Star.
London, England, 1825-05-16 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

MARL PAID. PAM PLR MALL
Atlantic and Pacific - 41100 - -,C
British Iron Company 100 - S • 6e i
British Rock and Patent Salt 50 5
Canada Company - 100 . 10 - 54
London Brick Company 50 1
Provincial Bank of Ireland 100 .5
United Pacific Association 50 5 4i 4
West India Company 100 5 31

Persons of all parties and religions look forward
with intense anxiety to the momentous dlscussitin wlfielr
is to take place to-morrow night in the House of Lords,
on the Second Reading of the Catholic Relief Bill,
which has passed the House of Cotillions by a majority
of twenty-one. That it will not be equally successful
in the second branch of the Legislature, is very gene-
rally believed. Indeed we are convinced, that since the
measure was found to be breaking down in the House'of
Commons, the most sanguine advocates of the Catholic
measure despair of the Bill being carried this Session.
That the cause has gained advocates, both within and
without the Houses *of Parliament, of late years, is
unquestionable; and yet .the numerous petitions that
have been presented to Parliament, against all fur-
ther concessions to the Roman Catholics, prove that
there is a large body of the English people who view
the measure with apprehension. Indeed, we believe
the petitions would have been much more numerous,
had not the continued rejection of the measure in every
Parliament, where it has been discussed for nearly the
last thirty years; inspired a confidence in its opponents
that there was no probability of its becoming the law
of the land.

We have as much respect as any person can have for
the decision of the House of Commons, but we will not
admit that, in every question, they represent the opi-
nions of the great body of the people ; and we believe
the stoutest advocates for their decisions will not con-
tend that, even on the subject of the Corn Laws, the
opinions of individuals, in and out of Parliament, are
the same. We deprecate, too, all arraying of one
branch of the Legislature against the other, as to the
relative value of their decisions, since the Censtitittion
recognizes their equality ; and we believe, in the history
of .public liberty in this country, it will be found to,
have been as sturdily maintained in the Upper as in the
Lower llouse of Parliament •

It is thought by some that the Roni2n Catholic Re-
lief Bill will occupy more than one night's discussion, and
as the Lords are specially summoned, the attendance
is expected to be numerous. There are, we believe,
including the Royal Dukes, 384 Peers. Many,lowever,
are absent, including the Dukes of CritnEscs, CUM-
BERLAND, and CAMBRIDGE, but as it is not unusual for
Peers to leave proxies, it is liOly .that the subject will
be decided by as large a number as ever voted on any
question. That it will be very fairly met and discussed
we are certain, and whatever may bt'lle decision, we
trust ill parties will feel convinced that in this respect
the measure has had justice done to it.

This forenoon we the Allgerireine Zeitung to
-the .10th inst. It contains no inteligence from Greece,
but gives the following account of the Pro:estant Bury.
.
mg-ground, at Rome.

ROME, APRIL 21.
The subscriptiOns, whi h were co nmeneed in 1814
fo, the tepAration and security of the burying gtcund

Christians, not of the Illman Communion, have"
hitherto brought in the sum of 2,627 scudi, 60 baj.
and after obtaining the assent of the Roman Govern-
ment, and making a contract in writing with the Roman
Senate, as grand landlord, the company formed for the
purpose, has applied the money in the following manner:
a trench eight feet broad and as many deep, round the
old building ground, was lined and paved with bricks,
and provided with a parapet, and the necessary
drains.
The surface of the ground was made as level as pos-
sible, the decayed and damaged monuments repaired,
and those graves which had no monuments, provided
with a Cross, and the name of the deceased, and the
day of his death. Some relics of antiquity, found in
digging the trench, were preserved as much as possible,
and pointed out and explained by inscriptions. The
new burying-ground, assigned by Pius VII. and sur-
rounded by a wall, at the expense of the Government,
was laid out with walks, terraces, and plantations, and
a shed built to keep the tools, and to afford temporary
shelter in bad weather. Upon finally balancing
the accounts 22d February, 1825, there was an over-
plus of 253 sc. 20 11.1 j.
An agreement has been made with the guardian of
the Pyramid, who lives close by, that he shall receive
60 scudi annually for taking care of the monuments and
cleaning and attending to the turf and the plantations.
This sum is provided for three or four years by the
overplus abovementioned; but it were to be wished
that this constant expense might be provided for by the
interest of a capital set apart for the purpose. The
Society hopes that this plice, which must be dear and
sacred to so many families, and the care of preserving
and adorning it, will continue to enjoy the support of
the Christian communities, for whose fellow-believers it
is destined.

We have received the French Papers of Friday and
Saturday. Theycontain no political news. The Duke of
NORTHUMBERLAND, our Ambassador Extraordinary,
was introduced at the Tuileries with gre4t stite on
Thursday. Three of , the Royal carriages, drawn by
eight horses, and filled with Officers of the Court, pro-
ceeded to his Grace's hotel, and returned, followed by
three other carriages, drawn by six horses, in which
were the Duke and his suite. The Parisians admired
the richness and elegance of his Grace's equipage. The
Kam received his Grace on the throne, surrounded with
his Officers of State. The following is the account of
this presentation, given in the Moniteur: