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t,T ether ortheßeport of the Committee, thought that it put: .the }louse in possession of one im portant fact—the seizure of arms by bodies of men fle.regretted to hear that even the latest acc,unts froin.Yorkshire, stated that arms still continued' to be seized. Uilder these circum stances, though no man could be _more zealous . for the right s o f th e p e o p l e , h e f e lt hi mse lf - bound to support the Bill, in order to 'defend the Ceinstitution, by a temporary aberratiOil fro•mtbie practice. Mr. cALCRAFT censured the refusal of parole evidence ,by the Committee, and contended, that as nothing was known of the state of the dis turbed counties since the 23d of June, they ought not to go on legislating as if the disturbance still continued, particularly as private accounts repre sented that tranquillity was restored. • ;Mr. C. 11.riTcHiNsoN opposed the 'Bill, not:, merey upon principle, but upon ekperience . , hay- . already 'witnessed theconsequences of a simi lar measure in Ireland. • Mr. HERBERT spoke in favoUr of the Bill. Mr. TIERNEY declared himself ready to concur in giving the Government sufficient power to put down assemblies, lnit objected_ to the clause thorising the seizure of arms, and particularly in the night time. He submitted whether it would not have been better' that no counties had been mimed in the Bill, but that the - application of it to any counties in which it might appeaeto be ne cessary, had been left to the discretion of Govern ment.. He should take the sense of the House ngim the ineastne. • 'Mr. BATntraSi argued. from the fact of the seizure of arms by nocturnal depredators, that Parliament was bound to take some decisive , step, for; even suppoSing that disorder had sub sided, they could not calculate' securely that it would not break out again. The fact, however, was unfortunately the reverse ; for, on this very morning, intelligence. had` reached Government, that no less than . eight houses were plundered of arms in the course of one.night. Would Parlia ment then take upon themselves tl:e responsibility of refusing to adopt some defensive measures' for the protection of the loyal and peaceable inha bitants of those parts H, MARTlN ' begged leave .to state hOw, -as he Conceived, the law would stand, after the pass ing-ot this Bill, with respect to those persons • who were sent to execute the purpose of seizing arms.. An Hon. Gentleman (Mr. W. Smith) had expressed a doubt upon a former night, whether the killing of persons demanding arms. in the night time, would amount to the crime of mur-. der ;. his (Mr. Martin's) opinion was that it would, and he though it of importance that that fact should be gerwrally understood. Mr. W SNIITII said he had never intimated a doubt upon the subject in case the party demand ing arms shoved that he came properly authorised. His apprehension, was that by permitting search in the night time, the disturbers might avail them selves of the pretence of legal authority, and that by such a clause the Bill woutd give a colour to their deman-ls.- Mr. D. GIDDY apprehended it would be corn:- petent for any one to call upon the Officer coming to search to produce his authority, and -did not suppose that strangers would be employed on such an errand. Mr. TIERNEY wished to make a provision, tnacting that it should be lawful for his Majesty to terminate the operation of the Act by pro clamation, when it shall appear the disturbances no longer continue in those districts to which the act extends. Lord CASTLEREAGFI had no objection to a t1"0- vision like that proposed by the Right Hon. Gen tleman but the operation of the Bill being limited to a short period, he did not conceive it to be necessary. The House divided. For the Third Reading Against it l5 Majority —54 ' The Bill was then read a third time, and the further proceeding upon it postponed. The Report of the Frame-work Knitters Bill was taken into further consideration, and the Bill re-committed. Several amendments were moved, on which a discussion of some length took place, after which the House resumed, the Report was brought up and agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time tomorrow. The futther proceedings on the Bill for the better preservation of the Peace, were then re- Mr. TIEIPZEY brought up his clause, which teas added, by way of Rider, and the Bill was passed. OVERTURES FOR PEACE. Mr. SHERIDAN O at the request, of Mr. Tierney, who - Observed that be had erroneously eommuni dated by letter to an Honourable Friend of his. (Mr. Whitbread) that the motion respecting the Etc overtire fro France stood for to-morrow in stead of for to-day, postponed._ his motion until to-morrow. TOLERATION BILL. On Lord CASTLEREAGH'S- moving the third reading of the Toleration Amendment Act : Mr. W. SMITJI congratulated the House and the country that a Bill of such a nature had . passed th:o tgli its various stages. without an atom of op .. position. Although it did not go quite so far as it might with advantage to the country, by re pealing every restrictive statute, it nevertheless afforded to the Dissenters benefits, of the value of which they were fully sensible. The CHANCELLOR of the ExCHEO,VER united with the Honourable Gentleman in his expression of, pleasure at the reception which this Bill had experienced in Parliament ; the more . especially as the large sun's which had 'been voted during ' the. Session for the Established Church, afforded a sufficient proof that the indulgence granted to the Dissent.;.trs, aro,se from benevolence of feeling to wards them, and not from any indifference to the interests of the Established Church. Mr. WfmnitEAD coincided with his Honour able Friend, acid the Right Hon. Gentleman, that the silent progress of this Bill was the best omen of the speedy extinction of all religious differences; although the measure did not go so far aslie could wish, it was,, neyertheless, a great boon to the the Church 6f England the true interests of wlLich would,'in his opinion, be consulted by the establishment of complete religious freedoth. 'The Bill ,was then read a third - time, ' • Mr. W'. Smiali brought up a clause, giving to Dissenting Teachers and Preachers the same ex 'eruptions under , the qualifi6ations of the Bill as they had enjoyed under the qualifications of the old Act. The clause was agreed to, and was added by way of rider, and the Bill was passed.—Ad journed. ARRIVED-1 Cad . z, 1 Lisbon, 1 Brazils, I Dublin,-1 .Water• ford. Dv F.-1 'Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS TI/IS DAY AT TAI:LVE O'CLOCK. CAnsols 56iff Red. Omniurn..li 2 pr. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERS r.u.surt AUVEAT LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY '2l, 1812. • The following gratifying intelligence was this morning received from Gibraltar, in a letter dated 20th June : • . His Majesty's ships Undunted, Blossom, anti Volontaite, have taiken and destroyed a French convoy of twenty sail in the *Bay of Marseilles. A large national schooner which escorted them and 13 of the Convoy were burnt ; the others Were cut off, and sent for Port Mahon. N. B. The convoy were all coasters. Dispatches were yesterday received from Lord WELLINGTON, dated Salamanca 25th, and Fuenta •la Pena, 30th of June, by which it appears, than the 16th and 19th of June, Marshal MARsrosn. collected his army on the Douro, exl eept - BoNNET's division and some small garrisons, and moved forward from Ricrac Sabuco on the 20th„ Lord IVELLINGTOS formed the allied army, with the exception of the troops engaged against the forts in Salamanca., on the heights extending from Villaries to 3lorlsco. The advanced posts of cavalry and infantry retired on the army in good order. and without material loss. The enemy re mained in our front during the night of the 2lst, and established a post on our right flank. Sir THoMAs GRAHAM was directed to attack them in. that post on the 22d, with thetroops on the right, which he did with those of the 7th division, Which were the reserve of the right, 'Under Major-Gene ral HOPE and Major-General D:BERNEWITZ.—The enemy were immediately driven from the ground with considerable loss. The troops behaved remarkably well in this affair, which was in view of every man of both armies. The enemy re tired in the night, and on the following even ing posted themselves with their right on the heights, near Cabeza Velosa, and their left on the Tormes at'Huerta ; their centre at Aldea Rubia— ' thus endeavouring to Communicate' with the gar risons in the forts at Salamanca by the left of the Tormes. Lord WELLINGTON changed the front of the army, and placed the right at Santa sll:ar tha, and the advanced posts at Aldea Lingua.— Major7General BROCK'S brigade was sent across the Tormes to observe the passages of that river. The enemy crossed the 'Tormes at Huerta on the morning of the 24th, in considerable numbers, with every appearan6e of a general movement in that direction.. The conduct ©f Major-General BROCK'S dragoons was conspicuously good on this occasion. When Lord WELLINGTON was certain that the enemy hat crossed the Tormes, he ordered General GRAHAM to cross it with the Ist and 7th divisions. . General L. MARCHANT'S brigade of cavalry was also sent over, and the re mainder of the army concentrated, having its ad vanced posts still at Aldea Lingua. The enemy advanced as -- far as Calvarissa de Abaxo, but observing the d;sposition made for their reception, retired across the Tormes at Huerta. The forts at Salamanca were sironger than was expected. An unsuccessful. attempt Was ,made to carry the convent of St. Vinceute on the 23d, and Major-General BOWES, after ' having particularly distinguished himself, was unfortu nately killed. The loss in Officers and men was likewise considerable. By a letter , from' Sir ROWLAND HILL of the 22d, Lord WELLINGTON learns that DROUET had been reinforced from Andalusia since the defeat of BAL- , LASTEROS at Dornos, and had advanced as far as Almendralejo. BALLAsThRos sustained much.loA, and is said to have retired towards Gibraltar. In the North, SANrocunns had invested Astor ga. The Guerillas were in unmolested possession of the country, and the enemy's communication cut off betw;en their weak and scattered garri sons. By the dispatch of the 30th, it appears that ,the forts of St, Cayetano and 'La Merced were taken by storm on the 27th. These operations were effected in the most 'gallant manner, and with trifling loss, by the detachments of the 6th division. under the command of CulonelD AVM'S. of the 36th"regiment,:ancltr tha direction of Major " General CLINTON. St. Vincente then capitulated on the terms otiered by Lord WELLINGTON : the garrison to march out kith-the :honours of War; officers to retpin• therr baggage, and soldiers their knapsacks. GeneralCLlivTo m mentions the con- duct of the officers and men in" terms of strong commendation, particularly of Lieutenant Colonel HINDE of the 32d;, Lieut. Col. DAviEs, •of the 36th; Capt. OwEN, , Gist ; Brigade-Major Ho- BART, and Ensign NEWTON, - of the' 32d, who volunteered to lead the advanced party in the . attack of the 276 ; also Colonel May, who "com manded the artillery under Col. FRAMLINGDAM, the officers and soldiers of : the Roy-41 and Portu guese artillery ; Lieut.-Col. BURGOYNE, Lieut. REID, and the officers of engineers ; and. Major TuomrsoN, of the 74th, acting as engineer. The enemy withdrew the garrison from Alba de, Tormes, on hearing of the fall of the forts at Sa lamanca. The operations against these forts were carried on in sight of IthamoNT's army, which remained in its.pocition, with the right at Cabesa Velosa, and the left at jitierta, till the night of the 27th, when they broke up, and retired, in three co lumns, towards the Douro one towardS Toro, the others'on Tordesillas. The allied army were, on the 30th, encamped on the'•Guarena. The entniy - in .Etremadura continued in the same position. • . . Lo:d WELLINGTON had not heard that SANTO CILDES had commenced his attack on Astorga. General CABIERA is at 13enevente, and there are Spanish troops iu Leon. NAMES OF .OFFICEE,S KILLED, Ni r OUNDED,.'AND •' BELONGING TO' THE ARMY UNDER THE COMMAND OF GENERAL THE EARL' , OF WR-LLIN6TON, BETWEEN TIM 18TH AND 28TH QV JUNE, 1812. Capt. Ellje, Royal Artillery. Capt. Sir J. Colqnbonn, 2d foot. Lieut. Mathews, 2d foot. Lieut. M'Kenlie, 86th regiment, Ist battalicn. Ensign Fitzgerald, 32d regiment. Lieut. Leonard, 23d foot, ist battalion. WOUNDED. •Cornet - Bohrens,.-lst liussarS, K. G. L. slightly. Cornet Holtzeiiman, ditto ditto, 7itto. COrnet Leonhardt, - ditto, ditto, ditto... Capt. A. Vancetlas Clara, Bth Portnguese line, -slightly. Lieut. Devonish, 53d, 2d battalion, severely+-since dead. Brevet Major Thompson, 74th, acting 'engineer, slightly. Lieut. Love, British artillery, slightly. Lieut. De Schamhorst, IL G. artillery, slightly. Ensign Balves Cailho, 9th Portuguese Caca,dores ) slightly. Major-General I3owes ) since dead. ' Bilgadier-Major-Capt. Hobart, 36th regiment, severely. EnsigriGarrett, 2d regiment; slightly. -Capt. Tale, 11th regiment, Ist batt. slightly. Lieut. Turnbull, ditto, severely. Lieut. ,Hamilton, 53d, , 2d Itittalion; , Cart. Owen, 61st, ist hattalion,,afin amputated. Lieut. Givan, ditto, slightly. • ' • Capt. Conner, sill Portuguese, ditto.! Lieut. Gethen, 11th regiment, slightly. • Capt. Hawkin,, 68th'Foot, Capt. Mackay, 68th ditto, dangerously. Lieut. Schwarzenburg, Brunswick Light Infantry, slightly. Capt. Sinellie, 51st regiment, slightly. Lieut-Col. Eustace, Chasseurs.Britanniques, slightly. Captain Winecke, 2.4 Lt. B. K. G. L. severely. Lieut. Lernmers, id Lt. Bu. K. G. L. severely.,; - Lieut. INl‘Gaclion, Lt. Bil. K. G. - Captain Reicke, Brunswick Oels, severely. against us, and that, too., periding a N e gi clad ° and after the strongest assurancei from the G o vetuinent of this Country, of a clispcsitin° t o adjust ,all subsisting differences. , The lin c°' ledge of the Orders in C o un c il may, and %Ce trust, will, produce a strong effect in Arnerif si but ;we coni'ess that our hopes are considerabif dainped, by the hostile- disposition cliSplaVd -1) / the Government of America. The American Papers which arrived yesterd a l are to the 21st ult. One of thein,_The New- air Morning Post thus announces the I:lsostile resol iv tion of Congress : EXTRACT OF A. LETTER FROM VtASIIINGTON, 174149 THE 17TIL JUNE. " The the is cast !—The Senate of the T.inl ted States have this day decided the question, af ter ten days debate, by a majority of 19 to 13 : therefore, is inevitable. The House have 13 11 - I '' ej a Bill for issuing Exchequer Bills, so - there ' cj " be no need of direct taxes." " In addition to the above, the following 64. ' neral Orders have been this morning issued "GENERAL ORDERS. " Head-Quarters, New-York, 20th June, "GeneralßLoomFtELD announces to the troor that \Par is declared against Great Britain by tis' United States. "Bp order, • “B 11. AlicritEßsoN. ,Earl 'MOIRA'S Letter, which we inserted Y es. terday, will be considered as a: complete '613' 14;3 6 i tion 'of, his conduct during the late negociatious, if, indeed, any -vindication could, be deemed necessary by liberal minds. Yet the fa mer friends' of his Lordship profess their dissa ti '' faction With what he says, and still contend tl ikit his Lordship was wrong in condemning stiptli' v tions• for changes -in. the Household, " as in ter ' feria g 'unbecomingly with appointments male by the Sdiireign." Upon . ' this 'point The 2,60 114 diroviele , of to-day says, "SurelYthe same n r g u' meat would apply to -the change of Ministe rs ' t m theselveS, they, haying-been specially chosen ' IT ' appointed ,by the KING." But is there no diftr ence, in a political point of view, between 0 1 '" ei which essentially concern th e G overnme nt of the Country, and-its relations with other States , a °a those Which principally regard.- the per--,4,43al dignity 'of the Sovereign ? It- is p e rf ec tly CO" ; tutional for tire people to solicit a change Ministers, when it 'has 'eyidently appeared tb'' they have lost the confidence of the ni tl 011' fbr and it may be absolutely necessary the Sovereign to comply With such a . (ion, when an Administration wants the suPP °C. t hat of Parliament. But was it ever known Petitions were presented to the Sovereign for t.O removal of, those who cannot properly he 01 sidered as holding political or Miaisterial 'dons; and does the Constitution, as the Chr °l/jr , alleges, require ,such applications ?---No we be liege that the people at large are too li- h e 0, and have too much respect for, the , (not to refer immediately to the venerabl e () sr vereign of these realms, or to the a ti g u ; 4 t bio Prince who exercises 'his great offlee,) to -- , any removal of that nature at all neces''ir",i but will heartily coincide with the opinion 0 - it , Mo/RA, that it would be a mist unbecoming lilt • ;Of e ference with appointments made by the Sover e '' a and never, we are persuaded, will they be I ° -,4 11 c to join with E dee° Pearls GREY and GRENVILLE in 460 ing slick removßis essential to the f ollll ' of' a new Ministry, more particularly at tO O, at' a time when, as their Lordships declared, Ip tio tern. of " vital importance" were essential f° l* f t" interests of the' Empire, and the happiness ° people: .)ilpiNc Lieut. Pridemon, llth Foot,. ascertained to be a prisoner, and leg amputated. Lieut. Macdonald,.6Bth Foot. ABSTRACT OF LOSS BTWEEN Tilt -16T11 AND 27TH OF JTJNI, 1812, INCLUSIVE. KILLED 7 , -2 Captains, 3 Lieutenants, 1 Ensign, 5 serjeants, drummer, 93 raid; and file, and '2B horses. Woo NuEn-1 General Staff, 1 Lieutenant-Colonel, 1 Major, .0 Captains, 10 Lieutenants, 5 Ensigns, 14 serjeants, 7 drum- tiers, 317.rauk and tile, and horses.' MISSING-2 Lieutenants, 11 rank and file, and 5 horses. The intelligence which we yesterday communi cated to our Readers from America, confirms, in the strongest mariner, the observations which we have uniformly made respecting. the disposition of the American Government. During the whole of the period in which Mr. JEFFERSON has been at the bead of the Ariierican Government, the Most Marked and decided partiality has been shewn by that GOvernment• towards France.— Every impartial' man, who hs noticed what has been passing in America for some years past, must have observed a most anxious desire to find our 'causes for quarrel with Great Britain;sand to dis cover excuses for the most abject Submission to . . the insults and' injuries, which BUONAPARTE has • unsparingly heaped upon the Americans. • To'-; wards }'ranee, America has, assumed the cha.rac ter" ratherr -- bf 'an ally than a neutral, while BUONAPAIVEE has, with very few . exCeptiOns, treat ed the Antericans as enemies. Re has, captured -- their ships' at sea s wherever he could catch them 5 c he has seized their 'vessels iri,his. harbours ;he has 'kesterday Mr. CANNING Visited the I - . ir confiscated the property of theit% merchants, to REGENT. f 5i 14 On Sunday Divine Service was per- 0r the amount of millions s he has imprisoned their Carlton House, by the Rev. Mr. BLogßi•l' G ' e fore seamen ; 'he has treated all tlieir applica- of the Court, and the. Re% Mr. S. CLAR , tions for redress with 'contempt and yet Ame- the -0 RIN • CE REGENT'S Household.. a rod On Saturday a Committee of Russian AP at rica submits- patiently, or, if she ventures to remonstrate, it is in such gentle . and cautioits the Board of Trade Office. , Mercharits had an 'interview with Mr. Ros terms as prove how fearful she is of giving-of- i Thursday a Cointnittee of the Turf is ," t ifoo . -fence. Now let us examine the conduct Of Ame- chants had an inter view with Gentleman. tv flea towards .Great "Britain. If, in the course of ' A - lette froin Li sbon states that Lord • E spa I an extended warfare, ive have unintentionally in- To was shot atby an Officer dressed oeriej a costume, on his way to the force tinde r n 3 the Ø i '; jured the Americans ~in .any particular instance, the same Rig , . the greatest readiness has been sheWn to make re- CLINTON', but does not mention who- be nt paration—a readiness which, we think, in some taken. Reg i!Tie ereant was supposed to be_, 'or whether " instances has been carried quite as far, if not far- Monday the 2d battalion of the F3d route 11.0: • marched into Canterbury, on their bit ther, than was consistent with the dignity of t his Ashford to Deal, frttzu when" the 71.4 Country : and vet America haa - now declared war ma TT p _ h t isn i It is said- that there is a considerable sc lit 10 among the Oppbsition; and we have very c o doubt oldie fact. SeVeral very respectable belonging to the Party, we know, did n°t 41' prove of the conduct of Lords GR EY an d (ii° ,:- VILLE in the late negociation, and they hale c tbe 39.1' pressed a determination, notwithstanding to theinas of the Morning Chronicle, in fat" - think for themselves. •