2 FEBRUARY 1867, Page 2

There are, it appears just 89,786 houses with a rental

of 100/. or upwards situated in Parliamentary boroughs, and of these 20,541, or more than one-half, are in London. Only three towns, Manchester, Liverpool, and Birmingham, have more than 1,000 such houses, and only eighteen have more than 209. Rents do not run so high in any but the great manufacturing towns, but it is curious to note how comparatively small is the number of really wealthy persons still dwelling in towns. Even of these 40,000 houses at least half must, we imagine, be shops.