Magistrates of every part of the Metropolis, and of the five adjoining Counties, could not fail to produce."--See p. 13, 28th Report, 26th of June, 1798.] With the increase of those blessings which are supposed to arise from a course of prosperity and wealth, there is generally an increase also of _evils_ and _inconveniences_; and hence it is that while an influx of riches preponderates in _one scale_, an augmentation of crimes acts as a counterbalance in the _other_:--thus requiring the constant and progressive application of such antidotes and remedies as will preserve the _good_, while the _evil_ is diminished or kept within bounds. It seems that the Metropolis is now in that situation where the active and unceasing attention of Magistrates with salaries, has become necessary to promote a vigorous and energetic execution of the Law, for the general protection of property, and the safety of individuals.[162] [Footnote 162: If this were the case, neither the Bank, nor the avenues to every part of Cheapside, &c.[H] would be beset with gangs of rogues and sharpers, both men and women, who support themselves principally by the resource which the vast amount of moving property, in money and portable goods, affords them, in this part of the Metropolis; where, it appears, capital offenders are rarely detected; since, at the Old Bailey, those convicted in the course of a year, from the City and County, run in the proportion of about 1-7th part for London, and 6-7th parts for Middlesex.[I]] [Footnote H: See p. 106.] [Footnote I: Vide Table, p. 429.] Contemplating the various existing evils detailed in this Work, and which form so many prominent features of Police, requiring the constant and watchful eye of the Magistrate, it seems clear to demonstration, that unless official duties become the sole business and pursuit of the parties engaged in them, the Public Interest must suffer; and (although imperceptible in their progress), Crimes will increase and multiply; at a time when the comfort, happiness and security of Society, require that they should be diminished. In consequence also of the great accumulation of the Statute Laws, requiring the attention of Justices in a vast number of instances, which did not occur a century ago, their duty has so multiplied as to require the _whole time_ of Magistrates acting in all great Societies; an observation which applies not merely to the Metropolis, but to many large Provincial Towns. It follows, therefore, almost as a matter of course, that Stipendiary Justices have become indispensably necessary.[163]