Star.
London, England, 1831-04-12 00:00:00

pointed GEISMAR as his enects.:4, if o, tk:( st:11;16t.
and defeat of GarsitAß is the more fortunate.

Altogether, the Russians appear, to have lost 20,000
men on the 31st March and Ist April, together, with the
artillery, baggage, abd ammunition of two divisions of their
army—results QUITE DECISIVE OP THEIR HOPES 10
POLAND.

This eveningthe Parliament re-assembles, and will shortly
resume the consideration of the most important subject that
ever was submitted for its determination. After the senti
ments of the entire people, with the exception of
those interested, primarily or secondarily, in perpetuating
corruption. have been so fully and unambiguousl) expressed,
it is hardly possible, that the decision of the Senate,
even as at present constituted, can be adverse to the Re-
form which his Majesty's Ministers have so nobly advocated;
but should such an untoward perversion of sound judgment
occur, to detract from the character of this country and age,
we know there is a remedy, and that it will be boldly and
promptly adopted.
The situation of Ireland at the present moment, and we
may say, the prosf ective state of England, if we venture
to extend our view beyond the busy Spring and Summer
months, must certainly render any unnecessary retardation,
in the organization of a properly constituted Senate, of the
most vital importance to the permanence of tranquillity,
and the security of property. It is not possible, we fear,
that even a new Parliament, constituted as we hope the
first new Parliament will be, can remove, suddenly, the
poverty which exists, and is daily increasing, among the
humbler classes, both in this country and Ireland ; but the
very existence of such an improved Parliament will repress
impatience even under sufferance, by giving a cheering
and remedial influence to the natural dictates of hope.
A new Parliament, it cannot be concealed, however, is but
the machinery which is to work out the future cure of our
complicated political evils. If we were not to expect
the measure of Reform, to work changes—to effecttransmu-
tation great and innumerable—we should deem it worthless.
That it will produce these changes tranquilly—gradually
and innoxiously to the general interests— we believe, and
therefore we believe it, ' redolent of bliss"—a preventative
to all revolution, the essence of which is violence.

We are among those, who conceive that our evils are deeper
seated, and proceeding from causes more completely pervad-
ing the circumstances of existing society, than to be removed
by merely a removal of imposts, and the retrenchment of
expenditure. These reforms are necessary and proper,
along with others ; but it is to call into employment the un-
employed, to give life to dormant energies, and by rendering
what a man earns secure, exclusively for his own enjoyment,
that distress alone can be alleviated in this, or any other
country.

Another Conference of the Ministers of the Great Powers
was held this afternoon, at the Foreign-Office. There
were present, the same as yesterday, the Russian, Aus-
trian, French, and Netherlands Ambassadors ; the Prus-
sian Minister; the Baron de WEssEunvßO, Minister from
Austria ; and Viscount PALMERSTON.

CITY. ONE O'CLOCK.
This being settling day in Consols, the brokers and job-
bers are chiefly occupied in arranging their accounts; and
up to the present time, we do not hear of any defaulters,
indeed most of the great speculators' accconts are already
adjusted ; and it only remains at present for the little ones
to come to book.

The extreme fluctuation in the Account has been about
51 per cent. and by the drawback which still continues, of
about i per cent. it is evident that it is a great Bear Ac-
count.

Consols, which left off yesterday at 801 for the Account,
opened at the same price this morning ; afterwards were
done at 801 : at present they are 80 to 1.
The official account of the successes of the Poles, is re-
ceived in the City with much pleasure.
A Lisbon Mail has arrived ; sailed on the 3d April. We
do not hear whether it has brought any news of importance.
In the Foreign Market nothing doing.
The French Papers by the Mail this morning have the
following :—lt is said that Prince Leopold will not be King
of 13clgium. France will oppose an English Prince, as
well as England opposed a French Prince.
The following is a letter from Marshal Jourdan, on his
subscribing to the patriotic loan :—" Paris, 7tb April.
Sir,—The subscription proposed in your number of the 6th,
is eminently patriotic ; and it will have for its result not only
the support of public credit, but also to prove to the foreign
cabinets, that Frenchmen are freely rallying round the
throne of their King, and are ready to sacrifice their lives
and property to cause to be respected the honour and inde-
pendence of France.—Marshal Jounnatt."

A letter from Aix-la-Chapelle, of the 4th April, states
that a courier arrived there on that day, with orders that all
the Rhenish landwebr must be ready to take the field on the
16th inst.

CITY, TWO:O'CLOCK.
Consols are not so good as in the early part of the morn-
ing, when they were done at 80i ; since which they have
receded to 80 ; at present they are 80b to i for money, and
for next time 79i .
The account as yet appears to go off well. We have no
further political information at present.
In the Foreign Market little or nothing doing.
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The Coast Blockade Service is now generally dispersed'
most of the officers have joined the Preventive or Coast
Guard Service under the Custom House, and the best men
have been drafted • into ships of war. The Talavera, in the
Downs, and Hyperion, at Newhaven, will shortly be paid
off, being no longer wanted as head quarters.
General Thornton has postponed to the County day of the
next Middlesex Sessions, the following two motions, viz :
" That measures be taken without further delay to add ma-
chinery to the tread-wheels at the House of Correction, in
order to apply them to some useful purpose. And that a re-
presentation be made to the Secretary of State for the Home
Department on the great annoyance at present occasioned
by common beggars, notwithstanding the propriety in general
with which the duty of the new police is conducted."
There is a little town in France, not very generally
known, which cannot be visited without interest, when it
be remembered that Demetrius, wbo descended from Trajan
the Roman Emperor, spent a considerable part of his life
there. This individual lived in the time of Voltaire, and was
a Captain in the French army. No man who lived at that
period could boast of so noble an origin, for he could reckon
among his ancestors 26 Kings and 16 Emperors--six of
Constantinople, 10 of Trebisond, and two of Hemline
Points ; 16 Kings reigned at Colchis, and eight at Seq.—
/7unit de Loredres.