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London, England, 1812-07-09 00:00:00

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I. 0 N O'..N,
TiuusDAY) JUL =`9, 1812.

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We have just rece4-ed Portugu4sePapers,7from
Waich we.have made the following extracti:—
• LISBON, sTyNE atyltOßOTlErlayini
collected their utmost force at Seville and -tor,
dOva, formed a. junction near Zafra, on tliCklpl3,.
pushing their adVance into that Island on the
-same night. SOULT, himself had not then left
Cordova, but was hourly expected at his army :
their united force 'consists of 18,000-infantry,36oo-
-
cavalry, and 30 pieces of artillery.

According to the accounts v-vich have reached
this place, on the same day (19th) Zen. }TILL;
witli -his corps, arrived at Albufera, which place
had been previously occupied by 4090 eapitalPor-
fugutsc troops from Badajoz. General iiirz's
Force, including the Portuguese, are estimated at
18,400 men.

Accounts have been received. froth Lord WEL•
LINGTON, elated Salamanca, 18th.—The French
retired on Toro, -leaving two strong buildings oc-
cupied by a few men, to impede our immediate
pursuit.

LtSBON, JUNE 19.--Bythe last accounts from
Lord WELLIINGTON', we know thatMARmoNT had
transferred his head-quarters to Telayera..

Letters from Cadiz, of the 12th June, state,
that the English had taken, near Barcelona, a
convoy consisting of fifty sail. -

'VI this" morning received American rapers to
the 11th ult. from which we have made the fol.

lowing extracts :

FROM THE NEW YORK PAPER, JUNE 11.

7C; (From the Alexandria Herald, June 8)
" The House of. Representatives sat in con-
clave the whole of Friday, and they adjourned.
till this day. Jt, is currently reported and gene-
believed, and we are among the number of
believers, that a Declaration of War against Bng-,
land has passed that body, and been sent to the
Senate for concurrence. The Senate did not sit
oh: Sa. Imlay, of odur4e it remains yet to be de--
tided."

L'XTRAOT TO THE EDITOR, DATED WASHINGTON,

JUNE 7.

The House of Representatives have no doubt
pnssed a-Declaration of War by a majority ex-
ceeding thirty votes. In this debate the Federal
Members did not participate, on account, as they
said, of the closing of the doors ; they are ex-
pected to make a formal protest. The question
is before the Senate at- this time, where report
says it will be defeated, on the authority of Sena-
tor GILES. There is no doubt but that the Ad-

Ministration can carry the measure—whoever
thinks otherwise, thinks wrong.—l will write you
more fully in a few days.
. Brigadier Genera BLOOMFIELD having been
ordered to take the command of the forts and
harbour of the city of New York, the duties of
Governor of the state of New Jersey, it is sup-
posed, will devolve on CHAnLEs CLAIM, Esq. vice
Vice-President.

HOUSE, OF REPRESENTIVES, I‘l4l,

Mr. RANDOLPH,'after stating. that be Lao.

-don .to make, commenced a speech involvity,
gienerally -the ' present state of Our relations
with France and Great Britain. When he had
been speaking about an hour and a half, a ques-
tion of order arose, and it was decided by the
Speaker that the gentleman ought, previously
to debating so much at large, to submit kis nio-
tlon,to the House. .

After some desUltory debate and decisions on
•i
„points of Qrder, Mr. RA:MOT/PIP submitted the
following-proposition : " That under present eh-
einnstanees it is inexpedient to resort to a, war
with Great-Britain.—

The question being taken"; that the House do
now preceed to the- consideration of said resok-
tion, it was decided in the negative.

For the consideratioia..n7 I Against it ' 62
The usual hour of adjournment having arrived,
the House adjourned to MOnday.

MONDAY, JUNE I.

A message was received from the Presidea of
the United Stittes, which was declared to be 4:f a
confidential nature, and the galleries were cleare'd
and doors eloSed, quarter past one
The House continued their sittings with closed
joors until Friday, three o'clock, when the doors
were opened, and the -Muse adjourned 'to Mon-
lay.

itt-,V.i.Vonx, z 5.—A Gentleman .arrived
in town last evening, who left Washington at
"nalf-put t ~so oit Tnesday. He informs; that rh
House of Reir-esentatives sat with 'doge(' doors
on Tuesday ahont- are:hout, and the -Senate an
hour and an half, and both adjourned. The con-
jecture way, that the President had recommended
Letters of:NI:141w! and Iteplisals ; and it was said,
the Committee of Y:oteign Relations had not then
reported.

" SUNE, 6.—Of the confidential message from
the PRESIDENT, the National hilelligencer thus
, •
expresses itself :
" It will 6e seen by a reference to the prOceed-
_

ings of Cfingress, that a message;was yesterday re-
ceived from the PRESIDENT, of a confidential na-
ture. Accompanying the message, were sundry
do-
cuments, embracing a correSpondence between Mr.
RIYgSEL and'the British Government, much in the
spirit of. Ali the .late correspondence in the same
,quarter, • 7iiichlve.shall present in our next ; as
they, Irene' not • deemed to require secrecy, and.
wer&by the senate ordered to be printed. Of the
importance of the message. we cannot pretend to
speak with certainty-74nd every reader, who re-
flects on, the course4.of measures of the present
Session, and the various indications of the 'senti-
ments of the Executive,* is as. competent as out-
selves to conjecture its contents."; _

JUNE 9.—A Petition to Congress against war
was banded about yesterday, and generally.sub-
scribed. It will remain at the Tontine _Coffee-
house for signatures till twelve this day, when i:
will be forwarded to Washington.

The National Intelligencer of Saturday last Con-
tains the following articles :

" The Senate sat a short time with closed doors
yesterday, and the House of Representatives for
the two last days. Report says that some mea-
sures of a _decisive character hadpassed the House,
and has been sent to the Senate for concurrence.

" The President of the United States yester-
day communicated tQ Congress two letters from
FOSTER to MoNßoz, and replies thereto,
by the Secretary of State, which have passed
within the last week. Of these documents we
have not been able' to obtain a perusal ; but we
learn that they embrace, on the part of the 131:i-
-tish Minister, an amplification of Elie principles
contained in the " Declaration- published in our,
last, and on the part of the Secretary a nervous
exposition of their real character, and incompa-
tibility with the rights and the law of nations:

From the Alexandria Gazette of Saturday

Waa.—We feel impelled by a sense of duty to
our friends and country, to warn them against en-
tertaining delusive hopes of a favourable issue of
our affairs with respect to the great question -of
Peace or War.—We are decidedly of opinion, that
so far as the house of Representatives are con-
cerned, War was• declared against England on
Thursday evening last by a vote 'of 79 to 49, and
that the Bill or Resolution to that effect was sent
to the Senate yesterday for their concurrence:-

From the Baltimore Federal Gazette

WAR- IN FACT.-3 declaration of public war,
without limitation or qualification,. against Great
•Britain, passed on Thursday in the House of Re-
presentatives. The Minority, about 30, disdained
to speak to the question, as, from the closing of
the doors, their sentiments could not be known
by their constituents.
NEW YORK, :TUNE 10.—Our accounts from
Washington arc by letter, down to the evening or
Sunday last, at which time nothing appeared to
be certainly known about the question of war or
pece. ,The injunction of. secrecy is rigidly ob-
served. From all the hints given, it is fair to
conclude, that the delay of coming to the point
is owing to some correspondence that is going on
between our Secretary of State .and -the British
Minister. Hopes are -still ottertained that the
caiemity of war may be averted.

It: turns out, very:contrary, to our expectations,
that the decision in the Senate; on Friday, was
17 to 16, in favour of referring-the warlike pro-
position to a Committee of seven.
A letter fro►n Washington; dated Saturday even-
ing, says, " The report of to-day is, that an Em-
bassy is to be Sent immediately to England."

The Report of the Secret Cammittee was yes-
terday kid Before the House of Commons. It
wilbbe found in a subsequent column.—lt is to
be taken into consideration to-morrow.

WthDSOll, JULY B.—The KING had five hours
sleep last night, and remains in the same state.—
He eats his meat as regularly as he was accus-
tomed to do. - Yesterdayhe ate a very heartydin-
ner of his -own ordering.—Yesterday afternoon,
Sir HALFORD and Mr. DUNDAS left Wind-
sor, and Dr. WILLIS this day far London ; but
are expected to-morrow here again, and the eon-
' elusion is, that the KING is considerably better,
'or that . these eminent men would not leave
Windsor.

Yesterday morning, about three o'clock, the
PRINCE REGENT left Carlton,Hoirse Tor Windsor.

Sunday the Marquis of WINCHESTER gave a
grand dinner to the PRINCE REGENT, at his house
in Harley-street; among' the company were the
Duke of CAMBRIDGE, Lords PAULET and CARI:E-
TON, the Rev. Mr. BLOMBERG, Sir A. CLARKE,
Generals liuLsz and KEPPEL.

Yesterday ten persons received sentence of
death at the Old Bailey, among whom was Thomas
Bowler, for maliciously shooting at William Bur-
rowes. Five out of the ten perwas are fetuales,

SECOND EDITION.

'SUN-OFFICE,

• lIALF4AST TWO O'CLOCK.
• We h top -tile press to lay before our leaders
tie following- bfficial Bulletin, Vlach leas just
been issued : . ,

WAR 6i.:Pmf'rmEtsit, JULY 9, 1812.
Divatches have been received. from the Eat]: Of
WELLItiGTON, dated Salamanca) 18th June.

The Allied Army crossed the Agueda lipori the
13th June, and arrived pear Salamanca on the
16th. The enemy, she Wed some troops in front
of the town, but upon the advancing of our ca-
valry, they retreated across the Tonnes, anti eva-
cuated Salatnanca,leaving about 800 men in some
forth constructed upon the ruin of sonic, colleges
and convents.' -'•

The Allies entered the city, but Lord WEL-
-14/C:GTON . had found it necessary to break ground
against the fortified posts still held by the enemy.
The 6th division, under Major=General CLINTON,
was,charged with the reduction of theSe posts, ,
sud the batteries were expected to open agAnst
them -.09 the 19th.

MARMON'T'S army was retiring to the Pour° ;
and it was imagined he meant to, take up a- po-
sition behind that river, between TaniOro
Toro:

InXstrkmadura, 41ajor-General 'SLADE'S 'bri-
gade of cavalry (3d Dragoon Guards and Royal
• Dragoons) having -fallen in with two French re-
!
giments-of dragoons, under General L'ALLEmANn;
. near Llera, charged and broke the enemy's line ;
but having pursued without sufficient caution or
order, a, body, kept by the enemy in reserve, fell
upon the British before they could form, and re-
took nearly all:the-prisoners General, SLADE had
Made, killing and nounding 20 or 30 of his dra-
goons, and taking' prisoners two Lieutenants and
above one hundred men.

P. S.--The Dispatches received at the Foreign
Office from Mr:-STUART contain intelligence froin
Estramadura of a later date., - •
On the 13th June there Was a skirmish-of Ca-
valry near Llerena, in ,which Lieutenant &rap,-
suwrrz made prisoners 25 French dragoons and
one officer.

It appears that the forces under Marshal SOULT
and General DROUET having. collected, had moved
-forward to Llerena and Santa in conse-
quence of which Sir ROW LAND HILL ,had called
in all his. detached troops, and had assembled
the whole- of his army at Albuera, where he was
joined on the 18th by four Portuguese regiments
from Badajoz, and by the Spanish troops under
the CONDE DE PENNE VILLENTAR. General
Itu.'s advanced posts were at Santa Martha.

French Papers have just been received, which
state that France had declared war against Russia.

NAVAL NEWS..

FAL:got/T.li, JULY 6.--Arrived the Lapwing pack-
et, with Mails frOm New-York, in 22 days. By
her we learn, that the question of war had been
carried in the House of Representatives, by a ma-
jority of 30, but much doubt was entertained of
its passing the Senate. The Mackerel schooner
arrived there on the 6th June, with mails from
England. It is currently reported that the Cap-
taiti.of the Mackerel ivas killed on the passage out
by one of the men falling upon him from the
main—top.. Left there' the President and Essex fri-
gates, the Hornet sloop, and 30 gun-boats.

PLY M ONT Ju LY -7 Understand th e French
ship Rivoli, of 84 guns, captured some time since
in the Mediterranean, by the Victorious man of
war, has been spoken with in the Channel, in
company with the homeward-bcund Mediterra-
nean convoy.
The reported death of • Mrs. Hy NE, who was
shot by her husband, ••as,stated yesterday, turns
out to be premature,- she being still' alive, though
in a very dangerous state, notwithStanding which
some symptoms have appeared which make it not
impos,sible that she may eventually recover s:and
this, added to the composure and resignation with
which she bears up under. so afflicting a calamity,
leads• to the hope that the- result may be favour-
able. The youngest -child was not shOt a
pistol, as first repotted, but taken by -the father
Into the privy., where he cut its throat with a
rater, and afterwards deliberately brought it ha
and laid, it in fhe' kitchen ;, he then
.proCeed
‘ -
ed up stairs, where • Mrs.. - and. the
other child were, when he proceeded to a drawer,
and took out pistols, with. one of which he first
blew out the brains 'of the eldest child, and in-
stantly shot Mrs. HYNE •in the breast ; he then
ran, with another pistol 'in ills hand,; . over the
stairs, at the foot of which he shot himself
through the heart, anti fell forward on the floor.
It is understood the Coroner's Inquest will not
'take place on this melancholy occasion; until to-
morrow, in order to afford as much time as%pos-
sible, to learn the fate of Mrs. HYNE . The gloom
and consternation that prevailed yesterday through-
out this town was such as was never before re-
membered, and the horror depicted in every
countenance led the mind to the idea that some
great national misfortune had happened, and
which was last evening, in some degree, height-
,ened, by an accident to a fine boy, the son of Mr.
WATTS, glazier, of this town, about eight years
of age, who fell from the top of his father's house,
in Broad-street, and fractured his skull, and was
otherwise so much bruised ttiat there are no hopes
of his recovery.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT,

IIQUSE OF LORDS, WEDNESDAY.

The Bishop of ELY (Dr. Sparke, late Bishop
. of Chester) was sworn, and took his seat.
The Lottery Bill, the LoCal Militia Amend'
thent, and the Corn,,DistilleryAmendmeut Bills,
a
were severally read second time, and comet
for to-morrow.
The Soldiers Families Allowance Bill passed
through a COmmittee of the whole House, ant'
was reported without Amendment.
The East India Loan;. the -Pours Laws Amer'd"
ment, and the Starch Manufacture Bills, were,
brought up froth the Commons ' by Mr. Wallace,
Mr. Lushington; Mr. Giddy; and other. -I‘l.-nabersi.
and respectively read a first time.
After a short adjournment during pleasure, the'
House resumed ; when. . .

The Leather Tax Bill was read a third
and passed; and alnessage ordered-to be sent-t°
acquaint the Commons therewith.
The carnatic Debts Bill; the 5,500,0001.
chequer Bill's Bill; the Muriatic Acid, and tiif
Scots l'lsseSs-ed‘Taxes Regulation Bill*, were reit°
aThird time and passed.
• Some private business was then disposed of
after whiCh theii Lordship's Adjourned. to-
,
morrotc.