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Battersea Park . —The total amount authorized to be advanced by the Commissioners for issuing Exchequer Bills for Public Works for the formation of Battersea Park was £ 200 , 000 . Of this sum the Public Works Loan Commissioners borrowed £ 100 , 000 for the purposes of the park , £ 68 , 461 of which has already been expended , leaving a balance unapplied , on the 31 st of March last , of £ 31 , 810 . The amount which had been expended by the Commissioners on the lhames . Embankment . Chelsea-bridge , and approaches thereto , up to the 31 st of March , was £ 21 , 361 . The amount authorized to be advanced is £ 120 , 000 .
Increase of Population- in the United Kingdom . The population of Great Britain and Ireland in 1785 was estimated at 12 , 336 , 932 , and in 1849 , at 29 , 105 , 822 , being an increase of about 125 per cent . The calculation made in 1785 gives the following result : —Population of England and "Wales , 8 , 016 , 000 ; Ireland , 2 , 845 , 932 ; Scotland , 1 , 475 , 000 . The population of the United Kingdom at present is thus apportioned : —England and Wales , 17 , 759 , 412 ; Ireland , 8 , 505 , 812 ; Scotland , 2 , 840 , 598 . No enumeration of the population in England and Wales took place prior to 1801 , but the above calculation is made upon the estimate ot Mr .
Rickman . In estimating the population for 1849 , it is assumed that it has increased since 1841 ( when the last census was taken ) at the same rate as did the females between 1831 and 1841 . The military are excluded , as also are the islands in the British seas . The population of the latter was not enumerated until 1821 , when the numbers were 89 , 508 ; in 1831 , 103 , 710 ; and in 1841 , 123 , 492 . The estimate of the population of Ireland in 1849 is derived from the rate of increase prevailing between 1831 and 1841 , but the late visitations of famine and cholera must have carried off at least 1 , 000 , 000 . The numbers who have emigrated during the last ten years exceed 1 , 000 , 000 .
Reduction op Labour on Railways . —The reduction in the number of persons employed in the construction of lines has been very considerable , amounting to 84 , 361 persons , against an increase of only 3280 employed upon lines open for traffic , showing that 81 , 081 persons who , in May , 1848 , were actively employed in some capacity upon railways , had been removed from this employment , and thrown upon the general labour market of the country . Of this number , about 18 , 000
have been thrown out of employment in Ireland . This , added to the reduction in the previous year , gives a total of nearly 150 , 000 who have been thrown out of employment , and which will , in the course of the current year , unless some great change takes place in railway affairs , be augmented , probably to the extent of 60 , 000 more , making an aggregate of upwards of 200 , 000 persons who may be considered as having been temporarily withdrawn from other occupations by the stimulus which railways received in 1845 and 1846 , and who must now seek a livelihood in other ways .
Destruction of Pirates . —A Parliamentary return of the number of officers and men who have received head-money in the years 1848 , 1849 , and 1850 , for the capture and destruction of alleged pirates , shows that the sum of £ 28 , 590 was distributed between 89 officers and 852 seamen belonging to the vessels engaged in this service within the above period . The fortunate vessels ¦ were the Conway , Scout , Samarang , Ringdove , Nemesis , and Plover . The pirates are described as English * Chinese , Illeanore , and Malays . The system of headmoney has been abolished by an act passed in the last
. The Bible in Scotland . —It appears by the report of her Majesty ' s printer in Scotland , just presented to Parliament , that during the two years which elapsed from the 1 st day of January , 1848 , to the 1 st day of January , 1850 , there were published , under the authority of the board , 26 editions of the Bible , 18 of the New Testament , 3 of books of Scripture printed separately , 33 of the Scotch Metrical Version of the Psalms , 31 of
the Shorter Catechism , an edition of the Confession of Faith , and 7 editions of the Book of Common Prayer . The editions published in 1848 and 1849 respectively were as follows : —In 1848 , 8 Bibles , consisting of 84 , 135 copies ; 4 New Testaments , 104 , 000 ; 1 separate Book of Scripture , 25 , 000 ; 13 Metrical Psalms . 101 , 250 ; 12 Shorter Catechisms , 177 , 000 ; 6 Common Prayers , 80 , 000 . In 1849 , 18 Bibles , consisting of 114 . 250 copies ; 14 New Testaments , 169 , 000 ; 2 separate Books of Scripture , 30 , 000 ; 20 Metrical Psalms , 94 , 000 ; 19 Shorter Catechisms , 622 , 000 ; 1 Confession of Faith , 10 , 000 ; 1 Common Prayer , 11 , 000 .
Consumption of Wixe in Great Britain and Ireland . —It appears , by official returns , that the total quantity of foreign wine consumed in the United Kingdom , in tho year 1787 , was 4 , 521 , 941 gallons . In the following year the consumption incrensed to 6 , 650 , 644 gallons , and continued to increase till 1795 , when it had risen to 8 , 238 , 438 gallons . In 1797 the consumption suddenly declined to 3 , 569 , 261 gallons , but rallied in the two succeeding yonrs . juntil in 1800 it was 7 , 294 , 752 . The consumption during the next quarter of a century , from 1800 to 1824 , was steady at an average of 5 , 000 , 000 gallons , but in the following year n lnrgc increase took place , the
quantity entered for home consumption in 1825 being 8 , 009 , 542 gallons . This increase , however , was not maintained , the consumptionhaving fallen in the followingyear to 6 , 058 , 442 gallons . The consumption since 1827 to the present time seems to have remained very steady , at an average of 0 , 300 , 000 gallons per annum . In the year 1843 the consumption was less than it had been since 1822 , only 4 , 81 o , 222 gallons having boon cleared from the Custom House . The consumption during the last four years has ? S ? 2 V ! fSi' ^ V— 8 ' » « , 7-iO , 3 lO gallons ; 1847 , 0 , 053 , 847 ; 1848 , 0 , 130 , 547 ; and 181 !) , 0 , 251 , 062 gallons . The imports generally exceed tho consumption by about 1 , 125 , 000
gallons . In the years 1786 and 1813 all the Custom House records calculated to throw light on the imports and consumption in those periods were accidently destroyed by fire . During the last ten years there has been a total decrease in the amount of duty received of £ 63 , 198 . The amounted collected by the revenue as duty on foreign wine averages £ 1 , 700 , 000 per annum . Spirits . —According to a recent return , the number of gallons of British spirits at proof , on which duty has been paid for consumption in Scotland , has ranged for the last ten years from 5 , 093 , 798 ( 1844 ) to 6 , 975 , 091 ( 1847 ) . The quantity last year was 6 , 935 , 003 gallons . By another return it appears that the total annual quantity of British and colonial spirits on which duty has been paid for consumption during the same period has varied from 20 , 939 , 637 gallons ( 1842 ) to 26 , 790 , 398 ( 1846 ) . The total quantity last year was 26 , 002 , 354 .
The Revenue of Ireland . —The net produce of the revenue paid into the Exchequer in the year ended the 5 th January , 1850 , was £ 4 , 332 , 460 , viz .: —Customs , £ 1 , 941 , 122 ; Excise , £ 1 , 231 , 548 ; Stamps , £ 502 , 073 ; Post-office , £ 26 , 000 ; miscellaneous , including repayment of advances , £ 631 , 717 . The total expenditure for the same period was £ 4 , 071 , 663 6 s . Id . The Excise collections in the four principal towns were as follows : —Dublin , £ 335 . 733 : Cork , £ 204 , 286 : Belfast , £ 192 , 644 ;
Drogheda , £ 164 , 618 . The total quantity of wine imported within the year was 524 , 662 gallons ; spirits , 7 , 228 , 809 gallons ; tobacco , 4 , 737 , 267 lb . ; tea , 6 , 383 , 3161 b . ; coffee , 1 , 013 , 390 lb . ; sugar , 465 , 813 cwt . ; flax , 203 , 832 bushels . The total quantity of butter exported to foreign parts was 22 , 630 cwt . ; spirits ( Irish ) , 58 , 680 ; linen , 342 , 620 yards ; and cotton manufactures , 596 , 082 . The exports to England were : oxen , bulls , and cows , 201 , 811 ; calves , 9831 ; sheep , 241 , 061 ; swine , 68 , 058 ; wheat and wheat flour , 249 , 489 quarters ; oats and oatmeal , 1 , 077 , 364 .
Australian Statistics . —By papers and correspondence from Port Adelaide to the 5 th May some interesting statistics have been received . The quarter ' s return shows an excess of immigration over emigration from the colony of only 1371 persons . The supply , however , has been sufficient for the demand for the different kinds of labour , with the exception of miners and mine labourers , and also of female domestic servants . The return of the average retail prices of provisions in the colony in the quarter ending the 31 st March is aa follows : —Bread , l £ d . per lb . ; fresh butter , Is . 2 d . do . ; salt ditto , Is . do . ; cheese , lOd . do . ; candles , 6 d . do . ; flour , l ^ d . do . ; beef and mutton , 2 d . do . ; oatmeal , 6 d . do . ; potatoes , Id . do . ; rice , 24 a . do . ; sugar , 3 d . do . ; salt , Id . do . ; tea , 2 s . do . ; tobacco , 23 . 6 d . do . A return had also been made of the average wages of labour in the
colony during the quarter , which we subjoin zn extenso , viz : —Blacksmiths , 6 s . per day , without board or lodging ; bakers , 4 s . per day , with board and lodging ; brickmakers , 30 s . per thousand ; bullock drivers , £ 25 to £ 30 per annum , with board and lodging ; butchers , 3 s . per day , with board and lodging ; carpenters , 6 s . 6 d . per day , without board or lodging ; cabinet-makers , 7 s ., ditto ; carriage-makers , 7 s ., ditto ; coopers , 6 s . 6 d ., ditto ; domestic servants , males , £ 25 to £ 30 per annum ; females , £ 12 to £ 20 ditto , with board and lodging ; daylabourers , 4 s . per day , without board or lodging ; farm servants , married couples , £ 30 to £ 40 per annum ; single men , £ 25 to £ 30 ditto , with board and lodging ; masons , 7 s , per day , without board or lodging ; millers , 4 s . 6 d . ditto ; painters and glaziers , 4 s . 6 d . ditto ; plasterers , 5 s . 6 d . ditto ; sawyers , 9 s . per 100 feet , without board or
lodging ; saddlers , 5 s . per day , ditto ; shoemakers , 5 s . 6 d . ditto ; shepherds , £ 20 to £ 25 per annum , with board and lodging ; shopmen , £ 60 to £ 100 ditto ; tailors , 7 d . per hour , without board or lodging ; tanners , 5 s . 6 d . per day , ditto ; wheelwrights , 5 s . 6 d ., ditto ; miners : tributers , 35 s . per week ; tutwork , 31 s . 6 d ., ditto ; ore dressers , 25 s . to 30 s ., ditto ; landers , 28 s ., ditto ; boys and youths , from 6 s . to 18 s . per week . The Russian Fleet . —The following is given by the Vossiche Zeitung , as an account of the Russian naval force on the 9 th of August : —4 line-of-battle-ships of 120 guns , 6 ditto 100 to 110 guns , 26 ditto of 89 to 90
guns , 18 ditto of 70 to 80 guns ; 30 frigates of all classes ; 50 corvettes , brigs , and schooners ; 34 steam-frigates , sloops , and packets . This naval force is stated to be divided into five squadrons ; the Baltic squadron consists of about 4000 men , including the artillery ; but the paper states that the crews are not of the very best quality of men , and amongst them are many Jews from Poland . [ We believe this force is understated , and that the Russians have more three and two deckers in the Baltic and Black Sea fleets , and that they have nearer 50 than 30 steamers . Moreover , we have seen some of the Russian ships well and ably manned , and that there are a great many Bothnians and Finlanders among the crews . —Herald . ' ]
Health Of London During The Week. (From ...
HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . ( From the Registrar-General's Returns . ) The mortality is decreasing in London . The 874 deaths last week were less by 123 than the deaths in the previous week , and to nearly the same extent less than the average of the ten corresponding weeks 1840-9 , if we exclude the week of 1849 , when 2230 deaths were registered . In the same season last year the danger of dying in London was twice as great as it is now ; and
the epidemics of cholera and its inseparable attendant diarrhoea , which destroyed 1230 and 188 , were fatal last week only to 8 and to 139 lives . Six of those who died of cholera were children ; one ^ was a dirty labourer , of the age of 41 , who lay about in stables ; and one was a widow , of the age of 73 , who refused to take nutritious diet . Of the 139 persons who died of diarrhoea , 118 were children under 15 years of age , 8 were adults , and 13 were aged persons . Looking at the numbers , as well as the details of the
cases of cholera returned , and at the advanced period of the year , so many weeks after the epidemic broke out not only in 1832 and 1849 , but in 1833 , it must be admitted that the chance of an outbreak in the present year is considerably diminished . The immunity from attack will no doubt accelerate the great works which are now in contemplation for the drainage and purification of London ; for it cannot be forgotten that that unseen power of the air which slew so many thousan ds last year may return , and put the sanitary defences of the City to a second and severer proof , when the population is more scantily supplied with vegetables , fruit , bread , meat , and the other means of living . It is worthy of note that the decline in the general mortality has taken place on the north side of the River Thames , and that it is observed in both sexes , and in all ages under the age of 60 . The mean temperature of the air in the shade was 62 deg . 6 min . ; the temperature of the Thames water was 66 deg . 2 min . in the day , 62 deg . 8 min . in the night . The temperature of the air was 1 deg . 2 min . above the average of the corresponding week . Electricity was active , and nearly an inch of rain fell , chiefly on Monday . The wind passed over Greenwich at an average rate of less than 100 miles a-day . Ten Week 3 Week of 1839-49 . of 1850 . Zymotic Diseases 3836 .... 256 Dropsy , Cancer , and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat .. .. .. 484 .... S 3 Tubercular Diseases .. 1738 .... 1 G 6 Diseases of the Brain , Spinal Marrow , Nerves , and Senses .. .. .. .. 1131 .... 106 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels .. 251 .... 22 Diseases of the Lung's and of the other Organs of Respiration .. .. .. 742 .... C 9 Diseases of the Stomach , Liver , and other Organs of Digestion .. .. .. 812 .... 51 Diseases of the Kidneys , & c 83 .... 12 Childbirth , diseases of the Uterus , & c . .. 80 .... 8 Rheumatism , diseases of the Bones , Joints , oCC * ¦• •• •• •• •• •• 91 / • • • t Diseases of the Skin , Cellular Tissue , & c ... 11 .... 1 Malformations .. .. .. .. .. 18 .... 3 Premature Birth and Debility .. .. 217 .... 36 Atrophy .. .. .. .. .. .. 214 .. .. 23 Age 467 .... 40 Sudden .. .. .. .. .. .. 76 .... — Violence , Privation , Cold , and Intemperance 248 .... 18 Total ( including unspecified causes ) .. 10 , 525 874
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MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE . Friday . There has been the same absence of speculation in the Money Market this week which it has exhibited for some months past . The quiet state of affairs on the Continent offers no prospect of any alarming political crisis , and the plethoric condition of the coffers of the Bank , noc to speak of the incessant arrivals from California and other quarters , throws all prospect of a monetary panic into the very distant future . In the early part of the week the English Funds showed the same inactivity by which the market was characterized at the date of our last report . On Monday Consols closed at 96 j to 96 g , but next day the dulness still continuing , and there being an increased demand for money , prices gave way one-eighth . On " Wednesday they opened at this reduction , and ultimately , owing to the incessant rain throughout the day , at so critical a season , they declined one-eighth lower , the closing price being 96 to 96 £ . Yesterday the market showed an improvement along with the alteration in the weather . The first quotation for Consols was the same as the closing price of Wed ^ nesday , but towards the termination of business they improved , and left off at 96 £ to 96 { . The opening prices to-day were 96 | to 96 g . The amount of fluctuations during the week ha 3 been—Consols , 96 to 96 g ; Threeand-a-Quarter per Cents ., 98 J to 9 Sg ; Bank Stock , 211 i to 213 ; Exchequer Bills , 05 s . to 68 s . premium . An increased business was transacted in foreign securities on Monday , but since then the market has been tranquil , and the amount of business limited . The chief sales yesterday were in Peruvian stocks . The following are the prices at which the latest sales were effected : — Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents ., for the account , 8 I 4 , 8 O . i , 81 J , and 814 ; Deferred , 34 * , 33 , 334 , and 34 . Brazilian , 924 ; the New , 914 ; Danish , 77 ; the Five per Cents ., 102 ; Ecuador , 3 § and fj ; Mexican , for account , 294 ; Portuguese Five per Cents . Converted , 34 and 34 J ; the Four per Cents ,, for account , 33 § and 4 ; Russian Five per Cents ., 1124 ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents ., 964 and J ; Spanish Five per Cents , 174 and §; Spanish Three per Cents ., 37 §; Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents ., 911 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents ., 57 J and £ ; and the Four per Cent . Certificates , 89 ^ . Mark-lane , Friday , August 23 . The weather has been variable in the agricultural districts , but on the whole the harvest is progressing satisfactorily . It is beyond doubt , however , that the Wheat crop will be very much below that of last year in quantity . The reports from the country markets show a tendency to decline in the value of Wheat . The arrivals of ail grain into London since Monday have been sufficient for the demand . A steady rain fell the whole of Wednesday , which caused great firmness on the part of the holders of Wheat ; but since then a favourable change has taken place , and to-day the trade is quiet at Monday's prices . There is a steady demand for Oats , Barley , and other spring corn at previous rates . Arrivals of grain since Monday , August 23 : — English . Irish . Foreign . Flour Wheat .. .. 990 13 , 310 GSO Barley .. .. 76-10 Oats 130 10 , 790
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 24, 1850, page 22, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24081850/page/22/
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