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or being committed Si. float, and sent borne to
her native place, she protested she was not a beg.
gar, but • seller
.of matches: however. haring
&mitred her that meant not to hurt her, but only
.wished to try if the people assembled would have
compassion on her, she followed me, and I pre.
seated her to the assembly, but she was told by the
Chairman that their intention was not to relieve the
poor distressed Irish in England, bat those of them
in Ireland, nevertheless betook her name and place
of abode.

About two or three years ago, it was enacted by
the Legislature, that all Irish and Scottish poor, not
haVing gained a settlement in England, should, if
they became beggars, be sent home to their native
country, where the poor laws are tint in operation.
And it is reported, and I believe certain, that great
numbers, espetially of the Irish poor, have been
sent back; which doubtless has aggravated the dis.
tress of the poor in Ireland and in Scotland. I re.
collect that a few years ago the Duke of Hamilton
wrote a letter to the Earl of Liverpool for a grant
of money from Government to alleviate the misery
of the poor in Scotland. The substance of the au.
swer which his Lordship returned to the Duke was.
that the people in England maintained their own
poor, and that it would he unjust to maintain the
'poor in Scotland out of the public revenue. This
waa ow equitable answer; butt as the execution of the
. laws are intrusted to the King, ought not his Mi—
nisters to see that the poor laws of Scotland be car.
tied into practice ? As the kingdoms of England,
Scotland, and Ireland are united, sorely it is but
just that Ireland should have the same poor laws as
England, and the people of Scotland ought to he
. compelled to put their poor laws into practice, or gets
• repealed, and allow begging, which is nurhow•
suffered in towns.

It is computed that there Minot fewer than fifteen
thousand Irish labourers in and about London ; and
in other parts of England, there are great numbers.
There are the means of greatly enhancing the poor
rates, by throwing numbers of the natives of Eng-
land out of employment, whereby they become
paupers. The want of poor laws in Ireland causes
Irish people to flock to England, and take the
chance of poverty and starvation, and of being sent
home, because there is leas chance of avoiding such
a state in their native country, as they have not the
resource of poor rates to flee to for refuge, es the
English destitute poor have.
Ought not the consideration of these things to
arouse the people of England to petition the Le-
gislature to lay a poor rate on the people of Ireland,
that fertile, but neglected country. and for an en.
forcement of the poor laws on the people of Scotland.
which. if done, would greatly benefit the United
Kingdom. And especially the Irish labourer+ is
England should be stirred up by every lawful es-
pedient to petition Parliament for • poor rate is
their unhappy native land.

DAVIS'S STRAIT'S AND GREENLAND wHALE
FISHERIES.

AlClDiglf, AVOW? 3t.
The anxiety occasioned by the unprecedented fa ears@ of
the season at which there had been no arrivals either from
Greenland or Davies Straits, was is some mestere removed
by the arrival of two ships off Peterbead from these frsberies,
yesterday toorniog.

The versehi were the Alpheus, Doman, from Davies
Straits ; aad the Alert, Penny, from Greitalawd.

DAVIS'S STRAITS_
The Alpheus has 10 fish, 150 tees of eif, made his.fishiug
at the south. east, and killed Lis lost fish on the 10th of
Jane, bet has seen no fish since, owing to thick weathcr.
Left the ice the oth ef August, passed Cape Farewell on the
11th, and reports the fullowin ships, which he saw going
late Baffies Bay :-
AlBERollll.—Alexander, Pieket,e4lh May, 4 fiat.
PETSIMEAD.—HannibaI, Robertson, Bth June, 4 fish;
Reselstion, Philip, 21st May, 1 Ash ; Superior, Houton,
Bth Jose, 5 fish; Hatehinsos, 4th Jane,2 fish;
Hogg, 17th May, 5 fish.
Pillowraost —Eliza Swan, Bonk, 10th June,7 fish; Lon.
dos, Burs, 10th /tine, 6 fish ; )fona►ch, Yawn, 25th May,
3 ILib.

KIIIXALDV.—EarI Percy, Dovidsoo, 4th lone, J Gib.
Ltrru.—Hoes• Cootie, Wallace, 48th May, 1 6.111 ; North
Pole, Mare, 26th May, 4 fish ; Rattler, Slocklart, 16th May,
2 Ash.

NINICASTLIL—BriIish Quees, Watt/hone, 22d Jane, 5 fish;
Core, Palmer' 23d June, 4 CID; Lady Jour, Fleming, 2:4
June, 5 ash ; Eliza, --, 43d jib.
WHITIIIY.—James, QvieBlllN, 1811; May, 4 fish.
HI Lt.—Abram, Commas, WA May, 2 Joh ; Nary Fran.
ces, Wilkinome, nal May, 1 ask; Praire'', Illereer,lBlll3l3y,
1 Lab William, Hawkins, 21d May, 4 kb.