American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-09-27
BRITISH AND IRISH aBsEN TEES.

1t will scarcely be credited by those who have had
no means of knowing the circumstance, that there
are from 100 to 10000 English and Irish people of
property living in different parts of the continent.
1t is estimated that there are at Paris 10000, Boz.
lougne 5000, Bordeaux 1000. Rome 1900. Whole
towns are absolutely peopled by them. In Paris the
Duke of Hamilton, with the Ears OF Stair and Fifes
at an expense to themselves, or rather to their
try, of 100000 per annum, lead the fashions to a..
bout 10000 English persons, of mixed character
al Versailles. Mr. Robert Williams the member
for Carnavonshre, with his numerous and beautiful
family, and several titled persons, have for SOME
years. taken up their residence in the neighborhood
of Geneva. There are 500 English families, with
the duke OF Leeds at their head the marchoiness OK
Butte. and many distinguished mobiles of both SEX
es, at Rome. Lord Byron is at Venice. Lord Mont
ford has lived some time near Bordeaux surrounded
by about 5000, one half OF whom are small undhol-
ders, and half Irish Of SoOt 400t per annums
when they can get their rents paid At Tours there
is select corps of about 1000, who pide them
selves upon their family connections in the United
Kingdom.-At Boulogne there are 5000 Englishs
1000 of whom are entitled to some CO npasson be-
ling half pay officers who can't live without wine
Prince Leopold very naturally expends his 50,0o0t.
la year among his German cousins At Brussels the
English and Irish congregate and there IS scarcely
la town village in France, the Netherlands, Swift
zerland, and Italy, in which they not to be founds
Onbttn Patr2oEs
The Catholic population of lower Canada in 1890
was $4,000, that OF the city of Quebec $4,000, ss
that Of Montreal 10000 the ratio oil increase tor
several years past has been found TO be twenti-
eth per annum. it may therefore at present be
| sidered as amounting to near 100000, The pro-
itestant population will not exceed 100000 SO that
the whole population of lower Canada may be fairly
stated at 100000 souls. --qaebec Paper.
Mr.. BRAHAM. 1t is reported that this stage
songster is about to honor us, by leaving England
to sing for one year for the moderate sum offorty
thousand dollars. The editors of the National
Intellgencer, noticing this matter, have Observed
1--WE shall be glad to hear what friend Niles will
say to this follyo All that it is needul to say is
easily said-"frend Niles" pays nothing to England
for his coats and will not pay ANY thing TO transient
Engllshmen for songs--though pleased to hear good
music on rlghtful occasions and reasonable tcrms.
4 Yet the managers of our theatres may make money
| by exposing this musical biped to the pubc--and
persons will spend 10 or 90 dollars to hear him,
1 who have detrauded their honest creditors out of
scores of thousands, suffer themselves to be duR-
ned by those who supply them with milk for their
coffee and tea 1t is even yet the fashion rather to-
he extravagant than TO be Unconstitutional the state
of society is evidently improving; more perhaps, Of
necessity than from inclination --sVvites' NJ. Reg.