Star.
London, England, 1824-05-04 00:00:00

MARY-LA-BONNF. orTICE.

Within the last few days, the iofiL,x of Irish hits) tbe Metro/wt.
has far exceeded any former pe.ild. and coasequently.
want of employment, their di.tress has been must dre..ofal,
hundreds of thent have applied to the parishes of Sr. Gar. .hi
Mary.la-bonne for relief, in the roost abject condition. Saturcia.:,
Messrs. Thorpe end WhittiLgtca al,pear,..l the
Messrs. %mutant/ and Gitirrisw, with a c.-owe. ut the pow pet.
suns, and stated that they had a cammunicat ion to make.
The Magistrates having directed them to pzuce:l—
Thorpe said it wou:d be better fur the sufferers then:see...l
to state the nature of the transaction.

Accordingly ets:.: of the most intelligent, a woman named Elm
nor Welsh, stood hp and !teed, she resided at a place called Kit.
mallotk, in the county of Cork, where she lived as her state ot life
enabled her, on the industry of her relations and family, when some
persons came who appeared to be trarching the interior ot the
country, circulatini, accounts in the most glowing terms, of die high
wages in Eoglanu, and the guieral want of workmen, who, they
said, were paid tis. per day, and i:t consequence of the great demand
for bands, women were employed regularly through the year at Zit.
per diem. This to her was " Lews"—aecoruing to Ihr
own words—as, by the very utoto.,t !..ho.iou, exertion, OK oltu
of her family could only obtain Loin Sd. to 10d. a day. They
accordingly sold the little remains of OAT property and walked to
the city of Cork, a distance of thirty n 111,4 Irons Kilmatock, where
the same story was confirmed among the persons ernt.isted in pro.
curing passengers for that port, and she, and between 100 and 2co
others, embarked, paying 18s. each passage-money to Bristol.
Mr. Gan-rime said, from his knowledge of the affirs of the
ports of Cork and Bristol, he was confident, if such a rr.,c!ize had
existed, it must have been very clandeatineiy carried od, was
sure no respectable Magistrate or commercial own wou'd
such a practice.—The papers for the people being made out,
Mr. RawhixsoN said, he should take care to aprise the Secr,!:ty
of State for the flume Department cf this practice, cat order t: a.,
on its being communicated to the Irish Authorities, it chi ht meal
effectually be stopped.

GUILDHALL
1101133 RY PY A SIMVANT.—Rielmni Junes and Edtmel Rab2rTllleril
brought before the sitting Magi<trate, Mr. Alderman Twine, Ly
Forrester, an officer, charged under the following circunist :net s :
Messrs. Whittaker having for some time pat had reason out:eve
that a system of theft was carrying on in their h..ust, resorted to
means of detection, by having some brown paper niarlsed by one of
the confidential clerks; and on Saturday last, about nine o'clock in
the evening, Forrester, in comp toy with another officer, observed
Jones, who is a porter in the hou-.e, come out very quick with a
bundle and go under the archway adjoining, and give it to Roberts,
who was in waiting there. Roberts then proceeded as far as a Mr.
Lloyd's, in Cripplepte, followed by Fort-ester, who took him into
custody on his arrival, ..-.lth tae bundle in his possession. Roberts
told hint he had often taken rareels for Rnes, who gave him a stil-
ling or sixpence for the job. When Roberts Was Forigr ti in a place
of security, the officer went back to :Messrs. Whittaker's, and tna.
Jones into custody, searched him, and found a key belonging To
a cupboard in Messrs. Whittaker,' cellar, ia which were found tn'
bottles of champagne and one of port. Roberts repeated the arse:-
than made to Forrester, respecting having been paid tor carrying
the parcels. The paper and wine were produced, and the forme:
swum to by the clerk, having his private mark on it.—Remandel
till Thursday.

Monday an old house in Gaol-street, St.Francis's
Abbey, Dublin, fell with a tremendous crash, and burled
Ellen Meade, the wife of the occupier, and her infilit
child, in the ruins. The child was saved, but the mo-
ther was suffocated and died.

PO. R.TII.
April 2.7, at Lady l'ocre, of a son.

DIED.

April 26, at Fort Lisle, Bla. k hock, nc3r Dublin, aftcr a for
days' illness, the Rev. Lucius Francis Ferdinand Carey.
Saturday, the Rev. Francis Thos. Hamotl, Rector of Wydfo,!,
in the county of Herts.
Sunday, Mjor Rsrbetie late of the Barrack Depart mtut.

NEIVGATE •N. LIZADIA:N
Bert
Mutton
Lamb 4s 4

HALL AI Alt ETS, MAY 3.
Veal 3s 4J to 5s 01
Pork ...... 3s 4d to 55 04
Id to 6s 84.

PRICES o► HAY ♦rD
ST. 3 A SILS'S•
llay 41 Oa Od to 12011,0 Od
Clover 51 Os Od to 12610 s Od
Straw •21 Os 6d to 61 Os Od

TRAW YESTERDAY.
Hay 41 105 to 61 01 01
Clover 51 5s to Cl 2:„sod
Straw 21 Cs to 21 ltfs ;':

or 1101'S.