The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-12-11 00:00:00

CURIOUS CALCULATION ON POPULATION.

It appears by the late pppulation returns for Great lt#o.in,
that the ratio of increase in 20 years, is abcitit 37 per cent, for
England. If this increase shOuld continue uniform and unin-
terrupted for another century; we shall 'have a population in
England alone, in-1931 of upwards of 63 millions.
Sufipoiing the whole human race to increase in a similar
proportion, from the, creation of Adam and. Eve, (which ac-
cording to Scripture Chronology, is 5536 years,) to the present
time, though in the first century of the world, the number would
not exceed ten, and in the next nine succeeding centuries,
they would not amount to more than 13,720,000, yet they would
by this time, (if it were possible for such a number to exist upon
the Globe,) 'haVe ainountedto the inconceivable number of
75.804.520000.000000.000000.000000.000000.000000, which is
equal to the mtmber of the grains of sand sufficient to compose
1149,000,000 solid Globes, each equal in magnitude, to the
Earth, and it would require a Globe so constituted as our Globe
is of land and. water, 6.140200.000300.000000 miles in diame-
ter, to alloiw each inhabitant j, of a statute acre of land to sub-
sist upon.

CALCULATION.

Population of England, 1811
Do. 1831
Increase in 20 years

3,538,100+9,551,21)0=0,37 Ratio
of Increase,
• There are 5 terms in a century
The Ratio / 1- X n terms X by
first term = last term of the series
By logarithms
liatio x 1 =1.37 log. 0.1367206
No. of terms X 5

0.6836030
Population 1831-13,089,300, log. 7.1169165
Do. 1931-63,172,3 W, log. 7.8005195

In 5832 years, there are 2966 terms
Fox the first century -1.37, 1.37, log. —0.1367206
X 5

0.6836030
First term (Adam and Eve two indviduals log. 0.3010300

Population 1 century 0.9816330
By removing the decimal point 1 figure to
the right we have 7.137060 log. of
13.711000 equal to the population of the
Globe at the eud of the tenth century
For 5836 Nears ratio 1.37, log. 0.1367206
No. of terms 296.6

40.5786652
2 log. 0.3010700

log. 40.87973,52
75.804.520000.00000M00000.000000.000000.000000m crease po-
pulation in 5836 years.
Miles
Diameter of Globe 7912—10 g. 3.8982863
Yards in a mile.... 1760—d0. 3.2455127
Inches in a yard .. 36—do. 1.5563025
Grain of sand in inch 100—do. 2.0000000

10.7001015
X 3

32.1003045
X 5276—10 g. 97.189986

Grains of sand in Globe

65.963000.000000.000000.000a)0.000000—log. 31.8193031

1149.100.000 Globes log. 9.0603921

Acres =to.population log.-40.8796952
Atres in mile 640. 7.1938200
1 3.1416 do.-9.5028600

Diameter of Globe 6.140.270.000000.000000mi1es 37.5763752

= 18.788i870

( From .the Glasiono, Courier )
If ever there were an occasion for the:natkonal virtue of a
country to be thoroughly demonstrated we say it is even dow as
regards ourselves.—The elements of disorder,of ceaseless change
and speculative experiment, are scattered abroad In no mean
profusion; and on all handsevery hallowed institution, every
endearing and patriotic association—all security for property,
for life, and for religion, are menaced. The hand of the ruth-
less despoiler is raised, and the sword of destruction is on,.
sheathed. The slogan of spoliation and of universal anarchy,.
peals in our ears—and if there is to be preserved to Great
Britain one remnant of happiness, one reminiscence of ancient
glory, of internal peace and prosperity, and external national
independence and kespect, at this momentous crisis, it can
only be by a cordial c=o:operation and combination of all right-
thinking men, who hove a deep stoke in their country's wel-
fare, to lose sight fora moment of speculative points of
political variance, and of party interests—and to lay shoulder
to shoulder, ard, by one great effort, to return to Parliament
such men as will preserve to the country its most valued rights,
ustitutions, and interests, and at oncec rush. Revolution in its
Hien.

It thriws a gloom over every mind capable of reflec-
tion, to perceive that, those ; men who now offer themselves
for the representation of our Cities, Burghs, and Counties,
mainly ground their. pretensions to this high honour, on
the fact that they are disciples- of the doctrine of perpetiial
political change. In this, these men address themselves to the
passions of that destructive and revolutionary party, against
whom the most energetic resistance ought to bemade, if the
form of our government, of our church, and our newly imposed
composition, are to be preserved unalterable. With an intelli-
gent body of electors, there can exist but one opinion as to the
absolute necessity of turning such men adrift. They are, to all
intents and purposes, the advocates of the supremacy of matter
over mind—of might over right, and of despotism, or anarchy,
over established order and settled. institutions. The lawless
will of the wicked few they transmute, by their sophistry, into
the vox poputi vox dei ; and, under that popular cry, they pro-
ceed in their unholy task to rend asunder the preScriptive and
time-venerated bands by which society has been held together.
With such men—•with such ample professions of slavish subser-
viency to the misguided and misdirected passions of the brutal'
mass, no honest and independent elector can ever associate
himself, or can in honour or principle ever Import. Shame,
eternal shame, will light upon his forehead, who, for raltry,
selfish, and party purposes, lends a hams in returning to
oarliamant any such traitors to their country. With sorrow we
confess there Is, a chance that some of our countrymen will
demean and dishonour themselves in this way ; but proud are.
we to say that the slaves Are few amongst us, artd that the great
bulk of the electors. will • follow the light of-their iwu wider-
studios, and comport themselves, indeed, like freemen,

TO THE ELECTORS OF LIVERPOOL.
GENTLEMEN,
In the course of a few days you will be called upon to select
two fit and proper persons 'to be your representatives in .the
parliament of 'Great Britain. It will therefore become you to
examine well the principles, pretensions, and merits of the
gentlemen who stand forward as candidates to solicit your
suffrages.
First, then, let us consider the pretensions of our former
representatives, Mr. EWart'and 'Lem Sandon ; because knowing
what their conduct has been, we may be able to judge of what
it may be hereafter.

When the fatal accident happened which deprived us of our
illustrious representative, Mr. Huskisson, Mr. Ewart came
forward, apparently syrnpathysing in our distress ; and whilst
he offered his tribute of respect and veneration to the memory
of that great statesman, he offered himself, as a fit and proper
person to represent our interests iu the great councils of the
nation.' 'But Upon what grounds did he claim our support ?
he professed himself an humble disciple of him whose loss we
mourned as a national calamity ; he eulogised his principles
and political conduct, and he pledged himself .to follow in the
same path, though he acknowledged that it must be at an
immeasurable distance. Deceived by these promises we gave
him our support, we raised him to the situation to which he
aspired, and in return claimed, the redemption of the pledge
he had given us ; has he redeemed it ? No ! on the contrary be
has totally forgotten it, he has sat in the house merelya tool of
the ministers,- he has considered them as infallible, and has
voted with them on every occasion, without giving himself the
trouble to inquire into the merits of a single question which
they thought proper either to propose or condemn. Such has
been the line of conduct pursued by Mr: Ewart. We now come
to consider the conduct of Lord Sendai'. He came before us
a moderate reformer; he pledged himself to an unwearied
attention to the local wants and interests of his constituents,
and also to' sopport the three great principles of the Reform
Bill ; at the same time distinctly reserving to himself the power
of dealing with its minor details as he might think conducive
to render the measure be,teficial to the nation. He has nobly
redeemed his pledge, even his bitterest enemies allow that in
bun Liverpool has had an able and efficient representative. But
they attempt to fix upon him a charge of inconsistency, in that
he refused to. ive his assent to the partial disfranchisement of
thirty boroughs, which ministers had determined irrevocably to
condemn, in defiance of all principle and all precedent. Again,
they complain that be did not vote in favour of Lord Ebrington's
motion for ten address expressing the most implicit confidence
in Earl Grey and his colleague's, but I contend that after Lord
Sandon's independent and manly conduct with regard to
sche :rile lt he, would have been guilty of the most glaring
inconsistency if he had supported this motion. Of Mr.Thornely
it is not necessary to say much. Who is he ? What are his
pretensions, that he should claim our support ! He is a man
who lens declared that lie will 'weer ship a package of goods on
hoard a. British vessel whilst he can employ one belonging to
his adopted country : He is a Socinian, and as such must
conscientiously consider it his duty to endeavour to over-
throwour church, and to blot out our holy relitrion.
Merchants and Tradesmen,—will you submit to be repre-
sented by at. alien ; by an open and avowed enemy to British
shipping and to Be itish commerce; Christians (of all denomi-
nations) will you support a man who refuses to acknowledge
the truth of our religiou ; who is an open enemy to our Gospel
and our God.

I shall now call your attention to Sir Howard Douglas. His
address to you breathes the manly spirit of independence which
has ; characterized his conduct through life ; his opponents have
in vain endeavoured to find a flaw in his character ; they have
searched it thoroughly, but they have found it faultless ; as a
last effort to prejudice you against him they have told you that
he is a stranger ; have they forgot that both Canning and
Huskissr•n ►were strange's? and who will attribute as a reproach
to Liverpool that it has been represented by two of the greaestt
statesmen England ever saw. • •
Gentlemen, the choice of your representativests rests With
yourselves ; if you elect Lord Sandon and Sir Howard
Douglas, you 'secure the services• of two liOnourable and
independent men who understand your interests, and .who have
too'n►i►rh regard for their own character ever to deceive you.
Elect Messrs. Ewart and Tbornely, and you contribute your
share to overthrow all our ancient and venerable institutions—
institutions which have raised us to thefirst rank in the scale
of nations, and which should lie loved and cherished by every
lover of-his country,—! aw, &c.

C. H.