PROTESTANT COUNTRIES.ROMAN CATHOLIC COUNTRIES.
Norway,Austria,
Sweden,Austria,
Saxony,Austria,
Denmark,Austria,
Hanover,Austria,

We suppose this is all fair enough; but we cannot see it, our moral vision being so infirm.

"But these regions seem to have been selected for their approximate equality in population." So it seems, and our friend, Mr. S., has made it seem so in this fashion: "We compare Protestant Norway with 1,194,610, and Roman Catholic Styria (Austria) with 1,006,971. Again, we compare Protestant Sweden with 2,983,144, and Roman Catholic Upper and Lower (Austria) with 2,244,363." All very good; but now let us go on: "We compare Protestant Saxony with its population, and Roman Catholic Carinthia with its population. And we compare Hanover with its Protestant population, and Salzburg with its Roman Catholic population." "'Of course these countries are selected for their approximate equality in population.'" In order that our readers may see how much equality there is in the populations of these countries, we give the following

Table of Populations.

PROTESTANT.CATHOLIC.
Saxony2,343,994Carinthia342,469
Hanover1,923,492Salzburg147,191

Saxony is only seven times greater than Carinthia. Hanover only twelve times greater than Salzburg. Very excellent is Mr. Seymour in "anticipating the tu quoque of the Roman Catholics."

We now desire to call the attention of our readers to one very remarkable phenomenon of the statistics. In Protestant England the cities have a lower rate of illegitimacy than the country, while in France the case is reversed, the countries are low and the cities high. The following table will show this:

Rates of Illegitimacy in City and Country Districts of England.

CITY.PR. CT.COUNTRY.PR. CT.
London4.2Nottingham8.9
Liverpool4.9York, N. R.8.9
Birmingham4.7Salop9.8
Manchester6.7Westmoreland9.7
Sheffield5.8Norfolk10.7
Leeds6.4Cumberland11.4
The rate for all England is 6.5.

In France.