Star.
London, England, 1824-11-29 00:00:00

POPULATION AND Ia:SOURCES tiAYTI.

The following statistical details are by General In-
ginac, Secretary to the Haytian Government :—" The
original native population of Hayti, previously to its
subjugation by the Spaniards. was estimated by the ce-
lebrated Bishop Las Casas at 3,000.000. This race lies
long been extinct ; and the Island was divided, in the
17th century, between the Spaniards and French. The
former, though possessing two-thirds of the territory,
were never numerous ; so late as 1798 they were esti-
mated at 110,000 free persons and 15,000 slaves. The.
Fiend), on the contrary, imported great numbers of
Slaves from Africa; so that in 1726 the population of
their part of the island was estimeed at 100,000 Negroes,
and 30,0'10 Whitec. In 1775, it was estimated
by NI Mahuoa at 301,000 Negroes, and 25,000
e.. In 1779, the enumerstion, as stated by M.
Necker, was 249.098 Slave-, 7.055 free persons of
colour, and 32 650 Whites—in all 288,803 persons.
In 1789, ti.e Slaves were estimated by Mr. Moreau de
SS. y, at 452,000, and by Mr. Bryan Edwards, at
4.80,000; and in the same year, M. Pi icur, in the Ni.
ti •nal Assembly, c.lculated the population, in round
numbers, at 500,000 Blacks, and 40,000 Whites, in all
,540009. Adding this last number (which is probably
rather exaggerated) to that of the inhabitants of the
Spanish part, the utmost amount of the population of
the whole Island, at the commencement of the Revolu-
tion, could nor exceed 66.5 000 persons. For many years
subsequent to that period, the Island was devastated by
sanguinary wars. It is only fifteen years since the last
French troops were expelled the Island,which now forms
one Republic, and contains 935,335 inhabitants!
and the population is increasing with extraordinary ra-
pidity, even without the aid of importation: but that
aid wilt not henceforward be neglected. Hayti does
not imdeed import Slaves, but we have before us the
correspondence of the President Boyer, in May last, with
the New York Society for African Colonisation, in
hich the President offers to receive and allot lands, in
the cour-e of the present year, to 6,000 free Blacks and
Men of Colour limn the United States, to pay part of
the expense of their passage, and to fru nish them with
.agricultural.implements. The President is at the same
time promoting public instruction. We have before us
t of fourteen schools, containing together 873 pupils,
male and female; all of whom ate taught their reli-
gious and moral duties, as well as reading, writing,
arithmetic, and grammar, and many are instructed in
the higher branches of education. These fourteen
schools are all established in Port-au-Prince.

The armed force of Hayti is fully correspondent to
its populat'on. The Regulars are in number 45,520,
and the National Guards 113,328, making in all a body
of nearly 160,000 men trained to arms, and capable of
being employed in the defence of their country. It is
not therefore without reason, that General Inginac, in
One of his private letters, speaks with confidence of the
safety 01 Ilayti against any foreign attack. a Our sys.
tem of defence, both on the coasts and in the interior,"
says he, " is so completely organised, and our political
administration moves with so much regularity in all its
ramifications, that I am convinced we cannot be sur-
prised by any enemy ; and certainly we shall not be-
come the dupes of any artifice."
AUSTRIAN GOY :R IN ITALY.