When was it published?

August 17, 1802 in The New Hampshire Gazette

Foreign News August 17, 1802

The New Hampshire Gazette

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London Statistics, Places Of Worship, Schools Societies, Charity Distribution, Crime Depredations, Counterfeiting, Poverty Subsistence, Colquhoun

Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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What is this article about?

Statistical overview of London's religious, educational, charitable, and societal institutions contrasted with crime and poverty figures, citing Colquhoun. Includes 200+ places of worship, 4050 schools, £750,000 annual charity, but also 2500 annual commitments, £1M depredations, 9000 receivers of stolen goods, and 50,000 daily destitute.

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There are in London about 200 places of worship, 1 cathedral, 1 abbey, 114 churches, 130 chapels, 207 meetings and chapels for dissenters, 43 chapels for foreigners, and 6 synagogues. About 4050 public and private schools, including inns of court, colleges, &c. and societies for morals; 20 societies for learning and arts, 18 asylums for the indigent, 17 asylums for sick and lame, 13 dispensaries and 704 friendly societies.
Charity distributed 750,000 per annum.

This is a pleasing account, but the following cannot be read without feeling emotions of sorrow and pity. There are about 2500 persons committed for trial in one year--Annual depredations amount to £1,000,000; 18 persons, 5104 alehouses within the bills of mortality. Amount of coins counterfeited £500,000 per ann. About 9000 receivers of stolen goods. About 10,000 servants at all times out of place, 50,000 persons rise every morning without knowing how they shall subsist through the day.

Colquhoun.

What sub-type of article is it?

Economic

What keywords are associated?

London Statistics Places Of Worship Schools Societies Charity Distribution Crime Depredations Counterfeiting Poverty Subsistence Colquhoun

What entities or persons were involved?

Colquhoun

Where did it happen?

London

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

London

Key Persons

Colquhoun

Event Details

Report details London's institutions: 200 places of worship (including 1 cathedral, 1 abbey, 114 churches, 130 chapels, 207 dissenter meetings/chapels, 43 foreign chapels, 6 synagogues); 4050 public/private schools including inns of court, colleges, moral societies; 20 learning/arts societies; 18 indigent asylums; 17 sick/lame asylums; 13 dispensaries; 704 friendly societies. Annual charity: £750,000. Contrasts with crime: 2500 annual trial commitments; £1,000,000 depredations; 5104 alehouses in bills of mortality; £500,000 counterfeited coins annually; 9000 receivers of stolen goods; 10,000 out-of-place servants; 50,000 daily without subsistence means.