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means of increased severity of treatment, aud the
transports were divided into three classes. The
first were subjected, on their arrival, to penitentiary
treatment in a separate house of correction on the
island of Norfolk; thence arose a double punishment
and double expenses. The second class were
fettered with iron chains, and worked in the open
air; the third was divided among the colonists.
But this was not enough; certain officers were
commanded to be present, from the 1:st to the 30:th
September 1833, at all punishments with the lash
or whip, on which occasions a separate protocoll
should be kept, stating with terrible accuracy, at
which stroke blood appeared, whether it flowed
plentifully or not, whether the person punished
showed by his groans extreme pain &c.
Such cruelty was, however, soon obliged to give
way before the enlightenment and humanity of the
English Parliament; transportation becomes daily less
common, and the correction-system may be
considered as perfectly established in Great Britain,
where it goes forward with rapid steps towards its
object.
Without entering into a tedious examination,
as to whether a proper place for the
transportation of Swedish criminals can be arranged or not,
there can be no doubt that the conveyance and
support of the persons transported would be so
exceedingly expensive, that if the system is deficient
in its power of alarming those against whom it is
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