Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-09-09

teeot they compelled by some imperous nsosssi
y the force Of habit 1.-THE imperious Of all neoes
sities) to submit to such mode Of fe We are never
tired Of extOng poets philosophers and inventors ad.
venurous voyagers great naval and military chiefs and
they are worthy Of admiration and honor but greatly as
they may have raised the fame Of Britain she could not
have reached her present preemnenee nor could shs
maintain it for single year, without her coal and her
golfers.
lamentabe degree Of ignorance appears to prevail
respecting the best means Of working coal mines A
committee Of the House Of Commons reported in 1862 in
favor OF the steamet the best of obtaining
supply OF air in coal mines but the committee Of 1854
mas come TO different conclusion. The steam Jet was
supported on the Recommendation of men Of science
u'her experiments have proved that these Of sci
ence were In error. Thus among all classes from the
common workman to the Of science there is want
Oh correct knowledge and the inference is very naturally
drawn that it would be very ndiscreet for the Legsls
70 enact any Posnss law respecting the Of
until he subject is better understood For the
efscual prevention of accidents nothing win suffice but
improvement the moral condition Of the bL 30 th
Golfers, and rigid systematic inspection Of all tbe ma
chinery &c., and particularly Of the ventilation Of the
mines.
We are quite that the Gradrads Of society NAV
torture facts to very absurd yet facts when we can
get at Them form the true ground Of all knowledge The
complete body Of facts the nearer we are to
satisfactory theory Of the matter to which the facts re-
late The census is great Of facts and facts Of
the highest importance The fact upon which we wish
to make remark two at present the great increase
of population in the last century compared with that in
the preceding In the century ending in 1851 the in
crease Of population in the next century
ending in 1851 the increase was 13,793,0O0 Without
stopping to inquire into the cause we viii state some
facts relating to the wonderful increase in marriages
which began to be noticeable about 175O About that time
an alteration made in the law Of marriage rendering
the condition stringent this instead Of preventieg
marriages. most surprisingly increased them Lord CHEs
TERRIFIED said in 1164 tho rage for marriage ia very
prevalent " and in 1867 he writes in short the mar
rage phrenzy to rage present. and is epidem
CAL In the year 1855 the marriages So 972 they
gradually to 10 300 and hundred thousand annually
and in the year 1851 to 1542O6 At the end Of
the century terminating in 1851 the increase of the po
pulaon 00O being fourteen times as much as
the increase in the preceding century few extracts
from the tables will give interesting details on
this subject The tables show that among the po
pulaon Of the age Of 20 and upwards 60 in the 100 Of
males and 81 in the 100 Of females married The mean
age at which marriages first contracted in England
and Wales about 26 for males and 25 females Th
shows the great amount Of forehought which characte
'zes the population man of 26 woman of rs rar
y contracts imprudent marriage Let US lock little
more into the tables: #.r.. -