Speaking of the time from 1836 to 1842. while the protective system prevailed. he said: The protective system had been long slowly undermining our prosperity. and the evils it had caused could not be removed bymere reductions of duty. The prospects of the country continued most gloomy. in two years there had been a falling off of nearly onequarter in the whole amount of the excise revenuea sure test of the condition of the working classes. The number of ablebodied paupers had increased from below 200.000 in 1836 to 407.570 in 1812. notwithstanding extensive emigration. the number of persons leaving our shores having increased from 4 4.478 in 1835 to 118.592 in 1841. and 128.344 in 1842. In the fifteen principal agricultural districts of England and Wales the increase in the poor rates between 1836 and 1842 was "1 per cent. and in the twelve manufacturing counties 30J per cent. The total commitinents for crime. which werpe 20.984 in 1836. were 31.309 in 1842. and the number of bankruptcies increased from 800 in 1838 to 1.500 in 1842.
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