The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-21
Crime and Its Consequences In Great Britain.

Crime and Its COnae quenccs In Great Britain.
From the London News, August
The volume on judicial Statistics, which has Jas been
published and which shows the proceedings of cfn
nal and civil courts IN 1885, s for those who remember
me returns OF former years, sssoe instance o. .Te
the returns OF he various departments OF Iae govern
Before advertipg 10 any OF the special information
frat supplied, may state for the ponic satisfaction
toat tbo number OF commitments in 1858 ~As 1896,
24lf. or Al per cenL The commtmeats 10 1851:
IN the two years there chaoge the Law
which could make this comparison uofsir Ine decrease
was s0AIed by every English county EXCEPT oxford, Rul
LAND SaIop, Sussex anc Wits and in these counties the
increase vas srgni-a small rescton the decrease
o. the year before II 10 satisfactory also to be
10 ofences sgsinet property with violence, and generally
in all The grsver classes Of Offences dim uuton was,
as 10 former yesrs considerable II 1865 Offences against
the game laws pei.y riots breaches Of the peace, and
keeping Orderly houses the casees Of crimes which
in the year increased considerably Inc number OF CAPT
tai convictions In 1868 b3, or below tho average OF
the ast 10 years; ana IL OF the executed
They were all males, and Of them were foreigners.
Turning from the grave offences 70 the police returns,
we nave the ioloWlng conpargon:-
Number Of persons proceeded against
Discharged on examination. ........ 1914 l36,474
oSsrs.S win sS4yS 1855
TIE increase in the MINOR offences in point OF number
much more than compensates for the decrease ia the
graver offences This may however arse from greater
zeal on the part OF the pubic 70 enforce the law rne
class OF persoos proceeded against sumriary include
vserai Is Of a Kinds and within this day Two We have
noticed no ess tnsn three which the magistrate
hss refused 20 entertain charges against tumbng
and street musicians Tho public growing fastdous take
offence actions that criminal Al time
II mns be noticed that the per ceptage OF the persons
discharged by the justices In 1858 (36 81 less
than 1867 (se ~ THESE are not satisfactory facts,
but Il ia satisfactory TO notice that tho number
Of females apprehebded, especially for drunken
ness, was propor'ionaoiy much less in 1858 than
committed for trial to the number srmmary proceeded
against, Il appears that 42l $50 personsor in popus
ton Of 10 1913 GOO IL 46e into hands OF the law;
sddirg the humber convicted before Justices 26d 800
the humber convicted before the courts ID 6
nave pe,sons out o. ,ae same popuston or IN
visited and convicted ut the Esizes was together,
249,s06 which 10 population Of 49, 600 gives in 70
IS the proportion punished 10 that year Al The same
time The increase IN 1858 exclusively the
mary jursdc happens that the number Of persons
committed TO prison for offences in 1868 was ess4 per
cent-than IN 1857. The punshments on the whole,
therefore we're more numerous bu, they less
in 1858 than IN 1867.
return made by the police Of the criminal clasfes upoer
the heads OF known heves and depredatos
stolen goods prostitutes suspected PERSONS Migrants and
trsmps which amounted 70 1874 s22 of whom IS So7
uroet 10 year, Of age and the number Of prostitutes
2S,160. Tbese figures remarkable correcting
common po.ioDs The class OF "upiortuDstes," for
s!nnctbe las, mentioned pu, down by Coqunoun 1901
81 30 600 in the me ropcs alooe, are now estm ed
Known 70 the polite rom avowng their trade 7St for
England Waee. On the authority of the police tue
criminal cass OF he metropolis s put down 1881 of
TIE population, and 10 pleasure towns, such Brighton
Ubei,enhsm, &c, at in 81 9; IN towns oepen1ent on
sRrcuture at in 49, IN commercial ports at cas-,
he seats Of cotton linen manufactures at In 1854,
the OF yooen manufacture a. in It's G. in the
eeats Of srall and mixed textile manufactures at In
3 s. and In the seats OF hardware manufactures at In
AZ The proportion Of the people which, from the alb
Of al honest OF living, 10 Chased crminal
greatest In the district OF the hardware manufactures
then follow the towns in the rural cftrcs then the
efca ports then sbe pleasure towns then the seRts of
email exte manufactures Then the seats OF cotton
fscures ard. lastly, the metropolis AIDING 10 1874 922
The runber Of criminal class Ut large in 1853 the
Of CRIMINALS in prison in September Of that yesr
get 100 346 the total OF the habtuRy crmi
ma cIass Englsro and Wales In 1858
So rack 1900 Nj Colquhoup estimated the loesip
rte metropolis Expectations ut f2 GOO 900 year. and
in 1885 he Watch Committee Of Liverpool stated loss
BY dep eda,on their borough at E700 000 annually
Mr. Redgrsve the Registrar OF Criminal Keturns,
eciy, 1t appears, estimates the annual Of the
crinps cassee, including all the cost Of the establish
for pun shng them well what they steal and
waste not ess than fi0 900 goo year. This though
estimate, pared to that Of Mr. Colquhoun
enormous sum TO be annually destroyed by ouch n
small nber Of persons l60 346 about
The hundred trente,h part of the community in
spe Of the exerons Of the rest 10 restrain asd prevent
them Though this ia quite enough 10 create alarm,
considering the annual and food Of crime yet
returns like all the preceding returns Of late years. ahow
that the plumber OF grave offences continually decreas
ing that depredations without violence the chief
Of the people To those who like ourselves have
wearedy contended for commercial freedom highly
gratifying 10 the prosperity which has followed in s
train, continually accompanied by great moral improve
ment.