POPULATION OF CITIES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 53, 3 March 1871, Page 2

POPULATION OF CITIES.

The following Return shows the poAjlation of the chief cities of the old wo^ld, with the ratio of increase during a perioi^ of thirty-seven years : — Increase

A Mrs. Schlutz advertises iv the Melbourne papers her ability to practice the arts of astrology and chiromancy. She adds, " persons wishing to be happy should be married in their own planet or temperament. A person bo.m in .the north and a persffn born iv the south will never agree. A planet may be * obtained on reasonable terms!!!" Mrs. Schultz forgets to sidd whether; she has any empires or kingdoms to/lfepose of, or how she proposes to give delivery of the " planets" sold. " The Father of the House,"—We observe from our telegrams, says the Independent, that Mr. Carletou will not have a seat in the coming Assembly. We can imagine the state of feeling with which the hon. member would receive the announcement of the Returning Officer, and we may expect a long series of letters depicturing tha certain ruin of the country, and denouncing in fearful terms (supported by quotations from various languages especially the Italian) the cursed operation of the cursed ballot ! Yet the Assembly will not seem the same as formerly with his sonorous voice no longer pronouncing " the ayes have it!" We may expect the Hon. Premier will receive the intelligence with mingled feelings of regret and satisfaction. He will have no one now to provoke him to a fierco passage of arms, in which we fancy (for even Prime Ministers have their weaknesses) he rather piqued himself on his success, but he will feel safe in the matters of accentuation, quantity, and pronunciation, now that the voice of the hypercritic is heard no more. Mk. Spukgeon (says the Echo) has published an addjjefs to Louis Napoleon and. the King of^Prussia, contaimug^—amne remarfortny strong language. He isffy nWi, means complimentary to either of th<A; monarchs. He says :—" Perhaps you are not both alike, and ouly one of you is to blame for beginning this dreadful 'fight; but I don't know your secret tricks, for kings are as deep as foxes, and it is safest to lay it on yon both, for then the right one will be sure to get it. Did either of you ever think what war means ? Did you ever see a man's head smashed, or his bowels ripped open ? Why, if you are made of flesh aud blood, the sight of the poor man, with the blood oozing out of him, will make you sick. I don't like to drown a kitten, I can't bear even to ccc a rat die, or any animal in pain. But a man ! Where are your hearts, if you can think of broken legs, splintered bones, heads smashed in, brains blown out, bowels torn, hearts gushing with gore, ditches full of blood, and heaps of limbs aud carcases of mangled men ? " This is a disgusting description, as Mr. Spurgeon admits, but if men read a few more disgusting descriptions they might do fewer disgusting things. He concludes : —" You fight for glory, do you ? Don't be such fools. lam a plain talking Englishman, and I tell you that the English for glory is damnation* aud it will be your lot, O Kings, if you go on cutting and hacking your fellow-men." The most dangerous species of " Stinging Kay,"—Sun Stroke.

Difference uetween Religion and Theology. — Mrs. Gn;i<:f, a candidate for the London School boiirJ, has undertaken to define the '.'.iffrreiu'e between reli»icn and theology. She says she is "in favor of instructing children m religion, which teaches pooplo to love one ."mother ; but she is not willing to introduce into schools theology, which has taught men to hate each other.' 1 For remainder of news see Fourth page.

1832 1869 per cent. London .. .. 1,624,000 3,214,000 98 Constantinople .. 1,000,000 1,500,000 .50 Paris 890,000 1,950.000 118 St. Petersburg . . 480,000 667,000 3 7 Naples . . . . : J 58,(00' 000,000 67 Vienua .. .. 310,000 GlO.OOO 107 Dublin .. .. 300,000 062,003 21 Moscow .. .. 280.000 420 000 5:1 Berlin .. .. 250,000 800,000 220 Lisbon 240,0 : H) :!40,000 44 Manchester .. 238,000 350,000 40 Amsterdam .. 230,000 250,000 12 Glasgow .. .. 202,000 401,000 99 Liverpool .. .. 190,000 520,000 174 Madrid .. .. 390,000 390,000 105