text:  Population is advancing steadily though slowly in that country crime is stationary or declining;[7] and while the most powerful and efficient police in Europe only bring to light about 7000 serious criminals annually out of 34 000 000 souls--that is 1 in 6700--in Great Britain out of a population including England and Scotland of 18 000 000 in round numbers there were in 1842 no less than 34 800 persons charged with serious crimes before the criminal tribunals or 1 in 514--in other words serious crime is _fourteen times_ as prevalent in Great Britain as it is in France