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Art ^ -I . —A Letter to the Magistrates of Warwickshire , on the Increase of Crime in general , but more particularly in the County of Warwick ; with a few Observations on the Causes and Remedies of this increasing Evil . By John Eardley Eardley-WUmot , Esq ., ; one of his Majesty ' s Justices of the Peace for the County
of Warwick . London : printed for H . T . Hodgson . 1820 . 8 vo . pp . 39 ri ^ HE subject of this pam phlet , is JL particularly momentous ; and many of the statements and observations of the author demand the serious
regard not only of the magistrates of Warwickshire , but of all persons who are in habits of thought and in stations of influence . Every wise and good man will lament the prevalence of crime : he will be gr ieved that , notwithstanding the unexampled efforts which are made for the moral and
religious instruction of the people , the number of youthful delinquents has , of lite years , considerably increased . IJe who can trace the causes and suggest the remedies of this gigantic evil , 13 a public benefactor .
Although the existence and progress of climes denote the imperfection of our nature , and must primarily be attributed to this source , yet we must not content ourselves with so generally accounting for the faet . Since man is always acted upon by the objects , events and circumstances in the midst
of which we perceive him to be placed , the inquiry in which we have engaged may admit of a more specific and practical answer . In the vast and rapid advance of the population qf the country we see one of ther ^ auses of which we are in
search . Common c ^ servers are quite inattentive to this state of things , and 0 h $ & ' haftuence of it ; while it is conten \ pl $ ted by reflecting mm in all its v anoi * mA e ^ J ^ &ii ^ bearirigs . Hotw $ t * s ^^ we < Bmm > evenr where
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signed to be a scene of unmixed bfisg ; those appointments of Providence respecting mankind which are directly instrumental to theiir preservation and their welfare , being also productive of their misery , when human ignorance , vice and foll y overpower the controul of reason and religion . It is thus with
all the appetites and passions of our frame : if we indulge them to excess , they are the parents of guilt and wretchedness ; if we gratify them with wisdom and in moderation , they subserve in a very high degree individual comfort and public happiness .
Those civil societies which are moat numerous , will evidently be in the greatest danger of abounding with transgressors pf divine and human laws . Mr . Eardley-Wilmot is aware , ( p . 5 , ) that such must be the necessary consequence of " an increased population ; and if that population / ' he says , " by any natural or accidental
causes , should exceed the means of the country to support it , partial distress , at least , must be the result ; and temptation to crime will be more strong and irresistible . " Yet , after all , it may fairly be doubted whether the
{ progress of crime among us has not alien short of the quickly-multiplying number of the people , instead of equalling it : if our calendars are heavy , let us not forget that the results of our census have far surpassed'general anticipation . Our sensibility ( way
sometimes mislead our judgment There is a strong propensity iw ffflsn to be more affected by present scenes and passing events than by those of former years . The transactions of the day , impress us in a much more lively
manner man any whicji memory records or imagination pieties : and the prevalence of crimes has been a familiar topic in every age and coiratty ,. In large * towns and cities , and especially in the metropolis , the evil is most visible : if fe , thQ ^ or ^ mnnecte ^ i not only with the advajp ^ of popidation ^^ crmvded scenes almost 4 ' ftQWW P !^ re
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Review. €€ Still Pleased To Praise, Yet Net Afraid To Blame.** — Popb.
REVIEW . €€ Still pleased to praise , yet net afraid to blame . ** — Popb .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1820, page 416, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2490/page/36/
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