New-York daily tribune., 1856-09-06

code assumed bloody character. almo" equa "
en-, If D,aco while English j4Ils became horr'o'e
dan. NJ once of physical disease aud moral d'sra,
daticn. Tie practice Introduced into hoS''"u
from, ,be time she first began TO have coi"n'cs' u
h,,,,o,irg TRANSPORTATION for sent Nee oi doa'''
greatly :. ftened in pracdce me h''fa' S''o'"
the English Law, but 81 the same nuie' oy s"'PP'e
og,b. Grim nal 20 foreign land, 1t dispose" u III"
Grey,r and r, ndejed his future fate aud cn'rSc'
ter an otiec. Of no public consequence
III. only witbiu very recent pedo1 and III
con.eouepce Of tie example hrt sec IN This country
bv The Cuskers Of renn5l lyana-'he l'lu'iS ~ 81
many pbUanthropic woyemeots-that aV''n''i "''
bs, ,rrned 70 the refornitIouo oi crlmlha'S Us 'H'
uo.. oa,,,u,, u.ssns for the prevention "t crime.
Ike all other prest social movements Ia x sup'
mi, was frs put oD foot by asso,tt)D )DS formed D!
a few ubil.ntnrOpic individuals, by whom NUM-
Der of reforu story Institutions were e7'Soi'SHea
q, 81, ported A coptererce OF verso1s lutore''cu
in tbe.e associations. held at Birmingham 10 l0oi'
resulted ia sn Inquiry inro the supJecs ah' report
noon it by a COMMITTEE Of the House o' ooliuio"s'
sri secor 4 conference, held st the same place Ia
,-52 nroducea an act of Psr'iament knoSn as
,ts "IverHe Offenders bill which, while Ii did
NJ. rt.rfere with the voluntary character a' re-
cards management OF he existing Teiormt'ory ins'i
rticns, authorized the treasury to apply Por''n
of the pubic mo.,y 70 The miu;''atce IN III ia oi
iLy.tD- offenders. not soove 10 jears oil s@''
~, ~ five ear, at an ANN expense u! Is
each psrg,fnhirh, by clause novelty. We be-
rvs in lesisatlou on this subject, but which seems
A ircicicus or, AID worthy IF imltadon-inlSht
be- r. covered o, the treasury from the parents OF
RE criminal childr,n VINO generally become cfioll-
nal. Though their lau't end neglect.
The Reforma;ory Union is combination oi th9
various rcnrratory establishments OF England
The an laid down for conducting tie proceedings
i similar 70 tl.t of the British and of our Ancr
can Association for the Advancement OF Serene,
and like them. it is designed that the meetings
should have migratory character, in order to
propagate the prncipl OF the Association through
out the county, /: isal.o an additional important
fact that this Reform Union IS lntlmate! asSo-
ciated with tie Law Amendment Society. What
GREAT room there is for the operation of these
reform establishments, and how large pro-
portion of English criminals are young per-
sons. WIS strikingy brought out in Lord
Stanley Introductory speech = appears
h, tie cpnsul return for 1871 that of all the prison.
ers under sentence in Great Britain on tho day tnat
censu, was taken, just twenty-five per cent were
under me age If twenty, and the returns oi the
c,n,us of l-4l show an almost identical result
The criminal statistics Of 1852 and 1888 would
seem b. ,how--for their dcfnitve exact-ess C iunot
he relied upon--that about twelve per cent OF all
offences were committed by persons under seven
teen, while the amount committed by persons be-
sween seventeen aud twenty amounted 70 twenty
five per cert Of the whole although the number OF
persons between those ages does not amount to
tenth part of the whole population.
In .he sesso1. when followed, many Interesting
sra.emen s were made. Full justice was done on the
part Of the speakers 70 The continental Institutions oil
a similar hind. afOrdlns many instructive pont'
in be management snd reIorma,0n Of jrvenue Of
TENDERS We do no see that any Gllus"Ds were
mafe to the similar institutions IN this country,
though VI doubt nos something too mish, be-
leaIn,d from them. IL the Stite soi Mas5achd
sets especially tais SUBJECT nas attracted much
attention Be,iie private Institutions for the reform
of iuvtnil. offenders the State has n.sen ter
matter in iand The State Reform school NJ
Westborough, near Worce-te-. is a noble lHs'itu-
ton, largely endowed BY th, plhtnthropJ "a TIE
late Theodore L!nao, and sustained by sunn4l
appropriation obs from the state. This Is for boys.
Another similar Institution. called the Industrial
School for girs, las latey been established in Ian
caster, IL thr same Stste.
We hope thai at the mex. meeting of the En-
glsh R-formatory UnioU, delegates may be also in
attendance from this country, since we doubt not
that in this way, useful information may De iu-
parted and acquired and-wha. is of at least quite
as much i'm )Or ;ance-fresh zeal ard enthusiasm in
the good cau,e We have referred 10 this Associ-
alton with great pleasure; and we canno; but look
upon it as among the DOS. encouraging signs of
the timesss stowiog that the friends of social re-
form have at last struck into patti that cannot
lead them asIray.