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5 March 1813
Church


§2. App

1

1
Such the state of the
criminal calendar
of England compared
with that of Scotland
— What is the cause
of this effect? p.1

2
Three circumstances
occur. p.1

3
1. The state of established
and non established
religion in the two
countries p.1

4
2. The state of the law,
particularly the penal
branch. p.1

5
3. The system of (non
ecclesiastical) education.
p.1

6
4. The state of society
and manners. p.1

7
The first of these the
subject of this work.
p.1

8
If in no other respects
the two countries are
on a par, it follows that
religion is 10 times as
bad here as in Scotland.
p.1

9
In the 3 other departments
if England be
inferior, the difference
will be to be deducted
from the account of
religion, if inferior in
a greater ratio than
the criminal calendar
exceeds the Scotch one,
it follows that the
callendar would
have been worse, but
for religion. p.1.

10
Let us bestow a glance
on each of these departments
for the purpose
of examining whether
the inferiority of the
state of religion is
proved by the state of
the calendar criminal
calendar p.2.


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11
Can the difference
be said to result from
the state of the law?
Not known that any
one has advanced this,
but if any one has
or does, he must
shew some difference
adequate to produce
so vast an effect.
p.2

12
Not that this would
supersede the present
enquiry. p.2.

13
The law itself the work
of lawyers, the common
law exclusively
— Statute & in effect,
scarce any thing
done without their
concurrence. All
these lawyers profess
to be governed by religious
motives, and —
mostly profess the
established religion.
p.2.

14.
Let the difference
of the law be found
ever so wide, still
the state of religion
is an operative, not
to say a radical
cause. p.3

15
If, compared not
only with perfection
but with Scotland,
the English law
has so inordinate
a set of penal offences,
what must
be the influence of
the religion if it
has not inclined
lawyers to extend
to their own country
a prodigiously
effectual crime
-preventive


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16
II. The state of education
of the
lower classes. England
is in this
respect unquestionably
inferior, yet,
no deduction is on
this account to be
made from Religious
inferiority. p4

17
Viz. for a reason
analogous to that
under head of law.
The question of education
forms a part
of that concerning
religious establishments.
In Scotland
the system of national
education is
under the superintendance
of the
ministers of religion.
The school-master
being in each
parish under the
superintendance of
the minister, and
ultimately of the
higher authorities.
p.4

Extract (a)
from population returns

18.
Can any indication
be given of any deduction
proper to
be made from the
above disproportion.
p.5

18
In some particulars
state of society will
be included in the
consideration of
the churches; others
not, ex. gr. proportion
of agriculturists
to manufacturers —
of do to seamen — of
inhabitants of large
towns &c. p.5.



Identifier: | JB/006/048/001
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6.

Date_1

1813-03-05

Marginal Summary Numbering

1-18

Box

006

Main Headings

church of englandism

Folio number

048

Info in main headings field

church

Image

001

Titles

Category

marginal summary sheet

Number of Pages

1

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

e1

Penner

walter coulson

Watermarks

<…> co

Marginals

Paper Producer

a. levy

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

ID Number

2781

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