The Express. — London, England, 1851-08-02 00:00:00

istroducing them to the home market. The mast 1 decision of the House of Commons has give. • great satisfaction to every one interested in the , retention of the try.tal Palace, and within the building itself is looked upon as tan t am ount to a Ike in perpetuity. The Society of Arts has already acted. ces the hint, having initiated thirty committews for teen of the thirty Ketiollll with instructions to report every year so to the progress made in their several departments, such reports to be pub lished. If these consolidations go on and Weed, theml will soon be wanted a new cabinet minister to preside over what will ecrtaiuly be one of the most important depart- i ments in the state. The beat was by no menu oppressive' on Thursday, the late improvements in ventilation having proved quite successful. The numbers were, 67,849. Ma Cash account, July 31. 1 At the doors £4BOO 16 0 Total receipts Futustr. The Exhibition is now in taid-career, or, if its exist race he divided into two equal portions, it has jut a Munched on the second half, without any appearance of baring yet passed the grand climacteric. The statistical 9 Worn of visitors during the first three months, published 10 In 'wither column, is a most interesting document, and can hardly fail to have many peruser,. It shows the highest attendance in any one week since the opening 14 to have been 30.5,t513. This 'was in the weak ending July is 19, which was c oincident with the Royal Agricultural 141 Cattle Show at Windsor; while the lowest return is that for the week ending May 10, the number then, under the 1 1 high-priced ri , 9iesit, being 118,2.50. As the total attendance tip to yesterday evening was 278,704 it is not probable that the present week will fall far short of its highest predecessor. Who will deny that, so far, the Exhibition has been successful ; that it has fulfilled the im mediate purpose, first of concentrating in one spot a magni ficent ass. &doge of peaceful trophies, such as poetry never I dreamt of, and, second's, of securing a reunion of intellect, of sympathy, and of is rowel intercourse, such as philosophy never conceived possible. 3,182,074 visitors—or at least visits—ari-ing from innocent and, perhaps, useful impulses, within three months! Such is the aggregate of the first three months. Who was such an enthusiast as to expect MOT.. ? Who, looking at all that has occurred, could have wished lees ? It is a general subject of congratulation that the strueture• which is hallowed by such humanising associations is not at on.ec to b ruddy rased to the ground; that it is at least n spited for a time; and that there is reason to hope that when the soul—the Eslailition, strictly so called—is scattered to the four 'loaners of the globe, the crystal ha • bitatinn which it tenanted will merely undergo a species of metempsychosis, and continue its existence in some other fiirtn. The ato indents , yesterday was of an nverige de mrripfion on halt-erows days. Many of the country visitors pava: prolonged tie it stay, wound up with a quiet in spection, ernbliwg them mentally to gather up and note down the observations made on successive days. It was gratifying, too, to find another metropolitan school peram bulating the building : this was the Marylebonc Parochial Gies , s e hout, c i nsisting of 127 girls—at least that was the numbs r pen. nt—superiotendesl by two or three lain( sof the district. Suck spectacles it cannot but gratify to read of ; it is positively iklitibtful to witness them, and it i s to be hoped, that if there are ane managers of wheels who do not willingly imitate the re soople thus sit, they will hi' sls.,mid into &log so by the dried of an ungracious sin gularity. Tin following are the returns for the day : Cash aceolust, August I. Season tickets At the slows Total tettripto • At ettlecod prim. EXIIIDITOIN OF 1861. t,,•,.., t. the Howe .4 COlllllllllOllO MI the wales. thatcht on humble e.00e.. h. pr. welted t. ter itakely, preying r Wordy roll b ivritoell p.• • el t *aired. te wee Crew uto her 111k1 1.114 11 ..4,. .1.. Cryo 0 1 1 41 K. Is. per.errel WAN the In 0 f NiAr 01 . 14 • .1 . , , ..{. • .0 the-nein , if oh it towel Wetter, or any portion of ii. r.,n t 0...! .4 to p op.. of psbt Writ. ea I rye cat, 4 ... Oar. 1,•11.,..11 . , -Ile honer 41.144; Ayes :3; :eon, 17. ATI& Add... lc , . C. I. Vernon, W.I. Moffat, Benito At oe., Vona.. I 13., John lberat, lAtr.ol A, ..,., Ti,,,,... i.. PAM% Mai tellrial.l. It...eh kW. lien Vedye.W.l. rout. % ./ IMW• ern... W 11.1161 11. EIWORI.. WaIIIME 1 . 11112 e,.. Villitaa /W... 11 e1...1 t. E. ,-tar, Matthew Bien. Unary Bet, 1e... Fes, W. J. Itionb,l4. Leaks Z. 11.1 e. it.ch.oil 11. Ve'er. A r.. nalsoy,eoiowel Blanienew. W. s. leech. tear ea Veedier, 1 kettle *tooth. mr 11. U. I:novena, Kul re Aril, Captme bright. lobo ilalletWlL V. B. Menlo.. fieorige r. lea 'drama. Milt Ilernam. I. V- Wean, John 11. *Who Yoe. Jo. ph I Wein:lel. ; 41 0 1.11.0.41.1. 0.110 E. Beelairy, V- 11. Ikea, Allender Tenneot, It a. r. J. 1111.10.0. $0 It. N. 110.041.11tal Its Tholopror, Colonel Cart. r. Jobe K. Motwn, 8010 rt Thom; •011. 1.1.0., Maio, W. J. lbotana. (Aerie 'Merely. Itotrue (lola, 0 • Oh J. hnoore, 1.040. 1'i614.0., line. Chases Cloy, 1....40 1i.1.1100. J in.. W ilrie;ey. roe lobos Clay, nir William knelt% V. N. Watkino, Column L. Carte n. 144.. Sir T. E. Keno. 11 , ,5. W, K. Wilke; P. lortibir 0. .,. r. 11 ... n. r. 1 ,„,,,,,,, j ,„,,,, l i, Noiliatao, N Men (to;. S r W. t;„ W' hep r, Joh% 11 doe, ...limes Bier, I :ri.ol Mahon, The orch flit .11S. Ditaton.l... ere Bother's, Colonel lleyeeod, J. Elinienon. Coo tint Mouotel , lbw. J. r. Walat7, T. Sli *FA Arm... , rr, It 11. Vol. S. W. le 1 Oltricn, Sir Tories Belo., tooter French. Vitae (Theo I'•tripc..loLn Ileuv. !IV. 1111. V. B. 000.100$, Ikon. H. la OLCoherl Rol ~ lie. Vol. 1..•511.. John Weenie. Soh,' Item. ton. 'Mnt ..`A'. ilona. t. Air John seyolour, Lid Clesiele., Ike. I. S. Miter. Ilan. N'.l:. Mahan, Colo.. I Get% 1 liana. a. Male,. those. L. opooner, Itiell ad Co:e., lb my U. loodi.„ liir K. 11. Mout, told Jame, Cuba,. N it lea J. 0.13 4, Viezount Stour., Julio D dram. Ili n. T. V. Bona, C olorel Warm, ler . us T. la no. a. John E. Leonard, Mame B. Wood. Kir W. C. Deli, 1 /010110 101111.. C. W pal, 11. W. W. lawn, NI aqui. of I.l4.lnontos, Manes Team, George V. lewd" 800. sOr :1. Martin, John Kara . .... Ili Illy 114.00termen. John Tr 1.1.111... Elliot 1100. J. E. altlemot. Vocount Paring, 11. itotomie.,l. M. O. klial inn. loorph It. Grey, R. W. !legitlos tlw lost articles accumulated at the Crystal Palate. others have folkn into the hands of the police, but by taY the Knatrf number are in the hands of the Ittgistrar of Hackney Carriages, at Sonwrat-house, :old a very strik ing increase i to be observed consequent on the Exhibition. The number of articles lost is as hinting January, 113; I February, 113; March, 107 ; April, 1%. With the open- I ing of the Exhibition the numbers jump up: May, 213; June, 3 itl; July, to the 19th, 2(M. The total since the opening of the Exhil•ition is about 8110 articles, lodged by the rab-drivers w ith the authorities. fhc Nlarylebune committee met on Tuesday to con sider the propriety of appointing a d. putution to attend the Chief of the removal of the Exhibition Building; but, under the existing eireunntances, and the vote in the House of Coins mons Oil the ilreVvinnie evening, the committee (lid not (on side% it necessary to appoint a deputation. The petition just presented to the Howie of Commons, from the Wm- I uitants of the borough of 31arylebone, for the retention of the building, received upwards of fourteen thousand live hundred signatures, principally from the traders in the borough. ert.EME.NT List DE I'lll2E* AWAROF.D IN CLA‘n I X.—AI.KBYLTUKAL lIIPLEBF.NTs.—No. 128. Bar nett, Ezell, and Andrews, Reading, for their steam engine thrashing machine, and patent gear and linseed and torn ennlwr.—No. .510. Delstamlie, Brabant, Belgium, a plough.--No. 74. Jenken, W., l'trecht, a plough.—No. 444. Prouty and Mears, Boston, United States, a plough.— No. 102 S. Yalbot, Brothers, near Bourget, France. a plough. —Vichun, Lyme., a wed and corn separator. honourable Mention.—'.o. 2Sa. Fowler, J.. Bristol, draining plough.— J. A. 1.1.01 u, Special Commissioner, Deputy in charge of Jury IX.--July 31, 1851. A PAIILIAMENTA BY PAVER WAS PRINTED ON Mt/NllAlt containing a copy of the royal warrant to enter on the ground in Ityde-park fer the Great Ex bibition, and a copy of the deed of covenant from the. Commissioners to her Majesty, by which they undertake that the said Exhibition "shall be closed and concluded on or before the 14 November, 1831." According to this agreement, all things are to he removed and carried away at the expense of the ennllnip•ioo,..ls by the lst June, 1632, sad they will be—if the public do not interfere. THE EXHIBITION AND Tilt PORT OF SOUTH- AtirroN.—A return of the number of passengers which have landed in the Southampton Ducky during the month of July has been published. The aggregate exhibits a remarkable incnow when contrasted with the corresponding Au:nab of ISIO, and may doubtless be attributed, in a great 'wa gon., to the influx of foreign visitors to the Great k.thi hiti,m, During the past month the total number of pas sengers who have landed in the Southampton Docks from abroad is 6.61.10 against 1,931 in July, lak). 01 tht se. 4,034 are foreigners; viz.. 3,096 males, sit females, and 197 chil dren. By a government order, the number of aliens landing here is rovswarded every night to the home-othee. The number of packages of baggage passing through the dock warehouse has b ee n 12,311 against 3,209 in July last year. The fore going return iaeludes the passengers from the Edit Indies, China. the Un lieu States, the Mediterranean, the Brazils, South America. the Pacific, Spain, Portugal. Turkey, France, Jersey, G aernsey, &e. The principal increase has been from France orad the Channel Islands. The tonal of passengers from g ra ,Nce (principally from Paris) has been 3,73.5, against 279 last year, and from the Channel Islands 2,137, against 1,179. 71" cheap through fares by the South Western steam e rs and ctilway appear, therefore, to have attracted an illilnCl3.• int..lllllC of travellers bv this route from the French capital and the Channel !stands. The liavre and Channel Islands s t 'eamers bring, on an average, JO pasecuitcrs and 300 package* of baggage each voyage, the former arriving daily, the latter tame times a-week. From the excellent arracgerseuts Wade by the Customs sad dock authorities, the passengers are :laded. their baggage examined, and sent to the railway statlan within as Your of the time of the respective packets t qilchusg the dock quay. OFFICIAL STATISTIC* OF THE tt !MACE. t Return, showing for each day since May 1 to July 31, the ♦•stlmated dmly number of visitors to tha Eabiln non, the receipts at the doors, and the lamest umber of penes in the building at any one time. llitabet of Pamir mina at the I dawn. it Ile X s Tata Number •elks saw wr e ts 1 Nt a i:rot 1 llla ?mass sad Esibitere Oa the Banda' Amadei , * • , at say is attimted I ass Wu. ar 1 the Palk& 1 27,120 29,243 34,249 31.393 31.322 41,212 --121,• 7,0091 21,402 2,01:1 1 39,090 3,111 O,R* 4,370 1 41,950 45,1 .9 111,167 28,350 —1 022,1' 61,1.57 731,' 3,7001 290 lon I 5 96, 0,622 6,019! 65,655 5,917 $5,2" 3,060 26.134 4001 14996 1 4 . 4 . 0 54,191 4, 4 : 4 4.6697 4 5 . 13 47,754 lASI 49,318 8.370 L 7,361 Imo/ _33%385 34,9331 —... 1,219,10.5 LODI 5.‘,769 4.30 I 59,134 4.4 11 4 1 6:,691 41_ 41 1 a %IN 34,31 0. 980 12,732 — 1 —303,013 21,604-4 o'el. •,U3-4 „ 51J,7:1 los.sal 4 40 4.411 4311 6.11. CAM 63,391 "Id sly 111 EMS 11.$01 —191,1 4,1;24 2,57; 1,149 2,122 4,!*/0 4,1122. 113 , 1* 3,3 O 1 32x0 51,1V1) 4'099 35,633 26,04 11,747 44,167-3 46,159-3 .7,523-3 39,144-3 12,555-4 10,925-5 2,0847311 81,670 11.3,9 , 0 61,191 Mora 11,181 —2841,4V1 2,330,1•4 300 I n?,6114 4.1111 '1.13'1 t 421 60,06 3.11 41,716 IMS. 33,138 501N,4 *AN - -101.133 Aim - %MANI 6,673 6,610 1,4310 63, i6l 1.52% 60,39) 44,374-4 34,422 111,473-3 44,792 -2 1%10-2 6,607-1 1,737 so. o, 4,457 , 15,371 ; -3 UAW -2 43.731-4 45.641 -2 31,613-3 PAO -3 27,15 t 21,4112 10.951 U 10.177; 40,00-2 43.717-2 39,472-2 11,01-3 2P,943-1 2,276- 3 700605-1 ~ $4,116 -3 „ 41,3112 - 3 ~ 31,314-3 „ 13,361-4 „ 1,433-3 ~ 33,1 A-3 01,00-3 041.333 - 3 31,235-3 C,700-3 7,121-3 67,170 .. ..31••••••• I 31,311-2 35. 21 -2 41 1213-3 4",1111- 3 21,323-1 1,546-s 61.607-2 „ 37.677-2 „ 47,499-2 „ ASO „ 104 - 6 4112;t • Loul 1,363 1,434 4;40 2,014 1,824 1,443 1304 04 311 ~ii,si~i 1,43241 3 0 , 1,0340 5 0 7,168 0 3,07210 50 7,1100 II 0 7,173 0 5 0 41,19 i 1 1 9,1900 5 0 1,91 h ,J 5 5,259;0 5 9,761,0 3 0 10,216'3 5 0 , 9,339'9 3 31 5,3661 I , 9,2100 5 0 • 13,4439 5 0 • 14,9100 SI) 15,3510 3 I 3 M 19,31130 5 I. 4 13.,315,9 S 0, h 9,4 5 ,1 11409 19 1 4' • 6 19,0 920 2 7 , 0 01 1,147 17 6 ' 57,1511 loi 1,369 4 g 47,51 n q 0 1 1,375 It O 23,7.3,9 61 20;5 11 7,0330 6 1,770 '- 109,617 2 41,331 0 1 I 3 43,30:40 l o', 4 60,0100 19 1 3 31,3370 101 g 3,49+10 011 7 3,3165 1 0 50 \ 1111,91. g 41,714;0 19 10 45.34 44 II 43,2150 6, 12 44141 . 0. 13 17, • 14 6,315 01 3, 16 1161 H 1 17 1714.. I I IS 13,112 id I 10 . 37,1147 1 * 1 • ti * XI!: 3 • CAM 0 3 167,3413 U 0.53; 0 I 24 53,73.1 I 12 01,63 I• ▪ 14,4104 N NON ' • owe sato a ago 1 I !; lii:iii ,7,8541 1:2,9311 F,424 1 2,314 t ol l 2,472 51 , 13,314 1(180,1 3,30 OP $,3410 !. 51 ! .1 1 0 1 l 109 4.1 sons MAN i 142001 I tun 2,129 l i 2,11 2,U10 11. 2.51111 17 2,353 11 1.523 IS 13.664 14 2,01 13 2,10 3,t13 1, 1,1111 mots U k$Sl 41.1 Mel _lll MIN SAW 1,24 1•1 r efaxp! , ) I • I 41,1/s.• I e $ $3,1M30 I 0 4 WsAa WI 3 6 r s 14431 MISII 2 , 1,1 k• Lel 00 1,80 I 12.1,1071 - 7 17,01 1.1 I 61. 9 4 3: , 1 9 51,214 ' 0 le I 99,1r4.1 11 [ 11,1 67 ! • IS %VI 1 -- 14 1 111,114. I II 79,041 1 1 Is &SAW 1 t 17 P.,413 11 14 IS ,S 4 19 SOO 9 191,440 21 1 6G,7 :7 • ••• i 1, li ; 14 . 1.7 $1 OM 111,4111 WI 191 2,41 2i 1,363151 14,4:4 :,us ;!, 21 61,71 44,771 4%711 23,117*: 5.9 1 J33 - ,711b ) 0,6 Y 16,711.;1 ;iii • ten • kW U 1.44 4 I "25 SNIP 14111 2.38) 3,270! 3,484 2,47 t. s 2,0•7 I OW %al 471,11 7 IMO 1 17,sis 2,216 7 2,230 2 2,41 14 2,264 1 2,1.64 0 1,176 1. kV; 2.666 1.11111 I,tal I 15,000 15,500 15,452 17,736 12,133 19,477 21,072 19,614 22,136 11 21,322 23,945 23'n'i rests which which R should be osr especial OM to Pro ton& • ooT that. inkjet co easels • far different treatment li• which we eowild - :tn i but ince its dictates are left ed we exercise lf'.e privilege we possess, deliberately emphatically to protest, in the strongest manner Peodble, attain!t ti e further continuance of such treatment co dm Pie of "w`. Royal Commissioners." The.iPsakc* commented in very strong terms on the con \ &Rd 'Lee emeentive committee of the Royal Commission. U. Will isulleeted that Prince Albert (whose conduct he ldedg ealogieed) had said, when the deputation waited on • that be regretted that the executive committee had tpbseed such • resolution as that which excluded the cx bitors. hi 1 After a very irregular and disorderly discussion , t he chair man was reminded that the report had not been moved. The motion that the report be received having been 1 seconded, was carried unanimously. On the subject of how the protest should be disposed, a very protracted discussion followed, and various amend ments were proposed. The result was that the meeting adopted a resolution that the protest should be presented to his Royal Highness Prince Albert by a numerous deputa tion. The next resolution proposed the application of the sur plus funds to the establishment of a permanent museum— not to be carried out under the controul of the Society of Arta. A correction left out the last sentence, requiring the management to be in the hands of a committee of exhibi tors. With this alteration the motion was carried. Other resolutions were carried, and a vote of thanks hav ing been given to the chairman and committee, the meeting separated after two hours and a half discussion, in the course of which much irrelevant matter was mooted. ITIIE DINNER TO MR. PAXTON AT DERBY. In consequence of the Parisian fetes to be held in honour of the royal commissioners, Mr. Paxton, Mr. Fox, and others, having been fixed to take place on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and sth of August, the stewards appointed to superin tend the cinncr to be given to Mr. Paxton on the sth of August met on Saturday last, and determined upon altering the day from August sth to last Thursday. The time being short, circulars were immediately sent out, an nouncing the new arrangement. " Mr. Paxton (said thecom mittee•) had felt himself obliged to decline going to Paris—a resolution dictated by a respect for his Derbyshire friends, of which the committee entirely approve; taut they feel persuaded that all his friends will agree with them, that no provincial arrangement should be permitted to interfere with the friendly demonstration of the French capital, and that the obstacle to Mr. Paxton's accept ance of the invitation to Paris should be removed by changing the day for the dinner to be given to him at Derby. — The announcement was made to Mr. l'axton by telegraph, which, however, did not reach him until evening, when he immediately wrote off, stating that the day must remain as originally fixed. A gentleman went to London to inform Mr. Paxton that the eirculara had been issued, but Mr. Paxton stated that he land written to Paris dt dining the invitation, and that, under all the circumstances, and ' considering that the Duke of Devonshire and many of his friends could nut attend on the 31st of July, he lic.ageil that no alteration of the time would be made, and then wrote the following letter, which was, at his request, pub:ished in a circular:— ' Devonshire-house, Piccadilly, July 28, 1851.—My dear Sir,-1 ant exceedingly obliged to the gentlemen who have done me the honour to art as stewards of the prop:sett din ner to be given to me at Derby, for the kind motives which prompted them to alter the day originally appointed, in order that I might attend the Parisian fetes. I hail, how ever, already written to l'aris to decline the invitation with which I was honoured, and as not only my own convenience but the convenience of others wiU be consulted by holding the dinner on the sth of August—the day originally ap pointed-1 shall feel obliged if you will issue the necessary announcement to that ettect. Believe me, my dear Sir, pert very t.uly, • Thomas Gisborne, Esq." " JOSEPH P.ex•roN. The dinner is, therefore, to take place on the oth of August. It was ultimately arranged that Mr. Paxton should recall his letter declining the Parisian invitat ion, and go to that city on Friday, returning on Monday in time I•ur the dinner, as it turns out that the grand banqu:d dikes place on Saturday next. We understand that the Du'ae of lkvonshire was of the same opinion us Mr. Paxton with reference to the proposed alteration of the day, and that his grace fully intends being in Derby on the 3th of Augu-t. We are happy to say that his grace is pretty nearly restored to his usu• health. Earl Granville will he obliged to re. main in Paris staring the fetes. The following ga utlemen will attend the dinner on the sth of August, who could not have slime so on Thursday last : —Mr. John luster, Mr. Douglas Jerrold, Mr. Mark Lemon, Mr. G. A. Alleekett, Mr. Percival L.•igh, Mr. Leech, Mr. Horace Mayhew, &e. —Derbyshire (1/4ruilicte. 9,1121 11.112.0711 JAMES WADE, Registrar. MEETING OF EXHIBITORS. A special meeting of the exhibitors was held on Thursday night, at St. Martin's-hill, Long-acre, which was conveyed by Mr. Harry Winton, the chairman of the com mittee, it being stated on the cards that business of the 1 greatest importance to the exhibitors would be brought fur ward. The lull was well filled. Irons a n port read by the SECUETARY, it appeared that the object of the meeting was to cousider a protest, framed la accordance with a resolution passed at Crosby-hall, and condemning the conduct of the Royal Commissioners " in withholding from thine who have made the Exhibition what it is, their fair and just right to as free admission." The protest, it seemed, had been sent to about 5,000 exhibitors, and signed by about SW. The existence of this paper having been uotified to the Royal Commissioners, they re pl that, according to their instructions , the iedrules on the subject of admission were construed so liberally that it was I impossible there could be any case of individual grievance, I and that consequently they declined to-open the question of ' the admission of exhibitors. The CILIIRMAN, in opening the question, explained that what they wanted was free admission at all hours at all door., in au honourable, awl not in a menial, capacity. By pertinacity he had gut this for himself. he laboured for it, as es Wince for others, not merely as an advantage to himself, and now he would not stop till he had won fur all ' 1 what he had obtaiued fur himself. He "protested against the nasty manner iu which they had given the partial ashuissi..u.'• . ... _ _ .. . . . . Mr. HARRIS, secretary, followed, asserting that by ex periment he had ascertained that he could only gain rms non to his own property as an attendant, and could not get to it, therefore, unless lie puts his pen to a lie. I:nle,:x they wrist as 3,ervauto, they could not go at all. Mr. llarris eon chided by tearing up, amid much applause, the ticket which'; he had received as attendant, refusing to obtain by a sub terfuge. or to accept as a favour, that to which they were all entitled as a right. Mr. unTIE then read the following protest: " We, the undersigned, exhibitors at the Great Exhibition of Industry of all Nations, desire to express our unqualified opinion of the very unjust and harsh treatment we have hitherto experienced, and are now receiving, at the hands of the Royal Commissioners. We feel, iudepvudently of the • . questruir of right, which has already beer; raised, that the continued exclullion of exhibitors, except upon terms de grading in the extreme, is indeed but •miserable return for the immense amount ot• labour and money which has been enpt•ndsd by them in responding to the Appeal of the Royal e teed that such treatment is as impolitic as it lounge , nerous, and that a perseverance in it would only tend to frustrate some of the important objects which the illustrious president had in view when he consented to take the grand and noble design under his special protection. " We bad hoped that all the facilities fur the study of the vast collection of the products of industry from the four ' (twisters of the globe—as promised by the Royal Commis sioners in an early stage of their proceedings—would have been afforded to us without let or hindrance. We have, indeed, great cause to deplore that it is otherwise. We feel that by such conduct on the part of the Commissioners, towards the British exhibitors in particular, a humiliating spectacle is presented to the world at large. The Royal COMe missioners are engaged in a protitless and unseemly eon test, and while exhibiting to the congregated thousands the choicest treasures of each nation, of which they are merely temporary poos:isors, they are at the *AMC time excluding that vast and important body of exhibit ors who, by their 1 skill ingenuity, and untiring energies, have made the spectacle by far the grandest which list ever been recorded in the annals of the world's history. " We deny that in urging our claims we:are influenced by the sordid and mercenary motives attributed to us; in some instances, indeed, it is impossible to be so, season tickets having been purchased previously to the opening of the Exhibition. We feel that a precaldeut is likely to be ens- successfully resisted—injurious to chow _ . THE CENSUS FOR 1851. .. From the summaries of the enumerators employed in taking the census, a series of tables have been compiled, and presented to parliament, showing the population and. • houses in the divisions, registration counties, and districts of lEngland and Wales, in the counties, ei.:,es, and burghs of whichanarteh revision whole o ; le but,has am beeleo:s i. - 1 1 I Scotland, and in the islands in the British Seas. pil T ed he h r a a v ri e o n u o s t a y cc e: ' ::ner n d tsf go rm ne preliminarily informed, no errors sufficient to invalidate the' fair inferences to be drawn from these figures need be feared : —careful scrutiny will only detect minute i•saccurad e s, I The following facts arc taken from digests of the returns , which have been published : The population of Great Britain and of the islands in the British Seas, as enumerated on March 31, 1851, was 120,936,468; and that part of the army, navy, and mer- I chant service belonging to Great Britain, but out lof the country when the census was taken, has been I estimated from retuana to have been 167,604: that of the total number of tnese persons, 21,104,072, 10,360,325 (including the 167,004 absent soldiers and sailors) were males, the remaining 10,743,747 females ; and the prepon derance of females over males, 383,422. The actual, increase in the intervals of the censuses between 1801 and tlie present year has been steady, and, till within the last interval, progressive. The total increase in Great ' Britain and the Islands in the British Seas, for these fifty years, has been 10,317,917—that from 1811-51 being 2,227,438; for 1831.41, 2,260,749; for 1821-31, 2,181,542 ; for 1811-21, 2,132,896; for 1801-11, 1,479,162. The ',opus lation (thus nearly doubled) numbered• therefore, in 1801, it will be seen, 10,567,893 souls, whereas it now counts 20,936,468. This result is somewhat, but not materially, dis turbed, by some variations at the different periods in the mode of enumerating the army and navy. Females, of course, under such circumstances do not affect, and the =tun increase in their number during the fifty years under review is said to have been 5,198,063, whilst that of males is com puted at 5,119,854. The proportion maintained between the sexes has fluctuated considerably at the different periods quoted; from 1801-11, fur instance, the increase of males was 710,922, that of females, 768,619. In the next period the scale is turned, and against an increase of males of 1,137,804 we have that of females, 995,092. There were in 1801 in (heat Britain and the islands in the British Seas' .5,024,035 males, 5,542,856 females. There were in March 31st, 1811, excluding the absent soldiers and sailors men tioned above, 10,192,721 males, 10,743,717 females. The rate of increase per cent. for the entire population for 50 years has therefore been 98 per cent. ; the annual rate of increase per cent. in 50 years, 187. Of the whole number (20,936,468) thus enumerated on 31st March last, England and Wales contained 17,922,768 persons ; Scotland, 2,870,781; and the islands in the British Sew, 142,916. In each the number of females is greater than that of males. In England and Wales there were, at the enumeration, houses inhabited, 3,280,961 • in Scotland, 366,650; in islands in the British Seas, 21,826 ; uninhabited in England and Wales, 112,896; in Scotland, 11,916; Islands in the British Seas, 1,077: building in England and Wales, 26,531; Scotland, 2,378; Islands in the British Seas, M. Coming next to " divisions " and "registration counties," the reader is somewhat puzzled at the alteration here made in the ',coition of the local landmarks on which he has been accustomed to rely. The registration counties, for instance, comprise groups of registration districts generally canter- MiIIOUS with poor-law unions; consequently the aggregate of such districts Willem correspond with the precise bound aries of the actual counties. According to these arrange ments, the enuineratiau at Bristol—which is included in one division—occasions sniae surprise till viewed by that of Bed minster, which is placesl in another; the appal ent inconsia toter then disappears. First, then, in the London division, including ports of Middlesex, Suirey, and Kent, we have enumerated, for 18.51, 2,361,610 persons, 1,103.730 of them males, 1,247,910 females. Of this total, male and female, Middlesex (part of) 70144 the large at proportion, 1,741,094; Surrey (part o the next, 482,310; and Kent (part of) the third, 131,23 a. The !minion division, in 1801, contained 958,803 souls, and there 11:u been an increase of 1,391,963 between that time and the present. The rate of increase during the live decennial periods which it includes has not fluctuated to any reularLable extent. For the half century it has been 10.51 ; annual, 1.81. The South-Eastern Division, made up of Surrey (extra metropolitan), Kent (extra metropolitan), Sussex, Hamp shire, and Berkshire, contained a population in 18111 of 878,066; in 11451, 1,619,351 ; the increase, 741,294; and the rate of increase for the halt-century, 81.42. The South Midland Division —co ns istirg of Middlesex _ .. (extra metropolitan), Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Ox fordshire, Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedford shire, and Cambridgeshire-wb:ch in 1801 numbered 707,322 reasons, increased its population in the half-century by 326,100, and at the rate of 74.41 in the filly years. • The Eastern Division-Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk-pro gre seed at the rate of increase for the half-century of 59.e8, A SuGGESVION.-Within the last few days Col. its population growing from 096,223 tu 1,111,701, an addition Lloyd, ILE., one of the special commissioners, has sag- of 414.178 during that period. gesieil an idea which is well worthy of consideration, and The South-Westsni Division-Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, which he thus announces:-" In a very short lapse of time Devonshire, Cornwall, Somersetshire-enumerating in lbol the vast and wondrous collection of the natural pro- a population of 1,100,311, shows now a difference of ducts of the earth, as well as the specimens of human e 97,938, having mounted up in the interval to 1,798,232, the skill and ingenuity, which arc now beneath the roof rate of increase for the half century 63.13. of the Crystal Palace, will be dispersed and returned to The West :Slidiand lavision-Gloucestershire, Hereford ,' their several owners. With that distribution will pan shire, Shropshire, Stafforilahire, Worcestershire, Warwick away for ever the most favourable opportunity that shire-advancing. in the fifty years at the rate of 93.61, has England ever posacwred of forming, at slight ex- now a population of 2,131,601, where, in 1801, it numbered pulse and very little labour, a vast and most outs 1,049,191. The difference is 1,012,113. useful collection of the products and works illustrating the 'the North Midland Division-Lricestershire, Rutland arts and manufactures of the world, which might tierce shire, Lincolnshire, Notts, Derbyshire-with a population the nucleus of a still more extensive museum of practical i n 1801 o f 611,197, an d an increa s e mince then of 562,791, knowledge and manufactures, the want of which has been has at present 1,213,958 ; the rate of increase for the period long felt in this country. Before it may be too late I 86.42, would take the liberty to urge that this favourable orppoes The North-Western Division-Cheshire and Lancashire tunity may be taken advantage of. I would therefore -by an addition of 1,009,722, has progressed from 872,663 suggest to the royal commissioners that, under their sane- to 2,482,353; the rate of increase in the fifty years being tion, a circular be addressed to all such exhibitors who may 1144•16. have contributed to the Exhibition raw materials, pre- The York Division-West Riding, East Riding (with duets, process's of manufactures, Ismael., stes. propoaing York), North Riding-advancing at the rate of 10 . ,6 in ll to them that such contribution., a. re practicable, limy the half-century. adds 934,397 to its population of 1801, and be made :e donation to some public institution for the h as now 1,78.1,680. diffusion of general practical knowledge, and that sock The Northern Division-Durham, C'umberland, West circular be followed up by proper personal application to all moreland-shows an incisive for the fifty years at the rate parties where convenient. I would also propose that the of 98•17-a population of 4r43,347 having grown into one of objects so presented should be placed under the charge of 96',1,277-difference, 477,930. the Society of Arts and Si:WOLIN of London, fur which Thu Welsh Division-Monmoutlishirc, South Wales, purpose a proper building should be obtained by means North Wales-less now a population of 1,183,317, and had voted from the funds of the Royal Commission, who would in 1801 one of 601,717. The increase has been :181,7341; impose certain conditions, if necessary, for the due fulfil- an d th e rate of increase 96.67. ment of the charge which, under such circumstances, Coming next to the sub-divisions, of which these divisions would be entrusted to them. Such a museum would ire made, we find that in the London division approach in its object the establishment in Paris termed Middlesex (part of) had in 1801 a population of 7.16,718, the Conservatoire des Arts et MihierS. The archive. and has now one of 1,7:0,992. Surrey (part of) had then of the Society of Arts will show how greatly the 161,642; has now 480,472. Kent (part of) had then 50,303; country has been indebted for more than half a cen- h as now 133,4.52 . , tury to that institution for encouraging and bringing to In the South-Eastern division, Surrey (extra metro practical application inventions and improvements in so politan) has, in the half-century, advanced from a popula many branches of the arts and incuinfacturea, and which : tion of 11111,561 to one of 202,493; Kent (extra metropolitan), has tended so greatly to elevate the character for industry fr om z 58,130 to one of 450,791 ' • Sussex , from 161,306 to and mechanical skill which Great Britain maintain*. That 338,877; Hampshire, from 217,711 to 398,041 ; Buts, from society has been prominent in extending protection and 131,008 to 199354, assistance to the honest and industrious artisan ; that so- In the South-Midland division, Middlesex (extra metro cietylal matured te project which its members, guided by politan) has a population of 150,613, where half a century the IllflUtAlee of its patron and the counsels of the Roy a l ago it had 77,382 ; Herts. 173,963, instead of 101,802 ; Bucks, Commissioners, have carried out successfully; it is that so- 143,670, inquiet of 93,827 ; Oxfordshire, 170,286, instead of ciety, therefore, to whom probably may be confide I 1 3 10•1 112,194 ; Northamptonshire, 213,784, instead of 128,243; advantageously the tusk of perpetuating to the nation the Huntingdonshire, 00,320, instead of 34,701 ; Beds, 129,789, advantages which have already resulted from the Exhibi- instead of 66,176; Cambridgeshire., 191,455, instead of tion of 1851." 90,702. TUE ECLIPSE FROM ALDERLEY EDGE, CIIESUIRE. In the Eastern division, Essex, in 1801, containing -To the Editor of the Express.-Dear Sir,-We bad a! 210,4014 persons, has now 312,79.1; Suffolk then 211,690, very good view of the eclipse at intervals, between heavy now 334,704; Norfolk then 271,1 20 , now 433,212. I 1 showers of rain, from the lofty eminence for which this ln the South-Western division Wilts has in the fifty years j locality is famed. Myself and a friend taking our stand on ! increased its population from 173,906 to 241,003. Dorset Crown l'oint, prepared with smoked glasses in the most I from 109,040 to 177,291, Devon from 343,223 to 568,623, approved fashion, were enabled to get some very good i Cornwall from 193,039 to 353,223, Somerset from 281,300 to glimpses front time to time, and with very little interrup- ' 136,109. lion, until the sun's surface was about three-fourths covered. I In the West Midland Division, Gloucestershire numbers I The " envious gods" spread a wet blanket over that great j now 418,22 e ; in 1801,228,893; Herefordshire now 99,112, I I luminary's face at the moment of greatest obscuration, but then 73,260 ; Shropshire, now 24.1,019, then 182,693 ; Staf- ; it served to increase the gloom, and some of the effects fore- fordahire, now 630,306, then 2.51,081; Worcestershire, now Itold upon the animal and feathered creation were very 238,762, then 132,422 ; Warwickshire, now 479,979, then !marked. The beasts in the fields lowed, dogs barked and I 2 16,133. howled till the echo war heard in the distance among the In the North Midland Division the population of Lykes-! cliffs of the Edge, and we had the crowing of cocks andl tershirc has advanced from 13.1,973 to 231,931; of Rutland otherri cuum , phenomena, giving a very strange effect, with shire, from 18,311 to 21,272 : of Lincolnshire, from 203,3-10 the unnatural light around us, to the whole scene. The . to 399,633 ; of Notts, front 132,373 to 291,433 ; of Derby. j rain cleared off in time to give us. a good view again of the ! shire, from 140,998 to 260,707. sun, when the greatest effect of the eclipse was past, and !In the North-Western Division-Cheshire-which in 1801 . 1 I light appeared to return with great rapidity. The heights' enumerated 189,411, has now 423,356 ; Lancashire, which I on which we stood shelter the yak from the south-west, and , then numbered 683,232, has experienced an increase of the effects upon cattle in the valley would perhaps be seen' 1,373,777, and contains now 2,039,029. !more distinctly than in most places.-A CONSTANT Mania. I In the Yorkshire Division, too, the growth has been consi- RECL.aaIaTION fie Moss.-We noticed, some time doable. The West Riding has added 762,977 to a popula tion which, in 1801, amounted t 0576,336 ; the East Riding w the large breadth which Mr. Hewn, of Dutnow, has re- (with York) from 127,211 has advanced to 232,001. The 1 claimed frum Locher moss. Ile has been eminen . tly . sue- North Riding increasing 147,706 by 46,660, enumerates j cessful in his spirited and skilful undertaking. The first piece brought in is now in grass, and under sheep. I now 191,366. The Northern Division shows considerable progress. Dia -1 The si cond portion is bearing a crop of oats this season, , ham in 1801 showing 159,161, shows now 408,896; North and a wonderful good crap it in. A third stretch of moss is now under progre s s of reclamation. We have umberland has changed 108,078 for 301,205 ; Cumberland, ' no doubt that Mr. Berea has done all this very pro ' lest rapid oo i d n i l t % e m s t t m rid ore es Lo h r a m as oved l7,4 o 94 n from m th 11 e 7,2 4 30 0,87 t 8 0 I titably to himself ; but he is a public benefactor at the 191 ' 801 ; same time, in giving work to labourer., and extending the j The Welch Division give ' esom i t m, • k * m do o di re t:opo s o u rped rp u r la is tt i oi n o g nl,72 rs i2 u ,764 l 6 tw i . which it numbered fifty years ago • resources of the country. We are happy to observe that ... i l o , o n i t m h o w u t alesb h i h r o e , from mor e than Mr. Fraser, of Doulevale, is busy with improvements of the same kind. He has changed a portion of his moss ' 7 ll .l° d ' o l u t into a field of several acres this season, and has it under having become 001,92'2 ; and North Wales n e arly d ou bl e it s , beans and turnips, which a remarkably wau.. numbers,2l7,373 hung charmed f0r403,219. As the general and w i th ; result of these calculations, we found that the population of Ins has dune the work with !grre: •at b° ca k re i • n a g nil skill, complete effect. Next SWUM , n , he intends to bring in a land and ales enumerated on March the 10th, 1801, I portion more. Surely the day cannot now he far distant stahhe W few following days, was /4,892,536 ; the population when the whole of Lochar Moss, which is a discredit to our of England and Wale, enumerated on March 31, 1851, ex- I district in this enterprising centusT, shall be made to wave : elusive of p ersons sl e e ping in vessels, was 17,877,473; the with the golden grain. HOW mar and how profitably the ! difference, 8,984,937, is given as the increase. whole thing might be done 1 Such an extension of our j tion of 1801 is exclusive of the army, navy, and m e rchant- agricultural area, under inch a fine climate, would be , men; the population of 1831 includes the army in England, widely felt as an important addition to the industrial re- i under the several counties in which the s o ldi ers s l ep t or I sources of Scotland.-Dumfries Herald. I abode on the night of March 30th. Consequently the in crease may be somewhat over stated THE ••IMPROVED" FEMALE COSITSIE IN TUE The population of the various districts in 1811 and 1831 is 'UNITED STarld.-At a ball in Akron, Ohao, on the 4th next recorded. In Kensington there were in 1841, 74,898 inst., over 60 of the ladies were dressed in full Bloomer persons, there arc now 119,993; in Pancras there are now , costume. The Clerelefid Plaihrlealcr says-the scene was 167 198 there were then 129 969 • ' • . ,_ , . „ in Shoreditch, 83,-561, ' enchanting; long dresses hitherto hid I from s.`ew all the the then population has grown in the ten years' interval, to graceful movements of the lady dancers ; but her' all Was 109,209; whilst in Stepney h has increase ' t ere been an of the visible which related to the : 4 poetry of motion." In Low- difference between 90,831, and 110,669. Lambeth, which in ell, all We factory girls turn out in procession on the 4th, 1811 numbered its 0 - 2 116 , i souls, counts now 139,240. but all dressed in the Moonier costume. During this e. l ay a 1 Green% Inch shows a less increase, old substituting ' ' -,y in 18.41 Meaner was presented by: the girls to one of the fire c.sras 99,404, fur the 81,124 - populati • on whichit exhibited teu years pasties ; and in the evening a large company, the girls i.*l- ' before. eluded, sat down to a sumpt uous enterta i nment. At Battle 1 Epsom shows at slight increase, 17,248 having become Creek, 31 young ladies, in Bloomer costume, k too part in _19,013. the celebration on the 4th.-Albany (V. S.) Ar 9143. Citio - vsend gives proof of but little advance; ten years has I b 6. ut an übstratt 1 the number of its population from 15,670 to , Man, however, the preponderance is with the women, „3, 4 copy altered I have increased at the rate of 32 per cent., while the e w e, Tunbridge, from 23,817, has got on to 28,560; Dover from ! have advanced at 28 per cent. The number of banal., si 24,523 to r 8,324 ; and plantings from 11,836 to 21,214. ri here 27,563 ; that of males, 24,533. The gradual Men 4 ,, .Brighton has made nu inconsiderable increase, 46,661 it had of population in these islands in the three decennial p e ,a,a, in 1841, but now it has 61,573, 36,612 of whom are females. since 1/121, when the numbers were 89,508, has been 5 t,,,,,.,, i Purtsta island, containing 53,058 in 1841, numbers now a; by the difference in each succeeding enumeration ; the lire h po . p population n u n 0f 0,3 7 2 2,67 1 6 n. Re So a n a t i h n a g m t p h to er n e , a w r l c ii which 22,175 had theninhabitants, 27,103 ' 103,, l 0; census s n f 0 1 ,2 1 1, O re l? . n ; d a , n o d f t w h i h s ic y h e , a r ea l 4 y 2 e , t 9, where there were 19,521; in Brentford, 41,305, where there is given, presents some more startling features then the e , ~ were 37,053. Royston, which in 1841 had 24,930 inhabitants, , our prosperous country. The contrast here is between tie previous h*st i t 4 ol l' il i t u e r 7 7 111 ha in the present year 26,356; and Machin which then hail population of 1851 and that of 1841 , and the result of the .' • Oiford a total decrease in the number of persons in Inlaiel 1 '- p a.L,34 gm 6,. ed ha l t i, o 239 w 24,732. Buckingham . 13 n u ly ck g in ro lum n to h' l li t s ,4 v i ely slightl 'comparison is to prove that there has been, in the ten ye:,,, a i r n el te ly2 a el d at of abteeome 20,600; Bedford,from3l,766,hasmoved 1194e66.7n, present 33,858 : m5820,1;73 Huntingdon ' sto exhibit ; Ist32h Northampton's ave iii and being the now population only 65 4. having j9t m b o e i. a. c l, er in i l h B e l 1 :1, 8 0 , ,, 17 ,, a f , I t 2) i, present census being 68 day, earlier than that of the las, on to 35,511. Wisbeach, from 31,405 to 36,192 ; West ceding, 5,841 persons should be added to the gross popide. 1 34,378 . Yarmouth, n , u w m i e t r h a t a i ng population26,persona,TO o f 2im numbers sa i n in h o a w s l i tiwohno who, it I:4.l,ascertained, that being had the left number o Irelandf I increased since to '26,898 ; Salisbury, which in 1841 con- of June in that year. In the absence, however, or a gent red Ya l rm B4ll eu e th n Mined 9,490, has now only 8,931. Beaminster has lost some system of registration of birth and deaths iu Ireland tie of its population, the difference between 15,112 and 14,27.5. necessary adjustment, in csequence of tie, ehatiat• In Plymouth, East Stonehouse , and Stoke Damerel, whose period at which the two censuses were takn, Call Wit ~. 4 returns are given separately, we find t hat the num- arrived at. hers are respectively in 1811, 36, 52 0, 9 ,7 12 , and 33,820 ; in It would scent, from the document before us, that tl a 18.51, 52,223, 11,971 ' , and 38,182. The population of the population has now sunk below what it was, in Peel, for Scilly Islands, which was 2,482, is 2 , 627 ; that of Be dminster, Ireland had then 6,801,827 inhabitants, where, .1,,. j .. . ~ which was 36,280, is ;38,171 ; that of Bristol, which was present only 6,515,791. In 1831 she had 7,767.011. if, 61,266 is 65,781. Hereford, instead of 34,458 gives as the next rise was, in ten years, to 8,175,121, and by it,,. , i. ten years' augmentation, a total of 35,158 ; and Shrewsbury, she has gone hack to 6,315,794. Unfortunately the r, • ~• has advanced to 22,785 ; West Bromwich , fr om 52,578 to census lees not distinguish the emigrants burn in a, • for 21,518, has substituted 2 3 ,0 95 . Stafford , fro m 20,29'2, of emigration from the United Kingdom append , il c" 69,718 ; Stourbridgc, from 47,929 to 57.360; in Leicester, Britain from those born in Ireland. The etatisti, ..,. s 11,218, has 11,508 ; Liucolit, which had 36,110, has 42 , 061 ; Be g innin g now with the province of Ulster, the r. 50,863 has been converted into 60,651 ; Oakham , which had the decrease, but do not account for it. Nottingham returns 58,418, its number in 1841 having been before us shows that of its counties and town., f ;,; 53,091; Derby 43,690, its number at the same period being numbering 146,228 persons in 1811, has now 64,137 , .. 36,019. In Stockport, 83,678 has been increased to 90,205; crease of 18,071 ; that Drogheda town, having thee I ._•1, in Wirral', 31,784 to 57,047. Liverpool makes it 223,003 has now 16,t176-increase,6ls; teat Dublin city, haat, !. into 2 , 15,065. West Derby its 88,680 into 153,2.14. Lan- 232,726, has now 254,8.10-increase, 22,121; that ii, - , caster's advance is but small-from 31,603 to 34,660. Goole's having been 140,047, has now 147,506-increa , e, 7,1• . .. a , • also, is disproportionate to the expectations of many-from Kildare, having then 114, 488 , has now 96,627-, h. , 12,5 4 9 to 13,916. York has 57,111, where it had 47 , 778 ; 17,861 • that Kilkenny city, having then 19,071. 1 ,, . , Darlington, 21,617, where it had 21,487 ; in Kendal , front 20,283Lincrease, 1,212 ; that Kilkenny, havinet then le. ~ 31,831 to '36,564. Abergavenny, instead of 50,84.3, has has new 139,934 - decrease, 43,415 • that Kina's 1 . .• . •i 9,22., ; Swansea, instead of 38,619, 40,9 , 11. The advance haviug then 146,837, karma - 11'2,27.5-decrease, :t;,!,,2 .. of Llanelly is from 20,182 to 23,104; that of Haverford- Longlord, having then 115,191, has now 83,19 e-d•. wert from 37,139 to 39,382. Cardigan enumerates, 20,179 ; 3:,293; that Louth, having then 111,979, has not, Iti . in 1841 it had 19,903 ; Brecknock 18,182-in 1841 it had decrease, 20,931; that Meath, haring then 1e3,825, h:e , 17,701. Presteigne gives only 15,140 where it gave 15,739; 139,706-decrease, 41.1'22; that Queen's County, 1, ,-,, Llatifyllin only 19,306 where it had 20,1 30 . llolywell has then 153,930, has now 109,747-decrease, 41,1 e.: , • 41,053, instead of 40, 798 ; Wrexham, 42,29.5, instead of Westmeath, having then 141,300, has now 1117,510-a, . , 39,558. Dolgelly's population lies sunk from 13,111 to 33.790; that Wellonl, having then 20'2,033, bas now is.. , ; 12,915; llangor's has risen from 25,901 to 30,505 ; that of decrease, 21,8 1 13; that Wicklow, having then 1_6,11.:, Anglesey, which in 1811 was 38,106, has risen since to now 99,237-decreaee, 26,836: that the province has ie 43,248. aggregate, with an increase in some esses amounting e A comparison between towns situated on or near the lines ther to 31,410, a total decrease of 337,370. of railways, and those not possessed of railway advantages, Munster presents similar results-a decrease of 360,4 shows sonic highly interesting facts. South Molten is the after an increase of 16.09:1, thus arrived at :-By u decry first example of the latter class to which attention may be of 73,674 the population of Clare has fallen from 286,391 drawn. The agricultural and manufacturing prosperity of 212,7'2 0 ; so, by a decrease of 222,216, that of Cork 1, this place appear to have advanced considerably from 1831 773,308 to :131,152 ; by a decrease of :45,639, Kerry I, to 1811, during which term the population rapidly increased. Z. 43,880 to 238,211; by a decrease of b 0,019, Lints rice I. The numbers in 1811 were 20,982; in 1851 they are only 281,638 to 201,619; by a decrease of 111,724, Tipp. i 20,566. At the former census there were 30 houses build- from 433,533 t 0323,829; by a decrease of 37,133, Wat, r, ing ; there are now only 11. lionitun furnishes another from 172,971 to 13.3,836. Experieueing an increase ill • example of a town whose population has decreased since the province are the city of Waterford, risen in the 10 year,i, last census, being, in 1811, 23,892, and on the 31st of last 23,216 to 26,667; the city of Limerick, risen from 48,:, '1 March, '23,821. The population is worse than stationary, 53,268 ; and the city of Cork, from 130,40 to 86,49.5-. and the town itself is unknown to the rail. Axminster has collective increase 16,00 3 . never yet been on the rails, and its population is 138 less Ulster gives us its grand total a decrease of 406,1;e, ; than it counted at the former period. The ancient episcopal 20n1, with an increase fur Belfast alone of 24,352. .1 la r.. city of Wells had, in 1811, 20,609, which in 10 years has decrease for the 10 years is 25,83,3, subtracted from 276.1 been augmented by 731, being now 21,311. Wells cannot Armagh's 35,973 from 232,393 ; Carriekfergue town' , be reached by railway, neither can Shaftesbury. The from 9 , 3 7 9 ; Cavan's 68 , 833 front 243,1 , 38 ; Donegal's I_. population of the letter place was, in 1841, 13,106, from 296,118; leown's 43,668 trout 361,446; Ferman ,_ aud in 1851 it is seventy-eight less, being at the census 40,503 from 156,481 ; Londonderry's 30,430 from 91.2.; only 13,028. Devises is thrown out of the line of Monaghan's 57,032 from 200,412; Tyrone's 61,1)111 1. transit since the opening of the Great Western, and 312,916. during the last ten years has added only 112 to the number Connaught also shows a general decrease, save in ties.. of its inhabitants, being in 1811, e 2,129; and in 1851, only town, of whirls the population has risen from 17.'; 22,211. Oxfordshire presents a remarkable example of a 21,6'J7. In Sligo the numbers have fallen since la 11 I. celebrated manufacturing town unknown in the Railway 180,886 to 128,769 • in Roscommon from 243,191 to 17:1.; tiairle,,ind exhibiting no healthy increase in numbers. The in Mayo from 388.837 to 271,716; in Leitrim from 13 . population of Witut y was, in 1811, :2'2,963; it is, atter ten to 111,8118; in Galway from 492,923 to 208,129 ; the .. years, only 600 more. In Shropshire, Wem furnishes an decrease, therefore, of Connaught is 414,364. The ;:l. I. instance of positive decrease, during the last decade the pa- total decrease ter Ireland, since 1,a41, is 1,059,3341. pulation having sunk from 17A:11 to 16,948, a decrease of In the same period, the interval between the tea:, 906. Epping, in 1/411, had 15,087 inhabitants, anti has uuw 1,092,0433 persons emigrated from the United Kitig , :. only 1.3,632. It would lie easy to extend this list. It may hut how many of these were front Ireland we are . ie.• be obsrryed of these and similar cases that in some it is eel- formed. In the previous ten years, as may be intim .1 dent that their declining state has been the reason why the the commissioner.' return, 717,913 was the numb , rof advantages of the railway were not Kennel, rather than grants from among us ; and the total during the te, their want being the cause of the decline. The object has six years, front 1825 to 1850 inclusive, was just 2,6:2 been simply to direct attention to facts which will admit a In 1825 there were 8,711 who went to the North Ale. , variety of explanations, but which it is important la notice, colonies, 5, 551 to the United States, Pia to the Av. , : bt'ceuse they . are facts brought to light by the c e nsus and de- colonies oral New Zealand, rind ll 1 to .. all other e: .. serving consideration, whatever may be the methollsby which In 1830, 32,961 left for the North American coloitiee,.: they are explained. The following are all railway towns, for the United States, 16,037 for the Australiuu colon,. , anti the great increase in the number of their inhabitants New Zealand, Mad 8,773 fur " all other places," lit mi during the last decennial period will show that prosperous vious year are so many recorded as having gone to town, will seek fur railway advantages, or that these ad- United States. The emigration elsewhere has been gr vantages will make town., prosperous, or that, which will, on former occasions than it was in 1830. a re t r o ha wl l i 's s'e ahlieplity i n i si n m a n s h t e e al ;I s e' t s h tri e t e ra , iw a l m ay l tt i t i t l ihtes secured ie h ty y will be advanced when such advantages are secured: Pepin .t au. Po, ulation. Inoreage. in 1841. In 14.51. Curl 'l' 36,131 41,505 5,407 Coeterniouth Neorc,otle.uu.Tsoc sonnet ia Al 50,27ii 70,741 14,115 90,723 14,051 (inat Grime .7 11 .aeon . Camtautite Great nought= (Cheater) 42,017 53,794 4,197 Wa-rrington Ntatrunl iiirlo , llgbanl ..... 130,215 173,5714 33,tint Rugby Leign.on Bantard 15,013 17.173 2,111 swarms Ileatleia Etaaing,toke Cbebinforn ..... Ltruiturce 1 ,,011 17,576 1,530 C. , lcho.ter ....... 17owiell .. ...- ......... Bury at. Minim& .. 12,535 13,092 dls,,Erm: we learn ~, ,:tl Wales. ,i,,tz porn asee Such are the more interesting and instructive facts of twhheeicteeihniii:isinungs census, x l t f : n to r :Ses n b i g t im l a an rd d population, t fi i of fifty years following, increased to 2,1306,421, the difference being 1,257,001. In 1801 the females were in the majority 869 329 to 739,091 ; their increase has been greater than that of the maps-637,679 to 619,32'2: and, consequently, in 1851, the proportion maintained is 1,5117,008 females to 1,338,113 makes. 78 is the rate of increase per ant. in the fifty years for the whole population-84 per cent. for the males, and 73 per cent. for the females. llesccudiug to the southern counties, it will be neon that Dumfriesshire has now a population of 78,023, which is an increase since 1801 of 23,123; Kirkcudbright, now 43,274, Increase 14,063; Wigtownshire, now 43,19 J, increase 20,191 ; Ayrshire, now 188024, increase 101,317 ; Ihuteshire, now 16,547, increase 4,756 ; ltenfrcwshire, now 158,631, in crease 80,150; Dunthartonthire,now 14,724, increase '4,014; Lanarkshire., now 630,989, increase 383,297 ; Stirlingthire, now 8.5,356, increase 34,731 ; Linlithgowshire, now 29,969, increase 12,123; Edinburghehire, now 258,213, increase 1'33,168; Peeblesshire, now 10,582, increase 1,1.417; Selkirk shire, now 9,797, increase 4,409; Roxburghshire, now 51,570, increase 17,819; Berwickshire, now 36,277, increase 6,071 ; Haddingtouslare, now 38,387 increase 6,401 ; Fife shire, now 1e2,747, increase 59,004• Kinross shire now 1 8,1313, increase 2,188; Clackmanuens'hire, now 22,921, in crease 12,063. In the northern counties, the progress made in the half century has been :-I'erthshire ' from 12.3,583 to 139,190 ; Porfarshire, from 99,053 to 174,368 ; Kincardineshire, (ruin 26,319 to 31,739 ; Aberdeenshire, from 121,065 to 214,448 ; Banffshire, front 37,216 to 53,829 ; Elginshire, from 27,761 to 38,610 : Nairnshire, from 8,322 to 9,918; Inverness-shire, from 72,672 to 96,166 ; Argyllshire ' from 81,277 to 88,460; Itose-and-Cromartyshi re, front 36,313 to 82,•564; Sutherland shire, from 23,117 to 25,771 ; Caithness-shire, from 22,609 to 38,122 ; Orkney and Shetland, from 46,821 to 62,153. In the increase per cent. in the several counties for these 50 year' a considerable difference is to be seen. Whilst the rate in Lanarkshire is 260 per cent., that in Argyllshire is but 9 ; Ayrshire is et 121 ; Dunhartonshire at 115, and Clackmannanshire at 111 ; whilst Nairnshire is at 20 ; Perth shire and Sutherlandshire both at 11. In Kirkcudbright the increase per cent. of males as well las females has been 48 ; in Foreirshire also it has been l equal-76. In the remaining counties the increase of fe males ha, exceeded that of male,. I Of the cities and bumualis, a few had at the time of this year,' enumeration no houses building at all-Wigtown, ' New Galloway, Kirkcudbright, Itenfrew, and Linlithgow, for instance. In the same case were Anstruther Wester, leinghorn, Culross, and Cromarty. Glasgow had, houea inhabited, 12,006; uninhabited, 182 ,• building, 143. The population 333,057, of whom 174,9811 were females. The population of Dumfries is stated at 11,106; that of Kirkcudbright at 2,774; Wigtoven, 2,230; Kilmarnock, 21,913; Itothesay, 7,106; Itenfrew, 2,912; 1 Paisley, 47,951; Port Glasgow, 6,996; Dumbarton, 5,411; Lanark, 5,303; Stirling, 12,357; Linlithgow, 4,189; Edin burgh, 1313,015 ; Jedburgh, 3,614 ; Selkirk, 3,313 ; Peebles, 1,912; Lander, 1,105; Haddingtou. 3,883; Dunbar, 3,038; : Dunfermline, 13,861; Perth, 23,814 • Dundee, 78,8'29; Inverbervie, 934 ; Aberdeen, 71,913; Ile ff 6,04 a 1 1 i -; Elgin, 1 6,3:36; Nairn, 3,420; Inverness, 12,715; Campbeltown, . 6,829 ; Dingwall, 1,966; Tain, 2,688; Durnoch, 599 ; Wick, ' 6,72'2 ; and Kirkwall, 3,331. The population of the islands in the British Seas, as enu merated on March 31, 18.11, is 142,916-66,511 males, anti 76,405 females. The increase here in the thirty years, from ' 1821 to 1831, is 33,408, 89,508 having risen to 142,916. The ' number of males was, in 1821, 41,731. that of females, 147,775. By an addition of 24,778 in the former COW ' and of 28,630 in the latter, the figures are now-temales, 76,405 • males, 641,511. The population of the islands is respectively -Jersey, 57,155, instead of _(as in 1821) 28,600 ; Guernsey ' 33,645, instead of 20,827; Man, 52,116, instead of 40,081 The general rate of increase, therefore, in the 30 years has been sixty per cent., whilst severally he rate of the three islands has been, Jersey, 100 per cent.; Guernsey ' 61 per cent. ; and Man, 30 per cent. I n Jersey ' theincrease of make has been 102, that of f e m a l es 98 b per cent., ut as the females had in 1821 a majority-15,a44 to 13,056-their number is still higher than th a t o f maps, by the excess of 30,795 over 26,360. In G likewise, Guernsey, the males have increased at a higher rote per cent. upon the numbers of 1821 than have the fcnialca-61 to 60 ; and here, too, they are still in the minority, as they were in 1821. Of males there were then 9,50: and are now 15,598 ; of females there were then 11,308, and are now 18,047. In the Isle of OUR WATS:RING I'Ltee.—The place seems to spond. Sky, sea, beach, and village, lie as still beton, a if they were sitting tar the 'ileum. It is dead low Rd A tipple plays aiming the tipening corn upon the cli ff , a • . . it we;ic fuiutlyy trying from recollection le; imitate th.• and the world at butterflies hovering over the rrnp radish seed are as reatle.ss in their little way. ratite • are in their larger manner when the wind blows. But • ocean lies winking in the sunlight like a drowsy lion— • glassy waters scarcely curve upon the shore--the fish. boats in the tiny harbour are all stranded in the mud—• two colliers (our watering place has a maritime trade ploying that amount of damping) have not an Mae water within a quarter of a mile of them, and turn. hausteal, on their aides, like faint fish of an antedate ! species. Reedy cables and chains, ropes and ring+, ma, - - must parts of floats and piles and eanitnaid timber d, • against the waves ' lie strewn about in a brown titter of ! Bled ea Kleea weed and fallen , lid', wlsieli looks as if a tainli giants had been making tea here fur ages, and had uls an untidy custom of throwing their tea kayos in thy . We have u pier—a queer old wooden pier—tortuieet ,y without the *lightest pretensions to architecture, :and 5. 'y picturesque in consequence. Boats are hauled up upon .e, ropes are coiled all over it ; lobster-pots, nets, masts, li e , *pars, sails, ballast, and rickety capstans, make a pert labyrinth of it. For ever hovering about this pier, . their hands in their pockets, or leaning over the rough 1 , ..- wark it opposes to the sea, gazing through telescopes wli they carry about in the some profound receptacles, are ' ! Boatmen of our Watering Place. Looking at them, would say that surely these must he the laziest boatines the world. They lounge about, in obstinate and inflexi pantaloons, that are apparently made of wood, the oh, sesame through. Whether talking together about shipping in the Channel, or gruffly . over mugs of beer at the public-house, you consider them the slowest of men. The ebe, are a thousand to one that you might stay hero for b., sons and never see n boatman in a hurry. A certain l - sion about his loose hauda,when they are not in his , as if he were carrying a considerable lump of iron in without any inconvenience, suggests strength, but Le !. seems to use it. lle has the appearance of peril,!, - strolling—running is too inappropriate a word to Ise Co. of—to aced. The only subject on w hi c h h e main s ea any approach to enthusiasm is pitch. Ile pitches ev• iy thing he can lay hold of—the pier, the palings, hi- haat, his house—when there is nothing else left, he turns to a.d even pitches his hat or his rough-weather elathaa. Do nut judge him by deceitful appearauces. are among the bravest and most skilful imam , * that exist. Let a gale arise and swell into a by...a, ~t a sea run that might appal the stoutest heart that ever is ea let the light-boat on these dangerous sands throw u;• I rocket in the night, or let them tear through the anvil roar the signal guns of a ship in distress, and these wen spring up into activity so dauntless, so valiant, and he that the world cannot •urpia. it. Cavillers may olinct that they chiefly live upon the salvage of valuable cargoes. ao they do, and God knows it is no great living that they v. t, out of the deadly rinks they run. But put that hope of eau aside. Let these rough fellows he asked, in any storm, who volunteers for the life-boat to sieve some perishing souls. al pour and empty-handed us themselves, whose lives the per fection of human reason does not rate at the value a farthing each, and that Imat will be manned as surely auil as cheerfully as if a thousand pounds were told dam on the weather-beaten pier. For this and fur the rte.': kaki's of their comrades, whom we hare known, VI/1.4 the raging sea has engulphesl before their childros , eyes in such braee efforts, whom the secret sand hat buried, we hold the boatmen of our watering-place in love and honour, and are tender of the fame they well ,!,• serve, It is curious, too, to observe a natural case or S" proach that there seems to he between the children and tic boatmen. They mutually make acquaintance NW tell individual likings without any help You will come ei 3 one of those slow heavy fellows sitting down patient./ mending a little ship for a mite of a boy,. whom lie cosi crush to death by throwing his lightest pair of trot:et . - him. You will lie sensible of the oddest contrast the smooth little, creature and the rough man who seas to be carved out of harel.gruined wood—between the el , a sate hand expectantly held out and the immense taw eh and finger that can hardly feel the rigging of thre ul th.y mend—between the small voice and the gruff yet there is a natural propriety in the tompaunneep , ways to be noted ill confidence between a child and a person who has any merit of reality and genuineness, wk• ; is admirably pleasant.—Dieketts's Mamma Words. FETE. CIIAMPETRE AT HANOVER-PARK, I Hata—Yesterday a fide was given at these growls 1 several gentlemen who had associated themselves tor, thee' for the purpose of promoting the Scottish file in park. The present occasion was Mended as the that ea a series of minor competitions in Out-door exercises, for the encouragement of persons residing in and about London , 1 and preparatory to the Scottish gathering in 1852. Prices I were awarded to the successful candidates in the various games of foot-racing, leaping, throwing the hammer. f.....t• ting the stone, casting the discus, tossing the el h,r wrestling, highland dancing, sack racing, ashevlbt".! ' racing, jingling, &c. &a. The sports were- kept up wlta much spirt throughout the day, and in the evening : . company met in the Assembly Room attached to th e . miles. Dancing was then commenced, and a ss Colltillln 4 until a late hour. THE COUNCIL OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY London have elected Prince Albert president of the s ociety ! I in the room of the Earl of Derby, deceased, and Lis highness has honoured this society by accepting the SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1851. ii4;3% - SAMS; r k kooo ew l koto ,15,761 41 A,191 13 3,1111 11 1,633 6 1,617 16 1.,1.:1 rc tal I'l