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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 arevto 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 soon 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."