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and promoted; and confequently, whether fome 

 fecurity againft thefe evils be not chiefly, if not en- 

 tirely, within the hand that will not ufe it. 



Yours, &c. 



CHARLES ONLEY. 



P.S. Ere& Bridewells on the plan of that of 

 Wymondbam> Norfolk; unite the poor into hundred- 

 houfes of induftry, like thofe in that county and 

 Suffolk ; ftri&ly execute the laws againft vagrancy, 

 every fort of immorality, profanenefs, licentioufnefs> 

 and negledt of the Lord's-day ; reduce the number 

 of ale-houfes to the bare neceflities of every parifh; 

 fupport Sunday or fimilar fchools on a cheap plan, 

 towards forming the children of the poor by habit to 

 fome little knowledge, ftrid decorum, and much in- 

 duftry; contribute by general fubfcription to the 

 fupport of the Friendly Societies, or poor men's 

 clubs for mutual afliftance, and the forming fuch in 

 every town and village in the kingdom ; — and then 

 complain of a want of police, and of preventive 

 juflice — of fecurity againft a profligate commonalty, 

 and an expenfive poor, if you can ! 



It becometh none but children, when they pof- 

 fcfs all they want, out of weaknefs or wantonnefs, or 

 both, to cry out for more. C. O. 



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