The Express.
London, England, 1848-09-01 00:00:00

BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.
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CANADA.—The Montreal Herald given the fol-
lowing account of the results of the recent census of Upper
Canada:—" We understand that the result of the census,
just completed, of Upper Canada., will give that section of
the province a population of from 689,000 to 700,000 souls ;
while, by the census of 1642-3, it was only 401,061, giving
en increase In five years of nearly 200,000: The lint census
for Lower Canada was taken in 1844, when the poputition
was 699.806 souls, the increase upou whilh during the last
four years is calculated. by reference to ',weeding terns' et
whicts censuses have been taken, tu be shoat 70000, gis Ina this
section of the province a present population of about 770,000.
The p .pulaticn of Upper Canada would thu., &ppm to increase
at thereto of about 40,000 per annual, and L wee Canada
at that of about 17,600 per annum. Supposing these rela-
tive rates of invents to be rnai.itained, near 1852 will see
Upper Canada with a population of 8.59,000, and Lower
Canada with only 840,000 sank. 1862 will give the tenser
• population of 1,259,000, and the latter only 1,015,000
souls. The experience of the past and the pcnient condition
of Greet Britain and Ireland will, we think, justify the be-
lief that the increase of our population
i by, immigration, will
be greater during the next 12 years thus t has ever hitherto
been, wad that the relative proportions of such increase will
be largely in favour of Upper Canada. The probability,
then, is, the', by the year 1862, the western section of the
provisos will contain one million and • half of iLks .itanta,
or one-third Isere than that of the eastern section." _ _

min; pnigeari,,;;;Fthe 7th of
August):—" We ►earn, with regret, that much mischief has
already been dose to the potatoes by the rut. There ere
mune fields which have been perfectly destroyttl by this
merge in twesttpfour briars."

NEW BRUNSWICK.—In this colony also the
potato diem* his shown itself. We find the following para-
graph in the Now Bnatnoicker of August 10:—" Once
MOM has this fatal malady made Its appearance in our
fields, and commencei its destructive career. Never
was the potato mop more promising to the eye than it was
about a week ago in this quarter. The loss to the people in
the country will be very great, and, is the circumstances of
many of them, hard to be borne. Should any other crop be
sought 'o be obtained from the ground thus rendered unpro-
ductive, we should recommend, by all means, recourse being
had to the parsnip, the seed of which we dare say may easily
be had, as it is a crop which can remain out the winter, and
be available early in the spring. The transplanting the ruts.
bega has been recommended, and might be resorted to in
situations favourahls to the procuring the plants, and getting
them quickly into the ground."
The St. John's Courier of the 12th speaks more hope-
folly : "The weather for the last fortnight has bees generally
dry and very warm, affording in excellent opportunity for
farmers to secure their nay crops in good cendition. Grain
has also Inseam I greatly by the late si as weather,
while the rotates disease in this province has not progressed
so rapidly as in former years. The supply of this valuable
esculent in our market continues to be plentiful, the quality
very fine, and prices reasonable—being as low as 2s. 6d. per
busheL"