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AIAILS. AR R IV! GIIeMSCY, t I erSey, t New. York, t lamaica , Dublin, 3 WAtorford. • Due=t Cadiz ; 't Lisbon, t Malta, t Guernsey , _ fersey, aDublin, Waterford. , I'ItIC V. 01 , VrOCKS. THU HAY A T TwrLy O'CLOCK. '6lli ReC Ann. - Consols. - - TFT r, SUN.. SOLFM QUIS DICIRZ FALSU,I AtInF.AT ? LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1812. 64 . 61 This morning we received the following Letter froth Oporto, which happily relieves our apprehen sions for the safety of Almeida. Our readers wjll see with pleasvre that the Portuguese Militia are emulating the conduct of the regular troops : 'OPORTO, Amur. 14.—0 n the 3d instant General DUHE , ME, with a small force, and 18 pieces of fly ing artillery, appeared before Alnieida : during the night. he caused some works to be thrown up. On the sth the Mania, under Colonel LE MESURIER, Governor of the place, made a sortie, and drove in the enemy, who, on the 6th, • retreated beyond Val de la,Mtila. Nothing could surpass, nor can language do justice to the gallant and determined conduct which the Pihattil regiment of Militia dis played !n a.s!iarp skirrni ,, ii with the enemy. SILVEIRAIS at Braganca ; TRANT near Almeida. On Monday last WILSON crossed the Douro, and must, by this time, be near the other divisions.-- Don CARLOS D'ESPANA is on the Coa with 500 men. It is hot possible to say what obje& the French have in view. We havetjust been informed that on the Bth inst. the Frericil appeared before Cuidad Rodrigo, • threw . up some works, and summoned" the town to sur render ; but upon receiving a refusal they retired, And are now marching in the direction of Coria. We acre in great spirits here on 'account of the fall . of~Badajgz, from which great advintages are'exlied ett to the allied cause. - . It is the general opinion here that MARMONT has in / reality, sent off almost . the whole of hii force to" the South, only het ping a small party in the North to call the attention of the militia. Very recent accounts from France, confirm the statenient we made, respeEling the Disturbances %Illicit have taken place in different parti of France. In Paris they hate been very serious; on one occa sion above 20,000 persons assembled, and the wails of the Thutilet ies were coveted with this inscription; " Pread, Peace, or the head of the Tyrant." It is said that the extreme misery 'which prevails in every part. of the dominions of BCONAPARTE has ixciied no inconsiderable alarm in his mind; and that he begins to see the necessity of departlng -from the . s) stem which he has hitherto pursued. The following are extraas from the New York and Washington Papers to the tath ult. WASHINGTOii . , MARCH 1(2.—" As the faCts become more an - d, more disclosed respecting • the affrir of I - leNRY, the pitiful condua of Mr. -IVIADI--; SGNI is more and more despised by men of honour able feelings of all parties. - The facts, it is supposed, will, when fully scru tinised, appear thus:—HENRY, with a French real or pretended_ Count; who has .been in this city this . winter, landed from England at New Yorkor Bos ton last November. Doubting whether to go tee Canada to try to get into his old business, or make money by disclosing„secrets to our Government, he becomes acquainted with Governor GERRY of Mak sa• husetts,Wno urges him to come on here. The plan is settled. GEivity.writesa letter, dated January 11, 18 t 2, to Mr. INIADISON, asking him to assist in his re-election, and the obligation, shall be reciprocal. DENRY arrived here the last or nearly the last day of January', and put .up at a hotel, . where he kept himself Most of the time concealed in his chamber; his name, I think, is entered on the Hotel book, 3i . He deliyers his letter to AlarlsoN. The apers-are examined. The bargain is made. - What sum he gets out of the 100,000 dollars secret service money is not known. Many suppose 20,000 dollars. [He brought with him toiNew York, a.check drawn on one of the banks of this city, for 40,000 Sollars!) NAboiso4 engages that the subject sfiall . not be d . ;elosed to Congress till lie is safe. The Com mittee of Foreign relations met, and sent for MONROE who brought the papers with him.. ,He was asked where Was HENRY? He informs them that he is slipposed to be now in New York, or has sailed to Europi (in the :hap, provided perhaps by agreement to carry him to France.) ./VioNRoE is asked what accomplices there are who was con cerned. The ,Stcretary answers, there are none; not an American implicated. The Coinmittee can dO nothing. " The Committee, mostly democrats, perhaps will not report. -The whole was ibtended to secure the northern de,i.oLratio elealons. Something tric;:c it is litmet-ee e4ie6ec ;will iDe don e.lO-016t ow, or next day, to put this contemptible cOndua in a correEt 'point of view, for the Public. The Flouse will again have the subjsEt befoi - e thent. Though in. fa& all is honourable td the tederalistS'as a body, it is hoped this miserable ele;aiOneering trick haVe an'effea th.e reverse of what was, intend ed. MADISON'S charaeler will -be sunk : by qhis meanness, a_nd this alone may prevent 'his-re-eke- tion. " Future proceedings are settled- 7 There is a de termined large majority in the _Senate opposed to war, b.ing the Hornet what she may. The-Non importation is to be continued. The PRESIDENT iS to borrow what Money 'may be wanted for ordinary expences. The Tax-bill will' pmS, but never be ex ecuted. So things are v to remain till the next Ses : . sion of Congless. " An expeaation is entertained by many of the democratic members, that the Hornet will Lfring out some public instrument, under the seal or autbority of the French Government : that the decrees are re yoked, so far at least as our newral rights are con cerned ; in which case war. is not to be declared till Great Britainhas had time to comply with her pro mises of rescinded the Ordersin Council, as so on as she ha's authentic proof of the repeal of the Decrees. War is altogether out of the question.. " NEW YORK, MARCH 16.—Our .Correspondent at Washington communicates many things about 14ti ; the - Committee of Foreign Relations had not yet agreed *to report on the subject; the ma jority would much rather not report. The in jured 'loudly demand , it, and they may be forced' to come forward with all they know, Which will operate on Mr. MADISON more than the sting Of • • 0 a wasp-; for some of the Committee, know what 'the truth is. New subjects of surprise will soon pop out ,upon the public, One of the heads of de partment has denied that the Wasp has gone to France ; the certainty, however, of HENRY having gone in her, excites here democratic astonishment: There. is some talk here about the 45,000 dollar. bu.- sinesS'at Baltimore. QUINEY will bring the busi ness before the House. The following, from the Baltimore Reputlican, will , throw some light on the HENRY business. When Mr. HENRY passed through Baltimore, on his way to Washingion, he had little or no mo ney, but' received 100 dollars froth \ his correspon dent in Nevi York.' He remained, upwards of a Week at'Washington, and in the neighbourhood. On his return to Baltimore, he called with a friend at a B ink in this city, and produced a.cir tificate, from an officer of a Bank in Washington, that forty-eight thousand dollais been deposited in the said Bank to his credit. In this certificate the cashier of the Baltimore Bank-gave him drafts, Sz - e. on the Bank in NT,-.,W York, where,Mr.listirit's buStriess lay, rind whence lie informed his acquaint ance here, he _was to sail for Europein the Wasp." HOUSE OF REMESENTATIVES, MARcH g. On a motion for printing the papers sent by the President„ Mr. -PLAINT had no objection to the printing, but they were calculated to cast an unjOst odium on a part of the country. Nobody that he • had any knowledge , of ever heard of the man before, or of any such project. The letters were a .1;bel on the government, on federalists, on democrats, on every body but himself, and himself he had proved a trai tor. • k - Je would not consent to - take a character frOm such a man. • Mr. Ring - thought an inquiry ought to be insti tuted, though he had. no belief that the federalists. had - ever thought of joining the British for any such purposes. ." He' would teter the i documents to the Committee of Foreign Relations. Mr. • GIIOLSON said, if ar!jr evidence, it was highly honourable to the Eastern seetion - of the union, for he says not one could be found to meddle in theprojeCi; but it demonstrates a scheme to dismember the union. issir.,WRIGHT was of opinion that the publication would be calculated to disgust the Northern section of the Union. He had no belief of the, federal par ty's having ever entertained a wish to join 6 . 06- fish.. He would . refer them to a Cormuilt - e of Foreign Relaticins. The,debate continued till four o'clock, when it was unanimously voted to print the documents, and unanimously voted to refer them to the Committee of Foreign Relations. • TUESDAY, MARCH 10. Hardly any business has been clone td•day. The busines of the spy HENRY, occupies the tongues of every body. Some of the (fiends of the Admi nistration:are wdrkingi-hatd to make a serious busi ness of it. ro-dayit seems to.be the opinion of all, that the President had better kept his secrets in his pocket. A week ago, the Secretary denied that the a 4) Was going toEut l ope. It is said, that this morn ing. Mr. MuNRO declared that the Goi6roment were bound` not to pursue Mr. HENRY, and that he was ready to sail for Francein the Wasp ! The wretch could not go to England, or stay here. SoMe think DE WITT CLINTON has set this . business afloat in .order to render MADISON unpoliular, 13.--Mr. PORTER stated /to the House, that business requiring dispatch rendered it necessary for the committee of Foreign Relations "try- sit to-day during the sitting of the' House—and asked such leave.—Granted. The Committee of Foreign Relations sat to-day, it Is said, ,to examine a certain Frenchman who came to this country from England last -.fall with, Henry, and who, it is reported, has got some of the 48,000 dollars, which it is now pretty generally, if not universally believed, Mr. HENRY ha 3 received - from Mr. MADISON. It is expected th.lt the Committee will be pushed to make a report on. Monday. Ikliatevet ad; Ater Ministers may itEtte (6 give . ein the spbjea of Lord HOLLANn's motion, Which stood °. fat disdpssion this day, there is one argument which might with propriety' be-used, not merely as an tir gumen4unt. ad .dcothifiem , but as an argumentilm 'ad rem. And this argument vtiould be decisive, even had Mr. Hekey's instrti6ti6tia tieen- as clearly liable to the construe - lion, which lie has chosen to put upon them, as they are obv . iously Otherwise ; had those, instructions proceeded direelly frcim Majest)'s Ministers, • instead of coming from the Governor of Quebec, without the authority, or even the knowledge of the British Cabinet. The authority, too, by which this argument is sup- . ported, is such,we coiceive, as Lord'HOLLAND Will be the last, in. the s.vholeicircle of politicians, to resist. Our readers May recollect-that, rot Jong before the French ReVolutibn, internal dissensions' occurred in Holland, owing to the intrigrics of Fiance. Two, opposite parties existed in that country at the period -in question, one attached to England; and the other favourable to France. £he illustrious Minister who • then, happily for Europe, ruled the Councils of this Country, immediately resolved' to support that party in Holland 'which was attached to'us. 'And when the question was discussed in the ,House of Commons, Mr. Fox bestowtd his unqualified probation on the policy pursued by Mr. PITT, which he proved, by a memorable quotation from VATEL, to be perfectly justifiable 6y, and strictly conform able to, the Law, of Nations.—We have not the book at hand to refer to, but the zrinciple laid down was this—that where two parties 'prevail in a State, one friendly, the other. hostile .to another Power, that - Power has a right to inlet fere in support of the party friendly to it.—Now, to apply this argument to the present. case, it will not- be denied, that two -such parties existed in Arnerica e _ at the period when he-received his instructions from Sir JAMES CRAIG. That Officer, therefore, would have treen fully justified by the Law of Nations, as established by VATer.; had - hc been authorised by his Govemment in interfering, even in the manner in which Mr. Herm has asserted (though we are persuaded untruly) that lie did interfere between the rival parties in that Country. We yesterday adverted to a paragraph which had appeared in different Papers, stating that Ministers had agreed to offer to the Roman CathOlics three of their principal demands, viz. to remove the impedi ments to their pr•omotion to the highest ranks in the. Army, the Navy and the Law. We can, however, venture to state, upon grounds on which we fully rely,, that there is no foundation whatever for the report, Yesterday, at her- houqe,in the Road, ttie Countess of BUCKINGHANISHI,iU had a large dinner, and, in the evening, a grand music party. Mrs. MONTAGUE entertained a few, fashionables, on Tuesday, at Montague House. The M4rquis of BATH and Lord HARE WOOD each gave elegant dinners, on Saturday 13%t ; the former in' Grosvenor-square, the latter in-Hanover-square, 'The Earl of Fort . reseue, in. Grosvenor-square, ; Lord CASTLER,EAGH, in St. James's' scinate, and the Earl of Essex, in Stanhope -street-, gave grand dinner's on Sunday last. . _ Ttie Counte§s of CASSILLLS opens her magnificent house, for the first time this season, this day.'se'n night. The Duke of BUCCLEUGH give a grand .dinner yesterday, at his house in Privy Gardens. The following extraas Of letters frotn i Offleers-in our Army in Portugal contarn some new and lute resi ing intelligence : . _ , Extras 61 a letter from an Officer ot• the 0.2 d Regiment of Foot, to a relation, dated Talavera, on the Gdadiana,.4pril 8 :—We arrived here ye - sterday, 'under General - HILL, to join General GRAHAM, at Albuera, irftended giving battle this morning to Marshal Sou Lr. SouLT, on hearing that Lord WELLINGTON had invested Badajoz, colleaed all his forces, to the amount of 38,000 men. Our force, under GRAHAM and HILL, is 35,000 Coot, and 6500 cavalry ; lint, on bearing of the fall of Bala joz,,SOULT halted, and is now, in, full retreat. We expe6l to, :receive orders to follow as soon as our Supplies come up, which 'cannot be less than two days. General WALKER died on the 7th, of his wounds.", ~ Extract of a letter from an Officer of high rank in Lord WELL! NG,TON:S army, dated the,9th SOULT, on the night of the - 6th, pulled ,up at Usagre, and there he is halted still.: Gen. GRAHAM, with far divisions, is waiting' for him at the old post of Albuera; but the ISlarshal'is too prudent to aggravate Ira .present misfortunes by risking in ac 'lion. allot •he must fall back. BALLASTER OS .has t 3,000 men rnwing upOrt Seville . . In the -mean time MARMONT has invested Ciudad Rodrigo with 9,000 filen, and same of us 'must _be cnoVing' 'that way directly. ' It is supplied for .amonth at least, and we can march four divisions there in .14 days. No battering train is arrived, nor has MA:a- MONT any." • Yesterday the dispatches for Ceylon, Bengal, Bombay, and Batavia, by the, ships-Princess-Char /pile of Ifrales, Thomas Grenpil(e, 13?oxbournebury, .f.,ordDuncan,Diana,..Taliaita,ondSirGogrey Weisier, were finally closed at tile .East India House, ,and delivered to their respeaive,Pursers. „ The Duhe of MOntraie packet, homeward bound, with maili from Malta and SiCily, is known to have. touched at Gibraltar on the 'llth ,ult. • Her -arrival, is hourly expeoled: BREAD.--'-'l - HS day there ,was no Court of Alder pen. The Lord-Mayor,,afier inspecting the re turns, ordered the present prices to continue. The quartern loaf 18W. . . NIA VAL 7 ',\ W". DEAL, MAY 4.—W,, sr.- %i_rry to mate hi 3 the jus; 6 . 1 l Maj;2st)'s gloofis 41 - Wei d Sizy/yik yeste)4. °joining, on the Frehch.coast; near Boulogne. aptain, SurgeOn, and Piiist!r; of the former, are Made prisoners of war the rerbainder of be Chrlcer and crew, with the-whole bt the St: i ltzik's 01-1100 aut!'ci•ew, rbactelheir•eacape in their boats,. It pears the accident occurred by thick weather. ANOTHrIt ACCOUNT. DOVEP ) DiftiY On Saturday evening Ailajesty's sloops Sky/cirk, Capt. BOYEt6 ao 3 Ape//es, Capt. HoFFNANT - , accidentally got on shore on the enemy's coast, to the N. E. of. Etaples, oCC3 . sioned by the rising of a very thick fog, and the raid being ditealy on the land. Capt. BONErt finding it impossible to get the vessA off' again,ifter seeing the whole of the crew safe On board the boats, rcc' ed the Skylark to be - btoWn up, tOprevent - her intothe,enemy's hands._.- The Lieutenant and •0 of the melt who were on board the gig, were piCited up by the Nyinp/i hired 'armed cutter,, and the, r 4 -it is supposed will meet the same chance. 1 116 ilpelles it is feared will f 111 into the. enemy's han2. 5 4 and the crew in that case will most probably 114 made prisoners of war. Last night' and a great part of to-day,, a great fit" ing has been heard from tie enemy's c9At,. iuppor . ed to be an attempt on the pal tof the ships on Boulogne station to desroy the Ape//es. • ANOTHER ACCOUNT.-EKTR ACT OF ; A LETTER TANI DEAL, DATED MAY 4. " We have extreme regret in vating that 0 6 Apelles and Skylark sloops of war got on shore on the French Coast 'during a thick. fog. on Satud4 , last, and it, being impossible to get them tff aga; s ' the Skylark was set fire to, and blown up by her crew , and the Apelles afterwards taken possession ,of the enemy. It is, however, .satisfaaory to us to 3' 13 . that the Officers and : crews of both veshels saved, and have arrived. at Deal." DEAL, MAY 3.—The reply: , of the British G .vernment to the lot dispatches received from FranO reached Deal yesterday afternoon ; and . was fort-car- 1 " ed immediately ,to the French coast in the F4gsto!l-• lugger, which vessel landed. them at Calaiilasetveti" ing, and returned to the Downs this [nautili. FALMOUTH, MAY 2.—Arriyed this day the TWO' end packet; Capt: Cocx, .With mails from Jamaiel) which she left on the 16th March. On the 24 111 "February, the_Mancheskr packet. left Jamaica wit lt for England, ancf—rn' iy be hourly e.xnetle 3 * On the 31st March, in tat. 26. 33. long. 65. 4 4 " spoke a brig from. America, who - reported that titer° were 8 sail of. ships of War (French) on the coas 4 . - Capt. Cocx, saw RAW:Pity of wreck, at several Fe' riot's, on his passage home. Also arrived-=off the Lizard the /Vary Ann paC Capt.Connv, with mails from i\Tew York, days Passage. On the 6th ultimo, in lat. 3.8. 15 ' spoke the American ship Everg . 'from Wiscasset;. bound to Liverpool, out 16 (1 8 .Y 5 ' On the 't2th, 'in lat. 40. 4. asseS - a stern f th e P - . 0 Anierican Ship Schaff inn, of Philadelphia ; and O 3 - the 18th, in lat. 22. 42. lang. 23. 50. spoke the American . brig, Siurge'on, of Plymouth, fro° Lisbon, from Boston . . The Americans are violen t . against this country,. - in consequence of the disclo; sure by Capt. HENRY, who has embarked on bO3 l an American sloop-of.war far France., Sailed the _Nymph Tacket, Capt. BERSEY, 1 0 .1! mails for Lisbon and Cadiz of the 28th ult. . , Oir Saturday lasi the Royal Academy gave the'-; Annual. Dinner previous to the opening at the . hibition, at which we-c present,—the Lord Chef' c !Dor, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquises of So ( ' ford and LarisdOwn ; tire En-ls, of Liverpool, 1 4-3 P. tnou.b, Mort.l3, Bathurst, Camden, Carysfort, 131 4 ; borough, Essex, Egremont, Grey, Digby, Aylcsfo''' Drrniey, Laudetdale, Char.lemont, Bridgwater, , ford; , Hardwitke ; Viscount; Melville and Mount' i joy ; Lords Mu!grave, Yarborough, Cawdor, 9.9" I inerville, Do Dunstan%Ale, Holland, KiLlsaird , Brownlow„^,xckland, and Dundas; the Archbishop of York.; the Bis Lops of London," Lineoln,, S3lis' bury, and Carlisle; the Dean of Windsor ; the lIt'" Spencer Perceval, ;he Speaker, R. Ryder, Gew - ge''' Canning, C. Long, G. Fuse, R. P. Carew, and Oa Lord Mayor-; Tire HOn. A. Phipps, mad G. How' , and ; the ilvlasterOf the Rolls, Sir W. Scott, Sir - Gibbs, Sir-T. Plotuer, BartS.; Sir G. -Beau:l4oot , Sir. A. Flume, Sir J. Banks, _Sir H. Englefield, Si r T. ifarnard; Sir J. Swinburne, Sir, H. Inglis,. Geo' rid Turner, Colonels Palmer and Cire ) • - •; 'Whitbre'ad, W. Smith, W. Wilberforce, NV. M ring, J. J. Angerstein, R. P. Knight, W. SotheliP W. Locke, S. Roge..rs,, J. P. Kernble, J. Penn, 0 ; Carey, S. Lysons. H. P. Hope, 'Rev. H. Carr, J" Green, &c. &c. • We understand that the shop in which- the fortunate family of the Marrs were murdered, sail exhibits the- horrid..speaacle of the bloOd..of tb a " unfortunate - vielims 9w various places, and is 311 °hied of considerable curiosity. The continuaoc ti '. of such a sight is Shocking ; and it ought to be pr'c' an end to. " At Marlbarough-street Police Office yestertlaY)l.., : , Man named Green, Was committed fur an assault ° J - a wicked nature', on a v o Oung Lidy where he servant. --