Star.
London, England, 1831-03-15 00:00:00

VESTRY BILL.

31r. 110 BHOUSE moved that this bill be re-committed to a Select
Committee of the house.

The nicuon was agreed to. and a select committee appointed.
SUGAR DUTIES.

Lord A ',THORP, in answer to a question from Mr. H. Gordon,
who wisl.td to have this final arrangement of the sugar duties for three
months, said, that he had already declared he could not consent to a di.
minution of these duties during the present year ; but that with respect
to the ether points, he had them under his consideration, and hoped he
should be able to make some arrangement with respect to them, for the
purpose of relieving the West India interests.
The Report was brought up.

AMELICAN 11011NDALT.

Mr. ROBINSON moved for the production of the papers relative
to the dispute between this country and the United States of America,
with respect to the Canadian boundary, and for the production of the
decision of the King of Holland on this subject, which had been re•
ferred to his arbitration.

Lord PALMERSTON opposed the motion, on the pound that the
transaction was yet Incomplete. If the house would take his word for
it, they would refuse the motion.

Tit F. EV ENINI-11 STAR.

LONDON.

TUESDAY, MARCH 15.

Our Readers will find in our subsequent columns, arranged
according to our usual plan, a selection of interesting para-
graphs from the French Journals, received by the Estafette
of this morning ; and a Letter from our Paris Con-
RESPONDENT, giving briefly his views of the state of
opinion in Paris, at the date of his letter. We recom-
mend our readers to peruse the acute comments in Le
Temps, on the enemies to the great measure of Reform,
now properly engrossing the attention and energies of Britons.
The extract from La Tribune, a proscribed journal, illus-
trates, with those we have before given, the sentiments of
the ultra-revolutionary, and, it is to be suspected, most nu-
merous party in France. The incident, first mentioned in
yesterday's STAR, that the sons of Louis Bo x APARTE are
engaged in the Italian Revolution, is again alluded to by our
Correspondent, as well as in our extracts; and, we presume,
may be considered as a fact. On the whole, if the Readers
of the STAR do us the justice of comparison—and com-
parison can alone do us justice—they will iu to-day's paper
observe a farther proof of the priority of our Continental
Intelligence.

The HOLY CAUSE of Poland is that which invites and
commands universal solicitude; yet the Duchy of Warsaw
is hermetically sealed by traitors to the European Cause,
and we get no intelligence, except what passes through the
political cullinders of Berlin and Vienna. The Press of
Dresden, so near the seat of war, seems to be defunct ; and
that of Belgium to be equally paralysed. Some French
editors do their duty ; but at such a moment, the Paris
journals are filled with nauseating speculations, about
which of the various impotencies is next to nullify
the powers and glory of France. Europe demands, and the
French people also demand, in language too often expressed,
a NEW CHAMBER, identified in soul and principle with
France and liberty; and in that event, we should soon see the
seals broken, which shut out the Poles from the support of
al l civilization.

We regard the cause of Poland as that of all the nations
of Europe, and of every family in the civilized world. If
Prussia is bribed by her fears about Koningsberg and Posen,
she will, before this generation passes away, have greater fears
for Berlin and Potsdam. If Austria is bribed by her fears about
Cracow and Lublin, she will soon have greater fears for Pres-
burg and Vienna. In a word, the Tartars and Siberians must be
driven beyond the Niemen, and never be allowed to pass it;
or Europe will oscillate for ages between civilization and
barbarity. Poland must not only be preserved, but so for-

tiled and strengthened, as to be the invulnerable security
of Europe, against the inroads of hordes of countless barba-
rians, conducted by an Asiatic despotism.
We conceive that, in repulsing the Russians—in the des-
peration with which they sought the cover of dwellings,
instead of the woods and marshes—at such a season, was
not only a great victory, but all the victory which the infe-
rior Lumbers of the Poles could be expected to achieve.
With them it was a defensive war, and a successful defence
was to them a great victory. Europe feared that 200,000
men, including the imperial guards, would, at a blow, have
taken Praga and Warsaw by assault. Yet after five or six
days hard fighting—attended by incalculable losses—
the Russians were not only kept at a distance, but obliged
to separate, and take the sorry chance of another system of
operations. In a word, the Poles may now demand their
Constitution ; or they may hold out till 100,000 Frenchmen
have crossed Saxony and Silesia, and given the barbarians
another such lesson as they received at Austerlitz and
Freidland.

Yet even while we were last night giving circu-
lation to this gratifying intelligence, we blush to
state that a contemporary was re-echoing its raven
notes, and proclaiming from its divan of mischief,
the capture of Warsaw, on terms which too plainly
expressed a sympathy with the captors. Did true Greek
ever associate the word " victory" with the death of LED•
N IDA S and his Spartans ? For our parts, we will put our
vapor in mourning, if we ever have to record the occupation
of Warsaw by the Russians; except under a convention, which
assures to the Poles due respect to the Constitution of 1815.
We are not less diverted by the state of ITALY, than by
that of POLAND, from our own proud domestic position. In
that fine and populous country, the people seem to be sud-
denly awakened from a long night of superstitious and
'civil thraldrom. The x n i-co Lou lit D ILAO waves in Ix-
P E 111 A L Rom E ; and some members of the Bonaparte Fa-
mily have taken under their fortunate auspices, Me task of
regenerating that lost country. In the mean time, Austria
trembles for her encroachments, and, as it would appear,
can no longer resist her itch for intervention ; but France,
true in this case to the national honour, seems to be dis-
posed in earnest to protect the Italians. We may, there.:
fore, expect a rupture in that quarter ; of the result of which i
there can be no doabt whatever. Fifty thousand French,
with the rights of man inscribed on their standards, might
march from one end of the Continent to t!:e other, and effect '
far more than NAPOLEON with five hundred thousand, as-
sociated with his coquetry towards despots, and his known
hatred of liberal institutions.

We observe newspaper publishers announcing the retire-
ment of Lord ALTHORP from the Exchequer. If true,
we should regard it as a great public misfortune. If his
Lordship has not been happy in his fiscal plans—he pos-
sesses that integrity which wins all hearts, and at this
moment a grain of honesty is worth a pound of craft and
cunning.

In the House of Lords last night, the Duke of DEVON-
SHIRE took occasion to declare his hearty concurrence in
the Reform Bill ; and to his immortal honour the Mar-
quis of CLEVELAND repeated the approbation which he
had expressed on a former evening. He cheerfully sur-
rendered his personal interests in a system which he con-
sidered injurious to the country.

Lord WYN FO D objected to the increased expense of the
proposed Bankrupt Administration, which would cost 40,000
instead of 21,0001. He thought five judges would do as
well as ten, and moved the re-commitment of Lord
BROUGHA Nes Bill. His Lordship defended his bill, and
mistakenly urged the despair of the commercial interest, if
it miscarried ; not being aware that it is the principle of the
bankrupt law which is objected to by them, far more than
the forms. A division, however, took place, 19 for Lord
AV YN FORD'S amendment, and 34 against it. Subsequently the
re-commitment was postponed for a week, but in the mean time
Lord Bata6llAm ought to be told that a clause giving
a majority of creditors a power of arranging with an in-
solvent, is what commerce wants, far more than any change
in the forms, which will effect little or no benefit to the
public.
The House of Commons sat till nearly two o'clock.
Sir. R. A. Ferguson's election was declared void.
IA debate arose about grants to a Dublin Education So-
ciety, for the purpose of enabling Protestants to educate
i Catholics !

Mr. SA DLER postponed his anxiously expected motion on
the Poor Laws till the 19th of April, a delay which we
deprecate, as it merits precedency over every other subject,
after the Reform Bill,
General GASCOYNE, in presenting an address from
12,000 inhabitants of Liverpool in favour of the Reform
Bill, expressed his personal objection to the 101. franchise,
land Sir ROBERT WILSON said something further against
ballot, and talked about spoliation and revolution ! What
say his constituents ?
Mr. HUNT, in reply to some reflection of Sir R. PEEL,
said the difference between them was this, that Sir ROBERT'S
father was a trader, and that he was the first gentleman of
his family ; while, though lie (Mr. HUNT) was a trader, his
father was a gentleman.
Sir J. NEWPORT moved for enquiry into the first-fruits
of Ireland, the improper valuation of which had led to grants
of 160,0001. for building and repairing Churches ; and Mr.
O'CoN N ELL subsequently said it was 630,0001. in twenty-
five years. The inquiry is to be made.
In a Committee on the Custom-house Duties, Lord AL-
T HOR P moved a duty of ss. 10d. on every hundred weight
of Foreign Wool imported ; and Mr. P. THOMPSON moved
the Colonial Timber Duties, both of which were agreed to.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL brought up the Reform Bill, which
was read a FIRST TIME, and was ordered to be read a
second time next Monday. He stated that BEWDLEY
could have but one member—that :Sculcoates would be
united to Hull—that Chatham and Stroud would be united
to Rochester—Portsea to Portsmouth—and that Devonport
and Stonehouse would have two members—and Halifax and
suburbs two members.

In • Committee of Supply £14,451 Arm g anted
Museum.
£357,111 for the Recruiting Service.
£724,522 for Staff and Hospital Officers.
£103,897 for Military Establishments.
£12,420 for Medicines, &c.

And £33,835 for garrisons, which, with leiewnve
their sinecures was objected to by Mr. H st E, and a divni. I,
took place of 95 to 18.
£5,627 was then voted for Sandhurst.

CITY, ONE O'L Lock,
Consols which left off yesterday at 751 t foe tie
opened this morning at the same price, soon at;
to 764 for money, at present they are 75i, for II:
account, the improvement is attributed to the f.,„)
Ministry, who are supposed to be peaceably ineliw.J.
In the foreign market little or nothing doing as v( t.
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK
Consols have been fluctuating during the morning r„..
754 to 761 for money, a backadation of 11 per cent. still
tinues, which is a proof that money stock is in demand.
Consols at present may be quoted 751 for the account.
The public are still very anxious for the fate of Poland;
and are waiting the arrival of the Dutch steamer, by
they expect to obtain further information, in reprd to N.
operations of the Russian army.
A Singapore paper of a late date has arrived, b %% c- (I,
not hear of its being important.
The prices in the Foreign Market are much the sank
yesterday, with little or nothing doing.