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just to leeward of and close under the pier head. All four
vessels formed a very pretty and effective picture at—this
point of the race, as, with canvas stretched taut as a harp
string, they threaded their way through the numerous
yachts and other vessels at anchor in the roadstead. 2 p.m.
—Wind, N.W., moderately fresh. Aline leading, with Pan-
tomime second, Albertine -third, and Viking fourth ; all
three continuing to work along the island shore; the Egeria
standing over in pursuit from the north shore, the Titania
still working along the north shore under Browndown, and
the Galatea and Aquiline a long way astern, and, barring
accidents to the leaders, out of the race. Under King's-quay
the Pantomime stood too far in and lost her position as
second vessel, while at the same time the Egeria joined the
track of the leading vessels, and improved her position at
the sank) time that she gained considerably on the Panto-
mime. As the leading yachts opened. Cowes Roads, the
wind freshened and came up squally from W.N.W., and in
passing Cowes the Egeria went into second place, with the
Albertine third, Viking fourth, and Pantomime fifth, the
three latter pretty close together. The Albertine lost ground
off Cowes by standing too far over for the north shore.
Titania was sixth; westward of Cowes, and a mile astern
of the Pantomime. About another mile astern came the
little Aquiline, with the Galatea moving sluggishly at
some distance under her lee and bringing up the rear. The
relative positions of the vessels were very little changed
down to the mark-vessel at the western extremity of the
course, which having been rounded each craft in her
turn squared away for Cowes. The Egeria, however, so
shortened the distance between herself and the Aline by
the time she rounded the mark-boat second that only 1
min. 12 sec. was between them, and if the Egeria could
only keep at this short distance, even without improving
upon it in the run up to Cowes, she would win the cup by
her allowance of time which her difference in tonnage
gives her from the Aline.

CUP FINISM
SI
Alina ... 5 42 48 A-Met-tine
Egeria... 42 56

S.
~ 5 37 30

Egoria wins if the rales have been observed. By her
fouling the Albertine wins. Both win by time.

The Registrar-General's Quarterly Return.

The registered births in the second quarter of the
year were 262,367, and the registered deaths 157,485.
The estimated population in 1865 of England,
Scotland, and Ireland is 29,772,294. This return
comprises the births and deaths registered by 2,200
registrars in all the districts of England during the
spring quarter that ended on June 30,1865 ; and
the marriages in 12,765 churches or chapels, about
5,207 registered places of worship unconnected with
the Established Church, and 641 superintendent
registrars' offices, in the quarter that ended on March
31, 1865. Marriages were numerous in the first
three months of the present year, chiefly in conse-
quence of increased activity in the manufactures
and other industry of the northern populations ; the
birth rate in the second quarter was high, as it has
been in every quarter since the summer of 1863 ;
and the death rate was above the average, for while
the southern parts of the country were remarkably
healthy, the mortality was high in Wales, anditwas
not low in some northern counties. Of weddings the
number in the March quarter was 36,835 ; the daily
average was 409. As it is the season in which
employment is the slackest, it is also that invariably
in which marriages are the fewest. There were
6,380 marriages in London. The four most
populous districtsof the metropolis arePancras,with
about 200,000 persons, Kensingston, Lambeth, and
Marylebone. In Kensington there were 469 mar-
riages ; in Pancras, with its larger population, 452 ;
in Marylebone almost the same number, though it
contains fewer persons than Pancras by upwards of
30,000 ; in Lambeth the number was very great, for
it rose to 482, the highest returned by the London
districts, though its population scarcely exceeds
that of Marylebone, and is much less than those of
Pancras and Kensington. The annual marriage rate
in the quarter, viz., proportion per cent. of persons
married to population, was 1.428, the average of 10
corresponding quarters, 1855-64, being F3Bl. In
1864 (winter quarter) the rate was 1.472. The num-
ber of children born in the three months ending 30th
June was 192,921, against 188,641 in the same
period of last year. In London the births were
26,408 against 25,014; in Lancashire they were
25,635, against 25,467. The counties of Durham
and Northumberland exhibit a marked increase.
The former with a population in 1861 of 542,125
persons return 7,111 births; South Wales contain-
ing 699,722 persons in 1861 returns not more than
7,182. The annual birth rate in the quarter was
3.691 per cent. against an average of 3.603 in ten
previous June quarters. Within this range of com-
parison it rose in only one instance as high as
3-700. In London the birth rate .was 3.515 ; in
the city of Manchester, 3.624 ; in the borough
of Liverpool it was as high as 4.173 ; in that
of Leeds, 4.497 ; and in Glasgow it rose to
4.604. The registers of births record, as has
been mentioned, a total of 192,921; the deaths in
the same three months are 116,006. The' excess of
the former over the latter is 76,915, and represents
the natural increase of population, which averaged
845 daily. From ports in the United Kingcbm
where there are Government emigration offices there
went out in the June quarter 71,087 emigrants, of
whom 52,730 were destined fd'r the United States,
6,943 for British North America, 9,820 for the Aus-
tralian colonies, and 1,594 for other parts of the
world. More than a fourth part of the emigration
consisted of persons of English origin ; the number
of Irish emigrants was double that of English, and
all the former, except a few thousands, went to the
United States. -The Scotch who left their native
country were about 4,600. The emigration to the
United States:was not quite equal to that of the same
quarter in either of the. two preceding years ; and
the numbers who went to other destinations also
showed a decrease. The total number of deaths in
the quarter that ended June 30 was 116,006 against
118,121 and 116,899 in the same three months of
1863 and 1864 respectively. The returns of London
in the last three months discover, as regards absolute
numbers, a near approach to identity ; butthose of the
kingdom generally show a decrease in last quarter
Wales, and some northern par darts of E
inglan d, where
epidemic diseases have been rife, or activeindustrial
operations have attracted population, being the only
important exceptions. The singularly fine weather
has exercised a beneficialinfluence on the public
health ; and the effect would doubtless have been
more marked in the death registers if the preceding
March had been less cold and ungenial. The winter
months, and especially March, were as remarkable
for cold as the late spring season was for heat, and
many bronchial affections, which the former period
transmitted, ran their course to a fatal termination
after the propitious change of weather had begun.
In England the anual rate of mortality for the June
quarter was 2.220 per cent.—deaths to 100 persons
living—against an average of 2.191 for the corre-
sponding period in ten years. In 1863 and 1864
the rate was 2.308 and 2.260 per cent. In Lon-
don the total number of deaths was 17,367. The
annual rate of mortality for the quarter was 2.316
per cent. In the town of Leeds it was 2.714; in that
of Liverpool it was 3.125 ; in Dublin it was 2.368 ;
in Edinburgh, 2.639 ; in Glasgow, 3.065. Of ten
large towns in the United Kingdom, Birmingham
shows the lowest mortality for last spring ; and Bris-
tol in the same table stands in a position not much
less favourable. In the deaths from scarlatina in
London there was a decided decrease; they were 385,
which is much less than in any June quarter since
1861; in the December quarter of last year they
were 1,095. It is satisfactory that typhus has not in-
creased recently, although the decrease is not consi-
derable. In the last quarter of 1864 the deaths from
it were 1,064; in the first two quarters of the present
year they were 936 and 700. There were 738 deaths
in London from diarrhoea and summer cholera.
This complaint, which is commonly so fatal to young
children in a more advanced period of the year, ap-
pears to have been forced into earlier development
by the unusual heat of the season ; for in the spring
quarter of 1863 and 1864, the numbers referred to
it were only 232 and 334. Thus in the present
year the previous number has been more than
doubled. It is possible that other unusual condi-
tions besides temperature have tended to produce