Star.
London, England, 1831-05-03 00:00:00

THEIR MAJESTIES.

WINDSOR, MAY'2.—This forenoon Baron OMPTEDA,
the new Hanoverian minister, arrived at the Castle; and
after partaking of refreshments, had a long audience of his
MAJESTY, at the conclusion of which his Excellency de-
parted for town.
At three o'clock the KING, accompanied by the Duchess
of GLOUCESTER, loft the Castle in a close carriage. The
QUEEN followed on horseback, attended by Prince GEORGE
of Cambridge, Sir ANDREW BARNARD, Lord HILL, and
other Gentlemen of the suite.

His Royal Highness the Duke of GLOUCESTER and the
Countess of BROWNLOW in one phaeton, and Miss EDEN
and Miss WILSON in another, followed their Majesties.
The Royal cortege proceeded by the Long Walk into the
Great Park, where they took the road to Virginia Water, in
the neighbourhood of which they continued their airing for
upwards of two hours.
Colonel FREDERICK FITICLARENCE arrived at the
Castle this day, and will remain all night.
The KING will go to town on Wednesday next, for the
purpose of holding a Council and Levee, but will return to
the Castle the same evening.
On Monday next their MAJESTIES will leave for St.
James's palace, where they will remain for a few days.
The Royal visit to Portsmouth is deferred for a few days.
COUTtrMIWILAR.

Prince and Princess Lieven gave a grand dinner last night
to the Duke and Duchess of Cuml•erland, at their residence
in Hanover-square. Their Royal Highnesses were attended
by Lady Sophia Lennox, Miss Cooper, Baron Linzingen, and
Col. Poten. The Foreign Ambrissadors and Ministers, and
their Ladies, with a select party of the nobility and gentry
were present to meet the Royal Duke and Duchess.
Earl Grey entertained Prince Leopold, several of the Fo-
reign Ministers and their Ladies, the Commissioners from
Belgium, and a select party at dinner on Sunday evening,
at his residence in Downing-street.
The Danish Minister transacted business at the Foreign
Office yesterday.
Viscount Althorp left town on Sunday, to attend his elec-
tion at Northampton.
Mr. Powlett Thomson has returned to town from Dover.

Yesterday the Lord Chamberlain issued cards of invita-
tion for a grand dinner party for the 28th instant, at
Devonshire House, for the celebration of his Majesty's
birth-day.

CITY, ONE O'CLOCK.
Consols, which left off yesterday at 79 for the account
opened at the same price : at present they are 781 to 79.
The Express from Paris is void of interest, but the French
Rentes come lower.
The Private Letters from Lisbon state that the French
ships sailed on the 19th.
Accounts from Terceira state that sixteen schooners, and
several gun-boats, with six hundred men, had sailed to take
possession of Fayjal.
CITY, HALF-PAST TWO O'CLOCK.
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It appears that the fate of Don Miguel is no;.rfastirp-
proaching; the French shipping, with about fifty French
merchants on board, have sailed from the Tagus ; previous
to which the two French prisoners that were on board
a transport were relanded ; one of them, the old man
of seventy years, after being put on shore was sent to
one of the worst dungeons in Lisbon, and no person was
suffered to see him ; the other was also sent to prison. A
postcript to the letter states that the English steamer has
just arrived with a messenger bearing important despatches
from the English Government. The contents had not
transpired.
A gentleman who arrived yesterday from Warsaw, con-
firms the retreat of thelllussian army.
Consols have been, during the morning, 79, alternately
buyers and sellers, with little doing.
The Foreign Market is not worth observation : nothing
doing.

NAVAL IVTELLIGENCE.
FALMOUTH, MAY 1.

Arrived to-day (wind S.S.E.), the Marlbro' packet, Ball, from Lis.
boo, left on the 24th of April, with mails : his Majesty's ships Briton
and Childers, also the Egire, were in the Tagus at that date. On the
19tit, the French brig of war Endrnion, sailed for France, having on
board the French Consul. On the 23d of April, his Majesty's steamer
Canon, arrived in the Tagus, from Plymouth. Monsieur and Madlie.
de Route, French merchant and lady, and seven refugees, came passen-
gers in the Alarlbro'. Also arrived here, the David Ricardo, Smith,
from the Havannah, in 46 days, for St. Petersburgh, with loss of stan.
&eon and bulwarks; the Maria, Ramo, from Dunkirk, for Martinique;
and the Fiche, Batrick,' from Jacmel, in 66 days, for orders. Priced
the port, the brig Emulous, M'Cutcbeoo, from St. Domingo, in 66
days, for Hambro'. Sailed the Adeona. Stewart, for Liverpool.

NORTHAMPTON TOWN ELECTION.—This election com-
menced yesterday, with much spirit : the numbers at the
close of the poll (first day) were—Robinson, 484 ; Smith,
458 ; Gunning, 402 ; Lyon, 83.
CAMBRIDGE ELECTION.—We are authorized to contra-
dict in the most positive terms, the statement which ap-
pears in a letter in the Times of this morning, that " the
Gentlemen of the Committees of Mr. GOULBURN
and Mr. PEEL, were actively engaged in sending
off votes to Cambridge on Sunday last." Not a
coach or carriage of any description was engaged for
that day ; and if any gentleman did go to Cambridge on
Sunday, it was not at the request of either Committee.
The anonymous author of this letter well knows the object',,
of making so unfounded a statement at this moment; for
he is right in supposing that any deliberate violation of
the Sabbath is quite inconsistent with the principles of
those gentlemen, upon whom Mr. Gouminau and Mr.
Pau. rely for support.
The present Lord Walsingham, who is Archdeacon of
Surrey, a Prebend of Winchester, and Rector of Fawley, in
the New Forest, it is expected, will resign the greater part
of his church preferment.
Out of 300 freeholders in the Isle of Wight, Mr. Fleming,
the late Member for Hampshire, after a close canvass, was
only able to secure 30 promises.
As a proof that the Government was not indifferent to
what might be the state of the town on the night of the
late illumination, the Police Magistrates were directed by
the Secretary of State to remain at their offices till after
midnight.
We have again and again cautioned our readers against
the " authentic accounts and official advicee" of a certain'
Evening Contemporary, who we take it on ourselves, not
only does not receive other intelligence than we receive, but
often, gives as new, what we publish 24 hours before. A
few evenings since, for example, we had his " authentic
accounts" of the disastrous and hopeless state of Polish
affair., of which we really were not aware till we saw them
reflected from some of the gullible provincials; but in so-
briety and earnestness, we ask our readers whether one tittle
of the really authentic news received from Poland, within
these three days, affords the slightest colour for the said
" authentic accounts." No trace appears in the Polish
journals in the smallest degree adverse to the National
Cause.—Diebitsch has for a fortnight been in full retreat—
his troops are laying down their arms by thousands—and
no man in Poland, or elsewhere, could have sent any account
to warrant such an assertion ; and it evidently was brought
forward to produce a belief, that the paper in question bad
sources of information which are not open to us ; it therefore
becomes our duty to ourselves, and the public, to expose
such protonsions.