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families in Alehouses:-To the bad Educa-
tion of Apprentices:-To the want of Indus-
try:-To idle and profligate menial Servants
out of Place:-To the Lower Orders of the
Jews of the Dutch and German Synagogues :-
To the depraved Morals of aquatic Labourers:
-To the Dealers in Old Metals, Furniture,
Clothes, &c.-To disreputable Pawnbrokers:—
And finally, to ill-regulated Public Houses.-
Concluding Reflections.
CHAP. XII.
THE ORIGIN OF CRIMES CONTINUED:
FEMALE PROSTITUȚION.
The pitiable condition of the unhappy Females,
who support themselves by Prostitution :-The
progress from Innocence to profligacy.-The
morals of Youth corrupted by the multitude of
Prostitutes in the streets.-The impossibility
of preventing the existence of Prostitution in a
great Metropolis.-The propriety of lessening
the Evil, by stripping it of its Indecency and
much of its immoral tendency.-The advantages
of the measure in reducing the mass of Turpi-
tude.-Reasons offered why the interests of
Morality and Religion will thus be promoted.
-The example of Holland, Italy, and the East-
310
Indies quoted.-Strictures on the offensive
manners of the Company who frequent Public
Tea Gardens:-These places under a proper
Police might be rendered beneficial to the State.
-Ballad-Singers-Immoral Books and Songs
-Necessity of Responsibility for the execution
of the Laws attaching somewhere.
CHAP. XIII.
STATE OF THE POOR.
334
The System with respect to the Casual Poor
erroneous.-The effect of Indigence on the
Offspring of the Sufferers-Estimate of the
private and public Benevolence amounting to
850,000l. a year.-The deplorable state of
the Lower Ranks, attributed to the present
System of the Poor Laws.-An Institution to
inquire into the cause of Mendicity in the Me-
tropolis explained.-A new System of Relief
proposed with respect to Casual Poor, and
Vagrants in the Metropolis --The distinction
between Poverty and Indigence.-The Poor
divided into five classes, with suggestions ap-
plicable to each.-The evil Examples in Work-
Houses.-The stat. of 43 Eliz. considered.
The defective system of Execution exposed.-
A Public
A Public Institution recommended in the nature
of a Pauper Police, under the direction of three
Commissioners :-Their Functions.-A propo-
sition for raising a fund of 5,230l. from the
Parishes for the support of the Institution,
and to relieve them from the Casual Poor.-
Reasons why the experiment should be tried.--
Assistance which might be obtained from Gen- tlemen who have considered this subject fully.. 351
CHAP. XIX.
ON THE DETECTION OF OFFENDERS.
The present state of the Police on this subject ex-
plained. The necessity of having recourse to
known Receivers.-The great utility of Offi-
cers of Justice.-The advantages of rendering
them respectable in the opinion of the Public.-
Their powers by the common and statute Law.
--Rewards granted to Officers in certain cases
of Conviction.-The statutes quoted, applica-
ble to such rewards.-The utility of Parochial
Constables, under a well-organized Police.-
A Fund for this purpose might arise from the
reduction of the expences of the Police, by the
diminution of Crimes.-The necessity of a com-
petent Fund.-A new System for prevention
and detection of Crimes proposed.-The func
tions of the different classes of Officers.-
Salaries necessary to all.-Improvements in the
system of Rewards suggested.-1040 Peace-
Officers in the Metropolis and its vicinity, of
whom only 90 are stipendiary Constables. -De-
fects and abuses in the system of the Watch ex-
plained.-A general Plan of Superintendance
suggested.-A view of the Magistracy of the
Metropolis.-The inconvenience of the present
System.
.381
CHAP. XV.
ON THE PROSECUTION OF OFFENDERS.
The prevailing Practice when Offenders are
brought before Magistrates.-The duty of Ma-
gistrates in such cases.-Professed Thieves sel-
dom intimidated when put upon their Trial,
from the many Chances they have of escaping.-
These Chances shortly detailed.-Reflections on
false Humanity towards Prisoners.-The delays
and expences of Prosecutions a great discourage-
ment to Prosecutors.-An account of the differ-
ent Courts of Justice, for the trial of Offences
committed in the Metropolis.-Five inferior
and two superior Courts.-A statement of
Prisoners convicted and discharged in one year.
-Reflections thereon.-The advantage which
would arise from the appointment of a Public
Prosecutor,
Prosecutor, in remedying Abuses in the Trial4
of Offenders.-From 2500 to 3000 Persons
committed for trial, by Magistrates, in the
course of a year. The chief part afterwards
returned upon Society...
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CHAP. XVI.i.
ON THE SYSTEM OF. PUNISHMENTS.
CONSIDERED PRACTICALLY.
The mode authorised by the Ancient Laws.-The
period when Transportation commenced.-The
principal Crimes enumerated which are punish-
able with Death.-Those punishable by Trans-.
portation and Imprisonment.-Number of Per-
sons tried compared with those discharged.—
The system of Pardons examined; and Regu ̧
lations suggested.-An historical Account of
the rise and progress of Transportation.—The
system of the Hulks; and the Law's as to pro-
cincial and National Penitentiary Houses.-.
Number of the Convicts confined in the Hulks
for twenty-two years.-The enormous expence.
of maintenance and inadequate produce of their,
Labour. The impolicy of the System.-The
system of Transportation to New South Wales
examined, and Improvements suggested.-Erec-
tion of National Penitentiary Houses recom-
mended.