Washington telegraph., 1850-02-20
INTERESTING FACTS.

1
| The whole number of voters in the
kingdom of Great Britain is $50, 600.
In the House of Commons. =. Demo.
cratic branch of the National Legislature,
there are 6 Marquises. Earls, 81 Wis.,
counts, 81 Lords, 25 Right Honorables,
Al Honorables, Sc Baronets, s,Lord Lieu.
tenants, IA Deputy Lieutenants, SO Mag
istrates, 63 placemen and 10s gentlemen,
who are patrons of livings in the Church,
etc. And this is called the peoples House.
No wonder that out of Csc men-the
whole number-not more than 50 can bs
! found to vote for any measure which has
Tor its object the benefit of the masses.
The American Government costs the
citizens 9s. I'd. per head; Russia 9s. 3D.:
Austria Is. Cd; Prussia 12s 4d.; France
24s., and England 45s That is to saw.
the people of Great Britain are governed
al an expense of21s. per head more than
the French, 32s. 3d. more than the Rus
SLAMS, 32s. cd. more than the Austriaus.
sos. 3D. more than the Prussians and 35s.
od. more than the inhabitants of the IT
States.
The whole taxes of Great Britain. di.
rect and indirect, are estimated at f1OO.-
o0O,OOO annually. There are &C, 600 600
raised as pay for State purposes. The
indirect taxation is i>nt d~,..., q. sco7 ono
600. The pale faced weaver, the sooty
minor, the hard worked mechanic, the
semptress in the garret, the over-burdened
porter, aud the railroad engineer, where
they spend 26s. in tea, pay 15s. in taxes;
where he spends EOS. in coffee. he pays
os. In taxes; Where he spends 20s. in SUI
gar, he pays Us. IN taxes; where he spends
2os. IN soap. 5s. go to pay taxes; and when
he spends 2Os, for tobacco; los. (u.) go
TO pay taxes.
The salary of the Premier, Lord John
Russell IS 10000 equal to that of the
President OF the United States. Besides.
he has house, called Pemhothe T.odge.
IN Richmond square. furnished by gov
ernment. lie has the appointment.of ali
the Bishops, and the patronage of 1O3
livings i'll the Church. He has two
brothers III the army, one in the navy. one
who has canon in the Church, one SER
geant-at-arms in the House of Commons
He has also an uncle in the navy, a cousin
Governor of a distant colony. father-in-
law Lord Privy Seal with a salary of
$4,000 per annum. and brother-in-law
one of the Secretaries of the Board of con-
troll. Well may Lord John oppose all
political or financial reform. The present
system works very well for him and his.
The regal mockery kept up in Ireland
imposes burden of G12O,OO0 year upon
the British nation. An American Am.
bassadors S pay is less than $4,000 annu-
ally. An English Attache receives more
than that for sporting along the streets of
Naples with Lola Monies. f2,O0O,OO0
are spent in an election in England to
win over the intractable by the liberal
use of the oil Of paImS. The Borough
of Town Hamlet sends two members to
Parliament with population of nearly
half million: whereas there are SO
members in the House of Commons. 80
Of waom are for the administration,
whose aggregate constituency does not
equal that of the Town Hamlets Ac-
cording to a return made out by Sir W.
Clay, IA boroughs with a population Of
3449 return 20 members, while IL more
return only the same number with pop
ulation of al ,493. And this under the
celebrated Reform Act.