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NATIONAL DISTRESS,

ITS CAUSES AND REMEDIES;

A Prize Essay

AS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN "THE ATLAS."

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By SAMUEL LAING, Esq., Jun.,

_Late Fellow of St. John's, Cambridge._

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PART I.

Chap. I.--General Considerations--Absence of the usual Historical
Symptoms of National Decline--Definition of the Evils which Threaten
Society.

Chap. II.--Official Pauperism and Unrecognised Destitution--Evidence
respecting the Condition of the Lower Classes in Large Towns.

Chap. III.--Extent of Destitution in Large Towns--Condition of Hand-loom
Weavers and other Classes of Unskilled Manufacturing Operatives.

Chap. IV.--Condition of Class of Agricultural Labourers.

Chap. V.--Condition of Classes of Labouring Population employed in
Mines, Fisheries, Canals, Railways, &c.

Chap. VI.--Condition of Classes Superior to Common Labourers--General
View of Society in Great Britain.

PART II.

Chap. I.--General Views--Modern Theories of Society--Effect and
Paramount Importance of Moral Causes.

Chap. II.--Economical Causes--Population--Theory of Malthus.

Chap. III.--Economical Causes, continued--Revolution in the Course of
Industry effected by Machinery--Extension of Manufactures--Factory
System, &c.

Chap. IV.--Foreign Competit