in one division of France, but in all the divisions of France, and in each distinct class of crime !... Thus maintaining between the different portions of the kingdom, a particular and almost invariable criminal ratio (if I may thus express mysell), which none of the many casualties to which human life is subject, seem effectually to alter or control. A difference of this kind cannot be the effect of law, for the law in all parts of France is the same—it cannot be the effect of accident, because it would not, surely, in that case, perpetually recur. What has instruction to do with it, I mean that, kind of instruction, on which persons, considering these subjects, usually found their propositions ? INSTRUCTION . . . No. of young No. of young men knowing men knowing how to read how to read and write out No. DEPARTMENTS. and write out of 100 in of 100 inscribed. scribed 74 Average 0,38. 73 45 Vaucluse 37 73 46 Ain... 37 72 47 Charente 36 71 48 Aude. 34 71 49 Saône-et-Loire. 32 69 50 Lot-et-Garonne 31 68 51 Cantal 31 67 52 Pyrénées-Orientales. 31 63 53 Haute-Garonne. 31 62 54 Aveyron. 31 62 55 Sarthe 30 60 56 Loire. 29 59 57 Isère . 29 59 58 Landes 28 57 59 Vendée 28 56 60 Lozère 27 54 61 Loir-et-Cher 27 54 62 Ardèche. 27 54 | 63 Indre-et-Loire. 53 64 Tarn-et-Garonne 25 52 65 Vienne 25 51 | 66 Ille-et-Vilaine 25 51 67 Loire-Inférieure 24 49 68 Lot. 24 49 69 Var. 23 47 70 Maine-et-Loire 23 47 | 71 Creuse 23 46 72 Haute-Loire 21 45 73 Tarn 20 45 74 Nièvre 20 45 75 Mayenne 19 45 76 Puy-de-Dôme 19 44 77 Ariège 18 43 78 Dordogne 18 43 79 Indre. 17 4280 Côtes-du-Nord. 16 42 81 Finistère 15 41 82 Morbihan 14 40 83 Cher. 13 40 | 81 Haute-Vienne 13 39 85 Alier. 13 3886 Corrèze , 12 38 1 Meuse. 2 Doubs 3 Jura 4 Haute-Marne 5 Hant-Rhin. 6 Seine 7 Hautes-Alpes. 8 Meurthe 9 Ardennes 10 Marne Il Vosges 12 Bas-Rhin 13 Côte-d'Or 14 Haute-Saône. 15 Aube. 16 Moselle. 17 Seine-et-Oise 18 Eure-et-Loir 19 Seine-et-Marne 20 Oise 21 Hautes-Pyrénées 22 Calvados 23 Eure 24 Aisne. 25 Corse. 26 Pas-de-Calais 27 Yonne 28 Basses-Pyrénées 29 Basses-Alpes . 30 Nord, 31 Rhône 32 Hérault 33 Orne 34 Somme 35 Seine-Inferieure 36 Manche. 37 Loiret. 38 Drôme 39 Deux-Sèvres 40 Gard. 41 Gironde . . 42 Charente-Inférieure 43 Bouches-du-Rhône 44 Gers 27 . INFLUENCE OF THE SEXES. CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON. * In these the maximum is indicated by the algebraic sign + and the minimum by the sign + Assassination is murder premeditated, CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON. |
