The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-10 00:00:00

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OYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Manazer, Mr. W. H. Swanborough.

TO-NIGHT WHILE THERE'S LIFE THERE'S HOPE.
Messrs. W. H. Swanborough, Parselle, Voltaire, G. Honey;
31isses Ada Swanborough, L. Thorne, F. Hughes, Mandera,
and E. Button.

Followed by (loth time) THE MOTTO, "I'M 'ALL
THERE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier,
Clifton ; Mesdames Ada Swanboroug,h, F. Josephs, Maria
Bimpson, Wallace, aria Jenny White.
To conclude with KEEP YOUR TEMPER.

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by many have been criticised most invidiously,
And to some extent not unreasonably, would it
have been thus looked upon—that is, had General
FORM'S sword carved au Imperial Throne out of
t he Presidential chair in Mexico, say for his Impe-
rial Highness the Prince NAPOLEON! In electing
the Austrian Archduke MAXIMILIAN, Catholic
, Mexico has secured fcr herself a Catholic Sovereign.
And an Austrian Prince has been chosen thus by
Mexico, at the very time when the Viennese
Government is beginning to be regarded with the
moat favour in Europe, among the more earnest
lovers of, and believers in, Constitutional Monarchy
—as the best of all forms of Government. To the
disrupted Republican institutions of North America,
the announcement of Mexico's transformation into
an Empire, under the sceptre of his Majesty
MAXIMILIAN 1., cannot possibly be regarded other-
wise than as "a heavy blow and great discourage-
ment F' Upon Austria itself the effect of this choice
of one of her Archdukes as the future Emperor
of a State conquered by the sword of France,
cannot, on the other hand, but be one tending to
draw Austria and France more than ever har-
moniously together. A result, that, orbovleioeutslyT, very
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The value and
dry figures into matter for general consideration.
The sound basis of fact which they give us affords
a foundation to most important theories, and
guards aiike against extravagant credulity or
dange urouss indifference. We are enabled to detect
the first symptoms of any great epidemic without
waiting till the insidious foe is already in our
midst. We can take those hygienic precautions
which are of more value than medicine, in the same
degree that prevention is better than cure. In the
case of the recent prevalence of small-pox we were
enabled, thanks to our accurate system of registra-
tion, to remark the increasing number of deaths as
soon as the disease began to spread, and to take im-
mediate steps to enforce the practice of vaccina-
tion, to which modern society owes so much. The
attention of the proper authorities would not have
been directed to the real evil while idle gossips and
lovers of horrible tales would have circulated fear-
ful rumours among the ignorant and timorous, thus
increasing the danger by spreading the panic. As
regards the births and marriages, too, the informa-
tion thus acquired is very useful. It affords a test
of our national welfare, which is generally tole-
rably correct ; and the social economist can form a
pretty good judge of the internal state of the coun-
try from its records. In England this year there
is a considerable increase in the marriages on those
of the same quarter in the last two years. It will
be remembered that last year a considerable dimi-
nution in their number was perceptible in Lanca-
shire—a fact which it was not difficult to trace to
the prevailing distress. It is therefore satisfactory,
as vindicating at all events the prevalence
of a hope for better times coming, to find them
again increasing, the numbers for the corresponding
quarters being 5,431, 4,887, and 5,245, the figures
for this year thus nearly amounting to those for
1861. The principal increase is to be found in Liver-
pool and West Derby, which are furthest removed
from the depressing area of the cotton famine, but it
is satisfactory to notice a considerable increase in
the numbers of Manchester and Salford. According
to this evidence, Manchester, the best qualified
to judge, does not despair of the fortunes of
the county, end we trust it will not be long
before such sanguine anticipations will prove
to have been well founded. The high rate
to which the emigration statistics have risen is
doubtless due to the influence of the distress. In
the half-year ending at Midsummer no less than
121,096 quitted the country, the greater part being
bound for the United States, which, under existing
circumstances, appears to be somewhat singular.
The number for the quarter is 83,290, an amount
sufficient, one would think, to satisfy Mr. FERRAND
and the other advisers of wholesale deportation of
the unemployed masses. The birth rate is satisfac-
tory, as showing the rapid rate at which our pepu-
latienissatseadily increasing. The number in the
quarter w
more than that of last year by nearly
4,000. In the metropolis alone there were nearly
26,000 in the thirteen weeks. It is not surprising
to find a decrease in Lancashire and Cheshire.
There has been so much said about the ill health of
London lately, that the actual facts will be looked
for with some interest. It seems that after two
years of improved public health the mortality in-
creased last autumn, and has remained at a high
rate ever since. The average for the three
quarters ending in June is 2-191 per cent.,
whereas in the last nine months it has
been 2.313 per cent., and it is singular
that this increase is not confined to one part, but is
spread throughout the country. We are not sur-
prised, for Instance, to find the manufacturing dis-
tricts suffering frlai an unusually heavy mortality,
but the distress in the cotton districts has net
happily affected the general trade and prosperity
of the country sufficiently to render that an expla-
nation of the high death rate elsewhere. Neither
is it due to one particular ailment. Measles,
usually ranked among the mildest of zymotic
diseases, has been remarkably fatal in the manufac-
turing districts, nearly one-fourth of the total of
deaths being in some parts attributed to it, This
is so singular that it is worth special attention. It
is to be feared t ha: a rtduced state of the system
consequent upon the distress of the last eighteen
months has something to do with it. But while
measles are killing people in Lancashire, small-pox
is busy in London, 7.88 deaths being registered in
It is time that the authorities should
the quarter.
see that the laws respecting vaccination are strictly
enforced, and the importance of this precaution more
fully shown to the ignorant prejadiced.andand
Aale Vac
MARSON, the surgeon of the Small-pea