, One of the.moßt extraordinary priaona in jFrance is that at Montesson, in tho Dopart imeut of tho Soinc,and which bears tho namo 'o£ tho Collcgo Lepoletier do St. Fnrgoau, It iwas created a fow years ago, at an oxpense of nearly 4.000,000 francs, in order to toko thoplacooftho old Metropolitan houso of detention for juvenile criminals, known as iLa Potite Ronuclte; but, unliko tho latter, it in restricted exclusively to two classes of juvonilo offenders, namely, tlioso who havo been indicted for crimes and acquitted by the court on the grouud of irresponsibility duo to youth and ignorance, and those who aro placed undor restraint at tho request, and in most cases at tho expense, of their parents. AtMontcsson thoao two categories aro> carefully kept apart. Those of the first class, that teto Bay, tho irrcspousiblos, who havo been committed by the courts to tho in stitution until tho attainment of their majority, aro treated with a .great deal of consideration and indulgence. Tho ground is taken that tho offences of which they have boon guilty have been earned by defects in education' for which tho State is to a groat degrco accountable, and that it is the duty of the community to repair the sliortcominga. in this reßpoct by means of instruction, do volopmontoftlio physical and intellectual faculties, and in particular by kindness. ludeod, the only severity to which this class of tho inmates of tho great institution at Montesson are subjected is that which is in dißponsabloforthoinaintonancc of discipline,, and tho-portion of the CBtablishniont devoted to their uso conveys much more tho im pression of a collcgo.for thesons of well-to do people than a reformatory or a prison. Very different, indeed is tho section of •Montesson which iB destined for the use of boys and girls who have beon consigned thither by tho tribunals at tho instaneo of; tlioir paronts, The French law docs not; admit of any brutality on tho part of parents; to their children, and dißconntenanecs what iB known as physical forcoasanicauaof: correction. 