The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-01-01 00:00:00

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STATELINIA

GODWIN'S ANSWER TO MiILTIICS. I

among their number the proportion necessary to keep
up these 3000 useless adjuncts to the hive:and though
all the 3000 were to perish in a morning, so u to
reduce the society to 7000 the effective propagators
would remain, the births would continue the same,
and the 3000 would gradually be renewed like the
severed limbs of th.: polypus."

sad in pitiable accents implored for mercy, for the
sake o ber children, and pleaded ber former res-

-saw—
[Contiassed from Saturday's Statesman.]
SECTION 111.
UP TUE RATIO OP !NUNCIOS IN HUMAN POPULATION.
'4 We have hitherto considered the laws of the in-
crease of human population, as originating from one
or more pairs of grown up persons. We have now to
:iontemplate mankind as they are found existing upon POLICE.
the earth; as if they were beings but recently disco- I --es.—
;reed by the philosopher. In this view, the origin of ! 51axsiox-flousa.—On Saturday, a man named
nations is lost in t e mist of antiqu'tv ; and, we pre-' Brooks, who, it was stated, keeps a sort of Register-
tunic, it will be granted us, resting, as we ninst do, office for servants' places, in the Old Bailey, ai:peared
o• the authority of profane history, that we have no before the 1.0 .d Mayor, to answer a charge made
conclusive evidence. whether the number of the inha- against him of having obtained money under false
bitants of the globe is greater or less now, than it pretences. A female, named Maria House, stated,,
was 21100 years ago. Of the u•hole population we that she was a servant out of place, and that, some
,hserve only a small portion, and that for a very days since, she saw an advertisement fur a wai.ing-
titnited period of time. maid to a lady. '1 he advertisement referred to No.
" Could we take an exact census of a populous na- 60, in the Old Bailey, for cards of addrese. On going
ion, we should find it materially different in its con- I there, the complainant found that it was a Register-
struction from the enumeration of an infant colony, or office. On stating. the 'mellow of her visit. the tie-
the tabular genealogy from primitive proogenit rs.— fondant told her that she must pay three shillings for
The multitude of human Icings, whose origin is lost 1 the address, and if she were not fortunate enough to
n history and who seen, as it were itinigemins to the obtain that situation, upon paying the money he
•oil, is computed of persons of every age front the world ntidertake to Frovide her nith one. Alter
moment of birth to the point of diasolution, including, some hesitation she i aid the sum demanded, and the
in general, a period of about 100 years, that being defendant gave her the *dd.'s% (No. 7, Si lio-sonare),
the term which may ordinarily be considered as the where she went. On her arrival there, she was in-
,streme limit of human life. how many of these were formed that n•• servant whatever was or had her')
mien at every particular minute, hour, or t'ay of the wanted, and that she was by no means the Crst who had
century immediately preceding tha census, it is prac- been sent on the same errand there. '1 he defendant,
tically impossible to determine. The only table, of tin her ieture, said that the whole was a mistake, unit
any vain, on this subject are the population lists ofl
sent her to No. 311, Illootosbury--quare. She ,vent,
Sweden ; fur there has never been a census in any and there met with the same success; as before; ix
other country on which there could be placed the least servant whatever was or had hen wanted. The air-
dependence, or from which any useful consequence fentlant, sloe s::11, then seta her to No I, l'raven-
could be drawn. street, in the S:r to!, where she w.:s seat away as at the
"1 he population of Sweden, of whit h there have oilier pl .....s. Sloe then dcusvii.ital her money Lae:,
been frequent enumerations during the last 60 ye..as, which was refused; and she now sought of his bird
appears to be increasing, but certainly it. no ratio ap- ship protectinti and retiress. She added, that s..e bad
preaching to geometrical. The irregularity of the in• I been as:Aired at the places to which she had beet. sent,
crease is extreme, and occasionally we find a consider- I that they is .41 gist n 110 authority to the defer ant to
able diminution. 114:r much of the hi. reame may be provide tlieni it lilt servants, neither bad they the teas:
attlibitted to ago ater accuracy in tai.ing tbectoistisea. knowledge cf Wm. They said they were coutitically
aces how notch of the irri gularity niay arise from the p.stered with applications of this :a.rt.
'reflation' in its political boundaries, we must lest eto . att o tuber s. ry ant Oils, and too young men, pre-
the determination of the statesmen of that country. It ferred similar elaar:les against the tlefendant.
is sufficient to say that they continually complain of 'I he deft-titian% in answt.r to tr eh.lege mole by
the want of population. Onr present burin. Is. how- i tile first compLiaiont, put in a document, of waich
ever, is nut with the increase itself, but with the law the following is a copy ;--
of that increase. " I, the nullermentinned, have authorised 31r.
" A table is then given, formed from the censuses Brooks, of No. 60, in 'he 01.1 l'...iiey, to endeavour to
for 9 years, front 1755 to 1763 inrlusite. Though procure we a situation. for whit!: I have paid the sum
this exhibits an increase,"l the author says " the pus of is. for his exerlioas, which tti..nry is nut be return-
pnlation about that period may be considered as list ing ed. Witness ley laths', M. house. Wi:eiess, Joseph
been nearly stationary ; and certainly not increasing, j Pugh."
if we keep in view the necessity of a fund to siipplyj The complainant denied that she had the least
the wattle occasioned hy those unexpected convulsions ! knowledge of the contents of this document when she
of society, and calamities of nature, which h:-tory re- , signed it ; she thouaht it had been a mere receipt.
cords as hat ing so often retarded and diminished the 1 The other female complainant said that they had put
population of kingdoms. f their hands to similar papers, but without know hug
" These tables," continues the author, •' are formed : their contents er purport.
from the comparison of 9 years ; but, did they repre- ; 'I he defendant, in his defence, said he had been
sent the average of centuries, they would then give us : h:trtrir six tutintlN established, and yet during that time
a fair view of the progress and waste of lilt man life, its himself and hi:: cl •rk were ready to swear, atid lie could
the state and climate of Sweden. We will suppose that ; prove it by his leotio, that he had i rtocureol situations
they do so. fur above I,lo'l inaliviinals. tie got situations upon
1 Pnoles; tor pacer.--A high gown composedof mi-
lt appears then that 370 annual births are just sttf- ' an ar..rige fur six Jut of seven applicants. lin, of a colour between a ruby and geranium : the hot-
fieient to keep up a population of 10,1:00 persons.— 'flie Loao .! %lo:i s iiil, that without a commission . tom of lila skirt is trimmed with a very broad fulness of
These 370 (or laso in lite years) conaitutt. a Impala-' ba.l heea giro, bv the various parties to the t'efentlatit ! groe de Naples, to correspond in colour with the dress;
thin of 1401, under five years Of age. uho air rearmed' to procure them *sertants, the case would bear the ap- sis is 611a...te1l at iptch.e4ige with. aclasiu.U.lmustiug rum-
I il of planers leros fie Naples. The body is tight to
by the births as they grow older or die. I hear 140 S
- • pearance of obtaining money under false pretences. ,
I e shape : the long sleeve is lather straight ; it falls a
are reduced by deaths to 1976 between the agt.s of five hits Lordship said he should take the opiaion of the
goo,' deal over the loam!, and is finished at the bottom to
and ten, who are again reduced to :015, being the city Solicitor upon the snbje. t. In the mein time i correapond with the skirt, but the titinsming is not more
number living between ten and fifteen. In the same 1 the defendant was at liberty to r. facts the money to I than A third of the width. The epaulette consists of
manlier, from the continual supply by births and re- • sheer fall 1.11114. formed by a chain Hammitt, which goes
the varb us claimants, if he thought proper.
ductions by deaths, the different uumbers of evert. : The defendant said he uvula ettgaLe to pravide the reatn4 them. Plain high collar, finished at the edge by
age, making up the whole population. are la ealarle complainants with sittiations in the course of six days, 'chain.
Iwo up throughout the century, which here appears IgssNINI: DrIVIS.—A round dress, composed of white
:or hi. would return the money. The whole I.f the par-
transparent gaily., oven it WWI' satin slip. The bottom
to be the limit of the age of man. In actual es isteace I tics then left the office. of the thy.% is finished ley four rilleledlls of pink ihr iarpe;
these numbers will vary above or below the numbers i Nos'4Trit4T.—On Saturday Miry Dmi:rensa, a this is sartunititteil by a fellness of gauze, ilispitsPol in
of the table, which are here given as an average pro-, eery respectable 41 .. dfemale, was charged with i img, „f a „„,.,.1 aiii pretty fort,., 1.4,11 ornamented with
portion of a society of little or no increase. !stealing a quatitily of cambric, value W. and tywartko a how at to-) ; i they are headed btwo n
y ronleas of
" Ilse supply of this society is by children in note- i the property of Mr. King, linen-drat er. in lamg-acre, pink tie ~.?... The eortwAre is lona in tto waist, plain
age. The 37U annually boon are expanded so as-to lin his dwelling-house. It appeared in evidence, that ire front. bit a little full behind :it is cut moderately low
&cep up all the rattl,s of the different ages of which theround the loust. .
the prisoner uent on 'Friday evening to A.. King's
10,000 pupated •ti consists ; and fur that purpose it ' shop, and requested to be shown Lane cambric, and - - -
matte's not a liether they be produced by SK ‘t-rtNc.---The prevalence of a severe easterly
tile whole,! after looking at several parcels, she selected a piece
isr by a part of the tribe, or whether they drop from' which emu.. to 19s. laud desired it to be sent to a wind, attended with a sharp frost during the last
Cie clouds. In fact, however, these children 27e 1 house in New-street, Covent-garden. She said slut week, afforded an opportunity fur route enjoyment
brought into the world by the child-bearing females. hail only just taken the lodgings awl she did sot among the votaries of the healthful and graceful,
'flie period, tatting which women are capable of child- i know the number, but it was a broker's shop. She aithough dangerous exercise of sikaiting. In the Park
bearing is, in fro cases, above 20 years, rarely more I was about to (143..4 when the thopuian. who suspect- the canal was completely frozen over, except in places
t•:an 25. Early marriages seem to produce no differ- ....d she had stolen something, called her back. and re. • where breaks lied been wade to olitain ice for the pastry-
race in this respect ; because, the sooner they begin. qbetted her to step up stairs with him. Sbe appeared cooks—unless imelediately close to the Pagoda bridge,
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tl:e sootier they cease to be prolific. The whole rang* surprised, het accompanied him with seeming willing- !end alone. the edges of the water, skaiting was not
in Europe is between 15 and 45; and, in taking arse, and when they reached a private room be arcits- enneblerail safe. The ice Itiol drifted a good deal, and
be numbers from the table, it matters little whether ed her with rubbery. Sbe seemed almost bursting its serf we was extremely rough. The men so praise-
we count them between 15 and 40, or between 20 and ; with indignatiori% declared her readiness to IT search-
4wartloily murky.. ; by the Humane Society were on the
45: the amount is nut materially different. Polygamy' ed.. and remarked with nt..li asperity ui.on the out- 'pot with th..it veres,,ary apparafos, to afford assist-
is not allowed in Sweden ; and therefore these 370 violence and the audacity of the shop:van in daring to f awe where aiTltlents might accrue ; and to warn the
es/Direr' may be considered as produced by not stoke such a charge against hi r. While she was giddy throng of their danger. On Fridey evening,
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more than the number of the population between talking, however, he saw soasethin4 fall fume under y the active and vealotis eze. dons of these men, not
twenty and forty-five; that is, by 3534 married • her dress, which, neon enamining, he foolull was a fewer than eight Uses were preserved. A consider-
persons. It will signify nothing that the bus- ' piece of cambric that he halation before been showii:g i able monber of titiaPerneti had assembled in a circle in
t ands are occasionally of other ages, for the umber ii to the Hemet in Ole shelp." lie then sent for a con- ~t.lie centre of the canal on the west side of the Pagoda-
(3s34) aould not thereby he increased : the females i stable, who seare!ied her, and f :nod another piece of ! Bridge, and tel..-1. actively eat:aged in their sports
c'llteae eye only being capable of child-bearing. (If i cambric, the property tel Mr. King. about her personS i when the ice sit: k blea gave way, and eight of them
these 3334, a proportion of women (diseased from and also a }acre of black silk lianderebiefs, a pair tali were precipitated Into the ivatcr. At this spot the
• birth or by after accidents) are never fitted for mar-1
moue fashionable half boots, and :wicks, all quite! renal is upwards of sixteen feet deep. The unfortn-
t Age ; and it will therefore be no extravagant asset.- new. Ile also Mood a dupileata for a pair of siliquate victims of their own temerity at once felt their
Lou to say that the married persona in this society will !stockings. The constable haviag secured the prisoner., danger, and.. by piteous exclamations excited the corn-
s:ever cured WV, if ever they amount to thatisson- enguircil at New-street, but there was Ito broker's' passion of 'be spectators. They grasped tie edges of
Ler. These 3000 persons then are the ever-daring shop, nor was there any person In the street who I the ice, main this war suppored themselves till the
'source from which ibis society flows. The 4 children knew the prisoner. The lowest valote of the stolen; haat pr,:yi.l.-1 h... the thi.lotre So7irtv was canveyeol
Lal op the vacancies of death, sod recruit dew oaks of cambric aas 51.
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Fropagators as they are invalided by art Ihthajelt the The prisoner was strongly agitated during the ex-' atundthiste-mer.;2" aYt ll.vaist.4l.;l: ti
.atfl er
1 hauled.il.:lii 2i)l
thTehferielnaislitv;ebni:
b./males. and a number equal to itt thearafes, Ifthee aminasion, and when called upon fur her drieree. she s, finnan extricate:.,who had been in the water nearly
ats years old, cease to be useful ow lit continuation I said she was the widow of a tradesman, who bad been ' half a`t hour, was so exhausted and so hennmbed with
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Vie race. There are 2108 peruses above the age lie 4 very extensive way of baldness ; that be died i cold, that be thrice suffered the rope to slip through
45; aid if we add wheal the number who are too Os abast nine tactsibs ago, leaving her with seven chit. 1 his fingers. which had become quite powerless. In
emit& fotwarrylog (of whids. we "opposed 431.1w0 siren, the yeankind only nine usonelit old, and without I fine, however, making one despairing effort lie held
10 tween and 414 and the number of children, et% ink , provision to support them. She had
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parted I with sufficient force to be drawn on shore, amidst the
lassoes coasted with the other% bay gauped ntin'r to 'with nearly orerything she had pi husilitata her chili j' of an immense multitude collected on the bridge.
...yell the list of real propagator', we speak Aithla area. . • ..- .
They were all conducted to a neighbouring public-
hoends when we assert, diet of those 10.000 peewee, The Magistrate remarkedj . teas strange Ai Loose. *lmre they received every oecessary attentiob.
t-Are are 3,000 also aro • melon is the work of &pro- ishquld have each things as 10 hvltboisti. ffiLIP4 ltamat.. Dei...l2.—Since the 9th. we have expe-
ereatiou. 1 hese 3004-'Bore et leer. according 1* ;stockings. ke- in her Inmenden: ff 'We *ra
WA so ttAl.rieheed a heat-) gale. at W. N. W. but have not heard
healthy or unhealthy seasons—form the fluctuating 1 distresiel. 'I be Magistekte said alti.ithilit be tear 1 til arty danotTeon the comet. The Ileduld, from Co-
detainee of what *fluid Otherwise be a perso‘nent per I witted fur trial; and the cloth was. airodtlo hi d :er n•o i penhagen, arrived on the 10th, with lots of topmasts
v.:lesion. The 3;i/children annually Lora, contain I the witoesse-, whets the prisoner kll elasso her knees, and two anchors and cables.

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The gagistratt said, however, that the law mast
take its course; and the prisoner was conveyed from
the bar in a state of mind not to be described.
An unfortunate Knight of the Comb and Scissors,
named Lill, was charged with stealing a wig and
gown. the property of Ellison, Esq. Barrister
at law.
The prisoner, it appeared, was formerly in the em-
ploy of Mr. Terry, a maker of whigs,in•Carey-street.
but having left him he became distressed, and hit upon
this expedient of putting himself into ready cash. lie
equipped bin self in his apron, &c. and went in a
great hurry to Alier's coffee-house, Westminster Hall,
where the gentlemen of the Bar generally robe, and
told the waiter that lie was sent by Mr. Terry for Mr.
Cl.,rke's wig. The iisiter said, Mr. Clarke's wig had
been taken away, and the prisoner said he mould not
go bark empty handed, and would take Mr. Ellison's
wig, which wanted repairing. '1 he waiter gave him
the wig. gown, coat and waistcoat, belonging to that
tientlenian, and bevel saw him afterwards until Fri-
ll ye when be had the impudence to make another ap-
plication fur the whig belonging to Mr. D. F. Jones.
He was committed.
Brag/ Judd underwent a second examination,
charged with being concerned, wills several others,
in violently attacking., wounding, and robbing John
Hancock, of l'omptots-street, Clerkenwell.
It appearrsi that early on the morning of Christmas-
day, the prosecutor left the White Hart politic-house
in White Hart-yard, Drury-lane, nut of which house
be was followed by the poisoner, and a call:: with
whom lie was connected, who load also been drinking
in the pulilic•lounse. I e prosecutor had proo.oo.ded
but a kw yards from the public-house, hint he was
attacked hy the prisoner mill Iris gang, who had ful-
loured close behind him ; they pinioned him t. ty
closely to tar. shutters Of a Slily; the prisoner tea • no
the right side of the prosecutoor, and hell him, but
was not content with this, but gave loins such a von
lent Moon no his head that it knocked lion 1104 n, one
of the gang then totoa the proseetitor's watch front
his fob, and another took his lied:risotto off.
Mr. Eolnontoil ithytiol, of Whitt•ooluto-sieret, smith
and hell hangvr, who wit•oesseol the oatraco; in erfered,
and ovi•.l the assistance of anothar man, rescued the
proseeocnr from the ill-treatment of the prisoner and
and comve)ed Ilion to the way is- muse for
s•ofety an,l proo:ectioto. After they had aeromplishoil
that, they reoo:ned to near the split, and found the
prisonA- stantliog at the door of a colfre-shop, in com-
pany with three others, but not recognising them as
any of the gam:, who had assisted the prisoner iu ill-
treatinz :cid robbing the prosecutor, they did not in-
terfere with than, but succeeded in securing the pri-
soner and cancosting him to the watch-hawse.
prosecutor attended and confirmed the abort.,
and in addition to his ht•ing knocked down, he stated,
that he was trampled upon in the most cruel manner
loy some of the cang•
The prisoner it as committed to Newgate for trial.

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