The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-23 00:00:00

THE PHILADELPHIA MINT.

The following is the report of the Philadelphia Mint
for the seven months of 1854 : •
The following table will show the coinage of the Mint
of the United States, Philadelphia, for the seven montha
of 1854 :
Double Eagles 510,699,100 00
Eagles
Half Eagles 333,535 00
Quarter Eagles 939.695 00
Three Dollars
•• • 347,684 00
Dollar

Total Gold
Dollars
Half Dollars
Quarters
Dimes
Half Dimes
Three Cents

13,561,937 00
33,140 00
1,153,000 00
2,160,000 00
210,000 00
212,000 00
12,000 00

Total Silver
Copper

3,840,140 00
32,400 04

Gold, Silver, and Copper
Gold Bara

17,434,477 04
11,177,082 60

Total ....
In 1853 .

28,911,539 64
35,879,927 59

Decrease, 1854 6,967,467 95
The whole numbeer of pieces coined in 1854 was
1,404,459, against 3,516,808 the corresponding mouths
of 1853. Of the pieces coined this year 54,643 were
gold, 1,243,000 silver, and 101,816 copper.
The gold bullion deposited in July was :
From California .. 53,910,090 ,
From other sources

Total 53,940,000
Silver bullion deposited
The deposits of precious metal for the first seven months
of the year wore

1853. 1854.
Gold. Silver. Gold. Silver.
January $1,962,097 $14,000 54,215,579 $lOB,OOO
February 2,548,523 13,560 2,515,000 1,1t;6,000
March
April 4,766,009 2,550,000 3,442,000 129,005
May
June
July
----
Total .

$6,152,560 $25,659,579 $2,156,500
The shipments of specie during the same time have
been as follows :
Shipments of Specie from the Port of New York :
By R. W. Packer, Cape Haytien, amount
of gold
Additional by steamer lit. Louis, Havre,
specie .
Steamer Pacific, Liverpool, U.S. mint bare
If PP California slugs
7P PO American coin
Mexican silver

5500 00

234,237 53
726,229 69
12,149 80
200,00500
27,000 00

Total for the week 51,200,117 02
Previonaly reported in Itss4
Total 320,303,436 33

BIRTHS IN ENGLAND AND WALES 111

1852.

il
and repomrt ar of
Having already given an abstract of the marriages for
tthhee yileaergildBrsa2r,-Gaseereecraoirdeudpoinn
births, hls deaths,s, t hanna
bsu je ct of births, though it is not to be supposed that the
riages, it seems natural that we should next turn to the
births of 1852 can be the result of the marriages of 1852.
It appears, then, that in that year there were born alive
623,990 infants, of whom 319,036 were males, and
304,954 females. The births of both sexes are most
numerous between December and April ; next, between
March and July ; next, between September and Janu-
ar° ; and the fewest are between June and October.
The totals of males and females are these :—Quarter
ending March 31, 161,803 ; quarter ending June 30,
159,031 ; quarter ending December 31, 151,934 ; and
quarter ending Sept. 30, 151,222. Of illegitimate births,
there have been registered during the year 21,734 males
and 20,757 females; together 42,491; so that about one.
fifteenth of the whole children born alive are illegitimate.
When it is considered how many illegitimate children are
still-born, and how strong the temptation on the part of
the mother is to conceal rather than to register their
births, it is to be feared that the proportion of these un-
fortunates to those born in wedlock is even greater than
at first sight appears. For the purposes of this return,
England and Wales are divided into 11 districts, and in
order that the reader may form his own view of the com-
parative morality of the different portions of the king-
dom, we subjoin a list of the divisions, with their popu-
lation, and the number of illegitimate births in each :
Divisions.
North-Western
West-Midland 5 293
2,132,930 ... , _
Population. No. of birth'.
York 1 789,047
... 4,743
South-Western
1,803,291 ~. ewe
South-Eastern
North-Midland
London 2,362,236 .•• :,,!
Eastern 1,628.386 ...
_3,517
1,113,982 ... ,-,!,:k!
South-Midland
Welsh
969,120 ••• ...,70,
Northern
urn ; and London also
appearance in this return
facilities
spectablo
; but there are greater
looks remarkably well
towns than in rural die.
for evading registration in large
Wales, in spite of the " bundling,
tricts.
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Gasgow, and Mr. M'Kean, baker, Glasgow,
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Moors, Itoseneath, While proceeding along in single
...md aeyilric Eil,aar4snAtts, a" p°aLrYt yA
went out to have a day's shooting on the Killreggatt
ale, Mr. Morrison, who was in advance, observed the
dog making a point, and immediately afterwards the
bird rose. Instead of flying away, however, it flew to.
wards and over him, when he unthinkingly wheeled
round and pulled the trigger ; and, as Mr. Cochran ws
immediately behind him, he received the whole charge
in his heart. The unfortunate man was only able to
utter an ejaculation regarding his wife and children,
when he expired, The deceased was 38 years of age,
and has left a widow and three children. He had only
left Glasgow the same morning. -., AI orrison was not by
1 any means a practised sportsman, and it is said that ha
had very rarely discharged a gun before this WASPY/
Occurrence.