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receiving neglected and homeless children. Thl
proceedings then terminated.

PRISON DISCIPLINE SYSTEM OF INDIA.
In the upper room business was commenced with
the reading by DR.. MOUAr OF an exhaustive paper
ON 'rhe Prison Discipline System OF India, ana
Dr. Mouat was Tor several years Inspector General
The average number or prisoners was about fifteen
Thousand and the average cost about i've pounds
system, ana In the province OF Bengal forty per
cent OF tire cost OF maintenance paid for out oe
the prisoners labor. The classification Of prisoners
was adopted as far possible and while In prison
some useful handicraft was taught them. One Of
.ae pecahariues OF the Indian system was that
prison discipline so that In India they had resolved
the qnestoI,2.ts c,.stodiet tpsos cnstodes ? AS
Mr.. TnoRNToN, Secretary to the Punlaub govern
and labor one they tried to INTRODUCES the csi
account OF the expense. 1t was carried on success
fully In the neighboring territory OF Bawulporcs
the as carried ou IN the punaa
DR.. GRAY, Inspector General OF Prisons In th8
PunIauo, followed. He said that the system was
Industrial. There were no treadmills. To a great
extent crime In India was professional and heredi-
tary. Some prisoners had killed many fifty
their crimes and asked them II they were nod
ashamed, they replied, "Are you ashamed Of killing
nifty or sixty quails ?"
In the afternoon sitting General Pilsbury. Gov.
ernor of the Penitentiary Prison In Albany, N Y,
intended. The Albany Prison was intended for
the reception OF prisoners who committed minor
offences. There were 1,o93 yearly commttals. The
prisoners treated partly on the separate and
partly on the the congregated systems. He ad-
United, with the majority OF the Congress- that the
object OF prison discipline, but the financial part OF
the question was not to be neglected. His plan
for the benefit OF the prisoners There were three
State prisons In the State of New York, but he
they were managed politically. DR.. Wines said
the general government OF the United States had
the Individual States when amounted to about
forty. There were three State prisons in New
York-sing Sing, Auburn and Clinton The great
diniculty they had to contend with was that the
appointments were all political but that was abous
to be remedied by an act. which would invest the
management in a board OF Ave wardens, and give
power OF appointing officers for ten years. There
were institutions OF intermediate character
which were not He'd prisons at all, but which re-
!! R. Chandler tPennsyivania said that in ths
the principle OF labor discipline was carried to sncr
an extent that the prisoners actually looked upon
it u, deprivation as punishment: There were nine
was excellent 1t was conducted the strictly
separate principle, and there were now landhVecrs
and prOprietOrs or the soil in the West who had
been jalbrds in the prison OF which he was speak
Ing.
Mr. MELLIGAN Pennsylyania) also addressed the
section. The latter differed from Mr.. Chandler az
to the yalne OF the separate system
The proceedings were brought to conclusion by
an address, from Captain DU CANE on The system
of convict discipline In England.
CONTAMINATION Banquet In the Hall OF
the Middle Temple.
Last night there was a grand banquet in the Halt
of the Middle Temple, In cOmmemoratiOn Of the
proceedings Of the international Prison Congress,
which have now been carried on for several days,
and win probably close to-day. There were pres
ent:--Sir J. Pakington, who presided; the Greek
Minister Baron Won HOlzendorf, Count de F0-
resta Baron Mackay, Hon. d. Hanes, General
Pilsbury, DR.. and Mrs. Wines, Mrs. Howe, Miss
Mr.. Baines, M. p; Sir r. Chambers, M. p; Sir
w. Cr0fton, Mr.. Dickinson. M. p. Sir H verney, M.
Fl MIR; Morrison M ri Count Sc, so g Genera,
Mrs. Chandler, NJ Musurus Bey, DR.. Vaughan Mas
ter Of the Temple; DR.; M9at I'm, Mr. G g. W Hastings
Teulon. slgnor Bethani, Professor Marquardscn, NJ.
Stevens, DR.. Gulllaume, &c. \
posed the toast OF 'The Queen" and remarked that
he did so under rather peculiar circumstances That
Her MaJesty's subjects, but on that occasion
there were present not only the subects
OF Her Majesty but the o
the republics OF Switzerland and the United States
OF America--that great and rising empire beyond
the Atlantic, OF which he was glad to say there were
not less than sixty representatives ut the Congress-
He had no doubt however, that one and all-repre-
daily drink the toast OF Her Majesty. The toast
was drunk most cordially
Wales and the Other Members OF the Royal Family"
the Chairman alluded to the reception on the
Thanksgiving Day as proof or the loyalty OF the
English people, and to the recent visit or the Prince
in that hall as proof OF his desire to cultivate
friendly relations with foreign nations and to aid
In promoting such measures as were calculated to
restore the fallen. This toast was also cordially
drunk.
The CHAIRMAN next gave 'sThe Foreigners Pres.
ent," coupling with II the name OF the Greek Minis
ter who replied with on excellent speech In French.
The toast OF the evening, that or ''The Progress
and Prosperity OF the Congress" followed. Having
bid the foreigners who had assembled In London
from so many distant parts OF the world welcome
he hoped the results Of their deliberations might bo
satisfactory. There was desire 90 come to some
formal resolutions with respect to these delibera-
tons, bur there would be practical difficulty In
that whatever resolution the Congress might come
to at any given hour OF the day. II might he reversed
half an hour later. One thing he thought was
clear, that whatever was the position or England
as compared with other nations In regard TO the
management OF prisoners she yet stood In need OF
great reforms. In five years, ending 1853, there
were 5000 sentences passed for the graver kind OF
offences, while In 1871 that number OF crimes had
been reduced to $780, reduction OF forty per cent
With respect to crimes OF less grevous kind there
had been dimnution OF from $500 to 10000 Tho
weakest and the worst part OF the English SYSTEM
was that OF repeated short sentences. They must
not trust to punishment alone; they must teach re-
gon, they must have industrial labor, and ABOVE
all they must strike at the root OF the evil He
hoped that the foreign members enjoyed their resi-
dence in London, and that they would have
Mr. HAsTINGs the chairman OF the Executive
Committee, acknowledged the toast In an admira-
bic speech.
posed by the Hon. Mr.. Chandler, and responded to
by Miss Carpenter. The other toasts were-''Sir
Thomas Chambers the Treasurer OF the Middle
Temple "The Chairman" proposed by Baron Mac
Kay and the secretary, Mr.. Fears" In the course
OF the evening a selection of music was performed,
under the direction of Mr.. w. II. Monk, by Miss Dali
maine, Mr.. W. Rees, Miss Randall and Miss Hub
bard.
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