815 
GREAT BRITAIN. 
AREA and POPULATION of the feveral Counties 
of England and Wales, in Square Statute Miles 
and Acres, as luealured on the Maps publillied by 
C. Smith. 
Counties. 
Sq.Sta' 
Miles. 
Acres . 
Popula¬ 
tion, 
I So 1 . 
No. of 
Perjons 
in !q. m. 
Bedford - - - 
- 
43 1 
275,20c 
03,39: 
147 
Berks . - - - 
- 
744 
476,i6c 
109,213 
'47 
Bucks - - - 
- 
748 
478,72. 
107,44^ 
144 
Cambridge - - 
- 
686 
439,04c 
89,346 
130 
Chefter . - - 
- 
1,017 
6 50,88 
19', 75 ' 
189 
Cornwall - - 
- 
1,407 
900,48c 
188,269 
1.34 
Cumberland 
- 
H 497 
958,08c 
117,230 
78 
Derby - - - 
- 
H077 
689,28c 
161,142 
149 
Devon - - - 
- 
2,48s 
1,592,32c 
343,001 
138 
Dorfet - - - 
- 
I,I 2 C 
722,560 
' 43 , 3 H 
102 
Durham - - - 
- 
1,04c 
665,6.0c 
160,361 
154 
Eliex - - - 
- 
976,000 
.226,437 
148 
Gloucefter - - 
- 
I, I 22 
718,080 
250,805 
224 
Hereford - - 
- 
971 
621,440 
89,191 
92 
Hertford - - - 
- 
602 
385,28c 
97,577 
162 
Huntingdon 
- 
345 
220,800 
37,568 
I 10 
Kent - - - - 
- 
1,462 
935,680 
307,624 
210 
Lancaftiire - - 
- 
1,806 
1,155,840 
672,731 
372 
Leicefter - - 
- 
8 16 
522,240 
130,081 
159 
Lincoln - - - 
- 
■2.787 
1,783,680 
208,557 
75 
Middlefex - - 
- 
297 
190,080 
818,1 ^ 
2,754 
Monmouth - - 
- 
516 
330,24c 
45.-582 
- 88 
Norfolk - - - 
- 
2,013 
1,288,320 
273,371 
136 
Northampton 
- 
965 
617,600 
'31,757 
137 
Northumberland 
- 
1,809 
1,157,76c. 
' 57 ,'°' 
87 
Nottingham 
- 
774 
495,360 
u 40 , 35 O 
18 I 
Oxford - - - 
- 
743 
474,880 
109,620 
148 
Rutland - 
- 
2OC 
I 28,00c 
'6,356 
82 
Salop - - - - 
- 
1,403 
897,92c 
167,639 
119 
Somerfet - - 
- 
H 549 
991,360 
273,750 
177 
Southampton - 
- 
^>533 
981,120 
219,656 
143 
Stafford - - - 
- 
1,196 
765,44c 
239 >' 5 j 
199 
Suffolk - - - 
- 
1,566 
1,002,24c 
' 2 'o, 43 , 
'34 
Surry - - - - 
- 
811 
519,040 
269,043 
332 
Suflex - - - 
- 
1,461 
935 >OiO 
' 59 , 3 * ■ 
109 
Warwick - - 
- 
934 
629 , 7 ' 5 o 
208,190 
212 
Weltmorland - 
- 
772 
462,080 
4 ', 6 i 7 
57 
Wilts - - - 
- 
1,283 
821,120 
'85,107 
144 
Worcefter - - 
- 
674 
431,36c 
' 39,333 
207 
York, E. Riding 
- 
1,268 
8 i 1,520 
' 39,433 
7 
-N. Riding 
- 
2, n 2 
G 35 ', 68 o 
'55,506 
> '43 
-W. Riding 
- 
2,^33 
I -68 5, mo 
563-95' 
3 
England 
- 
50,2 0 
32,134-400 
^• 33 '- 43 *. 
166 
Anglefey - - 
- 
402 
257,26c 
33,806 
84 
Brecon . - - 
- 
731 
467,840 
31,633 
43 
Cardigan - - 
- 
7 26 
464,640 
42,958 
59 
Carmarthen - - 
- 
926 
592,640 
67,317 
73 
Carnarvon - - 
- 
775 
496,000 
41,521 
54 
Denbigh - - 
- 
731 
467,640 
60,352 
83 
Flint - - - - 
- 
309 
197,760 
39,622 
128 
Glamorgan - - 
- 
822 
526,080 
74,525 
87 
Merioneth - - 
- 
691 
442,240 
29,506 
43 
Montgomery - 
- 
982 
628,480 
47,978 
49 
Pembroke - - 
- 
575 
368,000 
56,280 
98 
Radnor - - - 
- 
455 
291,200 
19,05c 
42 
Wales- 
- 
8,1 25 
5,200,000 
541,546 
67 
England and Wales 
58,335 
37.334,400 
f,872,980 
'52 
Scotland and Ireland are nearly equal to eacli other 
in area, and together are equal to England and Wales: 
■wherefore the population of Scotland being 1,600,000, 
averages at 55 to a fquare mile ; and the population of 
Ireland being about 4,250,000^ averages at 146 to a 
fquare Britilh mile. The United Kingdom averages at 
130 to a fquare mile, including about 470,000 fotdiers 
and fuilors. 
With regard to the whole population of the widely- 
extended dominions of Great Britain, M. Mentelle, in 
his “ Geographic Statillque,” has very rngenioully con- 
trafted it witli that of France, in the following manner: 
The French Republic is faid at tltis time, (1807,) to 
have an extent nearly equal to that of Gaul in the time 
of the Romans, the empire couiprifing all the countries 
which formed monarchical France, with the following 
additions, viz. the comptat of Avignon, the duchy of 
Bouillon, the republic of Mulhaiifcn, the principalities 
of Montbeliard, Porentruy, and S.alm, the republic of 
Geneva, the comte of Nice, Savoy, Piedmont, Belgium, 
Dutch Flanders, Dutch Brabant, with all the territory 
on the left bank of tlie Rhine, Maeftricht, Venloo, and 
their dependencies, and the ille of Elbe. In this general 
view of modern France, the admeal'urement of her fur- 
face is ftated at 31,385 fquare leagues, and her popula¬ 
tion at 34,468,312; but we infer that Genoa is not in¬ 
cluded in eitl'ier, as Leghorn is not mentioned among, 
the ports of France ; nor are either of the three Ge- 
noefe departments inferted in the lilt of the depart¬ 
ments coinpofing the French republic. The population 
of the ille of hilbe is alio exprefsly excluded from the 
above llatement. 
Great, however, as this number appears, the author 
has reprefented the population belonging to the Britilh 
monarchy as far exceeding it : but, in order to eft'cdl: 
this objeCl, the eleblorate of Hanover is joined to Great 
Britain and Ireland, with all the dependent illes, as 
conllituting our European pioirefiions; to which part of 
our empire in the eaft, and our colonies, ate added.. 
The account Hands thus: 
The extent of the territory in Europe belonging to 
the Briiifli monarcliy contains 17,160 fquare leagues. 
The European population is - - 14,303,087, 
PolTellions in Canada 38,000 fquare leagues; 
population . - - - 23,000,000 
In America - - , - - - - 1,000,000. 
In 1801, by the treaty of Amiens, the ifland 
of Ceylon was ceded to the Englilh, con¬ 
taining 4,800 fquare leagues; population - 4,000,000 
Conquered in 1779, chiefly from Tippoo Saib, 
5,730 fquare leagues ; population about - 4,000, 000 
Total of the population a6,303,087 
It is not difficult to penetrate the motive of this 
French writer, for his wonderful difplay of Britilh popu¬ 
lation. England, perhaps, is to be told that, with a po¬ 
pulation at command of 46,303,087, flie ought not to 
be alarmed at the aggrandizements of France ; which, 
including the conquered countries, counts her inhabi¬ 
tants at only thirty-four millions and a half. On the con¬ 
trary, we know iiiat our diflant poifellions drain our 
population; and that, though they-add to the riches, 
they do not augment the phylical Itrength, of the Hate. 
I'his fadt may probably not be believed by thofe tvho 
are advocates for foreign conquefts ; nor the evil fuf- 
ficiently guarded againll, until dear-bought experience 
convinces us of the millake. Perhaps the dil'coraliture 
of the whole imperial army, in the late German war, 
was alone owing to the miltaken policy of dividing the 
forces and marching them to diftant and disjoined ope¬ 
rations, inllead of connefting their pofitions and concen¬ 
trating their Itrength. Let us hope that a limilar policy 
may not be the error of the rulers of Great Britain. The ■ 
Englilh forces are undoubtedly formidable; and when 
adting in concert with our invincible navy, their com¬ 
bined Itrength will probably for ever be found an over¬ 
match for the united machinations of all the enemies of 
Great Britain ; but when this force is broken into parts, 
and large portions thereof, employed in diftant foreign 
conquelts, the means of felf-defence mult neceilarily be 
weakened. I hus while one divilion of our army is en¬ 
gaged in fecunng the Cape of Good Hope, and amelio¬ 
rating and fubjugating fouthcrn Africa : while another 
armament 
