The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-01-06 00:00:00

STATI; OF PARIS.

From the various tables of population, it appears that,
since The great political commotion of 1769, the popula-
tion of Paris has inert ased in the proportion of about 219
to 200 ' • that there have been constantly arriving (especially
since the Revolution) a number of foreigners in that
capital, who have died there ; that within 30 years the
number of marriages has increased about a sixteenth ; and
that the number of foundlings has diminished more than
a fourth ; on the other band, it appears that the number
of natural children has been increasing since 1806, before
which time there are no certain accounts, as natural chil-
dren and legitimate children were confounded in the regis-
ters. The number of natural children acknowledged by
their parents was, in 1819 and 1820, about 21 in .54 ; in
1821, 21 in 71, being almost two-fifths less. The number
of aid, aftbrdell by the charitable institutions were, in
1819, 55,150 ; in 1820, 86,870; that of admission into
hospitals and asylums (reckoning the foundlings) in 1819,
77,313 ; in 1320, 80,031. The average deaths in the
hospitals and asylums were aLcut 1 in 7; the average ex-
pense for every individual received into them, from 110 to
123 francs a year. The number of indigent females is
more than half as large again as that of indigent males.
It appears that, on the average, the annual expense for
bread of every inhabitant of Paris is about 38 francs 64
centimes ;of every family, 171 francs it centimes. It ap-
pears, also, that the average annual value of cattle sold,
during the last ten years, in the markets of Sceaux, Paris,
and Poissy, has been above Su millions of francs in oxen ;
above I'2 millions in cows; five millions and a quarter in
calves ; and near nine million, in sheep. The average
price of the first of the above classes of animals has been
301 francs 90 centimes ; of the second, 179 francs 9 cen-
times ; of the third, 67 francs 11 centimes ; and of the
last, 91 francs 21 centimes.
The following details are as curious, though less im-
portant:—Paris contains 9761 ::Laps for the sale of provi-
sions, not including .5000 traders that way in the halls and
in the streets. The vendors of wine alone are 9,333 in
number ; while there are but 560 bakers, 333 butchers, 927
eating-houses, and 787 coffee-houses. Thus it appears
that the number of taverns is above four times that of
bake-houses, and above six times that of butchers shops.
It ought to be observed, however, that the last must not
exceed a certain number.
From the year 1810 to the year 1821 the number of silk
manufactories increr-sed front .52 to 67. In the year 1819,
there was stamped in France, six millions of gold and
silver articles, representing a value of 64 millions of francs.
It is calculated that the gold manufactured in France, in
1819, amounted to thirty-eight hundredths of the gold
annually brought into Europe. One year with another,
120,000 watches and 15$000 clocks arc sold in Paris, for
about 90 millions of francs ; the net profit on which is
about three millions and a half.
Six hundred and eighty presses are actively employed in
Paris, and from 3to 4,000 primes. It is estimanal, that
of every hundred works published, 68 relate to the belles-
lettres, history, or politics; 20 to the sciences and the
arts; and 12 to theology and jurisprudence. The average
price of a thousand copies of a printed sheet, paper in-
cluded, is 62 francs. The annual cons ption of paper is
336,000 reams, &c.—Neese Encycl"pediqur.

Mr. Ilornidge, the gentleman who murdered the Proctor
lately in his own house, near Illessington, is a Protestant,
and has been for some time deranged in his intellects.—
/r;../1 Ohm" err.

n L.—Oti New Year's morning, shout three o'clock,. a
tire broke out in the concerns of Mr. Price, printing-tut:-
manufacturer, situate in Lincoln-lane. Owing to the in-
flammable nature of the goods stored in the premises, and
the great want of water, the builtlimN were completely
consumed before any efb:ctual assistance could be rendered.
The engines and firemen of the Royal Irish, National,
Royal txchange, Imperial, and Commercial Insurance
Companies, were an the spot soon after the tire was dis-
covered, but owing to the cause already mentioned, the
shameful want of water, they were delayed a considerable
length of time before they could get to work with effect.
Their united exertions, however, contributed to subdue
the flames and save the surrounding premises from ruin.—
DuGlin

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