INDEX. 



513 



• ation, i. 326 — variations in the pro- 

 portions of births to deaths and to 

 marriages at ditferent periods, 509. 

 Mahometan Tartars, manners of, i. 126. 

 Mamelukes, their oppressive and de- 

 structive government, i. 162. 

 Manchester, proportion of its annual 



murtality to its population, i. 406. 

 Manufactures ; attempts to employ the 

 poor in, on aii\' great scale, have 

 almost invariably failed, ii. 92 — the 

 general increase of the manufacturing 

 system, and the unavoidable varia- 

 tions of manufacturing labour, a prin- 

 cipal cause ofexisling distress among 

 the poor, 106 — unfavourable slate of 

 the poor employed in manufactories, 

 with respect to health and other cir- 

 cumstances, 219, 220 — subject to 

 variations from the caprices of taste, 

 222—224. 

 Marianne Islands; state of, with respect 

 to the checks to population, i. 86, 87. 

 Marquesas Islands, occasional scarcity 



at, i. 88. 

 Marriage; practice of, in Otaheite, i. 

 76 — the average age of marriage 

 almost alwaj's nearer to the average 

 age of death than marriage is to birth, 

 478 — extensive operation of the na- 

 tural check to early marriages, arising 

 from the view of the difficulty attend 

 iug the support of a large farailj', ii 

 ■i? — encouraced in the ordinances 

 of Menu, i." 190 — and in China, 

 - 212, 213 — apparent results in the 

 former instance, 213, 214 — in the 

 latter, 214—218. 



any positive law limiting the age of 



marriage unjust and immoral, ii. 108 

 — pernicious effects of any direct 

 • encouragements to marriage, i. 329, 

 330 — the prevailing customs, man- 

 mers, and prejudices of society, ope- 

 rate injuriously in this respect, ii. 

 237 — 239 — the practice «f mankhid 

 on the subject has universally been 

 much superior to their theories, 40.T 

 — origin of the prejudice in favour of 

 an indiscriminate encouragement to 

 marriage, 278, 279— inference from 

 St. Paul's declaration respecting 

 marriage, 280 — limitations to the age 

 of marriage, proposed by Plato and 

 .\fistotle, i. 236, 237, 238 — the in- 

 stitution of marriage, or something 

 nearly equivalent to it, would soon 

 result from a state of perfect equality, 

 and of unrestrained commerce of the 

 sexes, ii. 32 — the desire of marriuge 



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would not admit of a«y very consi- 

 derable diminution, 264 — 266 — be- 

 neficial effects to be produced by 

 later marriages under a system of 

 moral restraint, consideied, 275 — 

 this restraint among the poor them- 

 selves, the only efl'ectual means of 

 betterin;; their condition, S83— 291 

 — consideration of the effect which 

 might be produced by a diminished 

 mortality, in decreasing the number 

 of marriages, 305— among the higher 

 ranks, little more is wanted with re- 

 gard to the prudential check to mar- 

 riage, than an increased degree of 

 respect and of personal liberty to 

 single women, 352 — among the lower 

 classes, the same object would be 

 attained by the establishment of a 

 proper system of parochial educa- 

 tion (See the article Education), ib. 

 — the prudential restraint from mar- 

 riage has increased throughout 

 Europe, 432.— See also the articles 

 Fruitfulness, Prudential and Moral 

 Restraint, and Pohigamt/. 



Marriages ; proportion of, in Scotland, 

 i. 452. 



in Norway, small ; cause of this, 



i. 267. 



in the Pays de Vaud, very small, 



i. 352. 

 ■ proportion of, to the whole popu- 



lation, in Russia, i. 304, 



in England and Wales, i. 400. 



later in Scotland than formerly, i. 



454. 

 proportion of, to births, i. 476 — 



486. 



in England and Wales, i. 416. 



dependence of marriagesondeath», 



i. 320, 321—327. 



number of marriages in the Greek 



church in Russia for the year 1799, 

 i.317_from 1806 to 1820, 118. 



of annual marriages in France be- 

 fore the war, i. 364, 365 — See also 

 the article Register, and England 

 (1825). 



Maximum sometimes established in the 

 Turkish dominions, i. 185 — to regu- 

 late the price of labour by the price 

 of provisions is of the same nature as 

 a maximum, and both measures tend 

 directly to famine, ii. 78, 79. 



Meat; a large subscription for the 

 poor would only raise the price of, 

 without enabling them to procure an 

 increased quantity, ii. 64. 



Mechanics Institutions, ii. 355. note. 



