The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-08 00:00:00

THE. Ie EGIS 111? A 1?- GE N E AL' S ANN UAL

BEPORT.

The twenty-second annual report of the Registrar
General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in Eng-
land, has just been published. In 1858 the names
of 335,446 men and women were inscribed on the
marriage registers; of 689,881 children on the re-
gisters of births ; and of 440,781 persons of all ages
on the registers of deaths. The total number of
names enrolled during the year amounted to nearly a
million and a half (1,466,108). On an average of
twenty-two years there was 1 death to 45 living in
the population, 1 birth to 30 living, and 1 person
married to 61 living; and these proportions in the
year 1859, became 1 in 45, 1 in 29, and 1 in 59; or,
more exactly, the mortality on the population was
2236 per cent. on an average, and nearly the same
(2'232) in 1859 ; the average birth rate was 3.305,
the rate in 1859 being higher (3.494); the average
marriage rate was 1636, and the rate in the last
year also higher 1.698.
The marriages in the year exceeded by 11,653
the marriages in the preceding year ; the births
were 31,400 in excess ; and the deaths 8,875 in
defect. Consequently, the excess of births over
deaths in the year was 43,275 above the excess
in the preceding year, and amounted to 249,100.
This was the natural recorded increase of the
population of England and Wales. The emigrants
of English origin amounted to about 40,245. To
this extent, therefore, the natural increase is
diminished by emigration. Upon the other hand,
while the Emigration Commissioners record the
departure of 120,432, they record the return of
19,913 emigrants to the United Kingdom; and
there is probably a constant influx of the popu-
lation of Scotland and Ireland into England and
Wales ; so that the census alone will enable us to
strike the exact balance.

167,723 marriages were registered in the year ;
136,210 according to the rites of the Established
Church, and 31,513 not according to those rites. Of
the marriages in the Church, 19 were by special
license, 20,345 by licence, 107,737 by banns, and
4,204 upon superintendent registrars' certificates..
The clergy omitted in 3,905 cases to state whether
the marriage was by licence or by banns. The
ntarriages by banns increased more rapidly than
the marriages by licence, and were in proportion to
those by licences as 5,296 to 1.
Of the marriages not according to the rites of the•
Established Church 12,519 were by Protestant Dis-
senters, 7,756 by Roman Catholics, 70 by Quakers,
and 324 by Jews; 10,544 marriages, exceeding
those of the Roman Catholics, were performed in.
superintendent registrars' offices.
137,000 bachelors married as many spinsters in
the year, and 8,161 widowers married the same num-
ber of widows ; 7,058 bachelors also married widows,
and 15,493 spinsters married widowers; conse-
quently, 23,654 widowers and 15,219 widows re-
married. Of 100 men marrying, 14.10 were
widowers ; of 100 women marrying, 9.07 were
widows. 10,397 young men and 32,041 young
women under 21 years of age married in the year ;
so of 100 men, 6.20, and of 100 women, 1910 were
minors.

44,807 men and 63,127 women signed the married
registers with marks ; so that of 335,446 persons
in the prime of life 227,512 could write their names
more or less distinctly; and 107,934 signed with
marks, or 32.2 per cent. signed with marks. Of the.
women, 37.6 in 100, of the men, 26.7 in 100 signed
with marks ; so that the women do not write in the
same proportion as men. It is gratifying to trace
the progress of education since 1841, when 32.7
men and 48.8 women in every 100 signed with
marks, to 1859, when the proportions fell to 26'7
and 37.6 respectively; so that of persons at the
age of marriage, 6.0 more men, and 11.2 more
women in 100 now write their names than wrote
18 years ago.

4;228 places of public worship were open for
the solemnisation of marriages, and registered on.
31st December, 1859. This number exceeds by
156 the number on the register at the same date
oc the previous year. The marriages were most
numerous after harvest in the Christmas quarter
of the year, and in the spring quarter of the
year, and in the spring quarter, including the
months of April, May, and June. The marriage
rate is lowest in the Lent quarter, ending in
March, when the produce of the year is partly
consumed.

The registered births, which declined in the
I previous year, rose to 689,881 in 1859. The increase
is 34,400. The birth rate of the year is 3.494, or 1
in 29. 352,662 boys and 337,219 girls were born ;
and 15,443 more boys than girls, the proportion.
being 1,046 boys to 1,000 girls ; so that the pro-
portions were nearly 22 boys to 21 girls. The pro-
portion of births in the several seasons of the year
varied. Thus, if we take the average births of each
quarter at 1,000, the proportional births in the four
quarters of the year are represented by the numbers
1,032, 1,022, 968, and 978. These proportions
differ from year to year; but the births in the first
exceed those in the second six months of the year.
44,751 children were born out of wedlock, or
6.5 per cent. of the children born alive, and so
registered as to allow the distinction to be
drawn. On in every 15 children is in this con-
dition, and has to encounter the hardships in-
cidental to it; for hitherto mankind have treated.
the innocent children with the opprobrium 'which
properly attaches only to the parents. To 100 girls,
105.7 boys were born out of wedlock; whereas to
100 girls 104.5 boys were born in wedlock.
The number of deaths was less by 8,875 than the
deaths in the year preceding ; and the rate of mor-
tality (2232) was slightly below the average, 2236.
It is nearly expressed by one death to every 45 of
the population. The mortality of males was at the
rate of 2300, and females at the rate of 2.167 per
cent. annually. The deaths of males were to the
deaths of females as 103 to 100 ; and out of equal
numbers of the two sexes the proportions became
106 to 100. The rate of mortality under 10 years of
age was higher than usual in both sexes, and
generally lower at the more advanced ages. The
winter was the most fatal of the four quarters.

A SPLIT IN THE 2110.1iM02V CAMP.

A correspondent of a Cincinnati paper, writing
from Fort Crittenden on the 18th of June, says :--
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saw, for the Brigamites are already threatening
him and his followers with extermination. I
believe all the branch of the 'church where he
lives have joined him, even the bishop (Richard
Cook) and his counsellors. People are going from
all parts of the territory to see him. He keeps two
men (his counsellors) doing nothing but waiting on
his visitors, and teaching them the new e,octrine.
There is much rumour about the troops leaving
Utah. They expect to be ordered to leave every
day. Letters came here by the Pony Express, May
29, from Livingston to his partner, Mr. Bell, stating
that an order was issued in Washington, May 21,
to call the troops into the states from this place and
ever since the quartermaster has been making pre-
parations to start when the order comeu, but it has
not arrived. There are thousands of pony people here
who wish for the troops to remain, Until they can
obtain teams to take them away, if and
the troops
leave they will not know what to do. There are
many, yes, very many poor families who wish they
were out of Utah. No man knows how poor people
suffer in this territory, but those
I have had enough of it, and who experience it.
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the lips of those who were in authority, and some
would speak plainer and say, ' If you don't do as we
tell you we Will cut your d—d throats.' The poor
had to shut their mouths when they saw their
tyranny, I, with thousands more, came here with
pure motives, thinking that we were doing the will
of God, but I found my mistake. Instead of arriving
in Zion, I found the place to be a den of thieves
find robbers, tne bishops and presidents cheating and
robbing the poor in every "way they can. I see men
who come from 100 to 200 mil©s seeking for work
to get a little clothing for themselves and their fami-
lies, being. half naked, with their feet sticking out
of their shoes. It makes my begirt ache. You said
in your letterthat you were expi ..ctin g that Brigham
will become more tyrannical. He will if the troop
go away, for he has commenci ..(1 it. He has been
through all the settlemei2ts, t€ Iling the people not
to sell anything to the soldiers , and if they do they
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