The Express.
London, England, 1851-10-28 00:00:00

QUARTERLY RETURN OF THE MARRIAGES
METHS, AND DEATHS HEGISIERED IN Tlif.
DIVNIONS, COUNTIES, AND DISTRICTS U
ENGLAND.

This return comprises the births and deaths regis-
Jetta he !,ls9 rr:ti.trars to all the dietricts of England
derma the summer quarter ending September 30, 1311 ;
and the marriages in sore than 12,000 churches or chapels,
about 3,190 registered plans of worship unconnected with
the established church, and 623 superintendent registrars'
0411,e, in the quarter that ended Jour .10, 1311.
Th., return of marriages is not complete ; but the defects
are Wenneiderahle, and approsimative numliers have been
supplied Iron the records of iiresiostA year..
lhe nrtrriato still exceed the average, but are less nu-
serous than the marriages in the corrt.pondiug quarter of
last year. The births continue to inerewe rapidly, and the
mortality is below the average. The return% therefore
present a favourable view of the state of the country.

38,388 marriages were registered in the quarter ending
his.e 34. Thin number is less by j2O than the number re-
gistered in the spring quarter of 181,1, but more by 3,777
than the nounbur registered in the spring quarter of 1818.
The marriages only amounted to 3 018 in the spring
quarter of 1812; they rose to 31.204 in the spring
quarter of 1811; to 37.111 en the spring quarter of
; declined to 34,197 in 1817 ; and rose again to
39,1/14 in the spring quarter of 1810. Every marriage is
the sstublishment oil a family, and is generally the result
of some deliberation ; it is not surprising. therefore,
that the prosperity of the country awl the prospects
of the people should be expressed pretty accurately by the
fluetu oti.orts in the marriage retunts.
While the marriages increased rapidly in some parts,
they wore stationary or th-criased in others. In lamolim •
0,415 c,uples were married, which exceeds the number
m.0rri....1 in the summer of 1848 by 1,108. In Surrey out
of Loudon, in Suss, x, Kent, and Berkshire, the marriages
were no arly stationary. In Hampshire they decreased.
In the South Midland, the Kosterit Counties, as well as in
Wiltshire, IYorsetshire, and Ikeunshire' marriage we, sta-
tionary or deer. med. In Corn" all anolSoxsersetshire there
was an increase. In Gloucestershire marriage was sta-
tionary. In Hertfordshire and Shropshire the numbers
married were unpraced..ntedly low. In Statfordshire,
Woree-tershire, and WarwieLshire—including the chief
seats of the Midland iron trade -- Cie marriage. lucre:vett.
The marriages rose from :IX3 in 11518 to 487 in Ihroninithant•
In laietstershire, Ifutland.hire, and Lincolnshire, the
marriages were below, in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
above, the average number ; the riteNA orruning chiefly in
th tiodricts of Nottin4liaan, Clieeto-tfitlol, and Hayfield
The marriages in Ch slim Lsn..hire decreased. The
decrease was considerable in Liverpool, and greater still in
Martehester. In the Wed Riding of Yorkshire there ix an
caress ; sad this is most eonstonuou. in Sheffield, where
the in in sages in the tree .urnmer quarters ending June,
1617.41 were 283, 273, 2.10, 339, and 441. In Lis•ols the
nrarria..,.. were 341 in the June quarter of la la • .130 and
487 in the corresponding qu•orter. of 1840 and 1811. In
11.11 the marriage% inert:us...l from 117 in the June quarter
of Bo cholera year 1819 to 174 in 1810, but have fallen
again to 118. The marrinre+ dern,w4 in the North
Hiding of Yorkshire, in Northumberland, and Cumber-
land ; increased in the emil ilistriets of Darharn. In 31on-
m,u,hshire and Wales m trriages were less frequent than
in Itein.

It ha. been observed that the marriage* intreave after a
fatal epi.h tnie; aid in the pruant return the marriage*, it
ie n, have been in cans generally where cholera was
need fatal in 1449.

111 RTIII.

I ;0.1,1 births have Area riWiStered in the quarter ending
bi 1841. This is the greatest number of birth•
elk r re,tisa•n•d in the sane israwin of the year, awl exceeds
by ?1,111, and and 3.611, the births in the Sep-
trmis•r quarters of 11117, NI% and lttin. The births of
goiLigai C111'41411 have already been registered. and it is
probable that in the year the numbers will not fall short of
hial,unti. 'flu. increase is distributed over all the divisions
of the lomat') earept the South Midland.