The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-11-26

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interesting memoranda on this subject; and we
have In preparation, mass Of intelligence in re-
gard to it, which will be unrivaled for fulness and
interest. We can now give but few hints of a re-
suit which will astonsh the most careful observers,
and will call the attention of the whole civilized
world to the commanding position which this city
now assumes.
The Sixteenth ward now contains more inhab-
tants than the whole city and its suburbs did fifty
years ago,-in ls00,-eleven years after New York
became (what it ought to have remained) the seat
of the federal government.
Of the nineteen wards of the city, thirteen now
contain (each) larger population than the whole
city did in l7S6-the year before the formation Of
the present Constitution of the United States by the
Federal Convention Five of the present wards
contain, each, more population than the whole city
presented in the first federal census-that of $780,
There is but ward in the city that does not now
contain larger population tn an the whole city did
hundred years ago. There are now as many in
habitants north of the middle line of Fourteenth
street as there were in the whole city in the year
1870. There are more south OF the line of Canal
Walker, Bowery, and Catharine streets (now the
first six wards) than there were in the whole city
in lsl0,--two years before the last war with Great
Britain. There are now more people residing in
this city north of Houston street (called North
street forty years ago, because it was fixed the
northern boundary even of the northern suburbs of
the city, than there in Amsterdam, the ancient
capital and the largest city of the country from
which this city derived its foundation and its FIRST
European name. There is larger population now
in this city south of the City ALL than there is in
York, the city from which the Royal Duke who
gave to this city the name of New York derived his
title.
The present chartered city of New York cont aims
at least two hundred thousand more people than
can be enumerated in any 9th er incorporated city
on the American continent and islands more than
any city in Europe, except Paris, London, and
Constantinope- more than any city in christendom
except Paris and London. There is a larger popu-
lation in this city, north of Fourteenth street, than
there is the three greatest cities of British Ame
RIGA, added together-larger than the population of
any capital of government in America (out of the
Union,) except Mexico, Rio de Janeiro, and Ha-
vana. Neither Peru, nor New Granada, nor Vene-
zuela, nor Ecuador, nor Central America, nor
Bolivia, nor Guyana, has a city which contains
population equal to that of the Sixteenth ward Of
this city. The only cities in America (oat of the
Union,) that surpass that ward in population are
Rio de Janero, Mexico, Havana, Buenos Ayres,
Bahia, and Santiago
That portion OF the present chartered city of New
York which is bounded on the north by a line
drawn from river to river, through Canal, Centre,
Walker, Division, and Grand streets, has a larger
population than Hamburg, Turin, Buda- Pest (the
ancient capital of Hungary Copenhagen, Brus-
sels, Venice Genoa, Munich, Florence, or Bor-
deaux.
Divide Manhattan island by Houston street, and
either side of that line resides larger popula-
ton than is contained in either of the following
named cities, (each of which exceeds in population
those hitherto d)-Madrid, Milan, Edinburgh,
Rome, Palermo, Birmingham, Leeds, Marsees,
Lyons, Barcelona, Adrianople. The only cities in
Europe which contain population equal TO half
that of New York (besides the three above named
surprising the whole,) are st. Petersburg, Vi
emma, Berlin, Moscow, Naples, Manchester, Dub
lin, Liverpool, Glasgow. Lisbon, and Amsterdam.
Ii should be observed that these comparisons are
made with the present city of New York alone,
combining it TO its original chartered limits, uual-
tered for centuries. Add to New York only it's cas-
tern suburbs, Brooklyn, Williamsburg, and Green
Point-the most remote parts of which are nearer
TO our City Hall than half this island Island the
result is not affected concerns the previous COM
parsons but II shows that the united metropolis,
at the State of 1855, will surpass in popula
ton every city in Europe except the British CAPT
tal-every city in the world except that and Pekin
and possibly excepting also Hang tchoo-foo and
Yeddo. The only cities in the world that now
surpass il Tin addition to the four last namely
Paris, Canton, and Constantinople. Those that
come next after it are Tien-tsng, Mako, Benares
Vou-tchang, and Kio. The only cities now supe-
Nor to it, besides the capitals Of Britain, France
and the Ottoman empire, are in Hindoostan, China,
and Japan.
This will serve, for the present, as a basis on
which TO estimate the rank OF this metropolis
among the great cities Of the world. When the
census is complete, we shall give the figures upon
which these general facts are founded. la am cunt
of commerce, and of tn power and influence which
commerce exercises, New York has, even now,
but one superior and there is none, except that
one, which pretends 10 an amount equal to that of
New York. Those that approach nearest TO a COM
petition with IL are-Boston, New Orleans and LIE
yerpool. Two OF these three have in former years
been its superiors in population, wealth and COM
merce, though now left far behind il in all these
particulars. Henceforth, the for the prize of
the commercial empire of the world is solely be-
tween this city and London. There Is no great
city in Christendom, where the English is not the
prevalent language, that is new materially increas-
ing its population several Of the greatest in Europe
are now diminishing; and all OF these would d.
minsh faster but for the constant tendency Of the
adventurous and ambitious to migrate from the
country TO the capital city. In Vienna, st. Peters
burgh, and Stockholm, for instance, the annual
number Of births has, for many years, been much
less than that OF the deaths la Paris of the whole
number of births, third are what is called lille
climate and this is the fact in miny other Euro
Pean cities. IL is not necessary TO inquire what Is
the destiny Of such communities.
TIKI CENSUS AND THE GROWTH OF NEW YORK.
The Philadelphia North american AND Gazette has
lately been "cypherng up in statistics aud has
been working marvellous problems in "increase of
population without the use of logarithms." lie
has got as far in common arithmetic, as vulgar
fractions; and very vulgar fractions and infra cons
he makes On truth and common sense, very similar
and interest in the matter Of the celebrated claim
Of one George Galphin.
The Philadelphia man has arrived at two happy
onclusions In his peculiar and original system OF
mathematics, emnently and indisputaby his own
invention; but he need not take out a patent or a
lnhi. for No one will exer hia mo-