[46]. Estimated population of England and Wales in 1770, 7,428,000.—Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates.
[47]. The first census was taken in 1801.
[48]. 1740-1821. The friend and editor of Gibbon.
[49]. Founded 1754, mainly owing to the efforts of Mr. Shipley and Lord Folkestone.
[50]. This evidently depended on the Society of Arts.
[51]. King’s waiter. I have not been able to discover the precise nature of this sinecure.
[52]. ‘Mr. Young is not well, and appears almost overcome with the horrors of his situation; in fact, he is almost destitute. This is a dreadful trial for him, yet I am persuaded he will find some means of extricating himself from his distress—at least, if genius, spirit, and enterprise can prevail.’—Early Diaries of Fanny Burney.
[53]. Dr. Alexander Hunter, died 1809, editor of Evelyn’s Sylva, and author of Georgical Essays, ‘an able and esteemed work’ (Lowndes).
[54]. Appears to have been brother to the Hon. Robert Arbuthnot, third son of John, Viscount Arbuthnot, whose death is recorded in the Annual Register of 1801.
[55]. First Marquis of Lansdowne; took part in Lord Chatham’s Ministry.