The New York herald., 1851-11-18


which have always loved, in the midst Of my
] thank the Emperor of Austria for the asylum
which he has given in his states to my family and
to myself. am grateful for the proofs of interest
and Of friendship which have received from the
imperial family, particularly ander the most pain
ments which great number Of his subjects, par
ticulsrly the Inhabitants of Goritz, have mani
tested towards me-
Having always considered my nephew Henri and
| my niece Louise as my children, give them my
maternal benediction; they have had the happiness
Of being brought up in our holy religion. May they
always remain faithful to it-may they always be
the worthy descendants of Saint Louis! May my
nephew devote his faculties to the accomplishment
Of the great duties which his position imposes on
him. May he never depart from the paths OF
moderation, Of justice, and Of truth
| bord, my universal legatee.
wish my remains to be deposited at Gortz, in
the tomb Of the Franciscans, between my husband
and my father. | do not wish any solemn seryice
to be performed for me, but only masses for the
The above will is followed by legacies to several
old servants, to the poor, and other souvenirs Of
affection.
Marriages, Births, and Deaths In Great
| Britain.
From the London Times Oct. 80
Amorg other statistical phenomena OF unusual
interest occurring just now i the striking extent to
which the population of England is repairing the
| gap caused by recent losses and still continued
drains. The cholera and an increasing emigration
appear, in the long run, to have no effect in reta-
ding the rate Of increase, but rather the con-
| trary. Whatever be the case With Ireland, where
natural calamity is always aggravated by the uu-
towaIdness of man, in this country we need be
under little fear of desolation ia our time at least.
All students of history are aware that the ravages
of pestence and war; unless they carried TO the
extent of depopulation, have often been repaired
| with rapidity tha. almost threw doubt on the
narratives of the previous disaster. In our own
time We have seen the population of FIR but
very little checked by the annual expenditure Of
many nyriaes Of lives, and only begin TO stagger
at last when the youth and strength of the country
was almost disappearing under the strokes of an
ineessant corscription. What we are now Witness
ing is still more remarkable, if only because, while
it is on very great scale, it is faithfully and ex-
actly recorded. We do not read it in Gibbon or
in 1hiers, bat in the unpoetic and impartial pages
of the Kegistraf-G eneral. On this undeniabe
thority we learn the following facts, which may
claim tie interest even Of those who usually skip
figures.
First as to marriages. The number registered in
the spipg quarter, that is, the quarter ending June
30, in the melancholy year 1872, was 30 0tS Inthe
saue quarter, two years after, it had risen to
34,26S After another interval Of two years, it was
37,ill The next year, lSi7, the spring after the
great Irish famine, it declined to 50 1877 In the
sprirg quarter Of last year, IL was 39,0iS. This
year il is a little less, IS l5S, still $3.50 ore than
in the spring quarter Of 1872. This is fact tha,
speaks for itself. Marriage is most direct, natu
raj, and unsuspicious index OF prosperity. AS
general rule, q working man msrries as soon he
gets into good work; and much the same rule ap-
plies to all classes With very few exceptions, the
inbabita nts of populous and highly civilized coua-
try obliged to wait several years for the oppor-
tunity of marriage. Abundance Of food, of enter
prise, and employment has n immediate effect on
these who are only waiting. This, doubtless is the
true account Of the immense increase during the last
nine years. The fact meets the eye in various
ways. Wherever a manufac.ory or station is
built, or any other focus Of industry is fixed,
forthwith rows Of cottages branch out in all
I 0f nd
apparently welto-do men seem to start up, as it
wcre out Of the earth. Within the last nine year,.
suburbs andtle towns, containing sever althousand
Z inhabitants, have sprung into existence, on spots
where, on the Ordnance map itself, there IL nothing
hut blank space. For every house that is built,
for every situation in life, for every place
as porter or breakman, or new platolayer, offered
by railroad, a new marriage is likely to follow
before lcrg. In manufacturing towns and other
seats Of employ mcnt, 1T is well known that the
cluson Of strike, the arrival Of large order and
evon change of fashion, will send half n dozen
couples to church Prosperity, however, is not the
only cause Of tire very great increase since 1917,
especially in the year 1850. The cholera made
many q place empty at the hearth, the workshop,
the counter, and the desk Those places have been
since filed by the accession, in N ost cases. Of
younger and healthier personI Young widows
may remain long desolse, but young widowers
are neither so constant, ner so much al the mercy
offoitune. After battle there are many promo
tions, and an epidemic Is nothing moro than bat
tie with an imIapable, but not less murderousfoe.
plying marriages, and bringing them on at an ear
Eer sge, is Observed by our Oldest chroniclers IL
need then, excite no surprise, that the spring quar-
ter OF lsS0, coming soon after the cholera, should
produce greater return Of marriages than the
same quarter this year. The decliEe has been so
nothing compared with the increase Of the last
nine years.
Byfar The most remai kab bic feature, ho Fever, in
this return, is that which is thus simply stated
I50ts4 births have been registered In the quarter
ending September 80 1851 This is the grestsst number
Of births regitered in the OF the year
and exceeds by 234l 1bael ana 3el4 the births 10 the
Septnber quarters Of l54I lsie and 1850 ~h@ births
Of -6 oe0 children have already been registered and II
probable that IN the year The number will no. ts short
/ Of eoQoco,
! In the opinion Of all mankind. and particularly
OF the iacred writer's the natural increase aud nut
tplicaton Of people Is the most direct result, and
/ the most undeniablo sign Of prosperity. In ths
present instance, the extraordinary increase Of births
bss come very opportuney at a time when the de-
population Of the empire ia already looming, as a
terrible possibility, in the distant horizon 80 far
as England aiore Is concerned, IL will evidently be
some years before the cd bug bear Of surplus popu
lation has lost It's terror.
While 1t0 5SI children born and registered In the
runner quarter says the return before g COO persons
died leaving excess Of IS 9s in the population The
Of births deaths In the Grt nine months Of
the present year has been 40 AL which Is probably
latlon.
In the abseuce Of an annual census that actual
Increase only be coriec,ured. There are re-
turns Of tic erngrsnts from the several portsof the
United Kingdom, but there are no returns Of the
passengers by the numerous steamers passing 10
and fro between England and ireland, as well as
other countries. We only know tina. by far
the greater part Of the emigrants from Liverpool,
Glasgow, ard Greenock are lrish that many emil
grants from London arc Germans and other foreign
ere; and tha. vast numbers Of Irish still pour
irg into all our popuous towns in qucs. Of employ
ment or reof. Ii is probable, therefore, that the
immigration from Ireland more than makes up for
English emigration, and that tho actual increase In
our population is at least as mu,h as is indicated
by the extraordinary excess Of births over deaths
The Register General very naturally calls attention
TO a corjunoture of circumstances without parallel
In the histCfy Of the world.
The present. movement Of the population l., In many
resTects remarkable The free admission Of grain fruit,
ard meat since the scarcity II equivalent TO an eie
ton 90 the country q vast tract Of fertile soil which
calls for cultvatorp ard the land II abroad for ag
cultural emgxn,s Wis prefer the cheap though distant
q arnI