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TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 1827.

LISBON PAPERS.
The Gazette of Lisbon from the 7th to the 12th May,
(both inclusive) contains the 911410th, 11th, 120,.13th,
14th. and 15th Bulletins of the health of her Highness
the Infan;a Regent ; thi last of which is as follows :
Fsmanne Bowen:N.—Het Servos Highness the Infanta 14.1
gent, alter the hysteric affections mentioned in yesterday's bulletin,
passed the remainder of the night in tranquility, sad to-clay, up eel
seven In the *evsming, there has been no recurrence of these attacks, '
nee MIA et temp
Shp 'IL • • • Signed by Two Physicians.
• LISBON, Mar 7.
The Gazette mastains a notice from the War Office,
stating the profound grief ofthe Infanta Regent, on ac-
count of the scandalous mutiny of part of the garrison
of Fleas (in which none of the effieers joined) and re
turning thanks to General Caritas for. his firmness and
resolution, and asdering him to thank, in her name, the
offictis, subalterns, and privates of- the regiments that
remained faithful for their exernisluy conduct in quel-
-lag this disgraceful meeting. .Public prayers ere pet.
up yesterday, the 6th, in• all the 'Chtuches: for there-.
cover! of her Serene Highnep the Princess Regent.
MAY 10.--An Order of the Day, from the War
Office, dated 6th May, commands, in the name of the
Infanta Regent, the publication to the Army of the
Decree of the 13th April, and gives directions for pro
ceeding with respect to the c ises of persons included in
theArnneaty.
MAT 11.—The Gazette publishes the Decree of the
Cortes respecting the Stamp Duties, sanctioned by her
Highness in the name of the King.

He should also state, that he had no intention of renew-
ing his notice; at the same time he wished it to be
distinctly understood that his own opinions were per-
fectly
,nnaltered. Ile did not think it fit to ask or avail
himself of the support of any of. his Noble Friend,
whom be had not previously consulted, and they
attliwills with him upon sill general points, merely
differed upon the precise course of proceeding which
he ought to adopt. They thought that it would not
be advisable to persevere in his matzo, and. he had,
therefore, no other option but to give it up. He did
not now, mean to state hjs reasons for so
,doingo nos
did he wish to provoke a discussion upon the subject
of . his intended motion. Ife. yielded in this instance
to the advice of his friends; but he begged to state,
that if.upon any other, occasion a discussion should
arise which would. give him an, oppoisunity of ewers-
ing and acting upon his opinious, he would avail
sal of it, -although •his.eiew might,be different frOns
th,e opinion of thosewith wltolo by germally_agegml.
Upon such wishes for sremas•
miry, he would express his own unbiassed sentiments.
The Order was then discharged.
.THE BISHOP OF LONDON.S STATEMENT.
The Earl of I-lAREVVOOD wished to ask a question
of a Right Rev. Prelate whom be saw opposite, on a
subject of theshighest importance. He should abstain
from entering into details, being well aware of the
delicacy of the matter. Its importance was great at
the present moment, but likely to be still more so
hereafter. He had seen published, and promulgated
an address on the Catholic Question, containing opi-
nions conveyed to a Right Red. Bishop, and from him
to the Clergy of tht ir• Dioceses by two eminent Divines
—(Hear, hear.)—He wished to know by what audit:l-
ofty that Right Rev. Prelate had made those declara-
tions? It became necessary for the public to make
that inquiry, because if the declaration bad been given
as stated, he was not aware that it could haverb -ftn
promulgated-unless hy.the consent, or with the know-
ledge of his Majesty's Council—(Hear, bear).
The Bishop of LONDON felt some difficulty in an•
swering the question of the Noble Earl, ai be did not
exactly understand its precise nature. If it related to
a statement made by him to his Clergy some time ago
as to opinions entertained in a quarter which he would
not mention, he had uo, hesitation in saying that what
appeared in the Papers in that respect was generally
correct—(Hear, hear ha - If it pleased the House that
he should state the authority on which he bad made
that address to his Clergy, be should proceed to do so.
Their Lordships ;night suppose that he would not have
been so presumptuous as to make such a statement,
without sufficient authority. He should be ready to
obey the commands of the House.—(Cries of'! No, no;
go on, go on.")
Earl SPENCER objected to the introduction of ir-
regular debater when there was no "Om before the
House, and-especially to that of (papillose like the pie-
sent, of so important a nature, and snob ea night not
to be asked of a Privy Councillor of the r 401.0.
The Earl of ELDON said, that If it was intended by
the question put to the Right Rev. Prelate to elicit the
opinion of the highest authority in the State, he, for one,
should not give his consent to such a course.

FRENCH PAPERS.
FROM THE RTOILE, DATED SUNDAE, ]FAY C
ALEXANDRIA, APRILII.
- -

A few days ago a vessel arrived here which had been
dismasted in the equinoctial gales, and belonged to a
,squadron which sailed horn our port on the 2d, te con-
vey to his destination the new Pacha of Candia. Our
Pacha having been appointed Commander-in-Chief of
the Ottoman forces employed against the Greeks, the
Egyptian fleet, which has been for some weeks in our
port, has been reinforced by a squadron of the Sultan's.
of 17 sail. They expect '2O other ships from Constanti-
nople, so that more than 100 ships 'of war will be as-
sembled
here for an expedition which the Turks 'expect
to be decisive'. It is said that 11 X4OO new troops will be'
embarked, and that this great force will make an attack
upon Hydra. The Pacha has been here these five or'
'six days, but the disorder and bad conditionof the fleet,
"the emptiness 'ef the treasury, and the want of obe.
dience to the orders of the Pacha, have attained to
such a point, that notwithstanding his activity, it is not
probable that the expedition will be ready to put to
sea in less than two or tbota booths. • Will the
enemy be idle during this thine? It is feared that
Lord Cochrane may attempt, with his fire-ships, a
map-de-maim against our poit. If he should succeed
, the damage would be incalculable, and loss would like-
"wise be very great to the European merchants. How-
ever,
we take courage from the reflection, that some
English and French men-of-war are always stationed
bete; and if we cannot dispute the brilliant courage of
the new Admiral of the Greeks, on the other hand we
have great confidence in the resources and ability of our
Governor.—Augsburg Gazette.
PARIS, Mar 15.

The Earl of HAREWOOD contended that it was
neither an unpatliamentary nor an unusual course to
ask questions of his Majesty's Ministers, or of other per-
sons on .their side of the House. He was the more in-
duced to do so. as whenever questions were put, there
was no answer, but, move a question which will shake
the instability of the Goverment, and you shall hale a
reply. He was not anxious to produce discussion- All
he wanted be had obtained, and that was that the Right
Rev.• Prelate had authority for doing what be bad done.
He should inquire no further, nor ask what that autho-
rity was.
The Marquis of LANSDOWN said, that although
questions might be put to his Majesty's Ministers, or
to any Noble Lord for the convenience of the
House, yet none of them were bound to answer any
question whatever. On this point they must exercise
their own discretion. It became the Right Rev. Prelate
to pause before be answered. the Noble Earl's second
question. If the object was to induce the Right Rev.
t'relate, being a Privy Councillor, to state the authority',
on which he had acted, he was right not to name it.—
From the moment he should have done so, that Right
Rev. Prelate would have made himself personally re-
sponsible for the measure, and a 1 its possible conse-
quences. It lay with the Right Rev. Prelate to decide
whether he would answer or not? but he trusted that
the House would not persist in calling for an answer.
Earl GREY admitted all this, and that it would be
improper to press the Right Reverend Prelate for an
answer. But with regard to the character of Parlia-
ment, the information was of the greatest public im-
portance. It appeared, though the Right Reverend
Prelate had made a reserve, that an answer had been

His Royal Highness the Dauphin arrived at Angers
on the • 17th, and immediately received the authorities
and public functionaries. His Royal Highness was
pleased to permit a detachment of the National Guard to
do duty about his person, along with the troops of
the line.

M. Benjamin Constant has been summoned before M.
Leblond, Juge d'lnstruction, to deliver the documents
mentioned in his speech in the Chamber of Deputises.

The Duke de Villa Hermosa, late Ainbassiaor from
Spain at Paris, after stopping two days at Bordeaux,
set out on the 15th for Madrid.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF OF LORDS, MAT 21.

The Bishop of LA NDAFR presented a Petition front a Hun.
died in Sussex against any alteration in the Corn Laws.
Similar Petitions were presented from a Hundred in Sussex. by
the Rol of Maalessu Or ; from a Hunched in Norfolk, by the Duke
Of RICHMOND; and from the vicinity of Dover, by Earl Sramsont.
The Noble Lord also presented a Petition against the Importation
of Foreign Wool, from Kent.—The Petitions were laid on the table.

/FOREIGN DEPARTIIIiNT.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said that being
anxious to elicit every thing connected with the Foreign
Office, for the purpose of contrasting its present state
with that of 1822, he was now going to move for fur-
ther returns. It appeared that large sums had been
expended in building mansions and making great im-
provements in the accommodation of the Foreign Se-
cretary, 16,0001. he understood had been expended in
the purchase of a House. This, with the other sums
expended within the last eighteen months, upon im-
provements connected s ith the Foreign Office depart-
ment in Downing-street, amounted in all t060,0001,
The Noble Lord would not find fault with this exciter*.
gance, if it were once settled that the Foreign Secretary
should be singled ant, and provided with accommoda-
tion in every way superior to the Home Secretary, and
those of the Colonial Secretary. This fact of the ex-1
penditure of 60,000/. was, he believed, not generally
known to the public. He should therefore move, that
an humble Address be presented to his Majesty, praying
that he might direct to be laid before the House returns
of the amount of all sums expended on the Foreign
Office buildings, since January, 1824, and also of all
sums expended in the purchase of furniture and other
decorations, and likewise of the purchase money paid
fir the House of Sir Robert Preston, in Downing-street.
Lord GODERICH said, that there was no objection
whatever to furnish the remits, but the Noble Marquis
was quite mistaken in supposing that the public were
not acquainted with all the details of the expenditure.—
The fact was, that each item had been distinctly voted
and approved of in the other House.—The Returns were
then ordered.

The following is the declaration alluded to, as inserted In the
ligigasit Thersday, the 10th insigne : .
THI 'ZING AND THk CHURCH.
TO TUN lIMITOIL
met a' Clerical friend this morning, who told rot that he
had Cried yesterday at a public dinner of the Clergy of London,
L where the Bishop of London, Chester, and Leander, and about 150
Clergymen, were present. When the toast of Church and King"
' was given (with great applause), the Ilishop of Lossom addressed
the Meeting, and told them that on the occasion of the late Minis.
terial Changes, his Majesty had graciously sent to the Archbishop of
Canterbury and himself, requesting they would wait on his Majesty.
They accordingly did acs, and in the interview with which the King
honoured them, his Majesty stated most'exolicitly that he had sent
for them, as the heads of the Metropolitan Clergy, in order, through
them, to satisfy their respective Clergy and the public at large what
his Majesty's sentiments were with respect to the much-agitated
Catholic Question. His Majesty declared most positively that he
entertained the tame sentiments as those of his late opeted father,
and those which kis Majesty was known to entertakewhen Prince
Regent. His Majesty farther gave as his reasons for those send-
ments, that he took precisely the same view of the Coroteadon Oath
which his revered father and his lamented brother the Duke of York
had taken; and that his Majesty felt convinced that nothing could
shake or ater his opinions on this momentous question. His Ma-
jesty then commanded the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop
of London to make these has sentiments known to their respective
Clergy, in order that no misconception might by any possibility
elist, as to his Majesty's views in the late Ministerial arrangements
—.the result of circumstances equally nnfoteseeu and unpleasant to
his Majesty—(lmmense cheers followed this speech glebe Bishop.)
I think this is very good news fee those who wish well to oue
good old Conatieselotg—Yours, Ste.
May P. Barmaucoa.