Six woolen │ │ │ │ │ │ │ and worsted │ │ │ │ │ │ │ manufacturing│ │ │ │ │ │ │ towns, │ 380,860│ 2,168│ 1 in 175│ 490│ 1 in 777│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │7. Small and │ │ │ │ │ │ │ mixed textile│ │ │ │ │ │ │ manufacturing│ │ │ │ │ │ │ towns, │ 263,984│ 2,329│ 1 in 113│ 611│ 1 in 432│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │8. Three │ │ │ │ │ │ │ hardware │ │ │ │ │ │ │ manufacturing│ │ │ │ │ │ │ towns, │ │ │ │ │ │ │ including │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Birmingham │ │ │ │ │ │ │ and │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Sheffield, │ 418,130│ 8,720│ 1 in 47│ 860│ 1 in 486│ └───────────────┴───────────┴────────────┴───────────┴───────────┴───────────┘ The reader cannot fail to be impressed by the singular disproportion in the number belonging to the criminal ranks, observed on comparing these different groups of towns, classed according to the predominant occupation or business of the inhabitants. There is no doubt that the incentives to a lawless life are much more numerous and powerful at certain times and places than at others. It would be easy to indicate probable causes for such discrepancies, and to trace their connection with particular phases of crime, but that is not relevant to our present purpose. From the tabular view, it would seem that the criminal class is highest in the great seats of hardware manufacture; next in towns in rural districts; then in commercial ports; next in pleasure towns; then in towns employed in small textile manufactures; then in cotton manufacturing towns; next in woolen manufacturing towns; and last in the metropolis. But in the number of prostitutes the order is materially changed, the largest proportion being in the commercial ports, and the smallest in the woolen and worsted manufacturing towns,—the metropolis being considerably below the average. There is a remarkable variation both in the general criminal classes, and in the specific crime of prostitution in different agricultural districts.