" The HU tither of prisoners in the I louse
of Correction at Wakefield is now about 150 less than usual, and this is accounted for by the restrictions that have been lately imposed. The diet has been lowered, the use of tobacco abolished, and the prisoners are not allowed to speak to one another from the time of going into prison to corning out : if one is heard to speak to another, by night or by day, he is placed in solitary confinement for twenty-four hours ; and this regulation is found to be productive of very beneficial results. Some who have lately been liberated have declared that if they go there again, it shall be for something that will either hang or transport them, for they will never be doomed to silence."— Tyae Mercury. We have very little doubt of the efficacy of these measures : were they generally adopted, prisons would not be the schools of vice which they now are. Where all are silent, there cannot be much evil communication; since we are told that " it is what cometh out of the mouth that delileth a man." As regards female delinquents, the regulation has certainly a somewhat harsh ap- pearance.
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