The National Register.
London, England, 1812-05-03 00:00:00

TION AL RECTSTER•

PORTUG 1 L.

We are still without further intelligence from Porm-
ral. The next accounts from the army mill be of high
importance. We have it in assurance from a most :e-
-spectable authority, that Lord WELLINGTON set out with
a strong division of li's. army on the Bth of April'from
Badajoz, against Sour,-ri who had shown a serious inten-
tion to attack the corps under General GRAI!ANT. 'EVen
without the reinforceMent that. the Commai*r in Chief
took with him, we should feel no apprehension for the
result of a battle ; but we must entertain ti;e most urtli-
.;nited confidence of success if Lord WELLINGTON shculd
join General GRAHAM before an action. The next dis-
patches, therefore, may be looked to for accounts of deci.
sive.movements, if not of glorious' and successful opera-
tions against the enemy.

AMERICAN CHARGE AGAINST OUR GOVERNMENT.

A singular air.' most unexpected piece of imelligence hal
been received by the List arrival from America. It con-
sists of a charge laid by the PRFSIDENT before Congress
against our Government, of having attempted by secret
intrigues to destroy the union of the American States, at
the time when our ostensible Minister made amicable pro-
fessions, anal ne9;otiations were carrying on between
two countries. We were tempted at first to consider the
report of such a ch4ige, as a.fabrication. The names of
the persons ssaid to he concerned in this transaction, seem-
ed sufficient to invalidate the whole. But the m.mner iii
which it has reached us, and the publication of the &rec.
ments laid before Congress, and forming part of the cor-
respondence said to have taken !lace between Lord
Poor- Sir .T.AMES CRAIG, then Governor of Can tda.
their agent in the United States, Captain HENRY, show
! that there are softie grounds for the rumour. We are
happy, ho.,'. ever, to find, that Government was not impli-
cated in a transanction of this nature.
The. American Message became the subject of inquiry
in both Houses of Parliament last Tuesday night, ‘vhett
the Earl of 'LlvErtpoOL and Lord C...sr.r.tmAnni in • alt.
explanation they gave, disclaimed. o!I the pa, t of
his Majesty's Government, any intention of fomenting \-
sentions in America, or of procuring a separation of the
States.
WASHINGTON, MARCH 9.—The followint; is the Copy
of a Message sent by the PREsiDENT, this day, to botl4
Houses of Congress :
" TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OF '('FIE uNTrEn STATES.
lay before Congress conies of certain documents which remaitt
Department of State. They prove, that at a recent period, whilst
the
.United States, notwithstanding the wrongs sus:ained by them,
j ceased not to observe the laws of peace and neutrality towards Great.
'1 Peicain, anti in the midst of amicable profess !Lis and negotiations on the.
1 pert of the liritish Government, through its public Minister litre,. a
secret agent of that Government was employed in certain States, n;ere
especially at the scat of Government, in Massachusetts, in lomenrit.g
ctlon to the Constituted Authorities of the Nation, and i;:ir.t4 ten. s
with the disaffected, for the purpose of bringing about re-istance tot
laws, and eventually, in concert with a British force, of destt dying. rate
Union, and. forming the eastern part thereof into a poll ical connexion
with Great Britain. In addition to- the effect which the discovery-
such a procedure ought to have on the public Councils, it will not fad
to render more dear to the hearts of all good citr as that happy unien
of these States, which, under Divine Providence, is the guarantee of
our liberties, their safety, their tranquillity, and their prosperity
(Signed) JAMES MADISON.

THANK.S TO•LORD WELLINOTON.
The Thanks of both Houses were unanimously voted
on Monday night to Lord WiiLLINGTON. and the brave
Officers and Troops under his command. The Vote of
Thanks was not merely for the zeal anti bravery, but also
for the MUMANITY displayed by all our warners on this

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