Grenadier Guards. : Regiments of the Line. 
Yearly Daily Daily 4 Yearly Daily Daily 
Yearly pay. pay. pay. pay. Yearly pay. pay. pay. pay. 
£ fr. S54, || 1; Ce & 9. d. fr. |i gay dd, || irs" es 
2200 0 0| 55,000 
488 3 9 12,3041 6 
469 15 0) 10,074 |1 3 
TRANSACTIONS OF THE SECTIONS. 167 
TABLE (continued). 
English Military Pay. 
B & 
— 
150 0 |1000 0 0} 25,000 |2 14 9| 68 50 {cake 
Colonel. 
32 10} 310 5 0) 7,756 |0 17 0) 20 1 |Lieut.-Colonel. 
~) 
27 60] 292 0 0| 7,500 }0 16 0| 19 20 |Major. 
—) 
| 28217 6| 6,808 |015 6| 1860] 21210 6 5,076 |0 11 7| 13 90 {Seat ee 
”» 
nd ,, 
Lieutenant, 
Lieutenant, 
bss 6 0 3,175|0 7 4| 880] 11812 6 2,846/0 6 6| 7 80 Ist class. 
2nd class. 
Sub-Lieut. or 
100 7 0| 2,408/0 5 6) 660] 9916 3 2895/0 5 3) 6 30 Hutigh? 
— _ 02 2 2 60 — —- 0 2 0| 2 40 |Serjeants. 
— — j0.1 5 1 70 — — |0 1 4]! 1 60 |Corporals. 
ate SSO Teer E 1 30 — — |0 1 O} 1 20 |Privates. 
__ f |Boys under 14. 
» above 14, 
411 10 0} 9,686 |1 2 0O| 26 40] 273 15 0} 6,517 |0 15 0} 18 O |Surgeon-Major1. 
273 15 0} 6,570 |015 0; 18 0 _— _ — _— 7 2. 
182 10 0} 4,880 |0 10 0; 12 Of] 182 10 0} 4,880 |010 0/ 12 0 », under 1. 
a < Te a= Sa + i ” ” 2. 
When we find that of the 100,614 criminals upwards of 8000 were under 16 
years of age, it must be obvious that the mass of our criminals commence their 
career in childhood, before an appetite for intoxicating drink has been formed. 
The hideous features of the criminal mind show too plainly that bad training is the 
fruitful source of crime. As the young criminal, whose inheritance is poverty, filth, 
and a corrupt example, left in brutal ignorance, grows up and exhibits the natural 
vanity, violent temper, sensuality, and selfishness, by which he is generally distin- 
ished, in an exaggerated form, he is shunned by the respectable, who shrink 
om even giving him employment; this is too eagerly made an excuse for in- 
dulging in idleness, which rapidly leads to crime. There is another class of criminals 
formed of the waifs and strays of families in better circumstances, who, in spite of 
parental care and some education, become the victims of idleness and sensuality. 
The amount of positive ignorance in the majority of criminals is almost incon- 
ceivable: of the 100,614 alluded to, 34,279 could neither read nor write; 61,233 
