Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-07-02

ton of one of Mr. MAIrHUs's preventive checks-war,
pestilence or famine-from each and all Of which
pray an exemption for the land of our nativity.
The rapid increase in population during the last ten
years leads the necessary conclusion that England
tains very large number Of young persons. "In
youth" says the Illustrated London NeVs senergy and
hope predominant; the imaginative and all the nyen-
tive powers are active, and such community is
sary like the people of the United States very rapid
ly progressive both morally and materially One Of its
Distinguishing characteristics is great but quiet and
almost unobserved changes They are brought about
almost in silence by the individual exertons OF great
mulitpdes and only perceive them by extended OBJ
seryation over considerable intervals
The 81 967 people in Great Britain are very une-
quay dispersed In England and Wales they are at an
average distance asunder of 106 yards In London they
are within IA yards of each other In East London there
1885, 5l persons to square mile in the district Of
Belngham Northumberland, there only Is persons
TO the square mile, or in London the population of
square mile is than ten thousand times greater than
that of Bellngham. In the towns the people are SO
persons to square acre, in the country there 53
each person. Placing three persons in every
square yard, the whole population might be placed in
,476 acres.
In Great Britain there are 8l5 towns containing
1886, 2S8 persons, and 4O3 l89 dwell in what for
the sake of distinction, is called the country.
The territory Of Great Britain consists Of 500 separate
islands and rocks and returns obtained from It's
islands groups of islands the others unnhabted
The total of Great Britain and the islands in the
British is. go OBS So miles
OF which England contains. .....5O,922
Scotland ........ ,324
maies ,'''';..'''''' ''''''''..''''''.', ''o9o
lhe Islands o94
| -90,o3s do
| The number of males and females are very nearly
equal the former being TO- 1885, 048 the latter
the Of the latter being 4987lgyng about 81
females 30 males. This proportion has very nearly
prevailed every census 1t viii be observed that these
returns far published say nothing of Ireland the
population of which very materially diminished between
1910 and 1885, through the influence Of pesence, ia
mine and emigration. These returns very
suggestive shall return 10 them hereafter Wemust
be permitted to say, however that the arrangement of
this important document abundantly testhes to the
soyeny and very unsatisfactory manner in which much
Of the statistical business of the country has been and
is carried on.
The Parliamentary business of the week has been
almost entirely of domestic interest. Numerous
divisions upon questions of home and colonial policy
have taken place in both Houses, all of which indi-
cate increasing confidence in the policy of the Go
yernment, and consequently increasing strength in
the Administration Our opinion is, that if the
existing Cabinet can ensure union cAa it has little to
fear from opposition athom The Government measure
respecting India has been brought in and read first
tme and the second reading fixed ior the oath instant
The Earl Of ELLESBoRoUGH has expressed himself in
favor of legislation upon the subec during the present
session. and the passage of the bill through the House
Of Lords is thought to be certain.
Great Britain has at last taken decided step in the
Turco Russian affair." you viii have by the expla
nations given in Parliament by the Earl Of CLARENDON
and Lord j. RUSSELL to the sailing Of the English
and French fleets for the Dardanells. The fear Of
rupture with Russia the Eastern question appears to
have materially diminished and confidence has been fur
Their increased by the given Of the cordial
derstanding and united action of Great Britain and
France.
The House has gone into committee upon the bill for
evyng duties upon succession to real estates Sir JOHN
PAKISoToSs motion destroy the b by posponng its
consideration six months defeated by vote Of 269
TO 1856 This will probably be found to be the trial
of the budgets it undoubtedly is that which is
garded its best feature by the ultra Liberals who voted
or the property tax almost without debate, rather than
damage the Of the entire Ministerial scheme
but the attempt to make the 100000 per annum, to
which Duke a wealthy eommoner may succeed, pay
the which the recipient of legacy Of eI0O is
liable to- is regarded by the "lOrds Of land" as some
thing very nearly allied profanity. However, we
think and hope that it will have to be submitted to-
Mr. II. BERKELEYs annual motion to establish the vote
by ballot in Parliamentary elections has met with its
nual fate in a vote Of rejection being supported by liz
members, opposed by 2o2 The debate remarkable
for nothing excepting humorous and eccentric speech
the eccentric Sir ROBERT PEEL in favor Of the notion
by leading member Of the Radical party stating the
number Of States in the American Union to be thirty
three, and by Cabinet Minister calling the late old
patriot Of America, JoHN RANDOLPH" statesman Of
Massachusetts, and quoting him having said that If
you wished to make the inhabitants Of State Of
scoundrels, you had only give them voting
The returns Of the Board Of Trade for the last FIVE
months and especially those for the last MONTH have
been highly satisfactory in their aggregate and very
generally 50 in their particulars those Of metals, and
manufactures Of metal remarkably so, is shown by the
following comparative statement for May 1852 and May,
/ 1858:
| May, 1852. May 1863. Increase
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