POPULATION

England. The Returns of the Census of 1821, as given in the Abstract printed by order of the House of Commons, England. not having been published till this work was nearly finished, it appeared to be proper to insert here such parts of the information contained in that Abstract, as are necessary to bring into one point of view, all the material facts connected with the progress and present state of the Population of the British Empire, during the last half century.

Counties of England and Wales, their Extent, Population, &c. (See Population Abstract, p. 32, and Returns at the end of each County.)

Counties of Wales. (See Population Abstract, p. 34, and County Returns.)

Note.—These numbers include the estimated proportions of the Army and Navy belonging to each county, at the respective periods of taking the Census; but the Actual Total in England, in 1821, was 11,261,437; in Wales it was 717,438; and in Scotland it was 2,002,456; as then enumerated, and as is shown in these Summaries, by the numbers of Males and Females.

THE METROPOLIS.

The rapid increase of the population in the suburbs, since the beginning of the last century, shows how rapidly the metropolis increases in extent, although its population has not increased so fast as that of the nation at large. In 1700, the metropolis contained almost an eighth part of the inhabitants of England and Wales; in 1750 and in 1801, about a tenth part; but in 1811 and at present, only about a twelfth part.

Objections might be made to the propriety of the limits of the metropolis as herein assumed, and it may therefore be right to add, that the population of all the parishes, of which the churches are situate within eight miles rectilinear around St Paul's Cathedral (including the before mentioned addition of one twenty-fifth part), would, in 1801, have amounted to 1,031,500;—in 1811, to 1,220,200;—and in 1821, to no less than 1,481,500; without including the parish of Woolwich, which contains 17,008 additional.

N. B. The population ascribed to the city of Paris is comprised within a district of full such an extent.

The arrivals of coasting vessels in the port of London may be estimated to have been about 5500, in the year 1700;—6400, in the year 1750;—10,400, in 1801;—13,500, in 1811; and at about 17,000 per annum, since the year 1817. This produces a constant, though fluctuating accession to the population, to a larger amount than elsewhere, and consequently, a twenty-fifth, instead of a fiftieth part, is to be added to form a comparison with the Parish Register Returns in the General Abstract. With this addition, the metropolis, in the year 1801, contained about 900,000;—in 1811, about 1,050,000;—and in 1821, about 1,274,800 inhabitants. The totals would then be, in

Comparison of the Population of the Shires of Scotland. (See Population Abstract, p. 34, and Returns at the end of each County.)

Comparative Abstract of the Population, &c. of Ireland, according to the Two Censuses made in 1813 and in 1821. (Parliamentary Paper.)

Population. The Numbers of Marriages, Baptisms, and Burials, recorded, in England and Wales, have been as follows, for the last Twenty Years. (From Parish Register Abstract, p. 154.)

The Numbers of Marriages as estimated for Five and Population Ten Years, have been as follows. (Abstract, p. 25.)

General Summary of Houses, Families, and Persons, in 1821, in Great Britain, &c.

Summary and Comparative Statement of the Enumerations of 1801, 1811, and 1821. (Abstract, p. 8.)

The Censuses were taken as directed by the respective Acts on the 10th of March, in the year 1801; on the 27th of May, in the year 1811; and on the 28th of May, in the year 1821.