10"11 OPP
The whole institution is superintended by a clerggiat; is:
Church of England, who is directed to exercise ever vignsilw
mates a kind and gentle, though at the same time
control. Your memorialists believing that for tilt 'higheft
don of boys of this neglected and depraved class, t"' be rs%°'
moral influence is required, and that such boys CII:d srt
effectually reclaimed by an intelligent and extend
of religious and general education. 01111
Your memorialists apprentice or otherwise
Khen
geously provide for the boys admitted by then', coy
proper ages and sufficiently improved in character, ano poor
tiuue to watch over them, and to encourage thent,;dit e $ll
vere in honest and meritorious habits, for some hb,
they are placed out. Ving
Your memorialists have peculiar facilities for glwo tb
boys under their care a full practical acquaintArleesoall !he
trades they are instructed in, owing to the large - of
employment furnished for them by the
friends of the Society. the
" Your memorialists have satisfactory proof reLaess
ciency of the moral and industrial training, in the
with which the boys have been received the ins
by respectable masters in all parts of the metropolis!.Ao
" The building of the institution could accolnortioll„t
the offices required for the management and jos"-ntial of
its inmates, would suffice for the education and 6440 11%
patronage
least 150 boys, and could be made available foras„jiat
number, but that your memorialists are not able toe"'cora'
such at present, from the unassisted resources of th -
more than 60.
on to_d
" Your memorialists therefore respectfully ask I„;ets. Pr(
eider whether any means could be found by the w.„--ere°-;
of the county of Middlesex to make the institution "',-iet
tensively useful for the reformation of offenders, nutoP;
in it, at a moderate rate of payment, a considers,blitnts';
of the male juvenile criminals who are now left aes.,o:,.;:i
their discharge from prison, and who, in marl 'Trion
almost compelled by their oss of character—their:jo rev.-
condition, and their ignorance of any useful trade
again to dishonest practices for their support. lost}
" Your memorialists, being only anxious to eMesPdilt
Society's useful agency to its full extent, would app
ceive into its establishment, and train, and finally 01,A
tice or place out boys of this description at the cllghwoswat
of the expense of their home and clothing, scili,ch-boi.'
amount to about 161. per annum for every boy, n
17,e
the. time of conviction, .not being more than fonri,"-eripn
of age ; and, in case of means being found, by su'rf obind
or otherwise, for placing any considerable number
on such terms in the institution, your memorialist of
readily associate with themselves in the manageetnellanid Ow"
Society one or more members of the magistracy, she-
an arrangement be proposed or wished for. nODIN
(Signed) " CHARLES A. -

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DRIED FRUIT. rr
In noticing the position of the market for (irk. jardie
there are some circumstances of interest, With 117. Itt
:he consumption, touched upon in a report by, the
in the City, Mr. R. Witherby. Though with"' Cif, 'he
54
month the consumption of currants has fallent, tit
t
returns for the year exhibit an increase. In istilt. e t7e,
has been a progressive increase of late years,
clearances at the port of London having beeri„ai 00'
5,125 tons ; in 1843, 6,800 tons ; in 1844, 79',0111
in 1845, 7,550 tons —showing an increase of n'hibit_
per cent. since 1842. Those of raisins do not e% JP'
similar result, having been in 1842, 5,350 tons ',llloo'4s
7,150 tons ; in 1844, 6,125 tcns ; in 1845, 6,35' e 19,/
showing an increase of 20 per cent. upon titiboso";
clearances, but a decrease of 10 per cent. upol'_,,a
1843. It appears, therefore, that the increw,,
sumption of currants is partly attributable to tui,
prices of raisins which the Spaniards have kept °Nil. Or.
In 1833, with the high duty of 445. 4d. Per: en-ef ir
prices ranging from 755. to 80s., the consumptig,.,Theil,o
United Kingdom was only 7,020 tons, and was 11;0 Pm
the higher classes of society. In 1834 the dutiktett;
duced to 225. 2d., or one-half, and seven years 'l4 t'i
1841, with prices still high, say 60i. to 700., t'',ol"
-umption had only reached 9,500, yielding a rev
220,0001.
whie
In 1843 the price had fallen to 40s. to 435.,
,'"iv
a heavy loss to the grower. In 1844 the 0
further reduced to 155., and the consumption ef,ge
hr
eleven months of 1845, with prices from 465. to 5u 0b1.:
reached 14,184 tons, being an increase of 50 per cent'of 185
tour years, and yielding for those eleven months jerili
the same revenue of about 220,000/. as had been (Is'
• from currants during the whole of 1841, with the r
at 225. 2d.
0' re
In January, 1844, while the duty was 2--95 ;
cwt. Patras currants were at 455. to 475., anc: 47P
January, 1846, with the duty at 15/., the prir.te IS vie,.
495. The growers must, therefore, have, fully re,, 1:4
the losses they suffered by the low prices of 184'01 the
increased cultivation of currants lb the Mores, ler 4;
entire change in the relativc;
reasonable grounds to hols,"e that, at no distant pelt coli„i
British consumer participate in the bene"4oo'
templated by the Legislature in the recent reelis"
duty. position of raisies,,Ath

BANK OF ENGLAND.
,
Pt
(From last Night's Gazette.) op:
34
Acoount, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria,,,4o.
the Week ending on Saturday, the 24th day ofJanuary, 1`
ISSUE DEPARTMENT,
X.
rotes lssued— .. • • • • 26,525,025

k
11,815,agi
Government debt • • .4,04:41,-,
Other securities • • •'10,910,9'
Gold coin and bullion 1,5",/,
Silver bullion • • • • '
265 .et.
M. MARSHALL, Chief Ca°
Dated the 29th day of January, 1846.

X 26,525,025

BANKING DBPARTMENT.

X.
Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000
Rest • . •••• ••• • • • 3,356,690
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners. of
National Debt, Sav-
ings-banks, and Di-
vidend accounts).. 4,464,806
Other deposits .. • • • • 14,208,608
Seven day- and other
bills.. •• • •

Government securi- / Oil
ties (including Dead 13,1300
Weight Annuity) • • 060;00
Other securities •• • • N 41,701
Notes ........ • 61i,
Gold and silver coin. •

1,628,388

M. MARSHAT,L, Chief C'"
1846.

37,611,492

Dated the 29th day of January,
•

PI[ADVERTISEMENT.]—AN AuTHENTicsoo
OF A FEARFUL CASE OP PILES, BY HOLLOWArir;regjeef,
AND OINTMENT I—John Thompson, Esq the ve-Ja sPsii
able editor of the Armagh Guardian, an' Irish 11-11 f •cb
vouches as to the fact of an extraordinary cure of a Or; $0,:,01
of a most distressing nature, and of some years' stand'",lo
was effected by these medicines when every other metes sefo,
failed. The person alluded to is a gentleman of large §u"g
great influence in the County of Armagh. No one T'ee;bel,,r...p
very long from piles, fistula, and what is termed " . `old
down," if they have recourse to these far-famed remedieelviliii a
by most of the respectable chemists throughout 'he sal°
world, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, Yfr"
London. bed'
• o 0
THE SHIP TORY.—This vessel, which begtelliti 00
such an object of interest, and has excited so illoci:iscte"„pg
in consequence of the scenes said to have been;nv
board by the master, and causing a general 0111`,..."111 •vg
tb
the men, the circumstances of which must be too P-. 0 bei
minds of the public, to require any lengthened ellusivieirt for
made to them in this place is on the point of lea
vocloD
indeed, she has not already left, the West India
4.,1 Wit, of
another voyage. Of course she has been provi"Fetee°'ts,
fresh master, although whether her former COnlPeertsi%;
men has been retained we are unable to say wit,,t
but we believe it has not been the case. She does nv d for • st
again to China and the East as formerly, but is bounuted Oho
bile, United States, for a caro of cotton. It is ruilwrih ere 5 $
her destination from the States will be Liverpool,odere, ig
is, at the termination of the return voyage, to
that 1!%,,
course of repairs. It is stated amongst other things to giva
not at all improbable the owners will find it adslo °toil
her another name as seafaring men, with their wird to es-
well-known well-known love of the superstitious, have been head fear 5
press what they appear to consider a well-grounde_ of su
their safety in a vessel which has been the scenu
horrid and barbarous cruelty.

BIRTHS.
the, °( the
Rego
M
On the 24th inst., at St. Diary's, Isle of Scilly, t--he le('
J. W. North, of a daughter.
11°', the
„i. On the 25th inst , at Madley, Herefordshire, the 10
Bo'
Charles Fowler, of a daughter. lamesOn the 26th inst., at Navarino•terrace, Dalston, Mr'. of
cott, of a daughter, who only survived a few hours* chaos% 9(1
On the 26th inst., at Ratelifl; the wife of A• llu

a Os°l:lthe 26th inst., at Wall, near Lichfield, Mrs. Wilaain 211,:eiof
ts
On the 26th inst., at
daughter.
On the 28th that atom, Ludy Gre
daughter. Eaton-square, theales Gsu ard°
, at Goswell-street, the lady of Cl' •
jun., Esq., of a son.

MARRIED. Cron
On the 27th hist ,at Woodhouse Church, Charles viola',.g.ea"
Jane Elisabeth Dorothea, fourth daughter of the late
VW. of Leeds.

Veil''.o
DIE.
On the 25th inst., at Chantry House, Horsham, Susse%' tije
pa'
Smith, 13. A., aged 84. a j 1' filin,an•
On the 25th lust ~ajtosneroimpton, Mary, the ' O.
Alfred
On the 27th in.
On the 27th inst., jilairrekenseltl, 4.-c
the infant son a Igr. c.
'4li'
P. Windsor, of Victaria-read, Kens'ington. • S therl° 1 ter °
On the 27th Inst., at Notting-hill, Duncan Ferber ,
.I_4. dog'
On the I,ttlt inst., at Russell-square, _Annie, the 111,,Au`
_......
, of Staple PO. ~,..sries
John `field Pratt, Esq,

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31, 1846.