Note 5 — THE DANGERS OF THE COUNTRY. NO. II.—OUR INTERNAL DANGERS.
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Table showing the commitments for Serious Crime in England, Scotland, and Ireland, from 1822 to 1849, both inclusive:—
Years England Scotland Ireland Total
1822 12,241 1,691 13,251 27,183
1823 12,263 1,733 14,632 28,628
1824 13,698 1,802 15,258 30,748
1825 14,437 1,876 15,515 31,828
1826 16,164 1,999 16,318 34,481
1827 17,924 2,116 18,031 30,071
1828 16,564 2,024 14,683 33,273
1829 18,675 2,063 15,271 36,009
1830 18,107 2,329 15,794 36,230
1831 19,647 2,451 16,192 38,290
1832 20,829 2,431 16,056 39,316
1833 20,072 2,564 17,819 40,453
1834 22,451 2,691 24,381 49,523
1835 20,731 2,867 21,205 44,803
1836 20,984 2,922 23,891 47,797
1837 23,612 3,126 14,804 41,452
1838 23,094 3,418 15,723 42,635
1839 24,443 3,409 26,392 54,244
1840 27,187 3,872 23,883 54,892
1841 27,760 3,562 20,796 52,118
1842 31,389 4,189 21,186 56,684
1843 29,591 3,615 20,126 53,332
1844 26,542 3,575 19,448 49,565
1845 24,303 3,537 16,696 44,536
1846 25,107 4,069 18,492 47,668
1847 28,883 4,635 31,209 64,677
1848 30,349 4,909 38,522 73,780
1849 27,806 4,357 41,982 74,162
6 Table showing the Poor's Rates of England and Wales, with their Population, and the amount in Quarters of Grain in every year, from 1822 to 1849, both inclusive:—
Years Poor's Rates Population Prices of Wheat Amount in Quarters of Wheat
s. d.
1822 £6,358,702 12,318,310 43 3 2,940,440
1823 5,772,958 12,508,956 51 9 2,231,091
1824 5,736,898 12,699,098 62 0 1,850,612
1825 5,786,989 12,881,906 66 6 1,740,447
1826 5,928,501 13,056,931 55 11 2,983,221
1827 6,441,088 13,242,019 56 9 2,269,987
1828 6,298,000 13,441,913 60 5 2,084,855
1829 6,332,410 13,620,701 66 3 1,911,671
1830 6,829,042 13,811,467 64 3 2,125,772
1831 6,798,888 13,897,187 66 4 2,049,916
1832 7,036,968 14,105,645 58 8 2,398,966
1833 6,790,799 14,317,229 52 11 2,566,601
1834 6,317,255 14,531,957 46 2 2,736,717
18357 5,526,418 14,703,002 44 2 2,502,528
1836 4,717,630 14,904,456 39 5 2,393,723
1837 4,044,741 15,105,909 52 6 1,540,853
1838 4,123,604 15,307,363 55 3 1,492,684
1839 4,421,712 15,508,816 69 4 1,275,494
1840 4,576,965 15,710,270 68 5 1,336,340
1841 4,760,929 15,911,725 65 3 1,459,288
1842 4,911,498 16,141,808 64 0 1,534,843
1843 5,208,027 16,371,892 54 4 1,917,665
1844 4,976,093 16,601,975 51 5 1,935,595
1845 5,039,708 16,824,341 50 10 1,976,354
1846 4,954,204 17,032,471 54 8 1,801,528
1847 5,298,787 17,426,321 69 9 1,513,939
1848 6,180,764 17,649,622 50 6 2,423,436
1849 5,792,963 17,862,431 44 3 2,633,166
1850 40 2
Poor's-Rate Report
, 1849; and
Porter
, 90, 3d ed.—The five last years' prices are not from Mr Porter's work, where they are obviously wrong, but from
Parl. Pap.
1850, No. 460.