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is the English population? It is to be regretted that 

 the United States authorities have been so neglectful in 

 keeping returns of all classes of people immigrating into 

 this country. There are hardly any returns, and what 

 there are, are vague and unsatisfactory. 



The arrivals of immigrants at New York for 1848, 

 were 



Irish, . . . 98,061 



Germans, . . . 51,976 



English, . . . 23,062 



Makingwith immigrants from all 



other places, . . . 189,176 



The arrivals at New York for 1849 



Irish, . . . 112,691 



Germans, . . . 55,700 



English, . . .. 28,320 



The arrivals at New York for 1850 



Irish, . . . 116,583 



Germans, . . . 45,404 



English, . . . 28,131 



These tables will show to which race the United States 

 are indebted for their great increase in population, and 

 will show'how little it is in keeping with the real facts of 

 the case, to represent the people of the United States as 

 the Anglo-Saxon race, inasmuch as they are not one in 

 ten. 



Again, the whole amount of emigrants from Great 

 Britain and Ireland, during the same years, to all places, 

 was as follows : 



