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Title: Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844

Author: Various

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BLACKWOOD'S

EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.

No. CCCXLIII. MAY, 1844. VOL. LV.

Transcriber's Note: Minor typos have been corrected and footnotes moved
to the end of each article.

CONTENTS.

IMPRISONMENT AND TRANSPORTATION, NO. 1. THE INCREASE OF CRIME 533
RHINE AND RHINELANDERS 546
THE MONSTER-MISERY OF LITERATURE. BY A MOUSE BORN OF THE MOUNTAIN 556
MARSTON; OR, THE MEMOIRS OF A STATESMAN. PART XI. 561
INDIAN AFFAIRS--GWALIOR 579
THE FREETHINKER 593
THE SNOW. BY DELTA 617
LOVE IN THE WILDERNESS 620
IRELAND--THE LANDLORD AND TENANT QUESTION 638

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IMPRISONMENT AND TRANSPORTATION.

NO. 1.

THE INCREASE OF CRIME.

Among the many causes of anxiety which the present state of society in
the British empire must occasion to every thoughtful or reflecting
mind--one of the most extraordinary and alarming is, the _constant and
uninterrupted increase of crime_. The Liberals shut their eyes to this,
because it affords a sad illustration of the effect of their favourite
theories, which for a quarter of a century have been, under the
direction of his Majesty's Ministry or his Majesty's Opposition, in
almost ceaseless operation. The selfish and inconsiderate (and they form
the vast majority of