The Express.
London, England, 1847-05-06 00:00:00

ELECTORAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

This to an inland county, bounded on the north by
Nottinghamehire, on the north-east by Liscolsadre, en the
east by Rutlandshire, on the north-west by Derbr4l%;
es
the such by Warwickshire. Its greatest
monared In a line from north by net to south by wesi
(that is, from the conterminous point at which the
dose aunties of Nottinghanshire. Leicestershire, and
Lisankshire unite), to the neighbourhood ef Ltitterstarth,
le sheet 44 miles. Its greatest breadth, in a direction at
right angles to its length, spears to be, from the Se' tai i
of.
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, to that of Rockingham' 40 mile
These nilasetramenta give as are* of 806 equine saes or,
Melaka tart altos and wetlying dietitian stabs aort
of 611,080 Mei. ailiraair see Ise=sely
itregulai eatlines than
erase& betweralB2l andWidahmelkst Riper ant, as will
be seen from Ole gammarryyei the seism far Lasseisterkirs,
at each of the several ' pate& under mentioned.
In 1801, it had 130,081 inhabitinte. In 1811, it lad 150,419.
In 1821, there were returned 174,574. In 1831, there were
197,063. I. 1841. this aggregate had kerma to 215,856,
consequently the total benne in 40 yeas had been 86,774,
art 66 per cent. on the pepakdon of 1801. The statement of
}serrate levied &tweet tie sae periods Semis thus : In 1801,
79,9111.; feign it wee 110,8601 ; is 1821,124,2441.; la 1831 it
was 113,9511. In the yorgended Slot el March, 1641, the as
actually expended for the relief of the poor, wae .70.111114.
Thu it appears that whilst din increase of popelalles OR
SO years, between 1801 said 1831, was 61 per sot I.IM
kenos ef pkesoiste is Use saes interval rru 44 pee eat
gateadisq; tbe coutpubst down to 1841, we Sod the popu-
lation Increased in 40 yeas, 66 per cat ; and ths Asp for
poor- rate stated as above, decreased about 12 per cent.
This is one of the many exemplifications of the marker
management, economy and barmy with which this lapis.;
taut dearest of county expenditure has been generally
Ireedled since the smschirsery of the poor-law of 1834 was
got into action.
In Leicestershire we fled the decrees of the poor-rate, is
the ten years ending 1841, to have been 43,.5271., or 381 per
eent.
This minty is divided into 6 hundreds, containing 196
parishes, 12 market towns, I parliamentary borough, viz.,
the county town of Leicester. In Mee it is the twenty-eighth
of the English counties, coming between Nottinghamshire
and Westmorland. In population it is the tstraty.sisth,
between Worcestershire and Northamptonshire. In density
of populetion it is the twelfth, ranking between Somerset.
shire and Yorkshire. Its inland navigation is excellent, both
by many canals and by improved river ecassettnication. It
is alai traversed by many railroads. Of 42,140 families
12,382 were chiefly employed in agriculture; 22,984 is
trades, manufactures, and handicrafts; and 8,806 In i
all other occupations. There were 40,354 inhabited
houses, and 1841 uninhabited ones, and 174 In process
of building. One at the peculiarities of this county
Is, that the an spas its hills I. the best ; that is the
valleys the worst, and degenerating into a coarse species of
Mang clay. It formerly produced very abundant crops of
corn: but grazing and pasturage, since the commencement
of the present century, have been se very extensively fig-