Star.
London, England, 1831-04-26 00:00:00

TO THE FREEHOLDERS OF THE COUNTY OF PEAL

BROKE.

GENTLEMEN.

YOUR late Representative, Sir JOHN OWEN, in defiance
of the decided opinions expressed at a most numerous and re-
spectable Meeting of the Freeholders of the County, has, by his vote,
opposed that great measure of Reform, which you have sanctioned with
your approbation :he has done worse—in his address he openly advo-
cates the cause of its opponents, and avows his determined opposition.
He complains of insult, because, forsooth, you took the liberty of pro-
nouncing your own opinion, and he resents, as an indignity, the not in-
• trusting him with a Petition, the prayer of which he has resolved to de-
feat. In this great crisis, when if every one does not exert himself to
the utmost of his power, the cause itself may, by supineness, and by
that alone, be endangered—when the County of Pembroke may be placed
in the degrading situation of returning to Parliament a Member whose
political opinions are nor only at variance with your own, but who de.
Glares the expression of your opinions a personal grievance and !nag-
pity to himself—l, with great deference, presume
.to Offer myself to
your choice.
In my own qualifications for the high honor, I have no confidence;
all I presume to claim, Is a deep conviction of the necessity of the Re-
form proposed by Government—a zealous attachment to the Condit:-
tion--and an unfeigned claire to fulfil your wishes. Highly as I shall
prize the honor of being your Representative, I should not have ven-
tured to solicit your suffrages, if another Candidate, possessing the same
principles, had advanced his claims ; and now, should any other Gen-
tleman connected with the County present himself to your notice, let
him but profess his resolutions to vote in accordance with your senti-
ments, and I will not only withdraw, but render him my cordial
assistance.

I have the honour to be,
.. Your very obedient and faithful servant,
A. FULNE GREVILLE.

Castle Hall, Milford, April' , 1831.

TO THE !GENTLED! EN OF THE SENATE OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

Zawri.zunr,
THE King has been advised to exercise his prerogative of
dissolving Parliament, and of immediately resorting to the sense
of the people in the election of their Representatives. It has been
repeatedly avowed by his Majesty's confidential servants, that
this measure is adopted for the purpose of ascertaining
the sentiments of a New Parliament, not upon the general
expediency of some change in the Representation, but upon
the merits of a particular measure of Reform to which his Majesty's
Government stand committed, and which, in their opinion cannot
be altered or modified with advantage In any point of essential im-
portance. To that measure so proposed I entertain insuperable ob-
jections, and I have been called upon by a very large numbs/ at
the constituent Body of the University of Cambridge professing
similar opinions, to offer myself upon the present seessiss es a
Candidate for the Representation of the University.
Under ordinary circumstances I should not have ventured to aspire to
this high distinction, and the illness under which I am at present la.
boating, and which may unfortunately preclude me from paying my
personal respects to the members of the Senate, would have been
sufficient to deter me from seeking so arduous a trust. But
the present are not ordinary circumstances ; the consideration of

health—the fear of being charged with presumption—are over-
powered by the deep interest which I feel in the maintenance
of thews establishments which are connected with the Univer-
sity, and by a firm conviction that their security is endangered
by that extreme change in our representative system which I have felt
It my duty strenuously to oppoze. lam bound, at the same time, to
avow that I am not adverse to the consideration of a temperate measure
of Reform, which, while it extends the basis of the representation, shallop.
cure to respectability, intelligence, and wealth, their just influence;
shall give to no part of the United Kingdom an undue preponderance;
and shall expose to no hazard those venerable establishments in Church
end State, the integrity of which I believe to be essential to the well-
. being of all classes of the community.
The grounds upon which I make this appeal, impale upon me the
duce of declaring, that I shall consider my election by the University
or the present occasion, as implying only the devolution of a weaponry
trust—and that I shall be prepared to relinquish that trust at any tinie,
when a candidate may be found better entitled in the general opinion
of the members of the Senate, to represent the opinions and promote
the welfare of the University.

I have the honour to be,
Gentlemen,

Your most obdient humble serum,
WILLIAM YATES PEEL.

Apia 26, lei.

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE ELECTION.
MR. PEEL'S COMMITTEE sits DAILY at MOR-
LEI"s HOTEL, COCKSPURSTREET, where any Com.
monications will be gladly received.
The Election will commence on TUESDAY, 3d May.
The Right Hon. Sir GEORGE ROSE, Chairman.

PRIVATE LETTER.-FALMOUTH, APRIL 24.—Arrived
this morning, wind light and variable, his Majesty's ketch
Vigilant, Lieut. Loney, from Lisbon, with mails and advices
up to the 10th instant, on which day she sailed. On the
4th instant a dinner was given on board the English frigate
Briton, by the officers of that ship, to the British and
French Consuls, also to the commanding officers of the
French and English ships of war then lying in the Tagus.
The French and English saluted each other at three dif-
ferent periods of the day, at the time of dinner ; and whilst
the French Consul was on board the English frigate, the
tri-coloured flag aas hoisted out of compliment to him,
which was readily acknowledged by the display of the Ent
lish ensign on board of the French brigand corvette. After
dinner the commander of the English frigate proposed the
health of Louie Philip, King of the French ; after which
being drank, to the health of William IV, King of England,
was proposed by the French Consul ; and, lastly, that of
Maria the Second, Queen of Portugal : on the announce-
ment of each toast, the greatest degree of enthusiasm and
pleasure was manifested by the whole of the company. On
the 6th a public notice was affixed at the Exchange in Lis-
bon, by which the French Consul advised the French sub-
jects to hold themselves in readiness to embark, in case of
Don Miguel's not returning a satisfactory answer, as de-
manded by the Consul, the time for which answer expires
on the llth. Arrest and a dungeon awaits the arrival of
every Portuguese from England and France, those countries
being viewed with abhorrence and contempt by the Miguel-
ites, particularly since the fall of the Polignac and 'Wel-
lington Administrations. The Vigilant sailed again for
y
Plmouth.

LONDON.
TUESDAY, APRIL 26.

tt During the Impending GENERAL ELECT tow, it will be the
anxious endeavour of the Conductors of the STAR to render it a paper
worthy of being daily consulted by all Candidates and Electors, in
every part of the United Kingdom. With that view they invite Can-
didates and Committees, in Town and Country, to favour them with
the daily state of the Poll ; also with Advertisements and Addresses ;
and with any information which they desire to have circulated.

General GASCOYNE died this morning of Apoplexy.
We have Lisbon Gazettes, rem the 4th to the 9th April
this morning, which contain no political news relative to
Portugal. We refer to the private letter of our Falmouth
Correspondent, for the only matter of interest which seems
to have occurred in that abandoned place. In the meantime,
we may observe, that the career of the despot is supposed to
be fast hastening to a close.
German Papers to the 20th April are received this day;
but they do not convey intelligence from the seat of war, to
so late a date, as that which we have already presented to
our readers. We make one or two extracts; but before
quoting them—particularly the first passage—we refer our
readers to our exclusive intelligence, in a subsequent co-
lumn, giving the most gratifying news from Poland. We
have likewise to add, that other advices received in town
this day, state, that Deputies from Lithuania had arrived at
Warsaw, offering assistance in the common cause. When
the last courier left, a thousand armed Lithunians, well
organised and equipped, had entered the capital ; the insur-
rection in favour of the Poles, increased from day to day,
with the greatest rapidity, and extended to Ancient Poland,
u far as Smolenski. A report likewise prevailed, that the
army of DIEBITSCH was surrounded, and a general deci-
sive battle was daily expected.
In announcing yesterday the defeat of DIEBITSCH, we
were aware that there was a note from the Russian head-
quarters at Ryki, dated on the 6th of April—four days be-
fore the battle of the 10th—pompously announcing, that
oif the fine weather continued, the renowned Marshal
was, in the course of a few days, to commence offensive
operations ;" but on the 12th instant, a private letter from
Warsaw, affords the following account of the " offensive"
operations in question :—" We have thrown two bridges
over the Vistula, at Gorard and Molin, to cross over, and
attack the enemy on several points. Siedlic is occupied by
our troops : we have had fighting along the whole of the
line, and have taken three thousand prisoners. The pro-
visional government of Lithuania has published several pro-
clamations; and all the Russian arsenals are in their power,
as well as the treasure. A transport of arms, destined for
the army of Diebitsch, has been seized ; and the inhabitants
of Kowno, who have risen against the Russian government,
had intercepted twelve pieces of cannon, belonging to the
perial guard."
Irma/NA, APRIL 14.—An Austrian officer, who was sent to the
head-quarters of Field-Marshal Diebitsch, returned to this city last
night. He left the Field-Marshal at Ryki, near Pulawy ; and saw
great preparations making for passing over to the left bank of the Vis-
tula. According to his account, the Russian army was in the beat con-
dition, and in no want of provisions, as has been generally affirmed.
The lois sustained in the retreat of Generals Geismar and Rosen is
stated to be inconsiderable, and not to have caused the slightest de-
rangement in the plan of the campaign. The opinion prevailing at the
Russian head-quarters was that all would be finished, and Warsaw
taken within a fortnight !
AUGSBURG, APRIL 18.--Some journals give the following letter
dated Warsaw, April 3,—“ Salutes from the captured Russian cannon
are now heard from the Palace of the Kings of Poland. This city pre-
slots an extraordinary seem of animation, the streets are crowded with
people, hones, and waggons—carrying provisions and ammunition ea
the army; u notwithstanding the Russian magazines that have bon
taken,there is a scarcity in the neighbourhood of the scene of combat. Tlis
most pleasing circumstances in these victories is, that they have cost is
so few men. The French Colonel, Romarino, who commands a Polidi
brigade, has greatly distinguished himself. He understands only al
single Polish word, viz. " Naprzod," (forward) ; and in his joy at ow
brave soldiers, he eontinually called out to them, " Naprzod braves
Polonais." He was promoted to the rank of General in the field of
battle. Romarino, in order to get to us, swam across the Vistula._
Some persons took him for the long-expected Est:ammo-
The Russian prisoners came in troops, even without escort, to War-
saw. The whole road from Mona is crowded with them. Every
prisoner has all his baggage, and only what is tit:. Emperor's property is
taken from him ; his effects and clothes remain his own.

It is truly affecting and delightful to see the humanity of the Poles
to their prisoners. Very often we have seen, in one droschkay, a Pole
and a Russian sitting together—the Pole supporting the severely
wounded enemy. The Russians are received here in the
kindest manner; and, when they are sick, treated in the
hospitals with the same care as our own soldiers. Our women distin-
plat themselves in the care of the sick; and even ladies of the highest
rank take their turn in attending the sick, for 24 hours. That the Rus.
shuts did not expect such treatment is evident, from their emotion and
their gratitude. The number of cannon taken is considerable, though
all could not be brought in, for want of hones.
The standards taken are all placed at the foot of the White Polish
Eagle, on the balcony of the Senate-house, and the royal bird looks
down with pride over these trophies. Heaven itself has manifestly fa-
voured our enterprise z when our army marched out it was involved in a
dense fog, and the victory was gained in the finest vernal weather.
Geismar and Rosen hardly escaped being made prisoners ; whole
battalions of Russians came over to us; and where our formidable
scythe-bearers &hewed themselves, the Russians fell on their knees, and
begged for quarter. The people now fetch all kinds of things, as me.
modals of the combat, from the celebrated alder wood at Grochow, cape-
ehdly balls of every calibre, with which the ground is in a manner
covered.