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trlotic gentlemen who have projected 

 aud carried forward the improvement 

 of land, draining of b«)g.s, and building 

 harboui-s in Ireland, among whom. 

 Lord Colchester and Sir JoiUi Newport 

 bear a distinguished part. Indeed, 

 tliongh the great hody of land-owners 

 hiwc most shamefnlly neglected, dis- 

 couraged, and even crushed cottage-hus- 

 bandry to the extent of their power^ 

 yet there are many hundreds of honour- 

 able exceptions, wlio have encouraged 

 it with plciisure, and could testify of 

 its advantage ; yet the Earl of Fife on 

 his estates in the counties of Aberdeen, 

 Banff, and Moray, far exceeds them all. 

 On the imj)roveinents by this distin- 

 guished nobleman, I will take occasion 

 to enter more at large at some future 

 time, if you think tiiis article worth a 

 place iu your valuable miscellany. 



A. ^i. R. 



IFalthamstow, Dpc. 16, 1S20. 



the very period when the Theatre wan 

 erected, although the stone is not of the 

 same «piality as the rest of the struc- 

 ture. 



Mr. Oake, an English gentleman, 

 who has inspected it, states it to be 

 Arabic. Allah w;ilvbar lalllah es Allak 

 Mudaiiee Abdalaii. 



Xo o'iier Goi! hut Goil, God is g;Teatr 

 TLe Foiuder JIhIjohiri Ben Abdalla. 



For the Mo)iihli] Magazine. 



INSCKIPTION trourtc stir tine tablette 

 d'une feni-tre dii theatre de SAGUN- 

 TUM, par MONS. CONYXGHAM. 

 kON Francisco Perez Bayer, dans 

 une lettre ecrite a 3fonsieur 

 (.^onyngham dit, quMl croit Tinscri])- 

 tii)n ecrite dans la langue Ilebreu-Rab 

 binique. II paroit pourtaut d'apr^s 

 Fexamen le plus exact qu'clle ftit 

 pos^e aTiustant de la construction du 

 Theatre ; quoique la piene nc soif pas 

 de la nieme quality du rosteduliutimcnt. 

 Monsieur Oake, Anglois qui 1' a vu, 

 dit que c'est Arabique. Allali waklwr 

 la Illah es Allah Mudahee Abdallah. 

 Nul aufe Dieii que Dicu, Dieu est craud. 

 Le Fondateur Mahomet Ben Abdalla. 



TRANSLATION. 



INSCRIPTION found upon the entabla- 

 ture of n window of the theatre at 



SAGUNTUM, by MR. CONYNRHAM. 



Don Francisco Perez Bayer, in a 

 letter addressed to Mr. donyngham, 

 says, that he believes it written in (he 

 Rabbinical Hebrew tongue ; it neverthe- 

 less appears, after the most minute ex- 

 amination, that it was phieed there at 



To the Editor of the Montlily Magazine, 



.SIR, 



T a time when the alarming in- 

 crease of <'ri;nc, notwithstanding 

 the sanguinary enactments of our penal 

 code, has naturally attracted the atten- 

 tion of the pul/lic to inquire into thi^ 

 efficacy of severe pimislr.nents in check- 

 ing the growth of moral evil, permit 

 \m: to addr.'ss a ievc remarks to you on 

 that important subject. 



A learnetl judge has recently stated 

 from the bench, a.^ a circumstance, the 

 knowledge of whidi cannot be too 

 widely |;romulgated, "that if a per- 

 s(m enters the hoiise of an honest man 

 linder cloud of night with intent to steal, 

 fhou^li it were only by the lifting of a 

 luteli. he is guilty of a capital felony. 



It is equally curious and important 

 to remark, that th.is doctrine, which 

 I am hound to believe is law, is strictly 

 at variance with certain principles laid 

 down by the celebrated, the enlight- 

 c\\Vi\., and humane Beccaria, an autho- 

 rity which is received with the utmost 

 deference by all intelligent legislators. 

 " Due uomini (says that writei') hnnno 

 tentato di rubbare : Vuno trova lo 

 scrigtio vuoto, Palfro trova drnaro, e lo 

 uvirpa: la malidn e egunle, e percii> 

 il peccafo in se sarh eguale : t'l danno 

 fatto alia societa <? disrguale : e pei'cid 

 saranno diseguale delilti ; e presso tutii 

 i tribunati (P Ettropa disigualm6nte 

 p unit!."' 



In writing the above passage, is it to 

 be supposed thatBcccai'ia was ignorant 

 of the point in qnesticm, with respect to 

 the criminal laws of England, or is the 

 specific act, which authorises the doc- 

 trines we thus reprehend, one of those 



• " Two men attempt at diffeient times 

 to commit a robbery : the one finds the writ- 

 ing desk empty ; the other finds money 

 nn.l carries it off ; (he criminal intention is 

 in both cases l^psHme, and the oiTence is in 

 itself er|iial : the injmy done to sociely is, 

 however, iroequai ; the offences will there- 

 fore be considered unequal, and by every 

 court of jiistiec in Europe will be unequiiliy 

 punished." 



numerous 



