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Yesterday.we hada mild sunny. day. From.twelve
till the hoar cf three the President's house was crowded
with friends and foes, high and; low, the polished and
the vulgar.. On New Yeir's Day it is customary for the
President to receive all sorts of company. -They:wall(
up—present themselves—if with tubes. •also to Mos.
Adams—stalk about the numerous apartments—try to
catch the ref, eshments v. hich- ore scudding scuud milli
heads of the set vants, and then go honteand.tell Whit.
they beard, saw, and did. Mr.. Adams ems ppiishi4
Pr more than a couple of hours. He stolid iit ;he centre
of the centre room, and most pathetically shook hands
the whole time. In the-tidies coiner it was all chat.
Mutter, and.gracetul conger. In the hill, which is quite
'roomy, al:tam' was planted, to keep the nerves of the con -
pany. in:a proper degree of agitation. The corps dirk.
matique appeared'enh in their own national costume..
Arti-the.fashionables, of course, now resident in the
city, filled up the. rompany.. Many sober.citizens from
the neighbotning wintry_ shewed themselves off in their
native. hontewne. They looked upon the gay creatures
1 before them, allayed in all the brilliancy of colour, as
so .many splericlid visions of romance._ To wander
through. the roopas was. no . easy matter; It required
nerve and:perseverance. , - • • . . -
A.crowd.roJls and heaves like the ocean.. ‘,..At (see
.angt :,npsati.raohf
uegspaucletttteasgaendimanywnet7dbe. wilitetiiptwechlipchi-
pretty face was almov hid. Then groupwould press
msracaCinigiedeusa.group, so, that for several seconds it was a per-
Co-stain:Ostia... Every.one was perfectly at ease. as to
;Iminers, The excruciating torture of two hundred aid
cy-pounds avoitdupoise, upon an intermittent corh,
lastkeccived7with. a M.N Brost woful smile, and a !*o harm,
tthank .yesks, Sir: . l'he,test of Holy Writ was lamp.
what eats dad, etithont. etther.debate or 4 ealtror rite
Is Ise;moshi, boas not.ig..eat, drink, and be merry;"
gasrdmasiok":.whonver can catch it, andlhat was
R} tee, Dhatplost think that both sexes tennis
Acil7n.attira.jsvirko3lrptieq They are attic-
kkr•OftiOns. ...Their .pojitenikon inch an ocrasiOif is
isely.of.z aii • same. .trialßy :iwhich Aterhiit9fisoPs
I so, gentlemanly in:the compa:iy of Taitstut.

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OWEKIAL
HOUSE OF LARDS, Fn. 1.
Karl STANHOPE moved for ab account of the quantity of Fo-
reign Wool imported since the Sth of January, 1819. during
evcty nb,equeot year, to the 6th of January last. Also, for a re-
turn of the quantities and official value of Cotton. Woollen and Linea
Goods exported from the sth of January, 11119,assd during every
subsequent year to thelth of January tart.—Ordered.
Lord TIM 5; HA Al moved for various returns connected with
the quantity of Foreign Wuol and Hops Imported into this country
in bond, and the detiorpayabk at their importadon.—Ordered.
Lord KENYON presented a petition from certain Mantels
and Brewers, praying for an alteration in the duties imposed upon
make... Laid on the table.
ROMAN CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY wished to say a
very few w•vds on a subject connected with the con-
duct of some of his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects
in Ireland. He would approach the subject .with all
the delicacy it demanded ; but as a friend to -the Re-
man Catholics, and one who wished well t
ino their cause,
he found it impossible to see p frirth the public
journals of this country and of Ireland, extravagant and
monstrous propositions, purporting to proceed from
persons assembling together and giving theinselves ot*
as acting in the name of the Roman Catholics of Ire-
land. A Bill had been brought into Parliament, which
received the sanction of the Legislature, for putting
down the Roman Catholic Association. However, it
appeared, that notwithstanding that Bill, the Roman
Catholic Association still existed, and was in the habit
of adopting resolutions so strong and offensive, that it
was impossible he should not allude to them as he now
did, and at the same time declare, that if such resolu-
tions were to be taken as expressive of the sentiments
of his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects in Ireland, he
must, as one of their sincere friends, protest that he very
much feated their cause, instead of being advanced,
would suffer material injury in consequence of conduct
so injudicious. Their Lordships would recollect he had
said the same thing two years ago, when he had spoken
from the other side of the House. He had then said,
and be now repeated, that if the Roman Catholics at-
tempted to attain their object by threat and intimida-
tion, he should oppose them to the utmost of his ability.
The resolution to which he had alluded had been agreed
to at a recent meeting of the Roman Catholic Associa-
tion, and was as follows
" Resolved, That we feel it a duty we owe to the Ws people
to call no all the counties, cities, towns, and parishes of Ired,
to come to the fallowing resolution-` That any Irish Member of
the Imperial Parliament who gives his support, directly orlrairectly,
to the new Administration, of which the Duke of Wellington, or
any individual professing his principles, may be the head, is an
enemy to the freedom of his country, and undeserving of die confi-
dence of the Irish people.• "
This was the scandalous, the impotent declaration to
which he wished to direct their Lordships attention.—
Impotent, le deed, it was, but nevertheless he had thought
it necessary to allude to it. He believed the Roman
Catholics of Ireland yielded to none of hit Majesty's
subjects in loyalty and devotion to their Sovereign. Ile
did not consider that resolution as the act of the Roman
Catholics of Ireland, but, if such proceedings were al-
lowed to continue, the Catholic cause must retrograde
instead of advancing. He took that early opportunity
to dealt e his sentiments upon the subject, and he hoped
every one of their Lordships would join with him in
reprobating a line of conduct such as that pursued by
the Catholic Association upon this occasion.
Lord CLIFDEN had only heard the conclusion of
the Noble Marquis's s 1 e •ch, and in the sentiments ex-
pressed in it he was quite ready to coincide. At the
same time, the Noble Marquis himself must admit that
allowances ought to be made for the irritation pro-
duced by frequent disappointment. The Noble Lord•
needed not to be told that " hope deferred maketh the
heart sick.* No man felt less disposed than himself to
justify the sentiments contained in some of the speeches
made at the Catholic Association, and he was ready
agree with the Noble Marquis that many of the
speeches uttered in that assembly were highly objec-
tionaisle. He was sorry, truly sorry, for ito—but the '
Catholic cause involved in itself the determination of
a great public question, and it was not fair to look at
that question with reference to an impatient or intem-
perate speech.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY intimated that
the document of which he complained, was not the
speech of an individual, but a reolution' proceeding
from a body of men claiming to represent the feelings
of the Irish Catholics. •
Lord CLIFDEN resumed—True it was, as the Noble
Lord had stated ; but then the obnoxious resolution
was, no doubt, hastily concocted. He repeated, he
thought it unwise and injudicious, as many measures of
the Roman Catholics had been. For instance, there had
been some speeches made in the Association on the
subject of the Sub-letting Act, wl.ich be could not pre.
tend to vindicate. That Act might stand in need of
amendment, but the observations to which he had re-
ferred, were not therefore the less improper. Now that
he bad mentioned the Sittoletting Act, he might be al-
lowed to say he thought it involved a very serious—n4y,
an aufol question. He himself bad been compelled to
displace tenants, but in doing so, he had gladly given
up to them in many instances his claim for two years
tent—the crops cm the ground—and their cattle. He
had felt the absolute necessity of doing so, and did not
now advert to the circumstance for the purpose of
claiming any credit for acts which common humanity
required. He again said he lamented the intemperance
of she Roman Catholics as much as the Noble Marquis
could possibly dos but he could never allow that in-
temperance to draw him aside from a calm considers.
tier, of what he felt to be a great and important ques-
tion. He felt, and he had often said, that there never
would be peace in Ireland, or a real union between it
and this country, till that question was finally and
favourably settled. He would never miss en oppor.
tunity of declaring what he believed to be the daked
euth in relation to this subject. The wise king of the
Netherlands—the wisest prince in Europe, one own
King always excepted—(A laugh)—Lad entered ,ioto
an arrangement with the Pope, and adopted measures
favourable to hit Roman Catholic selsjects. But he
should not now enter into a subject which was not-
before their Lordships. The House would net consider
it surprising, if, after twenty-seven years patient wait--
ing for the attainment of their privileges, a ~dor two.
ot intemperance should escape from the Roman Catho-
lics. It was not in human nature patiently to submit
injustice for ever. TUNKLY.
Lord HOLLAND did not rise to protract a coover•
&idols which was certainly irregular, and had already*.
• perhaps. lasted too long. Qn the cants ary* his object
war to pnt an end to it, and, with that vie" he took
the liberty to remark, that there was do queth'ee before
the House. His object in using was to gibe notice of
a motion on the subject of the relations subsisting be-
tween this country and the Ottoman Posevi,aid twin-
formation upon some points connwetaivith the cosdrect
which lately took place widelfre naval forces of that
• power. The Noble Sol at the bead of the Furtign-
office had lard entail' /opal{ on the table- which bore
upon the subject. an* 'would, no doubt; be found satio
twisty as far as they went. Rosati er, he (Lord IL)
a..uoted .whether tl.e information they afforded was

complete, and was of opinion, thht in order to enable
the House to understand fully the recent transactions in
tht Mediterranean, some more papers. might be neces-
sary. :It had been at first his intention to
put some
questions to the Noble Earl on the subjecla but, on
'reflection, he thought it would be more•respectful to the
House, and mote convepient for his Majesty's Govern-
ment, if he threw his questions into the shape of resolu-
tions. He, therefore, intended to move, on Mendas
next, for the production of certain papers ; and, in order
to en ,bie the N•ible Earl to judge whether the infor-
MetiOn he sought could be conveniently given, he would
put into his hands a copy of the proposed motion. Its
first object was to ascertain the exact state of the rela.
Lions subsisting between this country and Turkey ; and
the next thing which he desired to learn, was the pre-
cise nature of the instructions sent out by his Majesty's
Government to the Admiral commanding our squadron'
on the occasion which had of late been so frequently
alluded to. The Noble LOrd sat down, after having
given notice of his motion for Monday new.
PRIVILEGE.
The Earl of SHAFI'ESBURY moved that a Mes
sage be sent to the House of Commons, requesting the House to-
allow an individual to attend at their LOrdships' liar as a witness in
the case of Lord Hawarden.--Ordered.
APPEALS
The LORD CHANCELLOR proposed that the
standing order relative to the attendance of the Chief Baron in their
Lordships' House; for the purpose of hearing Scotch Appeals, be
suspended. It was his (the Lord Chancellor's) intention to sit 1
there three, days in the week, of which he proposed to devote two 1
days to the bearing of Scotch Appeals. He had no doubt that would ,
be sufficient, and be hoped they should be able to make a House
without haling recoerse to the Chief Baron. If be (the Lord 1
Shanceitor) welt mistaken in his opinion, they could eventuilly
epply for his auistaece.
; The Earl of SH A FTF.SBURY suggested, that it would be
,better irthe order in question was repealed altogether.
Lord ROSSLYN concurred in the propriety of the sugges-
tion, and
After a rt.-statement of his proposed plan for hearing Appeals, by
the Lord Chancellor, -.
The question was put on the Earl of Shaftesbury's amendment
and the &anding Order, No. 2i,3, was repealed, and the
ocher
Standing Orders applicable to the bearing of Appeals suspended.
Adjourned to Monday.
HOUSE 0 F COMMONS.
Mr. F. CLINTON brought up the report of the Imperial Gas
and Coke Company; and a Bill was ordered to be brought ing
pursuant thereto.
Mr. W. DU N DAS presented a Petition from the Chamber of
Commerce of Edinburgh, praying for a repeal of the Stamp Duties
on rectipts.—Laid en the table.
CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT said, he had to present seve-
ral petitions, praying the House c. gt nt the emend•
pation of their Irish Catholic fellow •subjects ; and he
would not conceal from the Howe his conviction, that
until they were admitted I. an equal participation in the
rights and privileges of the Constitution, they would
still persevere in renewing, frost. time to time, their ap•
plications for relict. The petitions were worded in a
very respectful manner, but in vet y explicit language;
and the petitioners did not disguise their belief that,
unless their rights were granted, there was much cause
to apprehend danger to the best interests of Ireland.—
The lion. Baronet then presented petitions from several
perishes in the county of Down ; and from Four Mile•
Water, Newcastle, and several other parishes, in the
county of Waterford.--Laid on the table. In moving
that they be printed, the Hon. Baronet commented on
tEe fact, that when the whole of the Roman Catholic
population of Ireland assembled in theit respective pa-
rishes, no riot occurred. nor any disturbance took place,
but they separated quietly as they had met.
Mr. HUME presented a petition from Arbrisath,praying for the
repeal of the Two-penny Scots Duties.—Laid on the table.
On the motion at Mr. LYTTLETON, the renewal of
the Committees on Private Bills was proposed and agreed to.
Mr. B. t OOPER moved the a toption of the
tions of last Session, which permitted additious to be made to the
hate of Committees on Private Bilia.....Agteed to.
Mr. LYTTLE I ON moved 641 accounts of the amount
of the composition made by the Government with the Bank of
Ragland, in lieu of stamp duties. And also, for accounts of the
'amount of cotes issued by the Branch Bank.—Ordered.
New writs were moved for the election of new Members, to serve
in Parliament for Cambridge, in the room of Lord Graham who
bad accepted tbe officeaf one o Ply Comntissioners of she affairs of
India ; and for the Borough ofpten, In the room of Sir C.
Wetherell, who had accepted the office of Attorney-GeneraL
THE ARMY ESTISIATt3.
Lord PALMERSTON gave u-tice, that on-Monday
next he should move for the cinsideration of the Esti--
mates, to be laid upon the table ot the House by ot der
of his Majesty.
Mr. HUME wished to know, whether it was the
Noble Lord's intention to move .1' any particular sum.
Lotd PALMERSTON said, it was his intention to
move the consideration of the Estimates, with a view
to ground on thrall a motion for a Committee ot Supply.
His object was to prevent any impediment to the public
service, in consequence of a want of funds.
Mr, HUME said, that if it were meant to apply any
pact of the Estimates to the increase of the Sinking
Fund, he should feel it his duty to oppose them. With
tespect, however, to the balance remaining in the Trea-
sury, dime could be no objection to its being used.
- Mr. MABERLY expressed his hope that when the
Estimates were brought down, they would arpear as
framed with every attention to economy : for, although
a Finance Committee might be appointed, the prineiple
of economy must depend on the Government.
Mr. CALCRAFT supposed that the Estimates were
Made by the late Administration, as the new could not
possibly have had time to prepare them. They were,
no doubt, therefore. framed with every proper attention
to economy that the House and the country had a tight
to expect. He apprehended that there were ample funds
in the Exchequer ; but that all the Noble Lord meant,
was to go through the Parliamentary --toren before it
could be made use of.
• Lord PALMERSTON said such was exactly the
case. It would have been very unbecoming in him, in
-the absence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to in-
ttmluce any matter that involved a question of finance.
A MEMBER wished to know when the long-promised
Finance Committee would be appointed, and of what
names it was to Consist?
Lord PALMERSTON asked if the Hon. Member
supposed that he (Lord Palmerston) had the appoint-
ment of this Finance Committee?
The lion. Member explained.
Lord PALMERSTON said, as he had not the gift
of prophecy, be could not possibly say who tbe Hesse. in its wisdom.
Might think proper to appoint I sod, with respect to tbe time when
fait Right Hon. Ftlellti (the esetetary for the Home Department)
rape his seat, he would ao desk give some notice with reference
tip , sobject.
it.
GREENE moved for leave to bring in a Bill to
impliwer the clergymen and their parishioaets to com-
mute IM torn rents, the tithes within their respective
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parishes. Ile stated, that when the experiment had been
tried, it had been found to answer exceedingly well—
and his object was, to enable parishes, at a trifling ex-
, pone, to cloth ,t which tome had been induted to do
by the means of a Private Bill.—Leave was given to
bring in the bi:l.
' Sir JOHN NEWPORT gave notice, that Mr Mneay
neat, he should bring before the House a audio Ilight reference
to the Irish Court of Chancery.
S r A. GRANT brought up the Report upon expired and el-
plei,,g taws.—At l'ivs o'clock the House adjourned to Monday.

I THE MVENING STAR.

LONDON•

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1828.
Pusornevon OP tat BLUM VIROUI-•,-CLOAD HOLIDAY.
STOCK EXCH ANG K, TWF.IVE O'CLOCK.
It is a elcse holiday at the Bank, Stock Exchange, and Foreign
market; in consequence of which, the Brokers and Jobbers have
assembled on 'Change ; but, up to the present time, there it no
business doing. Consols may be quoted at 951, and Mexican has
been done at 381; since which it has improved to 391. In other
Foreign Securities nothing is duing.
CITY, HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.
Every thing appears very dull up to the present time on 'Change,
with little or nothing doing in Consols, which may be quoted 951 1.
This stagnation may be attributed to the discussions which are ex
pected to take place in Parliament on Monday, as well as a good
supply within these few days of Stock.
Extract of a letter from Porte Cabello, Nov. 6.—" I have been
advised by our Charge des Affaires at Bogota, that there is a pro-
bability that the Tariff of 1926 will be re-established, with an addi-
tion of 5 per Cent. Mexican Bonds, 381; Colornbian,23l; Peru-
vian, 241."

Very little business was transacted in Parliament
last night. In the Lords, the Marquis of LONDOMIRRRY called the
attention of the House to the late intemperate and reprehensible
proceedings of the Irish Catholic Association, which, in defiance of
an Act of the Legislature. continues to meet and propagate its mis-
chievous sentiments. He had said, on a former occasion, that friendly
as he was to the cause of the Catholics, If he found them resorting
to any attempt to further that cause by means of intimidation. he
for one should feel it his duty to desert it. That declaration he
must now repeat.
1.41 rd HOLLAND gave notice last night of his intention
to move, on Monday nest, for an Account of the State of the
Relations between this Country and the Ottoman Porte, and for
the Instructions given to the Admirals of the Combined Fleets.
In the Commons, Sir JOHN Nt.WPORT. presented some
Catholic Petitions; and Lord Patateasttot gave notice that he
should, on Monday, move, in a Committee of the whole House, for
a special grant of Supply; but obstrved, in reply to a question b)
Mr. Huss, that he should not enter hitt, any details in the absence
of the CHANCELLOR of the Excnecona.

By an Express Iron Pais, we have received this
forenoon the Gazelle de France, dated yesterday. The
tollowing are extracts :

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VIENNA, J. 22.
Private letters hom Trieste state, that the Com-
manders of the combined squAdrons in the Mediter-
ranean have declared in a state of blockade all the
ports in Greece which are occupied by the Turks; and
ships of war cruize before Pains, Modon, Coron, and
Navarin. If this news is confirmed, it will be a new
step taken ti ward hostilities against the Turks.—
Metalliques, 90 9 16. Bank Actions, 1039.
COMM OF EXCHANGE, 30TH JANUARY.
5 per Cegts. 103 6)70-5 per Cents. 6)-35.
The private letters by the Ezpress state, that a change
of the French Ministry will take place, as they are going
to join with the Royalists, which will be unfavourable
to the British Government. -

We extract from the Gazette de France of Thursday
the substance of the new Treaty of Intervention said to
have been concluded by the three Allied Powers, in
regard to the affairs of Turkey and Greece.
It appears by the stipulations of that Treaty, that
though the Allies considered that " military operations
by iea and land might become necessary,"every thing
'was to be done by them in the spirit of the Treaty
iof July as far as possible, and no one of the contract-
ing Powers was to have the right, under any pretence
'whatsoever, of seeking to aggrandize himself, or secur-
ing to himself exclusive advantages. The expenses
incurred by the Triple Alliance were to be subjected
to a common estimation, and the nature of the indem-
nities to be fixed and regulated.
The castle of Scio is stated to have held out until the
morning of the 20th of December, when the Greeks
having completed the mines, and desirous of avoiding
unnecessary bloodshed, sent in a final proposition to the
besieged, which had brought about the preliminaries of
a treaty for the surrender of the place.
Advices from Constantinople assert, that the Porte
had at length come to the determination of sacrificing
its, prejudices, and in part its sovereignty, by acknow.
ledging in a qualified manner the independence of the
Greek Islands and the Morea.

The German Papers received this morning are re-
markably barren of political intelligence : the sub.
joined communications from Alexandria, Leghorn, and
Smyrna, are the only articles worth transcribing:

ALEXANDRIA, Dgc. 14.
We have been looking with the most eager expecta-
tion for the arrival of the first Tartar from Constanti-
nople, after the battle of Navarin was known•there. He
came, and the Pacha immeliately sent for the Consuls
lof the three Allied Powers, and declared to them, that
whatever might be the final ilsue of the political nego
ciations, he would give them, and the subjects of their
Sovereigns, entire protection. No European, therefore,
thinks of leaving Egypt even in case of war. The
finances of the Pacha are in a most deplorable condi-
tion, and no idea can be formed of the scarcity of
money here. _ _

LEG WHIN, Ja.x. 16.
We have received letters from Malta to the 7th of
January, which bring the following particulars
" An English corvette and a brig sailed yesterday, to
join the other ships off Carabusa, in order to keep that
nest of pirates in check. In the harbour of Malta, there
are four Russian ships of the line, two frigates and two
brigs. The English ships of the line, Asia and Albion,
and the Rose corvette, sailed for England six weeks ago
By an Austrian brig we have news from Constantinople.
to the 25th December. The Government had detained
a number of ships laden with corn, among which were
eight Maltese, had taken the cargoes at a certain fixed
price, and then suffered the ships to sail in ballast without
obstacle. A Sardinian ship, which has arrived in seven
days from Navarin, brings the news that Ibrahim Pacha