July 1789

Resolved Unanimously It is the Opinion of this Court
that the complaint of these Mischiefs is well founded and one of the
Magistrates present having declared that he had communicated the
substance of this Letter to several Masters in different branches of,
Business that in consequence of such Representation they had desisted
from the practice and that their Workmen had already experienced
much benefit from a discontinuance of it.

Ordered that Extracts from the above Letter be printed and
a Copy sent to each of the Magistrates of this County recommending to
their serious consideration the necessity of their Application to the
Masters of the respective Workmen within their Influence and also of
their admonition to the Publicans at the time of renewing the Licences.

The Clerk of the Peace laid before the Court a Letter
which he had received from His Grace the Duke of Montage
President of the Society for giving effect to His Majestys Proclamation
against Vice and Immorality and the same being Read as follows.

London 5th. June 1789.

"To the Clerk of the Peace for the County of Middlesex

"Sir,

"It appears to this Society that great mischief and
"expence have arisen by not enforcing generally the Laws against
"Vagrants and by the abuse of granting walking or begging passes
"indiscriminately to any Person applying for the same, and that
"it will be impossible to correct such Abuses but by the general
"execution of the Law throughout each County; for which purpose
"this Society beg leave to recommend to the Justices at their Quarter
"Sessions to depute two Magistrates to meet in London after
"Christmas during the Session of Parliament. to consider of the
"proper Steps to enforce generally the Laws against Vagrants, and
"to correct such Abuses in future.