Star.
London, England, 1831-02-05 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Moss Ammo Toss Da*.—Doblto, t ; Westford, t.

Lnsamos. Fos. L.—Arrived the Rover, Coo!, Ban Midst ;
Marathon. Conic. from Demerara; Favourite. NeiSCI4 from Slat
Thames ; Lenenburg. Jam. from Nova &oda ; and Little Lis,
Pickferd, from Malaga.
Hots., Fan. o.—Arrived tin Zephyr, I, vain. from &. John's, New
Brunswick.

801111111LAIII, Fn. 2.—The %Sawa, vessels were driven as shore
last night and this waning. during a heavy gale hit• LILL and thick
maw, vis.—Friore, behind the per; Sely, at Heed= ; Isabela. at
ditto; and Argo, on the Herd Sand--all belonging to Ms pen ; Ro-
mans, or Regulus ; Humi ity, of Jersey; and another, unknown, in
Whither° Bay.
The Apollo, Deckles, from Rottenhm, was no shore on the Sunken
Send, in the Humber, on Thursday.
The Jean, Black, from Yarmouth to &Ming. was an shore near
Yarmouth yesterday. Crew saved; cargo expected to be saved.
The Robert and Jean, Blair. from Dublin to Liverpool. was driven
as shore in Kilkenny Bay on Tuesday last, and reported to be WI of
water.

The Yam' Hubei* free% London to Newcastle, was totally lost
leer AISIMOViIIi sad the crew drowsed.

The Naterprise, Stevens. of Wishes* was &end new Thy& on
Wednesday, bottom ep. (bow drowned.
The Janie, &Wangs', &eel, of Aberdeen, was driven ea *ate near
Myth on Tbsinday, a wreck.

The health of the Duchess of Wellington is in such a re-
duced state that her life is despaired of.
The Marquis of Lansdowne entertains a distinguished
party to dinner this day, at Lansdowne-house, Berkoley-
square.
The Earl and Countess of Haddington have arrived at
Stanmore Priory on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Aber-
deen, from the seat of the Earl of Macclesfied.
Drs. Southey and Maentichael have been appointed ander
a Special Commission by the Lord Chancellor, to visit sal
inspect the state of the lunatics who are under the cars of
the great seal.
W. T. Astell, Esq. M.P. has been 'elected Treasurer of
the Marine Society, vacant by the resignation of S. Thorn-
ton, Esq. an office which he had held for no less a period
than forty-eight years.
Professor Barlow of Woolwich, whose original experi-
meats on Electro-magnetises, have displayed so many new

lights, laid before the Royal Society list week an account
of a series of experiments, in which he verifies the Phillip-
mien Theory, that Magnetism is a variety of Electricity, and
Pollarity an effect of Terrestrial Electricity ; while Elec-
tricity itself is the mere mechanical separation and re-
union of the Elements, which usually fill space with matter.
L Mee, when an eclipse is announced, preparation is
sole at Court for the °bowsaw of it. As soon as it be-
gi a blind man beats a drum, upon which the Mane-
rhos and rest officers mount their horses and assemble in
the great square of the palace. An eclipse happened during
Lord Meeerwrs gainsay to China, which kept the Esa.
per., and bis Mandarins the whole day devoutly praying
that the moon might not be salsa •up by the great
'bulk was hovering 400 ber, De Heide assures us that
the chlwunetaikeee alms fewer thee 36 eclipses of the sus
are restowied by Coafackles Oat of otAr4 tbors are bet two
that aro foloo,-11rwror•