COMPARATIVE MORALITY OF DIFFERENT COUNTIES IN ENGLAND AND WALES.
The following interesting table is copied from Mr. Myers' "New System of Geography," a work now publishing in monthly parts, and which, from the manner of its execution, promises to supply an important desideratum, in that branch of literature, created by the recent political changes upon the continent of Europe.
A Table, showing the proportion which the number of persons committed to prison in each county of England and Wales, bears to the whole population; and thus illustrating the influence of local circumstances on the morals of the people. The average of the commitments is taken for thirteen years, viz. from 1805 to 1817, inclusive, and the population, as stated in the returns of 1811.
| Counties. | One in |
| Anglesea, | 18,522 |
| Bedford, | 2,623 |
| Berks, | 1,618 |
| Brecon, | 3,384 |
| Bucks, | 2,562 |
| Cambridge, | 2,386 |
| Cardigan, | 13,612 |
| Caermarthen, | 7,343 |
| Caernarvon, | 9,867 |
| Chester, | 1,638 |
| Cornwall, | 5,287 |
| Cumberland, | 3,904 |
| Denbigh, | 7,077 |
| Derby, | 3,435 |
| Devon, | 1,996 |
| Dorset, | 2,292 |
| Durham, | 4,337 |
| Essex, | 1,435 |
| Flint, | 8,399 |
| Glamorgan, | 4,551 |
| Gloucester, | 1,834 |
| Hants, | 1,230 |
| Hereford, | 1,438 |
| Herts, | 1,636 |
| Huntingdon, | 1,431 |
| Kent, | 1,385 |
| Lancaster, | 1,083 |
| Leicester, | 2,161 |
| Lincoln, | 2,164 |
| Merioneth, | 13,377 |
| Middlesex, | 588 |
| Monmouth, | 2,469 |
| Mongomery, | 3,534 |
| Norfolk, | 1,809 |
| Northamton, | 2,405 |
| Northumberland, | 3,037 |
| Nottingham, | 1,694 |
| Oxford, | 2,151 |
| Pembroke, | 5,669 |
| Radnor, | 3,672 |
| Rutland, | 2,696 |
| Salop, | 2,263 |
| Stafford, | 1,938 |
| Somerset, | 1,369 |
| Suffolk, | 1,731 |
| Surrey, | 1,261 |
| Sussex, | 2,422 |
| Warwick, | 989 |
| Westmoreland, | 5,642 |
| Wilts, | 1,969 |
| Worcester, | 1,668 |
| York, | 3,002 |
For the whole of England, the proportion is 1 in 1,483; for Wales, 1 in 6,213; and for both England and Wales, 1 in 1,554.