Star.
London, England, 1831-05-06 00:00:00

died hard; but the greatest heroes must die. In Northamp-
ton, public virtue seemed to have been smothering unde a
bushel for a whole generation, but it has burst like a vol-
cano. May the county have a similar opportunity of dis-
, playing its spirit.

Cambridge University is truly in a sorry position ; but
such a lesson was necessary to satisfy the public, of what
every sensible student feels for six months after his entry,
and which gems de lettres have long felt. We repeat that
close corporations retrograde in wisdom, and are necessarily
below the standard of the age.
In ESSEX, in spite of the sixteen servile, at HARWICH,
we have a quadruple triumph in the double ascendancies of
HARVEY and MAYHEW at COLCHESTER; and of WES-
TERN and WELLESLEY fop the County. COI. TYRItELL
and the tories had, on the first day, fearful odds against him,
and yet we know there has been no lack of zeal and confi-
dent assertions in his adherents. The enthusiasm however,
in favour of the popular candidates is without bounds.

In Kent, Sir EDWARD KN ATCIIBULL has been obliged
to yield to the Sturdy Independence of the 'famous freemen
of that fine county, and Messrs. HODGES and RIDER, two
decided reformers, will be returned without opposition.
In Surrey, Messrs. DErrisox and BRISCOE, two re-
formers, have been returned without contest.

In Berkshire, Messrs. DUNDAB and Tit aocxerowrow
have been returned after a great chew of opposition from
Mr. PALMER who voted against the Bill.
In the adjoining County of Buckinghamshire, Messrs.
SMITH and GRENTELL entered the field late, and the
tenantry of Stow havo outnumbered the independent Free-
holders in the first day's poll. We might be discouraged
if we did not know Messrs. SMITH and GREN YELL; and
we hope in two or three days to have a better report. The
Marquess displayed three to one, but Buckinghamshire is a
long county.

Sir WATKIN WILLIAMS WYNNE is about to have his
sovereignty of North Wales successfully disputed by Mr.
Jou w MADDOCKS, who is canvassing Denbyshire with the
best prospects.
Lord NORREYS cherishes hopes in Oxfordshire, but,
judging of the County by the City, we consider his hopes
as vain.

At Gloucester, Mr. Pin LPOTTO has been ejected, after a
day's unsuccessful poll, by Captain BERKELEY, a "whole
Bill" man.

Barnstaple has signalized itself in this struggle, and, after
a short contest, this spirited town has ejected Messrs. Tu DO R
and STEVENS, both of whom voted against the Bill, and
chosen Messrs. Honosow and CHICHESTER, two decided
Reformers. We can, therefore, owing to the virtue of this
little place, afford to the party their Members for Cambridge.
But one of the most important of all triumphs is
the substitution of Messrs. Macnow Au:, and LErEv az,
in Hampshire, for Messrs. HEATIICOTE and FLEMING,
both the latter having resigned to their opponents.
We might enumerate, in like manner, the defeat of
Mr. PRICE, at Sandwich ; Mr. HOT, at Southampton ;
the return of that honest member, Mr. CREEVT, for
Downton ; the defeat of the Castle interest at Warwick, by
Messrs. TOMES and KING ; the success of Mr. FOSTER at
BRIDO NORTH the ejection of Lord HOTHAM at LEOMIN-
STER, and the good prospects of Col. Toanass, at Ashbur-
ton, &c. &c. But we have stated enough to show that
England alone will enable ministers to carry the bill, with-
out reckoning on the energies of Ireland, and the equivocal
patriotism of the voters in Scotland.
We regret that the lATZTZT oft should have instituted
a prosecution against the Morning Post. In the war of
party, harder missals occasionally slip from the hands of the
combatants than are intended, and the literally hard ones,
by which our Cotemporaries' windows were improperly as-
sailed, naturally produced some irritation. Personal vitu-
peration we consider disgraceful to any Journal ; but we
must in candour avow, that the Journal under prosecution
seldom, even in the heat of battle, exceeds the limits of
legitimate warfare, against public conduct. It does not,
like certain other Journals, on both sides of the present
question, aim at personal feelings, or vindictively scatter its
vitriol about to excoriate on whomsoever it may fall.

CITY. ONE O'CLOCK.

The French papers, received by the mail this morning,
state, by accounts from Chamberg, of the 29th April, that a
vast conspiracy has been discovered in Piemont. Austria, in
concert with the Queen, and the Generalissimo of the
troops, Paolucci, wanted to carry off Prince Carignan and
his family, and to place at the head of the government the
Duke of Modena.

Madras papers to the 16th January, and Calcutta to the
11th January, received at the North and South American
Coffee-house.

The Madras papers says, Lord Dalbousie's camp was ex-
pcted to leave Benares on the 4th or sth proximo. His
Lordship's health is perfectly good.
The following paragraph is from the Hurkara, of the 23d
ult.—We think it right to notice a rumour now current, and
generally believed, that the Court of Directors has resolved,
that the issue of Bills on them in payment of the dividends
of interest on the public loans, shall be entirely discontinued.
The great difficulty of effecting remittances to meet the Bills,,
it is said, has influenced the decision.
From Bombay we learn that Sir Sidney Beckwith has
been obliged to leave the Presidency, owing to indisposition.
From the Calcutta Price Current, Cotton, with the ex-
ception of a few bales of new taken for shipment, the opera-
tions through the week have been confined to parcels.l
The Indigo market continues unusually dull for this season
of the year. Europe goods without improvement. Snmc
description of cotton piece goods, such as book muslin.,
lappets, and Bengal stripes, of which the stocks are de-
clining, sell readily, but no advance in prices.
Accounts from Lublin state that a corps of troops of
30,000 men is in that neighbourhood.
CITY. HALP.P.AST TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols have been fluctuating during the morning, from
80i to 80i for the account, at present they are 8011, and
a shade better for money. According to the Moniteur, , the
great preparations for the marching of the Austrian army,
as well as that of France, appears to be destitute of truth,
and ne doubt it was made for stock jobbing purposes. In
the foreign market nothing doing.
The following is posted at the North and South Ame-
rican Coffee-house :--• A Mexican vessel has arrived at
Liverpool, in forty-two days, from Vera Cruz ; sailed the
23d March. The Mutine packet left on the 14th • the
Eclipse arrived on the 19th ; the former brings 200,000
dollars, having been there bat a few days only.