\T HKITAIN AND IRELAND, 



port of Parliament in ih, is pre- 



MU*d u> inaugurate, he also dissolves Parliament 



.os to be held throughout 



lorn. 



IIM( amumed office on An 

 |8Ki.ati i hi* r. Milt of the general dc. 

 MOlcd a coalition of (iladstonian Liberal- and 

 Irish Home Kulcr*. and was pledged to intro- 

 duce Irish self-fovernment. This ministry, as 

 reooott Vnnt nit 111 th< n -tin-mem <>f Mr. Glad- 

 stone in the beginning of Man < <>m- 

 I'r im< Minis!. -r. Ku>t Lord of 

 the Treasury, an<i I'r. -i l.'ni of the Council, the 

 Karl of Kosebery; l/.nl Eiich Chancellor, 

 oil : Chancellor of the Kxchequi 

 Willi.v i Ilarvniir: State 



I In- Karl of Kimi 



l*.nl Privy Seal and Chancellor of the D.i.-hy 

 of Uttcaster. Lord Tweedmouth; Secretary of 

 Slate for India. II am 11. !'. 

 Stale for the Home Depart in. -nt, Herbert II. 

 Asqaith; Secretary of State for the Colonies, 

 i of EUpoo; Secretary of State for 

 War. II. rampU'll-Ilanncrman ; Kirst Lord of 

 ::mnilty. Karl S|M-ncer: Chiof Secretary to 

 the I/ord Lieutenant of Ireland* John Morley; 

 Prudent of the Hoard of Trade, James Bryce ; 

 President of the Local Government Board, G. J. 

 Shaw-Leferre; Secretary for Scot land, SirGeonre 

 Otto Trevelyan ; Postma .1, Arnold 



Moriey ; Vice-President of the Council on K-lu- 

 B, A. II. I>vk- Aclan.l. 



.1 and I'onnlation. Kndnnd has an 

 ana of 50.867, Wale* 1 1 . 



Und 82^88, the Isle of Man -J-J7. and tli.-Chan- 

 mds 75 square miles : total United Kin<;- 

 nom. 190J979 Sfiuan- mil.-; Kn^laml, on April 

 5. 1801. had 'JTJ^U'.MI inhah.t.,: ,-,. 1 :;.-. \,\n>> 

 l Mirj.iKS finales; Wales had 1 .:!!.- 

 inhabitant^ 761,409 males and 7 



: <r..;47 inhaliitanta, 

 1,048.717 males and 2.082,030 females; Ireland 

 had 4 : -.'.:.:{ n.al.- :.nd 



2^85,707 females ; and there were 55,608 inhab- 

 itants in the Isle of Man, 02,234 in the Channel 

 Islands, and 224.21 1 -oldi.-rs and sailors abroad ; 

 total noptil ! Kingdom, 38,- 



: tie estimated population of Kn^lund 



llan.l, 

 4,1S4,1 ; of Ireland, 4.5i: 



The population of the throe kingdoms, count- 

 ing for Kngland persons above the age of ten 

 ream only, was divided in 1801, in respect to 

 occupation and means of living, as follows : 



:. !'. 



: ;:, 



M.1M 



- 

 - 







M,1f4 



180,101 



i: . || 



6M.4IO 

 114^41 



v.'.MU 





-rtimatH nopulation of the large towns 

 of Kn K Und and Wal in 1804 was as follows: 



swtration .i:-T,r . >,.,. 



.,ing- 

 kam,4t30l:Ix*K88.?. 



-: I'.radford, 

 ttingham, 223^4; Kingston-upon^ 



Hull. 212,079; Salf. - 



'l.'.'i; - ..Hand has 



: 10,000 .uhal'ilaiil- : (.; 



686,820: K.linl.:. - ; Dun 



Inland has 2: Belfast, 255,950: hul.lii. 

 001 



Tin- number of inarriiim-s in l^n-land in 1808 

 was 218,251 : of bin Ms M u^ 1 .' ; 



xcessof births, 344/J(i'. In - 



niimlii r <>f marriages was 27,090 : of liirths. 1SB 



nju; ,,f .1. atli-. 7'..<;i: 

 In Ireland tin- numbrr of marriages was L' 

 of births HM;.O:;I ; of d.-ath>. - 

 births. 23,200. 



lotal nninbrr : 



the I'nitrd Ki up loin was 227.17!'. in. 

 Of the total rmiu'iat i"ii. i 



lit to til." I'll. 



British Amn-ica, ll.lSo to An-irala 



. othrr distillations. Tin- I'.rili-' 

 Irish eini^rants in !*!! nuinlM-rrd 1 

 which was 52,008 fewer than in l^.::. M 

 100,663 were English, U.v!i:; h, and 



The Army. Tin- j.eaee establishment of the 

 regular army, according l> the estimate 



f.-r the fear ending Man-h :;i. ; 



Officers of the general staff, :{:{2. wn 



ants; accountants, 209; chaplains, 87; sui^^H 



\.terinarians, 76; cavalry, 558 oil 

 i.:i?i Donoommissioned odieers. a'nd u.:wj 

 and file; royal artii: 

 commissioned oflieers, and 

 royal engineers, 588 oili. . -r-, l/j-j'J non.-. 

 sioned officers, and ~*A\-> rank and lilt-: i;. 

 u'>17 officers, tt,659 noncommi->ioni ! - 

 and 79,295 rank and file; colonial mr, 

 officers. :!7'J noncommissioned officer-. 

 4.695 rank and file; departmental corps 

 ficers, 1,299 noncommissioned officer 

 rank and file: army service corps 

 920 noncommissioned officers, and 

 and file: staff of yeomanry, militia, and 

 teers, 600 officers, 6,199 noncommi- 

 cers, and 10 rank and file; instruction ii 

 ncry and musketry, 35 officers, 100 nom- 

 sioiiel officers, and J(N rank and 

 Military Academy, at Woolwich. :',( olli 

 nonconimissioned'officcrs. and Is rank .T 



other colleges and schools:'.!* offir, 



commission. -I officers, and 1 rank and fil> 

 mental schools, 14 officers and }*'' n-.n. 

 sioned officers: other establishments, 00 oi 



i.coniinissi, ,n,.,I ,,fli,. r rs and :',' rank and 

 file; total army. 7.400 officers. 20.' 1 -" 



n-'d officer>. ami rJ7.1'!2 ra: 

 Tin- infantry consists of :{ rc-immts of 

 divided Into 7 battalions, each reiriinent 

 its depot; 69 battalions ,,f t|,,. l m ,.. v 

 I 20 battalions stationed in 

 Africa. Canada. Bermuda, the \\ 

 Malta. Gibraltar. Hon.u'- K"iii:. SiiiL'ai 

 and 1 ii i- the I 



rifle o| '-aliber. with a <; 



able magazine holding H c.trtrid_'c-. T' 

 airy forces arc 3 ^iiard regiments of cniraasieM 



"f 8 troops: 17 re-iinents of the lii. 

 11 depots and 1 battalion in K-ypt. 1 ii. 

 and ! in tlie Indies. The wi-ap-.n i- tip- Martini- 

 M-iford carbine. The yeomanry nunil" 

 697 men, organized since April", IW>. in 194 



