The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-08-30
THE DAILY GAZETTE.
THE CITY OFLoNDoN.

city. 1t is calculated thatthe popula
tioa Of London viii rise to ssemsllsoas
| II $oatls before the end Of the present
century. The Metropolis already coy
ers eighty thousand acres: it is bewil.
denng to think Of its prospective vast
ness when thus peopled. History
does not record such a etupendous civic
population; and, having no precedent
to serve as its basis, men are at loss
to picture the possible economy of six
millions OF human beings living in
one city We quote from the review
Few persons have The slightest con
ception of the extraordinary number Oh
country people residing in London
What if we were to say that, of all the
men and women now living in the
Metropolis, in all grades of society
mare than haf are count1y peoDle, =
would this be generally believed.--
The Census Commissioners ascertain.
ed this to be unqaestionably the fact
in 1851; for Of 1896, 900 persons.
aged twenty years and upwards, no
moro than e45, ,000 were born in Lon
don, the remaining 10000 having
been born in the country or abroad,
and having changed their residedce to
London at sone period or other Of
their lives. Including children, and
taking account Of the increase of popu-
lation between 1851 and 1856, there
must at the present moment be mare
Tim o1le million inhabitoat, Of Lon
Hou r1t0 ,cere horn either IN tie coun
h7for db5oad-that is, one million in
habitants Of London who are not Lon
doners BY birth 1t is curious to see
how this enormous aggregate has been
made mp. Some counties appear to
be remarkable for their tendency to
send their folk up to London Thus
orr metropolitan population comprises
2S.o0o Norfolk people, and about an
equal number from Suffolk; Hamp-
shire claims credit for $4,000: there
are 25,00o acute \ orkshire folk;
Somerset comes out in force with 3d.
900, and what is perhaps yet more
remarkable, considering the distance
OF tue county, We have no less than
81 geo Deyonshire people among rs;
we might, percbance, have expected
more than 50, 0Q0 from the whole of
Scotland: but 10000 from Ireland
prove how enormous must have been
thc stream Of hnman beings flowing
to the great centre. Every
sixteenth adult, on an average among
the adults Of London, was born in the
Emerald Isle. Foreigners Of all climes
have sent us 30,000residents, of whom
10, 900 are German, and 7, 900 French.
The children or young persons, d. e.
those under twenty years OF age, are of
course ina much greater ratio born in
the city which they now inhabit; yet
even here we meet with the somewhat
startling fact that there are 10000
children and young persons III London
who were born in Ireland, besides
children and Young persons born in
London of Irish parents. 1t is impos-
sible 10 avoid seeing that much OF
good or of evil, or of both combined,
must result from this strong infusion
OF youthful Celtic blood in the masses,
Of the metropolis.
The population is SO vast, that We
are apt to lose sight Of items which,
considered separately, would appear
That there are $4,000
children born yearly in London--that
there are 100000 marriageable but
women--that there are so,
900 persons always resident in poor
houses, prisons, and other establish
ments where they are daily fed out of
national or public resources--that
there are 200 places of worship, in
which. despite our vice and alleged
Sabbath dissertation, there are gener-
ally million attendances at divine
on Sunday, includingthe SER
vices at different times of the day
that there are nearly 5000 schools,
On the books of which are 500, 900
scholars, these striking facts
have been ascertained by the Census
Commissioners. We have taken no
further liberties which their tables and
returns, than to add a small ratio of
increase for the five years elapsed
,ince the census was taken. Numer-
BUS other curious items present them.
selves. Thus, although we are quar-
reling with the health OF the Metropo
lis, there are, nevertheless, thirty in
habitants not less than 100 years old,
let the excess above hundred be
what it may. There are 10000 per-
sons engaged in killing and selling,
animal food, greater numberin pre-
pairing and selling Vegetable food, and
nearer 10000 in making and selling
beverages. More than 10000 tailors
are plying the needle in London; while
10 900 boot and shoe makers are fash
Ioning and cobbling our leathern un-
lerstandings, Nearly $4,000 protes-
sionaI men are supplying the daily
md weekly quotas Of divinity, law,
md physic; and about an equal num-
Der Of authors and printers furnish us
With books and newspapers. The do
nestle servants III London, male and
female, reach the almost incredible
number Of 10000 The worthy an
cient females ofthe Mrs. Camp school
with their co-labourers the
charwomen, washerwomEn, and man
olers, presents corps of 60, 900 strong.
There are more than 100, 900 women
and girls in the Metropolis, who earn
a living--in most cases, it may be
feared, a scanty liying-by the use of
the needle. Nearly 10000 clerks are
always quill driving in relation to
some commercial matters OF other
Thus we find that, so astounding is
the amount ofpopulation, the persons
engaged in any one Of the above occn-
pations would equal in number the en-
tire inhabitants of large town.
THE RuFFIAN SyMPArHY NESTING al
ST. LoUIs.-The meeting at st. Louis oa
Monday evening to extend sympathy and