The National Register. — London, England, 1811-07-21 00:00:00

448 rssponsibility of such an unconstitutional act. But it appears the Pa Es I nEN r has deevcd it his duty to issue the order, and is wil ling to run the hazard of impeachment. Should he have Federal judges, we arc co,tfidet.t they will acquit hien, if his sole object .etall appear to have b eu the liberation of American seamen : And if his Judges are democratic, he will only have to put to the test the sincerity of those who have by words and dreds so • often admitted, that their I'IESIDENT can do ?co wrong. Their creed . - 44 Tr) one sole monarch Jove commit; the away, 46 His are the laws, uud Him let all obe::." It is a fact Commodore RoDGERS has put to sea, and as it is suppos , d the Guerricre is now off the coat, there c.,:mot be a doubt but the Commodore's vigilance and activity will find her ; and that he, will execute his orders, whatever they ingy be, yeilh fir:nnesS 3nd completeness. •‘ When Greek /sleets Greek,then comes th • tug - ()Timm" Both frigates are warnt vessels. The President has the udv....ntin!e in welit of metal. La Guerriere was captu:cd from the French by the blanche, of 38 guns, in 1806. Captain Pecu ELL was made Post-Captain last year. Letters from Baltimore, by yesterday's mails, stated the pre • valence there of a report that the two t„:;.ates had met and hid a combat. We think the report pronatu: - .L—(Columbian Cen• tin!) Here we find a plain avowal of the object of the American Government in sending the President in clvce of our cruizers. It was, in the words of the extract, to do something "tantamount to an act of war," or in reality that would fulfil the chief condi tion of the secret treaty entered into with France, and lead to an immediate rupture with this country. So eager was the PRESIDENT to display his subservi ency to NAPOLEON'S designs, that it appears " he has taken upon himself the high responsibility" of an act, tantamount to a declaration of war," for which he is liable to be impeached, " as Congress alone are authorised by the Constitution to declare and make war." His acquittal, however, should he be brought to trial on this ground, is confi d.:ntly anticipated, as well as the result of the expected contests, which the execution of Com modore RODGERS'S orders, " whatever they might • be," might occasion. Here the horrors of ap proaching war are contemplated with seeming complacency, but the jny of those who thus court hostilities, will be short. They will find, and that we trust Shortly, unless a prompt, full, and, now we may say, unhoped-for reparation be made, that they have brought down disgrace and ruin upon their own country, instead, as they vainly hope, of effectually assisting our inveterate enemy in his at tempts against our commercial wealth and national i...dcpendence. Extract of a Letter from Lisbon, dated July 4 : g: Our army remains in the Fame positions as w:ien the last packet sailed. Sottur has followed BLAKE towards Seville, with a considerable corps, leaving a great force, chiefly of cavalry, to cover his march. MARMONT continues in the neigh - bouthood of Merida, in short all is in .ctatu quo, and it seems as if the important work of this campaign vas over ; though inckec - 1 it is impossi ble to say what is now a car n p ; .i gn , as the work of marching, fighting, &c. continues throughout all the year." • TIIF._NATIONAL REGISTER._ FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. LISBON, JULY 1. EXTRACT OF AN OFFICIAL DESPATCH FROM HIS EXCEL LENCY MARSHAL-GENERAL LORD WELLINGTON, ADDRESSED TO HIS EXCELLENCY SENOR MIGUEL PEREIRA FORJAZ, DATED HEAD-QUARTERS, QUINTA LE ST. JOAS, 27TH JUNE, 1811. In the morning of the 22d instant, the enemy made a strong reconnoitring with a large corps of cavalry, upon the fortresses of Elvas and Campo Maior. The cavalry from the Army of the South was that which took the direction of Elvas, march. in for this purpose from the neighbourhood of Olivenca, And the woods situate between it arrl the fortress of Badajoz, at the same time that the cavalry from the Army of Portugal made . a reconnoitring upon Campo Maier, defiling with this view from the neighbourhood of Badajoz. The cavalry from the Army of the South suc ceeded in cutting off a piquet of the 11th regiment of light dragoons, which had been posted upon the Caia, in front of Elvas, under the command of Captain Lutyens. It is supposed that this misfor tune was caused by the said Captain's taking a regiment of the enemy's hussars for one of our's ordered to support him. The 2d regiment of Hussars, which was posted on the Guadiana, like wise suffered considerably, whilst retiring towards Elvas. The enemy was held in check in the vicinity of Campo Major by the British cavalry, commanded by Major-General de Grey, and the Portuguese cavalry brigade, directed by General Madden, and in consequence retired without seeing the position of our troops ; since this time they have made no movement of importance. Their army is posted along the Guadiana, between Badajoz and Merida, and their principal occupation appears to consist in procuring subsistence. They have already be gan in a certain degree to experience the effect of collecting the whole of their forces in Estrema dura. General Bonnet has evacuated the Asturias. D. Julios Sanches has possession of the plain coun- try of Castella Velha, and recently interrupted a convoy of great value, which was laden with money and provisions, destined from Salamanca for Ciudad Rodrigo. Another also, which set out from Valladolid, of much value, consisting of the baggage and effe.ls of King Joseph, has been taken by the partisln Mina, near the city of Vittoria, the whole of the escort which guarded it being killed. As had been concerted, General Blake cross ad the Guadiana on the 22d inst. and I have been informed, that on the 24th he was in Caq;lleiros. It is to he hoped that the Spaniards will take the greatest possible advantage of the concentration of the enemy's forces, and in this manner oblige them, by the loss of their convoys, and the danger which their small garrisons, civil departments, amt adherents resident in the great cities, are exposed, to divide their armies, and expose some of them to our attacks.—( Liston Jul/ 1.) SALAMANCA, JUNE L This morning many sick took the route for Val ladolid, escorted by three hundred dismounted cavalry, wllich formed part of the garrisioyi of this • .•