The Sun.
London, England, 1832-10-22 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.-7-(THIS DAY.

CITY, TTVELVE O'CLOCK.
Up to this hour we have no direct communication from
Portugal ; but by the French mail this morning we have
accounts from Lisbon to the 4th October, with the official
bulletin of the late attack upon Oporto, by Don Miguel's
Geueral:—
" I have the honour to c•tromunicate to your Excellency
that according to the orders of his Majesty, I tnade yester-
day(the 29th) a reconnoissance on Oporto, in force. A co-
lumn advanced on the left, another on the right, anti the
third, mote numerous, on the centre, at the same time
keepin-
g a reserve ; but our troops, after having showed
the greatest courage, were obliged to retreat anti take up
their first position, owing to the strong force of
the lilies of the enemy, which were composed of two
divisions of batteries, with entrenchments behind
them ; the left column took a battery frotn the
rebels, the cannon of which we spiked, and got
into the entrenchments, with three pieces of cannon
tiring on the camp ; but being charged by the rebels, and
Captain Travassos, who commanded, being killed, we
were .bliged to abandon the ground we previously gained.
The reconnoissance commenced at 7 o'clock in the morn-
ing, and did not terminate until 5 o'clock in the afternoon,
and we retreated in good order as soon as possible. I shall
send a detailed account of all the events, as well as our
losses.

" Head-quarters, D'Agos Sautes, Sept. SO."
Don Miguel, wishing to take revenge, has ordered rein-
forcements to the besieging army.
The Lisbon Gazette of the 3d October gives the fol-
lowing report I have the honour to transmit to your
Excellency the report of the Commandant of Villa de
Conde, from which it appears that an English ship coming
from Angras was wrecked near Villa Conde. She had
on bgard 1,200 muskets for the rebels, with other warlike
stores, to the Count Barbacena.
" Head-quarters, D'Agos Sintas."

Some of our city speculators in the Funds for some days
past put great confidence in respect to the journey
of Count Durnhoff, the Prussian Envoy to the
Hague, no doubt thinking that he would be able
to bend his Dutch Majesty to some sort of com-
pliance on the Belgian question. At length, and
Nneapectedly, this great negotiator, we are informed,
has arrived in London; but to the great astonishment of
the speculators, after being three days at the Hague, has
returned without any definitive answer from the King of
Holland, who, it appear., will again take his time, an,'
consider on the proposals of Count Durnhoff. Thus, it
seems, we shall be continually amused by' procrastina
as all the accounts from Holland are still of the same
endencYa—that, the King of Holland and his people re-
rn!.iri determined. Thus at present stand the affairs of
Holland and Belgium.
We
understand that the French fleet is expected on our
coast, to
join ours, at the end of the week.
Consols, which left off on Saturday at 888 buyers, are
at present Ein sellers.
The warlike preparations going on in both England and
Prance cause the market to be heavy.
The private letters fro HALF--PAST ONE.
the enthusi m Holland this morning describe
asm of the Dutch nation as almost amounting
to madness. The Dutch people are determined to sacri-
fice their lives in defer:ding their just cause. The Navy
of Holland have come to a firm resolution, should the Eng.
lish and French fleets come to their shores and attack
them, it they are overpowered, to blow their ships up along-
side of those of their enemies, similar to what Van Spike
did, before they surrender.
Up to the present hour we have no arrivals from Oporto,
Which are anxiously looked for by the merchants and public.
Consols, which were in the course of the morning at
83i to 84. for Acct., are at present 83ii, with little doing.
In the Foreign Market, Dutch Stock 40-1 41 ; Portu.
gueee Scrip, 4 discount.

Consols for Account, 83 THREE O'CLOCK.

A recent elopement is the gossip of the day ;
the accomplished lady is the daughter of a former Repre-
sentative in Parliament fur Arundel, and the gay inaino-
tato a neighbouring elodpole.—Brighton Heruld,