162 REPORT— 1850. 
Per-centage of deaths from cholera to strength . . . . . . ‘227 
Per-centage of cases of cholera to sick of all other diseases . . “587 
Per-centage of deaths from cholera to deaths from all other diseases 27-1 
A summary of these per-centages show, that of the European force, 11,429 strong, 
stationed in the Madras Presidency during the year 1847, there were attacked by cho- 
lera only “271 per cent., little more than one man in 400; and of whom died "192 
per cent., less than one man in 500. 
Of the European troops, 8736 strong, serving in the Bombay Presidency in 1847, 
there were sufferers from cholera 515 per cent., or one man in 200; of whom died 
274 per cent., or about one man in 400. 
Of the Madras native army, consisting of 67,950 men, the sick of cholera to 
strength was ‘334 per cent., or about one man in 300; of whom died only ‘114 per 
cent., or one man in 900. 
Of the Bombay native army, comprising 43,930 sepoys, the ratio of sick to strength 
was ‘575 per cent., or little more than one man in 200; but the loss occasioned by 
the disease did not exceed “227 per cent., not amounting to one man in 400. 
These results demonstrate, that though epidemic cholera is still a frequent and fatal 
disease in the Indian armies, it is neither so prevalent nor so mortal as it is generally 
believed to be; and show, that military service in India does not necessarily entail so 
great a risk of life from this disease as is generally supposed in this part of the globe. 
On the Progress of Glasgow, in Population, Wealth, Manufactures, §c. 
By Joun Strane, LL.D. 
The steady progress and growing importance of almost all the manufacturing and 
commercial cities of Great Britain, since the conclusion of the last war, may be con- 
sidered as admitted facts, and have no doubt tended much to alter and improve the 
whole social condition of the country. In the rapidity of its progress, perhaps no city 
has rivalled, far less surpassed Glasgow, the commercial metropolis of Scotland. This 
has chiefly arisen from this city being, if I may use the expression, cosmopolitan in 
its commerce and manufactures. Glasgow unites within itself a portion of the cotton- 
spinning and weaving manufactures of Manchester, the printed calicoes of Lancashire, 
the stuffs of Norwich, the shawls and mouselines of France, the silk-throwing of Mac- 
clesfield, the flax-spinning of Ireland, the carpets of Kidderminster, the iron and en- 
gineering works of Wolverhampton and Birmingham, the pottery and glass-making of 
Staffordshire and Newcastle, the ship-building of London, the coal trade of the Tyne 
and Wear, and all the handicrafts connected with or dependent on the full development 
of these. Glasgow also has its distilleries, breweries, chemical works, tan-works, dye- 
works, bleachfields, and paper manufactories, besides a vast number of staple and fancy 
hand-loom fabrics, which may be strictly said to belong to that locality. Glasgow 
also, in its commercial relations, trades with every quarter of the globe, and its merchants 
deal in the various products of every country. It hence appears, that one branch of 
manufacture or trade may be dull while another may be prosperous ; and, accordingly, 
Glasgow does not feel any of those universal depressions which so frequently occur in 
places limited to one or two branches of manufacture or commerce. 
Although Glasgow may be justly said to be one of the most ancient cities in Scot- 
land, it is at the same time one of the most modern of the towns of Great Britain. It 
was a place of some consideration at the commencement of the twelfth century, when 
the foundation of its cathedral was laid; and yet, at the commencement of the nine- 
teenth century, it had given proofs only of progress equal to those of many other towns 
in the empire. From that time, however, its rise has been most striking, and in order 
to bring this more palpably into view, the following statistical comparisons have been 
prepared, which will at once prove the rapid and steady advance of this growing com- 
munity. cel 
Popullittig ἃς a first and great proof of the city’s progress, let us advert to the 
statement of its increasing population ; and here we find it to be as follows :— 
In 1801 the population was . . . ᾽. .΄. τ... «Ὁ, {7,985 
1811 e ee ee eee ee 
1821 ‘7 Re eS ee eee 
1831 3 APRN ΕΘΥΘΗΝΟ ΝΟ aE ΤΣ 
1841 ? . 282,134 
1850 a estimated at. . . . . . 867,800 
