In 1565, Liverpool was a hamlet to the adjoining parish of Walton, and contained 138 huts, owning 225 tons of boats. It emerged from its obscurity at the close of the 17th century, when the population amounted to 5145. In 1797 the population had increased to 34,407, and the dock-dues then amounted to 13,3201. The following is a statement of the population of the town and suburbs at each of the four ten yearly periods, viz.: In 1801 86,519 In 1821 146,881 1811 . 109,772 1831 . 215,969 The amount of customs' duties collected at the port of Liverpool_in_the year 1835 was 4,044,8957., and in London 10,601,6007. The shipping owned, and entered inwards and outwards, are in about the same proportion-which amounts may suffice as a fair indication of the relative extent of the foreign trade of the two ports; but as focuses of activity and of internal exchange, there is no comparison to be drawn. In the manufacture of soap, Liverpool exceeds London in the proportion of 47,000,000 lbs. to 33,000,000 lbs.; in brewing, London exceeds Liverpool in the ratio of 5,200,000 to 900,000; and in the distillation of spirits in a still greater proportion. SHROPSHIRE. Ingenious Piece of Mechanism.-A very ingenious piece of mechanism, a miniature steam-engine, has been constructed by Mr. Richard Corfield, a young man in the employ of Messrs. Gittins and Cartwright, at the eagle foundry, in Shrewsbury. It consists of an engine not exceeding a half-inch cylinder, for the purpose of propelling a small steamboat, working its propelling shaft at the enormous speed of 550 revolutions per minute-travelling a distance of thirty miles in one hour. The boiler is so constructed as to admit a spirit-lamp in the centre of the water, which affords sufficient fuel and steam for one hour. We should add that the above is only one of many extraordinary specimens of useful, though miniature and elaborate, works of art made by Mr. Corfield. SOMERSETSHIRE. The project of forming a ship canal, to connect the English and Bristol Channels, which was deferred owing to the panic of 1825, has been revived by the This important original shareholders. national work, as pointed out by the survey of the late Mr. Telford and Capt. Nicholls, is to extend from Lyme Regis, in the English Channel, to Bridgwater Bay, in the Bristol Channel, and will be 44 miles long, and 90 feet wide. WARWICKSHIRE. Steam Carriage Experiment on the Coventry Road.-A very beautiful steam carriage, built on the plan of those to be employed by the London and Birmingham Steam-Carriage Company, has been exhibited on the Coventry road; and the ease and facility, combined with the perfect safety of its working, gave the most unqualified satisfaction to the numbers who witnessed the experiment. We understand that, at the meeting of the directors of this company, it was an nounced that two bills were now before parliament for regulating turnpike tolls on steam-carriages, and for improving the road between London and Birming ham. The shareholders seem determined to prosecute the undertaking with vigour, and feel confident of realising the expectations held out as to the profitable working of steam-carriages on the common roads. IRELAND. Last year Ireland distilled 11,167,580 gallons of proof spirits, which was nearly equal to the distillation of England and Scotland in the same period. Amount of duty paid on last year's consumption, 1,327,8097. for Ireland. INDEX TO THE SECOND PART FOR 1836. Academy, Royal, exhibition of the, 245 A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed, by Agricultural Report, 116, 252, 386, 524 Alfred the Great, noticed, 506 Liberty and Slavery in, 49, 180, 332, 441 53 Anecdote, an :-Sad but True, 192 Apollo and the Sunbeams, by Leigh Hunt, Architectural Magazine, the, noticed, 105 - Useful, 120, 257, 391, 531 Bank of England, assets and liabilities of Bankrupts, 121, 259, 395, 533 Barrow's "Tour round Ireland," reviewed, Belgium, a Saunter in, noticed, 507 sons lately deceased :-The Bishop of Aug.-VOL. XLVII. NO. CLXXXVIII. Brenton, Capt., his "Naval History of British produce and manufactures exported, Varieties, 112, 249, 384, 520 Cambridge Philosophical Society, proceed- Camelion, wreck of the, 272 Campbell, Thomas, Esq., his "Letters from Canada, intelligence from, 129 Cataract, notice of Stevenson's work on, 239 Characters, Notorious, Portraits of, 222, 499 250 Charring of animal substances, 251 China, accounts from, 402 an Historical and Descriptive Ac- Chinese, the, 105 Christmas Festivities at Dribble Hall, by - Raumer's England in 1835, 97 — A - Deaf and Dumb, Observations on the pre- Deaths, 134, 271, 405, 543 Devereux, by the Author of "Pelham," Devon, Geology of, 135 Drake, Dr. Nathan, biographical account Drama, the, 109, 247, 381, 517 Ear, a Treatise on the Physiology and Pa- East Indies, commerce of the, 267 131 England, Criminal Law in, 514 Female Domination, 363 Varieties, 114, 251, 386, 523 French, the, colonial government of, at Al- Gasparoni, &c., noticed, 506 Geoffrey Rudel, critical notice of, 377 248 Geography, Popular, reviewed, 507 Germany and the Germans, sketches of, 240 Godwin, William, Esq., biographical parti- culars respecting, 133 Gordon, the Duke of, biographical account Gossip's Week, the, noticed, 513 Great Britain, the revenue of, 124-Capt. Hall, Mrs. S. C., Illustrations of Irish Hunt, Leigh, Esq., Songs and Chorus of Index. Man, and the Spirit, by, 190-Reflectio s Ilderim, by the author of "Corn-Law Illustrations of Irish Pride-Harry O'- Inklings by the Way, critical notice of, 239 Insurance Companies, 521 Ion, by Mr. Serjeant Talfourd, 342-Son- Ireland, Report of the Poor-Law Commis- Jamaica, accounts from, 268 Jerrold, Douglas, Esq., The Painter of Kennedy's Polish Struggle, noticed, 103 Lakes of England, the, noticed, 376 Lanherne, the Vale of, &c. noticed, 507 Letters from the South, by T. Campbell, Liberty and Slavery in America, 49, 180, Lichfield and Coventry, the Bishop of, Lindorf, the Bride of, by L. E. L., 449 Lord Roldan, reviewed, 505 Loudon's Arboretum Britannicum, critical Lowenstein, King of the Forests, noticed, Lundy's Lane, Recollections of, 472 Manse Garden, the, noticed, 378 Margret, the Romaunt of, 316 Mascarenhas, the, reviewed, 235 Mayne, John, Esq., biographical account of, M'Donough, Capt. Felix, particulars respect- Medico-Botanical Society, proceedings of Mill, Mr. James, biographical particulars Miller's Day in the Woods, noticed, 243, Mines in the Isle of Man, 407 Monthly Digest, 124, 261, 395, 536 Museum, British, receipts and expenditure Nova Scotia, intelligence from, 130 Opera, Italian, the, at Rome, 32 Oran, description of, 142 Paris, consumption of food in. 114 Parnassus, lines on passing the Defiles of, Patents, new, 258, 394, 532 Poetic Wreath, the, notice of, 513 342 Dramatic, Evidences of Genius for, Poole, John, Esq. (anthor of " Paul Pry"), Portugal, accounts from, 268 Post-office, the French and English, 251 Prague, the Priors of, noticed, 242 Railways, 114 Raphael, Are the Drawings of, to be suffered Raumer, F. Von, his England in 1835, re- Recollections of an Artillery Officer, no- Records of a Stage Veteran, 226 Reflections on some of the Great Men of Reliquary, the, critical notice of, 373 from Italy, noticed, 103 Rogers's Life of John Howe, reviewed, 102 Roscoe, Henry, Esq., particulars respecting, Royal Asiatic Society, proceedings of the, Rural Economy, 119, 257, 389, 530 Saxony, the King of, Memoir of, 403 Sirens and Mermaids of the Poets, the, by Societies, proceedings of, 110, 248, 382, 518 Statistical Society, transactions of the, 111 Tales of the Woods and Fields, noticed, 376 Theatres of Rome, the, 31 Theological Library, Vol. XIII., reviewed, Trifolium Incarnatum, the, 530 Trio, Words for a, 491 Troughton, Edward, Esq., biographical par- Tunnel, the Thames, progress of, 406 Useful Arts, 120, 257, 391, 531 Valpy, Dr., particulars respecting, 270 Varieties, British, 112, 249, 384, 520 Wales, a Letter from, by the late S. T. Walsh, Dr., his Journey from Constanti- Wiffen, Mr., Memoir of, 269 Williams, Mr. Charles, review of his works, Wood Leighton, noticed, 238 Zoological Gardens, a Visit to the, by Society, proceedings of the, 518 END OF THE SECOND PART FOR 1836. Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and Sons, Stamford-street. |