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  2. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.

    At the Bankruptcy Court, on the 18th August, Mr. H. D. Cockburn, son of the late Major-General Cockburn, came up for his final order, opposed by Mr. Dowse and Mr Lucas, and supported by Mr. ...

    Article : 857 words
  3. NATIONAL RECORDS.

    Rome was called the Mistress of the World yet in its palmiest day it was not equal to Britain in power or dominion ; nor can any of the boasted cities of antiquity—Caribage. Tyre, or Alexandria. ...

    Article : 644 words
  4. THE HUNDRED LARGEST CITIES IN THE WORLD.

    A recent German publication gives the following curious calculation respecting the hundred most populous cities in the world:—These are London, 2,000,000 inhabitants: Jeddo, in Japan, 1,680,000: ...

    Article : 196 words
  5. MEXICO.

    The Mexican people are estimated to number from seven millions to nine millions ; seven-tenths of whom are of the stock of the original Indians. ...

    Article : 26 words
  6. THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT.

    A statistical writer in one of the American journals gives a statement of the comparative increase of territory of England and the United States on the American continent. The recent additions to the ...

    Article : 168 words
  7. EXPENSIVE PROSECUTIONS.

    It lately transpired in the Court of Bankruptcy, that the costs of the great prosecutions of the Maynard and Garrett gang, convicted for numerous robberies, amounted to £500 in cash payments, and ...

    Article : 107 words
  8. POPULATION OF THE WORLD.

    The whole inhabitants of the earth are supposed to be, in round numbers, a thousand millions; of whom Europe is said to contain one hundred and fifty-three millions; Africa, one hundred and fifty-six millions: ...

    Article : 1,083 words
  9. THE LIBERTY OF THE SUBJECT.

    The following letter is from Mr. William Cobbett, son of the late William Cobbett, addressed to a London contemporary. It details a sad course of personal hardship, but we believe the writer has all along ...

    Article : 421 words
  10. STATISTICS OF EUROPEAN CAPITALS.

    The capital of Great Britain (says the Courrier Francais) has a population estimated at 2,000,000 of souls, exclusive of strangers. Strange to say, and we could hardly credit the fact, if it was not credibly ...

    Article : 305 words
  11. COMPARATIVE POWER OF THE CHIEF NATIONS OF EUROPE.

    By grouping the statement contained in a statistical work, drawn up at the instance of Government, at Milan, we obtain the following general comparative tables of the powers of the five principal nations of ...

    Article : 383 words
  12. A CLEVER JUSTICE.

    In the course of a police case in London, the other day, Sir Peter Laurie elegantly and beautifully observed, that "This was the age of humbug. The public would be gulled with anything. One of the ...

    Article : 104 words
  13. THE LARGEST CITY IN GREAT BRITAIN.

    Glasgow, we may now observe, is the largest city in the empire. The municipality of London has not more than a third of its extent or its population. The city of Westminster is not above half ...

    Article : 71 words
  14. THE STATISTICS OF POLAND

    The following notice of the extent and population of the different provinces which constituted the ancient republic of Poland will be read with interest at a moment when their inhabitants are making an ...

    Article : 117 words
  15. INCREASE OF CRIME.

    At the opening of me Central Criminal Court, on the 16th August, the Recorder, in his address to the Grand Jury, observed that he found upon, inquiry that the last session terminated on the 9th ...

    Article : 456 words
  16. IMPORTANT TO BANKRUPTS.

    A bankrupt named Gilliam, had carried on business as a jewel-case maker, in Frith-street, Soho, and having filed his own petition, came up to the court of Bankruptcy to pass his last examination.—His Honor ...

    Article : 623 words
  17. THE POPULATION OF ROME.

    According to official returns for the year 1846, the city of Rome is divided into 54 parishes, inhabited by 35,988 families. There are 41 bishops, 1533 priests. 2845 monks, and 1472 nuns. The ...

    Article : 70 words
  18. THE AUSTRIAN EMPIRE.

    The Suabian Mercury publishes the following statistics relative to the Austrian monarchy:— "The Austrian monarchy covers an extent of 12,104 square miles, containing 35,295,957 souls ...

    Article : 99 words
  19. A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF THE LISTS AND THEIR PROPORTION TO THE BUDGETS, IN THE VARIOUS STATES OF EUROPE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 157 words
  20. POPULATION OF ST. PETERSBURGH.

    The Presse states that the population of St. Petersburgh, which is composed of 440,000 souls, presents this singular and certainly unique fact, that it consists of nearly twice as many men as ...

    Article : 91 words
  21. DESCRIPTION OF COUNTRIES.

    England is a vast manufactory, a great laboratory, a universal counting-house. France is a rich farm, tending to turn itself into a manufactory. Germany is an ill-cultivated field, because they are ...

    Article : 97 words
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  23. THE POPULATION OF BELGIUM.

    During the year 1845, there were in this country 143,018 births (of which 9724 were illegitimate, and 6006 still births). The number of twins of 2536; there were, moreover, eight triple births (fourteen boys and ten girls), and two quadruple (eight girls). The deaths, exclusive of the stillborn, amounted 97,783. Amongst the number ...

    Article : 106 words
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