The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-18 00:00:00

THE CENSUS.
The population return, according to the
census taken in 1841, for Great Britain, the
Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, which
was presented by command of her Majesty,
has just been printed. It contains an account
of the total population of each county, distin-
guishing males and females, showing the rate
per cent. increase or decrease, as compared with
the returns of 1831 ; also the number of houses.
inhabited, uninhabited, and building, according
to the census taken in 1841, of each superinten-
dent registrar's district in the several counties of
England and Wales ; together with the popula-
tion of each city and Royal burgh in Scotland.
The total increase during the last ten years for
Great Britain, amounts to 2,298,756 inhabitants.
The returns for the towns in Scotland are given
in a simple and intelligent form, so that
any person may ascertain the amount of
population in each at a glance ; but those
for the cities, towns, and boroughs of
England, and Wales, are presented in a most
confused shape. It is quite impossible from
such returns to ascertain the actual amount of
population in each, as the numbers contained in
the superintendent registrars' districts only are
given, thereby rendering it impossible to
compare the number of inhabitants in the re-
spective places, with those they contained at the
census of. 1831. In one respect, also, the re-
turns for Scotland are defective, as the numbers
for 1841 only are given; and reference, there-
fore,
to the previous census must be made, to
form a comparison. We certainly expected
something better from the great notes of
preparation, as well as the sum voted for making
the census, and therefore trust that the Regis-
trar-General will publish another table, giving
the population of each tuwn and country, as com-
pared with that of the three ten years preceding,
together with the. trades, professions. &c., of the
different classes of the inhabitants. The follow-
ing are a few of the principal towns in Scotland,
with the population in 1831 and 1841 :-
- 1831 1841
Edinburgh.. 136,346 • 133,692
Glasgow .... 202,426 257,592
Aberdeen ... 58,019 62,900
Dundee 45,355 63,825
Greenock ... 27,571 35,921

PASSPORT SYSTEM IN FRANCE,
and DETECTION of ENGLISH DELINQUENTS.
70 TEL EDITOR OF ThE SUN.
SlR—From an advertisement which I saw in
your Paper of this day, offering a reward for the
apprehension of one Abraham Horne, who had
absconded, and taken refuge in France, I am
induced to address a few lines to you upon the
passport system of that country with reference
to the pursuit and capture of nethrious runaways
from England; and if they are thrtunate enough
to elicit from some of your numerous Correspon-
dents any hint or information that may facilitate
the ends of justice, I shall be truly glad, as it
could not fail to be of infinite service to the
public. I happen to be well acquainted with all
the facts connected with the flight of the person
alluded to in the advertisement, " Abraham
Horne." I know that he was overtaken at
Montreuil, Pas de Calais, in May last, and that
he was summoned before the Procurcur de Itoi ;
his false passport, describing him as Alfred
Hallen, was very properly taken from him, and
himself detained by the authorities in Montreuil
for a given number of days, Yin the ground that
he was travelling with a false passport, which
tact indeed was proved, and reluctantly admitted
by the same Abraham Home, alias A. Hallen,
himself. The heavy charges of fraud, 'though
substantiated to the satisfaction of the Judge,
the laws of France did not authorise him to take
cognizance of So far so good, and there is no
cause of complaint ; but to the great surprise of
the party who had thus far succeeded in tracing
him, the false passport—the same false passport,
which had formed the ostensible ground for his
arrest—was, after a lapse of seven or eight days,
returned to him, and he was allowed to escape
with his plunder, and. to travel through France
by means of a passport known to be spurious;
and still under the assumed name of Alfred
Hallen to enter Paris, where for the present he
has eluded the vigilance of the police. Now, in
excuse for such conduct, the authorities of
Montreuil allege that they had no power to stop
a person bearing a passport obtained from the
French Embassy in London, although proved to
be kfalse one; that they have only the power
of doing so when the passport is issued in France.
And this may be sufficient to exonerate them
from blame, which it is far from my desire to im-
pute to them; but that system, I contend, mustbe
faulty, which allows the guilty to escape merely
because he takes his passport from London, in-
stead of procuring it through our Consuls at the
various ports of France.
I remain, Sir, your's respectfully,
__ M.

Stamford-street, Blackfrian-roaa, Nov. 15.
[We are almost sure, as our Correspondent's
letter will probably meet the eye of the French
Ambassador, that for the sake of society the evil
complained against will meet with consideration,
and, in the case mentioned, proper means be
taken to put the police authorities at Paris on
the qui wive.--En. Sun.]