Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-07-29
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Rome was called the Mistress OF the World,
yetn its Polmest day was not equal to Britain
10 power OF dominion; nor can any Of the boast.
cd cities ofantiquty-Cer,hsgc, Tyre, o, Alex.
nndria, or in later timts, Venice or Genoa--
when their maratime greatness W. 5 in It's glory
and their trade the wonder ard admiration Of
their respective ages-not onc can bear mo-
ments comparison with London. Bfitain's
trade claims the whole habitable globe for its
operations. Her colonies are placed in every
direction were man can exist Upon her do.
Iniuion the sun never sets her flag waves
apon every sea and volume would be rcpuir.
ed to detail the results Of her maratirne enter.
prise and internal trade upon the aspect of the
city which forms the centre of these mighty
operations.
In population, London is nation in herself,
the number Of inhabitants has doubled in forty
years, and now amounts to one million nine
hundred ,housand.-ln leiS It will contain two
millions In length, from cast to west, the
houses extend in one line between Ave and six
miles, and in breadth, from north to south. near
ly four. But il we include Chelsea at one cx.
treme, and Blackwall at the other, and take the
breadth from Walworth to Holoway-and
these are now certain 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 ma,
tioa and her docks--,he East and West india
Docks, the London Docks, the Commercial
Docks, and the st. Katherine's Docks together
covering more than five hundred acres, ,ecmiug
with valuable commodities and one Of them,
the West India Docks, capable ofaccomodating
five hundred large ships.
To the port Of London alone, in ls4O, there
belonged 2950 ships Of 100000 tons burden,
and manned by $4,000 seamen; in the same.
year there entered the port from British cr,,ion.
les 1888 ships! from her cwn coasts, ir,cludinp
colliers, 20,205 ships; from Ireland, 9O7 ships
from foreign countries, 1855; which, with
3l60 British vessels, formed one years trade
What can compare With this. London con.
tains one hundred Thousand inhabited houses
one half ofthem having Einops attached. The
yearly consumption 81 porter and ale is 1000,
oOo OF barrels, ali brewed in the place; ofsheep
phe million four hundred and three thousant
four hundred sixty.six have been sold in Smith
field IN one year, together with on hundred ant
eighty three thousand head ofcattle. Many
miles ofground in the vicinity are occupied al
market gardens, and have spead over them ma
ny hundred acres Of glass; 70,00O,0O0 Of 70
reign eggs are imported, to say nothing of fth'
millions produced ct home; $4,000 cows affor,
an insufficient supply Of milk, the Irish ant
Dutch send immense quantities of butter, Ire
land also supplies bacon and pork.
The water companies send into the house
2370OO,OO0 of hogsheads of water in year
the gas companies produce 100000 cubi
feet ofgas daily, which feeds 100000 lights
the paving for year cost above f200,O00, tn
sewer rates 9400,00o. There are six thousan
hotels. taverns and coffee houses, and twent
theatres, besides concert rooms and exhibition
ofvarious kinds. London Issues nearly 10000
600 Of ne wspapers; has steamboat accommoda
tions for 10000 passengers daily from l.ondo
extends 1000 miles Of railway, laid down at
expense of E47, 100000; with fhy-nine C,
mails, ata cost of sl4,O0O,O0O Through tn
post Office pass 100000 of letters in yea
whilst the amount of cash paid by the Londo
bankers through the clearing house in lS4
averaged f75,ooO,O0o monthly. viii n,
these few facts assist in giving some idea of II
immense scale upon which all that relates
London must be considered, before CORE
knowledge of its state can be arrived att
iustrated Neps.