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this va>t empire is in Asia ; from these, and similar accounts, thetotal population of Europe is nearly as follows:
Italy and its islands.11,000,000
Great Britain and Ireland.15,100,000
.Denmark and Norwav.. 3,700,000
Prussia .. 6,000,000
Total.130,000,000
The act for ascertaining the population of Great Britain waspassed on the last day of the year 1800; it directed a general enu-meration of houses, families, and persons; and the proper officersof the several parishes and places were ordered to take the accounton the 10th of March, 1801, in England and Wales; and in Scot-land as soon as possible after that day. This difference was neces-sary, because in the colder climate of Scotland , it was not certainthat all parts of the country would be easily accessible so early inthe year. An abstract of the returns was laid before both housesof parliament; and the summary of the enumeration appeared tobe as follows:
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of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, and Sark , the Scilly islands, andthe Isle of Man , were not comprised in the enumeration ; the to*tal population of these islands has been usually estimated at about80,000 persons. The number of houses in Ireland has been nearlyascertained by the collection of the hearth-money-tax, from whichit has been computed, that the population of that part of the unitedkingdom somewhat exceeds four millions of persons. On theseconsiderations, with a very moderate allowance for omissions inthe returns, the total population of the united kingdom of GreatBritain and Ireland, amounts to 15,100,000 persons; and, besidesthese, its eastern and western possessions and colonies containmany natives of the British isles. The proportion of persons to ahouse appeared by the returns to be as follows:
In England.5*
Wales.5
Scotland.5f
Population of the principal Sea-Ports and Manufacturing Townsof Great Britain, and of France .
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BRITAIN’.
Inhabitants..864,845
Inhabitants.
. 84,020
Bourdeaux.
..112,844
. 82,560
Lyons.
..11 1,130
Bristol .
Lisle.
Plymouth ...
. 43,iy4
Norwich.
. 36,832
. 32,166
Strasburg.
Portsmouth .
Cologne.
Sheffield.
. 31,314
Hull.
Dunkirk.
. 28,861
Brest.
Newcastle...
. 28,366
A new act has lately passed for ascertaining the population ofthe united kingdoms. The returns are now, July 30th, 1811,making up; and it is to be hoped, when published, will give amore accurate statement than any we have yet received. SeePolitical Arithmetic, and Mortality.
POPULUS, tlie Poplar; a genus of the octandria order,and dicecia class of plants ; natural order Amentaccsc. Calyx ofthe amentum a lacerated, oblong, and squamous leaf; corolla tur-binated, oblique, entire: female lias the calyx of the amentumand corolla the same as in the male ; stigma quadrifid ; capsulebilocular, with many pappous seeds. It has eleven species, ofwhich the P. Alba, P. balsamifera, P. Canadensis, P. Fasticata,P. major, P. nigra, P. Tacamahaca, P. tremula, and P. Vir-ginian;!, are the most remarkable.
PORANA, in botany, a genus of the monogynia order, and.pentaudria class of plants. Calyx five-cleft, in the fruit larger;corolla bell-shaped ; style semibifid, longer, permanent ; stigma 9globular; pericarp two-valved. There is only one species, P.volubilis, a native of the East Indies.
PORCAH, a town of llindostan, inTravancore, on the coast ofMalabar, 75 miles N.W. of Travancore . Lon. 76. 1!). E. Lat.y. 15. N.
PORCELAIN, a fine kind of earthen ware, chiefly manufac-tured in China , and thence called China-ware. All earthen wareswhich are white and semitransparent are generally called porce-lains: and amongst these, great differences are so evident, that evenpersons who are not connoisseurs in this way prefer much the por-celain of some countries to that of others. The word porcelain isclearly of European derivation; as the Chinese language has nosuch sounds. Some derive it from porcelum , which in the Por-tuguese language signifies a cup. Porcelain is called in China ts6-ki. Tlie first porcelain seen in Europe was brought from Japan and China. r l he first European porcelains were made in Saxony and in France; and afterwards in England, Germany, and Italy :but as all these were different from the Japanese , so each of themhad its peculiar character. The finest and best porcelain of China9 is