Star.
London, England, 1808-09-28 00:00:00

THE DALRYMPLE CONVENTION.

This Convention not only recognizes his Imperial
and Royal Majesty NAPOLEON, but his exercise of so.
vereignty in the creation of a Duke; and lest by
any chance the act of recognition should be con-
strued into an unmeaning form, it secures to this
Duke the possession of his dukedom by' positive
treaty. What else can be meant by the 16th article
of the Convention (founded, let it be always recol-
lected, upon the principle laid down in the armistice)
in which it is agreed, " that all the immovable as well as
movable property of the French shall be respected and
guaranteed to them, with the liberty of retaining or dis-
posing of it, and passing the produce of the sale into
France ?" Now let us apply this to the case of the
Due d'AaRANTEs. There was a very fine Duchy,
or rather Marquisate, we believe, of that name, in
Portugal, consisting of a town of from thirty to
forty thousand inhabitants, and a considerable ter-
ritory, the proprietor of which, if we are not mis-
informed, has followed the fortunes of his Sovereign
to the Brazils. When NAPOLEON undertook the
conquest of Portugal, he considered the possessions
of those who emigrated as disposable spoil, and this
Marquisate fell to the share of JONOT. One would
have thought that when the French were expelled, and
the kingdom was reconquered, that too by an Ally
of her most Faithful Majesty, and a General acting
under the auspices of a Government declaring itself
the champion of legitimate Sovereigns, the first re-
sult of victory would have been to have stripped the
vulture of the peacock's feathers, and to have released
the prey which was still bleeding under his claws ;
but in the Treaty that is concluded the loyal Marquis
is no more considered than if he had been some worth-
less rebel, whose titles and estates had been forfeited
and confiscated for the purpose of rewarding the pa-
triotism and fidelity of a more deserving subject. If
one were not shocked by the flagrant iniquity of such
conduct, one could not help laughing at the blunder-
ing stupidity which it displays.

Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Princesses So-
rum, AUGUSTA, and .Ard ELIA, accompanied by Lady
HOWE, Count MUNSTER, General FITZROY, and Co-
lonel TAYLOR, took their usual rides in Windsor Park,
and retnrned to the Palace at twelve o'clock.

The QUEEN and Princess ELIZABETH took an airing
to Frogmore Lodge ; and the weather being fine,
walked in the gardens a considerable me.
Monday being the first day appointed for the hunt,
a fine deer was turned out at South-hill, which was
pursued by his Maszsrv's stag-hounds, and afforded
a fine day's diversion to a numerous field of gentlemen
sportsmen, and others who were present.
Yesterday a Cabinet Council asiembled at the Fo-
reign Office at half-past one, and did not break up
until it was nearly seven o'clock. The following
Members were present
lie Duke of Portland, Earl of Westmorland, Mr. Canning,
Lord Castlereagh, Mr. Perceval, Lord Mulgrave, and Earl Ba-
thurst.

His Excellency the Portuguese Ambassador yester-
day attended at the Foreign Office, and had a con-
sultation v•ith Mr. Secretary CANNING, which lasted
nearly three hours. The Swedish Ambassador had
also an audience for a considerable length of time.
Wednesday was married, at Chester, Lord CHARLES
Berrisca, son of the Duke of PORTLAND, to Miss
SEYMOUR.

Mr. Hume, the brother of the late celebrated
Join.: HUNTER, who held a place in the Navy Office
upwards of 60 years, has been allowed to retire upon
a pension of 7001. a year.
In consequence of 'an alarm of fire in the Pantheon
on Sunday, a number of engines proceeded thither.
The fire, however, which at first had a serious ap-
pearance in the interior of that edifice, was happily
got under without doing any serious injury.

Among the articles saved from the effects of the
fire which destroyed Covent Garden Theatre, not
the least remarkable is the Cap of Liberty, which
used to be suspended over the head of the Chairman
of the Beef-steak Club. This curious relic, which
was presented to the Club by the celebrated Jont4
WILKE.% was dug out of the ruins on Saturday, with-
out having received the slightest injury. A very large
gridiron, belonging to the Club, and which is nearly
a century old, has also been recovered.