ENCLOSING. 143; 



There appears, however, to be some difference In the pa- 

 tishes litis calcvilatetl that 6d. in the pound, in the whole city, 

 raises 500I. Now, in the Annual General State of the 

 Court of Guardians for 1799, the rates are set down at 

 18,405!., dedu6lJng from which I722h for arrears and 

 empty houses, there was raised 16,683!. which makes, ai 

 6d. producing 500I. the rates to be that year l6s. 8d. in 

 the pound, instead of i8s. id. 



POPULATION, 



Births from 178 1 101789, average - I13S 



Ditto from 1790 to 1799 - - 997 



Decrease - , i^i 



Deaths in the first period - - 1203 



Ditto in the second - = _ ioc6 



Decrease 



14.7 



Average deaths, first period - - 1203 



Ditto births - - -' 113? 



Annual loss » - 65 



Average deatfis, second period -. lOco 



Ditto births - . . ^gy 



Annual loss 



:!:» 



Here Is almost every mark (as far as these accounts are au- 

 thoriiy) of depopulation; and some other circumstances 

 confirm it ; the state of the manufa61:ure is certainly that 

 of great declension ; as I am assured by persons of every 

 party and description. There Is not a single person of any 

 consequence bringing up to the business : there is only one 

 house of any great consideration in the city ; the introduc- 

 tion of cotton languishes ; shawls the only new article 



that 



