The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-25 00:00:00

EVENING SUN

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ih 1831 was, according to the offieial ttb.stract pub
iltishisedstaiitietdhattoyebaer,lol9s:slB7s2.; and in ththeeCeponspuul
Liverpool in 1831 was 155,175 ; it is now 223,0:af4t1..°1n8140n1f
Ashton-under-Line it was, in 1831, 33,597 ;
in 130,381 So that our readers will see no comparison can
be drawn between the town population of 1831 and
1188..4111,,
It has been considered sufficient, therefore, in the mean -
time, to give three of the principal counties of England,
with the population of each Superintendent Registrar's
district, in order to show the new mode adopted by the
Registrar General, and when the complicated returns are
all arranged (which will yet require a long period),
we shall select those of most public interest. These, we
are informed on good authority, will furnish documents
of great importance, classifying persons according to
their trades and professions—such as capitalists, bankers,
occupiers of land employing labourers, occupiers of land
not employing labourers, labourers employed in agricul-
ture, in manufactures, employed in retail trade or handi-
craft, male and female servants, and a vast number of
other statistical returns. These will be accompanied
with an analysis of the Census, drawn up by the Com-
missioners, and, when completed, . will be laid before
Parliament. That indefatigable member of the London
Statistical Society, Mr. Porter, has already drawn up an
important paper on the subject, which was read at the
last meeting—and among other valuable results and
facts, contained the following :—" Amongst other results
it was shown that the population of Great Britain and
Ireland, which had increased between 1821 and 1831, an
average of 17 per cent., had diminished from that
amount in the next decennial period one quarter per
cent., which diminution was principally attributed to
the comparatively few marriages which had taken place
in England since the passing of the New Poor-law
Act, in 1834. From the tables, however, it would
appear that in the agricultural districts the number
of births had increased in the last decennial period.
The deaths which had taken place throughout England
during the latter period were 1 in 441; in the manufac-
turing districts of Lancashire, &c., 1 in 33; whilst in the
city of Boston, United States, according to a statement
made by Colonel Sykes, the mortality during the same
period had been lin 45. It was alsostated by the latter,
that in good years it was but as 1 in 47 in the same city."
Among other curious results, Mr. Porter stated that in
all Great Britain there were 13,600 idiots and lunatics,
or 1 in 1,900 ; in England alone 1 in 500; and amongst
the Society of Friends lin 300. The returns have not
yet been made up as regards the occupations of the dif-
ferent classes, but it was stated that in 1831 there were
800,000 female servants in Great Britain, whilst in the
City of Westminster alone they formed one-tenth of the
population.
The great proportion of lunatics among the Quakers
as compared with other classes has excited some surprise,
though without reason, for it may be satisfactorily ac-
counted for. The Friends, as is well known, are a class
quite distinct from all others. They associate chiefly
with one another, refrain from public amusements, avoid
theatres, races, and balls, and many other places of pub-
lic resort which relieve the burdens of the mind by their
variety and gaiety. It is not, therefore, surprising that
this kind of silent system should have the same effect on
persons who voluntarily- seclude themselves from society
as those who are forced to submit to it as a punish-
ment. It is not quite fair, however, to select this respec •
table body, for we have no doubt that if other religious
sects were classified, a greater proportion of lunatics
would be found among them. If the new Census con-
tain classifications of this kind, as regards not only re-
ligionists but persons in every grade and condition of
life, with the proportionate numbers subject to lunacy,
madness, or disease of every description, it would form a
most valuable compilation, and would well repay the
labour and expense.
From the tables published, it appears that the popula-
tion of Great Britain, for the last 41 years, was as fol-
lows :—ln 1801-10,472,048 ; 1811-11,964,303 ; 1821
14,161,839 ; 1831 16,366,011; and in 1841
18,664,761. In the Census for the last ten years, the
disproportion of the sexes is great,. In England and
Wales there were 7,773,471 males, and 8,138,134 fe-
males. In Scotland, males 1,246,437; females 1,332,530.
And in the Islands of the British Seas, males 57,593,
females 66,481. This difference appears at first unac-
countable, as it is well known that more males than fe-
males are born, in the proportion of about 9to 8. In
England and Wales, for a period of about 29 years, for
every 10,426 males, there were 10,000 females born ; in
France, in the same period, there were in the proportion
of 1,000 to 938 ; in the Low Countries, 1,000 men to
947 women; in Naples, 1,000 to 956. On reflection,
however, the provisions of nature in this, as in all other
instances, appear wise, and the disparity between males
and females may easily be accounted for. Independent
of the enormous mercantile shipping of this country, as
well as the Royal Navy, where men only are employed,
probably ten men to one woman emigrate. Men, from
their hazardous and laborious occupations, are exposed to
infinitely greater danger than women, even indepen-
dent of war, and when we take into account the vast
extent of the British dominions—the numerous Colonies
to be supplied, not only with troops but with civilians,
the incessant casualties that occur in foreign climates,
requiring regular drafts from the mother country to
make up_ the deficiency, we are only surprised that the
disparity at home is not greater. We will refrain, how-
ever, from further remarks on this subject till the Com-
missioners make a more complete return ; and in the
hope of urging them to expedite their labour with the
utmost despatch, we assure them that the public, who
have to pay a large sum for the work, are anxiously
looking forward to its completion. We have- heard, on
tolerably good authority, that they will not be able to
bring out the tables for two years yet. This, however,
we think a most unreasonable period for such an under-
taking, with so many hands, and the machinery all in
preparation for a year at least ; and great disappointment
will be expressed if the Census for 1841 is not laid on
the tables of Parliament in the course of next Session.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.

The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in
the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes
Registered in the week ending Dec.lB, 1841." The Table is
issued from the Office of the Registrar-General :

Weekly
Total. Average
1438-9-40
204
151

CAUSES OF DEATH.

Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 146
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 124
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Heat and Blood-vessels l7
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of Digestion... 54
Diseases of the Kidnays, &c.
Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 3
Diseases of the Skin, &c 3
Diseases of Uncertain 5eat...... BB
01. d Age, or Natural Decay 6O
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 24
Causes not specified
Deaths from all causes 794 -
Average Weekly Deaths 926
Average Population Deaths
Weekly eon in
-
Deaths metaled the
Ib4l.

West Districts—Kensington, Saint
I iGeorge (Hanover-square), 'West-
minster, St. Martin in the Fields,
St. James
North Districts—St. Mary-le•bone
St. Pancras, Islington, Hackney 163
Central Districts—St. Giles and St.
George, Strand, Holborn, Clerk-
camel!, St. Luke, East London,
West London, City of London
East Districts—Shoreditch, Bethnal
Green, Whitechapel, St. George
in the East, Stepney, Poplar 2ll
South Districts—St Saviour, St
Olaye, Bermondsey, St. George,
Southwark, Newington,Lambeth,
Camberwell, Rotherhithe, Green-

300,705

365,660

373,806

a92;495

wick

438,060

Total ......... 926 1,870,727 , 794
It is stated that under the term Metropolis are cempriseg the
32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of.esLo
of
Lon-
don with and without the walls, the City and Lifbert:jity_
Westminster, the out-parishes Within the Bills of It
Kegs" ington,
and the parishes of St. Marylebone, St.. Paper'''.
St. Leonard (Brom
dington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), S" 7.,h, St. Nicholas
Fulham, Hammersmith( Ckapelry), St. Luke (Ch elsea), Pad-
ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camberwell, Green;i;
pop
and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. .
June 1841, was
enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890 ; and
m81n1839, and 1840,
1,870,727. The weekly averege Population, as
forthe-three years by 156.
was obtained by dividing the deatkatExs ENDING
TEMPERATUKE lii "Elie,. H. Dec. 18.
155° 53°
40 31
47 43
23, 1841.

Highe5t.....................
Lowest ......................
_Daily Mean ...- ......... '''
General Register Office, Dec.

RAILWAY RETURNS.
We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums
received on the principal Railways of Great Britain
for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed
to each. The return includes the money received for
passengers
, as. carriages, horses, mails, and mer-
. 1 .
chandixe
Week Name of Railway. Miles Total.
ded Opened. £. s. d.
en
Dec. IS Birmingham & Derby Janet. 384 1,140 19 R
17 Birmingham and Glouceste..r 14533710521211 i
13141.3,,:,534708799288232718
1748004 :66:4
12 Brandling Junction 25 706 3 6
18 Chester and Birkenhead ..
19 Eastern Counties
18 Glasgow and Ayr . 40 824 4 8
18 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 224 645 8 3
11 Grand Junet., Chester &Crowe 1034 6,866 1 4
20 Great North of England 45 1,165 19 2
19 Great Western
18 Hull and Selby
18 Lancaster & Preston Junction 204 414 6 11
1187
London Liverpool a
and
adn dßißirmingham Manchester
m i
ngh am
18 London and Brighton
18 Ditto Shoreham Branch
21 London and Croydon
2'2 1., ndon and Greenwich 3.4 780 19 ;
18 London and South Western
16 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 545 14 .24
18 Manchester and Leeds
18 Midland Counties b7 2,3% 6 • an:
19 Northern and Eastern
18 North Midland
18 Preston and Wyre 194
20 York and North Midland l9O 14 9
23 1,603 17 6

AN AMBASSA DOR EXTRAORDINARY.—We
regret to hear of the serious illness of a noble and amiable
lady, formerly Ambassadress to this Court. The Countess
Sebastiani, wife of the. Marshal Sebastiani, and sister of
the Countess of Tankerville, has been for some timecon-
fined to her room by a painful malady, which, according
to our recent advices, has increased in its severity.—Post.
Shortly after the arrival of Sir James Graham
from Windsor Castle yesterday, the Earl of Lincoln,
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests, had
a lon
interview with the Right Honourable Baronet at the
, Home-office. •