A recent Parliamentary blue book shows the number of criminal
offenders committed for trial or bailed for appearance at the Assizes of each county in Ireland in the year 1851. These returns present a decrease of 6642 com- mittals, or 21.20 per cent, as compared with the year 1850; the total num- ber of committals in that year being 31,326, while in 1851 the number rose not higher than 24,684. The offences against the person with violence had ' decreased from 4980 in 1850, to 2930 in 1851. The number of offences against property had hardly undergone any change for the better ; the figure was 2224 in 1850, and 2215 in 1861. A table of the amount of crime committed during the last four years gives the following results. Murder, in 1848, 195 cases; in 1849, 170; in 1850, 113; in 1851, 118 eases. Attempts at murder, in 1848, 15; in 1849, 5; in 1850, 28; in 1851, 14 cases. Shooting at or stabbing, in 1848, 110; in 1849, 66; in 1850, 62; in 1851, 87 casea„ • Conspiracy for murder in the four years respectively 49, 26, 12, 10. 'lam, laughter, 166, 173, 156, 135. Arson,•134, 189, 155, 160. Blots have walked from 3222 cases in 1848, to 1827 cases in 1851; rescue,from 4131 cases in 1848, and 3077 cases in 1850, to 1915 cases in 1861.
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