THE Examiner and Chronicle has the following:— It is rather a startling fact to learn that in 1880, one out of every four hundred and fifty persons in this city of twelve hundred thousand souls was arrested and held to account for a felony, one out of one hundred and fifty-five for a misdemeanor, and one out of thirty-three for minor offences. Think of that! But worse still, of over twelve hundred thousand souls, one in every eighteen was under arrest, and nearly one in every twenty-seven was held for some violation of the law! What a record of law-breaking that is for the chief city of a Christian land. What a field for reformation of character it opens up to view. What stronger proof of the need of religious influences in lower New York could be given than this? Now for a few bald figures. In 1880 the total number of persons arraigned was 68,477, against 65,344 in 1879, an apparent increase in crime of 3,133 cases. Of the whole number arraigned 49,801 were males, 18,676 females, and 46,358 were held for trial. The increase was wholly among the males. In the classification of crimes, it appears that there were 3,776 arrests for felonies, which include burglary, felonious assault, robbery, and homicide; 13,539 for misdemeanors, which include assault and battery, violations of the excise law, petit larceny, etc.; and 50,208 under the head of summary proceedings, which include drunkenness, disorderly conduct, wife-beating, vagrancy, and the whole run of minor offences. Of the 18,676 female prisoners, 16,687 were arrested under summary proceedings, and 488 for felonies. There were 1,119 excise cases, and the number of these now awaiting trial at the General Sessions is said to be above 9,000. The burglaries numbered 824 against 691 in 1879. These things speak for themselves, and no comment can deepen their impressiveness. As a people we have a yet more pressing need than that of clean streets—the need of clean homes and clean hearts.