es ages] 7 
_ part of the eyes, so as hi cause the 
rotrusion of the ball beyond the socket. 
rg i ppearance was frightful; and, in- 
ore aggravated distress can with 
y be conceived. From tlis con- 
e was lieved, on finding his 
intment in several prescriptions, 
by théexpedient of poppy-heads boiled in 
» This a on brought on a le- 
of fourteen or fifteen hours; at 
jon of a time, he v éuches 
* ti =" 
7 or hi |parative , and the speedy 
2s ure th mae’. 
_I mean not to dispute the efficacy B | 
m, but to one ibute to 
alent obj 
of Cor 
whose d 
on Sense, of 
A PRroMorer. 
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a ioe the Monthly No 
a EDUCATION OF THE POOR. 
[The following corr dence claims the at- 
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tention of every one who feels aninterest in 
£ well-being of Society and wil trust 
€. Some decisive at areal leasures, ’ 
aie education of t children 
rland, Esq. to Sir Ay 
* the Sheriffs of London, 
Georg: wi 
Philips on 
LuSPR, 
HEN a late visit to London, 
you surprised me with a view 0 g 
the prison of Newvate in a state of cle 
Tiness that would have revived the 
gy spilt of foward, I asked 
ome questions lative to the state 
ie liter be acquire 
ersa kn 
ee account 
so much enga 
dge of reading, wr 
At addi you 
din takia® the amount of 
d to take their children with the 
y, as not to be able to find 
eto satisfy my curiosity. I suspected, 
r, from what I a and have in- 
ed; tha we owe wany 
spgiigen: Stern produce to their 
estate of extreme i ignorance; and 
well meaning pedple here were 
the time we at 
as W 
ed 
Taud ted to ose 
blish Lancaster’s schools in Bristol, he | 
entertain the directly opposite ‘opinion, 
_ to think that that sort of education 
to the increase of cri actions, I 
have been desirous of availing myself . ot 
your ‘knowledge of the characters and 
r | e S 
“Slate F; Education among Criminals. 
lents of the gene~ 
lity chamglene and iP it 9 1 
on Mo fin ongst those of the bier tial 
, ‘dressed to th 
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habits of the prisoners under your carey 
from observing how intimately you seem» : 
ed acquainted with the different interests, 
and how kindly you endeavoured to ame- 
liorate their condition as far as was com~ 
patible with the discipline that secures 
their safe custody. ’ 
You will therefore greatly oblige me 
and some friends of mine in this city, b¥ 
stating what is the average number of 
the prisoners confined for criminal cases 
who have had a decent education, aud if 
the majority are even able to read, allows 
ing mé to muke public your reply, as no= 
ards the be-. thing can, in my opinion, be of more im- 
portance to the community in the present 
pais yebagmnaitf in com- moment, than the decision of this moe 
mentous question. 
Lam, Sir, your obedient servant, 
G, CuMBERLAND; 
Bristol, June 14, 1808. : 
From Sir Richard Phillips, to G. Cuniber- 
land, Esq. 
DEAR SIR, 
You do me justice in supposing | that I 
have not been inattentive to the state of 
education amongthe numerous criminals 
who fill the prisons of the metropolis, 
LEhave always considered that the result 
oliflich an investization would afford a - 
certain criterion sby which to decide 
finally on the question, Whether the poor 
ought, or ought not to be edueated 2? and 
1 nae therefore bestowed a constant 
attention to this subject since [ have had 
the honour to fill my present office. 
The first opportunity which presented 
itself to me of forming some general con- 
usion was by means Sof a memorial ade. 
eriffs, signed Ly 152 of 
the criminals 1 Newgate ; of these 25 
sizned their own names in a fair hand, 
he poor women’s pledges, distributing »26, in a bad and partly. illegible hand, 
a nd noticing the desires of such and the remauning, 101 were marksmen 
(persons who sign itha cr 98S) having ne-. 
ver learned to writ 
On «nother occasion having applied to 
the various excellent institutions which 
exist in this metropolis for a supply of - 
Bibles, Testaments, and yeligious tracts, 
to circulate in the various wards, and 
thereby to enable criminals to take ad- 
vantage of the idle hours spent in a pri- 
son, it found, on superintending myself 
the distribution of th books, an almost 
general indifference about the n ipt of. 
the Upon inquiry it appeared that. 
as few of the prisoners could read with) 
facility, and as more ‘than half of them =. 
o. eoule 
om. 
