The Sun.
London, England, 1812-07-23 00:00:00

AMERICA.

• r
Mr. WHITBREAD wished, to have asked the
Noble Lord, if he had been present, what was the
latest intelligence feceived from America He
liad heard that, General Bloomfield had. stated to
the troops in America that a declaration of war.
had actually taken place.
The. CHANCELLOR of the. EXCHEQUER replied,
that his Majesty's Government had no- informa-
tion of a later date than, what was alteady in the
possession Of the .public. But they had reason to
believe, the fact was as stated to the Honourable
Gentleman.

Mr WHI,TBREAD tken asked, whether any
,no-
. tification of the repeal-of the -*Berlin and Milan
Decrees had been transmitted officially to the
Court of Admiralty;. because, such notification
was of great importance,to the interests of.many
Merchants concerned in cases carrying'` on in that
Court, and Was necessary to-enable the Court.to
decide? Perhaps the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Ste-
phen), would inform
Th'e CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER referred
to the explanation given by his Noble Friend on a
former night, when a, similar question was-pu't by-
the Hon. Gentleman, that no step of the kind had
.been taken. Gowrment,did not feel justified In
making the:communication .to the Court of Admi-
ralty when the case was doubtful. The only-mode
of communication of the fact of the revocation of
those Decrees, being by the letter of Mr. Russell,
and not from authentic documents.
Mr. -STEPkEN objected to the catechism• of the
Hon. Gentlem'an, having no sort of connection-
with the Court of Admiralty.
Mr; Urf-lITIIREAD was -proceeding to put some
further questions, when
The SPEAKER observed that there was no ques-
tion before-the House.—AdSourned.

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THE SUN.

SALEM (LUIS DICERE FALSIT3I AUDEAP

L 0. N. D 0 N,
THURSDAY; JULY 23, lel2

Letters were this morning. received from Lisbon,
dared, the Bth inst. which state that Lord WEL-
LINGTON had advanced as far as' La. Nava, in
pursuit of the enemy, -La Nava is not far from'
Tordesillas, and about 30 miles from Valladolid.

The Chronicle is -very anxious • to contradict.the
report, that there are very considerable differences
of opinion among the OpiOsition, but still it is
cautious in the selection of terms to convey the
contradictibn. '" The conduct of Lords GREY and
GRENVILLE," we are told,
." was Cordially ap-
proved of by all the leading characters who coni--
pose- the Opposition?' We wish the. Chronicle
-'had condescended to inform us who are the lead-
ing diameters ofthe Opposition besides LordsGaEv
and GRENVILLE, who, we are willing to suppose,
approved of their ownconduct. Is Mr. WHITBREAD
'considered as a leading Member of the Party? If
that question had been proposed to us, we should,
without hesitation, have answered it in the
affirmative. We learn, however, upon the au-,
thority of the Chronicle, that that Gentleman is'
not considered as a leading. Member of the party;
becv use Mr. WuLTBAAD Celainly did not approve
of the conduct of Lords GREY and GRENVILLE ;'
and the Chronicle assures us that their con-
duct was approved of by all the leading men of the
••Party._ We should also have supposed that Mr.
SHERIDAN, from his long atti chment to the Party,
and from.his acknowledged and splendid: talents,
would have been entitled to rank as:, a leading
• member of it : again we find ourselves mistaken,
.I.lr:PoicSoNnir. and Mr. TIERNEY, who approved
of the conduct of Lords GREY and GRENVILLE),
are, it seemi, leading Members of the Party'; Mr.
WHITBREAD and Mr. SHERIDAN, who disapproved
of their conduct, 'are not. We Shall not presume
to dispute the right Of the Chronicle to settle the
order of precedence among the Members of its own,
Party, but we .believe that the public have been
hitherto quite as much in ignorance' upon'this point
as ourselves. Judging fromthe unqualified strain
of panegyric in which the :Morning Chronicle al-
. ways spoke of the talents and principles of Lord
MRIRA, we "'should have considered him as hold-
ing a distinguished rank, in the Party ; ,but ,if
ever he did 'hold that rank, be lost it, be-
cause he disapproved 'of the conduct of Lords
GREY and GRENviiii.t. We could mention.
the names of some other members of the
Party, who have ventured to think for themselves
upon the late transactions ; but after treating 4)
lightly the opinions of such men as Lord MoiaA,
- Mr. SHERIDAN, and' Mr. WHITBREAD, the Chro-
nicle will not,' we suppose, be very ;•olicitous about
• the sentinents of those who have not acquired
such political reputation.