nd no Christians to
tell them of a Saviour's dying love.

Mrs. Fry laid these communications before the Colonial Secretary without
delay, praying him to alter this terrible state of things. She was at
once listened to. The building was altered, by orders from England; the
convicts were divided into classes; employment and discipline were
provided; daily instruction, both secular and religious, was imparted;
so that, by degrees, the establishment became what it should have been
from the first--a house of detention, discipline, and refuge. In
addition, a large vessel called the _Anson_ was fitted up as a temporary
prison, sent out to Hobart Town, and moored in the river. This vessel
received the new shipments of transports from England, and afforded, by
its staff of officers, opportunity for a six months' training of the
convicts, who then were not permitted to enter the service of the
colonists until after this period had expired. By these different means
Mrs. Fry had the satisfaction of knowing that the convicts had yet
another opportunity of amendment granted them after leaving the prisons
of their native land. It has already been observed that in most of the
prisons of the United Kingdom female warders were employed, while
matrons were appointed on the out-going convict ships. Contrary to the
lot of many reformers, Mrs. Fry was spared to see most of the reforms
which she had recommended, become law.

After Mrs. Fry's death an interesting report was issued by the
Inspector-General of Prisons in Ireland, relating to the Grange Gorman
Lane Female Prison, Dublin. Mrs. Fry had taken special interest in this
prison, it having been the first erected _exclusively for women_ in the
United Kingdom, and intended, if found successful, to serve as a sort of
model for other places. The experiment had proved entirely successful
and satisfactory; matron, warders and chaplain all united in one chorus
of praise. Major Cottingham, the Inspector-General, wrote:--

Although I made my annual inspection of this prison on February
18th, 1847, as a date upon which to form my report, yet I have had
very many opportunities of seeing it during past and former years,
in my duties connected with my superintendence of the convict
department. The visitors may see many changes in the faces and
persons of the prisoners, but no surprise can ever find a
difference in the high and superior order with which this p