The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-19 00:00:00

CURIOSITIES OF THE CENSUS.

The Registrar-General estimates the number of English
emigrants from the United Kingdom in the ten years be-
tween 1851 and 1861 at 640,210, and returns the number
of registered births over registered deaths in the same pe-
riod at 2,260,576.,This would leave an increase of 1,620,366,
but the actual augmentation enumerated on the sth of April
was 2,134,116, showing that 513,780 births must have
passed unregistered in the ten years. It appears that the
population of London is nearly equal to that of the 20 lead-
ing provincial towns, having a population of 70,000 and
upwards—Belton, Birmingham, Bradford, Brighton, Bris-
tol, Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nor-
wich, Nottingham, Oldham, Portsmouth, Preston, Salford,
Sheffield, Stoke-upon-Trent, Sunderland, and Wolver-
hampton—all put together, the metropolis having 2,803,034
inhabitants, and the great provincial centres 2,963,945.
The population of the latter is, however, increasing more
rapidly than that of the metropolis, the augmentation hav-
ing been 440,798 in London, as compared with 591,058 in
the provincial towns—so that Cobbett's " great wen" is not,
as some assume, absorbing all the power of the State.
With regard to 43 secondary towns, the population of
which ranges between 20,000 and 50,000, an advance has
been made from 1,414,093 in 1851, to 1,653,386 in 1861
showing an augmentation of 239,293 ; and 107 still smaller
towns, including, as in the case of their larger brethren,
the additions made to many of them for Parliamentary
purposes, having a population of from 5,000 to 20,000,
had in 1851 951,038, and in 1861 997,389 inhabitants,
showing an augmentation of 43,3.51. The metropolitan
district, consequently, increased in population at the rate
of 18 per cent. ; the great centres of manufacturing indus-
try at the rate of 24 per cent. ; the second-class towns at
the rate of 17 per cent. ; and the little boroughs at the rate
of 4 per cent. In 14 still smaller townships, having less
than 5,000 inhabitants each, the population remained all
but stationary, being 52,108 in 1851, and 52,559 in 1861; so
that the lower one gets in the scale, the more stagnant one
finds the tide of human life. The excess of the fair sex in
England amounts to the alarmingly large total of 544,021 ;
but th s disproportion between the sexes is not universal, the
rougher section of humanity being in a majority in Derby-
shire, Durham, Essex, Herefordshire, Kent, Hampshire,
Staffordshire, and Westmoreland. In Middlesex there are
165,389, and in Lancashire 86,100 more women than men,
and the agricultural counties also reflect the continuous
drain of emigration upon their adult male population.

THE COURT.—Her Majesty and his Royal High
ness the Prince Consort, accompanied by the Princess
Alice and the youthful members of the Royal Family leave
Buckingham Palace on the 4th proximo, according to pre-
sent arrangements, for Osborne, for the season.
The Countess of Derby has an assembly to-night,
to meet their Royal Highnesses the Duchess and Princess
Mary of Cambridge.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Princess Mary honeured the Duke and Duchess of
Hamilton by their company at dinner on Monday evening,
at Hamilton House, Arlington-street.
The King of the Belgians and the Count de
Flandres and the noblemen and gontlemen in their retinue
close their visit to the Queen on the Ist of next month,
when his Majesty and his son depart for Ostend, on their
way to Brussels.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess d'Aumale was
prematurely confined on Monday last, at Orleans House,
Twickenham, of a daughter. We are happy to say that
since the unfortunate occurrence her Royal Highness has
been progressing as favourably as could be desired.
Thirteen reasons for protesting against the Cus-
toms and Inland Revenue Bill have been inserted in the
journals of the House of Lords, signed by the following
peers :—Monteagle of Brandon, Harrington, Rutland,
Mayo, Normanby, Grinstead, Carnarvon, Wynford, Clan-
carty, and Lucan.
On an early day Mr. Collins will move for leave
to introduce a bill to take away one of the members from
the city of Gloucester, and give one to the county of
Middlesex.
THE CROPS IN FRANCE.—The weather in France
is as favourable as it could be for the crops. The hay har.
vest has commenced ; beetroots promise well. Colza plants
are ripening under excellent conditions, and the wheat is
fast filling. The journals of the departments of the south
and centre represent that the rains of the last few days
have done great good to the crops. All sorts of vegetables
and the second growth of grass have in particular benefited.
As to the vines, they are stated to be fine, wherever they
have escaped injury from frost.

LATEST NE \'V

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PARIS, JUNE 19.

The 11[oniteur of this morning announces that the
session of the Corps Legislatif is prolonged until
the 27th inst.

In yesterday's sitting of the Corps Legislatif, the
new Law on the Press was discussed.

M. Jules Favre demanded the suppression of the
administrative regime of the press, and the re-esta-
blishment of the law of 1819.

M, Billaua, Minister without Portfolio, refuted
the arguments of M. Favre, and the Government
Bill was adopted.

News has been received here from Beyrout to the
7th inst., stating that Fuad Pasha was proceeding
through the Druse districts, and engaging the in-
habitants to preserve tranquillity.

The destruction which the Druses had committed
was confined to the demolition of th© roofs of the
houses in a village.

TOULON, JUNE 19.
Admiral Chappart has arrived here in order to
form a new naval division.

PESTH, JUNE 17.
The discussion on the address was continued to-
day in the Upper House.

The Primate of Hungary, in his speech, laid
stress on the necessity for a reconciliation between
Hungary and the Emperor, and for a revision of
the laws of 1848.

All the members oho spoke were in favour of
sending an address to the Emperor in the form
proposed by M. Deak in the Lower House.

PRAGUE, JUNE 19.

The Emperor has promised to grant an amnesty
to those persons committed for political crimes in
Bohemia who should request his Majesty's pardon.

MADRID, JUNE 19.
Spain will preserve a strict neutrality in the civil
war in America.

The Bank of Madrid has afforded assistance to
several mercantile houses whose affairs were em-

barrassed.

THORN, TUESDAY.

It is stated that a courier arrived yesterday at
'arsaw, bearer of the Imperial decrees granting
reforms to Poland. These reforms are said to make
satisfactory concessions to the country. Their pub-
lication is expected very shortly.

BERNE, TUESDAY.

The English Minister has protested before the
Federal Council against the assertion of France
that the opposition offered by England to the an-
nexation of Savoy and Nice was the principal
reason why France had not ceded the neutral terri-
tory of Savoy to Switzerland.