[130] Kay's Social Condition of England and of Europe, vol. 1, 183.
[131] On a recent occasion in the House of Lords, it was declared to be important to retain Canada, on the express ground that it greatly facilitated smuggling.
[132] Alton Locke.
[133] Lord Ashley informs us that there are 30,000 poor children such as these in London alone.
[134] Reports of the Health of Towns Commission, vol. i. 127.
[135] City Mission Magazine, Oct. 1847.
[136] See page 224, ante.
[137] The import of 1850 was 103,713 lbs., and that of 1852, 251,792 lbs.
[138] The reader who may desire to see this more fully exhibited is referred to the author's work, "The Past, the Present, and the Future."
[139] See page 59, ante.