Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-12-23

| The prison of Leeuwart=n aid to be one OF
the most remarkable objec N Holland, is
thus described by a CORE pendent Of one OF the
London journals:
II is filled with cony ,cis mostly OF the most
hardened cha racter-aImos' all having been
branded or f1etri by publc exposure. Among
the Sc, twenty seven mer were po,nTed out 10
me, OF cupyine three of tbe nishtr"oms, whose
united punshmenl, from the complication OF
their offences, announced 10 $50 years Of impri
=, I I1su soo Se TpfopSfon Of wo
men to men is as on 10 four and half. The
manufacture Of the prison is wonllen cloths. Tor
which he aeeces are received IN The raw state,
aud every operation, except he fu!ling, is car
ried on in tie prison. Abou 500 are produc.
ed per atnum. most Of which are employed Tor
The service of the army and the navy. The
most abandoned Of the criminals arr employed,
in spinning, OF whom IS were 10 one day room
under the eye Of one inspector; armed with
sabre, aud clothed Gas they all a'e) in military
dress, whose superintendent found suffi>
Gent In the other rooms Of labor the number
of prisoners varied from So 10 100. They are
engaged in spinning, weaving, carding, press,
lug, packing, &c. The proportion of sick
mong TIT men found about six per cent; a,
mong the women, about thirteen; but there was
no diseases of an alarming character; and Of
the women, one or two were in child bed. On
vague calculation, was told thai two thirds
knew how 10 read and write. obtained how
ever, specific return afterwards, which will be
given at foot. They are fed twice day; their
allowance is pound OF bread per diem; basin
Of soup in The morning; and potatocs. with gra-
w, at o'clock. In the prison is shop, where
the prisoners are allowed to spend par, Of their
hx,I Lob -, 49,
ries as bread, cheese, butter, spirit, once dav
only,) tobacco, SC. The MODE Of payment is
in counters, which circulate in the prison, and
in which the convic,s are paid proportion OF
the calculated value Of their lahour, Of which
seven>tentbs go to the prison accounts, where
The cases are Of long imprisonment; six-tpn,hs,
where the punishment is seclusivs, and FIVE.
tennis where il it deemed correctional The
profit pu, on the articles sold in the prison does
not, am told, exceed Is per cent. The cost
OF the Government per man is about l3 cents
per diem, which is less than Sd sterling OBJ
tanned, through the courtesy OF the Regent, the
following details, anc they will be interesting,
as they have an official authority: OF the ass !
male prisoners, ISL were for the first time con-
ined; Of 100 females, IS for the first time. OF |
the latter, IS are imprisoned for theft, two for
murder, Zone OF those, with whom conversed,
had murdered her husband; but such is the re.
puguance Of the King TO capital punishment,
that her sentence has been comma,ed to eight
years imptisonmen,;)o one for forgery, one for
perjury, aud one for coming. Of these 100, 81
were condemned to seclusion, and 40 70 han la
bour OF the male prisoners, $50 are sentenced
10 secIusion, and 269 10 hard labor. Their
crimes are as follows Theft 3s7, forgery 10.
cutting and manning Is, refrac'oriness (weders
IL. offences against decenry S,
rapes S, arson 4, perjury 8, fraudul-n, bankrupt
" 2, Bigamyl, wounding parent I, destruc.
lion of property |, murder l. OF the whole
oumher Of prisoners, 2s4 know how to read and
Of them admirably we'll adapted
Is Clerks for the details of the book keeping of
he prison are chosen from among them, and to
allowed