when the cause of this general failure, and the means requisite for the
diminution of crime, will be considered.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Table showing the progress of crime in the British islands since
1805, in so far as can be ascertained.

Years. England. Scotland. Ireland.
1805 4605 89 3600
1806 4346 101 3781
1807 4446 97 3522
1808 4735 124 3704
1809 5330 Chasm. 3641
1810 5146 3799
1811 5337 4162
1812 6576 4286
1813 7164 Chasm.
1814 6390
1815 7818
1816 9091
1817 13,932
1818 13,567
1819 14,254
1820 13,710 1486
1821 13,115 1522
1822 12,241 1691 13,251
1823 12,263 1733 14,632
1824 13,698 1802 15,258
1825 14,437 1876 15,515
1826 16,164 1999 16,318
1827 17,924 2116 18,031
1828 16,564 2024 14,683
1829 18,675 2063 15,271
1830 18,107 2329 15,794
1831 19,647 2451 16,192
1832 20,829 2431 16,056
1833 20,072 2564 17,819
1834 22,451 2691 24,381
1835 20,731 2867 21,205
1836 20,984 3922 23,891
1837 23,612 3126 24,804
1838 23,094 3418 25,723
1839 24,443 3409 26,392
1840 27,187 3872 23,833
1841 27,760 3562 20,796
1842 31,309 3884

--PORTER's _Progress of the Nation_, iii. 172, 227.

[2] MOREAU, _Stat. de la Grande Bretagne_, vol. ii. p. 317.

[3] Census of 1841.

[4] PORTER'S _Parliamentary Tables_.

[5] These facts were all proved in the subsequent trial of the leaders
of the riot, at Edinburgh.

[6] Table showing the diminution of crime in British India:--

CIRCUIT COURT OF BENGAL.

Burglary. Cattle-stealing. Fraud. Larceny. Total.
1816 to 1818 2853 203 150 1516 3722
1825 to 1827 1036 31 49 223 1339

LOWER AND WESTERN PROVINCES OF BENGAL.
LOWER WESTERN