_The Consideration of the causes of the progress and increase of Crimes pursued.--The condition of the unhappy Females, who support themselves by Prostitution--Their pitiable Case.--The progress from Innocence to Profligacy explained.--The morals of Youth corrupted by the multitudes of Prostitutes in the streets.--These temptations excite desires which suggest undue means of obtaining money.--Apprentices and Clerks are seduced--Masters are robbed--Parents are afflicted.--The miserable consequences of Prostitution explained.--The impossibility of preventing its existence in a great Metropolis.--The propriety of lessening the Evil:--By stripping it of its indecency and much of its immoral tendency.--The shocking indecency which has lately been suffered by Prostitutes at the Theatres.--The number of Prostitutes in the Metropolis estimated--Suggestions for rendering the consequences arising from Female Prostitution less noxious to Society.--The advantages of the measure in reducing the mass of turpitude.--Reasons offered why the interests of Morality and Religion will be promoted by prescribing Rules with respect to Prostitutes.--The example of Holland, Italy, and the East Indies quoted.--Strictures on the offensive manners of the Company who frequent Public Gardens:--Imputable to the want of a proper Police.--Tea Gardens under a proper Police might be rendered beneficial to the State.--The Ballad Singers might also be rendered instruments in giving a right turn to the minds of the Vulgar.--Crimes generated by immoral Books and Songs.--Responsibility as it relates to the execution of the Laws rests no where at present.--The nature and advantages of the Police System explained._ In addition to the prominent causes, which contribute to the origin and the increase of crimes, which have been developed in the preceding Chapter, there are other sources of a minor nature still to be traced, from which infinite evils to the Community spring. Among these the most important is, the state and condition of the unhappy Females, who support themselves by Prostitution in this great Metropolis.