The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-23 00:00:00

THE CENSUS.

DUNDEE.—The population, by the census amounts in
tote to 66,232. When the census was taken in 1831, the
population of Dundee stood at 45,355 ; so that in the
ten years that have intervened it has increased 20,877.
PERTH.—The returns of the enumerators for this city
and suburbs have now been completed, and the total re-
sult is 19,221. At the last general census the total re-
turn was 20,016, showing a decrease of 705 in the ten
years. There must be some mistake here ; and as the
census of 1831 was considerably under that made in the
spring of the same year by order of the Magistrates, with
the view of enforcing the claim of the city to a represen-
tative in Parliament, the probability is that the mistake is
somewhere in the present returns.
AIONTROSE.—Due care has been exercised to obtain
the most accurate account of the population here, and
the result is—
Old Parish of Montrose 10,094
St. John's
Craig (Rossie Island) 152

Total 15,246
The increase during the last ten years is very consider-
able. In 1831, the population of the town and parish
numbered 12,055 ; this year it amounts to 15,094 ; being
an increase of 3,039, and an addition of nearly 5,000
since 1821. Were the seamen belonging to the port in-
cluded, our population would now amount to about
16,000. As it is, Montrose still maintains its position
of the second town in the county.
Fonlau.—The total number in this parish is 9,605.
The census of 1831 bore that the population was 7,949.
so that there is an increase of 1,656. A few years ago,
the number would have been much greater, but, within
that time, there has been, a diminution to that extent,
merely from emigration.
DUNKELD.—In the year 1831, we had nearly 1,500
inhabitants, while the present enumeration exhibits a
deficiency of 400. To what cause or causes this fall-
ing off is to be attributed, it is not easy to say .—=Perth
Courier.

SINGULAR SUICIDE AT STAPLE-
FORD ABBOTT.
(Abridged from the Essex Herald.)
A case of suicide occurred last week in the parish of
Stapleford Abbot, in this county, uuder circumstances of
a very romantic character. A labourer named James
Ramsey, about twenty years of age, having visited Jane
Hills, a respectable young woman, in the service of Mt.
James Dixon, for some years as a suitor, in consequence
of her refusal to marry him, quitted his house and en-
listed on the 9th instant. He however because dejected
and miserable, and five days afterwards was tbund
life-
less suspended from a tree, in Mr. Dixon's garden, at
four o'clock in the morning, close to the window of the
bed-room in which the object of his attachment slept.
An inquest was held on Tuesday, before C. C. Lewis,
Esq., Coroner, when it appeared from evidence that he
was considered to be in his right mind, but that he was
habitually sad ; he had been connected with the girl
Jane Hills for about two months, and was disappointed
at her refusal or backwardness to marry him.
A sheet of foolscap was found in the deceased's .hat
under the tree on which he hung, and upon it was
written in pencil as follows :-
0 My Dearest as God gives me leaf to write
these few words to yow what i do tell you it
certainly is trees for what i done you caused me
to do so what i tell you bear easy in your mind
for i love the so well i cant leave the behind
So my dearest Jane ive come again
as you may find me here
no tongue can tell i kow it well
•
i have been to sewere
but when to the tomb its there fore to remain
i hope you will not lay to heart
to heavy a load of pain
for its when that i do go
i hope its kind you will behave
as i loved you and you loved me
you will follow me to the grave
so its now to all my friends
and my relations far and near
ilibpe unto these lines,
you will lend and eare
so its now fore to conclude
and finish all my rime
i think within my own
mind i am jest in my prim
so now my dearest Jane
i hope its kind you
will behave
and its when that
homewards i do go
you will follow
me to the grave
Whoever finds this Pray read it to my dearest beloved
Jane hills
God bless you my dearest Jane
for my dearest beloved Jane hills pray read it to her
for my sake
The Jury returned a verdict "Temporary derange-
ment."

WILL OF THE LATE BARBER BEAUMONT,
ESQ.—MUNIFICENT BEQUEST.—The will and codicils of
John Thomas Barber Beaumont, late of Regent-street,
in the parish of St. James, Westminster, in the county
of Middlesex, Esq., and late one of the directors of the
County Fire-office, has just been proved in the Prero-
gative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury, by Alex-
ander Henderson, Esq., and John Augustus Beau Mont,
Esq., the son, the executors. The personal property of
the deceased has been sworn under the value of 60,0001.,
which is principally bequeathed to his children. The
deceased, in his life-time, commenced a philosophical
institution, and by a codicil, dated May 28, 1840, he
directs the munificent sum of 13,0001. to be invested in
the hands of Robert Fellowes, LL.D., J. Elliotson, M.D.,
F.R.S., George Charles Christian Hennell, Esq., Alex-
ander Henderson, M.D.; F.R.S., Henry Churchill, Esq.,
and Henry B. Kerr, which said legacy is bequeathed
(free of duty), for the following purposes :—!fo est! -
blish a philosophical institution, in Beaumont-square,
Mile-end, for the mental and moral improvement of the
inhabitants of the said square and the surrounding
neighbourhood, in their intervals of business, and frail
from the baneful excitement of intoxicating liquors, as
also the general cultivation of the general principles of
practical theology, and the wisdom of God, leaving to
the different churches and sects the cultivation and pur-
, snit of their peculiar tenets, and also for the purpose of
affording them intellectual improvement, and rational
recreation and amusement.—Britanniu.
THE BREED OF SALMON.--For some years
Sir Francis Mackenzie of Gairloch, Baronet, has been
anxious to prevent that total destruction of the salmon
race, which has been so threatening, and which, in many
cases, has actually been accomplished ; but it is only this
season that he has discovered a satisfactory remedy for
this evil. and proved that the salmon can be propagated
to any extent artificially, and protected from the natural
enemies of their youth, as easily, and at a smaller ex-
pense, than is required for raising a head of pheasants or
other game. Sir Francis has at this moment a large
school of young salmon fry, hatched during spring, in a
pool prepared for the purpose, and ready, at the proper
age, to inhabit their native river, the Ewe, from which
the parent fish were taken. They are now one and a-
half or two inches long, and decidedly par—thus confirm-
ing what has so often been asserted, and on a small scale
proved, by Mr. Simi, of. Drumlanrig, to whom belongs
the credit of first suggesting a way of pronagaties4ur
g
rOyel fish, though the possibility of doin it, to any ex-
teat that could really.prove valuable, was. alwae denied.
Sir Francis Mackeregao has, however, by per.:;'vc=r-`3O
and zeal in the cause, overceree the difficulty, and, it is
hered, will soon make known to the public tHedet,l3 of
his interesting and valuable diEeovery.--In verxesiColirier.,