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    other races with which the people of this vigorous stock come s in contact , that I should still believe in the permanency of Anglo-Saxon institutions , government , and social superiority , as much in America as in Great Britain . All experience on both sides of the Atlantic serves to confirm the soundness of this opinion . In . the United States it is well-known that the only influence the Celtic race , when banded together , has exercised upon our politics has been in the use which has been made of them by demagogues ( generally of other races , and most frequently Anglo-Saxon ) to hold the balance of power between contending parties , and

    thus to elevate aspiring individuals to office and power . A transfer to the American continent , of the entire Celtic population of Ireland need not , therefore , create any feelings of apprehension among those who are anxious for the perpetuity of Anglo-Saxon rule and predominance . Indeed , ' most of the Irish and other emigrants who settle among us seem to consider this result as a necessary consequence , and to acquiesce in it with a readiness which shows that they appreciate Anglo-Ameri can institutions , manners , and customs , as the best calculated for the adoption and use of a free and republican people .

    I propose , however ,-to show the erroneous characterof the statement respecting the elements of the population of the United States , as quoted by the Quarterly Review . This I shall do very briefly , but I trust satisfactorily , by two statements ; first , by answering the inquiry which may be made , what was the character , as to races , of the population which composed the thirteen British colonies which declared their independence in 17 * 76 ; and , secondly , in giving the numbers and character of the emigrants from Europe to the United States since the American Revolution , with an estimate of the probable numbers of the descendants of those emigrants , thus added to the population .

    The British colonies in America , forming the original thirteen States , it is well known , were settled by emigrants , a large proportion of whom were natives of Great Britain . No considerable emigration of Celtic Irish , or other people of Celtic origin , took place until after the commencement of the present century . The New England States , New Jersey , Pennsylvania , Delaware , Maryland , Virginia , North Carolina , South Carolina , and Georgia , were mainly settled by Englishmen . New York , the only Dutch colony , passed under British dominion , with a small population , partly Dutch and partly English , in 1674 . The Dutch records of 1673 say : " They , and as many of the Dutch nation as are yet residing under tbis Government , arc calculated to

    amount , women and children included , to about 6000 . " In 1698 thc total number of inhabitants in the colony was 18 , 067 , and in 1723 , the whites had increased to 34 , 393 , and the blacks to 617 . 1 : —total , 40 , 564 . Tbis was under the English Government . A few Dutch , Germans , and Poles settled in New Jersey ; a few Swedes in Delaware , many Germans in Pennsylvania , where they afterwards became one-third of the population ; and some French Protestants , called Huguenots , in New York , New Jersey , and South Carolina . Hesides thc small Polish colony in New . Jersey , referred to above , another branch of the Slavonic race was represented by a colony of a few Moravians and Bohemians in Pennsylvania .

    With the exception of a . few Scotch Highlanders who settled in North and South Carolina and Georgia , I believe : no Celtic colony is to be found among the settlements in the Ihitish North American colonies of either the l 7 th or 18 th centuries . Settlements of Lowland Scotch und Scotch Irish from the north of Ireland were , made , in Pennsylvania and the _Carolinus , and a small number of Irish Protestants settled in the town of . Londonderry in New Hampshire . Tbe , very considerable numbers of Irish Protestants from Ulster and other parts of Ireland ( of Lowland Scotch and not of Celtic origin ) who have , from time to time , emigrated to the United States , have led to much confusion and

    error in investigating the elements of American population . Put minute inquiries into the progress of the colonies will satisfy impartial observers that no considerable Celtic element existed in the population of America previous to tbe United Slates census of I . 7 i )() . Tbe Welsh , considered by some as Colts , but who , in truth , are the descendants of the Cyinri , furnished a small p roportion of the early emigrants to British America . Tbey have doublless mixed more with their English neig hbours on their native island than have

    the Scotch and Irish ; and of Ihe _eniigranfs to America , particularl y to New England , it , was often _diflicult , fo distinguish between tbe Welsh and lOnglish who came over together in tbe early colonial history . There were , however , a lew Welsh colonics in tho United States , in tbe last century , where the emigrants retained tbeir language , _nuumers , and customs . Such ih the county of Cumbria , in Pennsylvania , and some tmmllur g « ltlwm « uU in N « w York and otb « r _fcJtutws . At

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    is probably fair to estimate the Welsh element in the present population of the United States at 500 , 000 . In giving a view of the various races who contributed to form the population of the colonies , I should mention that a few Jews were among the number , principally commercial adventurers in the Atlantic cities and towns ; but the greatest proportion of the Jewish race now found there is of recent emigration . We see , then , that the following European races made up the population of the British Colonies previous to the American Revolution , viz . —Anglo-Saxon , Lowland Scotch , Scotch-Irish , Welsh , Highland Scotch , Germans , Dutch , French ( Huguenots ) , Moravians , Poles , Swedes , and Jews . To these may be added a few Flemish or Belgians , who came over with the

    Dutch to New York and New Jersey . At the commencement of the Revolutionary war , in 1775 , the population of the thirteen colonies has been estimated at 2 , 000 , 000 of whites , and 600 , 000 blacks . There were a few Irish gentlemen of Celtic origin who accompanied the English Catholics of Lord Baltimore ' s colony to Maryland , and a few families of like origin are to be found among the old families of New England , and some of the other States , but their numbers were too inconsiderable to affect a general inquiry and calculation like the present . The same remark will apply to the Irish Celtic servants and labourers , who accompanied the Anglo-Saxon , Welsh , and Scotch emigrants in the 17 th and 18 th centuries to the middle and southern colonies .

    I now proceed to examine , very briefly , the effect of emigration from Europe to the United States , for a period of sixty years—viz ., from 1790 to 1850 , upon the present population of America . The following is the result of estimates and returns made up at the Census-office at Washington , bearing unpn this subject of emigration •—IMMIGRANTS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES INTO THE UNITED STATES . Prom 1790 to 1810 .... 120 , 000 Prom 1810 to 1820 .... 114 , 000 Prom 1820 to 1830 .... 203 , 979 From 1830 to 1840 ... . 778 , 500 From 1840 to 1850 .... 1 , 543 , 850 Total number of immigrants for sixty years . . . . . . 2 , 760 , 329 Natural increase in periods of ten years 1 , 590 , 605 Total number of immigrants Bince 1790 and their descendants in 1850 4 . 350 . 934 1790 and their descendants m 1850 4 , 350 , 934 The aggregate number of whites , as shown by the census of 1850 , was 19 , 631 , 799 ; so that , if we allow half a million for the gain of white population by the accession of Louisiana , Florida , Texas , California , and New Mexico to the territories of thc United States , with a further allowance for other accessions by immigration previous to 1790 , it appears that about threefourths , or more than 14 , 000 , 000 of the present population , are descendants of European colonists previous to tbe American Revolution .

    Twenty years , since when the white population of thc United States was 10 , 537 , 378 , and the number ot coloured people 2 , 328 , 642 ( viz ., slaves 2 , 009 , 043 , free 319 , 599 ) , according to tbe census of 1830 , Professor Tucker , of Virginia , who has written much on the subject of population , made the following estimate of the division of the people of the United States , according to races and descent , viz .: — Census of 1 H 30 . English and their descendants . . ( 1 , 000 , 000 Scotch 600 , 000 Irish 2 , 000 , ( XX ) German 1 , 000 , 000 Dutch 600 , 000 French 300 , 000 Swedish , Spanish , Swiss , A-c . . . 200 , 000 Total whiles . . . 10 , 500 , 000 Africans and their descendants . . 2 , 328 , ( 112 Total white and coloured . 12 , 828 , 012 On flie above basis , slightly varied , I give the following estimate of the approximate proportions of the different , races forming the population of the United States iu 1850 : Anglo-Saxons 11 , 000 , 000 Lowland Scotch .... 700 , 000 Scotch and Anglo-Saxon Irish . . 1 , 600 , 000 Collie . Irish 2 , 000 , 000 Welsh 300 , 000 German 2 , 000 , 000 Duloli . . . . . . 800 , 000 hi each ( including Huguenots ) . . . 1 , 000 , 000 Dunes and Norwegians . . . 100 , Swedes 100 , 000 _NwiHH 60 , 000 Spaniards , Italians , Jews , A . c . . . 1 OO . 000 Total whites . . . 19 , 050 , 000 _AlVimiiH , slaves and l ' reo . . . 3 . 000 , 000 T _« ud . k . ua . 2 ao . ooo

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    With regard to the Irish Celtic population in tho United States , it maybe remarked that , compared with the inhabitants of the Anglo-Saxon stock , it is a short lived race , and the average rate of mortality anions these recent immigrants to America is much _heater than among other portions of the population . &

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    To Toss The Persons It Came Near, But No...

    to toss the persons it came near , but not succeeding , vented its fury on every article exhibited for sale in the streets . It then proceeded leisurely into Clement ' s-inn-passage , where in the first instance it seriously gored two children , named Atkinson , residing at 46 , Clement ' s-lane , one of whom was onl y aged seven years , the other , its brother , five months it then passed on , and in the same passage attacked a girl named Phillips , aged nine years , whose nose it broke , and inflicted other serious injuries on different parts of her body . From this point it proceeded slowly , spreading great terror , until it reached the northern entrance to Clement ' s-inn , which is protected by two upright bars to prevent the ingress of loads , & c . ; having inserted its head between the bars it forced its body through , completely

    THE "WILD BEASTS" OF LONDON That there are wild bullocks in the metropolis as them are packs of wolves among the Alps , is an _unquestionabln fact ; only the wolves are native to the Alps and the bui locks are kindly supplied to the London public by its own connivance . What a metropolitan wild beast can do was shown by a fine specimen on Monday . Three bullocks , belonging to Mr . Price , butcher , of Clare market , were being driven from Smithfield to be slaughtered in Bear-yard , Lincoln ' s-inn-fields , when one of them became very restive in Sheffield-street , where the slaug hter-houses are situated , and started off at a furious rate , butting at everything in its way . In this manner it turned _nito Clare-market , which place , fortunately , at the time was not so crowded as usual . Here it made several atempts

    bending one of the bars , and passed through the first and second squares of the inn without meeting any obstruction . In the third square , or the first from the principal entrance , it encountered an aged laundress , named Smith , whom it run at and , tossed . On being lifted up the unfortunate woman was found to have some dreadful injuries on the forehead , and she was at once removed to King ' s College Hospital . From Clement's-inn the infuriated beast proceeded into tho Strand , through Temple-bar , Fleet-street , and Ludgate-hill , with a very quiet demeanour . In St . Paul ' s Churchyard it overturned an empty truck , and made several attempts on those passing . Turning into Aldersgate-street an attempt was made to stop its progress by some Irish paviours repairing the street in that locality , but it put on a bold front and with great coolness advanced to tbe charge , making its valiant opponents seek refuge behind the piles of stones at which tbey were labouring . Having tossed a lad a little further on without seriously

    injuring him , the enraged animal was eventually secured in Charter-house-square , and having been placed in a beast-cart was conveyed to Bear-yard , where it was at once killed . On inquiry at King ' s College Hospital , it was ascertained that the two youngest children were but slightly injured , but that the injuries on the face and head of tho girl Phillips wero of so very serious a description as to warrant ber being kept in tbe institution . Tho wound on the head of the old woman was of a frightful kind , the scalp being laid baro for several inches from tbe top of tho bead to the eyebrows , and ber system has been so completel y shook that , from her great age , nearly seventy years , it is feared she will not recover ; ber wounds , however , having been dressed , she persisted in being removed to her residence in Milford-lane . Within the last fortnight two wild beasts have performed in tho same interesting fashion near Clare-market , hut fortunately the former onslaught was harmless .

    Murder Near Sheffield Two Children Woro ...

    MURDER NEAR SHEFFIELD Two children woro picking blackberries , about a mile and a-half from Sheffield , on Saturday , when they found tho body of a man lying in a hedge bottom . Hia faco was shattered by a pistol shot , and otherwise cut about . Information was , of course , given , inquiry set on foot , and tho body soon identified as that of Mr . _Alexander Robinson , a travelling draper . It was then found tha tho had been robbed of money , a silver watch , and a pack <> l drapery . Next , that ho bad been ( lining with . _living Harboronco his fellow-apprenticeand a nephew of _)»»

    , , late employer , Mr . David _Jiarbor , of Doncoster . AHer dinner , Robinson and Jiarber adjourned to Naylor ' _s pubuehouse , adjoining where Robinson was in the habit oi _staying . There they had something to drink ; and barber was beard to say , Unit he would introduce Robinson to some goou customers neur Cloudless , a village about live miles ii <» 11 Sheffield . Robinson then made up bis pack , and ho «»< l 'Harbor left ( lie house together , about 2 o ' clock . W "U occurred on * the road there is only strong circuiiistaiiUH

    ground for believing . Wo find Harbor at the Hoyal Standard _public-hoiis' ' _. " _« Sbeflield , whioh he entered ' , apparently in great h « h , _' «" Hero ho p laced in the care of the landlord n ( . ,, ' a lRT , | , _'" !( ' Ii and , at Jus urgent request , a cab was sent for . W .., | _, the messenger starting for and returning with the « > Harbor asked for a _clothosbrush , mid was at < : () n _* u . ' _™ , () _puins to cleanse his clothes and boots . Ho was drive' the Reindeer Inn , Devonshire-street , where bo < ° , . a bod , hut the landlord not being able to _ncoonim" " him , ho went , fo bis own lodgings . , r _" So far he was traced by the polico up to Monday _»•¦ noon . In fhe evening ' of that day _circunisfiuiccH _^ , brought fo light which quickl y led to the unravel ! . n _^ the whole mystery . They ffieii received the ni" _^ maker ' s name , and a general descrip tion i . l the' ( ,,, <;< , ' j . watch , and within one hour from the receipt ol thai " t . » .,...,.,. 11 ... _,.,.. _! ,. _! . wn . ! I ' ,, in ., I in ilio lioSHCHHIOIl of - » * .....

    of _Wesf-st reef , with whom it had been V _>^ 'J , '' < 1 '" . ! , miik day evening for UO * . 11 having been founi that mm » i Wt at fhe _Wol Standard by Barber , ou _Thursday _»»

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 11, 1852, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11091852/page/8/