dial register. Hase's pump-machine is also introduced. The chaplain at this gaol pursues an excellent mode of inquiry into the cases of the several prisoners, by which he obtains a knowledge of their characters, and is enabled effectually to pursue the means by which he may promote their benefit. A new chapel has been built at Walsingham House of Correction. The prisoners work at Hase's improved tread-wheels, which have revolving hand-rails attached to them.

The new County Prison at Morpeth is nearly finisned. The felons, and others committed to hard-labour, have been employed on the new building, The Town Gaol and House of Correction erecting at Newcastle are in a forward state.

At Southwell County House of Correction, an addition has been made, by which there are now eleven separate wards and courts. The prisoners are employed at the tread-wheels and in a variety of occupations.

At Oxford County Gaol, new day-rooms have been added for tried and untried felons, by which they are placed more directly under the control of the officers, Additional sleeping-cells and separate infirmaries are also provided.

The County Gaol at Oakham having been presented as insecure and insufficient for the safe custody of the prisoners, alterations have been made to render it conformable to the Act.

Shrewsbury County Gaol is divided into twentythree classes, each class having a day-room and airingyard. The prisoners are steadily engaged in various occupations. The earnings last year amounted to £754. Schools are formed under the direction of the chaplain.

At Ilchester Gaol, new infirmaries have been added; and the prisoners have been employed in various alterations and repairs of the buildings and courts. At the House of Correction, Wilton, several work-rooms have been made, and separate wards are provided for the sick. The Magistrates state that the uniform discipline, employment, and hard labour at the tread-wheels, &c. have greatly promoted the ends of punishment, and produced habits of industry, without any apparent injury to the health of the body. Additional day-rooms are making at Shepton-Mallet House of Correction.

The excellent system of discipline which has been for some time established at the Stafford County Gaol is continued. The conduct of the prisoners is regular and orderly: their clothing is supplied by their own manufacture; and their employment in making various alterations in the building, has occasioned a great saving of expense. The amount of earnings last year was about £850. Two additional tread-wheels have been erected. A school is established for prisoners of both sexes.

At the County Gaol for Surrey (Horsemonger Lanc) the debtors have no day-room: visitors are consequently received in the sleeping-rooms; and as the friends of the prisoners are admitted every day during six hours, in any number, without inquiry-men and women without distinction—it is easy to conceive the scenes of profligacy which take place from his promiscuous assemblage of the sexes. At Brixton House of Correction the tread-wheels have been kept at constant work by the male and female prisoners. From a reduction in the number of offenders, it may be inferred that this labour deters many from the commission of crimes.

The chaplain states that the best moral effects continue to result from the system of discipline pursued.

The County Gaol at Horsham appears to be one of the prisons which have not partaken of the benefits of an improved discipline. The classification is very limited, especially for the females. The buildings are badly arranged, so as to preclude the means of inspection. No employment is provided; nor is there any school. The airing-court of the debtors is stated to be insecure; and, in consequence, this class of per sons, at all times the most numerous in the prison, is excluded from the benefits of air and exercise during a considerable portion of the day. At Lewes House of Correction, the number of sleeping-cells is very inadequate to the usual number in confinement. In the cells for the men three generally sleep together, either in one bed-the prisoner in the middle lying with his head at the feet of the others;-or else, on three shelves, one above another. The prisoners work at the tread-wheel, but this is not large enough to contain more than half the number. At Petworth House of Correction, the prisoners are occupied in various employments besides the tread-wheel labour: there is also a school.

In Warwick County Gaol, the convicted continue to be employed at the tread-wheel, and the juvenile prisoners at pin-making. Prisoners before trial are also employed. The House of Correction, which is a distinct establishment, has been enlarged. A separate department has been made for the women, comprising four day-rooms, with airing-yards under inspection. The new tread-wheel is applied to the purpose of raising water. Schools are established in each prison.

The County Gaol at Appleby has been enlarged.

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Steel hand-mills are put up for grinding corn. provements have also been made at Kendal House of Correction.

At Salisbury County Gaol, the prisoners are now divided into ten classes. A machine has been constructed for raising water by manual labour. A millhouse has been built at Devizes House of Correction, on the outside of the prison, the machinery in which is to be connected with the tread-wheels on which the prisoners work.

Tread-wheels have been put up in Worcester County Gaol, at which three classes are employed in grinding corn, &c.

The defective County Prison at York is to be superseded by a new and commodious gaol, which is now erecting contiguous to the castle. The prisoners' cellbuildings will be arranged on the semicircular plan; but the day and work-rooms are intended to radiate from the officer's central station, so as to be under inspection. This will in some degree obviate the injudicious position of the other buildings which surround the courts. Two additional wings are building at North-Allerton County House of Correction, where the classification has hitherto been very limited. The tread-wheel labour is in full operation here; and likewise at the East and West Riding Gaols, at Beverley and Wakefield, which are both well-regulated, having lately undergone material improvements. *

In Wales, it is gratifying to find that, in many parts,

It is satisfactory to state, that the practice which formerly prevailed here, of marching prisoners to the different towns where the sessions are held, chained together and exposed to the public gaze, has been discontinued. They are now conveyed in a covered van.

measures have been adopted to amend the discipline of the prisons, and to render the buildings conformable to the Prison Statute (5 Geo. IV. cap. 85,) in which a reduced scale of classification is allowed to be observed, in consideration of the small number of prisoners usually confined in some districts. The defective Gaol at Beaumaris is about to be rebuilt, a new piece of ground having been obtained for that purpose. The Gaol at Carmarthen has been enlarged for the better classification of the prisoners. The County Gaol for Denbigh, at Ruthin, is undergoing alterations, and a tread-mill is putting up. At Swansea, a new County House of Correction is erecting on the semicircular plan. The airing-courts, eight in number, will be under inspection from the governor's central residence. A new Gaol and House of Correction is in progress for the county of Montgomery,

Enlarged accounts of these and other prisons are to be found in the Appendix. These statements have been prepared from materials derived from the Magistracy, the governors of prisons, the correspondents of the Committee, and the visits of members of the Society. The Committee cannot advert to the assistance they have derived from these gentlemen, without the expression of their gratitude. The aid thus kindly afforded, has been renewed year after year, and furnishes substantial proof of the interest which prevails for the success of the Society, among those who can most effectually promote its plans and extend its usefulness. The perusal of these statements will bring before the public subjects of grave importance, and excite reflections of deep interest.

The increase of crime is an unquestionable