The Sun.
London, England, 1811-08-06 00:00:00

vention will have dispersed of itself. Thug, (lye
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tune is to; be wholly inopetative ; for unless •tt.Cati
operate against 'the Cafholie 'Convert tion,.it is:ardedd::
letter in the code ;tan excrescence in .the
plantid Isty the' hand 'of folly, and withering in its.
own weakness. If the Convention Act does not
apply aphis' the Catholic Convention, agairt.st what.
Assembly', however dangerous; however.uhlawful,
can it ever operate ?-71.,ei us, however, strePose for
a moment, that it does riot so aeply.' 'The'privilege
which is thui possessed' by theltomanist (for he can:,
not property it to himself) belongs of equal right to-
the Presbyterian and 'to the Quaker, to the-Methb'j'
dist and to' the Moravian: the statute becomes 'a
cotutnpn of ,pasturage, and its enclosures may be
4'velied by :every man of every sect. There is no'
division intei which religion is divided, that may not
claim equal liberty of conscience, and set the Legis-
lature at, equal denatice. 'Were the Protestants to.
Islip wilts of'elebion, and Meet on the hustings, to
• appoint delegates and prepare or pretend to prepare
netitions against, the demands of the. .aomanists;

Row' soon,wOuld the Convention Act, be set up as
statutable bar tty their proceedings! Yet we be-•
lieve that th(.ir equal right with the Romanists to a
Parliamen.t el their owii, ‘,‘ di hardly be denied,— •
Tints every county iieland, and every parish in
Dublin, Might be filled with Election!, and Asset*.
bhes and• Committees and' Parliaments, wlth petty
diagtois and penny Onturs ;• while every. seCta-
rian::who chutes to .keep ,afoot from the Esta-
'bliaheci Church, may make a speech,. bespeak a
dinner, vote a piece of pOte, create. a Parliament,
displace the Administration, and repeal the UnFon
for himself. ••• ,
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The'PalNCts RHOENT did not go to Windsoryes-
terday, but went this morning at ten o'clock.
Letter, from.. Liverpool mention the ar.ival there
of the Venial from America. She is stalcd.to have
sailed from an American ptn't on the Q9th 01
.June,
just in time to bring the intelligeoce ut the.urrival
out of both Mr. I'l:mA ey and Mr: rost4a.,.-
Yesterby letters were received, conveyed by, the
General Poriiei-, a merchant. vessel, Corunna,
to the date of the '6th orti'sr month.: No further
intelligtince had been obtained from the armies an'
the trontiers of Portugal. Generals SANTr,cII.DEs
and BOiNiN ST remained tr their forrrwr cipsh too—the
one without, and the other witlito the wolii of
the Spanish Cornmander li,td a Imee exertiding,
:,10,000 naeu'uhder nrtlors. Grelt
vailed-arnongst, the Patriots throughout oallicia and
the adjacent. provinces..
It is said that whpn the account of the battle of
Albuea arrived at Petersburgh, it w.-rreceived with
the'deeiest SatisWtion: The Emperor WAS on the.
parade ; th newt, soon spread among the troops,
and was greeted with huzzds ; halls and fetes were
given in honour of it ; Littratirow expressed his
,stirprise and indiignation. Russia was to. have been
attacked by 'BUONAPAIITA in May. lAtit j but our suc-
cesses in the Peninsula prevented him from paring
• tuf6cient number of troops. The Russian 'army
'on the frontiers of Poland 'amounts to 249,000 men,
extremely well in
, appointed, s with, a very numerous
• Captainsivattrtros and. GrtAssam Milne are ap-
poitatl'io- the:Raj/a/ Sovereign and thl-
liam and Mary vachts, at'Deptf?ai,io the room of
Captiins MA.tiTIN And feAsett, promoted to 'the,
rank of 'Admirals; . - -

Captain MALCOLM is appointed to the Rayal Oak,
of 74 guns, in the room of Lord MIZLIUti BLAU..
cLatttc..

The Grammar School of Dumfries was examined
in the usual manner on Friday last. A young Lady
from the parish of Kirktuaboe, along with her aro.
ther, supported the honour of the Greek class. She
made L.ltiti and Greek exercises and verses,, and
read Homer, with ease; and answered qu-stions
which were.ipUt to her in Philology,. Antoroty, or
Grammar, with accuracy and promptness.
The price of Bread %Ivas ordered to-day to be
raised Id.
,per peck ; the Quartern Loaf will then
be' is. 2d.

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Two Gentlemen, of. the names, of Dafetir 'and
Craig, started yestrday, fur a wager ot fifty guineas,
to run froMilre middle of Holborn.to flow, and re-
turn'. Each betted that he perierined thedistance
within an. hour, beitig eight miles and a half.
.hie.
Dufour wort by three minutes, he having performed
the distance io tifty-seven minutes;
Tits MITS.—It will give pleasure to every friend
to Genius, mid lover of the ArtS, to hear that
Wit,Kfa isenfirely recoVered front his late alarming
illuess, and exerting his talents in tull vigour. He
haS just finiShed a pitiure, which,' from its 'magni-
tude and the natures of the ,subjed, has 'Occupied
a considerable portion of his time,•and Which is pe-
culiarly well calculatedto give sCope to his powers
and the luxurianCe elf .his humour,'-The 3centis a
'representation' of the Area in iront of a Country
Ale-libusu,, and the etfeCt of rustit revelry is:iliewn
iti various giotipes.ul figures, all of which are ad-
mirably bioeglir .together. The eltiet g loop dis-
plays 4 strugle between some peasauts tO ci!tain
'among tl4in a man in a Carter's frock, who seems
already to have Sacrificed .pretti freely to the jovial
God, and the efforts of his wife and child to induce
hirn to leave sirmiltencrew,-., These figures dis-
play a varied.andinatural expreP4n, and i mere, is an
.interesting contuit between the careless dissipation
of the inebriated rout and the anxiety of the wo-.
man to rescue her husband. There are other asseen7
bloges of 'unsung, oorne engagod in revelry, some in
rustic gallantry, and others in checrial conternala!
tionof the passing scene. - tree ingenious Artist hair
ventrived,tsusual, to introduce some tduches of a
sentimental. and moral cast, particularly in the itp-
penrance 'of a'veneiable feMale, who• seems to hive
knoWn better days'; she is looking with tender soli-
citude on a man, who may be isupp'eked to be her
son, stretched on the ground in inehriOiy tit4d Steep.
The aged matron is leading a child, who looks with
surprise aisd sorrow at the conaitionol hisiather.
But it would be in vain for us to attempt to particu•
larise the, striking 'variely of ineidentaind circurn
stances which the Artist has introduced, The whole
manifests an accurate observatiori of life and nature,
in charatter, spirit, composition, and colouring.
The building, .too; exhihitS taste as well as truth,
and appears to be the remains of a more dignified
abode. This' extplisite Work, we
,understand, is
painted for that munificent Patron of the Arts, Mr.
ANostispart4l, and 'it will add' no sinatl drgreo of
Watt.** to bio valuablt; collection,