The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-01-13 00:00:00

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ate with any one
shunned. You once contemplated a crime of the most re
volting nature—that of murder. You attempted the life of
your commanding officer. You were tried, found guilty, and
sentenced. All this is true; is it not?" He touched his cap
again, and said, "Yes, sir ; " but not a muscle moved.
" Dudley," said I, " your officers have a horror of you ; but
such a feeling on their parts is not to be wondered at." Still
his countenance remained unchanged. " Now attend to what
lam about to say to you, Dudley. I have watched you for
some time, and I pity you; I should like to give you an op-
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LONDON.—Rome was called the Mistress of the World,
yet in its palmiest day was not equal to Britain in power or
dominion; nor can any of the boasted cities of antiquity—
Carthage, Tyre, or Alexandria ; or in latter times, Venice or
Genoa—when their maritime greatness was in its glory, and
their trade the wonder and admiration of their respective ages
—not one can bear a moment's comparison with London.
Britain's trade claims the whole habitable globe for its opera-
tions. Her colonies are placed in every direction where man
can exist. Upon her dominion the sun never sets ;—her flag
waves upon every sea, and a volume would be required to
detail the results of her maritime enterprise and internal
trade upon the aspect of the city which forms the centre of
these mighty operations. In population London is a nation
in herself; the number of inhabitants has doubled in forty
years, and now amounts to one million nine hundred thousand.
In 1845 it will contain two millions ! In length, from east to
west, the houses extend in one line between five and six miles,
and in breadth, from north to south, nearly four. But if we
include Chelsea at one extreme, and Blackwell at the other,
and take the breadth from Walworth to Holloway—and these
are now certainly portions of the Great City,—we shall have
London covering above thirty square miles of ground ! And
then her river, bearing upon its surface the ships of every
nation ; and her docks—the East and West India Docks, the
London Docks, the Commercial Docks, and the St. Kathe-
rine's Docka, together covering more than five hundred acres,
teeming with valuable commodities ; and one of them, the
West India Docks, capable of accommodating 500 large ships.
To the port of London alone, in 1840, there belonged 2,950
ships of 581,000 tons burden, and manned by 32,000 seamen ;
in the same year there entered the port from British colonies,
1,683 ships ; from her own coasts, including colliers, 20.205
ships ; from Ireland, 907 ships; from foreign countries, 2,355;
which, with 3,166 British vessels, formed one year's trade.
What can compare with this? London contains one hundred
thousand inhabited houses, one half of them having shops
attached. The yearly consumption of porter and ale is
2,000,000 of barrels, all brewed in the place ; of sheep,
1.403,466 have been sold in Smithfield in one year, together
with 183,000 head of cattle. Many miles of ground in the
vicinity are occupied as market gardens, and have spread
over them many hundred acres of glass. 70,000,000 of
foreign eggs are imported, to say nothing of the millions pro-
duced at home ; 12,000 cows afford an insufficient supply of
milk ; the Irish and Dutch send immense quantities of
butter; Ireland also supplies bacon and pork. The water
companies send into the houses 237,000,000 of hogsheads of
water in a year ; the gas companies produce 10,000,000 cubic
feet of gas, daily, which feeds 100,000 lights; the paving
for a year costs above £200,000, the sewer rates £400,000.
There are six thousand hotels, taverns, and coffee-houses,
and twenty theatres, besidy concert-rooms and exhibitions
of various kinds. London issues nearly 30,000,000 of news-
papers ; has steam-boat accommodation for 10,000 passengers
daily; from London extends 1,000 miles of railway, laid down
at an expense of £47,000,000; with fifty-nine canals dug at a
cost of .E 14,000.000. Through the post-office pass 70,000,000
of letters in a year, whilst the amount of cash paid by the
London bankers through the clearing house in 1841, averaged
.£45,000,000 monthly. Will not these few facts assist in
giving some idea of the immense scale upon which all that
relates to London must be considered before a correct know-
ledge of its state can be arrived at ?—lllustrated News.

AN INGENIOUS SWINDLER.—We find the following in
the Gazette des Tribunaux—Madame B—, who, in part-
nership with her son, keeps a jeweller's shop at the corner of
the Rue (le Bossy. was sitting alone behind her counter on
Friday, when a young man exquisitely dressed drove up in a
cabriolet, and asked to be shown some articles to give as
presents on the jour de ran. He wanted them, he said, for
h s sister, mcther, and other friends, and did not require
-nything very expensive—a bracelet, two or three gold chains,
ome earings, and a brooch would suffice. The ledv has-

tened to display her wares, which the young man examined
like a perfect connoisseur. At last he had concluded his
task of choosing, and desired the bill to be made out, which
ito 2,3671. He then ordered the lady to send the
eipt, to his residence in the Rue

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A. wasp was killed in the neighbourhood of this city on the

28th ult

The manufacturers have advanced the price of cloths at

Manchester and Leeds

We perceive that M r. Painter has published a reply to the
prize essays of the Anti-corn-law-league.

A gang of nine notorious robbers has been captured at
Jersey. Much stolen booty was found in their possession.
Duprez, the eminent singer, is engaged to appear at Drury

Lane for twelve night

The works on the Shannon at Banager, are progressing
rapidly.
The National states that the deficit on the French budget
this year will amount to five millions sterling.
The Corporation of Edinburgh, to the disgust of every
loyal man, have granted a scite on Calton Hill to erect a
monument to the Revolutionists of 1793.
The Lord Chancellor and the Master of the Rolls have
entered on an inquiry as to the working of the several offices
of the Court of Chancery.

SUGAR.—Lord Elgin has offered a prize of £lOO for the
best practical essay on the cultivation of the sugar cane, as
an encouragement of the island agriculture.—Jamaica paper.