. The earth and its inhabitants ... d was carried onthrough the port of Liverpool. A century later about one-sixth of this trade hadpassed into the hands of the merchants established at the mouth of the Mersey, andat present they export about one-half of all the British produce that finds its wayinto foreign countries. The increase of population has kept pace with the expanding * See Appendix. 274 THE BRITISH ISLES. commerce of the town, and tlio inhabitants are at present a hundred times morenumerous than they ^vere at the commencement of the eighteenth its suburbs, Liverpoo
. The earth and its inhabitants ... d was carried onthrough the port of Liverpool. A century later about one-sixth of this trade hadpassed into the hands of the merchants established at the mouth of the Mersey, andat present they export about one-half of all the British produce that finds its wayinto foreign countries. The increase of population has kept pace with the expanding * See Appendix. 274 THE BRITISH ISLES. commerce of the town, and tlio inhabitants are at present a hundred times morenumerous than they ^vere at the commencement of the eighteenth its suburbs, Liverpool is the second town of the United Kingdom. Italtogether monopolizes certain brandies o£ commerce. Nearly all the cotton ofthe world linds its way to Liverpool, and is thence distributed amongst the townsof continental Europe. Most of the emigrants who leave Europe embark atLiverpool. The principal articles of export are coal, salt, cutlery, fire-arms, Fig. 136.—The Liverpool Water to H. Beloe. Scale 1 : 350, 2° 50 .5 Miles. machinery, china and earthenware, and textile fabrics of every description. Thelocal manufactures contribute in a certain measure in feeding this export are iron foundries and brass works, machine shops, chemical works, breweries,and, above all, the ship-building yards on both banks of the Mersey. Like most other large towns, Liverpool can show a few noble edifices. It hasits public parks, a zoological and a botanical garden. Interesting, too, is one ofthe cemeteries; v/ith catacombs cut out of the rock. Most prominent amongst itspublic buildings is St. Georges HaU, in the style of a Greek temple. Near it LANCASHIRE. 275 have been raised a monument to the Duke of Wellington, and statues of theQueen and Prince Albert. The Free Library and Museum, founded by SirW. Brown, are in the same quarter of the town, and contain valuable collections ofbooks, stuffed animals, antiquities, china, and paintings. The new Exchange
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