The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-29 00:00:00

CRIME IN THE THREE KINGDOMS.

1860 on charges too serious for the magistrates to
The number of persons committed for trial in
England, 17 per
cent. less than it had been five years previously;
dispose of summarily was—in
11 per cent. less, and in Ireland 24 per
'year s list of committals for murder and
cent. The otTlahned
attempts to murder or to maim was more numerous
in Ireland (in proportion to the population) than in.
England, being 105 against 283; but the convic-
tions were far more numerous in England-163
against 33. For all offences together convictions
in England and Scotland were about 75 per cent.
of the committals ' • in Ireland only 55. .The feuds,
faction fights, and quarrels of Ireland make their
mark in the criminal tables; 560 persons were com-
mitted for riot or breach of the peace in 1880, and
154 for rescue or refusing to aid peace officers, the
two classes together forming 13 per cent. of the
whole number of the committals • in England, for
both classes of offences together, the committals were
only 50. Taking the more comprehensive returns of
the numbers in prison during the year for all
offences so as to include persons sent to gaol sum-
marily by the magistrates, as well as these com-
mitted for trial by the courts, it appears that the
number in England (without reckoning military
prisoners), was 1 to every 197 of the population;
and in Ireland 1 to every 195. But, as the same
person when recommitted within the year was
counted again, the number of persons sent to pri-
son was not really so large as this ; in Ireland there
were 30,712 committals, but the number of persons
committed was only 24,639, of whom 15,760 had
never been in gaol before. In England the females
were 30 in every 100 criminals, in Ireland no less
than 47. Female prisoners in Ireland are not de-
clining in the same ratio as male, and last year's
returns show in a most striking manner the irre-
claimable character of many female prisoners. 165
of the male prisoners had been in gaol above 11
times, but 688 of the females ; 47 of the male pri-
soners had been there above 20 times, but no less
than 336 females. Cork city gaol had in it a woman
undergoing her 66th imprisonment. 86 per cent
of the Irish committals were Roman Catholics.

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Wail. We have Calcutta pi
Englishman of that date says ;77
The five days which have passed since the despatch of our
last overland have brought us no fretsh news from the north-
west, at least none at all likely..la interest our home readers.
The subject of the famine, as far as the up-country papers
are concerned, seems to have worn itself out, and allusion
is only made to it when an opportunity occurs of pitching
into the central and local committees, for supposed mis-
management. The various changes in the native army are
:-zing actively carried out all over the country, and police
'orm is progressing favourably.
The weather, which was so inclement here at the time of
our last report, seems to have done no great harm anywhere,
beyond the usual undermining. of huts and houses ; and
has been succeeded by most delightful weather here in Cal-
cutta, where, up to date, we have had scarcely a het day
since the early part of May. We are sorry to say that
death has, notwithstanding, been unusually busy this sea-
son among the T...;uropean community.
The printer of the Nil Durpan libel on indigo
planters Las pleaded guilty, and has been fined 10
rupees. He gave up the name of the Rev. Mr.
Long, as the gentleman from whom the manuscript
wasreceived.

There has been a monster native meeting at
Madras to petition Parliament for the restoration
of the Nabobship of the Carnatie.

The following commercial intelligence has been
partially anticipated by a telegram brought by the
Bombay mail last week:—
PRODUCE MARKET.—The inclement weather which has
prevailed lately has greatly interfered with all business, and
tended to increase the prevailing stagnation. A greater
disposition is shown to operate, and as stocks are mostly

limited, an improvement is looked for.
IMPORT MARKET.—Scarcity of money in the bazaar, and
the absence of remittances from up-country, together with
failures of dealers, and apprehensions of further failures,
limits business to the supply of immediate wants. We have
accordingly to report a very small business since our last,
and the impossibility of placing any considerable quantity
of goods at present.

GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.—The same stagnation before
reported in the market still continues. The transactions
are chiefly speculative, either for Bombay or local account,
and the amount limited. Present quotations are barely
maintained.

JOINT-STOCK SHARES.—There have been bnir few trans-
actions since our last, and the values have-generally- been
maintained with the exception of India General Shares,
which are dull and lower, few being inclined to buy in at
present rates.
MONEY MARKET.—There is still some demand in the
bazaar for money at higher rates than those ruling outside.
But with the banks and in the open market rates remain as
before, and the demand limited.
EXCHANGE.—The transactions in exchange during the
past week have been again of the most limited character.
On London the chief sales have been in banks bills at from
2-01 to 2.01, chiefly at the latter rate. Small sales of Eng-
lish credits have been made at 2-oi, and of American at
2-0 k to 2-1.

FREIGHTS remain in the same unsatisfactory state that
ley did by last report, but owing to vessels on the berth
For England having nearly completed their engagements
for those small requirements that remain, rates are main-
tained.