The Sun.
London, England, 1834-07-26 00:00:00

POPULATION, &c., OF IRELAND.

It is known already that the last census makes the popula-
tion of Ireland 7,767,401. Of this number 3,972,521 are
females—from which it appears that the females exceed the
males in Ireland to the extent of 177,641.

The population is divided into 1,385,066 families, which
occupy 1,249,816 houses. There are 15,308 houses building,
and 40,654 uninhabited.

The families chiefly employed in agriculture are 884,339—
those in trade, manufactures, and handicraft 249,359—and
those in other occupations 251,368. The males 20 years of
age are 1,867,765.
The occupiers employing labourers are 95,339 ; those not
employing labourers 564,274 ; the labourers employed in
agriculture are 567,441. The capitalists, bankers, profes-
sional and other educated men are 61,514, of whom about a
seventh are represented to be inhabitants of Dublin. The
male servants are 98,742, and the female servants 253,155. _

The greatest number of educated, monied, or professional
men, in proportion to the population, is in Leinster, and the
next in Munster. The occupiers of Munster exceed those of
the other provinces. There are fewest occupiers in Con-
naught. _ _ _

A summary has been taken of the males upwards of twenty
years of age who are employed in retail trade or handicraft,
as masters or workmen, in each of the counties, cities, and
. towns The totals of the most numerous classes are the fol-

lowing ;

Bakers 4,565
Barbers
Basketmakers 675
Blacksmiths
Brassworkers 1,595
Broguemakers
Bricklayers 1,537
Painters
Masons
Potters
Plasterers
Papermakers
Slaters 2,818
Butchers 7,362
Carpenters 24,404
Cabinetmakers
Sawyers
Wheelwrights 2,474
Carriers and Carters 4,190
Clothiers 1,415
Drapers
Coachmakers 997
Coachdrivers, &c.
Coopers
Cat tl edealers
Corndealers 865
Cloekmakers
Curriers
Fishdealers 605

Flaxdressers
Glaziers, Plumbers
Grocers, Green Grocers 3,594
Harnessmakers
Hatters, Hosiers 3,137
Horsedealers, &c.
Hucksters, Pedlars, &c. 7,569
Marblecutters 1,154
Milkmen l,lBB
Millers 2,839
Nailers
Old Clothesdealers 1,030
Printers
Publicans
Ropemakers
Saddlers 1,515
Shoemakers
Villagedealers 6,943
Spirit-shopkeepers 3,961
Stonecutters
Tailors
Chandlers
Tanners " 1,130
Tobacconists 761
Turners
Weavers (not specified) 40,926
Linen Weavers
Whitesmiths
Woolslubbers, &c 1,720

It thus appears that weavers are far the most numerous of
the Irish tradesmen, and that after them come shoemakers,
then carpenters, then tailors, then blacksmiths, and then ma-
sons. The total of all these and similar classes of the popu-
lation, is 298,833, of which 23,576 are in Dublin.
The male servants of the city of Dublin (ancient boundary)
are 3,459, and the female servants 11,574. Within this
boundary every eighteenth house is uninhabited. The popu-
lation of this city, within and without this boundary, is
265,316 inhabitants.—Dublin Morning Register.

EXTRAORDINARY HEAT.—Such was the intense
heat on Thursday the 18th instant, that the Merthyr Mail
(from Cardiff) was detained nearly an hour at different places
on the road in preventing the wheels being set on fire ; the
axletree was so hot, that a passenger severely burnt his hand
in endeavouring to turn the screws.—Merthyr Guardian.
Elisondo, in the North of Spain, which Don Car-
los has made his head-quarters, is a small town at the left
bank of the Bidassoa, the chief place of the valley of Bas-
tan, and eight leagues and a half north of Pampeluna. It
contains 1,100 inhabitants. It is not generally found on the
smaller maps of Spain, nor the Gazetteers in general use.
DECREASE OF POOR R A TE.--A detailed ac-
count of the poor-rates in England and Wales, for the year
ending March 25, 1833, has been printed, from which it ap-
pears that the whole amount levied was 8,739,8811., of which
6,790,799/. was expended for the relief of the poor, 254,4121.
in suits of law, and 1,694,6691. for other purposes. The
diminution, as compared with the year before is 4 per cent.

A very brilliant meteor in the heavens was observed
at Stamford on Saturday night, between eleven and twelve
o'clock, diffusing a light as powerful as the full moon, with a
clear sky. Its duration was about three seconds; and what is
remarkable, it was raining fast at the time, though there was
a break in the clouds at some distance off.—Boston Herald.

It does not appear to be generally known that no
person who refuses or neglects to pay the rate for the relief of
the poor, which shall be due from, and shall have been de-
manded of him, shall be entitled to vote, or to be present in any
vestry of the parish for which such rate shall have been made,
until he should have paid the same. Overseers would do well
to enforce this salutary provision, as it would save them much
trouble and inconvenience.

A ROYAL FROLIC.—There is now living at Bra-
ding, in the Isle of Wight, an old woman of the name of Ja-
cob, who relates the following anecdote:—In the early period
of his present Majesty's naval career, and during the Ameri-
can war, Princo William and two other youngsters landed

near Ryde ; and as it blew a gale with a tremendous sea, they
remained all night on shore, at the house where Mrs. Jacob
lived ; and as the room had no shutters nor blinds, they hung
blankets against the window to avoid observation, while they
enjoyed themselves over their wine, of which they had pro-
vided themselves a hamper to take on board. In the morning
the damsel assisted them to convey the wine to the boat, wait-
ing for them at the landing ship ; and while she. was engaged
in handing it into the boat, the young Prince took her in his
arms and seated her, to his apparent great delight, up to her
_waist in water, from which situation she was soon relieved by
the crew. The Prince then gave her a silk pocket handker-
chief, with likenesses of King George 111., Queen Charlotte,
and the Royal Family, with the remark that she would re-
member, as long as she lived, that she had been in the arms
of the King's son. The old lady had the handkerchief in her
possession a short time since.—Brighton Guardian.

The Rev. Mr. Arundel', the brother-in-law of Mr.
Morier, the celebrated author of " Ayesha" and " Zohrab,"
has just published a narrative of his travels and discoveries in
Asia Minor. In this work the writer has brought to light
more curious facts connected with gie Seven Churches of the
Apocalypse than have ever been collected. The Acts of the
Apostles are elucidated in many material points, particularly
as regards the travels and ministry of St. Paul. Mr. Arun-
dell has resided nearly thirteen years in Asia Minor, and his
attention has been constantly directed to the elucidation of the
geography of this interesting region.
LARGE PIKE.—A pike was caught in the Der-
went Lake on Thursday last, by trolling, measuring three feet
seven inches in length, and weighing twenty-two pounds. It
afforded the truly old veteran fisherman, " Joe:Jolson," who was
accompanied by Mr. Wm. Clark of Keswick, an excellent
treat, and called forth a full display of all his scientific know-
ledge before he succeeded in securing his prize, which he in-
forms us was attended by another immensely large pike, that
approached close up to the boat, as if to scrutinize the cause
of, and endeavour to rescue its companion from so perilous a
situation.— Whitehaven Herald.

NEW COINAGE IN RusslA.--Orders have been
issued by the Emperor of Russia for the coinage at the Mint
at St. Petersburgh of silver pieces of the value of 15 and 75
kopecks, and of one and a half ruble, to have also the denomi-
nation of legends of one, five, and ten Polish florins, and also a
gold coin of the value of three gold rubles, to be called the
imperial of three rubles, or Russian ducat, the legend to be
in Russia three rubles, and in Polish 20 florins. These coins
to be equally current, whether in Russia or Poland, and may
be also struck in Warsaw, having a mark of distinction in ad-
dition. Authority is also given for the issuing of pieces of 30
kopecks or two florins.

The exportation of the precious metals from the
port of London, from the 11th to the 17th instant inclusive,
was as under :—.

Gold coin to Hamburg 2,450 oas.
Ditto to Oporto l,llO
Ditto to Lisbon 5,000
Ditto to Mauritius 5OO
Silver coin to Mauritius 20,814
Ditto to Calais 430,000
Ditto to Cadiz
Ditto to New York - 42,193
Silver in bars to Lisbon 24,000

HOPS.—We have received a letter from Hurst-
green which states that the generality of hops are going, off
very fast in that neighbourhood, particularly where they have
had much vermin. Where they have had none, the hops are
doing well, and are expected to produce from two to six bags
per acre, while in many places there will not be a pocket per
acre. The hops at Penshurt, Ashurst, Speldhurst, and Tun-
bridge are completely cut up ; but at Frant, Wadhurst, Tice..
hurst, Burwash, Brightling, Etchingham, and Salehurst, they
are doing better, as there are some good lands in those places.
Squibs, Willow-hill, and Sneps, are very ",platty." The mill
grounds are good in general, except the young ones in the
brook, which are gone.—Brighton Guardian.

IMPORTANT TO PUBLICANS.—On Saturday last
James Hayes, of No. 8, Pembroke-street, publican, appeared
at the Court of Conscience, before the sitting magistratea,
Alderman Bagnell and Gibbings, charged, upon information,
with not having delivered a notice to the Clerk of the Peace,
of his having obtained a license within six days after obtaining
the same, pursuant to the late Act of Parliament, 3 an. 4. Wm.
ch. 68, thereby subjecting himself to a penalty of 101. The
magistrates, ou the hearing of the case, convicted him in the
mitigated penalty of 21. 10s., the lowest that could be adjudged
against him—some peculiarly favourable circumstances appear-
ing in his behalf, and its being the first penalty of the kind.
sought for.—Cork Southern Reporter.
At our first Summer Fair, on Friday last, four
thousand sheep were penned, the greater part of which were
sold at good prices. One lot of lambs belonging to Mr.
Long, of Sparkford, sold for 235. a-head. The prices may
be quoted as follows :—Wethers, from 30s. to 425. ; Lambs,
16s. to 235. ; Mutton, sd. to 51 per lb. The Bullock fair
was very thinly attended, and beef sold readily at 7s. 6d. to
9s. 6d. per score. The sellers of wool demanded 20d. per
lb., but the buyers were not disposed to offer more than 18d.,
and some sales were effected at this price. Our next fair, on
Monday the 28th inst., is expected to be much better at-
tended, and that prices will improve, as the late growing
showers will have ensured a considerable quantity of keep._
Sherborne Journal.

MEAL HOURS.—Our hours of meals are wonder-
fully changed in little more than two centuries. In the reign
of Francis the First (about 1515), they used still to say--
To rise at five, and dine at nine,
To sup at five, and bed at nine,
Will make a man live to ninety-nine.
The custom of dining at nine in the morning soon relaxed.
Still persons of quality long after dined at the latest at tea ;
and supper was at five or six in the evening. Charles the
Fifth used to dine at ten, sup at seven • and all the court were
in bed by nine. They sounded the curfew, which warned them
to put out their fires at six in the winter, and between eight
and nine in the summer. In England a similar change took
place. But in some degree it is a change rather of name than
of meals themselves. Our ancestors would have called our
luncheon dinner, and our dinner they would have called supper.
It is a curious fact that in some of the colleges in Oxford,
where allowances are made by the founders for the meals of
their scholars, a much more liberal sum is given for their sup-
per than for their dinner, implying that the supper was the
more substantial meal.—Saturday: Ilfaga2ine.

CAUTION.—An inquest was lately held at Corn-
wood, before A. B. Bone, Esq., on view of the body of a
child about fourteen months old. The child had been unwell
for some days, from teething. The mother of the child gave
him some laudanum for three nights successively, previous to
his death, to compose him. On Friday, the 4th instant, the
child was seen by a woman lodging in the same house, in com-
pany with his mother, in the kitchen, apparently in the same
state of health as usual. This woman left the house ; on her re-
turn about two hours afterwards, and going up stairs, she ob-
served the mother and child lying on the mother's bed, and on
the same bed was lying another of her children, who was
about seven years old. The younger child was dead, and
the mother was in a state of insensibility. On being roused
she became sick, and the boy also was sick. On inquiry of
the mother she stated that she had felt herself unwell, and
had gone to lie down on the bed, taking the child with her,
that she had fallen asleep, and on awaking observed the child
in a fit, which so alarmed her that she fainted. On opening
the body the stomach and bowels were found in such a state
as to make it evident that the deceased had died from the
effects of some poison, but not from the effects of laudanum.
No poison could be found in the house, nor, though diligent
inquiry was made, could it be shown that any one resident in
it had lately purchased any. After much consideration the
Jury found that the child had died from the effects of poison,
but by whom administered they could not determine.--Devon
Advertiser.

EFFECTS OF BUCK WHEAT ON FLEMISH
SIIEEP.—M. Ivart, in an article on the succession of crops,
mentions a curious fact with regard to the effects of buck wheat
on sheep. He says a flock of sheep had been turned into a
field of it which was in flower, and after feeding for some time
they appeared perfectly intoxicated, and their heads afterwards
became very much swollen. M. Vui+ry, in a letter addressed
to the Society for the Improvement of the growth of Wool,
gives an account of a similar occurrence to some sheep of his
own. He says a large number of his flocks were attacked with
a violent inflammation two days after having fed in a field of
buck wheat which had just been flowering ; the shepherd had
never before remarked any such symptoms as those which now
appeared. In this case the head swelled, the face broke out
in pimples, and the ears elongated and swelled till they were
nearly an inch thick ; the poor animals lay on the ground in
almost a lifeless state. Cure was, however, effected in a iew
days by frequently scarifying the ears. From the ears which
were most swollen, the blood came quite in a serous state.
The English sheep did not suffer from the effects of the buck
wheat at all, and those cross bred between English and
Flemish were not so violently attacked as the purely Flemish.
The same plant will cause hard swellings in the ears of
animals if they eat it before the dew has subsided. The best
means of averting all danger is to cut it, and let it partially
dry in the sun.—Journal des Connaissances Usuelles.

THE POPE'S ROSE.—The Pope has this year
sent the golden rose, which he consecrated on the Sunday,
styled Lmtare, to the city of Venice, as a token of regard to
the capital of the Republic, of which Belluno, his nativaplace,
formed a part. The institution of the golden rose goe* back
to, the year 1049, in the time of St. Leo IX. That head of
the church was anxious to subject directly to the Holy See
the celebrated monastery of St. Croix, in Alsace, which was
founded by his ancestors, and over which he had the rights of
patronage. By an arrangement the monastery engaged to
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in virtue of the homily of Pope Innocent 111., in order to ex.
cite'the Catholics to spiritual joy at the approach of Easter
and the end of their penitence. From this idea was established
the ritual of the consecration and unction of the golden rose,
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which figures Christ, the King of kings, represented by gold,
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with carmine, to represent the blood which the Redeemer OWL
Pope, after its consecration, carries it in procession in his left
Plls.rince or City of Christendom, entitled to the favour
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of the Church. The Venetian Republic, which was the cradle
of several Popes, possessed five of them in the treasury of
St. Mark ; they disappeared during the last wars in Italy.
The first was given in 1596 to the Doge Vendramin by Sixtus
IV., and Gregory XVI. has sent the sixth rose to the capital
of his country.—French Paper.