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easily be seen. One thus leaves more and more that theory of punishment, on whose support the prevailing laws depend, without, however, entering upon the new theory approved by the experience of other countries, and by those who are well versed in the law. These frequent changes, which are often made by way of favour, must then, in time, decrease the respect of the public both for the law and for the administration of justice.
The adoption of the new criminal law forms, in my opinion, the only means of avoiding the dangerous maze in which there is so much danger of being lost. But how will it be possible to apply its enlightened principles of justice, with any hope of success, if our houses of correction do not receive those improvements which are so highly necessary? To employ punishment by loss of liberty with the retaining of the contagious demoralisation of our prisons, would only extend the scale of this, vicious mutual instruction. Hence is consequently seen the whole importance of the penitentiary system, and the necessity of not shunning any sacrifices, in the promotion of its possible introduction.
The question should also be examined more closely in a merely financial point of view. The sending the prisoners such great distances in consequence of the application of the idea of centralisation, as well to jails as to houses of correction, and the many transports, to and from the places of trial, have caused considerable expenses, which,
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