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

CURIOSITIES 07 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 954,038, and in 1861 997,389 inhabitants,
showing an augmentation of 43,351. 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 5,900 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 a 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 honoured 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 gentlemen 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
0 introduce a bill to take away one of the members from

the city of Gloucester, and give one to the county of
Middlesex.

TETE 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.

BOULOGNE.—The South-Eastern Railway direc-
tors have organised an excursion to this favourite resort,
which will not necessitate an hour's absence from business.
Leaving London-bridge next Saturday at half-past six in
the evening the excurtionists arrive at Boulogne at ten
minutes before midnight ; return from Boulogne at ten
o'clock on the following evening, and arrive in London at
half-past fcur on Monday morning—doubtless quite fresh
and ready for hard work. The novelty of the excursion
will most probably attract a goodly number as the cost is
marvellously low. No passports are required, and a permit
paper is provided without charge.
DEATH FROM THE EXCESSIVE HEAT.—An inquest
was taken en Monday afternoon by Mr, J. Humphreys, the
coroner, at the London Hospital, on the body of Jane
Eckley, aged 58 years, who lately resided at No. 1, Turner-
street, Commercial-road, East. It appeared from the evi•
deuce that the deceased complained of the excessive heat on
Friday night last, and left home to take a walk, and, while
passing the King's Arms public-house, she complained of
a severe pain in the head, She became insensible, and was
placed in a cab, but on her arrival at the hospital life was
found to be extinct, The resident medical officer said that
he had made a post lnortem examination of the body, and
had found extensive congestion of the brain and extravasa-
tion. Tho deceased had died from an attack of apoplexy
through the heat of the weather. Verdict, " Died by the
visitation of God."

PELARMACEUTICAI, SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN.
—The following gerdlernen yesterday passed the major
examination as pharra aceutical chemists :—James Bartlett,
Bath ; Thomas H. Buzzard, Spilsby ; William Edwards,
1111104 WelgOCk ; Froierielc LaArens, Jersey.