Star.
London, England, 1830-02-11 00:00:00

King John 11. and of Niasnuel, in their paternal designs for the
aggrandisement Of iheitilitive 101111 P Amoupt them we shall find
Mt brave and chivalrous companions of the Albuquerques, the

Verna, Almeidas, Oamas,-Cunhas, Pachecos, and Ataydes ; men
whose names are inseparably associated with the proudest meollee-
• nose of national glory..snd .consecrated by the purest patriotism;
to whose memories it would be derogatory to compare the wretched
apostates who 'attested their own unblushing baseness by subscrib-
in; to an infamoui decree, subversive of the right of their lee-
amide Queen, Donna Maria da Gloria—were it not that the very
contrast of unsullied honour, with such venal corruption, may ex-
cite the generous indignation of all enlightened and liberal spirits;
and perpetuate, in the bitter accretions of a betrayed country, the
infamy of those " fanatical hypocrites," who, for their own sordid
pr rposett„ would Swear allegiance to the government of any usurper,
as they did to that of Bonaparte in 1808 ; to the insurgent govern-
ment of Oporto in 1820; and to Don Miguel in 1828.
The rumples with which history has famished us, indisputably
prove, that although a foreign Prince can never succeed to the
throne of Portugal, yet Portuguese Princes may, of right, claim the
succession to, and possess, the crowns of foreign states, without in-
fringing the Lamego Act of Settlement. Thus, the birth of Don
Pedro's son, the Imperial Prince of Brazil, having taken place
subsequent to the deciaretion of Brazilian independence, he stands
In the condition of a foreigner, and is debarred fram all claim or pre.
•tension to the inheritance of the Portuguese kingdom—" guts ana-
gram nohow: nosirtnie Reruns ire for de Poritagedentilase s"—
but that Prince's sisters, having been ban in the united king.
dons of Portugal, Brazil, and Algarve, possess actual and eventual
. rights to the Portuguese succession according to thepreadence, in
order of time, of their several births. So that even were a compro-
mise to be now effected between the Queen Donna Maria da Gloria,
and her uncle, the Infante Don Miguel, it could only be done by
guaranteeing the eventual rights of her sisters, in case of the Queen's
death without issue ; or by violating the great principle of heredi-
tary right.
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, FEB. 10.
The House met at Svc, and adjourned shortly afterwards, there
being no public business to transact.
The following is the List of Peers forming the Select Committee
appointed to inquire into the present state of the affairs of the East
India Company, and into the trade between Great Britain, the East
Indies, and China:—
, The Lord President (Earl Ba.
thunt)
The Lord Privy Seal (the Earl
of Roselyn)
The Duke of Wellington
The Duke of Buckingham
The Marquis of Lansdowne
The M uis of Salisbury
Marquis
The Marquis of Cleveland
Earl Delaware
Earl Amherst
Viscount Strathallan

Viscount Melville
Viscount Sidinouth
Viscount Godsrich
Lord Andhid

Lord
Lord = (the Earl of
Clare)
Lord Ellenborough
Lord Bexley
Lord Who/naffs
Lord Durham
Lord Wallace.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
A few minutes before four o'clock the SriAnsa to the chair.
Several petitions for road bills and other local improvements WI
presented.

sELsct vzsTazze.

Mr. HOBHOUSE moved the re.appointmeni of the select com.
mittee of last year to inquire into the operation of the laws relating to
select and other vestries in England and Wale', and to report
thereon.—The same list of gentlemen composing the committee was
read over, and the appointment agreed to.
Mr. HOBHOUSE then moved that the minutes of evidence re.
ceived by the Select Committee during their sitting Lot session
should be printed.—Agreed to.
Mr. WODEHOUS moved, pursuant to notice (with the amend.
meat suggested by the Chancellor of the Exchuer) for the pro.
duction of the minutes of evidence given by Mr. Mex. Baring and
' relative to

other gendanen, before the Privy dinned in April, 1828, relative i
the adoption of a silver standard, &c. which was agreed to.
The house adjourned at half-part four o'clock.
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