Star.
London, England, 1831-02-28 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Meszii ARRIVED Tuts Dar.—Dublin, 2 ; Watertnrd, 2; Guernsey and
Jerst-y, 1; France, 1 ; Malta. 1.

t FROM OUR coaarsronnarx.
FALMOU ru, Frn. 25.—Wind W. to N. W.—Arrived his Majesty's
steamer .Meteor, Lieut. Symons, from the Mediterranean—sailed from
Corfu 31.‘t January, Malta 4th February, and Gibraltar the 14th, with
mails, Ike. The Meteor left at Malta his Majesty's ships 111adagatcar,
Pelicap, Blonde, and Raleigh ; at Corfu, his Majesty's ships Melville
mid Proeris; and at Gibraltar, his Majesty's ships Gloucester and
Pallas. AINo arrived the Solace, Cross, from Cardiff fut Malta, and the
William, 31iI.:ren, from Liverpool. Sailed the Stanmerpacket, Sutton,
for Lisbon, with mail of the 22d inttant ; Mary, Riches, and Shannon,
Harris, for Liverpool ; Londonderry steamer, 1%1-Keay, for London ;
his Majesty's steamer Meteor, Symons, for Plymuu At; and Agenoria,
Cox, for Lisbon.

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as. Vt.—Arrived the Ardent, Govan, from London for Belfart;
and the Adder cutter, Bawden, from a cruise. Sailed the Hatch ',hip
Henrietta, Klasma, for London.

Dm, Fan. 26 and 27—Wind S.S. W.—Arrived the Thos. King,
Williamson, and Agnes, —, from Demerara; and Whim, Brown,
from Alexandria. Arrived from London, the George Canning,
Stewart, for Barbadoes ,• and Sir Charles M'Carthy, Godby, for St.
Lucia. His Majesty's brig Flying Fish arrived from a cruise in the
Channel. The Duke of Roxburgh, and Lady Nugent, sailed again
this morning. A brig, with Spanish colours, passed through from the
westward.

PLYMOUTH, Pas. 25 and 26.—Wind N. W.—Arrived the Apollo,
Lettere, from Messina ; and Fancy, Fowler, from Figueira. Off the
port, the Sylph, Orley, from Denia.
Basnot, Fan. 27.—Arrived the Marla Elise, from Trieste; Ceres,
from Ancona ; David, and Ruby, from Leghorn ; Planet, Brown.
from Aguilas ; and Vintage, from Oporto.
Lmearoor., Fra. 26.—Arrived the London, Graham, and Home,
Mitchell, from New Orleans ; Rolla, Wallace, from Nausea; Arab,
Bell, from Sa b . Mary Howland, Hillman, from New York ;
Dora, Strrchan, from Genoa; Ellen Clare, Roberts, from Leghorn;
and Velem Castle, Dennis, from Usbon.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.
SIR—In this city, where political subjects are anxiously
discussed, the STAR is in good estimation for its general
liberality, and its uniform adv;:cacy of the interests aio;
liberties of the people ; but the Paper which reached es to-
day has, in one respect, surprised many of its admirers.
I allude to its advocacy of the trite scheme of Mr.
mot Horton, so oddly adopted by an administration ethic ;
professes so much tenderness for the liberty of the subject
'The article must have been written by some very good na-
tured disciple of Mr. Horton.
No nom can really be so ill-informed, as not to he se :i!
that if an alternative is given to ove:seers and guardians u:
the pear, either to keep a man or ray for his trtinsporfatieo,
the will or inclination of a poor dependent on parish boat .
will have nu weight in the result. The means of annoyaf.c..
are sd iuliuite, that the passing of the hill
-... would he a
sertence of transportation against every poor man in the
country, and it would be so felt by the poor universally.
At the same time it will not be pretended that the inea.se:e
is intended to be applied to the useless and burthensome pee; ,
for;: strait waistcoat or solitary cell would be the suitable p: -
vision for those who employed Parish Funds to transport e;-1
men or cripples, or natural children, who with aged widow,
and women constitute the burthensome poor—it seems there-
fore to be proi:oscd, in neglect of these claimants who ab-
sorb 19-20ths of the Peur Rates, to employ these very
rates in transporting able-bodied men who are no expenco
to the parish, or if so, by a gross abuse, which, in eve:-y
case, ought to be punished as a fraud.
A more wild and creel project, therefore, never enter:..!
the head of man, and that it should be entertained by
the present Administration is passing strange.
If we have a superfluous population it must he among the
drones; among those who perform no labour, for it is a con
tradiction in terms to alledge that those are superfluous who
do all the work of the country, and on whose labours the
drones feed. If Lord Howick's had been a bill to transport
the non-productive classes, there would have been sense and
reason in it.

If your pre-conceived opinions are from any cause fa-
vourable to a measure so unparalleled in the history of na-
tions, I conjure you, at least to allow your readers to hear
both sides, for it is a question which has excited an intensk,
public interest.
Bach, Feb. 26. CATO.