The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-10-20

INTERESTING STATISTICS We take the following val
liable abstract OF BRUSH and American statistics OF com.
nerce and transit &c. from the New York Courier and
Enquirer:
IA long communication in the London Morning Chroni.
Sen ,g interesting detail. ia reference to Bsh nasiSs
on aud the OF internal transit In the Uaed King
dom. from which we gather many OF the following STA.
Tue number Of British vessels s4s trading with for
5000 co. manned BY 10000 persons, and occupying
space In the equivalent TO % square mie.. The
Gesa1 Britain IS about is 0oO BY 100000 persons
Eve have not the al hand TO draw exact com
pa these partic with country, but
conden, they would show much difference in the
commercial operations Of Grea Britain and America Ac-
lcodng report the Register OF tbs Treasury
commerce navigation, the number Of entrances. OF
American Is into American ports for the year ending
msasuremenJ of 265s SAL aud manned BY 100 OF per
Of foreign vessels. ~ 100 with tonnage Of sss
According TO the last parliamentary returns. made 10
ls4s number OF steamboats, in Ii. United Kingdom is
%.n po = II ali .ssa
they would reach 81 miles. and stem to .ern they would
reach 23A miles The number OF steamboats, upon the
OF the valley Of the Mississippi alone as we stated
the other day. !. a, The % 2, owe, ns
Of the British empire is about yl9s zoos thar ANNA
earning for freight is about silooooooo and the value OF
the articles they annually and from the
Of the Kingdom about $500 600 Pull onefourth.
ss ose apsn shs s
all wrecked causing loss Of property of nearly
sVey ss persons engaged in navigation The sailing
sells employed in the carrying trade between the different
thew made voyages and possessed he capacity Of
carrying 23,000vo0 Of London has four tunes
other port in the kingdom but has only third many
There are now about 900 miles OF railroad in opera
ton In Great Britain and Ireland, and Ill different fines.
OF branches About 800 miles in
snsS Of oo ms authorized % be son.,ssc.sd and no,
In the United Sates there about
5000 miles OF railroad ia operation The las, number
the Westminster Review states that average rail-
wpys In the uniied States has been about $40 600 mile
Der me including squsndered during the
ls.5 The Of railroad IN England is in
The entire cost OF constructing The British railways
about 81 Above 900 travelled
upon these railroads last year-e4uivalent TO twoups OF
I7t miles each every man. woman and child IN the
kingdom. These passengers in The aggregate iravesed
mile There are on every Eosh road.as in fact on every
mroad throughout Europehree classes OF cars the fare
first class being much again that OF the third,
and hall much again that OF the second The second
class passengers In England much more numerous than
as many as the irs class and the disparity constantly
increasing The total receipts OF ali the railroads IN Great
Bdtain and Ireland last amounted 10 ooOOOo the
number OF persons permanently employed upon them was
l6e7si During the last mouths Of 1ss the number Of
who suffered from accdrnts all the railroads OF
the United Kingdom 2ls, sf whom Jog died
Of their injuries which Is The proportion Of one fatal acct
dent every s2 90 persons travelling This affords n
remarkable in the comparative safety OF RAFT
way and marine uayel.s the individuals drowned In the
latter being we have before stated, In eve,y DOB
the canals OF Great Britain and Ireland are about
250i miles in ength-hose Of the United States about
1000 They constructed at expense Of about
sl75 900 oo0 about oneenth the OF the railways
Only $50 miles Of canal have been constructed 10 the Unit
ted Kingdom since the year 1890 About Boo miles OF
v-rs IN Great Britain aud lr~snd navigabe Nearly
900 900 Of persons annually travel by Ia Great
Bnain, performing Distance 8s5 900 900 Of miles
The turnpiks aud other roads of Great Bfan (excve
OF eland) llD.O0o nes in length mantsined
npuai expense { $50 0t0O
The raj wsy-, csn,-, road. OF Great Britain ard
reis nd $4,000 mites sxrnt, and Of their
construction 81 $50 0tU,0DD. Adding TO tbs
S2I 900 Vv0 the sun i' On the THE
be sfuss al OF tns.iy tUo hpaored mltoas
dobas hvest by Great Bsiu means o. dom sic
lgn aud conveyance. Wuat csn
oscy rxnbu the itelnsndou, energy and scuvi
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