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tessimo, oisionroilig, if tint to direct rim •tvage-,
)et,,y/fr4inly to coarciii: re ut crime. No
our supposes that stilt so exteatsite, nod of so los g
shiratiorg, ems of s.s.er be removed ; the nature Of
111411, the eatt.tittitiott of sttlety, admits of sin suits
wiraculoos Clllll4e ; 11111). wish discrOuto. etterVy,
mid perseveitita.... ne h,vr, tender I) vne Provi-
dence, the siteaux of stming the progri as of juve-
nile depravity, of Ares-rm,g the next generation
front 8.41111 e of ralsonitir S, whir h must be brought
upon us by ihm:e who are trained up in crime, and
of introillsciss4 a rtfortriasissii, if not complete and
effectual in all resi.eces,
.et„ at least, productiveni
the happiest and nowt bemficial effects.
The first siml principal came of youthful aber-
ration from the palls of virtue, is the negh ct of
moral and religious education. Liability to error
is !Part of man's natore; perseverance in honesty
and integrity, therefore, can never be espected,
where there is a >vs-stem:tile neglect of all elides-
vows to ignores% a knowledge of the Divine Being,
of the absolute ohligitinti to reverence his decrees.
and obey his holy word : whoever thinks that moral
instruction, by enabling WI to .distinguish right
from wrong, and thereby better to obey our Maker.
is necessary to keep us from error and transgres-
sion, must be convinced that total ignorance is the
fruitful torrent of r llence sill reasoning, as
well 114 experience, justiliva lii its %stylist.% that first
and loriorigially to the ise;:lert of inarel and reli-
gions education, is to he isverilsed youthful depra-
vity. The ittspories of the Committee halve P•cer-
unused, that the most alsoodosied criminals, of
re. ry age, are those who have been brought no in
she grossest ignorionc-. Subsidiary to this cause,
and most powerfully operative, is the hail example
of parrots, who, by their own conduct, initiate
Iln-gr childrell in v:ce, and by participagicg in the
gains of plunder, encourage thrum the commence-
ment of their wit ked a td dishonest career.

The seciond rouse is the wont of suitable employ-
ment for children, its ctrly : %hence arise ludolto
of idleitesps imsilsotion, itertusitesitly injurious
to their future welfare,

The third cause is one which every humane mind
must contemplate with deep regret and comup•u..
*ion ; the strong temptation to dishonesty, which
bas ton frequently of late yeais prevaile•t. from a
want of the necessaries to support life. The Coin-
mitte have great pain in stalling, that many twit
instances have come to their knowledge : it not
unfrequently happens, that boys, committed to
gaols for petty offences, ore discharged upon the
wide world, without any alternative but plunder or
starvation. It is in vain lii exclaim, that, by the
laws of England, no such extremity is permitted,
tlo.t the ;wishes or workhouses afford a retreat :
it ►n,ty be so in theory, the truth is otherwise in
practice. Much has been done by the Refuge for
the Destitute, and other institutions; but there is
the strongest call for more extensive remedies, or
the evil will still continue to prevail.
The causes übote stated are those whence early
vice generally originates; but there are others
doubly injurious, seducing the innocent. ■nd still
more deeply demoralizing the guilty. We will
now outrider them.

I. There exist in this metropolis and its vicinity,
lonises of public resort, technicrelly termed flash-
houses : some of these, boys soil girls frequent,
in company with the most notorious thieves; others
seem more exclusively appropriated to youth of
both sexes. The Report of the Police Commit.
tee, and the evidence upon whit h that Report is
founded, will famish more detailed iilbssimision to
those who may wish to acquire it ; here it is enough
to say, that no terms can characterize the diabolicil
depravity. the gross profligacy. the detestable prac-
tiers, which are there suffered to range at will,
uncontrolled and unrestrained. In these retreats
of infamy, children live in habits of promiscuous
prostitution; dram-drinking prevails iii all its hor-
rors ; rapine and theft are idealised. arranged, sod
instated. Woe be to the child who once enters
these sinks of iniquity ; at once assailed by exam-
ple, temptation, end deliberate seduction. If still
untainted by crime, hence he dates his first trans-
gression ; if conversant with petty offences only,
hence he ',lunges into all the depths of vice and
misery. (Jere 1w finds a ready associate in guilt,
sn instructor in the arts of depredation, a sate for
the fruits of his dishonesty. Ingenuity could mat
invent more powerful means to corrupt and destroy
the seeds of viitur ; to debase mod 'pollute a rung
generation. And vet these scenes of abomination
continue to exist. and, though exposed to the in-
thvostiout of the public, still hold their unliallowsd
trig's, under the rye of the pace, in the eely
heart of that metropolis where is ',hired the seat of
government. Nay, strange to say, some have even
expressed a doubt us to the propriety of their sups
',tension, on the supposition, that occasionally they
have been she mesins of seciaritil: the apprehension
of itim-ions al, oilers, by milking kiismos their
haunts to the officers of justice. But sorely this
flimsy 'pretence will not bsar the test of the slight-
est examinntion ; where one criminal has been Se-
cured for punishment, hundreds lisve been seduced
to the commission /if crime. or encouraged in habits
of dishonesty. All ElVllitit s in conceal and.foster
guilt are iniquitous, 'ilia it is ;11411 tune we should
awake from our slay dreams, and utterly extirpate
all these nurseries for depravity, and retreats of
vire.

bilst these houses are uniformly ind daily add-
lug to the catalogue of criminal., the, fairs to the
lieighbourliood of the tnetropoli. afford. OCCASiffil.
ally. a rtiperabisistlant supply. la she ti aaa edi4te
vaci aa ia y of London, there use n.► less than eighty..
two fair-days 111 the space of seveii months. Every
species of debauchery nod profligacy is here eii.
counted mid promoted ; gambling., iliwikenous..
%edit.. • . mad all the trait, of tier. sieceseirilv
•outset a nilestrri,ied Il.ek.e
I.irs use a general ft inlezvous fur all the int.st 11161.
mous character*, nod foriindi a plentiful harvest for
swindlers, piekpock.t.. and all who prey u; the
'comritionitv. it is difficult to cnicen•e what bent.
li• ::! t!, 1• ctn b•; aosw,td by their COlitli:UtiliCe ; ai