The National Register. — London, England, 1812-07-12 00:00:00

JULY le. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 1a 7 77: 74 S YESTERDAY. PRICE OF STOCI tf per Cent. C0n5ca......5 1 4 N per Ceat. Reduced 651 4 per Cents. 6 per Cent. Navy... 6Cf Long Aun. l4l India Bonds 9 In die. Exchequer Bills (4d.) I d dis. Ditto (V d) 34 pr. ()tuition Consols for Acct 37i We have to apologize to a most valuable correspondent for the omis sion of some of his articles, which the unexpected length of the Gazette has once mare compelled us to delay. They shall posi tiviy appear in our next. We have, most reluc kept back the tribute to Mr. PEACEV AL, to make room for his other favour. We trust this arrangement will meet his approbation. Many other communications are unavoidably postponed. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. ton Den, SUNDA Y, JULY iQ. LORD CASILEREAGH'S BILL. The Report of the Secret Committee has been submitted to Parliament. An official copy of it will be found in tuother pait of our paper, and will show, that the distur bailees, though alarming, are less so than had been appre hended. On Friday, Lot d CASTLEREAGH moved for leave to bring in a Bill founded on the Report. The measure proposed' is to be limited, not only as to time, but with respect : to space also ;—it is not to continue in force longer than to give Parliament an opportunity of assembling to act as circumstances may require, and it is not to extend beyond the disturbed districts. The Magistra!es of those districts are to have the poWer of searching for stolen or secreted arms, without having first a deposition made in respect to their concealment, as at present required by law. They are to have the power of calling on the inhabitants to yield up their arms, receipts being at the satete time given, for the safe custodyof the same ; and that of immediately dispersing any tumultuary body. Those who do not instantly disperse, when required, are to be liable to punishment for a mis demeanour, and the Magistrates are to have not only the power of dispersion, but also that of arrest, and to bold the offenders to bail, in order that they rum, be brought to trial at the Quarter Sessions. Finally, the Magistrates of the disturbed counties are to have jurisdiction over the adjacent districts, in order that offenders may not defeat the ends of justice by passing over the . borders of the county in which their off:nces have been committed. The measure met with general approbation, and Ministers are certainly entitled to credit for not overstepping the necessity of the case, though we tear it may reasonably be doubted, whether an enactment so lenient will be found sufficiently strong to avert the danger. DECLARATION OF WAIL' M AINST RUSc.; IA . Moniteurs, and other French Papers, to the sth instant, Iqing the important, though not unexpected, intelligence of the Declaration of War by France against, Russia. In a Sitting of the Conservative Senate on the ;;d instant, a report from the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Emperor was pre sented, in which Russia is,charged with a depavture from the Continental System, to which she had plc 4ed heit;elf by the treaty of Tilsit, and also of committing se oral other acts Contrary to the alliance between the two rations. Treaties of alliance, it is stated, had been made with the Emperor of Austiia and the King of Prussia ; in which the former binds himself to furnish 30,000 men to France ; the integrity of the Turkish territories in Europe is guaranteed; and the principles of the treaty of Utrecht recognized.. NV hen the IIS PI r"! -. 7": a! 4 , 27 last express left the French coast, information had been re ceived there, that accounts had reached the capital, of hos tilities between France and Russia having actually com- menced. DECLARATION OF HOST! LITI ES BY AMERICA AGAINST ItEAr lIRITA IN. Thursday morning, a mail arrived from New York.—The intelligence which it brings comes down to the 13th of last month, and is of considerable importance. A Declaration of War against this Country had been agreed to in the House of Representatives by a majority of 79 to Oct. Tins declara tion was sent to the Senate, and referred to a Committee of seven by the small majority of 17 to 15. Our Declaration of the 29. d of April had been received before the President's Message was sent to Congress, and Mr. RotTh, the King's Messenger, had reached Washington with dispatches for Mr. Fetter, which bad given rise to some farther correspondence with Mr. Monroe ; and the Senate had adjourned to wait for the result of this correspondence. The language.of the official paper is decisively warlike; but strong petitions are preparing in many cities against war. The death of Mr. PERC EV At, was not known in America at the time the packet left New York. The news of this event would reach the shores of the trans-atlantic continent shortly after her de parture ; and should this a while stay the cry for wir, the tidings of the Orders in Council being revoked might allay it altogether. CAPTURE OF SALAMANCA. . Dispatches were on Thursday received from the Earl of WELLINGTON and Mr. STUART, and were published in last night's Gazette, containing accounts of the allied army having advanced into Spain, and taken possession of Salamanca. The enemy had previously evacuated the place, leaving about 800 men in some forts constructed upon the ruins of col leges and convents. Sour.T and DitocET, after collecting their utmost force at Seville and Cordova, had moved for ward to Llerena and Santa 011 a, in consequence of which Sir It. HILL called in all his detached troops, and aqernbled the whole of his army at Albuera, where he had been joined by four Portuguese iegiments from Badajoz, and some Spa nish troops. It is probable, therefore, that we shall souk' hear of an action betwcvn the French arms', commanded by SOUL T, ana the Allies, commanded by General HILL. The Vrench under So uLT arc estimated 2t 18,000 infantry, 3600 cavalry, and 30 pieces of artillery. The force under General HILL is stat.'d at 18,000 Bri:ish and Portuguese. A mail from Anholt arrived yesterday ; but it has not brought any account of the commencement of hostilities. We shall probably receive the first intelligence of such au event from the French papers. It is with great willingness we recall those suspicions we have more than once, though not lately, exprc•sed relative to the conduct of BERNADOTTE. We now believe that there i 3 one French General at least who is not BU ON A PAwr Cs tool. All the otThrs that could he supposed likely to iIIiILICIICC BERNADOTTE. to take part with him have been made—accession of territory, pecuniary recompence, Zinc. But they have all been peremptorily refused. MR-, NADoTTE has expressed himstlf decidedly in favour of this country ; he knows that the real intereAs of Sweden dictate the most I...endly intercoure with us ; and he has resolved to give a public proof of his sentiments, by paying a visit of respect to the British Admiral in the Baltic. He has noti fied, tlr'tt Letween the 12th and 15th of this mouth, he shall proceed to Gtatenbur i Th fur that purpose. • S -~-~«-~