in the agricultural and mining or
manufacturing, such as Shropshire and Kent, it has _doubled_ during
the same period: and in the manufacturing and mining districts, such
as Lancashire, Staffordshire, Yorkshire, and Renfrewshire, more than
_tripled_ in the same time. It appears, from the same authentic
sources of information, that the progress of crime during the last
twenty years has been much more rapid in the manufacturing and
densely peopled than in the simply densely peopled districts; for in
Middlesex, during the last twenty years, population has advanced
about fifty per cent, and serious crime has increased in nearly the
same proportion, having swelled from 2480 to 3514: whereas in
Lancashire, during the same period, population has advanced also
fifty per cent, but serious crime has considerably _more than
doubled_, having risen from 1716 to 3987.

[Footnote 4: Table, showing the comparative population, and
committals for serious crime, in the under-mentioned counties, in the
years 1821, 1831, and 1841.

I.--PASTORAL

1821. 1831. 1841.
Pop. Com. Pop. Com. Pop. Com.

Cumberland, 156,124 66 169,681 74 178,038 151
Derby, 213,333 105 237,070 202 272,217 277
Anglesey, 43,325 10 48,325 8 50,891 13
Carnarvon, 57,358 12 66,448 36 81,893 33
Inverness, 90,157 ... 94,797 35 97,799 106
Selkirk, 6,637 ... 6,833 2 7,990 4
Argyle, 97,316 ... 100,973 41 97,321 96

II.--AGRICULTURAL AND MANUFACTURING.

1821. 1831. 1841.
Pop. Com. Pop. Com. Pop. Com.

Shropshire, 266,153 159 222,938 228 239,048 416
Kent, 426,916 492 479,155 640 548,337 962
Norfolk, 344,368 356 390,054 549 412,664 666
Essex, 289,424 303 317,507 607 344,979 647
Northumberland, 198,965 70 222,912 108 250,278 226
East Lothian, 35,127 ... 36,145 23 35,886 38
Perthshire, 139,050 ... 142,894 140 137,390 116
Aberdeenshire, 155,387 ... 177,657 161 192,387 92

III.--MANUFACTURING AND MINING.