Star.
London, England, 1831-05-30 00:00:00

PUBLIC OFtiCtl.

Despatches were this day r-7ceived at tho Foreign Office,
in Downing-street, from their Excellencies, our Ambas-
sadors at Paris and the Hague.

We direct the attention of our readers to the details of
foreign intelligence which we present to our readers, prin-
cipally extracted from the Paris Journals received by Esta-
fette this morning ; no paragraph of which they will find de-
void ofactual or relative interest, although perhaps no striking I
event is announced in them, for the first time, to the public. The
state of the Polish war, we make a subject of separate
remark. Perhaps, next in importance are the private sa-
-1 ices from Piedmont ; which represent a policy developing
itself in Austria, which appears viewed with natural uneasi-
ness by the Piedmontese ; and which is generally believed
to be watched with considerable jealousy by France. Pro-
bably, the conjecture in one of these paragraphs, that the
real cause of the approximation of the Austrian troops to Pied-
mont is precautionary, and occasioned by apprehensions of
popular insurrection, maybe correct. But the formidable pre-
parations are too important and ambiguous in their object, not
to merit the serious consideration of those politicians, who are
studying the probable aspect of future events.
At a later hour of the day, we received an extract
from a Paris paper, to the following purport: " Accounts
have been received this morning at Paris, and on which
some dependence can be placed, that the Poles have gained
a signal victory over the Imperial Guard, who were stationed
at Warsaw since 1815, and who accompanied the Grand
Duke CONSTANTIN E, when he was obliged to leave that
city. General KOURUOTA, aid-de-camp of the Grand
Duke, commanded the corps, composed of from seven to
eight thousand men. The battle is said to have taken place
at Sekolow, above Siedlic." •
The Ktwo of FRANCE has, it seems, hastened his return
to Paris, and thereby given countenance to the rumours of
last week of impending hostilities; and to the article in the
Journal des Debuts, on which we enlarged on Thursday.
The assuming tone of Austria in Italy, and perhaps some
question about Belgian affairs, may be the pressing subjects ;
but if the French armies are put in motion, they will either
directly or indirectly influence the fortunes of Poland.
France has certainly no just reason to be jealous of the
approaching oloction of Prime LEOPOLD to the Belgic
sovereignty, for in England be is regarded as more German
than English ; while his domestic and placable character
render him as well fitted to direct a Constitutional Govern-
ment, with honour and wisdom, as ANT PRINCE or THE AGE.
If France did not take the field to protect Italy and Poland,
her cause will be less justifiable, if her hostile attitude is
assumed to interfere a third time in the settlement of the
Belgic Government. We hope it is not so; and that Italy
and Poland are the objects which have drawn forth her pow-
erful protection.
There is, much matter for meditation in the Foreign
Journals of this day.

It appears that Austria has not so far forgot what is due
to the feelings of the world, as to have given up the arms of
DwERNICK es corps. The Austrian officers even refused
to surrender some cannon which the Poles had previously
taken from the Russians. It further appears, that many of
the Polish officers and privates have already arrived in Poland,
as we foresaw was probable. We have in England the
lowest opinion of the liberality of Austria, but we ought,
when we can, " to give even the DEVIL his due."
The war in Poland has taken a new and extraordinary
turn. SCRYZNECKI has assumed the initiative. He no
longer hovers round Praga, but despising the Russians, has
pushed the war to the Narew, and by accounts to the 19th
he had fixed his head quarters at Ostrolenka, where he is in
direct communication and proximity with the Lithuanians !
He seems thus to have gained a march on DIEBITSCII, who
is described as being also in route for Ostrolenka. The
Prussian Journals, as usual, misrepresent, and our soi
disant leaders swallow the bait ; and what with the Prussians
is craft, is with our Journalists gross ignorance of
Polish topography. They unite in telling us that DIV.
EITSCH is on march to Ostrolenka, in order to cross the
Vistula at Plock, which is exactly the same as saying that
a General is on march from Bedford to Leicester in order to
cross the Thames at Oxford, and yet we find this nonsense
in a paper which calls itself " the leading Journal of
Europe.
In fact SKRYZNECKI is enabled, by support from the
insurrection in Lithuania, to carry the war to the Narew,
and the Poles occupy the whole of the left bank, being in
possession of Sierock, Pultusk, and other points, and, as
would appear, of Ostrolenka itself, one hundred miles north
of Warsaw, and nearly half way to the centre of the Lithu-
anian insurrection at Justerburg and Gambinnen.

Preparatory to this grand movement, the able and en-
terprising SKRTZIJECKI despatched CMILIMPWIMI, with
a corps, to the South, where the impregnable fortress of
Zamosc is the centre of operations,— at one@ a protection
to the upper Vistula, and a support of Insurrection in
Velhynia.
Prags and Warsaw are now too strong to .be carried, by
assault, and Russian barbarity has rendered the district be-

tween Praga and the Bag such a desert u itself proves the
sure defence of the capital on that aide.

In a word, inatead of crossing the Vistula at Plock, or
any where, DIEBITSCII is marching and fighting, to keep
up his communications with Russia, and to save the
remnant of his barbarian host.
After all, thero is the town of Plod', about thirty miles
beyond Ostrolenka, a sort of Nottingham in our comparison,
and perhaps it is this Plock to which our precious leading
journal alludes ; but it happens to be nearly 100 miles
from the Vistula.

In fine, we repeat our observations of last week, that if
SIERZYNECKI is at Ostrolenka, he has taken the principal
Russian magazines ; and we shall hear little more of the
Russians in Poland, except of their flight and disasters.
Besides bringing the Cholera Morbus into civilized Europe,
these barbarians are, it seems, shooting and hanging all the
Poles who fall into their hands, and as is to be expected, the
Poles are retaliating on the wild beasts, so that in the face of
France and England, and may we add Austria and Prussia,
such a warfare is going on, as has not beeen heard of in
Europe since the days of Attila and Genseric.
Before the summer is over, we expect to hear of the Li-
thuanians being in such force on the Dwina, as will render
Russia fortunate if she save Riga : and wo expect and desire
to see, the hated ,Sovereignty of the People established
from the Dwina to the Warthe or the Oder, and the Vistula
the Bug, and Narew flowing through the centre of the In-
' dependent Kingdom of Poland.

The LORD LIEUTENANT of Pembrokeshire has had 1
influence enough to procure himself to be returned for his
own county, by a colourable majority of 99 of 4,000 Free-
holders. It is reported to be one of those cases which calls
for the exemplary notice of Parliament, and that Mr. GRE-
V ILLS and his friends stand pledged to the country to bring
it duly before the Legislative Tribunal. That any Lord
Lieutenant should use his local influence to effect a personal
purpose, is not wonderful ; but it is to be lamented, that
after any one becomes 11 partisan, he should be continued in
so influential an official station.

In the MISCELLANEOUS 11;;;TATES printed in this pa-
per on Saturday, two items could not fail to strike every
Reader—that for Printing, 104,3001;—and that for Print-
ing and Stationery, 131,5251! Now surely, while for a few
pounds of taxes, so many families every year are doomed
to see their goods given away by public auction, it seems
as cruel as improvident to waste such immense sums on such
objects. Need such fine paper, and such expensive typo-
graphy, be resorted to ? Need every official letter be on the
stoutest and finest paper ? Need wax be employed in
such profusion? Need pens of such high price be used
when one steel pen would out-last one hundred ?
Need there be so much margin to public papers, considering
the vile purposes to which nine-tenths are put? Need such
fortune-making prices be paid to printers ? In fact, might
not 200,0001. per annum be saved in the two items—and
only such documents be printed as would repay the cost by
public sale? Our confidence in Lords GREY and ALTHORP,
and our knowledge of the art of printing, justify these
observations ; and when Parliament meets again, we hope
the late Committee will be re-appointed, and will rigorously
do its duty.
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The meeting of the party of the wrong-heads at the PITT
Curls is beneath any formal observation.

ROYAL EXCHANGE. ONE O'CLOCK.

Consols, which left off on Saturdayaiiiifor the Ac-
count, opened this morning at 83i to 84, at which price
they are at present.
TWO O'CLOCK.

Consols had reached, in the early part of the morning, to
84f for the account ; since which the market is not quite so
good, and at present may be quoted 84 to I, with little
doing. Money stock is more easy to be obtained. Consols
for money is at the same price as for the account.
THREE O'CLOCK.
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We just hear that an Express has arriveciwiihtia;;;Zp-
page of a Bank in Somersetshire, owing to the late failures
in the Stock Exchange.
The Dutch steamer has arrived : letters will not be deli-
vered till four o'clock : we do not hear it brings later news
from Poland than received. Consolsl33i to 84.
In the Foreign Market, Brasilia Imperial Shares are at Al. 8m-
M= Hoods for Ace, 821 31 21 3. Danish Bonds, 3 per Cent, 831 1.
Meziean Bonds, Spa Ct,1191 30; ditto 11125. 391 9*. Peruvian, 14.
Portuguese, 421 ; for Aect, 431. Russian, 931 51 S. Spanish, is.
French 5 per Cent, 91130 c. Three per Ct, 65f 55e. &dump, SA
The Provincial Bank of Ireland Shares are at 27 281.
By the London line oTpaclip Ontario, Capt. Sebor,
from New York, papers have been received at the North and
South American Coffee House, to the Ist May; also Phila-
delphia papers to the 21st April.
The New York papers state, that tbe Canada papers con-
firm the intelligence of the loss of the steam-boat Waterloo,
which plied between Montreal and Quebec. She was struck
by a heavy field of ice, and sunk in sixty feet water.
The Philadelphia Papers have an extract from the New
York Mercantile Advertiser, stating :—" We congratulate
the underwriters, and merchants, on the large fleet of ves-
sels that, during these last ten or fifteen days, have arrived
at our port, with so many valuable cargoes.
REBELLION IN HAYTI.—A late number of the Jamaica
Courant, received at New York, says, " We understand
that accounts have been received here by His Ma-
jesty's ship Mersey, that President Boyer received
intelligence, that a revolution had been attempted
at Aux Cayes ; and that the President would take tbe field,
at the head of his guard. Port au Prince, which was once
a most flourishing city, is now almost desolate, and in a
ruinous condition.

Madras Papers to the 29th January have been received
at the North and South American Coffee-house. The
following are extracts : " It seems a report Is current
in Calcutta, that the India debt is about to be re-
duced. The brig, Hope, arrived on Thursday last
from Moulmein, the 11th January. By this opportunity,
we learn that a most destructive fire occurred there on the
morning of the 4th. The market place, and about 300 of the
principal houses, are stated to be destroyed. Severallives were
lost. Arrangements for the trial of a native chieftain of rank
are mentioned. The Rajah of Oykerah Singh is charged
with having, through the agency of his brother's servants,
assassinated his brother.
We see, in the provincial papers, that a statement was
one evening last week made by a London paper, that
great alarm had taken place at the east end of the town,
owing to the cholera morbus having appeared. Now, we
feel it our duty to state, that a more gross untruth never
was invented, or printed. There was no cholera marbles,
and no alarm ; and it must have been a fabrication, for
the mere purpose of seasoning a very dull paper.


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