Star.
London, England, 1830-02-02 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Felicity, Oake, from Limerick to London, was on shore on
Formless Rock yesterday. but expected to be got off.
The George Green. Bow Hard, from Newcastle to London, was
totally lost on Hasbro' Sand. Crew saved.
The Ann, Cook, from Newcastle to London, sunk on &rob),
Sand. Crew saved.
The Oak, Warren, from Newcastle to Yarmouth, and Aurora,
Davis, from Newcastle to London, were driven on shore on Sun-
day near Yarmouth. Crew saved.
Dem., Fn. I.—Wind W.—A brig and a dogger, under the
Netherlands flag, arrived this morning from the westward, and
proceeded for Ramsgate; Vice-Consul on board the former.
Poarurouirn, Fn. I.—Wind E.N.B.—Arrived the Firthe, Ro-
bertson, from Mauritius ; Catherine, Bowman, from New York ;1
Highlander, Kopp, from Nassau • Maria, Palmer, from Mauritius;
and Maria, Lowrie, from the Cape of Good Hope.
PLYNOVIII, Jan. 51.—Wind B.
FALKOUTIC, Jaw. 51.—Wind R. to B.S.E.
RAMIGATI, Fn. I.—Arrlved the Johannes Auroldaa,
from Surinam.
Doves, Fn. I.—Arrived the Venture, Abbott, from Charleston.
DUBLIN, Jest. 31.—Arrived the Dispatch, Prowse, from Cadiz,
and Golanho, from Sicily.
Hoxvintaa Jan. 51.—Off the port, the Ann, from Savannah,
and Worrell, .----.
GAIMUY. Jaw. 25.—The Mary, Turnbull, and Catherine, —,
which were driven on shore on the coast, have been got off, and
arrived here to repair.

A pseudo-dramatic critic states the character of Desde-
»Jona to be " unworthy of the great talents of Miss PHIL-
LIPS !" Shades of Mrs. BARRY, Miss YOUNG, Mrs.
SIDDONS, and Miss O'NEIL, what next?
The staple trades of this town, are at present in a
drooping condition, with but little prospect of improve-
ment. The manufacturers and working classes, are not
in such desperate circumstances as those of many other
large towns, but wages are low, and prices of manu-
factured goods have undergone an unprecedented depre-
ciation. Profit is almost out of the question, and the
majority of manufacturers regard themselves as ex-
ceedingly fortunate, if they find 'that they are as well
circumstanced at the present, as they were when they
last valued their stock and book debts. A few of the
large mercantile houses appear tolerably busy, but the
parties supplying them with goods, are for the most
part, miserably circumstanced, from amongst whom, the
gaol is regularly colonised.—Sheffield Mercury.
The Duke of BUCKINGHAM, as Lord Lieutenant
of Bucks, has published an important letter, ad-
dressed to the Magistrates of the county, upon the glaring
evils which result from the system of paying for the
labour of the poor out of the Poor's Book. His Grace's
advice to the Magistrates is, " to take legal opinions,
whether they cannot punish by some legal process, the
parish officers, who shall thus persevere in misappropria-
ting the parochial money ; and my advice to the owners
and occupiers of land, in parishes where this practice is
adopted, to appeal against the rate so levied; but
the duty of the Magistrates is, if possible, to punish
the overseer. I would recommend, in every case in
which it can be adopted, the application of the workhouse
system: perhaps the only change in the law which I
would wish to see, might be, that that system should be
rendered more general and obligatory, instead of being,
as it is now, voluntary and partial. Let the labour-
log poor receive the full wages for the labour which
they perform ; if parochial relief be demanded, let
it be found for them only in parochial workhouses,
in exchange for labour. The means of employing
the poor may there be easily found. Straw-platting,
knitting and spinning, for instance, will afford re-
sew ces, and others similar will easily present them-
selves. Small cast-iron corn mills are cheap, and
easily set up. But above all, let land, where it is
possible, be procured, and upon it let the poor be put to
labour. The magistrates will soon find that the demand for
relief will rapidly diminish, when it is found that it will
be given only in exchange for work." It may be gratifying
to add the concluding passage of his Grace's address—." I
need not say that feeling myself thus called upon to press
my opinions upon their notice, I shall feel it equally my
duty to be at their orders, and to assist them in any man-
ner in which they think I can be of use, to check this
growing and great evil."— County Chronicle.
Our readers may frequently have felt an interest in
perusing the numerous instances of strength and speed
which have been recorded of the horse, without perhaps
being aware that compared with Man himself, the horse
is but a feeble animal. We allude to the respective capa-
bilities of each to support fatigue for a considerable length
of time. There are very few horses, perhaps none, who
could perform the feats which have often been accom-
plished by human pedestrians, such as walking 50 or
60 miles per day, for a number of days successively. This
superiority in man undoubtedly arises from the influence
of mental as well as physical energy, which it is the lot
and the happiness of man to possess, exclusively of all the
members of the animal creation; an extraordinary in-
Hance of which we offer in the following fact:—ln the
year 1793, a corn-porter, of the name of Joseph Oram,
living at Poole, in the county of Dorsetshire, carried on
his shoulder in one day, from a ship to a storehouse,
-I(is sacks of wheat, weighing 574 lbs. per bushel, of
230 lbs. per sack, the distance to and from the ship being
71 yards; the ground actually gone over in this operation
Was consequently 33,015 yards, or 186 miles, and the
%eight carried, including the sacks, was 110,210 lbs.
or nearly 50 tons. During this herculean task, he kept
on shore and on board ten men employed, and for the
performance received 14. 6d


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