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Mr. C. T. Hermann on the number of [March 



The proportion among the sexes are, among the 



Peasants. 



Free people. 



Military. 



Nobility. 

 Clergy. 



Men to women 



,, children 

 Women ,, 

 Both Sexes ,, 

 Men to women 



,, children 

 Women ,, 

 Men to women 



,, children 

 Women ,, 

 Both sexes ,, 

 Men to women 



4i children 

 Women 



4 to 



3i„ 



1 „ 

 4 1 



9*„ 

 1*„ 

 7 „ 

 3*„ 

 1 h 

 4 „ 



3 ;, 



7 „ 



1 „ 

 21 „ 



Both sexes,, 



The greatest number of these assassinations have been 

 perpetrated by the fist or a stick, by people of low birth, in 

 consequence of quarrels in the streets, inns, or roads. The 

 peasant in Russia is not armed as he is in Spain, Portugal, 

 and Turkey, and hence, when he commits murder, it may 

 be in consequence of drunkenness or anger, he employs the 

 first instrument he can lay his hand on to satisfy his feel- 

 ings. The children who have perished by violence are 

 principally illegitimate, and have been murdered by their 

 mothers, not having the means of procuring admission for 

 them into the government establishments. Those who have 

 been murdered by the weapons mentioned, are enumerated 

 in the following table : — 



