16 MAY 1868, Page 3

London is never tired of admiring its own vastness and

wealth, its population, greater than that of many kingdoms ; its trade, (larger than that of India ; the annual addition of a new city to its extent and resources. It is well before the next hymn is sung to Mammon and his glory to remember this little fact. The number of. London paupers relieved by legal alms on the last day of February in this year was 156,650. Add the professional beggars, the tramps, and the people who do not beg but remain dinnerless, and we shall find that London contains a population as great as that of Leeds with nothing to eat. The social cohesion must be strong which stands that strain.