I sirvw, in this communication treat of some of the lending features in, the English, Irish, Scotch, and Continental Reformatories. The most successful French establishment of this kind is that of Mettray It is a private institution, with Government, assistance. It re ceives for reformatory education boys under the aoe of 10, who have committed offences, but have been acquitted as having acted without discernment. The inmates number in general about GOO, who nro divided into families of forties ; each family has its family house, and is governed by two young men specially educated for the purpose, mlk> are assisted by two boys, members of the- family, elected quarterly by ballot, by the forty members of the family. The, boys are taught agriculture, and the common handicrafts necessary to agriculture. The place is not a prison, for there are neither -walls nor gales; the boys are carefully impressed with the assurance' that they are not undergoing punishment ; and there is a variety of contri vances for giving to each family a common interest, and encouraging the family feeling; the result, of all this is that there are \ery few attempts to run away. During fifteen years the number of relapses among tho young pert-ons set trt?Jiboi;fcy was only cloven per cent.— a very small proportion when it is considered that simple vagrancy would be counted a relapse. The distinguishing characteristic of "this estab lishment is the. family system. Besides mnny private institutions, J'Vance has several%6vern mental establishments for the same purpose. In "Belgium the principal reformatory institutions are "those of Euysselode, for boys. nndTof Beernem. near "Uuysseledo, for girls. They may, in fact, be regarded as one institution, being both under the management of the .same di rector, and being made to work into ono another. Though ihiys&ctede is in a great measure modelled on Mettray, they have not in the former, for w ant of adequate buildings, been able to divide the inmates into d'stinct families. The inmates do not bolong to precisely the same class as at Mettray. At Mettray they are evlusiv ely young criminals acquitted on the score of ignorance ; at Huys-elode less than one half belong to this class : the rest are poor children sent by the parishes, or by benevolent iudiv iduals ; thus the same establishment sen es as a reformatory and as an industrial .school. 