[380]. Essay, 2nd ed., p. 317; 7th ed., p. 198, compared with 7th ed., p. 189, &c., above, pp. 115–16.
[381]. Essay, 7th ed., p. 198 note; first printed in 3rd ed. (1806), p. 461 n.
[382]. 2nd ed., p. 302 n.; 7th ed., p. 194 n.
[383]. This is asserted in the Preliminary Report to the last English census (1881). Against the idea, see the Annual Register’s reviews of Eden’s work on the Poor (1797), and of his Estimate of English numbers (1800). The Register had numbered Burke and Godwin among its writers, and was not likely to be behind public opinion.
[384]. See the review of Arthur Young’s Question of Scarcity plainly stated, 1800, in Ann. Register, sub dato.
[385]. Chairman of the Committee on the Public Finances 1797, Speaker of the Commons 1802, Lord Colchester 1817.
[386]. 2nd ed., p. 318; 7th ed., p. 204. Cf. 2nd ed., p. 317; 7th ed., pp. 192, 203, 206, 219, &c.
[387]. 2nd ed., p. 311; 7th ed., pp. 201, 202, foot. Compare 44th Rept. of Reg.-Gen. (England), p. v.
[388]. As e. g. in 1800–1 compared with 1802–3; 7th ed., p. 214.
[389]. 2nd ed., p. 319; 7th ed., p. 205. Cf. passages cited on last page.