Star.
London, England, 1829-03-14 00:00:00

rating the labours of the Commis.ioners for liquidating
the claims of the emigrants.
The French Funds again advanced on Wednesday,
without any cattle being assigned.—The following is Babe
latest quotation :
Five per Cents. 1071. 504 SS& 70e.—Three per Cats. ?a Ili.
Ik. ISc. Soe.—Bank Shares, liSSf.

It seems to have escaped the recollection of the Mem-
bers who are advocates of Catholic Emancipation, that
if that measure is carried, it will be the means of ex-
cluding many of them from Parliament in future. By
admitting Catholic Noblemen to take their seats in the
House of Peers, a few additional Members only will
be introduced in that House, without. of course.
displacing any of the Noble Persons now enjoying
that privilege ; but it must be recollected that
the case will be t. tally different with respect to
the House of Commons: in that House, each Catho-
lic admitted, must displace a Protestant, and come.
quently if, as is reckoned, ninety Catholics should obtain
seats, it will be it the sacrifice of that number of Pro-
tenants. In other words, ninety Protestants must be
abstracted to make rcom for the ninety Catholics; and
hence we suspect that a number of those Gentlemen
who now represent Irish counties and towns, will never
hereafter obtain a seat in Parliament; they will be es
eluded by the part they themselves have taken—unless
indeed they change their religion, and avow themselves
to be good Catholics.
It 'is already estimated that eighty-five of the- one
hundred Irish Members: will, in the event of theinin'
passing. be Catholics, in the nest Parliament; and that
five English Catholic Gentlemen will 'also get in for'
'English Boroughs. The found estimate is, perhaps,
exaggerated; but the latter is far too.low. When ibe
,wealth of many of the gpigliskpuhplic families is con-,
side 541.110:te can be no doubt that 12 or 15 Gentlemen
of that persuasion will find seats by some means or
other; and we have little doubt that Westbury itself
ma I have the honour of returning &Catholic in prefeiente
to the man who has been the chief promoter of this un-
popular measure. Boroughs will rise in price with the
demand, and the difficulty of finding a seat for a President
f the Board of Trade, or a new Attorney or Solicitor
General will be immensely increased. We advise these
Gentlemen to look out at once and secure their sew,
helot e the new competitors can start for the prize.

The proceedings in Chancery to which we alluded
yesterday, instituted by Captain GARTII to prevent the
delivery of a box containing certain mysterious papers,
have excited great curiosity and interest. By the Cap-
tain's affidavit it would appear, that a negotiation had
been carried on by Sir HERIERT TAYLOR for the bur-
render of this box of papers, on condition that Captain
GARTH'S debts were paid, and an annuity of 3,0001. per
annum settled upon him. The box was then deposited
in the hanAs of a Banker, but no steps have been
taken to pat, the debts or settle the annuity. We do
not pretend to ke in the secret sealed up in this bin:
but as we know that the insinuations against an illus-
trious Duke as connected with this affair are /AUL
we, perhaps, shall not be very far from the truth in sur•.
mibing that the grounds on which the negotiation was .
entered into have since proved to be entirely 'mime,
land that, therefore, there is no occasion to keep the
•
con eats of the box secret.

Lisbon Papers to the 27th ultimo were received this
morning. They psesent no political intelligence of thi
least importance.. The Gazette of the 21st contains
some observations on the detention of the unfortunate
Portuguese emigrants, by Captain WALPOLL when off
Terceira. This act of the British Government appears
to have given cause f r much exultation to Don
Mums& and his adherents. The following are extracts: