LONDON GOLD DIGGINGS.
Dear Old England! well may one exclaim, on reading in the Daily News a statement such as this:—
"Value of Land in Lombard Street.—A piece of land adjoining the Lombard Exchange, in Lombard Street, has been sold for £9000, or about £19 4s. 6d. per foot super."
It used to be affirmed that London streets were paved with gold, and, by the side of the above, the story hardly seems beyond one's power of credulity. Land worth nineteen pounds per foot must be wellnigh as good as gold to its fortunate possessor, and the man who owned an acre of it would hardly need to emigrate to any other diggings. Assuredly, to any Fortunatus who owns much land in Lombard Street, London may be looked on as the true Tom Tiddler's Ground.