The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-14 00:00:00

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ARUNDEL -THURSDAY.
Tickets were issueff.by his Grade the Duke of Norfolk,
durirg the week, inviting the inhabitants of this place to
ew the interior of the castle, and on Thursday last
; r y 500 persons availed themselves of his Grace's
ib erality by visiting the supe 7bly decorated suite of
rooms, which were fitted expressly for the royal visit.
The following is a cppy of the letter which his Grace
the Duke of Norfolk addressed to the Mayor of
Arundel (E. Howard Gibbon, Esq.), relative to his
wishes:—
My dear Gibbon,—Seeing the loyalty displayed-by the
inhabitants of Arundel, I think it would be gratifying to
them to view the apartments which the Queen has
honoured me by occupying during her Majesty's visit,
and I have given directions for tickets to be issued ac-
cordingly.—Youis truly, NORFOLK.
Arundel Castle, Dec. sth.
In addition to the above great boon granted to the inha-
bitants, his Grace has been pleased to present the
whole of the game which was killed during the Royal
Visit to the different tradesmen of this town ; and, to
those mechanics who did not avail themselves of accepting
a portion of the provisions which were given by the in-
habitants on the occasion of the Royal visit (we believe
about 50 in numb( r), he has presented 10s. each.
This praiseworthy liberality of his Grace the Duke o'
Norfolk will long be remembered with gratitude by the
inhabitants of Arundel, an(', we hope, will be an example
which will find many imitators.—Brighton .Herald.

EXTRAORDINARY STATISTICS

OF GLASGOW,

To point out to our readers, and especially the younger
branches of them, the extraordinary rise and progress of
Glasgow, within the last quarter of a century, we pro-
pose to give them occasionally some statistical returns;
and, perhaps, we may interest them by g ving, from time
to time, some amusing extracts concerning the ancient
city, from documents in our possession. We begin with
POPULATION.

the.
In 1821, it amounted to
In 1831, to
In 1841, to
At the present moment, viz , in the year 1846
we doubt not the population exceeds

........ 147,043

202,426
282,134

350,000

And in ten years hence, at this rate of progres
. .

sion, it will probasly excr.,ed
But if this extra,,rdinary rise h
population of Glasgow, it may
mercantile friends to n'atice the s

100,000

tere sting

THE GLASGOW SHIPPING

Prior to the year 1808, vessels belonging to Glasgow
were not permitted to be registered there. But in the
year 1808 that port was disjoined from Port Glasgow, the
then head port of the Clyde (Greenock was not disjoined
thererrom till 1812) ' - and it was not incumbent that
Glasgow ships should be registered at Glasgow only till
1826; there being, till that time, the option of doing so
either at Glasgow, Port. Glasgow, or Greenock. Those
registered at Glasgow were:—
In the year 1810, 24 ships, 1,956 tons measurement.
1815, 63 4,922 -
- 1820, 77 6,131
1825, 186 31.089 -
- 1830, 217 39.432 -
- 1835, 316 59,151 •—•—
1840, 403 85,707 -
- 1845, 512 130,001
CUSTOMS DUTIES.
The customs duties et fleeted at Glasgow—
' , Fur the year 1808, were £469
lBlO
lB2O
1825
lB3O
1835
lB4O
1845 .... 589,527
BONDING WAREHOUSES.

There were no bonding warehouses in Glasgow till the
year 18:8. Of the customs duties collected, the under-
noted sums were on the delivery of produce from the

warchtuses:—
For the year 1820
- 1825
1830
- 1835
- 1840
_ 1845

The tobacco delivered from the tobacco warehouse in
York-street produces about 170,0001. of duty annually;
and the tea from the tea warehouse in same street, about
200,0001.