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Post-Office Money Orders . —The total number of money orders issued by the Post-office in the year 1849 was 4 , 248 891 ; and the amount represented by them was £ 8 , 152 , 643 13 s . 6 d . ; the total number of orders paid during the same period was 4 , 245 , 351 , and the sum actually Daid £ 8 , 158 , 355 4 s . ; the total number of orders issued and paid was 8 , 494 , 242 , and the amount £ 16 , 310 , 998 17 s . 6 d . ; the total expense of the money order department in the United Kingdom was £ 70 , 248 ; and the total amount of commission paid by the public
£ 70 , 570 . Cost of Lunatic Asylums . —A parliamentary paper , published on Saturday , contains an abstract of all the moneys received « nd paid on account of lunatic asylums in counties and boroughs in England and Wales during the year ending 3 lst December , 1849 : —In Bedford the expenditure was £ 6751 ; Chester , £ 3498 ; Cornwall , £ 7697 ; Devon , £ 8621 ; Dorset , £ 3100 ; Gloucester ,
£ 13 , 338 ; Hull , £ 890 ; Kent , £ 8558 ; Lancaster , £ 29 , 953 ; Leicester , £ 11 , 638 ; Middlesex , £ 24 , 537 ; Norfolk , £ 5514 ; Nottingham , £ 8288 ; North Wales , £ 5905 ; Oxford , £ 7574 ; Salop and Montgomery , £ 3991 ; Somerset , £ 6766 ; Stafford , £ 6563 ; Suffolk , £ 5676 ; Surrey , £ 20 , 034 ; North and East York , £ 5962 ; West Biding , £ 12 , 051 . Omnibus Statistics . —The following accurate statistics will convey to the general mind some idea of this vast branch of locomotion , the greatest in the country next to railway traffic . Omnibuses running daily , 3000 ; horses belonging to the same , 30 , 000 ; which consume in the year , of corn , 525 , 000 bushels ; of hay , 180 , 000 trusses ; and of straw , 180 , 000 trusses ; which , at the
respective cost of corn , £ 787 , 000 , hay £ 225 , 000 , straw £ 750 , 000 , amounts to £ 1 , 762 , 000 . To this must be added £ 7800 for shoeing , which makes , apart from the purchase-cost of 30 , 000 horses , the immense yearly sum of £ 1 , 769 , 800 . The wear and tear of omnibuses , computed at £ 1 per week each omnibus , gives £ 156 , 000 per annum ; whilst the average cost of harness , estimated at £ 6 per annum each omnibus , reaches the yearly sum of £ 180 , 000 . Each omnibus travels , on an average , sixty miles per day , and , the Government duty being , according to the Act 6 th Victoria , l £ d . per mile , amounts to the yearly sum of £ 393 , 750 . According to a return made to the House of Commons in 1841 , the total mileage on stage carriages in England for that year , ending Janudand £ 100000 for
ary 5 , was £ 407 , 960 4 s . 62 . ; , allowing , the increased traffic at the present time , nearly fourfifths of the entire amount paid yearly into the Exchequer for mileage on English stage carriages is contributed by the traffic of the metropolis alone . The 3000 omnibuses in constant traffic , and passing through the different thoroughfares , are computed to carry to and fro about 300 passengers per day , or 2000 per week , which makes , for the entire number of omnibuses running , 6 , 000 , 000 per week , or the almost incredible number of 300 , 000 , 0 00 per annum . The number of men employed are reckoned at 11 , 000 ; viz ., drivers and conductors 6000 , horse-keepers 3000 , odd men ( a term for those who drive or conduct occasionally ) and men unemployed 2000 ; total , 11 , 000 .
Trade and Navigation . —The following is an account of the imports of the principal articles of foreign and colonial merchandize during the six months ending 6 th of July , 1850 : —Coffee , 19 , 975 , 9651 b ., corresponding six months of 1849 , 22 , 992 , 5101 b . ; live animals , 31 , 971 , 1849 , 48 , 797 ; corn , 1 , 562 , 516 qrs ., 1849 , 2 , 246 , 576 qrs . ; barley , 495 , 937 qrs ., 1849 , 598 , 312 qrs . ; oats , 568 , 859 qrs 1849 , 493 , 171 qrs . ; cotton manufactures , not made up , declared value , £ 277 , 826 , 1849 , £ 233 , 679 ; cotton manufactures wholly or in part made up , £ 27 , 818 , 1849 , £ 24 507 ; embroidery and needlework of declared value of
£ 104 , 391 , 1849 , £ 63 , 196 ; flint cut glass and ornamental Klass , 409 , 7631 b ., 1849 , 309 , 4651 b . ; lace , of value of £ 53 , 282 , 1849 , £ 52 , 279 ; gloves , 1 , 921 , 984 pairs , 1849 , 1 , 764 , 209 pairs ; bacon , 245 , 730 cwt ., 1849 , 302 . 3 . S 3 cvvt . ; errs , 62 , 025 , 283 , 1849 , 56 , 454 , 745 ; ruin , 1 , 801 , 779 galls ., 1849 , 2 , 332 , 299 galls . ; brandy , 1 , 783 , 505 galls ., 1849 , 1 , 854 , 945 galls . ; sugar , unrefined , 3 , 263 , 061 cwts ., 1849 , 3 014 , 944 cwts . ; tea , 33 , 724 , 6091 b ., 1849 , 33 , 772 , 3411 b . ; tobacco , 5 , 956 , 419 1 b ., 1849 , 5 , 483 , 4171 b . ; watches of the value of £ 54 , 389 , 1849 , £ 40 , 832 ; wine , of all sorts , 4 , 112 , 396 galls ., 1849 , 2 , 986 , 106 galls . ; wool , all sorts , 33 , 584 , 730 lb ., 1819 , 23 , 325 , 171 lb .
Revenue and Expenditure of the Post-Office . — The gross revenue of the Post-office for the year ended the 5 th of January , 1850 , was £ 2 , 213 , 149 . Of this sum , £ 47 , 799 is deducted for " returned letters , & o . ;" £ 1 , 307 , 478 for cost of management , and £ 17 , 084 for charges other than management ., leaving a net revenue of £ 840 , 787 . The principal items of expenditure are salaries and allowances , £ 552 , 065 ; poundage on the sale of postage stamps , & c , £ L 0 , 5 G 3 ; conveyance of mails , & c , £ 620 , 627 ; rent , taxes , & c , £ 7899 ; stationery and printing , £ 21 , 749 ; superannuation allowances , £ 11 , 888 ; compenaationH , £ 13 , 487 . The payments made for the conveyance of mails by railway within the United Kingdom was £ 230 , 079 , viz ., £ 128 , 713 for work done within the year , and £ 1 ) 9 , 583 11 s . for work done in previous years .
Cuimk in Iuklani ) . —A parliamentary return , moved for at . ihe instance of Mr . M . J . O'Connell , of the number of outrages reported by tiie constabulary in Ireland during the periods of six months ending respectively the 30 th of June , ISIS ; 31 st of December , 1848 ; 30 th of June , 1840 ; . 'ilsl of December , 1849 ; and 30 th of Juno , 1850 . gives the following result : ¦—Half-year ending 30 th of Jane , ISIS : homicides , 80 ; firing at the person , 37 ; robbery of arms , 100 ; firing into dwelling-houses , ( J 5 ; incendiary fires , 421 ; total , 712 . In the following six months , the total was 038 ; the homicides being I less
the incendiary fires 98 less , the firing into dwellings 35 less , and the robbery of arms 37 more . In the half-year ending the 30 th of June , 1849 , the outrages had increased to 947 , being the highest number embraced in the return ; the details were : homicides , 113 ; firing at the person , 49 ; robbery of arms , 67 ; firing into dwellings , 59 ; and incendiary fires , 659 . During the following half-year the outrages decreased to 618 ; and in the half-year ending the 30 th of June , 1850 , the total number of outrages was 726 .
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HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . ( From the Registrar-General ' s Returns . ) The mortality of London exhibits a continued disposition to increase . The deaths which , in the three ^ preceding weeks , were successively 781 , 863 , 898 , rose in the week ending last Saturday to 917 . In the ten corresponding weeks of 1840-9 , the lowest number of deaths occurred in 1841 , and was 759 ; they rose in 1846 to 1086 , and during the prevalence of cholera last year they were 1967 . The average of the 10 corresponding weeks is 1021 , or augmented in the ratio of increase of population , 1114 ; compared with which latter number the
return of last week shows a decrease amounting to 197 . With the exception of measles and scarlatina , which now destroy not more than half the average number of lives , the epidemics show a fatality that differs little from the usual amount . The gradual increase of mortality that has been observed since the second week of July up to the present date is due to the diarrhoea , chiefly prevailing among children , which is known to attend this season of the year , and which , if the conclusion may be drawn from returns of corresponding weeks of 1840-9 , has immensely increased since 1845 , and during later years has produced a mortality sixfold the amount which was common in the earlier . Last week the deaths from
diarrhoea were 136 , of which 123 occurred amongst infants under three years ; of these children not more than 17 had completed an existence in the world of 12 months . In the same week of 1846 there died 186 persons from diarrhoea , in that of 1847 the deaths were 111 ; in 1848 there were 141 , and in 1849 , 179 . Last week 11 fatal cases of a more or less severe form of cholera were recorded ; six occurred amongst young persons , and five at more advanced ages . Against the 11 . deaths from cholera last week it is necessary to state that there were 12 in the corresponding week of 1844 , 23 in that of 1846 , 21 in that of 1848 , and 926 in that of 1849 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean reading of the barometer was above 30 inches on Tuesday and Thursday . The mean of the week was 29 * 859 . The mean temperature of the week was 61 . 3 deg . The mean daily temperatare was below the average of corresponding days in seven years on every day except Monday and Wednesday , when it was slightly above it . Ten Weeks Week of 1839-49 . of 1850 . Zymotic Diseases .. .. .. .. 3491 .... 277 Dropsy , Cancer , and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat .. .. . 458 .... 40 Tubercular Diseases .. .. .. .. 1823 .... 174 Diseases of the Brain , Spinal Marrow , Nerves , and Senses .. .. .. .. 1151 .... 99 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels .. 244 .... 38 Diseases of the Lungs and of the other Organs of Respiration .. .. .. 753 .... 70 Diseases of the Stomach , Liver , and other Organs of Digestion .. .. .. 764 .... 61 Diseases of the Kidneys , & c 87 .... 10 Childbirth , diseases of the Uterus , & c . .. 80 .... 7 Rheumatism , diseases of the Bones , Joints , & C « .. •• .. .. .. «• OT . »•• IX Diseases of the Skin , Cellular Tissue , & c ... 11 .... 3 Malformations .. .. .. .. .. 19 .... 3 Premature Birth and Debility .. .. 237 .... 34 Atrophy 217 .... 33 Age .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 459 .... 30 Sudden .. .. .. .. .. .. 69 .... 2 Violence , Privation , Cold , and Intemperance 250 .... 26 Total ( including- unspecified causes ) . . 10 , 209 917
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( From the Registrar-General ' s Quarterly Return . ) This return comprises the births and deaths registered by 21 S 9 registrars in all the districts of England during the spring quarter ending June 30 , 1850 ; and the marriages in more than 12 , 000 churches or chapels , 2869 registered places of worship unconnected with the Established Church , and 623 superintendent registrars ' offices , in the quarter which ended March 31 , 1850 . The return of marriages is not complete ; but the numbers wanting arc inconsiderable > and nave been supplied from the returns of previous years . Marbiagks . —The marriages were 30 , 425 in the quarter that ended on March 31 , 1850 ; the marriages in the corresponding quarters of 1847-8-9 were 27 , 480 , 28 , 398 , 28 . 270 . The number of marriages in the first quarter of 1850 was only once exceeded in the eleven corresponding quarters of 1839-49 ; and correcting for increase , the proportion of marriages to population is shown to be much higher in the first quarter of 1850 than in any corresponding quarter since 1839 , except in the Murch quarters of 1845-46 , when the labouring classes were in full employment . BniTiis . —The births registered in the quarter that ended March 31 , 1850 , were 144 , 602 ; in the quarter that ended June 30 , 155 , 727 . Births are always more numerous in the first than in the second half of the year ; and from 1840 to 1845 'he births registered in the first quarters were more numerous than those registered in the second quarters of the six years ; but in 1846 , 8 , 9 , 50 , a change has taken place , and the excess of births has been thrown upon the June quarters . The number of births in the June quarter of 1850 is the greatest ever registered in England in the same time . The annual rate of births is obtained by comparing the number of children born in a given time with the corrected population . It waft in
the last June quarter 3 . 489 per cent ., which is the same as the rate in the corresponding quarter of 1849 . and Ips , than that in the June quarter of 1846 , but much more than in any other June quarter of the years 1839-1850 . Increase op Population-. —In the quarter endinc June , 1850 , the births registered were 155 , 727- the deaths registered were 93 , 005 ; the excess of births' over deaths was 62 , 722 . The natural increase of the population was 62 , 722 , without taking into account the births of children who may have escaped registration . In the same period the number of emigrants from London
Plymouth , and Liverpool ( the only English ports at which there are Government emigration officers ) was 61 , 778 . It might hence be inferred that the population , of England was stationary ; but a great number of the 50 , 156 emigrants from Liverpool were , it is believed from Ireland , and there has been for many years an uninterrupted stream of Irish immigration , which has replaced the emigrants of English origin ; so that , notwithstanding the emigration , the population of England increased at a faster rate from 1831 to 1841 than the probable excess of births over deaths would imply .
State of the Public Health . —The mortality is now , it is gratifying to report , much below the average . It has not been so low in any of the corresponding quarters since 1837 , when the new system of registration commenced , except in the quarter ending June , 1844 . The rate of mortality per cent , per annum in the quarter was 2 . 084 . At this rate 1 in 192 persons died in the last three months ; in 1847 , 1 in 161 persons died in the same time . This shows clearly how much the risk of life has declined . The average chance of living through the three months April , May , June , among persons of all ages , is 179 to 1 .
93 , 005 deaths were registered in the quarter ending June ; while the deaths in the corresponding quarters of the four previous years were 90 , 231 , 106 , 718 , 99 , 730 , 102 , 249 . The improved state of the public health has been general ; the eastern is the only division in which the deaths of 1850 slightly exceeded the deaths in the corresponding June quarter of 1849 . The most considerable decrease is observed in London , and in the north-western division , comprising Cheshire and Lancashire . The improvement in the public health is not confined to the parts which were visited by the epidemic cholera in 1849 , as will be apparent in examining the returns in detail .
Cholera was most fatal in the following town-districts , and chiefly in the September quarter of 1849 : —London , Salisbury , Plymouth , Bristol , Merthyr-Tydfil , Hull , Manchester , Leeds , and Wolverhampton . If there is a diminution in the mortality of the above town districts , where , according to a prevalent theory , cholera carried off the unsound lives , there is a similar diminution in the rate of mortality of other large towns , where cholera did not prevail to any great extent : — Cheltenham , Birmingham , Leicester , Lincoln , Nottingham , and Derby .
A further examination is required before the causes of this improvement can be eliminated ; but it may be safely affirmed that they act generally , and have been by no means confined to districts decimated previously by the epidemics either of cholera or influenza .
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MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE . FltlDAY . We have again to report a market with little , or no variation . The English Funds have undergone no change worthy of note during the last few days , and , of course , the amount of business done has been unusually limited . The supply of money , according to all accounts , continues very abundant , far beyond what can be profitably invested , but , nevertheless , Consols do not rise in price . The spirit of speculation prefers taking the direction and trying what can be done with cotton .
The report of one day ' s prices this week may serve for that of all . " Consols opened at 96 $ to 96 J , and closed without variation . " Such has been the unvarying report from day to day . The fluctuations of the English Stock Market generally have also been very small during the weck : —Consols , 96 f to 96 |; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents ., 994 to 994 ; Bank Stock , 211 to 212 ; Exchequer Bills , 66 s . to 69 s . premium . In the Foreign Market no very material change has taken ulace this week . The only incident worthy of notice
has been a slight movement in the various classifications of Spanish Bonds , in consequence of a notice issued by Messrs . Ricardo , stating that the claims of Messrs Ardoin had been arranged , and would lead to the cancelling of bonds to the extent of about £ 6 , 000 , 000 . This is viewed as a favourable augury for the other foreign creditors oi bpain having their claims attended to and arranged , and in consequence a good many transactions—of no considerable magnitude , however—took place yesterday in Spanish securities .
The following bargains were recorded yesterday : — Buenos Ayres , for account , 584 ; Ecuador , 3 f ; Grenada , 18 and 184 ; the Deferred , 4 ; Mexican , for money , 29 . f and 30 ; Portuguese Five per Cents ., 861 > the Converted , 66 and 34 J » Spanish Five per Cents ., 174 ; Passive , 3-f ; the Three per Cents ., 37 i ; Venezuela , 35 ; the Deferred , 12 |; Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents ., 924 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents ., 578 and £ ; and the Four per Cent . Certificates , 89 g . The reports of trade from Yorkshire , Lancashire , and the midland counties are all highly promising . The people are generally well employed , and the cheapness of food enables them to live more comfortably than they aave done for aome years .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 10, 1850, page 22, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10081850/page/22/
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