Of course London has vastly increased in population since 1815, and Visitors come by rail, or steamboat, from all parts of the earth, but the difference in the number of visitors to the British Museum in one year, is very marked. In the year ending March 25, 1815, they amounted to 33,074; in that ending Dec. 31, 1889, to 504,537, and this does not include the visitors to the Natural History Department, at South Kensington, which, although removed from the parent building, is part of the Institution, and is governed by the same trustees. The Prince of Wales was utterly reckless in his expenditure, he put no kind of curb to his extravagance, and left no whim ungratified. The consequence was he was again fearfully in debt. "THE CIVIL LIST. "'John Bull,' exclaims old NICK, 'pray mind, The Civil List is now behind:' 'Good Lord!' cried JOHN, 'why, what a bore, It was _behind_, you know, _before_.'" Here is a list of the Prince of Wales's debts: Debts 1787 £161,020 Debts 1795 640,080 -------- 801,100 Debts paid in three years to Feb., 1815, from Extraordinary Allowances to the Prince 150,000 Sum granted for outfit Feb., 1812, and applied to debts 100,000 Paid from Droits of Admiralty, 1813 39,000 Paid from Feb., 1815, to May, 1815, one q{r} of £50,000 12,500 Paid in three years from Duchy of Cornwall to Feb., 1815 39,000 Known to be remaining unpaid May, 1815 339,000 ------- Total of debts contracted by the Prince £1,480,600 ---------- The Newspaper from which this is taken goes on to say: "The public will see, by this statement, how unavailing all engagements, and all Acts of Parliament hitherto passed, have been to prevent the system of incurring debts; but the distresses of the country now demand some effective prohibitory checks, and we trust Parliament will not separate without supplying them; although from the vote for the payment of the Russian debts, for the reduction of Guadaloupe, and the aids to Holland, there is too much reason to fear that the Senate, and the public, entertain different views as to the necessity of economy, and that the public must encounter the awful trial of a protracted system of profusion and prodigality."