The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-28 00:00:00

THE, SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORN;_NG, MARCH 28, 1842 II

in 155

hundred pounds.

:aid to have weighed no less than three

On Wrch 26, in 1726, died Sir John Vanbrugh, aged
sixty. He was the architect of Castle Howard and
Blenheim ; was satirized by Swift, and praised by Rey-
nolds. On the same day, also, Gesner was burn, in
1516 ; and Dr. Hutton, the mathematician, died in 1797.
Sir William Beatty, whose death we announced yes-
terday, was the chief medical officer to Lord Nelson, and
was with hint at the battle of Trafalgar. He possessed
the bullet .which killed that celebrated hero, and which
he kept in a crystal case mounted in gold. His brother,
Colonel•Beatty, is at. resent Commandant at Plythouth.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
SATURDAY EVENING.
Some few purchases made in Consols during the
day included all the business transacted in the Eng-
lish • Funds. The market closed firmly at these
prices. Consols 891 i for Money, and 894 i for the
Account. Exchequer; Bills 27 to 29 prem.
The Foreign Market was almost wholly without
bargains. The nominal prices for Belgian were 103
.to 104 ; for Brazilian 70 to 71 ; for Danish 811 to
to 823-; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 52 to 524,
the Five per Cents: 103 to 1031. The quotations for
the Portuguese Five per Cents. 34 to 341, the Three
per Cents. 20 to 201; Colombian 26i to t; Mexican
about 11. higher, viz. 42 to / ; and Spanish 24a 241.
Birmingham Railway Shares were 85 to 87; Great
Western 26 to 27; the Half 'Shares 13,12- to 14 prem.;
Birmingham and Gloucester 56 to 58 ; South Wes-
tern 59 to 60 ; Gosport 59 to 60; North Midland 69
to 71 ; the New. Shares 341 to 35 ; Brighton 35-1 to
8; Blackwall 11 to 111 ; the New Shares 91 to 94
per sharo; South Eastern and Dover 22 to 214 ; and
Eastern Counties 131 to 12.44 discount. .
-• The attention of the members of the Stock Ex-
change was chiefly directed to the election for the
Committee, which usually takes place at this period
of the year. Some time previously the Chairman
had announced his intention of resigning, at which
step an almost universal feeling of regret was experi-
enced, as well at the loss of his services, as for the
cause which influenced this determination—he being
one among the numbers of really innocent holders of
spurious Exchequer Bills. The delay which has
taken place in bringing the subject to an issue, is be-
ginning to be complained of; as not only injurious to
the holders individually, but ' also to many of their
connexions, of which, the proceeding above alluded
to, is an instance. .
(From The San of Saturday Evening.)
This being the close of the week, and holiday-thee,
very few members of the Stock Exchange have made
their appearance. Business has been confined to a soli-.
tary purchase of Consols at 89i for money. The quo-
tation is 891 for the • Amount. The New :Three-and-a
Half per Cents. 99 to 99i ; Bank Stock, 1691 ;. India
Bonds, 10 ; and Exchequer Bills, 21 to 29 premium.
The Foreign Market is quite deserted, the only quo-
tations being Mexican, 41k ; Peruvian, 171; and Spanish,
241';. all for, the Account,
A .hew Shares have. been sold in these lines :-=South'
IVestern, 5.911 :Manchester 'and Birmingliam,.274; and
York and: torth Midland, 94k.
Tfme holder's of Dutch Bonds are Making complaint at
a novel method of proceeding on the part of phe, con-
tractor for the loan in this country. It appeai'Slliat. th 2
whole of the coupons, attucJed to the bonds, are now ex-
hatisted, and before'Miikatleman will pioviaethe bond-
holders with a fresh sheet, he demands 1/. as a fee, or
two per cent upon the amount so 2represented. The
principle involved is of immense importance to the holders
of foreign stocks.
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MARCH 24.
3 per Cent. Consols
Three and Half Stock 9B: 'Grand Canal Stock ...
Ditto Reduced ... Ditto Dells. 6 per cent... 80j
Ditto New 1830........ Ditto 4 per cent ...
SA per Cent. Debs. '9Ci Royal Canal Stock..

_ .
By 'the Acadia steamer, we learn from Quebec that
the weather generally throughout Canada had been fa-
vourable, and it was expected that the ensuing crops
would prove abundant if it continued. The Legisla-
tures.. were actively employed in discussing various
measures for the benefit of the colonists ; and the re-
ports of trade were good, although heavy-stocks were
complained of. The Merchants at Nova Scotia had
formed among themselves a Whaling Association, from
which great advantages to that place • were ex-
pected to be deriVed. All classes, both • mer-
chants and mechanics, had met the enterprise
with spirit, a large amount of stock having been imme-
diately subscribed. Sanguine expectations were formed,
and apparently with some foundation, it being stated
that the colony possessed wealth, facility for building
vessels, active and able seamen to man them, and com-
paratively cheap'provisions.
It is singular that this valuable branch of commerce
has not attracted attention in Canada before this.
.The United States have pursued the trade for many
years with complete success. 'New, South Wales -also
have increased their ships engaged in this object from
22 in 1832, to 53 in 1838. The value of the fishery at
Van Dieman'S Land was .11,268 Lin 1828, and 98,6601. in
1838, having been 135,2101. in 1837. Neither are the
Cape of ood Hope or New Zealand behind these
places ; and yet Canada, with advantages so im-
mensely superior, has scarcely, until the present period,
.made an effort to join in this lucrative employment.
It has for some time been a source of ccmplaint here
that the quality of the tea shipped from Canton had not
been equal to what it used to be previously to the dis-
turbances ; and it was much feared that a large
portion of the contents of many of the chests
consisted of anything bit tea. The supply of
this article 'for Canada is chiefly derived from the
United States, to which green teas are principally
shipped, and a frightful picture is given of the adulterated
trash which has of late been received. It is stated " that
every grocer has within' the last two years sold dyed
or spurious teas."

CLOSING PRICES
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock., .. -- • ' India 5t0ck...... ...
3 per Cent Red — \ Ditto Bonds ......... . ...... 10 pm
3 per Cent Cens 894 Ditto Old Annuities ...
3i per Cent Red,. .... . - Dittei New Annuities...
996 Exp.
Ditto 5001..,,.,,,,
1 ,
50
00 00 I :
........... 20
07 II ii;
New 3i per Cent
New 5 per Cent.
Long Annuities toexpire Ditto Small 29 pin
Jan. IWO . . ... ..... Bank Stock for 0pen...169i
Oct 1859. ........, India Stock for Acct....
Jan. 1860. ...
FOREIGN FUNDS.
. _

Austrian, '5 psi rent Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgnm, 5 pei cent lO4 'Ditto, New Ditto
Brazilian 80nd5.......... Prussian, 5 per cent —
Buenos Ayres 6 percent Russian; 5 per cent —
Chilian, per cent...... Ditto, Metallic ..... ..„
Colombian, 6 pet cent.. Spanish, 5 per cent 24i
Ditto, 1824.. ....... ..... Ditto, Deferred....—
Danish, 3 per cent ...... • French, 5 per cent. 1184... —c.
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent. Exchange............ —.c.
Mexican, 5 per cent.... French, 3 percent. —. —e
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dntch, 2A per cent. . 52
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent... . 1031
• SHARES.
Eastern Counties Railway (23 raid) ..... 101
London and 134ekwall Railway (25 paid)... 11A
London and ,South Western
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... 81i
Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) ... 27a
Northern' and Eastern (40 paid)
York and North Midland (50 paid)

THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY AND THE
COACHES.-=ln consequence of the alteration in the time
of the arrival of the letters from London, Mr. Johnson,
one of the inspectors of. the Post-office, has been down
to Brighton making arrangements for taking off the
'four-horse mail which runs daily between Brighton and
Southampton, in the place of which merely a cart will
'be put on. 'That splendid coach, the Age, which, for
some years, had been the pride.of the Brighton road,
ran on Saturday for the last time. Numbers of TerSons
.of all ranks were in the daily habit of congregating in
Castle-square to witness its departure, and much regret
was expressed at seeing the last trip. The f.ur greys
which used to take it out of Brighten are valued at 500/.
The only crack coach left on the road is the .Era, . but
from the sad havoc made by the. railroad it is expected
soon to follow the fate of Ow Age.
THE BARNA HY S IN, A.MERICA.—The laughter-lov-
ing public will, no doubt, be greatly rejoiced to hear
that in the April number of Colbton's New Monthly Ma-
gazine and Humourist, edited by Thomas .hLod, Esq.,
will be commt need a new story by Mrs. Troliope, which
is to be continued monthly. It is called "The Barnabys
in America;" and if Mrs. TrollOpe's own veritable ac-
count
of the Doniestic Manners,uf the Americans may be
looked upon as one of the most amusing satires of the
slay, how much more entertainment may be expected
from the .renowned` " Widow Barnaby's" adventures
among our Transaltic brkhren. A better field for the
-defer Widow's manoeuvres could not have been chosen,
and there can belittle question that the work will create a
" considerable of a sensation," not only on this . side
the Atlantic, but among all classes.on the other, from
the President himself, to the raggedest Locofoco in the
• United States.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT POPLAR. On Saturday
forenoon a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Samuel
Everett, a cooper in an extensive way of business, re•
siding tit No. 16, Ferry-road, about a quarter of a mile
from the East India Docks. In a short time the whole
of the cooperage and the workshops were one body of
flame, which speedily . communicated to the dwelling-
house of Mr. Everett n front, and to the house of Mr.
Ward, shoemaker, No. 15, and that of Mr. Palatch,
greengrocer, &c., No. 17, at the corner of Alfred. street,
all of which mere in a few minutes in flames from top to
bottom, being principally timber-built. The premises of
Messrs. Everett, Waftl, and Palatch are totally con-
sumed. Mr. Everett is insured for stock and buildings
in the Phoenix Fire-office ; Mr. 'Ward's house is also
insured in the same office, but he is uninsured for his
stock and furniture ; as is else Mr. Palatch, whose
house, it is understood, is the property of the venerable
member for Middle Sex (Mr. G. Byng). The damage is
estimated IA ne trly 2,0001.

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BRIGHTON, FRIDAY.--WIGNEY'S BANK, MEETING
OF CRELITORS. —Yesterday evening a private meeting
of the principal creditors took place at the house of Mr,
Dash, Ca stle-squ a re, Brighton. About sixty persons
were prest nt. From the various stitteMents made, ac-
cording to present appearances the largest dividend
that can be expected is 6d. in the pound. From inquiries
msde by s(me of the creditors, it Was deemed expedient
that they should obtain the assistance of one of the
the leading Counsel from London, in order that the
whole affair may be thoroughly investigated, as slight
hopes are interinmed of recovering certain property fui
the benefit of the large body of creditors.
The steamer Lavoisier, which arrived.at Toulon on
the 18th inst. from Algiers, had 317 pittsengers, amongst
whom was Lieut.-General de Bumigny, st ho comes to
France in. consequence of the Marquise de Euraigny,'the
wife of his brother.

•
URT eIttCULA.R. "
WiNnsoft, SUNDAY.---The Queen and Prince
Albert enjoyed .their usual walk:in the flirenoon
yesterday, and the Prince of \Vales was taken a
carriage airing.. Prince Albert afterwards went
into the Great Park, attended by Sir Edward
Bowater, Major-General Wevmss, and Mr.
Anson, to enjoy a run with his beagles.
The Duchess of Kent arrived at the Castle,
attended by Lady A. M.,Dawson.:
Her Majesty and Prince Albert rode out in a
pony phaeton, the Nince driving, attended by
Lady C. Cocks, Hon. Mrs. Anson, Viscount
Hawarden, and Sir Frederick Stovin, in an open
carriage; and by Colonel Buckley and Sir E.
Bowater on horseback.
Her Majesty honoured Mr. Partridge with a
sitting for her portrait.
Major-General WeihySs had the honour of
dining with the Royal party last evening.
This morning* the Queen and Prince Albert,
and the Royal suite, attended Divine Service
at St. George's Chapel Royal. The Rev.
C. W. Knyvett took the first part of the duty;
and the Hon. and Very liev. the Dean, and the
Rev. Dr. Keat, officiated at the altar. The
sermon was preached by the latter, from the 29th
verse of the 20th chapter of the Gospel accord-
ing to St. John—" Jesus vaith, Thomas, because
thou bast seen, thou has believed; blessed are•
they who have not seen, sand yet have believed."
The Te Deum and Jubilate was Dr. Boyce's in
A ; the Sanctus, Kyrie Ehieson, and Creed were
Dr. Kintr's in C.. The Anthem (a solo) " Holy,
holy," was very nicely Sono-, !.)3r Master Foster,
followed by the HallehijaCChorus, Handel.
Saturday was the birth-day of his Royal High-
ness Prince George of Cambridge. The Prince
Caine to town from Kew ind paid a visit to her
Majesty the Queen Dowager at Marlborough-
house, and also visited his Royal Highness the
Duke of SuSsex at Kensington Palace, and re-
turned to Kew in the afternoon. Their Royal
Highnesses the Duke and Duchess ofCambridge
had a dinner party in the. evening at their resi-
dence at Kew. His Serene Highness Prince Ed-
ward of Saxe Weimar and a select party were
present.

- Her Royal Highriess the Duchess of 'Kent,
attended by Lady Anne Maria Dawson, left her
residence, Clarence House, St. James's, ut eleven
o'clock on Saturday morning, on a visit to her
Majesty at
,Windsor Castle.
The CrOwn. Jewels havingbeen depositcd in
the New Jewel House in the Tower, are now ex-
hibited to the public as heretofore.
The Lady Mayoress had an audience of her
Majesty the Queen Dowager on Saturday at
Marlborough House.
The Archbishop- of Canterbury and Viscount
Marsha-in had interviews 'with Lord Stanley on
,Saturday-, at the Colonial, office.

A. Dep-utation"Of PoStinasters, consisting; of
Mr:11. Gray, 'Earl. street, BlackfriarS, Mr.. K.
Norilia.inf)ton, Mr. John'
Chancellor, of CIASc4I;.:_Mr.
W J. Biggs, South-
ace Finshury Red_ Lion, -II en-
hey ; H. Whitnitiqi, Green Alan,
heath, and Newman, R. Ncwan, Regent-street, had
an interview with the. Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer on Saturday, at his official residence in
Downing-street.

Despaches from the Governor of Canada, and
also from the Governors of New Brunswick and
Nova Scotia, were received on Saturday at the
Colonial-office.

The Earl of Munster and his brother have
arrived in town from the Continent and are
staying with the Countliss at the Grosvenor
Hotel. The funeral of the late Earl is ap-
pointed to take place to-morrow (Tuesday) at
Hampton. His Royal :Highness the Duke of
Sussex sent yesterday to inquire atter the state
of the family. His Royal Highness Prince
George of • Cambridge- visited Lord Adolphus
Fitz-Clarence on-Saturday at his residence
in St. James's Palace. His Lordship paid
a visit yesterday to her/. Royal Highness the
Duchess of Gloucesteri' at Gloucester House.
Among the Nobility and 'Gentry who paid visits
of condolence yesterday, and on Saturday, were
the Dowager Duchess of Richmond; the Marquis
of Hertibrd, Earl of Charleville, Earl. of Yar-
borough, Earl of Malmesbury, Earl of Cardigan,
Lord and Lady Worsley, Lord Alfred Paget,
Lord Fitzgerald, Lord W. Paulet, Lord Allen,
Hon. Sir W. and Lady Lumley, Hon. Captain
Macdonald, Sir Henry-Wheatley, Sir Andrew
Barnard, Sir J. Lyon,. Sir Courtney Boyle, Sir
Hilgrove Turner, Sir J. .Mcßae, Sir W. Lake,
General Brown, Colonial Durwood, Captain
Be-
resford, Mr. Keate, Mr. Sabine, Mr. Masse, and
Mr. Woinbwell.

INCOME TASC, NOW AND FOR-
MERLY.
TO THE E.617'01: OF THE SUN.
Sin,—l have not aeen itstated, in the arguments
adduced against the proposed income tax, that when
the country was last-subjected to that mast grinding
and oppressive - impti§ition, for which, in Turkey,
the Grand Signor would be deposed, its situation was
totally different from its actual condition. We were the
sole manufacturers, carriers; and merchants of Eu-
rope, possessed the undisputed dominion of the
ocean, and consequently could and did compel the
nations to take our mteriihandise, and the produce of
our colonies, at our own pikes. If an income tax of
20 or even 50 per centAad, at that time, been imposed,
we • should have inflicted on •other countries
their due proportion of it, in. additional high prices,
which they must have paid. I need not say that now
the case is entirely reversed. The income tax is exclu-
sively and essentially a war tax.—l am, Sir, &c.
AN ANTI-PEELER.
•

HS, AND
(ABSTRACT.)-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE REGIS-
TRAR-GENERAL OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MAR-
RIAGES, IN ENGLAND : PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES
OF PARLIAMENT BY COMMAND OF HER MAJESTY.
General Regis:ter-office, June, 1841.
My Lord,—l have the honour to submit to
your Lordship a general abstract of the number
of births, deaths, and marriages registered during
the year ending June 30,.1840, in order that the
same may be laid before parliament.
The fopowing statement will show the num-
bers registered in the-year ending June 30, 1840,
compared. with those of the preceding years
1869-40. 1838-39. 1837-38. '

• • •
, Births
Deaths
• Marriages 124,329 121,083 111,481
There is thus an increase :in the number of
births registered in the year ending June 13,
1840, over those in 1838-9, of 21,049; over those
1837-8, of 101,877.
In the number of deaths registered in the year
ending June 30, 1840slover those in 1838-9, of
19;094 ;.-over those in 1837.8, of 14;145.
In the nutnberof marriages registered in the
year ending June 30, 1840, over those in 1838-9,
of 3,246 ; over tho Se. in 1837-8, of 12,848.
The increase in the iiutnber of registered
births results from a continuance of that sue-
ceisful operation of the new law to which I have
already adverted in my first and second Reports,
and which began to appear after the former half
of the first year of registration ; and I-can truly
state,. as before, that I attribute this success
mainly to the diffusion of a true knolOedge of
the beneficial tendencies of the measure and to
the •dilligence and intelligence of the local offi-
cers by whom it is carried into execution. •

In each of the last three years the proportion of
male and female births has been very nearly the
same, • •

The increase of deaths compared with those of
the two preceding years is less than it appeard
to be: It roust be remembered that the fiat
year's registration could not comprise the deaths
of the whole year,
.which, including those.regis-
tered subseqeently, amounted to 338,660. The
real increase, therefore, over the registered
deaths which occurred in the year 1837-8 is
11,441. It must also be borne in mind that the
population of England and Wales. was shown by
the censuses of 1821 and 1831 to have increased
from 1821 to 1831 at the rate of 16 per cent. ; and if
it be assumed (as is probable) that thiS rate of in-
crease has continued to the present time, the ,
.
popu-
lation in the years 18384 and 1839-40 Will proba-
bably have increased • to the amount of from
220,000 to 240,000 yeirly. If the loWest of
these numbers be taken, and the mortality be
estimated at the lowest rate consistent with pro-
bability—namely, 1 in 50, there will in each of
these years, at the same rate of mortality, have
been at least 4,400 more deaths than in the year
preceding. This cumber, therefore (being the
probable increase, at thesame rate of mortality),
must be deducted; .and the remaining num-
bers, which indicate increased mortality,'
will, for the year .1839-40, as compared with
1837-8, be about 7,000; compared with 1838-
9aildabinoaustmlut,l7looa.s
there Yet Q
i is ncrease is 'great;
to believe
that there is not merely an apparent increase,
arising, like that of births, from the improved ef-
ficiency of a registratjon, which, at the commence-
ment, was very d*ctive (for the very efficient
registration of deaths, even in the first year, left
no such room for improvement), but that there
has really beau ant. increased mortality to' that
amount, a circumstance so serious demandi atten
Lion and inquiry, with a view to ascertain the
nature of the increase, and especially whether it
has been sudden orprogressive, general or local,
and whether affecting equally or unequally all
ages and both sexes.
The proportion of male to female deaths in

tad' of the three years has been nearly the same,
as appears from the following: numbers:—
0

Males. Females.
Year ending June 30, 11438 ... 170,965 ... 164,991
1839 ... 169,112 161,895

1810 ... 177,929 ... 172,172
On examination of the ages at which deaths
have occurred in the foregoing years, it appears
that the increase has been principally in the
deaths of children, as is shown by the tbllowing
table :

Age.
Years. All ages,
Under 5 60 and including
Years. .5 to 60. upwards. those
specified.
1837-38 131,034 .128,921 75,127 335,956
1838-39 130,695 126,594 72,860 331,007
1339-40 141,747 131,730 75,973 350,101
--------
Eicessofdeaths
in1839-40Over. 10,713 2,809 846 14,145
1837-1838 ...
Over 1838-39 . . 11,052 5,136 3,113 19,094

Thus more than half oflhe excess over the
deaths of 1838-9, and morezthan three-fourths
of the excess over those•of..lB37-8, consisted of
the deaths of children under five years of age.
.That this increased mortality has not been
general, but has been confined to certainlocalities,
while, at the same time, there has been a de-
creased mortality in other parts of the kingdom,
appears from a given table.
The counties in which there has been the
greatest increase, of mortality, compared with
that of 1838 and 1839, are'Lancashire, Notting.
hamshire, West Riding
.of Yorkshire, Leices-
tershire, Cheshire, Gloucestershire, Northum-
berland, Durham, Derbyshire, and North Wales,
the combined increase of.. Which alone amouts to
15,231, out of the total increase of 19,097.
The prevalence of such increased mortality in
those counties, which comprise the largest pro-
portion of manufacturing population, naturally
suggests that the cause may probably be found
in circumstances to which the manufacturing
classes. have been peculiarly exposed.. But
a further examination shows that not only has
the increase varied very much within those coun-
ties, but that there has even been a decreased
mortality in some ,of those districts which are
peculiarly the seats of manufacture. Such has
been the case in Manchester and Salford. Ashton,
Oldham, Stockport, and - Leeds. Therefore,
though manufacturing distresS cannot be excluded
from among the possible causes ofincreased mor-
tolity,,careniust.be taken not to assign such mor-
tality to tbisone cause in an undue degree..
It appears from the evidence of the entries in
thci. register-books, and "the reports of stipprin7
tendent registrars, that- this'
.increased mortality
is:attributable chiefly to the prevalence of elm-
dentics, 'especially of typhus and scarlet fever,
and that the districts of Cliorley, Leigh; Wigan,
ilarnleY,'and Blackburn,. in Lancashire; Mac-
clesfield, Dewsbury, Pontefract, Nottingham,
Bingham, Ashby-de-la-Zotich, Bangor, and Beau-
marls, are those in which these diseases have been
fatal to the greatest extent.
' The peat increase in the number of marriages,
an increase mounting to 12,348, over those regis-
tered in the year 183*7-8, compared with the
Much smaller increase, amounting only to 3,246,
over those of the year 1838-9, confirms the state-
ment made in my secondreport, that the number
in 1837-8 must not be considered as an average
number, but that there was a deficiency in that
year attributable to the change in the law; many
inarriages,.as I was informed, having, under a
misapprehension of the object and effect of the
Act. for Marriages, been solemnized immediately
before that Act came into operation. Of the in-.
-crease, amounting to 3,2413, over the registered
Marriages of the year 1838-9, more than half
maybe regarded as the natural result of increased
.population. It is calculated that the population
of England and Wales, .at.•the middle of the
latter of the above-mentioned years of registra-
tion—namely, Jan. 1, 1539, exceeded by not less
than 225,000 the population on Jan. 1, 1838; and
as the ordinary proportion ;of marriages to popu-
lation is nearly 8 annually to every 1,000 persons,
more than I,7oo.marriages may be ascribed to
the increase of the population ; and the excess,
independent of such increase, will thus be re-
duced to little more than-1;50i;
In the abstract of marriages, I have included
the numbers of each sex married under twenty-
ene years of age, which -Iyere 6,101 men and
17,909 women, being in proportion to the whole
number married 4'90 15.er cen.t. and 14.40 per cent.
is
respectively. This proportion in a slight de-
gree higher than in the preceding year, when
the numbers were 5,628 men and 16,414 women,
and the proportions 441 and 13.55.
The results exhibited by this table correspond
very closely with those stated in my Report of
the preceding year. I thim mentioned, as the
counties in which earlyniarriages appeared to
prevail, Hertford, Bedford, Cambridge, -Hunt-
ingdon, Northampton, .Leicester, and Essex.
The same, with the addition of Wiltshire, are
the eight counties in which, in the succeding
year, are the largest pitipottion of men married
under the age of tweatVone. The results are
also similar in these tw.. years respecting those
portions .of the. kingdom in which early mar-
riages have been most rare.
I have in my second Report endeavoured to
'throw light upon the state of education, with re-
spect to writing, among the adult population of
England and Wales, by showing the proportion
per- cent. in the Metropolis, in each English
county, and in North ant South Wales, of per-
sons married in the year 'ending June 30, 1840,
who, instead of writing their names in the mar-
riage register, have signed-with marks. . . .
It appears from a table given, that in 13 Eng•
lisp counties, in the West Riding of Yorkshire,
and in Wales, more than 40 per cent. of the men
married did not write 'their names ; and that in
19 English counties, in the West Riding of York-
shire; and in Wales,; the same fact existed with
spect to more than half the women ; and it ap-
pears from an abstract of marriages, that in the
whole of England and' Wales, out of 124,329
couples, there were 41,812 men and 62,523 wo-
men, who, it is to be preSumed, either could not
write or wrote very imperfectly.
If the table for the year ending June 30, 1840,
had shown results differing widely from those of
the preceding year, it might reasonably have
been suspected that such returns were not likely
to become valuable and safe criterions of the

comparative state of education ; that they are
dawn froM too small a • portion of the whole
poptitiation, and are too much influenced by acci-
dent: Such, however, is not the case. A com-
parison of such table with the similar table in

my second Report (it 'is stated), will show a_ re-
markably close correspondence in the results,
not only for the whole kingdom, but in the me-
tropolis, and every considerable group of coun-
ties. This will be evident from the following
comparison, of the mean proportion for, the re-
spective years— •

Mean Proportion.

1839

1840.

Metropolis lB
South Eastern Counties

South Midland Counties
littstern Counties .
South Western Counties 39
Western Counties 47
North Midland Counties •

North Western Counties 5l 52
Yorkshire
Northern. Counties
Monmouthshire and Wales 59 59
Bugland and Wales
It appears, that tried by the returns of these
two years, every county occupies nearly the
same relative position, and many of them pre-
cisely the same. This coincidence sufficiently
proves that the test one which must not be
disregarded, but may be found a valuable and
sate criterion of the comparative state of educa-
tion. But I muat add, that it is only from a
comparison much more extensive than that of the
returns of two years that the superiority or in-
feriority of particular portions of the kingdom
can with fairness be inferred ; and that I do not
yet attempt to found any opinion of that kind
upon such evidence only as is comprised in the
foregoing statements.
Places of public religious worship not belong-
ing to the Church of England have been re-
gistered for the solemnization of marriages to
the number of 188 :during the year 1840. The
number registered in the preceding year was
246
Again, as in the two preceding years, I have
directed abstracts of ,the .causes of death to be
compiled, under the.direction of Mr. Farr, and
to be appended to the Report; and to them, and
to Mr. Farr's accompanying letter, I particularly
invite attention. _

[The Appendices to the report are stated to be
in progress of printing. These documents con-
sequently do not accompany this Report.]
At the commencement of the year 1840 I be-
gan to obtain from the registrars of the metro-
politan districts, compristng a population which
amounted in 1831, to 1,594,890, weekly returns
of the registered causes of death, and directed
abstracts of the same.to ,be compiled and pub-
lished weekly,' and have continued to publish
them, uninterruptedly, to the present time. The

result of such returns for the first 20 weeks of the
year 1840 was exhibited in the appendix to my
second Report. lam now enabled to give, in the
appendix to this Report, the further result of the
returns fbr 52 weeks, ending May 22, 1840.
I have the honour to be, my Lord,
Your Lordship's obedient servant,
June, 1841. T. H. LISTER.

THE EARL OF MUNSTER.
In the year 1830 his Lordship had attained the
rank of colonel in the army; . and on the publi-
cation of the brevet, which followed the birth of
the Prince of Wales in 1841, he received the
rank of major-general. He was shortly after-
wards appointed to command the troops in the
western district of England, and ivas- to have
gone in the ensuing month to assume his post.
At the period of his death he likewise held the
offices of Governor and Captain, Constable and
Lieutenant of Windsor Castle, and he was Colonel
of the Ist Tower Hamlets' Militia; lie was also a
commissioner .of the Royal Military College and
Royal Military Asylum, and Knight Grand
Cross of die Order of St. Ferdinand of 14Tur-
temberg. His Lordship was deeply versed in
the Sanscrit and other Eastern languages, and
his acquirements in.that path of literature were
well known and appreciated. He held the office
Of Vice-President of the Asicitic Society for
eighteen years, and in May. last he was unani-
mously elected President. He was likewise a
member of many other. learned societies in this
country and abroad, among which honours may
be mentioned those of Fellow of .the Royal
Society and Corresponding Member of the In-
stitute of France. •
Although provision was made on the creation
of the earldom against the extinction of the
peerage by his Lordship ' dying without male
issue, yet, since he has had a family, these limi-
tations do not,. of course; come into force. His
eldest son, William George, who has hitherto
borne the courtesy title of Viscount Fitzclarence,.
and who was born the 19th of May, 1824,
succeeds to the peerage, and ~becomes second
Earl of Munster. Being only in his eighteenth
year, lie will of- course, not be able
to take his seat in the House of
Lords till May, 1845. The other issue
of die deceased Earl are—Lady Adelaide Geor-
giana, born October 28, 1820; Lady Augusta
Margaret, born July 31, 1822; Hon.. Frederick
Charles George, born February 1, 1820; Hon.
George, born April 15, 1830; and the Hon. Ed-
ward, born July 8, 1837. His Lordship had
another daughter, who died, however, while an
infant.
As the peculiar circumstances of the family
render every fact connected -with them interest.
iug, the brothers:and sisters of the late Earl • are
detailed in the following list
1. Lady' Sophia, who Married, on the 13th of
kiigiist, 1825, Lord Dc Lisle and Dudley, and
dieden the 10th of April; 1837.

•
.2. Henry, a captain in the 87th Foot, who was
born in 1796, and•died, in India in 1817. • .
3. Lady Mary, housekeeper at Windsor Castle,
who was born on the 19th-of• December, 1798,
and married on the 19th of, 1824, Colonel Chas.
Richard Fox, a natural son of the late Lord
Holland, aid• de-camp to the Queen, and M.P.for
the Tower Hamlets. •
4. Lord Frederick, G.C.H., a major-general in
the army, who was born on the. 9th of December,
1799, and married, on the 19th of May, 1821,
Lady Augusta Boyle, the third daughter of the
fourth Earl of Glasgow, by whom he has one
daughter.
5. Elizabeth, who was born on the 18th of
January, ]BOl, and married, on the 4th of De-
cember, 1820, the present Earl of Erroll.
6. Lord Adolphus, ranger of Windsor Home
Park, and a captain in the navy, who was born
on the 18th of February, 1802..
7. Lady Augusta, housekeeper at Kensington
Palace, ,who was born on the 20th November,
1803, and married on the sth July, 1827, the
Hon. John Kennedy Erskine : this gentleman
dying in 1832, her Ladyship married, secondly,
24th August, 1836, Lord John Frederick Gordon,
the present Member fbr Forfars!iire.
8. Rev. Lord Augustus, 8.C.L., Chaplain in
Ordinary. to the Queen, bcrn Ist March, 1805.
9. Amelia, who was born on the 20th of
March, 1807, and married on the 27th December,
1830, the present Viscount Falkland, now Gover-
nor of Nova Scotia.

Among the families put into mourning by the
melancholy decease of the Earl of Munster, may
therefore be reckoned, those of Colonel and
General Wyndham, Lord De Lisle and Dudley,
Colonel Fox, the Earl of Glasgow, the Earl of
Erroll, Lord F. Gordon, Viscount Falkland, &c.

SOCIETY FOR Till SUPPRESSION OF INTEMPER-
ANCE.—The annual tea meeting, • held by the friends
and members of this Society, took place yesterday at the
Crown and Anchor Tavern; Strand. James Spence,
Esq., of Southampton, and other active friends of the
cause, presided at the respective tea tables, which were
well fillbd with several hundreds of the advocates of tem-
perance, together with their wives:and families. At the
public meeting which was held afterwards, J. S. Buck-
ingham, Esq., presided. The Chairman, on rising to ad-
dress the meeting, was received with loud applause. He
said that the purpose for which they were assembled was
one of reciprocal enjoyment,s and; from the animating
scene which he saw before him, it vas plain that it could
be accomplished without t 6 aid of wine, spirits, or any
other inebriating drink. It was the first time that they
had ventured to raise in that hall, or in that part of
the metropolis, the standard of temperance in so bold
and open a way. By coining into the very centre of
the enemy's territory they showed that their zeal and
courage were in no degree abated. The progress which
Englishmen had made of late years in redeeming them-
selves from the national stigma- of intemperance was
great. He hoped that in future it would be still greater.
After describing in interesting and instructive language
the physical, moral, and intellectual evils which resulted
from habitual drunkenness, ho entered at some length
into its pernicious effect upon the national industry, and
showed that if the 50,000,0001. annually spent in spiri-
tuous liquors was devoted to the purchase of the products
of our trades and manufactures, it would go far to remove
the gloomy anticipations generally entertained as to the
future industrial and commercial prosperity of the
country, and open a market for our manufactures better
than any that could be devised. Dr. Oxley, the trea•
surer ; Mr. Ransom, from Wales ; Mr. Preston, Mr.
Castle, and other gentlemen, then addressed the meeting
in advocacy of the cause, after which a liberal collection
was made in aid of the funds, and the meeting separated.
We can now confidently announce that a Candidate
on the Liberal interest will appear in the field in a few
days, and we have the strongest reasons for expecting
that he will unite in his support every class of Reform-
ers.—Brighton Herald.

LOUD ROLLE.—This venerable nobleman lies on
the verge of death. A report prevailed in this city, this
morning, that his Lordship had breathed his last. We
sent to make inquiries in a quarter where authentic
intelligence could be obtained, and have to communicate
that the report, though promature, is founded on symp-
toms which preclude the hope of recovery. We heard,
a few weeks since, that his Lordship was prevented frcm
going to London by illness, and ever since then his con-
stitution has been givine.,o. way. Being in his 92d year,
we believe, his friends and relatives must stand prepared
fcir his death.— Western Tinier.

The Feast of the Passover commenced yesterday
evening, and will last for eight days. In houses where
the Mosaical law is strictly observed, the most scrupu-
lous attention was paid to purifying the place of all for-
bidden articles of food, Bc., and the unleavened bread
and passover cakes alone substituted.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT IN SI'ITALFIELDS.—Yester-
day afternoon a shocking accident, which it is feared will
be attended with fatal consequences, occurred to Edward
Billerstone, a journeyman shoemaker, residing in
Wheeler-street, Spitalfields, who, with two of his com-
panions, were amusing themselves flying pigeons from
off the roof of a shed, When,: iii attempting to entrap a
strange pigeon, he overbaltMced himself, and fell into the
back yard, a height of twenty-five feet. Assistance being
procured, he was carried into' the house, and afterwards
to the hospital, in a.deplorable condition. •
BRIGHTON RaiwaY.—On Thursday a larger quan-
tity of business • was done at .the London station by
the London and Brighton Company than on any dal,
since the line opened, the amount received for passen-
gers alone having reached very nearly 500/. We most
sincerely congratulate the proprietors cm their im-
proved prospects ; prudent management is alone now
required to place this undertaking in the position that at
its opening, and until the first of its misfortunes, the la-
mentable accident in the autumn of last year, it was
bidding fair to occupy. The following persons have
travelled by the Brighton Railway during the present
week :—Col. Sir F. Mulkey ; Sir Robert and Lady
Farquhar; Earl of Somers Marquis of Lorun ; 'Count
Bathyany ; Col. Robins ; Lord Torrington ; Duchess
of Beaufort ; Colonel Pane ; Lady. Fane ; General
Worsely ; Sir Hesketh FleetwOod ; Hon. Mrs. Moly-
neux ; Lady Peel and family; Captain M'Cloud ; Hon.
Captain Howard ; Hon. Charles Howard ; Mr. and
Mrs. Wilson ; :Duke and Duchess of Argyle ; Lady
Emma Campbell ; Miss Rothschild ; Lord George Sey-
mour ; Lady Ashley ; Alderman Pirie ; Mr. Clarkson;
Lord and Lady Lennox ; Sir. John and Lady Rae
Reid ;- Sir Robert Peel ; Lord Egerton ; Mr. Lyall,
M.P. ; Sir Wm. Ball ; Captain Smirke ; Sir Charles
Wetherell.—Railway Times.
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, MARCH 24.—The sales
of sugar the last two weeks have been immense ; of
course we speak of London and Liverpool, as in Bristol
we have no sugar market at present. The advance
which we noticed in our last, induced the sellers
to come forward very freely ; in consequence of which
former rates are not sustained, and the aspect of prices
is decidedly downward.—Bristol Mercury.
DEPARTURE OF TROOPS FOR INDlA.—Monday
morning the first division of the 10th Regiment, which
has been quartered at Glasgow for several months past,
left that town for Portsmouth, and were yesterday fol-
lowed by the second and third divisions of the regiment.
On their arrival at that port they will embark on board
of one of her Majesty's troop ships, and it is expected
will forthwith proceed to India, to reinforce the troops
in Affghanistare. - ''."-

MONUMENT' TO THE LATE
HENRY HUNT. •
The Manchester Guardian of Saturday gives an
account of the ceremony of laying the foundation-
stone of a monument to the memory of the late
Henry Hunt, of Radical celebrity. 1. he ceremony
took place on Friday, in the burial-ground attached
to the Rev. James Scholefield's chapel, Every-
street. The numbers congregated in Every-street
and its neighbourhood at this time could not be less'
than 15,000, probablY one-half of whom were Char..
tists, the remainder being chiefly working men,
who were enjoying the • holiday, and took no
part in the procession. A penny was demanded
of each person as the price of admission, but
a large number obtained free access .by forc-
ing their way, and by scaling the walls. Seve-
ral platforms were erected for spectators, for which
they were to pay 6d. each, but they were all thinly
occupied, except that from which the meeting was
addressed. Upwards of 7,000 persons obtained ad-
mission to witness the ceremony, besides those who
occupied the walls of the burying-ground. The out.
line of the intended monument was sketched on
black board, and exhibited to the assembly. It is to
be in the form of an obelisk, and 'will be thirty feet
high. The base is 5 feet 11 inches square, and the
plinth on which it rests is ten feet square. There are
spacious vaults underneath, intended as the deposi-
tories of the remains of those who shall .distinguish
themselves in promoting the principles advocated by
the late Henry Hunt. Beneath the fohndation stone
Mr. O'Connor deposited the memoirs of Henry
Hunt, the history of the Peterloo massacre, and his
letters from Ilchester gaol to the Reformers
also the placard announcing the ceremony, a copper-.
plate likeness of Mr. O'Connor, and a copy at an
address, which was subsequently read to the meeting
by Mr. Scholefield. The address having referred to
the affray at Peterloo, stated, that, " to perpetuate the
Memory of Henry Hunt, Esq., and of those who fell
in that action, it was resolved to erect a public monu-
ment, and thus show to future generations how the
people of these times estimated sterling worth, and
how they appreciate genuine patriotism." Mr. Fear-
gus O'Connor then addressed the assembly at consi-
derable length, eulogised Henry Hunt, deprecated
physical.' force, and inculcated the observance of peace,
law, and order. Mr. Cooper, a Chartist, then moved,
" That we, the Chartists of Manchester, Salford, and
other vicinities, feel grateful to the Rev. James Schole-
field for his exertions in procuring the erection of this
monument to our departed friend, the late Henry
Hunt, Esq., and pledge ourselves to afford that gen-
tleman all the support in our power, whether pecu-
niary or otherwise, until the work be completed."

THE POTATOE TARIFF.—GooIe, 24th. Marcfn, 1842
—Yesterday, at 2 p. in., was held at the Lowther_ How
here, a meeting of the farmeri 'and landlorcis.:to take-
into consideration the very heavy blow and great
dis
cauragement giVen by their high and 'nighty friend, Sir
Robert Peel; -touching the article of -potatoes, on which
the duty is to :be reduced from 2/. 2s. per ton to 3s. 4d.
per ton on
,import ; Mr. George Lister, of Ouseffeet, in
the chair. : Little was said_ to any purpose beyond the
inevitable ruin which would -attend them, when exposed
to competitiOrt,'with 1,000 miles of foreign coast,- suitable
for the growth of this root. Being too late to petition,
they could only adopt the other alternative of a deputa-
tion to Sir Robert Peel, to remind him of their great zeal
in his cause, the successful issue, at last election, and to
denounce the tariff, -so far as potatoes were concerned, as
injurious to the last degree. Save us from our friends !
Did they send a proper deputation of those whO had been
long engaged in the cultivation of potatoes, and who had
successfully attained wealth, and who are the natural
representatives of such an interest ? England itself could
hardly exhibit such a set of portly, rotund, and corpulent
fellows ; but I hear they have selected two or three of
young thin, lean kind, that anticipate rather the years of
famine that are before them, than those full of flesh gone
by.—Leeds Mercury..
Jour NEWTON.—" I see in this world," said
John Newton, " two heaps of human happiness and
misery ; now if I can take but the smallest bit from
one heap, and add to the other, I carry a point. If as
I go home, a child has dropped a halfpenny, and if by
giving it another I can wipe away its tears, I feel that I
have done something. I should be glad indeed to do
greater things, but I will not neglect this."
KENSINGTON POLICE-COURT.---The -attendance of
the Magistrates at the Kensington Police-court, as well
as at the Wandsworth Police court, have been directed
by an Order in Council, inserted in lasi Tuesday's
London Gazette, to be altered on -and after March 28th.
Since the opening of the above police-courts in -Fe-
bruary, 1841, the business has been transacted at 'Ken-
sington in the forenoon and at Wandsworth in the after-
noon ; but in future the Magistrates will.commence at
Wandsworth, and sit from ten o'clock„tintll one ; and
at Kensington from two o'clock until` fide. There is no
truth in the paragraph which has gone 'the round of the
papers, during the past week, of the intended opening
of a police-court at Hammersmith, that portion of the
suburbs extending to Kew-bridge being within the dis-
trict of the Kensington Police-court.
THE LATE EARTHQUAKE.—" It, will lie enough to
make your sides shake," as the earthquake of Lisbon
said to the Tagus.—Why must the Irish of St. Giles's
think themselves natives in London ? Because they are
of opinion that they must be immediately swallowed.—
Why, if this distressing event occurred, would there be
an end to genteel funerals in this town ? Because
Paul's (palls) would no longer be seen hanging over
London.—Why may we be prepared for a sudden catas-
trophe? Because London is always within an ell of
being undone (L-undone)."—Punch. •
Iler Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left townon
Saturday morning on a visit to her Majesty, At Windsor
Castle. We understand that the statement or her Royal
Highness proceeding to-day, on a visit to Ms Grace the
Duke of Wellington, at Strathfseldsaye, Hants, is in-
correct.
THE FORTY -FOURTH REGIMENT.—The Rev. M.
Carpendale has politely favoured us with the copy of a
letter from a'private in the 44th regiment to his parents,
who are gatekeepers to our reterend friend. The letter
is dated " Camp, Ferozepore, 14th ,February, 1842," and
stater, in substance, that, the detachment to which the
writer belongs, consisting of " No. 3 company, Captain
Johnston, commanding officer," was, at the date men- •
tioned, awaiting orders to proceed higher up the country.
Information of the safety of the officers and men in the
company specified will be gladly received by their friends.
—Nerov Telegraph.
MISNOMER ON THE DERRY REGISTRATION BOOKS.
—ACQUITTAL OF MR. SOWTER.-14-fi. William Sowter, a
respectable miller and 'nohow!. in Derby, was charged at
the Derbyshire Assizes a day or two since by the Tory
clique, with " wilful and corrupt perjury." It appeared
that as the owner of freehold land at Mattock, he was
entitled to vote in the election for the South Division,
but by an uncorrected mistake in the Liberal Register,
whereby " George" was inserted for " William, and by
reason of his voting' upon that entry, the Tories endea-
voured to substantiate their case. The prosecutor, how-
ever, abstained from offering evidence, as it was clearly
seen that the fact of his misplacement on the register,
was one of palpable mistake. The Court was convinced
of the honesty of the case, and acquitted Mr. Sowter.
The Marquis de las Marismas (M. Aguado) arrived
at Bayonne on the 18th inst., in his way to' Spain, to
visit his coal-mines in the Asturias.
During the greater part of the week the weather
has been extremely cold. All the surrounding hills are
covered with snow.—Carlisle Journal •

---
A Yankee captain once sung out in a squall, to a
raw hand newly shipped on board his crnft ; 'let go the
jib, there! let go that jib !' I ant a touchin' it I' squall-
ed but the simple down-easter in return.
The loftiest mountain in Van Dieman's Land is Ben
Lomond, which is 5,002 feet above the level of the sea-
The source of the Nevi is 4,033 feet, the Great Lake is
3,822 feet, above the level. The highest inhabited sta-
tion is Government Hut, at the Traveller's River, 3,949
feet high ; and the loftiest-seated town is Marlborough,
which is elevated 2,838 feet above the level of the sea.
We perceive by an advesrtiseMent in the
Kingston Herald that the effects of the late Lord Syden-;
ham, consisting of household furniture, wines, harneSs,
&c. are about to be brought to the hammer in that "city,
—Mwitreal Courier. . .
TURN-OUT AT BLACKBURN.--Theworkpeople em-
ployed by isiessrs. Honiby and Co., of Brookbouso
Mills,. Blackburn, have turned out, in consequence of
an attempt to reduce their wages. The number is stated
to be about 1,500.

It is said that the Gorgon steamer has brought
home 11,000 medals from the Turkish Government, to
be distributed among the officers, seamen, and marines
engaged in the Syrian warfare.
Numerous workmen have been etnployed in plant-
ing oak and elm trees in the vacant ground opposite the
statue of Achilles. in Hyde Park. They eummenced
their operations on Monday last.
• THE GREEN WICII WATERMEN'S COMPANY.--A
highly respectable and numerous Vestry meeting was
held in the Vestry-room at Greenwich, on Thursday
night, to take the case of the poor persecuted watermen
into consideration, and to determine on the propriety of
allowing them the right to use the Gardenpstairs as a land-
ing-place. Messrs. Parker, T. Hall, Graves, Irving, Hick-
man, and many others, denounced the conduct of the
Pier Directors as most arbitrary, aiadwould, if they had
the power, be mostmonopolizing. A resolution allowing
the watermen the use 'of the stairs as far as the parish
have the power, was carried without a dissentient voice,
and after giving three cheers the meeting separated.
SUFFOCATING COUGH. --- A correspondent of the
London Medical Gazette has discovered a remedy for
this distressing affection. "My method of proceeding,"
says 'he, "is to close the patient's nostrils with my
thumb and forefinger during expiration, and leaving
them free during inspiration, and in a very short time
the patient will be relieved from his paroxysm. I have
followed this plan whenever I have had occasion to do
so, and always with success."
THE LEICESTER HUNT.—The annual hunt dinner
takes place at Leicester on . Tuesday next, at the Tire!
Crowns Hotel, when Mr. E. B. Ifartopp will preside'
grand ball and supper are to be givqn ilt; the it!seiptge
r
Rooms the same evening, under the sterwetrdstf °E. E.
Earl of Wilton, Sir Edmund Hartopp, Bart-, 'Az.'
llartopp, and Mr. Henry Greene.
Sir Wm.. Gossett, Sergeant-at-Ann,
so has atr
pointed Mr. Taylor to he deputy!. housekeeper to e
Muse of Commons, vice Mr.. Bellamy..
or of the Gazette
Insisbtj nteixed by. default.
M. Aigueperse, the respost
d'Auvene, was, on t
months' unpins
a been
by the Court
.of Assizes 2aonfd. the 3,
0.010'111.y -de-Dome, 4021.0 suit
articles in his journal which .1a- made the ground
of prosecution: •