The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-12-30 00:00:00

lIVIN'S ANSWEIt 'fo AIALTIII:S.

*tinned from yesterd”'s statesman.]
sIiCTION ill.
IVO OP INCRICAIIt. IN (*NUN 1.01.11.010 N.
Ire already observed that the prorressions of
not formed like those of the mathematician
start from one term to another, hut pro-
illy, so as to fill up a!I the interstices be-
ams of the series ; ono it is only by catch-
Tent points in the order of thaw, that pro-
ire extracted, t.a form (or oftener to sui;)
I of philos.phers. It is known, ft.r instance,
fall to the earth with an accelerated motion.
~ration has been assumed to be such. that
desetibcd by the falling body shall always
'titan to the squares of the times. Experi-
made on a p ttv !wale to prove the truth of
, sonar of which appeared to coincide in a
degree, while others presented very differ-
it was then assumed that the ratio could
in a rayon:it, on account of the reststcnce of
atmospherical air, and as ne have tui weans of
- experimeeit in raters, the priyoriple still
were 'fowl* Wenn. It is nevetAgifess con-
nwpiestionahlcl and it ia..eveanteelo twftiiik
tin their orbits.
a similar manuer, though with humbler claims
Oonlislence, Mr. 3laitbus has adopted the.prieelple,
" his predecessors, of a tendency to a ennti-
geonsetri,al ratio in the increase of human po-
anti his hnilt upon this hypothesis, his
acc•moting fur the vice and misery which
Ig mankind. We have now to consider from
this principle of increase has been Inferred;
previously remark, that it is the tendehcy
of increase, and not the increase Itself,
Malthus exhibits as the evil genius of the
This embryo of future faroine--edds
,is yet to he—is perpetually at war with
genius of sithsistenci. The hand of industry
anti the fruits of nature are shrivelled, by
If the demon. He hangs the ruin over our
we are crushed by its *cies% before' it
Granting the power of increase to the lininin
methods of investigating the law of tie
vary according to our view of the origin of
Un this subject, however much men m
the minute particulars, there are only -t
and acknowledged systems of belief. T ,
peopling of the earth as recorded 111 tip
: the other is the aspect of human society
to every succeeding generation, modified by
of confidence that such generation ester.
tradictiuns and uninspired written records
ancestors.
• author then undertakes to consider the rase
'‘ of these points of view ; and bovine as-
first hypothesis, that the whole of the pre-
. of nem have *prang front a Nagle poi:. he
demonstrates by tables. for which we must Pei* to]
WeIL that the aentiesetrinneid=itn
:ries' ratio, thot lisie
tgh extended to. h uf
and thus proceeds:—)
descendants of a single pair can newt i
the geometrical ptoport ion, neither Cal thn
‘•rn colony, for such a colony is only a cellist
grown up pairs ; and besides, as they ate
ngs, they are liable to many aceiditnts, tk'firin4
tlation, from which the preceding table is by
;on free. A colony of grown up men and
insulated from the rest of the world, toped
in a great degree the Slit patents of the
race. Society, uit exists in Itarepe, presents
Numbers of all ages from the cradle to thegrare
gradations which could not exist in a colopy,
we have msOtiamml, for notaries. lite;111.1.
A his geonsettical ratio la Americo: loathe*
Mllivetioo might reovitsce him dim this totisopuo
poiMely take Flom a the simemodaali alt
growls up promatows t thd that. tlestsigis it WOO
poise, Aso tootimleig Wait d ewherostansett
Tashi aesehoelseho it with at eassiew
s it fierier Wiese lis•ipeogemoloo. /It
le this , denying theodolite.. thisitite
1 an lacerate im America 44. hones ipoogrostiou
We only deny, and we de it sOtariANAlp.
increase is la nay spovies ttf ireensetricsi pro-
'.
--(re k twittered.)