Star.
London, England, 1827-02-15 00:00:00

IPSO* TIM
LISBON, FIBILO•UT Of.
szTaaci OF • IPRIF•ii
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Or KONDAT.

The English man-of-war Ocean, which has been sta-
tioned hi the Tat/us for ihree years past, set sail yester-
day for Portsmouth. It was on board that vessel that
the deceased Hiss John VI. sought shelter from the
attempt at Be i•postand the restoration of British in-
fluence in Portugal. Marshal Beresford departed on
board ti e Ocean, for London, in company with Ad-
miral Be,ruc!erk,.the late Commander of the English
squadron in the'Tagus. The latter is now succeeded
by Sir Thomas H rdy, who lately arrived from England
with General Sir W. Clinton.

Un ier the bead of Madrid, 2d February, the Conati•
tunnel gives the decree of the Superintendent .of Police,
on which it makes the following remark:
"In spite of those violent measures, Madrid, as well
as the provinces, is filled with writings in which the
vices of the present system of Government are set forth
upon the fullest .evidence ; and, far from any one's
having hitherto thought of giving .them up to the'
police, they are most greedily sought. after, and the
effect they hare produced on the public is so great,that
a reaction.is at no great distanceot the Gower nment,by
well-timed conce+sicuis, do not hasten to prevent it. You
may be convinced of this by the following Manifesto of
the Captain General of Grenada, where the care whch
'has been employed to disguise the facts will serve to let
you know their importance."
CThe manilesto in question is alluded to above, in
*-the extracts from the Qatotithenne. It states, that the
•means employed by the despairing enemies of his Ma-
jesty, had dazzled the :good people of Velez Malaga ;
that they meditated ris-ng on the la of January ; that
their plans were discovered a few days before; and
"-though considered to be extremely contemptible, it was
thought. fit to adopt measures for crushing them. It

FROM 1111 JOURNAL ORS DIVOTS Of MONDAY.
• VIUNNA,Jaii. 51.
Count de Latsow, not being capable, on sec aunt •of •
his advanced age, of bearing the climate of St. IFrters-
burgh, and, of consequence, of accepting, withcort4iu-
I ger, of the charge of A mbAs.ador to Rus,ia, which was
untended for him, it is asserted that C,_•iitit•Stephenadet
IZichy, the Austrian Minister at Berlin,
. will go in iise
same capacity to St. Petersburgh. His swamp:WAß.
Berlin is not yet known.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, Ficsarwar 34.

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The Earl of CARLISLE took the oaths and his lent.
The LORD CIIANCEIA.OR stated, in reference to Appeal
Cases, that he should not brills before the notice of the Hasse the
arrangement to which he had alluded on a ((rimer eteninernotil
Monday next. •
Mr. Hurcontsorr, from the Bank of England, brought isp
counts of the Rates of Foreign Exchange, from the lit of January,
1826, to the Ist of January,lB27. Also Accounts of all Exchequer
Bilis paid by the Bank of England, or on which advances had Seen
made, during that period. Also Accounts of the Monies received
and expended by the Commissioners of the National Debt, duriog
the same period.—Laid on the table.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a Petition from Cale
divot, in Monmouthshire, against any ateeatiodin the Ccrn Laws.
Similar Petitions were presented by Mt Earl of Lattossostes
from eertaip Owners and Occupiers of Land in several pariabes..uf
Forfarshire and Ross-shire ; by the Nlarquis CAIID&M, from several
parishes in the West Division of Kent ; by Lord Eutinnsoiesuinti
from several parishes in the East Riding of York; atxt by •Ltard'
Tiernaaar, from Folkestone.—Laid en tketahle. . •
A Petition, praying for a revi.ion of the Corn Laws,. was prs.
vented by Lord A , from Chawleigis, in the county of Lan-
caster; and by Lord Reastorn, from the XLittufacturers and Wei.
leers of the county of Forfar:— Laid on the table.

• ROMAN CATHOLIC`i
. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE nad thought. it her
duty to the Petitidners wbU had esti oiled himisithaltm,
Petitions which he held in hi. bolas, to give noticeibdt
he should present them this day, although it was ecit
his intention to go into the generisl que.tioo. He ahoy
thought- it his duty to state, both with regard to tile firtt
Petition, that of the !peat body of the Homan Cattiest/4e:
in Ireland. and to the second, for the first time.setsx its',
that House, that of the Irish Roman Ca:bolic7Clergts4
that he bad carefully looked over both Petitions before
presenting them, and that he had n t found in either:
one single expression which could create an (li!ctiOn. to
their being received. He was indeed coiitiefett,..that •
no Noble Lord, however hostile to the Catholic clattos,
could deem any part of those Paitions nisrespectfol•to
the House. For he could not conceive it disr:-spectful.
for a body of his Majesty's subjects to c me forward,
and frankly state the claims which they derived frooa
their services to the country, and to ask at 4 rewarding.,
and inducement to such services, their aimisiion'ta a •
4i.11 Participatioo in the blessicgs of the C.iitstitutiOn.-;.t
The first Petition contained a simple enutveration
this piivations under which the Catholics lab !tired. • It'
then stated the indirect effect of those privations in in ~'=
jetting them to others, which were not contemplated/1'
by the law, and proceeded to demonstrate the genesa
result of both with respect to the peace and prosperitf"
of the country, aad the conseque..ces riri&:g our of''
the exclusion of such a 13,41 y of fellow subjects,
.plars'ed
with a bar between them and the rest of the kingalemat
He should at present only itq..e4 their Lordships
to consider the numbers and the condit on ofthir
Petitioners before them. Their ',umbers had been awe:.
tainted at a former period, and it was well known diet
if not increased they were not diminished at this time.
It was also his duty to them to state, that their case was
materially alteted since they had originally 3ppsoached
their L'itdships' House, as to the extent I f wea;th and
property which they possessed. He would- not attempt
to decide as to the exact amount of time itse•eate in
moveables sina, immoveables, but no one could deny
that it was certan, and that with that wealth and pc-
perry, the Catholics possessed the elements of a power
which could ntit Se allowed to occupy a neutral prasition
in the political system ;
.but which; accord dg as it was
brought into harmony with, or alienated frosts that sysoi-
tem, .would advance or retari their nationat,prospesity,•
and become a source of strength, or of danger- mutate.
struction. He therefore once more called upon ;heir
Lordships to copsider what effect that increase was
likely to produce. He had only sai,tahis in •doty
to the Petirroners. •He should heteafter;isaen sob.-
stantive proposition to make to that "Lordillios; of.
%101 l lie intended this nglit to give notice. and ;he
should then discuss. the ques•.imi, siot-es the
tative of antlseentias body of hit Majesty', subjects,
-which he wet. hot,.But i#f the grounds. of and
nateiinalacr4seage, cdft:ecteul firth the PatataaOt
',rest, the Proorsiant Establishmerii, it a chhiProiebilutt,_
Crown. He should then propose a Resolution, tending toksaboo
their Lordships to admit the I.atbolics.to a 101 l partkipasiotwat ditt
blessings of the Constitution. If ha .hod_anysisisk, haw thee
thaws Noble Peers who aught thew think it their dotyms Met
Kate
him, would, as . plainly at he Amid stae,,J,4 preruttimi
state the coarse which they mean to suggest fax. improving deep.
kcical situation ofirsiasid. • For till be heard it whit his ittivo'etwa,
he would never believe that any Noble Lord ip the Homo-cola
say that the political condition of that country ought to remelt fro-.
eisely•tia it was now.
Tue Petitlontaving been road soctrajd on the table, • • • • -
The • Martinis of LANSDOWNEprese tel.ther-ot
the ftunilin:Crs:ikrie.ifirlicips. Irelaaufe. whose darirei