Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-09-10
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
FROM oUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT
LONDON, AUGUST Is, 1858.

printing and their travelling, both by land and
water, through the agency Of steam that the sun
would be their portrait painter, and electricity the
bearer Of their messages !; that any one might
leave Paris after dinner and breakfast in London at
the usual hour next morning; that the prices at
the Paris Bourse, when it closed on Monday should
be quoted at the opening of the London Stock Ex-
change on Tuesday; that one gentleman in Lon
don should be told by another gentleman that the
latter had breakfasted with brother Of the former
atsBombay on that day six weeks preceding; that
streets should be lighted by gas, bridges made of
iron, and twenty acres of land be covered with o
roof Of glass Yet all these things have been done,
and many others almost equally wonderful Who, them
limit conectues what the people who shall
livein 1850 shall behold without surprise
Who that pored the London Daily Courant of 1863
with its eight twelve pages, eight inches by six of
loosely printed matter could have imagined that his de-
scendants in 1850 should find every morning on his
breakfast table the mammoth Tines with its twelve huge
pages Of densey printed matter its column after column
and page after page Of advertisements relating to every
interest, every employment and every amusement of
mankind its ample reports Of speeches and debates in
Parliament which did not terminate until nearly day
break Of trials which took place the day before at
the very extremity Of the Island, at Paris Brussels
Berlin Venna Truly the newspaper press is one OF
the daily wonders of the and not less admirable for
the talent OF every kinu Wnch ~
than it is for its celebrity its puncuay and its correct
ness And many of the Provincial newspapers have I'M
dergone as wonderful change We have before us the
Stamford Mercury of 17l5 1716 and 17l7; (ths journal
commenced in 1713 y and have also before US the
No. of the journal which published last Friday
18th Of August, 1861 that this paper has attained
the goody age hundred and forty years. and is now
pursuing its course in full vigor, and with weekly in
creasing circulation. Now for the comparison The
papers in l715, TO- and 1T consist Of twelve pages,
Zone the e eight inches by fye that of 1858 OF four
pages each forty inches by thirty The former contains
including the title page 480 square inches of paper
reckoning both sides and excluding the margin about
800 square inches of printed matter The latter con-
tains 4,s0o square inches of paper, (both sides,)
and abstracting the very margin, about 1850
square inches of very compacty printed matter and
furnishes about fourteen times the reading that its elder
brother did. The paper of IT'S contains on an ave.
rage seven Advertisements; that of last Friday 275.
The paper of 1853 has circulation of nearly 1000
copes that of did not reach half many hundreds
We shall stop to compare the paper, the type the
ink or the mechanical execution of these two widely
separated members of the literary family but the
difference is unreasonable, and tells most hateringy for
the Of progress But shall make another COM
parson ofnfnely importance; and that is between
the contents of the two papers, showing the state of
and all the great elements of social lfe not only in Eng
land but in manyof those countries of Europe with
which England then had intercourse. And nrst,
spects the health Of London at the of the
18th century We find, upon taking out the returns of
the bills of mortality for eight weeks selected from as
many different periods of abe year. that the average NOR
tally 472 per week, Of which the average deaths
under the head of aged 40 of consumption 65; of
commissions 1872 of fever SO of small pox AZ Of teeth
ing 20. The population within the bills of mortality
was, at that time about 500 00O consequently the
annual mortality very nearly in 20. The popua
ton at the present time is less than 100000, ard
the weekly mortality the average about lOo and the
annual mortality about in A. SO haih mortality in
17l5 compared with that Of 1868, % TO very
satisfactory improvement. We have not space in which
to give COMMERCIAL details The mporation into London
for the fortnight which ended 2sth April, 1716,
principally
6940 chests Of oranges. from Lisbon
6,034 lbs. of capers, from the same place.
50, 4o8 casks of wine, from Naples, Canary, Ma
laga, and Gna.
S44 tons of iron, from Stockholm. 81
GIT hogsheads Of tobacco, from Maryland
7,413 951 ellis of linen from Holland.
Arc, sos, 482 ellis Of linen, from Germany
l0,387 reams Of paper, from Holland.
Sc bales OF raw silk from Scanderoon
874 casks of sugar, from the West Indies
5l2 cwt of cocoa nuts, from New York
ia bales of thrown silk, from Genoa.
1879 barrels of anchovies from Leghorn.
276 cwt Of STEEL from Hamburger.
93,119 lbs. Of inkle, from Holland.
$3.50 yards Of diaper, Hambro'.
1884 hides, from Bonasary (Buenos Ayres.)
ga, l73 lbs. Of sisters thread, from Holland
The above very large importation Of linens. We
find others approaching it. There also in other
turns large importaons Of printers ink from Holland;
Of deer skins and tobacco from Virginia and Of rice and
pitch from Carolina also Of bucksns from Virginia and
Of oil from New England; and large quantities Of snake
root from Virginia, kid skins from Holland, week
ther time 81 bags and 80 bags another week 07,2l4
yards Of linen from Ireland and 573 900 deal boards from
Norway. Small quantities. of and coffee i'm
ported and week 200 lbs Of chocolate the Prince
OF Wales. The principal expectations during the fort
night for which have given the leading importatiens
"copper" pewter and lead to Aaders 1856 quarters
of wheat Portugal and the Straits; IL ,497 Of for
rye to Portugal; 279 qrs. beans Kgderes; 81 cwt Of
shoes to the West Indies and 800 yards Of various
woollen goods, fanncls, serges, peps nnnis sc. to
various places Leather also great article Of
portaton to Dantzic and the Straits.
The prices Of grain in London 18th May, 1716,
Wheat, for shipping 25s. the or wheat the best, AS
Another week. although wheat for shipping is quoted at
25s the Or, the "best old wheat is quoted at 70s the
Or rye per or. 14s to 16s barley los. to l9s; malt
Us to Eos per ar beans los to 25s oats los to l8s
per or.
China oranges 5s. TO 12s. the hundred; lemons
Ss to los the hundred; butter 24s the frn roasted