Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-08
From Our Regular Correspondent
Our European Letter.
LONDON, Eng, Sept. %, lS7

and industrial schools of Great Britain.
The expenditure of the former class of
institutions is little more than one-third
that of the latter, but, taking the two COL
lectively, it will be seen that the enterprise
is. in financial sense, one of some mag
nitude. Imperial taxation bears nearly
half the cost. County and borough rates
contribute nearly tenth. In respect to
industrial schools, the payments from
school boards assist the receipts to the
extent of nearly ninety-six thousand
pounds, in addition to which six thousand
pounds are received from private sources
in payment for voluntary inmates. Phil
anthropy contributes forty-six thousand
pounds to the two classes of institutions
in the shape of subscriptions and legacies,
while self-help furnishes forty thousand
pounds by means of profits in the indus
trial departments. The work which is
thus sanctioned and supported by the pub
lie is intended both rs a benevolent and a
protective agency. Juvenile vagrancy is
to be arrested before it leads TO something
worse, and the young offender who has
been actually guilty of theft is to be dealt
with after fashion which shall, if posi-
BILE, prevent him from growing up into a
hardened and practiced criminal. So far
has this policy succeeded that Major Inglis,
the government inspector of these schools,
stated in his report for the past year that
while "there are and always must be
juvenile criminals" it is no longer a prof
table pursuit "to educate for crime as a
profession" The police reports of Il
quarter of n century ago tell of II profess
sional class of Juvenile criminals who have
change is attributed principally to the
working of these institutions. More than
three fOurths of the children passing
through the reformatories are afterwards
found to be "doing WE'LL" and the pro-
portion Of successful cases in the industrial
schools is still higher. Rather more than
twenty-seven thousand boys and girls have
now passed through the reformatory
schools of Great Britain. Of this number
upwards of ten thousand have been placed
in situations, two thousand have emigrated,
and more than three thousand have gone
to sea. The number of those who passed
through the industrial schools is somewhat
less, but, looking down the lists of the
thousands who have taken their places
among honest toilers, or arc fairly gradu-
ating to do so, an enormous amount of
mischief is thus prevented. An entire
army of criminals is, so to speak, inter
copied, and transformed into industrial
and useful citizens.
The passenger steamer BreSt, belonging
10 Cunard & Co.. whilst on its journey
from Havre to Liverpool, en- route for
America, struck on rock off the Lizard
during dense fog on Saturday night.
Although only short distance from the
shore the land could not be seen, and the
widest confusion prevailed amongst the
passengers, who are stated to have been
of the lowest class, who rushed about the
ship in terror. With the exception of
four, who are reported as missing, they
were all rescued by the exertions Of the
crews of two lifeboats, aided by the fisher
men of ,bS district. The fact that their
terror was 50 great as to make them refuse
the easy transit to Falmouth by steamer,
and to prefer tedious and toilsome Jour-
ney by land, is characteristic enough. 1t
} is 10 be feared that these poor people must
have lost nearly all their small property
on our inhospitable coast, and that they
will start for America in n destitute con-
dition. The accident is all the more aston.
shing in that the summer fogs in the
f Channel are perfectly well known tc
mariners for their extraordinary delusvo
character. They descend suddenly, lift as
suddenly, and once more come down in
such u fashion that without careful and
constant use of the lead the most practiseC
Channel gropers may be deceived as tC
, their whereabouts; and, as II matter O
t fact, the Channel steamers rarely attemp
to make any way in them. The log of thu
Brca will be subject of some interest
r when the inquiry comes in.
: The disastrous weather of the past weel
has wrought yet further havoc amongs
the growing crops. The already late anC
1 deficient harvest will be still further de
S layed, whilst unless some speedy improve
; ments occur not only will the yield b
i small but the quality and condition CORE
. spondingly indifferent, 1t is very Difficult
, to form any estimate of what will be tn
S actual out tnrn Of wheat, barley and oats
but competent authorities place it a
, somewhere about one-half less than tn
average. Beans aud peas are equal,
i bad, and the rapid spread of the diseas
i amongst the potatoes shows that iurthe
losses are in store for the agrculturist
j. Hops also are in many eases threatenin
:. to be II total loss. This is certainly
. black-letter year for the British farmer
q and, falling on pre.existent distress, will
h render his position yet more unenviable
e Some competent authorities place the los
g on the entire crops as equivalent to abou
e thirty millions sterling. A change in tn
e weather may even now do some good
q but it is much too late for anything but
: small portion of lost ground to be recover
ed. ALPHA.
d EAST CALAIs.-Merrick Ainsworth ha
@ gone to York state hunting.
y Marcus Peck has sawmill, house an
y garden, and fifty acres of heavily timbere
:; land situated in the north east part {
!" Hyde Park, which he wishes to exchang
@ for small farm.
v The English board of trade has bee