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

THE PHILADELPHIA MINT.

The following is the report of the Philadelphia Mint
for theseven months of 18.54 :

The following table will show the coinage of the Mint
of the United States, Philadelphia, for the seven months
of 1854 :
Double Eagles
Eagles
Half Eagles
Quarter Eagles
Three Dollars
Dollar

.510,699,100 00
457,980 00
333,535 00
939,695 00
347,684 00
783,343 00

Total Gal
Dollars
Half Dollars
Quarters

13,561,937 00
33,140 00
1,153,000 00
2,160,000 00
270,000 00
212,000 00
12,000 00

Dimes

Half Dimes.
Three Cents

Total Silver
Copper

3,840,140 00

32,400 04

Gold, Silver, and Copper
Gold Bars

... 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 months
of 1853. Of the pieces coined this year 54,643 were
gold, 1,248,000 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 were :

1853. 1854.
Gold. Silver. Gold. Silver.
January $1,962,097 $14,000 $4,215,579 $lOB,OOO
February 2,548,523 13,560 2,515,000 1,166,000
March
April 4,766,009 2,550,000 3,442,000 129,005
May
June
July

Total-433,385,882 9,152,560 $25,659,579 $2,156,500
The shipments of specie during the same time hare
been as follows :
Shipments of Specie from the Port of New York By R. W. Packer, Cape Haytien, amount
of gold ,.
Additional by steamer St. Louis, Havre,

$5OO 00

specie
Steamer Pacific, Liverpool, U.S. mint bars
IP 10 California slugs
SO American coin
tf 2,
Mexican silver

234,237 53
726,229 69
12,149 80
203,005 00
27,000 00

Total for the week
Previously reported in 1854

... $1,200,117 02
... 19,108,319 31

Total..

$20,308,436 33

BIRTHS IN ENGLAND AND WALES IN

1852.

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sbirths 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 Septembep 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 ono.
fifteenth of the whole children born alive are illegitimate.
When it is considered how manyillegitimate 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-
-1 dom, we subjoin a list of the divisions, with their popu-
lation, and the number of illegitimate births in each :
Divisions.
West-Midland P2274:90312a,,8t9i20370n. No.
( 50;,,f8279b53irth5.
North-Western
York 1:7898 4,743
South-Western
South-Eastern 11:62803i 3,517
North-Midland
320869417
London 2,362,236 ••• 3,
280
Eastern
1,188,914 ...
2,,v3
969,120 .• •
Northern
dling," presents a very
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facilities
Wales, in spite of the " htm
Welsh
h-Midland ..... 1i:213143,39383 2222
and
greater
looks remarkablfwell ;
large towns than in rural dis-
for evading registration in
triote.
spectable appearance in
btuhtisthrecrteuranr;e

MELINCLIOLT ACCIDENT AT THE Moons.---On Thurs.
day last a party consisting of Mr. Morrison, late of
New Orleans, Mr. William Cochran, grocer and provisionl
merchant, GlAsgow, and Mr. Mliean, baker,
along in singlean
advance, observed the
went out to have a day's shooting on the ,Killasreggogw,
him,f fiwyhireng away,
eay4nthinkingly wheeled
a:olvrsir.Rmosuernreiasuthu:
whu While
w a
sp ri one eekli nm
afterwards the
dog making a point, and immediately.
however, it flew to.
r,,bo.i:ut:
rdnddsr rose. Instead p
overuTni
isetde atdh eo t r i g
gheer ;
and, as Mr. Cochran wa
iinmmhiesdihaetaelryt.behTinhde h
gardiin'egeehivisedwtihfee
acvnhdolcehcilhdra:
unfortunateirine man was only able to
utter an ejaculation
when he expired.
and has left a widowTahned
dtehcreeaes ecdh i
lwd
left Glasgow the was 38
Hyeaenhaodf only
same morning. Morrison was not by
any means a practised
sportsman, and it is said that be
had very rarely discharged a gun before this =hippy
occurrence. -