The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-01 00:00:00

BIRTHS.

164,062 children were born and registered in the
92 days of July, August, and September. The num-
ber is less than the number, in the last year, but
'exceeds largely the numbers registered in the corre-
sponding summer quarters of any previous year.
The increase of births is most considerable in Lon-
don, Lancashire, Cheshire, and Yorkshire. The
birth rate of the quarter was 3.250 c the average of
the season being 3.278.

INCREASE OF POPULATION.
The excess of births over the deaths in the
quarter was 77,639 ; so the natural increase of the
population of England and Wales was at the rate
of 844 daily ; and if the rest of the population in-
creased equally fast the natural increase of the
United Kingdom must' have been at the rate of
1,266 daily. The increase exceeds an* ori record.
About 10,874 emigrants of English origin sailed
from the ports of the United Kingdom at which
there are Government emigration agents; 5,134
to the United States, 336 to the North American
colonies, 4,155 to the Australian colonies and 1,289
to other parts. 33,734 emigrants sailed from these
ports, of whom about 1,433 were of foreign origin.
Half of the Scotch and only about one-eighth of the
Irish go to the Australian colonies.

PRICES, THE WEATHER, AND PAUPERISM.
The prices of provisions' have been high during
the thirteen weeks. Taking the corresponding
weeks of 1859 as- the starting point, the 'price of ,
wheat 'rose 34 per cent., beef 7 per cent., mutton 11
.per cent., potatoes 59 per cent. The average prices
during the thirteen weeks Were—Wheat, 595. hi. a
quarter; beef 50., mutton 6td. a pound by the
carcase in the Leadenhall 'and Newgate markets;
York •Regent potatoes, 1355. a ton at waterside
market, Southwark. The prices of the lower quali-
ties of beet were stationary (41d.), and the prices of
,the higher qualities rose from 6-,td. to 7d. a pound.
The prices of the lower and higher qualities of mut-
ton rose Id. and -3;d: in the pound in the twelve-
month, -and were respectively 51d. and 7-0• a
pound 'during the thirteen weeks..
The mean temperature of the thirteen weeks, at
Greenwich was 56,2 deg.; which :is less by 3.3 deg.
than the mean temperature of the corresponding
seasons of 89 preceding years. The teinperatiires
of July, August, and Septeniber were all below the
average to .i
nearly an equal extent. There s no
other instance on record of so low a mean teMpera-
ture of the four months June, July, August, and
September as 559. deg. By going back to 1771
Mr. Glaisher, however, finds "a mean temperature
of 56.0 deg. The fall of rain in the three months
was 9.6 inches, whiCh is 2.1 inches iu excess of the
average. The fall of rain has been 25.1 inches- at
Greenwich during nine months, and has varied at
the several stations from 16.8 inches at Scarborough
to 42.6 inches at Lampeter in Cardiganshire. The
excess of rein at Greenwich in the nine months is
6.0 inches. Uron this, subject" and ethers Mr.
Glaisher in his valuable report'gives some interest-
ing details; and among them may be mentioned
the time at which the crops as well as some fruits
ripened. According to his reports, the potato
disease is not so bad in the south as it is in the
north of England.
Pauperism is declining; on an average 769;360
were in the• receipt of relief, while the number in
the corresponding weeks of the. previous year was
783,449.