The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-21 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, SATURDAY.
The Queen and Prince honoured the Portsmouth re-
gatta with their presence yesterday.
Prince Arthur, Princess Helena, and Princess Louisa
accompanied her Majesty and his Royal Highness.
Lady Caroline and Miss Barrington and Viscount
Hardinge had the honour of being invited to dinner.
Viscount Hardinge left Osborne early this morning
for London.

SUNDAY.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert 'embarked in the
Royal yacht Victoria and Albert yesterday morning, and
went to Portland, attended by Captain Du Plat.
The Prince returned soon after seven o'clock.

The Queen, with the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred,
the Princess Royal, and Princess Alice, cruised in the
Fairy in the afternoon.
The Duchess of Kent dined with her Majesty.

Despatches were sent on Saturday from the Colonial,
office to the Governors of Malta, Gibraltar, Hong-Kong,
Ceylon, and the Mauritius.

PORTSMOUTH, SATURDAY.
Her Majesty the Queen and Prince Albert, with the
Royal children, arrived off the King's Rooms, Southsea,
in the Fairy, yacht, Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman,
to witness the rowing-matches of the regatta on Friday
evening; whereupon the Victory and Illustrious "dressed
ships," manned yards, and fired Royal salutes, followed
by the Garrison Battery.
Her Majesty returned to Osborne at seven o'clock.
His Royal Highness the Prince COnsort embarked on
board the Victoria and Albert, Royal yacht, this morn-
ing, and cruised as far as Portland, returning to Osborne
at half-past six.

The Prince's standard was hoisted at the main.

ACT OF PARHAM kNT AGAINST DEAL-
ING IN RUSSIAN SUURITIES.

Whereas it is expedient to prevent as much as possi-
ble the Russian Government from raising funds for the
purpose of prosecuting the war which it at present car-
ries on against this country ' • be it therefore enacted, by
the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with the
advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal,
and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and
by the authority of the same, as follows :-
1. If, during the continuance of hostilities between
her Majesty and the Emperor of Russia, any person
within her Majesty's dominions, or any British subject
in any foreign country, shall wilfully, or knowingly, take,
acquire, become possessed of, or interested in, any stocks,
funds, scrip, bonds, debentures, or securities for money,
which, since the 29th day of March, 1854, have or hath
been, or which, during the continuance of hostilities as
aforesaid shall be, created, or entered into, or secured by
or in the name of the Government of Russia, or any
person or persons on its behalf; every person so taking,
acquiring, becoming possessed of, or interested in, any
such stock, funds, scrip, bonds, or debentures as afore-
said shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and in Scotland
of an offence punishable with fine or imprisonment ; pro-
vided always that the provisions of this act shall not ex-•
tend to or include the case of any such person or subject
claiming an interest in the estate and effects of any de-
ceased person, or the case of any such person or subject
taking the estate or effects of his debtor in execution, or
the case of any such person or subject claiming in any
country to be interested under any bankruptcy, insol-
vency, sequestration, cessio bonornin' or disposition of
property in trust for creditors, but that in every such
case the British subject may take and receive any stocks,
funds, scrip, bond, or debentures, or any share, legacy,
dividend, debt, or sum of money due or belonging to
him, which may arise from or be produced by the sale
or proceeds of any such stocks, funds, scrip, bonds, or
debentures at aforesaid ; and provided also that nothing
herein contained shall be construed to include the Go-
vernimentnot dominions.es which are used as a circulating medium
in the Russian

2. All offences against this act committed beyond the
limits of the United Kingdom, may be inquired of, tried,
determined, and dealt with, as if the same had been re-
spectively committed within the body of the county of
Middlesex.

3. Nothing herein contained shall have the effect of
reducing to a misdemeanour any such offence which, if
this act had not been passed, would amount to the crime
of high treason, or be deemed in any manner to alter
or effect the law relating to high treason ; but no
person indicted for a misdemeanour under this act
shall be entitled to an acquittal on the ground that the
acts proved against him amount in law to the crime of
high treason.
4. On any indictment for a misdemeanour under this
act the costs of the prosecution shall be allowed as
directed by the several acts, 7 Geo. IV., c. 64, and 14
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GLEANINGS FROM THE CENSUS RETURNS.—The pro-
bable lifetime of a male at birth in England is 45 years.
The mean lifetime that males live after birth in England
is 40.3 G. The mean age of the male population of Great
Britain in 1851 is found to be 25.87. The average age
of marriage in England is 25. The number of persons
in 1851 under 25 being 11,573,377, and 25 and upwards
9,611,633. The proportions of the married in the popu-
lation of Great Britain amount to 33 in every 100 males,
and to
of 32 in
renGetvery BritainlOo
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women
theema age of 20 andles,ofallag
ages.
upwards
fatrdhe
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are compared with the men at home only, the numbers
in excess are 540,578, and at the age of 20-40 the excess
is 261,060. Many women of this age are, however, mar-
ried to men of ages further advanced. Great Britain con.
tains 3,391,271 husbands, and 3,461,524 wives, 382,969
widowers, and 795,590 widows : from the age of 20
and.upwards the bachelors amount to 1,689,116; the
spinsters to 1,767,194. In the elaborate tables of the
birth-place of the inhabitants which have been framed,
it appears that the soldiers and seamen abroad being
deducted, 20,959,477 remain as the population of Great
Britain : of these 17,234,490 were born in England and
Wales, 2,754,360 in Scotland, 122,808 in the islands in
the British seas, 733,866 in Ireland, 41,316 in the Bri-
tish colonies, and 72,637 abroad, 12,774 of the latter
being British subjects. Of foreigners in Great Britain,
there appear to be 56,665 ; but the number of British
subjects abroad who are not counted in the population
greatly exceeds these ; 20,857 alone being returned as
living in France. The returns of the blin give a total
of 24,487, or one in every 975 of the total population ;
but nearly one-half of these are above 60 years of age.
The number of deaf andldumb is 12,553, or one in every
1, 670. Th,e Builder.
THE LENGTHENING OF LIFE.—Look at this one sim-
ple fact made obvious by the last census. The mean
" life-time "in Liverpool is but 25 years, while the
mean "life-time" in Surrey is 45 years! The people
die 20 years on an average before their time in Liver-
pool, tried even by the result of a defective state of
things in Surrey. The mean " " of all Eng-
land is about 40 years. If all England were to form
themselves into one large " Society for making the ave-
rage Life-time Seventy," and would ono and alt Carry
out the rules which science and experience point out and
God permits, they would effect their purpose ! We
shOuld be saying only what we believe to be feasible if
we suggested a Society for Living to a Hundred 1
Whtill iota ?—Tlio Builder,