Litchfield enquirer., 1845-05-29
STATISTICS OF GREAT BRITAIN.


IN lisa, the total official value of the exports
Of British produce and manufactures from Great
Britain was 1885, J7 ii 1S43, the cficialyal
ue was E117 500, and the declared value
E5l ,932,396. Increase on the latter 361 percent
From 1V6to 1880, the average annual report of
cotton wooNn Great Britain was $780, lbs, in
1913, the qtNntlty entered for consumption in the
United Kingdom was 5s5, 909,1s4. Increase s,549
per cent NJ &s Ply, gIt an s
The official 0aMe Of cotton goods exported from
Great Britain wis 1856, 900, in 1643, the official
value was E6l, l65,01, and the declared value
23.443,O39. lncreise 73;O45 per cent. on the
official, and ,503 per ONT. on the declared value
The import Of foreigNsheep's wool was 2,47S,-
1872 lbs in 1881 In lSaa, the quantity Of foreign
! and colonial wool enteredfor consumption il tRe
United Kingdom was 4S,6S,s2O.
The linen manufacture o. Great Britain was es-
timated in 17S2, as being Of lie total yearly value
of G2,64O,OOO; ir 1S43, Mr. IcCulloch estimates
it. including Ireland, at the vaae Of G10,OoO,OOO
or E12,000,000. VS.
Lancashire contained 297 .40C inhabitants in
| 1850, and l,667.o54 in 1s41. Incease, 46l per
cent. in ninety one years. y IN a
The West Riding of Yorkshire cos.;nea .565t.
2S2 inhabitants in 1901, and .154.l04in ls41.--
Increase los per cent. in forty years. 9
The parish of Manchester contained ,O32 in
habitants in 1774, and $685. in 164l. Acrease,
1862 per cent in sixty seven years. 8
Preston contained 5000 persons lin l7Sa and
5o,lsl in ls41 Increase, 1885 per cent. lin sixty
one years.
The population Of England and Wales wa6.-
227, 5S6 in ITO, and 1901 757 in 164l. Increse
S,s44, LII, or 122 per cent in seventy.one years,f
which by very far the largest proportion isinth
| manufacturing and commercial districts
| I'm Innocent Man Hung. The st. Louis Rev
ellie of the 10th ut. says" News was received in
this city last evening Of the death of that notorious
individual, Buffalo Bill, somewhere in Arkansas
Before he died he made confession in relation to
| the murder Of Major Floyd, in August, 1642 He
said that johnson, who was hung in June, 1S43, was
| innocent, and that himself and Nc Lean (who was
acquitted in criminal court last weekly were the
principal actors in the tragic scene. assisted by 9TH
ers" s8 8t4sg ss5,s;s.Is aM0
President Polk has established rule at Washing
ing to keep no clerks in Office who do not pay their
debts. One Of the young men, who had failenin
arrears, failed to make prompt payment Of his
French teachers bill, who thereupon sent it to the
chief of the bureau, and the debtor forthwith re-
ceived his ticket.-.1forn, Chro's,e ,gsp
/ A good one.--A few days since, an individual
Of South Boston, who has been known az one ofthe
most inyeterate prosecutors Of Mr.. Fairchild, de-
| clared, in the presence Of one or two persons,
that he would Yet follow Mr.. f. to the State Pri-
4 son, and from thence to the gallows IN The res
mark was told to legal friend Of Mr. Fairchild,
who with great readiness and point returned for
! answer to the author p M 4II
Il have NOT the least doubt Of the fact-for it is
always the custom for the criminal to follow the
chaplain a st .li8 .s gto9 aaf
4 Cutting Short the Debate, Jarvis, painter,
! was out one day engaged inpanting Bishop -----.
and during theprogvess Of the sitting, the yenera-
hs .ss s e s sss Y ba5 A
Jarvis made no reply; but dropping bis pencil
from the forehead Of his portrait to the lower part
of the face he said with slight motion to his rev.
erend sitter, Just shut yos0 mouth, Bishop." BY
painting. upon that feature. he "changed the
subject" fl .4tgs ma
The Greenfield Democrat says that q suit is now
pending in which the town of Wendell in that
county is the defendant, and citizen Of that town
the plaintiff The whole claim Of the dispute is
1 but sighfy.fosv centsi The costs have already
amounted to over one hundred dollars.
Prolific Co,v.-Mr. Jared Wells Of Bath has a
cow which has gicen birth to sepen calpes II, one
ye0r--three the LIST day Of April, 1914, and four
the Goth of March 1915. Five of these calves are
alive and growing finely. This cow has had nine
calves and is but five years old. The COW il small
and good mixer. The truth OF this statement is
substantated by The testimony Of several persons in
the neighborhood who are knowing to the factss---
akron, Ohio BeGrOn 8sas Al WMs1 salsl3 h aigt
The Clerk and the Dec,i. "A merchants clerk
} came into printing Office short time since, and
seeing pile of papers lying on the table, t being
the day Of publication,) unceremoniously helped
himself to copy, and uttered the following to the
printers devl 81 spose you don't take any pay for
just one paper" "Not always" repliedthe devil.
Shortly afterwards the devil entered the store
where the clerk belonged and called for pound of
raisins, which was quickly weighed out by the
j clerk. The devil took the raisins, sayng-''I
'spose you don't charge anything when a fellow
don't take but pound" No." said the clerk,
. .Imt schsn Iget any mare papers from printer,
PHpay for 'em" aa oIo
: Joseph Bonaparte, the younger, eldest grand
son Of Count Suryelliers. (Joseph Bonaparte) for
long time resident in New Jersey. has recent
y arrived in this country from Italy, and took pos
session Of the large mansion at Bordentown, devil
sed to MIN by his grandfather. This young gen.
tleman was bornin Philadelphia--is now 81 years
Of age-he is the eldest son Of Charles Bonaparte,
and Roman Prince, by the title Of the Prince Of
Musigrand. 5. s,sss "a atas
Pennsylvania Legislation "A story is going the
rounds to the effect that petition from citizens of
Philadelphia, asking that the /" Poor man may not
be required to pay more tares than the rich one"
was referred to committee who reported that it
is inerpedient 10 grant the prayer Of the petition
ers" The inference is therefore. that it is expe-
dent tor the poor man to pay more taxes than the
rich oner' in Pennsylvania, at least. ogl s
Temperance in the Vest hadies-There 10
rail road now in progress from Kingston. Jamaica,
to the interior. Some fifty labourers brought
! from England, and have been toilng under ver-A
tica sun in an insanbrous district in the neghbor-
hood Of swamps and morasses, and yet not single
person has died, and only one was slightly indspos-
ed and the cause of this was attributed Ia the fact