The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1880-12-24 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

QUESTION. ho doubt that all the Fes1100!S hal"0 benefited frtm ! the netion of the Board. apart nom our sending in comphar.ce with a tetrwst from the Court of , away from this cr that school- The action of coins Annual Session, the. Deform,tory end Industrial pelting children to go to school must bate bete. Commi'lee for the e•otnf.v p,intine of lAnfit all schools. It is the first time -I have heard leas!er, have prepared a report on the subject of of championing volunteer schools I,ginst Board juvenilo offen-levs, and how they should be dealt schools, one against the other. I never like to with. It is follows:—"Your committee have _ _ . _ _ _ _ _  met and considered the letter from the Home Office of the 13th October lost, referred to them by the several courts of quarter sessions for this county, and have decided to recommend the following alterations in the existiflg. law relative to the treatment and punishment of juvenile offenders. That it is undesirable that any child or young penes under the age of 13 or 14 years (the precise age not defined) should 1): convicted of, or conked in one of her Majess prisons, for any offence other than homicide or an offence conceived in malice. That  it is desirable the justices should be empowered, at their discretion, to order any male child or young person, within the prescribed age, to be whipped for any offence for which he is now liable to be ha-1 pris,med. That special places should be appointed and provided for the dettmiion, correction, discipI line, and improvement of children and young persons within the presctioed are That the existing law as to committal to and the period of detention in reformatories should remain as it is, with the exc-pt:on a the necessity for any conviction or pred ,W.ary imprisonment of children or young . p..rsons within the prescrPied age. That when a child or young person within the prescribed age has committed an offence which, in the opinion of the justices, is clearly traced to the neglect of the parent, step-parent, or guardian of the child or I young person, the said justices should have power to impose a tine on such parent, step parent, or person having the apparent guardianship for his or her neglect." At the next meeting of the Court of Annual Session the chairman of the Reformatory Schools Committee will more-1. That the special report of the Reformatory t•chools Committee on the treatment of juvenile offenders be received and adopted, and that a copy thereof be forwarded to the Home Secretary. 2. That it be an instruction to the Reformatory and Industrial Schools Committee that a sub-committee be sprinted for the  purpose of personally inspecting all reformatory and industrial schools under contracts with the county authority, and that any grant of money to be paid to the managers non the express understanding that, any members of such sub•committee shall he at liberty to inspect the institution whenev,r they may see fit to do so upon giving to the managers thereof reasonable notice of their intended visit.  should be checked paragraph by pareg,raph see Mr. Balfour objected to anything that Mr.