The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-19 00:00:00

EMIGRATION TO NEW YORK FOR THE
YEAR 1852.

The following tables, 'which we have compiled from
the books of the Commissioners of Emigration, will ex-
hibit the emigration for the last year ; also the totals
for the three previous years. Subjoined is the first
table, showing the number of passengers to New York,
both foreign born and native, for every month in the
year :
Months. Citizens. Aliens.
January 1,703 11,592
February 2,562 5,342
March. 3,134 21,726
April 3,545 38,193
May 3,917 33,372
June 5,541 49,225
July 4,550 29,403
August 3,359 34,513
. September ' 3,232 36,777
October 2,757 17,765
November 2,528 16,573
December 2,224 15,019

Total 39,052 299,504
Of the foreigners, there arrived from—
Ireland 117,537 Belgium B2
Germany, 118,126 West Indies
England 31,276 Nova Scotia 73
Scotland 7,640 Sardinia 69
Wales 2,531 South America l2O
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France
Spain
Switzerland
Holland

8;778 Canada
450 China
6,455 Sicily
1,223 Mexico

Norway,
Sweden

1,889 Russia
2,066 East Inches

Denmark
Italy
Portugal

156 Turkey .
358 Greece...
29 Poland .

Total aliens,

299,504

„ American citizens arrived 39,052

„ passengers

.388,556

The following table exhibits a comparative view of
the emigration from all the countries for the last four
years:—

Nation. 1849.
Ireland 112,691
Germany 55,705
England 28,321
Scotland 8,840
Wales . 1,782
France 2,683
Spain 214
Switzerland 1,405
Holland 2,447
Norway 3,300
Sweden 1,007
Denmark 159
Italy 602
Portugal 287
Belgium llB
West Indies 449
Nova Scotia l5l
Sardinia
South America 33
Canada 59
China 9
Sicily 2l
Mexico 23
Russia 3B
East Indies 34
Turkey 6
Greece 6
Poland. ..... ..... 133
Arabia. 8

1850. 1851.
116,582 163,256
45,402 69,883
28,125 28,553
6,771 7,302
1,520 2,189
3,398 6,064

1852.
115,537
118,126
31,275
7,640
2,531
8,778

Total... ..... .......220,603 211,796 289,601 299,504

OBJECTIONABLE MEDICAL ADVERTISEMENTS.—To the
Editor. Sir,—This class of advertisements, which daily
appear in some of the newspapers (the provincial ones
especially),
shield themselves under the title of M.D., or Surgeon,
are a disgrace to the country. The parties
otherwise there can be no doubt that they would be
amenable to the law ; but it seems that a party with a
diploma in his pocket is beyond or above all law, and
can do anything he pleases in that way. We have for
many years endeavoured to expose this crying evil, but
it would seem to little purpose. We could point out
country newspapers enjoying a large circulation wherein
the advertisements in question continually appear. It
was but the Other day that the Society for the Prevention
of Vice prosecuted some tobacconist for what they were
pleased to term an indelicate picture, but can it be said
that that offence was half so grievous as the obscene
medical advertisements which continually appear in the
newspapers ! If the society would direct their attention
to such advertisements, and, by a well conducted prose-
cution, expose the whole traffic of the parties implicated,
then they would, indeed, confer a benefit on society.
What ! are we in the nineteenth century to be told that,
because a party chooses to write a work which he calls
medical, and to affix the title of M.D. or Surgeon to it,
that he is to be thereby licensed to infest the country
with such immoral and obscene advertisements as we
see displayed in some of the newspapers ! The injurious
effect of such advertisements falling into the hands of
the rising generation cannot for one moment be doubted.
Sir we feel that there is not a respectable medical man
but must join us on this question, and that many of
them would rather see their diplomas consigned to the
flames if they for a moment believed that the possession
of the piece of parchment gave any party the power to
promulgate the immorality and wickedness that are dis-
played in the advertisements in question. Still, legally
speaking, the diploma does put the party beyond the
reach of the law. The only thing required to put an
end to the crying evil is, we feel certain, an exposure of
the traffic carried on by the offending parties, by calling
public attention to the enormity of the evil ; and such
being our opinion, we have issued a print or picture,
No. 9 of the Hygeian Illustrations, in order to put the
public on their guard against the impostures which are
carried on under the guise of medical titles by persons
of the lowest and most degraded condition ; but, unfor-
tunately, medicine has hitherto been kept in such con-
fusion and mystery, that it has given them a power to
impose on the credulity of mankind which they would
not otherwise have enjoyed—We are, sir, your obedient
servants, The Members of the British College of Health
for and on behalf of the Society of Hygeists.—New-
road, London, Jan. 14, 1853.
IhIPROVEMENTS AT MARGATE.—Margate we trust ere
long will resume her wonted prosperity. Speculation is
rife, and building is again going on. The new buildings
in Fort Paragon are progressing towards completion. A
capital opportunity now offers itself for adding tot he
improvements and attraction of the town, by building a
sea wall from the Paragon towards the jetty, which
would prevent encroachments from the sea, and access
to the shore might be made by a flight of steps. We
believe that the contract for the new jetty has been taken
by Mr. Bristow, of Hartlepool, Durham, and that it is
being prepared there, so that we may now add that there
are strong hopes of seeing it completed in the present
year.—Kentisle Obeerver.

PROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTERDAY.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE-JAN. 15,

The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Duchess of
Sutherland to be Mistress of the Robes, in the room of
the Duchess of Atholl, resigned.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint John, Marquis
of Breadalbane, K.T., to be Lord Chamberlain of her Ma-
jesty's Household, in the room of Brownlow, Marquis of
Exeter, K.G., resigned.