The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-11-27 00:00:00

FORMGN INTELLIGENCE.

' PORTUGAL.
' The letter .from which 'the Mowing is an extract, was re-
. ellileddonat
otnE.Faridlitnyouelii•e:_ing, -by Mr. Widmer, from his cOrre-
Falincnith, Nov. 21,1832:
The Liverpool steamer 'which sailed from Oporto on Friday
• feienirig last, 'the llith inst., put in here this morning, with de-
.4,
spittdres from Don 'Pedro addressed to his agents, &c. in the
I country, which were sent off by express. Colonel Hodges
came•passeriger, and 'immediately proceeded to London.. Yip
tothe sailing -of the iiiverpool, no 'attaetl•had been made on
•Oporto,by iDonrMigiresirotips, who are_ represented .L.i.3 by no
means eager for such close welt. They preler "a long shot."
• They had, 'however, labonred incessantly at COAstructing *bat-
• Iteries on -the -south side of the Douro, which commanded the
entrance and b_ar,
so that the river may be said to be in -a-state
'of liloataile. -This, indeed, seems to be'the policy of Miguel's
commanders—to •cnt off all Pedro's means of receiving sup-
; plies without-which it is- •clear.he cannot long 'sustain himself
in ()Porto. He ordered that an attempt should be made 'to
destroy-the-batteries-and 'spike -the guns. .To accomplish this
object, .200 seamen, under the command of Captains 'Morgan
and Heywood, were directed 'to commence the attack at day-
• Light on -the morning of the 14th inst. Upwards of 1000 caga-
doi-e,s were also conveyed across the river to support the sea-
men, and a brisk tire ,was kept up on Villa Nova from the
Serra Convent. The position was stoutly defended by the
Miguelites, and it was 'not till after a severe contest, which
continued till nearly 'two in the afternoon, that the Pedroites
succeeded in destroying one of 'the batteries of three _guns,
which they spiked. They also made-nearly 300 prisoners, and
.captured -several-head of cattle, and a number of horses. The
loss of Miguelites in killed and wounded must have been
. great; that of Don Pedro -was 30 killed, among whom were
' Captains Morgan and Heywood, and a great many wounded.
About sixty of Miguel's troops had joined the ranks of Pedro.—
Colonel Hodges, it is said, has returned to this country-in
disgust -at the treatment:he has 'received from Don Pedro,
many of whose troops are also said to be far from being satin_
:fled with their condition. They -are ill supplied with pro-
visions and necessaries, and being completely hemmed: in,
and not in sufficient strength to force a passage through the
is
besieging army, the prospect before them not very cheering,
winch somewhat damps their spirits. A 'great number of horses •
had arrived nut at Oporto, but they were rapidly dying .from ,
want of provender. Altogether, our -communications are un-
favourable in their report of Don Pedro's cause. An opinion
very-generally prevails among those 'persons Irho can calmly
fro .a.".reVie* or 'the chances of the combatants, that' Don
Pedro cannot, with his-present means,' succeed in' placing his
daughter on the throne of Portugal. Don Miguel, it was sup-
posed,`was at Coimbra.
HOLLAND AND BELGIUM.
The papers brought by the General steam Navigation Com-
pany's mail-packet,the Sir Edward Banks, from Rotterdam on
Thursday last, contain the' important information of the Order
of the Day of General Chasse to the
_garrison of Antwerp, of
Saturday, the 17th, and the Order of the Day of the Director-.
General of the War Department to the garrison of Breda, on
thelBth.-

ORDER OF THE DAY.
"To the Citadel of Antwerp, the. Forts dependent upon it; and his
Majesty's Navy in the' Scheldt."'
" Brave brethren in 'antis !—The moment .when old Dutch
courage and loyalty are to be put to a -new test approaChes.—
Within a few days -a French army will .appoar hefore• these
ramparts, in order to enmpel us, of possible, ov force of arms,
to surrender this fortresS and its 'dependent fogs.
"Full of confidence in the justice of yourcau,e, and relying.
upon your weli-tried courage and loyalty, for your King and
your country, we Shall intrepidly await
• " Brethren in arms Netheriands,'. OW even Europe,
:have their eyes'fixed upon you; let von, Coileetively and
Nidually, prove that the confidence which our beloved King. has
reposed in us has•not been hestowedon the unworthy; and let
us take the unalterable resomtiOn to defend ourselves with
manly courage to the!laSt'e.gtrehiity.
'Live the b !
.
"The Gellefill tohuander-m-Chief of the citadel of
Antwerp;of 'dependent forts, and of His Majesty'S
navy on'the`Seheldt,

" Baron CHASSE."
It will be seen from the "language of General Chasse that it
was his deteintination to resist to the last extremity. The
Order of the Day at bieathes a like spirit of indomit-
able resolution.

The following is an extract from a letter to a merchant in
London, received by the German mail. The bill for calling
out the landsturm does not hold out much hope of pacific ar-
rangements

"THE HAGUE,Nov. 2(l'
" No news at all besides what you will read in the newspapers.
"This evening au address of acknowledgment will be de-
spatched from' the-Cliathher-of Commerce here, and the princi-
pal merchants of lio4einain, to the English merchants, .ship 7
owners, and others, in London, who have agreed to the:address
for peace. • -

"1 his week the -bill for raising the landsturm will be pre-
sented to the States-General."

The following is given in the London Standard, of Friday
.evening, as the substance of an addresswhielr has been received
from the merchants of Rotterdam:—

TO THE BRITISH MERCHANT'S WHO HAVE .DECEARED THEM

SELVg6 WHE .FHIE'NDS OF HOLLAND.

" After all the. misfortunes which have oppressed the inha-
bitants of theliorthen provinces of the Netherlands. during the
last two years, no circumstance.could contribute more to afford'
them consolation, and•ground :for future hope, than'the mani-
festations of sympatnyfrom the honest British merchants,
intended to induce :their government 'to depart from the hos-
tile. systein-whieh has been commenced against our country.
The union of Holland and Belgium was .the work Of the:
great powers of Europe, in which England'herself-took a part;
it was a union effected contrary to the wishes of
country' once the emporium of the trade- of the world, where
true lii•eriy, ' civil and religious, has always flourished, and
where every individual who 'touched her soil was-protected by
uiild and just laws.
" During fifteen years Holland submitted to all the, incon-
veniences of this union, contrary to her interests, which had
ever been based on the principles -of free trade with all the,
world. -Hardly had a separation between the two countries,
taken place„ .When the commercial relations with Englatitt
were favoured in every possible way: by a. considerable reduc-
tion of the duties on ail Kinds of British-produce and maim-
factures, -to the imposition of which Holland had been cont..'
palled, in order to favour and protect the manufactures of
Belgium.
. _

"Nothwithstanding :the advantages accruing to England
from this cause, and the intimate alliance which has existed for
so long a time between her anti 'rlolland, we have lived to see
our -interests not only neglected by our ally, without any rea-
sonable cause, but even treason and rebellion are encouraged,
and our property is assailed -by British ships and British
sailors.

"But the attempt to coerce Holland will fail. Her corn_
meroe 'may suffer, but the Dutch merchants will cheerfully
sacrifice their interests to the honour and safety of the Father-.
kand ; they are determined to support their brave and good
King, and they 'rely on Providence for a happy deliverance 7
from,their present perilous condition.
Our honest friends, the British merchants, understand our
feelings; 'their expressions of sympathy have given us the
greatest consolation, and the present audress is meant as an
acknowledgment of •our • sincere thanks. We are fully consci-
ous ,that every -thing 'has been done. by our friends in Eng-
land that could he done by -the loyal subjects of a con-
stitutional government,, anti. we trust that the expression of
their sentiments:nay,in,du,ce the British Cabinet to desist from
those meitsw cs,'wbteh they have .been led Lo adopt by a power
not only unsettled herself ,at•home, but intent. upon disseminat-
ing disunion abraod.

We again recommend our interests to you, and they are