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

ILLEGITIMACY IN SCOTLAND,

•
The second quarterly return of the Regtrsr
ls,: et,
General for Scotland confirms the melancholYlof
established by the return for the first qualleitite
the present year, that the proportion of illcaitleir
births in Scotland is very high, We directedt Pair
tion to this at the time the first return Wasl,ol
lisbed, and to the position of the south of Seel;
Compared with other parts of the country, 311":0
regret to say that the second return is alniesgre,
deplorable as the first. The southern counties cio
next to the north-eastern, the worst in Scothle.allt
this respect, and the stewartry of Kirkeudbrlvolia
stands at the head of the black list for the se 10.
quarter of all the comities of Scotland. The ices,
portions for the first quarter were :—Dunl'a.4,
15.7 per cent. ; Kirkcudbright, 14 ; Wigtown,,°,l3,
For the second the y are—Dumfries, 12.2; Js-1
cudbright, 15.9 ; Wigtown, 9-6. The favoltrailk
contrast for Wigtownshire compared with theais
joining county of Kirkcudbright, is maintaille.,ast
the second return, and the causes of this 'conPlio
are well worthy
.Of investigation. We believe Chits
its
there are no hiring fairs for farm servants he`
the county of Wigtown, the only gathering e' t of
kind being an annual one for the engage
harvest labourers, while the number of such
in Kirkcudbright and Dumfriesshire is very gr're
This fact,,coupled with those disclosed by thee tiS
turns, seems to show that the allegations mad
to the injurious character of these hiring thi,r,sl oot
well founded. Their abolition, however, vir"011
be an easy matter, for they are almost the only
holidays which the toiling rural population Pessoe
and should the register system be adopted sto
compensation must be given to servants fbr the ,
of these days of recreation. This subject is tooth ly
delicate-and a difficult one, but it must be o°4
grappled with, and we would wish to see the of
paved by discussion of a more kindly tone than ""eh
which has been adopted in the correspondencel"s
has recently appeared in our columns. The Tile. s,ed
betwixt masters and servants should not be vie or
as a class one, for the interest of both • are' er,
ought to be, the same. On one point, h°W„tror
there can be no dubiety ; these returns of the Reil;
General speak trumpet-tongued to the necessity 1°,;(01'
proving cottages, and the social improvement which ,i'vro'
arise therefrom. In this respect the duty of lancle'4,o'
prietors especially, but of their tenants also is clear an
solute.—. Dun !fries Courier.

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The King of Prussia has returned to the „9,
of Sans Souci. The entrance to the railway stkitl- 016
Potsdam was closed to the public, so that no one
to see how his Majesty looked.
THE CAPE MAILS.—The steam-ship Nor
leave Southampton this day for Plymouth, where FP OF'
take in the Cape mails and leave to-morrow for her de
Lion. „All:
THE MAILS, &c.—Southampton, Sept.
Peninsular and Oriental Co.'s screw steammhiP d CV:
Captain J. Brown, with the outward East India 0;0741:
mails, sailed hence to-day for Gibraltar, Malta, taw, d
dria. She also takes out 85 first and 32 second-,,c't-,,
sengers, a full cargo, andl7s boxes of specie, jeweetc'e,n' ;
value £98,508 Bs. 2d., for the undermentioned P.-•;o,ir:d
Alexandria, silver, £1,370 • Mauritius, gold, .?:ell e"'
Bombay, jewellery, £366; Madras, gold, £lOO, and les," efil
£6OO is. 6d. ; Calcutta, silver, £2,880, and Je silver,
£1,728 175.; Singapore,. jewellery, £692; Hongkeir
£12,731 18s. 6d., and jewellery, £1,065; Shane,e7;so,l' g
£26,155, and jewellery, £Bl9 1 Is. 2d. Total—^'oN, A50°,1°3
silver, £43,136 18s. 6d. ; jewellery, £5,271 Oa: e"' tsoa
the Salsette's passengers are Brigade-Major Ihhe
lady, Captain Hallett, R.N., for Malta; Lieuten Greet,3,,
Parnell, for Aden ; Captain Rideout, Lithit; lijearseiv,
and Dr. Scott, for 111adras ; Major Reddie LaaY • of
Major H. Wortley, and Major Simpson, for'Calcutta /000;
J. and Mrs. Hobson, for Shanghai; Captain HerubYflon' cr
Knox, Commander Woodhouse, and Lieut. the gearr` g
Fitzmaurice, for Hongkong, &c. The screw vonilv
Austria, Captain Heydtmann, arrived yesterda7_.
from Hamburg, and sailed this afternoon for
with 460 passengers and a large amount of freiq 130 eOl
Union Screw Company's steamship Norman, CaPoiliag
loaves on Monday for the Cape of Good Hop?, delaY
'Devonport for the mails, her departure having ve"'
for a day beyond the ueual tune