The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-11-04 00:00:00

STATISTICS.

LONDON Anil fats Cliasee.—The ".,London" of the
Itegistrar•General, which is identidal With the Poor
Law Union London, and is the London of the (senses,
stretching from Hampstead to Norwood, and from '
Hammersmith to Woolwich, is returned as comprising
194 parishes, 77,997 statute acres' and 2,803,989 people,
With property risseased for thq pounty-rate at more than
£12,000,000. Of its area 2,778 acres are Covered *oh
water, being part of the riser Thames. Of its popula.,
tion in 1861, 2,030,814 were in the county of Middlesex,
579,748 in the colinty of Surrey, and 193,427 in the
aoonty of Rent. Since the census of ,1851 the Middle-
sex portion of the population, nearly three-fourths of
the whole, had increased 16 per cent., the Surrey por-
tion 20 per cent., and the small portion in Kent (not
much larger than Sheffield) no less than 44 per cent. ;
the entire population increased 181 per cent.,or 441,753
—a number which would people all Liverpool or Man-
chester, This is more than a fifth of the increase in
all Hngland and Wales, though the metropolis, even in
1861, did not contain quilt a aehlith of the population.
In the 10 years, 1811-60 528,406 persona Were married
in the metropolis, 861,i63 children were born there,
and 610,473 persons died there. Among its varieties it
See eight parishes none of which has 100 inhabitants;
and it bee six parisbef sea of whielt has above 100,000
At the census It had 0,625 In,,patienBs ha its hospitals,
and 10,651 inmates of its orphan asylums and other
principal charitable institutions. It has more than
its shared women ; in 1851 there were 11347 females
to every 100 males, and in 1861 there was one female
more (11440) to every 100 males; but the births
within the metropolis in the ten years 1851,00 pro-
duced only 96'18 females to every 100 males; such are
the changes wrought by death and emigration. The
returns state that at the data ofthe oensus,in.districts at
the westend containing 284,000 persons, 6,120 residents
were out of town, and 1,400 vialters were temporarily
staying there; it was not the London season, and it was
but a week after Easter day. Among the absentees
were Her Majesty and the Court; the Isle of Wight
had the honour of counting them in its census.

SUIMITUTIC YOB SILVEIL—The intrinsic value of
silver being great, and the duty paid on all articles
manufactured of it, whether for doinestic or ornamental
purposes high, it has long been felt that an efficient
substitute for this metal, possessing the same
purity of colour and beauty of appearance,
would be a desideratem to the public. Several
years ago, Mr. Benson, of Cornhill, succeeded
in manufacturing an article which he .called " Argen-
tine," from its resemblance to the original metaL
Articles of all kinds and patterns which can be made in
silver can also be made in this material—tea resvices,
spoons, forks, &c., in all their various sizes and shapes,
and by employing the same workmen and machinery as
for silver goods, that finish of form is attained which is
so manifestly wanting in inferior goods. As an instar ce
of the saving of expense effected by the "Argentine,"
it is mentioned that a complete service of spoons and
forks may be purchased for £l5, the sum paid as duty
alone on a similar service of silver weighing 200 ounces.
—Morning Herald, March 11th, 1861. J. W. Benson,
Prize Medallist, No. 6605, International Exhibition,
1862, has just published a most elaborate and complete
catalogue of his manufactures, both in Argentine and
Silver Plate. It consists of 130 pp. Imperial Bvo., and
includes a full and carefully arranged price list, and u s-
wards of 300 engravings of articles of various kinds. It
will be sent post free by enclosing six stamps to J. W.
Benson, 46 and 47, Cornhill, London, B.C.
The ladies of Pontefract have held a meeting, which
was presided over by the mayoress, at which it was
decided to divide the town into districts, and commence
immediately to collect clothing for the distressed
Lin:nAire operatives.