1803.] 
one betterthan the ather, and moft of them, 
I am perfuaded, very authentic, Richard 
It. Henry Iff, and Henry V. F am {ure 
are; and Henry IV. thovgh unlike the 
common portrait at Hampton Court, in 
Herefordhhire, the moft fingular and vil- 
lainous countenance I ever faw. I intend 
The Population Ai. 
509 
to try to getthem well-engraved. That 
old fool James I. is crowded in the 
place of Henry the VIth that was taken 
away to make room for this piece of flat- 
tery. For the chapter did not flight live 
princes. Your’s, ever, 
f A, We 
ne Se I OE OS 
THE POPULATION ACT. 
As the refulis of the late A& for afcertaining the Population of Great Britain have not 
pet appeared before the Public in an ny form, except in the volumes publifhed by order of 
the Houfe of Commons, of which no more were printed than fupplied the members of 
both Houfes, and certain officers of flate*, we propofe to prefent the whole of thofe 
refults to the Readers of the Monthly Magazine. 
_ with the Obfervations on the 
We foall begin this tnterefting fertes 
Returns, the value of which will be apparent, and 
after thefe obfervations we fhall infert the fummary of every county containing the 
totals of every hundred, and of every market-town. 
The Public witl duly appreciate the worth and importance of this article, and we pres 
fume none of our Readers will confider two or three pages, upon fa aie a fub- 
je, in every Number, during the next two years, as mifapplied. 
OBSERVATIONS on the RESULTS of the 
POPULATION ACT, 41 GEO. III. 
N the laft day of the year 1800, was 
pafled «* An A&t for taking an Ac- 
count of the Population of Great Britain, 
and of the Increafe or Diminution 
thereof.”’ 
The fix following are the quefions 
to which, agreeably to the afore-named 
A&, written anfwers were to be re- 
turned by the reétor, vicar, curate, or offi- 
ciating minifter, and Oeextbune of the 
poor, or (in default thereof) by fome 
other fubftantial houfeholder, of every 
parith, townfhip, and place, (including 
thofe places alio which are extra-paro- 
chial) in England; and by the fchool- 
mafters or other perfons appointed under 
the faid aé& for every parifl: in Scotland; 
fisned by them refpeétively, and attefted. 
upon oath or affirmation by the faid over- 
feers, or (in default thereof) by fuch other 
fub(tantial houfeholders as aforefaid, in 
England, and by the, fchoolmafters or 
fuch other perfons as aforefaid in Scotland ; 
for which purpofe they were directed to 
attend the juftices of the peace, within 
their refpetive jurisdistions, at fuch times 
and places as the {aid juftices of the peace 
appointed, on pain of incurring the penal- 
ties impofed by the faid act for every wil- 
fal default or neglect. 
1ft. How many inhabited houfes are 
there in your parifh, townfhip, or place 3 
by how many families are they occupied 5 
and, how many houfes therein are uninha- 
bited ? 
2d. How many perfons (including chil- 
dren of whatever age) are there actually. 
found within the limits of your parifh, - 
townfhip, er place, at the time of taking 
this account, diftinguifhing males and fe- 
males, and exclufive of men actually lerv- 
ing in his Majefty’s. reeular forces or mi- 
litia and exclufive of feamen either in his 
Majefty’s fervice, or belonging to regif~ 
tered veflels ? 
3d. What number of perfons, in your 
parifh, townfhip, or place, are chiefly em- 
ployed in agriculture ; how many in trade, 
manufaétures, or handicraft; and how 
many are not comprized in any of the pres 
ceding claffes ? 
4th, What was the number of bap- 
tifms and burials in your parifh, townfhip, 
or place, in the feveral years 1700, 1710, 
1720, 1730, 17405 ‘1750, 1760, 1770, 
1780, and each fublfequent year, to the 
31ft day of December 1800, diftinguifhing 
males from femalts ? 
5th. What has been the number of 
marriages in your parifh, townfhip, or 
place, in each year, from.the year 1754 
inclufive to the end of the year 1800 ? 
6th. Are there any matters which you 
ns 
'* Thefe sphomags post of two fmall folios, and are very f{carce, aad nyt to be purchafed 
for lefs than five or ten guineas, 
6th. 
