4.--THAT, the Emperor of France has decided, that out of ten millions of francs appropriated to the improvement of the lodging-houses of the laboring classes, three millions shall be put at the disposal of the Minister of the Interior to procure plans! 5.--THAT, the inmates of the Cincinnati House of Refuge are 235, and that the number of juvenile culprits at large is fearfully increasing. 6.--THAT, the three State prisons of New York, (containing 1783 convicts, of whom only 80 are females,) will require a considerable sum beyond their earnings for their support, viz.: for the Auburn prison, $14,000; for the Sing Sing Prison, $7,000; for the Clinton Prison, $27,000. Yet the Clinton Prison is not regarded as an unsuccessful experiment! We hope this important fact will be known to the Missouri Legislature before they determine to adopt the congregate system, on the ground of its economy. "As a general thing," says the report of a commissioner of Missouri on that subject, "the prisons employing this" (the associate system) "support themselves." It is wise to look before we leap. 7.--THAT, very favorable commencement has been made in the establishment of an institution in or near Philadelphia, for the instruction of idiots and feeble-minded children. 8.--THAT, the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Jacksonville, Ill., admitted during its last term 100 pupils, 94 of whom were from within the State. The whole number of mutes in the State is estimated at 500. 9.--THAT, the Illinois Asylum for the Blind has in it 25 pupils. The whole number of the blind in the State is estimated at only 60. A building is nearly ready for their accommodation. 10.--THAT, the Illinois State Lunatic Asylum admitted during the year 138 patients, of whom 38 were restored to sanity, 50 were discharged, and 82 remain under treatment. 11.--THAT, the rite of confirmation, as observed in the Established Church of England, was lately administered by the Bishop of Manchester to 28 prisoners in the gaol in that town, varying in age from 14 to 55 years. The whole scene is represented as having been very impressive. 12.--THAT, the number of idiots in the State of New York is not less than 2,800, of whom one-fourth are under 14 years of age. There are 42 pupils in the State institution for idiots, 30 of whom are supported by the State. The trustees recommend the purchase of a building having accommodations for 100 pupils, of whom 64, (eight from each judicial district,) it is proposed to support at the expense of the State; and the remaining 36, by friends. The estimated cost of a suitable building is $20,000; and the annual appropriation necessary to maintain the establishment will be $10,000.