The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-21 00:00:00

AUST.RALIA.

PLYMOUTH, MONDAY.
The ship Copenhagen, 876 tons, Capt. J. B. God-
frey, belonging to Messrs. D. Dunbar and Sons, 109
days from Melbourne, has passed up Channel.
She has 51,000 ounces of gold-dust, valued at
£204,000, and a cargo of wool, copper ore, and hides.
The Copenhagen brings 25 cabin passengers, in-
land,
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cluding
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She left Melbourne Jan. 30, rounded Cape Horn
March 12, crossed the line April 11, and passed the
island of Carvo May 3. In the South Pacific four
icebergs were observed. After passing the Western
islands easterly winds prevailed. On Sunday morn-
ing, at 11 o'clock, the Lizard bore north west, dis-
tant five miles, and the Copenhagen was then tack-
ing
up Channel under all plain sail, against a light
north-east wind.
The Copenhagen spoke, March 11, lat 56 38 S.,
long 68 38 W., the British bark Robert Bright,
bound west ; 15th, lat 57 37 S.', long 51 31 W., the
American whaling bark Majestic; April 9, lat 00 44
S., long 31 50 W. the American whaling vessel
Benjamin Franklin ; 19th, lat 13 39 N., long 40 22
W., the British bark Witch of the Seas, 91 days
from Geelong for London ; 22d, lat 21 50 N., long
44 42 W., the French bark Alliance, 28 days out,
from Nantes for Martinico ; 25th, 1at.26 24 N., long
4ea7sto6;
Colonist, from Barcelona for Quebec; May
15,
elit,
11,28Tt.h, t,hiaetF3roen2cBhNstiploVngiet4olrisn7e,Wbo.rd north-
-35 days from Cadiz for Copenhagen ;
16th, lat
a
48 40 N., long 9 24 W., the German schoonerithen:4l:42a:
N. long 9 8 W., a Norwegian bark, !,
50Amsterdam for
W., the Dutch brig Gebrodes, from Amsterdam
07 W., the Ham-
burgcolour marked K 153 ; 17th, lat 48
Batavia ; and lat 48 52 N., long 7
brig Helena.
N.. long 7 9

following details are
.f.—t
the Ministerethe Interior on
taken from the of
report; are called the central prisons for
French prisons : w
on Dec. 31, 1859, 22,419
FRENCIr PnisoiNSo
adults un-
derhard labour contained,
._n_17,735 men, and 4,684 females. The
condemnatio
in seven prisons specially set apart for them—
thosewomen were
of Auberive, Cadillac, Clermont, Haguenau, Mont-
and Vannes.
Mont-
pellier, Rennes, -.--. There was only one prison,
that of Limoges, in which both men and women were con-,
fined. The number of what are called establishments of
correctional education for the two sexes was, on the 31st
December, 1859, 58. In the depaitment of the Seine
there are eight prisons—M and the Conciergerie for
persons awaiting trial, the former being on the cellular
system ; Saint Lazare, the Madelomettes, and Saint
Pelao=cr;
e, which are houses of correction; Saint
Denis, for the punishment of persons guilty of petty of-
fences ; and Clichy, for debt. In the year 1859 the number
of persons received into these eight prisons was 30,208-
21,383 being mentand 8,825 females, and of the whole 7,307
had been brought from ether prisons. In the course of that
year there were no evasions, while in the four years pre-
ceding there were several. In 2648 the number of persons
who entered was 27,309, of whom 19,961 were men and
7,348 woman. The number discharged in 1859 was 30,446
—21,542 men and 8,913 women. On the 31st Dec. in that
year, the number remaining was 4,647, of whom 3,270 were
males and 1,377 females. On the same date of 1858 the
number was 4,894, of whom 3,427 were men and 1,465
women. The number of departmental prisons was 385,
which, excluding those of the Seine, contained on the 31st
Dec., 1859, 15,911 persons, of whom 12,624 were men and
3,287 women. On the 31st Dec., 1858, the number of
_r.
.
soners was 18,268, of whom 14,956 were males and u) a
females,