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The young Earl of SANDWICH, who will
attain his majority next month, accepted an invitation to
he present at the Mayor of Huntingdon's inauguration
dinner on Saturday last, when his Lordship avowed his
resolution to maintain Conservative principles in these
words :—" I am no waverer.—(Cheers.) I shall adhere
to those who hold principles which I may say I inherit
from my ancestors ; and when I take my seat in Parlia-
ment, which I shall shortly be enabled to do, I shall sup-
port those men only who entertain similar political senti-
ments, feeling assured that these only are the principles by
which the remnant of the Constitution of this country can
be preserved."

PROFANATION OF THE SABBATH BY THE
CLERGY —Will it be believ, d that a Dignitary of the
Church of England and the diocese of Lincoln, accompa-
nied by another Rev. Gentleman of the same diocese
(whose paternal anxieties may be some excuse for the
act), were actually engaged last Sunday evening canvass.
ing for Colonel SIRTHORP ! When pious priests do these
things, well may the satirist exclaim, " 0 tempura, 0
mores."—Stamford News.
A letter has just arrived in town from a friend
of the Hon. Member for the county of Clare, containing theinteresting intelligence that "on Saturday morning a
Miss Scan. eloped from Cahir Con, in this county (be-
tween Knock, and Kildysart), with MAURICE O'CON NELL,
M. P. They crossed the Shannon in a pleasure-boat, and
landed at Shanagolden, county of Limerick. From
thence they proceeded in a chaise through Limerick, and
finally took the road to Cashel. Their route will probably
be through Waterford to Bristol, and thence northward
to Gretna Green. Miss SCOTT has, or will hive, it is
said, 20.0001._.-Irish Paper.

ORGANS OF LOCALITY.—The capacity
which animals have of following their maven., as well as
of returning to their home, is attributed by phrenologists to
the influence of these organs, and not to scent alone.—
GALL relates an instance of a dog which was taken to-

England from Vienna, which soon escaped from its new
owner, went alone to the port, contrived to get on board a
vessel, accompanied a gentleman to Mentz, whom be there
deserted, and took his course alone to Vienna.

DESCRIPTION OF SIR WALTER SCOTT.-

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(By ALLEN CUNNINGHAM.)—In person Sir— WALTER
SCOTT was nearly six feet high, well formed, strongly
knit, and compactly built ; his arms were long and sinewy;
his looks stately and commanding, and his face, as he re-
lated an heroic story, Rushed up as a crystal cup, when one
tills it with wine. His eyes were deep seated under his
somewhat shaggy brows ; their colt,ur was a bluish gray :
they laughed more than his lips did at a humorous story:
his tower-like head, and thin white hair, marked him out
amongst a thousand; while any One might swear to his
voice again who heard it once, for it bad both a touch of
the lisp and the burr, yet, as the minstrel said of Douglas.
" it Ltcame him wonder well," and gave great softness to
a sort twfu, story ; indeed, I imagined that he kept the
burr part of the tone for matters of a facetious or humorous
kind, and brought out the lisp part in those of tenderness
or woe. When I add that, in a meeting of a hundred
men, his hat was sure to be the least, anti would fit no
one's head but his own, I have said all that I have to say
about his appearance. He delighted in manly exercises;
in his youth he was foremost in all sports and matters of
harmless mischief. His health, as he wrote to Sir AN-
DREW HALLIDAY, continued excellent ti 1 the year 1820,
when stitches in his sides and cramps in his stomach at-
tacked him, and were mastered with difficulty. He loved
to ride in a shoe t coat, with wide trousers, on a little
stout galloway, and the steepest hill did not stop him, nor
the deepest water daunt him ; it was his pleasure, more-
over, to walk out frequently among his plantations, with a
small hatchet and band-saw, with which he lopped off
superfluous boughs, or removed an entiret ree, when it was
marring the growth of others.

" As I know your ordinary correspondent at Oporto
had not the opportunity of giving you as full an account
as he could have wished of the attack made on that city
by Don Miguel's army on the 29th ult., I shall endea-
vour, as far as I can, to give every particular I was able
to gather, is addition to those which fell under my own
observation, as I was on the batteries behind the lines
nearly all the day—first on one where Count Villa Flor
and his staff were, and after on another where were Don
Pedro and his staff; so that I had the benefit of informs.
tion brought from all points, through the aides-de•camp.lt
was generally expected by Don Pedro's army that an attack
would be made by Dan Miguel on the 29th, that being
St. Miguel's day ; and they having always shown
a preference to fight on saints' and holy days. During
the two previous days there had been almost a complete
cessation of the usual petty assaults and firing of shots and
shell against the town, but sundry movements of troops
in the enemy's lines showed plainly that an attack was in
preparation, and in this no one was disappointed. The
night of the 28th was dark and lowering, and towards
daybreak the rain poured down in torrents. Don Pe-
dro's troops were all prepared ; the enemy, as they have
always done, concentrated their forces on the line of in-
trenchtnent occupied by the French and British battalion.
Soon after daybreak they attacked the former is great
force, and were enabled, through the treachery of the
proprietor of a vineyard near the position (a professed
friend of the besieged), to gain a very great advantage, as
he, through a private entrance into his field, admitted
about 500 men, who came upon the French troops so
suddenly, while they were engaged in defending another
position, that fur a short time they had to retreat a little,
until reinforced by some Portuguese, when they returned,
and drove the enemy before them in the most gallant
way ; and I was told, that in that field there were found
nearly 70 ho lies of the enemy's forces. About this
time an attack was made, which commenced on the British
battalion. From the nature of their position, it
was impossible to discover the immense force which
was about to pour on them, and before they were
aware of it, between 5,000 and 6,000 of the Miguelite in-
fantry, aided by two pieces of artillery and one howitzer,
obliged them to retreat some distance, until they came to a
square in front of their own barracks, surrounded by
walls : here there was a deadly contest, in which the Bri-
tish officers suffered severely—their men were forced to
retreat behind the walls next the town. One great cause
of this was their want of ammunition, which unluckily did
not reach them for about a quarter of an hour ; after that,
being reinforced by three companies of the 10th eaca-
dorm ted orr-trtliTi;ff privates, two of them sons, and one
a cousin, of Captain Firulai, who took each the command
of a company, as the commanding officer was hors de
combat ; they fought with about 600 strong, beat back
their enemy so rapidly, that they took the two guns and
the howitzer, with a number of prisoners, and latterly
forced them to retreat beyond their former position ; at
this part of the lines there was firing kept up until about 3
o'clock, both parties chiefly behind the walls.

"The attack during the morning became general at
nearly every point, although from the Villa Nova side only
with shot and shells from the batteries shove, which did
little or no damage, and it was met by equal returns from
the batteries in Oporto. But to the left of the
French and British position, Don Pedro's troops
met the attack most gallantly, assisted as they
were most powerfully by the shot and shells from the bat-
teries in their rear. One gun (12-pounder) and a how-
itzer were brought up by the enemy on an opposite height,
but I never saw more inefficient firing, as hardly one
shot or grenade came near the lines or batteries, while
the shells and balls from Don Pedro's b itteries must have
made grtat havoc, from the admirable manner in which I

saw them fall on every point where any body of men were
to he seen. You may judge of the execution likely to be
done, when 1 tell you that the battery of cagadores alone
fired off during the day 129 18-lb-, and 100 9-lb. round
shot, with 20 18-lb. grape shot, and 76 13-inch shells.
Towards 4 o'clock the enemy began to retreat, in conse-
quence of a heavy fire being commenced on them from all
the guns which could be brought to bear on them, and
the whole firing soon after entirely ceased. The losses
on both sides it was impossible to tell when I left the city,
but front the estimates that I could hear made of the ene-
my's, it could not be less than from 1,500 to 2,000 killed
and wounded, round numbers, with about two hundred
prisoners.

" The loss on Don Pedro's side was estimated at about
300 or 400, chiefly in wounded. The greatest loss was
among the officers, and the greatest proportion of them
from among the French and British battalions. Being
personally acquainted with the latter, I can mention most
of the names, and am sorry to say that Colonel Burrell,
Lieutenants Souper and Burton, were killed on the spot,
while nobly defending their posts. Major Shaw, Captain
Chinnock, Lieutenants Michell, Walsh, and Woo!ridge,
were wounded, the first only slightly, as he returned to
the intrenchment until the enemy was routed. Colonel
Hodges was slightly wounded in the arm ; Colonel St.
Lier, of the French battalion, was seriously wounded in
the arm : the other officers' names I cannot recollect.
From all I could see or learn until my departure on Sun-
day morning, the whole affair must be considered a most
signal defeat of the previously projected plans of the Mi-
guelite army, and every one in the city felt convinced
they would have serious and melancholy recollections of
the 29th of September.
" From being in the same town with the Emperor
during a part of the day, I cannot omit speaking of the
coolness and decision with which he received the whole
battle, and gave his orders ; at the same time one could
see the anxiety which he naturally must have felt at such
a deadly contest between his countrymen, favourable as it
was throughout for his daughter's cause. When I left,
on Sunday morning, at 7 o'clock, all was quiet ; we
spoke with Admiral Sartorius about six miles off Oporto;
he had all his fleet collected, with the two steamers the
City of Edinburgh and the London Merchant, the
I fitter just returned from a successlul landing of troops at
Aveiro, which fort they took and left dismantled. The
Admiral was to start soon after we left ti meet and at-
tack Don Miguel's fleet, which was off Vigo, on Satur-
day. I omitted to mention that the constitutional brig
The 23d of July took on the 21st ult. a 26. gun frigate,
from Goa, steering for Lisbon, which had on board
30,0001. of treasure; she sprung a-leak, and was sent to
Gihraltar,consequently only 20,000 dollars were taken out
of her by the brig before parting. The crew, 230 men,
were sent prisoners into Oporto on Sunday morning. In
concluding, I must say, for the satisfaction of all friends
of the cause, that the prospects are in all respects most fa-
vourable, and I speak from all I have seen during the last
three weeks that I have been daily gathering information
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throughout the business round Oporto."

(FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
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" OPORTO, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 26.
" Since I wrote to you, on Thursday the 20th, all has
remained quiet here, with the usual exception of a few
fellows at Villa Nova annoying the quay-wall, and the
adjacent streets, by their fusillade, kept up at intervals and
apparently influenced by mere wantonness and caprice.
The regular troops and artillery would appear to be all
withdrawn from that vicinity, as neither shell nor shot
have come in from thence since Thursday, and this leads
to the supposition, which gave such alarm to the people
here, that great efforts are about to be made on the north
side for a decisive attack.

" The city continues as orderly, and indeed more silent

than if it were in full possession of its liberty, because the
hum of business is suspended, and the quays do not exhibit
the activity and bustle consequent upon the loading o
cargoes. The wine-trade is of course totally at a stand.
and must continue so while Villa Nova remains in the pos-
session of Miguel's militia. The merchants, for lack of
other employment, are therefore now to be seen, telescop.
in hand, learning the art of war, and discussing military
movements with zealous eagerness, and the only fear I bar
is, lest they may acquire guerilla habits, which would
unfit them for business.
" On Friday the long-expected Britomart anchored oft
the bar, and her arrival gave rise to rather a ludicrous
mistake, which I dare say has been as general amongst
Miguel's friends as those of Don Pedro. At the moment
she anchored, the Consul, Colonel Sorel, came alongside
the Talavera to pay the Commodore a visit, and was re-
ceived with the usual salute of seven guns. On shore, it
was instantly and positively asserted that the salute was to
the Britomart, and conjecture was busily afloat as to the
great personage that must be aboard her, and Palmas,
and other distinguished names, were bandied about in all
quarters. I think it right to mention this, as I have no
doubt there are many who would be glad to put a wrong
construction upon it. On Saturday morning this vessel
came over the bar, and the greatest activity has been dis-
played in unloading her, and transporting the military
stores she brought to their proper destination. This d,--
partment, as well as the practical arrangement of the
arsenal generally, is intrusted to Captain Rose, whose
energy and activity are worthy of the highest cotninenda-
tion. The arrival of this ship is of great consequence, as
she has brought artillery for the vessels of war fitted out,
and all ready but this arm ; and she has also brought
round shot for the heavy artil.er),which was much wanted,
they having been obliged to run lead into small shells, and
use them as substitutes for the heavy shat, which of course
rendered the shooting not so precise as it would have been
with shot suited exactly to the calibre of the guns. A
vast number of artisans are now at work, making the ne•
cessary carriages, and all will be complete within a very
short period.
" On the same day, Captain Brown, of the Talavera,
came on shore to return the Consul's visit. He came in
his man-of-war's boat, with the union jack displayed at
her bow; but, alas ! the British flag was no more re-
spected than would have been the blue and white one of
Donna Maria: indeed, the case was so directly the re-
verse, and the Commodore's cocked bat a mark so tempt-
ing, that more than 30 shots were fired at him, one of
which went clear through the bow of the boat. Were the
fellows at the other side not perfectly aware that she was
a man-of-war's boat there might be some excuse for their
conduct, as at the moment the Britomart was discharging
her cargo of destruct:on for them under British colours,
which are also hoisted upon all Don Pedro's transports, so
that it is difficult for them to distinguish friends, or bona
fide neutrals, from foes. This, however, was not the case
with respect to the men-of-war's boats, which they know
quite as well as those that are on board them, and only
evinces that spirit of hostility towards every thing English
which is cherished by the Miguelite party, and in every
way encouraged amongst their followers.
" The celebrated, or rather notorious, Tellee Jordao, has
arrived at Gaspar Teixeira's head-quarters, and if the re-
ports of deserters are to be credited quarrels of the bitterest
nature have arisen between these personages. Jordan is
said to have asked, with his usual coarseness, why the city
was not carried, or at all events why it was nut seriously
attacked? The answer given was a map of the lines, and
a statement of the losses suffered. Jordao would not look
or listen, hut charged the Generalissimo with a desire to
make terms for himself with Don Pedro, and with an in-

tendon again to change sides. They Lad perhaps come to
blows but for the interference of others, and whether Jordao
remains still with the army I have not heard ; he was not,
however, seen on Sunday, at lease, to be known by Lieu-
tenant Elliot, whose mission I shall by and by give you an
account of. Implicit credit is given by almost every body
here to these statements, but people very readily believe
what they wish.

"About one o'clock on Siturday the Echo, Government
steam-boat, arrived with a King's messenger, bearing des-
patches for the Commodore and the Consul, and left on
Sunday for Lisbon, on a similar mission, for Admiral Par-
ker and Lord William Russell. The Marquis of Palmella
came in her as a passenger, and his arrival has given fresh
spirit and confidence to the people here. Various reports,
as to the success of his negociations, and the aid of men
and money he has obtained, are in circulation, but of
these I slued not speak, as in London you must
be better informed than we can be. The English,
however, are particularly well- pleased at the Echo's
arrival, as she brought orders to the Orestes and
Childers to go over the bar in order to afford protection,
should it-be needed, to the British residents. In my last
I find I threw away a large portion of very fine indigna-
tion upon the conduct of our Government in refusing to ac-
cede to former applications for this purpose. lam happy
that I was wrong, or that they are at length right.
These vessels, commanded by Captain Glascock and Cap-
tain Deans, came over the bar in the most magnificent
style, and the Portuguese were astonished at the silence
and order that prevailed on board, as in one of their

ships every individual on boird would be shouting at the
top of his voice. Their anchorage is at that prt of the

river called Dezoite Bracos, which means 18 fathoms,
but the depth now is, at low water, not three. This is
lower down than our ships of war have usually laid, their
general position being close to the convent of St. Antonio.
on the south side of the river. I may perhaps here remark
that there is an effective though tacit agreement as to
neutral ground, cons,- quent, no doubt, upon the Consul's or-
der for the ships to move down the river. This ext, nds from
the magnificent nunnery of the Aloncheque, on the north
of the river, and from Gaya, on the south, downwards to

the bar. Don Pedro has batteries on this ;ide lower down

as a completion to his line, and not likely to be brought
into operation, unless in case of the enemy turning the
lines by Mattozinhos and the Fos, from whence there is an
open and level road to the city, where troops of all arms
could act : but it would require an overwhelming force
upon other points to enable them to do so, the road being
overhung, a good part of the way, by a precipice, merely
tumbling the stones from which would bring destruction
upon them. Captain Brown, or his conductor, may have,
perhaps, overlooked this line of demarcation, though the
neutrality, in fact, extends much higher, and nearly all
along the Miragaya to the Porta Nova, for the Commo-
dore's boat went higher up, and was accordingly fired at.
They might, however, be secure of his peaceable in-
tentions, as he was accompanied by the chaplain of the
Talavera ; but no snore respect was paid to his sacerdotal
office than to the majesty of the British fl tg.
" On Sunday, Lieutenant Elliot, of the Briton, was
sent with despatches from the Commodore and the Consul
to the General-in-Chief of Don Miguel's force, to an-
nounce to him, on the part of the Commodore, the
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crossing of the bar by the Orestes and Childers, and to

communicate the orders sent to him by the Admiralty.
These were, that as the season approached when access

over the bar would become difficult, and events might

render aid to British subjects necessary, his Majesty's
Government thought fit to direct the above-named ships
to take up a position in the Douro, ordering them to pre-
serve the most strict neutrality, and to keep out of the line
of fire.. The orders went further to declare, that any vio-
lation of the persons or properties of Englishmen wou!d he
visited with the full vengeance of the British nation upon
the occasion, Lieut. Elliot went to the lines on the north,
on the former he crossed to Villa Nova. On falling in
with Miguel's pickets, he was politely and rather press-
ingly invited to cry " Viva el Hey Don Miguel !" which
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of course was not complied with. An officer then came
up and conducted them to another post, from whence
they were directed on to the head-quartets, Agoas Santas,
the same as when the Consul passed by, about a league
and a half from this, between the Braga and Valongo
roads. On arrival, the officer found the General asleep.
Sir J. Campbell was there, wide awake, but would not
open the letters fur some time. Gaspar Teixeira himself
made his appearance, and he too declined to open the let-
ters. telling Lieutenant Elliot to do so if he pleased. H.•
did so accordingly, and then handed them to a Mr.
O'Beirne, who accompanied him as an interpreter, to read
them in Portuguese. This gentleman did not appear to be
sufficiently clear in his interpretation, and the letter was
taken away for half an hour, when a correct translation

was produced. Gaspar Teixeira himself behaved

courtesy, stating that he had even had indurate rela-
tions with Englishmen,—that he had busine:s connexions

with them, and was satisfied with their conduct ; but
:hat England had broken faith with Portugal, and that ti,
talk of English neutrality was nonsense. While speakin

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the present contest he was greatly agitated, and sai..
that in eight days Oporto would be levelled with th
;round. While thus expressing himself he struck 126