The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-06 00:00:00

ILLEGITIMACY IN SCOTLAND'

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The second quarterly return of the Reglsfacti,
General for Scotland confirms the melancholl
rt.°. te
established by the return for the first clna„ijoa.
the present year, that the proportion of illeg," tieje
births in Scotland is very high, We directed tivab;
tion to this at the time the first return Wfistloo'
lished, and to the position of the south of SO a
compared with other parts of the country', 3110406
regret to say that the second return is al is
deplorable as the first. The southern countLe a 0
next to the north-eastern, the worst in Sc°tiitighl
this respect, and the stewartry of Kirkenu Ceor
stands at the head of the black list for tile 4 pro,
quarter of the counties of Scotland. tifric's'
portions for the first quarter were :—D 8"l;
15.7 per cent. ; Kirkcudbright, 14 ; Wigtonolv
For the second they are--Dumfries, 12.2; ilrablie
cudbright, 15.9 ; Wigtown, 9.6. The fav°,,,
contrast for Wigtownshire compared with tmej
joining county of Kirkcudbright, is maintaw tool
the second return, and the causes of this CO 10
are well worthy
.of investigation. We believla
there are no hiring fairs for farm servants of the
the county of Wigtown, the only gathering
kind being an annual one for the engage rt calF
harvest labourers, while the number of stic'a.refit'
in Kirkcudbright and Dumfriesshire is verY4
This fact, coupled with those disclosed by t"cie
turns, seems to show that the allegations °To are
to the injurious character of these hiring fall
well founded. Their abolition, however, fl„ old
be an easy matter, for they are almost tuvsseeg;
holidays which the toiling rural population P.° 00,
and should the register system be adoptcd,o to
compensation must be given to servants, for ti)Potii
of these days of recreation. This subject iS
delicate and a difficult one, but it must be
grappled with, and we would wish to see the that
paved by discussion of a more kindly tone thsfi.,bjcil
which has been adopted in the correspondence :sti°lll
has recently appeared in our columns. Thecin:-01'
betwixt masters and servants should not be tic,e
as a class one, for the interest of both tes.eil
ought to be, the same. On one point, 11.2,;•014,,'
there can be no dubiety ; these returns of the nor ~1)(1
General speak trumpet-tongued to the necessityu for
proving cottages, and the social improvement willeAPed Itt;•
arise therefrom. In this respect the duty of wi-„„a PA
prietors especially, but of their tenants also is clear
sQlute.—Lumfries Courier.
10Cet
The King of Prussia has returned to t-trioei:je
of Sans Souci.- The entrance to the railway '5-00 f`
Potsdam was closed to the public, so that no one li
to see how his Majesty looked. all 00
THE CAPE MAILS.—The steam-ship Ner""aie„`
leave Southampton this day for Plymouth, where,:cle'v
take in the Cape mails and leave to-morrow for her no
tion. 4/ottet
THE MAILS, &c.—Southampton, Sept. 5,,0-•
Peninsular and Oriental Co.'s screw steanialliP,4l(l:o'
Captain J. Brown, with the outward East India 7,4,1c",ir
mails, sailed hence to-day for Gibraltar, Malta, aiii-A0
do a.. She also takes out 85 first and 32 seconnerPL•/
sengers, a full cargo, andl7s boxes of specie, jelvie',o-ifi„eou;
value 198,508 Bs. 24., for the undermentione° Je,'lctP
Alexandria, silver, £1,370 • Mauritius, gold; .„ cel;ao
Bombay, jewellery, £366; Madras, gold, £lOO, an,,al;:vo;",;.t,
£6OO ls. 6d. ; Calcutta, silver, £2,880, ana
£1,728 175.; Singapore, jewellery, £692; HongiTia 0100;
£12,731 18s. 6d., and jewellery, £1,065; ShanC
£26,155, and jewellery, £Bl9 lls. 2d. Total-0,7
silver, £13,136 18s. 6d.; jewellery, £5,271 Os. a"'„tsoat A'
the Salsettc's passengers are Brigade-Major 113",p'peccel"
lady, Captain Hallett, R.N. for Malta
Parnell, for Aden ; Captain' hideout, Lieut. 109,64.
and Dr. Scott, for Madras; Major Reddie TriadYttit;
Major II: Wortley, and Major Simpson, for'Caleil" /
J. and Mrs. Hobson, for Shanghai; Captain 1:10113"1.101
Knox, Commander Woodhouse, and Lieut. the ,tet.,:ja
Fitzmaurice, for Hongkong, Src. The screW esrevalo
Austria, Captain Heydtmann, arrived yesterdaysi ,00
from Hamburg, and sailed this afternoon for 14 lit. ;eh
with 460 passengers and a large amount of fr,e'g,t. 13.0.°
Union Screw Company's steamship Norman, ‘iareAllir,fee
leaves on Monday for the Cape of Good Hell? p, 40"
Devonport for the mails, her departure having me"
fa A. clay beyond the tonal time_