The average increase of Boston, in each period of ten years, from 1790 to 1840, was 38.506 per cent; and of the rest of the State only 12.3173 per cent. The increase of Massachusetts, from 1765 to 1840, was 493,551, or 202.1515 per cent; of Boston, 77,863, or 501.6945 per cent; and of the rest of the State, 415,688, or 181.8177 per cent. The average increase of Massachusetts, from 1765 to 1840, in each twenty-five years, was 44.5688 per cent; in each twenty years, 34.2950 per cent; in each ten years, 15.8857 per cent; in each five years, 7.6503 per cent; and in each year, 1.4853 per cent. This last is 0.1433 per cent per annum greater than 1.3420 per cent, the rate from 1790 to 1840. It will appear from these statements, that the average increase of the population of Massachusetts was greater from 1765 to 1790 than it has been since. Had the rate continued the same, the number would have been 911,749 in 1840. Also, the increase of Boston was, on an average, much less during the first twenty-five years, than that of the other parts of the State, and much greater during the last two periods of twenty-five years each, showing a tendency to a centralization in Boston." INCREASE OF POPULATION IN THE WESTERN STATES. The Home Missionary thus sums up the growth of the Western States: OHIO welcomed the first permanent settlers in 1788; now is occupied by 1,732,000 people. MICHIGAN, to which the attention of emigrants was turned twelve or fourteen years ago, now has 300,000 people. INDIANA, admitted into the Union in 1816, has received a population of more than half a million since 1830, and now numbers more than 900,000 inhabitants. ILLINOIS was organized as a separate territory in 1810, and entered the Union as a State in 1818. From that date, its population trebled every ten years till the last census, and in the last five years it has arisen from 476,000 to 700,000. MISSOURI, which in 1816 had only 20,800 people, has now 600,000, having increased 50 per cent in five years. Iowa was scarcely heard of at the East ten years ago; it is but fourteen years since the only white inhabitants, north of the Missouri line, were a few Indian traders. More than 100,000 now make that beautiful land their home; 60,000 of whom have gone in during the last four years. WISCONSIN was organized ten years ago; the marshals have just taken the census, and, from present appearances, the population will vary but little from 150,000, being an increase of 100,000 in five years. One portion of the territory, 33 miles by 30, which, ten years ago, was an unbroken wilderness, now numbers 30,000 inhabitants; and the emigration to that portion of the West is greater than ever. The seven new States and Territories above enumerated-to say nothing of the other Western and Southwestern States and Texas-have increased since the last adjustment of the ratio, more than a million and a half. PROGRESS OF POPULATION IN PARIS. The population of Paris increases with wonderful rapidity-much faster than that of London, and even the average increase on this side of the Atlantic. A Paris paper says that the census of 1846 shows that the population of the capital now amounts to 1,353,097 souls, and that of the department of the Seine, to 1,356,907. The census of 1841 gave 1,181,425, as the population of the department; that of 1836, 1,106,000, and that of 1832, 935,000. In the first five years, therefore, the increase of population has been at the rate of 19 per cent; in the second, 7 per cent; and from 1841 to 1846, about 15 per cent. The department of the Seine now contains 422,000 souls more than it did in 1832. Should the actual proportion of increase be maintained, in twenty years more, Paris and its suburbs will contain a population of two millions. The enormous assemblage of men, houses, and interests, denominated London, may then find itself equalled. NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. WHALERS AT VAN DIEMAN'S LAND. IMPORTANT TO WHALERS.-The Legislative Council of the island of Van Dieman's Land and its dependencies, in order to encourage the resort of vessels of all nations engaged in the whale fishery, have passed an act, providing that "vessels of all nations outfitting for, or refitting from the fisheries, and all vessels arriving and sailing in ballast, or which may not break bulk, or only to such an extent as may be necessary to provide funds for the repairs, refittings, or refreshments required, shall be wholly exempted from all port charges and light-house dues whatsoever, except only those of pilotage in cases where the service of a pilot shall have been actually required and received, anything contained in any act to the contrary notwithstanding." The Council have also passed an act, exempting from the payment of all port charges, wharfage, and light-house dues, excepting pilotage as aforesaid, all vessels of foreign powers included in any treaty of commerce with Great Britain and Ireland, which shall arrive at Hobart Town, for the purpose of landing and bonding for exportation only, any oil or whalebone the produce of fish caught or taken by the crew of such vessel, and shall land such oil and whalebone at any quay appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council for such especial purpose, and shall bond the same in a warehouse approved by the collector of customs for such purposes. These acts are promulgated by his excellency, Sir John Eardly Wilmot, Baronet, Lieutenant-Governor of the island of Van Dieman's Land and its dependencies, with the advice of the Legislative Council. NEWLY DISCOVERED ISLANDS. Captain J. R. Sands, of the whale-ship Benjamin Tucker, at Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, reports as follows: "On the passage from Sandwich Islands to Cape Horn, on the 19th October, fine clear weather, not expecting to see land, a man from the masthead reported land in sight, which proved to be four small islands, lying in lat. 21° 50′ S., lon. 115° 4' W., bearing from Rimurara W. N. W. W.; about two degrees from which there is a small island, marked on the chart about one degree W. The islands spoken of above, contain a circumference of about ten miles, with very high breakers clear around them, the height of the land not being above thirty feet. The above, not being laid down in any book or chart in my possession, except the small island to the westward, I give them to the public as I found them.” PORT OF TAMPICO-MEXICO. EXTRACT FROM order no. 63 of GENERAL PATTERSON. II. "Port charges and harbor dues" are hereby reduced to one-half of the several sums heretofore established by the municipal committee, and the amount collected from this source will be paid weekly to the senior surgeon of the army at Tampico, for the benefit of the hospital. III. The charges heretofore exacted on produce or merchandise of any kind, under the name of "wharfage and town dues," being an indirect tax on American citizens and American trade, will cease from this date to be made on any produce or merchandise coming from or going to the United States in U. S. vessels. NEW LIGHT-TOWER ON THE ISLAND SOERHAAGEN. A new light-tower has been erected north of the island Soerhaagen, which was to be lighted up for the first time on the 1st December, 1846. It is a fixed light, and has principally for its object to direct vessels entering the Hovgesund, their course north round Bommeltjorden. This light will burn throughout the year, at the same period as all other government lights. The altitude of the light above the level of the sea is seventy feet, and visible at the distance of three leagues, lat. 59° 25′ 15′′, lon. 5° 15′ 30′′ of Greenwich. COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS. TABLE OF DUTIES UNDER THE LAST BRITISH TARIFF. AGATES or Cornelians, cut, manufactured, or set.......for every £100 value Amber, manufactures of, not enumerated.. Of and from a British possession.... Bandstring Twist..... Of and from a British possession.... Barley, pearled...... Of and from a British possession... Of and from a British possession.. Crystal.......... Jet........ Not otherwise enumerated or described. Brass, manufactures of...... .........the barrel ..for every £100 value £10 0 1 0 0 0 10 O 0 10 0 0 ........the cwt. ..for every £100 value 026 006 10 0 0 500 ..the cwt. 010 10 0 0 Canes, walking-canes, or sticks, mounted, painted, or otherwise orna China or porcelain-ware, painted or plain, gilt or ornamented..every £100 050 0 1 6 10 0 0 Copper manufactures, not otherwise enumerated or described, and copperplates engraved.... ... for every £100 value 10 0 0 Copper or brass wire... 10 0 0 Cotton, articles or manufactures of cotton, wholly or in part made up, not Fish, cured, not otherwise enumerated. .the cwt. £0 1 0 ..for every £100 value Of and from a British possession..... Hair, manufactures of hair or goat's wool, or of hair or goat's wool and any other material, and articles of such manufacture wholly or in part made up, not particularly enumerated, or otherwise charged with duty....... ..for every £100 value ..the cwt. Of and from a British possession..... Hams of all kinds... Of and from a British possession... Harp-strings or lute-strings, silvered... Hats or Bonnets, viz.-of chip.. 10 0 0 500 10 0 0 500 070 020 Of Bast, cane, or horsehair, hats or bonnets, each hat or bonnet not exceeding 22 inches in diameter.... Each hat or bonnet exceeding 22 inches in diameter.... Hats, felt, hair, wool, or beaver hats... Made of silk, silk shag laid upon felt, linen, or other material. Hops......... ..the dozen Iron and steel, wrought, not otherwise enumerated...for every £100 value 076 0 10 0 050 ..the lb. 020 020 Made by the hand, commonly called cushion or pillow lace, whether of linen, cotton, or silken thread..... Leather, manufactures of: Women's boots, shoes, and calashes... Women's boots, shoes, and calashes, if lined or trimmed with fur or other trimming.. ........the dozen pairs Women's shoes with cork or double soles, quilted shoes and clogs...... Women's shoes, if trimmed or lined with fur or any other trimming.... ⚫ Women's shoes of silk, satin, jean, or other stuffs, kid, morocco, or other leather....... .the dozen pairs Women's shoes, if trimmed or lined with fur or any other trimming..... Girls' boots, shoes, and calashes, not exceeding 7 inches in length, to be charged with two-thirds of the above duties. Boys' boots and shoes, not exceeding 7 inches in length, to be charged with two-thirds of the above duties. Boot fronts, not exceeding 9 inches in height...............the dozen pairs Cut into shapes, or any article made of leather, or any manufacture whereof leather is the most valuable part, not otherwise enumerated or described....... ........for every £100 value Linen, or linen and cotton, viz:-cambrics and lawns, commonly called French lawns, the piece not exceeding eight yards in length, and not exceeding seven-eighths of a yard in breadth, and so in proportion for any greater or less quantity, plain.. ..........the piece Sails, not in actual use of a British ship, and not fit and necessary for Paper, printed, painted, or stained paper, or paper-hangings, or flock paper,...... Sausages or puddings.... Silk, manufactures of silk, or of silk mixed with metal, or any other ma- Silk or satin, plain, striped, figured, or brocaded, viz., broad stuffs. the lb. Or, and at the option of the officers of the customs....every £100 value Silk, gauze or crape, plain, striped, figured, or brocaded, viz., broad stuffs.... Articles thereof, not otherwise enumerated.. ..the lb. Or, and at the option of the officers of the customs....every £100 value Ganze of all descriptions, mixed with silk, satin, or any other materials, in less proportion than one-half part of the fabric, viz., broad stuffs. the lb. Articles thereof, not otherwise enumerated.... Or, and at the option of the officers of the customs....every £100 value Velvet, plain or figured, viz., broad stuffs... Articles thereof, not otherwise enumerated.. ....the lb. Or, and at the option of the officers of the customs....every £100 value Ribbons, plain silk, of one color only..... 050 06 0 15 0 0 090 0 10 0 15 0 0 090 0 10 0 15 0 09 0 10 0 15 ....the lb. 0 Plain satin, of one color only... 6 0 080 Silk or satin, striped, figured, or brocaded, or plain ribbons of more than one color...... ......the lb. Gauze or crape, plain, striped, figured, or brocaded... 0 10 0 0 14 0 Gauze mixed with silk, satin, or other materials of less proportion than one-half part of the fabric....... ..the lb. 0 12 0 Velvet, or silk embossed with velvet... 0 10 0 Artificial flowers, wholly or in part of silk..... ...for every £100 value Manufactures of silk, or of silk, mixed with any other materials, not particularly enumerated, or otherwise charged with duty..every £100 value Ribbons, of and from a British possession..... 15 0 0 500 Millinery of silk, or of which the greater part of the material is silk, viz., Manufactures of silk, or of silk and any other materials, and articles of the same wholly or partially made up, not particularly enumerated or otherwise charged with duty.. Spirits or strong waters of all sorts, viz: For every gallon of such spirits or strong waters, of any strength not ex 10 0 0 10 0 0 the cwt. 500 1 00 0 14 0 0 14 0 0 10 0 1 00 ......... ..for every £100 value 10 0 0 |