Star.
London, England, 1831-02-19 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Mama Alamo Tana Mr.—Dublin, I ; Waterford, 3.

Dam., Few 111.—Wind N.N. W..—Arrived the Bowdkch, God-
dard, from New York, and Tin Tln, Meta, from Bilboa. Sailed the
Hope transport, for the westward. Arrived the Mika, from
Demerara. _ _

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Poutrarru. Fn. 111.—Wind W.

FALMOUTM, Pas. 17.—Wind N.N.W. to W.N.W.—Arrived off the
port, the Narcissus, Watson, from Seville.
Ltvaaroor., Fs& 17.—Arrived the
16.—Arrived the Ire, Simpson, from Sierra
Thomas, White, from New
Orisons, and Manchester, Shetchli.hafritnkelew York.
Coax, Fn.
Leone, and Oliviers, from Si. 's.
The Mary Ann, Jones, from Drogheda to Runcorn, was driven on
the rocks near Castletown, hle of Man, 9th inst. Part of the cargo
saved, in a damaged state.
The Swift, LyaU, from Liverpool to &rangford, was wrecked over
Castletown 9th inst. Crew saved.
The Hero, Earl, from Sunderland to Dublin, was driven on shore
at Port Sandrick, Isle of Man, 12th inst. sod sunk.
The Flor de Amlzade, from Lisbon, was lost near Para previous to
the gd ult. Part of the cargo saved.
The Derrick, Mead, from Picton to Belfast, drove on shore near
Wexford so Tuesday.
The Idris, Leiden from Savannah, was on shore in Bootle Bay on

The *daunt, from the Disurithis, has arrived of Dover.
Captain M'Dooald of the Thainston, just arri►ed at Leith from
Corfu and Messina, (from Gibraltar in 19 day.,) reports the loss of
a number of awls, both English and Sardinian, on the LW. nowt
of the hieditavansan, and that the crews of some of them, who had
escaped a watery gra►e, ware barbarously massacred by the Moors of.
Tunis,. Three indi►iduals had been ransomed by the British Camel for
about 80L and they belie►ed themsel►es to be the only survivas
of the crews and passengers of eight or nine vessels, wrecked
en this inhospitable coast. Captain M`Donald says, that while at Mes.
sins, he learnt that the big.eyed barber, who murdered the young man
Baird, in the Bonowstnunnees barque, the particulars of which were
stated in this paper on the 15th ult. was executed lice days after his ap.
a • am • a • SU/

A most respectable meeting of merchants and shipowners
was yesterday held at the City of London Tavern, Mr. Al-
i derman Thompson, member for the City, in the chair, to
discuss the propriety of petitioning against the proposed in-
crease of duty on Canada timber. Several gentlemen ad-
dressed the meeting, all clearly showing the cruel injustice
of the proposition; and several resolutions declaratory of
the just sense of the great assembled body upon the subject
were unanimously passed, The resolutions are given in an-
other part of our Paper. The meeting, in point of talent,
worth, and property, was one of the most imposing ever
convened in the City.
When in 1794-5, the depreciation of the currency by pa-
per coinage reduced the relative value of money of account,
the land proprietors of the United Kingdom quickly raised
their rents from the gold estimate to the paper estimate ; but
as the abundance of the cheap currency enabled persons to
speculate in land, they contrived to double or treble their
rents. By this means the war seemed to be a gain; and in-
stead of being oppressed by taxes, their incomes and means
of expenditure were astonishingly increased. They did
not perceive that their estates were undergoing a mortgage,
and that their increased incomes were the mortgage money !
But,lwhen it was foreseen, that we were at all hazards to return
to a gold currency, when rents must tumble and estates be
fixed with taxes, the land proprietors iced the address pre-
viously to carry a corn bill, to keep up the price and their
rents, thereby throwing the taxes on the eaters of bread and
farming produce. The repeal, then, of this gross fraud on
the industrious classes, is loudly and unanimously demanded ;
while if frauds and abuses were not so numerous, it would,
as it ought, be the universal and sole object of petition. Se-
cured by their corn bill, the landlords laughed in their
sleeves, when Peel's bill mined all the mercantile classes ;
and perhaps they will now, as an alternative be proposing to
return again to the paper currency, if the tors bill cannot be
maintained. Such are the distractions created by the land-
lords' late wars, and their Heaven-born minister.