In this transcription, italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Small capitals in the original text have been replaced by ALL CAPITALS. It was soon after the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, in 1748, had put an inglorious end to an inglorious war, that the Government of the day began to give serious attention to an evil which had been suffered to grow while public attention was absorbed by battles abroad and the doings of the press-gang at home.…
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