The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-01-17
puR1os1rrns OF LONDON.

Fhe Public HOuses-signs-TEadC Etc,
In q notice Of the new London Directory
the London Times gives the following curious
gleanipgs from that volume:-
THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC..
II anybody is curious to know the relative i'm
RertaDce OF each trade in London, Judged by
Me numbers Of those who follow it. Won can Get
lhis information without much difficulty from
ne trades directory. The pubHcans appear
le De lar and away the most numerous.
400, not including 800 hotels, taverns,
or COhee'houses of a superior class, which
are ranged by themselves, and 100 private
iSs nClets not licensed. OF peer retailers
an equal number. Even this estimate by no
means exhausts the list of those whose business
lte TO supply London with stlmulants more or
less gentle. Some 150 brewers are in the list;
and then the brewers agents, the distillers, and
spirit merchants, the dealers IN liquors, cider,
andtperry have still to be reckoned. It is pro-
Dably below the mark to say that $1,000 persons
IN this DIRECTORY" are shown to be engaged,
either wholly or partially, in what teetotalers
call the "HquOr traffic" OF course, this does
not include whole army of brewers men,
dTaylnen, walters, barmen and barmaids tap
sters, cellarmen, pot-boys, and hangers-on Of
all sorts, whose interests are also bound up in
this traffic. We don't venture 10 estimate their
numbers, but the Alliance may do so and
treDble
VARIOUS TRADES.
After the publicans, the bootmakers take
rank. or these there are over 3O00-all, we
presume, keeping something like a shop-and
200 wholesale makers. The groCers and tea
dealers are less numerous by hundred or so.
Next comes the tailoTs-2600; the bakers, 1850;
the butchers, 1850; the tobacconists, 1905 and
the milliners, l4O0, as numerous body as the
greengrocers. The lodging house keepers own
to a strength of 1850, but must really pc a much
more imposing body With these the dairymen
and the builders take the same rank. The linen
drapers only muster some 100; but then the
haDpT0aghpTs nd ho
htters, 900 strong, march in separate companies.
M private schools there are nearly 1900
PUBLIC-HoUsE SIGNS.
The public.house signs, all OF which are duly
set forth ia the Directory" have often fur
nished chapter to the antiquary. They are of
interest, too, in showing the vast limits of
metropolis which can permit the repetition OF
30 many OF the popular signs without practical
confusion. AS one might expect, the chief run
ls upon such emblems as loyal men would natu-
rally select. The Kings Arms heads the list;
there are 81 such signs in London. The Queens
Arms only number 20. Delicacy seems to have
suggested to niue host the choice of her Males.
ty's head, and accordingly there are 40 Queens
aud 60 Kings Reads. The Royal OAK stands for
26 signs; the Royal Standard for II. The Crown
gives name to 73 houses, let alone l8 Crown
and Anchors, Crown and Cushions, 10 Crown
and SCeptres, 46 Rose and Crowns and
II houses where this emblem of royalty
as the Grown and Anvil, the Crown and Apple .
Tree, the Crown and Barley Now and the Crown /
and Can. To Prince Albert 20 public houses
are dedicated; to the Prince of Wales, 40; to .
the Princess Of Wales, 8; to the Princess ROYAL, /
s; to Prince Alfred 10; to Prince Arthur, 81 /
the Princess Alice, 2: and the Princess Beatrice !
/. The Duke OF Wellington has 26; Lord Mel |
son ~, next to whom IN popularity comes the |
Marquis of Cranky, with 'l6. Of ANIMALS the
king of the beasts is naturally the favorite.
S9venty-tour signs bear the proud emblem of |
the Red Lion; there are II Golden Lions and
26 White Lions.
Next in number comes the White Hart of
which we find So; there are so Georges, aud Is |
George and Dragons, SO Coach and Horses, As
Grapes, 40 White Horses, Is White Bears SO
Bulls and Bulls Heads. II Black Bulls, % Black
Horses, 80 White Swans, 81 Globes, 80 Bells, 2l
Feathers 10 Green Dragons, 25 Green Mans, Il
Swans, l3 Spread Eagles, IL Turks Heads and
Saracen's ditto, 26 Two Brewers, 20 Three
C0mpasses, II Blue Anchors, Is Blue Posts,
Blue Lasts, Blue Pump (whatever that may
mean), and Blue-eyed Maid
THE NUMBER THREE.
Three seems to be reckoned " lucky number |
for there are % Three Compasses, 10 Three |
Tuns, and Three Crowns. The number is |
found joined with almost everything animate !
and Lanimate-Castles, Cranes, Cups, Kings |
Kingdoms, Mariners, Goats Heads, Spies, jolly !
Butchers, Sugar LOaves, Horseshoes Logger
port, the Ship for 20 signs, to say nothing
of such odd additions as the Ship and Shears,
the Ship and Blue Ball, the Ship and Shovel
and-a somewhat more classical sign-the Ship
ArgO.
Naval heroes are greatly favored; and Dutch
men may like to know that respect is paid to
Van Tromp, if the sign of that name, indeed
refers to the famous admiral, and not to the
famous horse. The sun, whether rising, set
ting, or in midday splendoT, shines from eleven
signs, and it also has queer allies in the shape of
Sun and Swords, Horseshoes, Lasts, Swiss Can
tons, and Apple Trees. 1t is hardly necessary
TO say that among the names of persons the
great family Of Smith is still pre.eminent.
TffE SMITHS, BROWNS, ETC,
In the commercial directory, where the names
are entered in alphabetical order, over 1900
Smiths are registered, and the curious may like
to know that l30 answer to the Christian name
of John. Be it remembered that these are all
hOuseholders and heads of families. If we add
the women and children, the lodgers and work.
ingmen of the same clan all over London whose
names do not appear in directories, we shall
have a population of Smiths equal to that
of many considerable towns which return their
two members of Parliament. The Joneses are
only half the number of Smiths. Next to them
come the Browns, who fall short of 700; the |
JOhnsons and Wilhamses muster some 500 each: |
while the hardly less familiar name of Robin |
son is only borne by about $50 persons.