Star.
London, England, 1824-05-13 00:00:00

IRISH IVA ERAN POOR.

Hundreds of Irish labors, accompanied by their
wives and children, daily enter London, in pursuit of
work. They chiefly land at, and come from Bristol, of
course passing through Hammersmith, Kensington, &c.
entering tows, at Ilydc-park, but many also come fiom
Liverpool; and as many of them are in a very raggeJ
condition, with dilapidated clothes, and without shoes
and stocking!, they naturally attract a good deal of
attention and commiseration. These arrivals have now
continued for several weeks; but whatever they may
do when they get to London—though they are not seen
about the streets—on the road, it may be observed, that
they do not beg. Many of them will be una:)le tot ro-
cure work. Then they resort to the pat of St. Giles,
ni:qhap, and then is resumed the annual expensive ce-
remony of passing diem back to their parishes in Ire-
land, via Bristol or Liverpool! An idea of this expense
may be formed from accounts just printed by order of
the House of Commons, and now in progress of deli-
very, " of sums paid by the several Treasurers of coun-
ties in England and Wales, for the apprehension and
conoeyance of Irish Vagrants, removed by pass to Ire-
land, ece." The details are limited to what are termed
Irish " Vagrants," and, of course, do not include the,
itinerant Irish poor; but too many of them have to be
passel" hack, not at the expense of counties, but. of
parishes. The expense of passing Irish " Vagrants"
last year cost a few counties upwards of 6,0001.:
Bucks, 2271.; Chester, 4141.; Gloucester, 7206. &c.
There were 1,122 Irish vagrants sent from Bristol alone.
If those termed Irish " Vagrants" are so numerous, and
cost the counties so much, what must bt.: the numbers of
the Irish itinerant poor who are " passed" back in ca-
ravan loads, and the expenses thereof to parishes?
Surely some system might be devised to save the great
ex penditnt e of money in " passing" about the poor ft om
parish to parish, from county to county, and from king-
dom to kingdom.

Monday, for the first time, the " National Gallery"
of Pictures was opened to the Public, at No. ita, Pall-mall, for-
merly Nlr. ANGERSTEIN'S town residence. At present the Exhibi-
tion consists of these Pictures only. It was visited by a number of
the Nubility and Gentry in the course of the day.
The birth-day of her Royal Highness the Electress
of I lESSE CAVA!. was celebrated in that City w;th great splendour,
on the I,t of this month. After a grand entertainment at Court, to
which all the principal Civil and Military Authorities were invited,
their Royal lli;;ltnesses went to the Theatre, where the Public re-
ceived them with unanimous acclamations.

A Jamaica Paper of the 19;11 of March says,—" As
Mr. I IF.NuEssotr, his Britannic Majesty's Consul General to the
Republic of Colombia, was proceeding by the river Alagdalena to
Bogota, accompanied by his family, on their arrival at Mompoz,
one of his sons, a fine promising youth, was induced to bathe, and in
the act, he was seized by an alligator, and immediately disappeared.
A dog, that was swimming at the same time, met a similar fate."
Yes:erday, the Lord Bishop of LONDON, assisted by
the Archdeacon of LONDON, held a Convocation of the London
Clergy, at Sion College, London Wall, which was numerously at-
tended, they afterwards partook of a dinner in the Hall of the Col-
kze, at which the Bishop presided.
Tuesday evening the Anniversary Festival of the
Tower Hamlets Charity Schools Institution was held at
the Mermaid, hackney, when a numerous and respecta-
ble company attended. Mr. WHITBREAD and several
other Ge.:tlemen delivered speeches in support of the
Charity, and a liberal subscription was entered into
prior to the separation of the company.
It would seem from a recent affair, that husband,
who leave their wives on the Continent, most not be
surprised if they return in-continent.
A pro.ecution commenced by the French A:torney-
General, and tending to the soopession of the Courier
Francais, seems to announce that the Ministers con,i-
dered themselves strong enough to attack the Pi ess with
impunity. This is resented, even by the Quotithenne,
which has declared itself the organ of the Royalist Op-
position, and tine language of which is become as libel al
as that of the Conaitutionntl.
A private letter from Rome, of the 21st of April,
says, that the road from that city to Naples is infested
with robbers, in numerous bands; and that, a Yew days
since, in the passage de Treponti, Messrs. de SotaMERY,
the one Secretary to the French Ambassador, the other
an Officer in the Austrian service, were plundered of
everything they possessed, and considered themselves
happy in escaOig with their lives.
The Nuncio of the Pope lately attended a public
Meeting of the Deaf and Dumb, at the Asylum e,ta-
blished by thelate Abbe SICA LID, in Paris; the assembly
was numerously and brilliantly attended. The vene-
rable Director, and the Head Master, Monsieur PA UL-
MIER, were Presidents. One of the pupils being asked,
What Is Grace ? replied " La Grace ca le secoun de
einspirztion Divine r —Grace is the assistance of Divine
nspr ratios).