Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-12-04
ONE DAY LATER FROM ENGLAND.

The ship Ajax, at New York brings the journal
oil Commerce liverpool papers to 22d and Lon don
papers to the DIST October
I.oNDoN, October 2Ist.
CONTINUED SUCCESS OF DON PEDRO.
Private accounts have been received from Ma
dad stating that continued attack was made on
oPorfo on the 30 ana 3Uth September and Ist De-
'oher. The Mgnclis's obliged To abandon
TIER outposts aud have retrcaled Ave leagues from
Op"ro.
The Misueist sqraircn entered V;go By on
The 29ih September. Snrtorous arrived oil Viro
on the Sd October, and wus llycsa,ii;g them Ut
both months of the bay
LoNpoN, Oct. 2i.---idyiccs have been received
from Bordeaux, of tile lita instant; sinti III
on 'he iutn tile iiiIueIite army before O porto had
retTcaicd Ave league, ID milus, to Pcnafi,l
We are informed that .si the great number
oi PERSONS who have joined The forces which lately
1911 ths country for Portugal there az. inrc than
twenty officers oi dlstn reputation il, Tho
infantry and cavalry Many civilians have pur.,il-
ed themselves, who from their knowIcd &c OF the
cou.iFy' and from oher circumstances, certain
To and the constitutional Cause 10 vliio,is WAYS
BaUssELs, Tuesday EVENING, Oct. l6.-Ir could
recall the letter sent you this morning, and de-
s'r"y it, woud 90 willingly; its contents are al
i;toNi pacific, and the moment am wrtinp every
thing has taken warke turn; not thai our policy
mas assumed new aspect since yesterday bu: did
not tkcn know what 1 have learned since, and
winch has nearly become public lIis morn ny. War
Is ABOUT 20 commence. Won inloru.cd persons
nave assured me they would MT 0e surprised if the
siege Of the citadel OF Autwelp were begun before
III days are ever. Al is rcady for it, and for
long time past the necessary WORKS for that cpcra.
:ion ere being prepared.
must tell you tl't for upward, ola .nonth past
Marshal s"nli, who iursslw that, Whatsoever might
he the constitution ui tire French Ministry he
would preserve his place, had instructed tke Belgian
Government and General Evnin, the Minister at
War, to mako every preparation, he able
10 take the field at days notice. and had mtilnated
that it was above important to 10 prepared fer
| forming the siege o! the citadel of Antwerp, be-
| cause that would be- ii not the sole operation, 1T
least the principal one of the c.mpaign.
/ General EVAN set himself 10 ork, and has L..
bored night and day since this iuforna;ion in the
utmost secrecy; constantly fearful oil not having
t!i" necessary works ready in time he caused him
! self to he assisted by the field officers whom he
could dispose of eve VI. dc Baouc ,lero his pre-
decess", III oihce, has often abandoned the Iabors
~hcn inc directing OF the Mint imposed on hins.
In order to aid the Minister. In short two DAVIS
ago General Evain told the person Of whom have
III, that he was now ready, and HAT he IN nht De
told any day without bcing found at fault that the
sclte and the campaign must begin.
on the other hand, the COsnniissary General -
the army Of the North, NJ. de NeuyIlle came to
brussels week ago, to make the necossary a r
engagements TO secure the service OF the stores and
Yesterday, at 4, ". Dagnan, SUB Coinmissary @
the army, and NJ. Tornczy, Director of the Stores
| arrived with the same view. So that at present
| the entrance OF the Frcnch Mo Belgium is con-
s'deTed very near. Who can calculate the con.e-
gnencc OF the vigorous step which is preparing?
/ No one assnedly; but can warrant its haylnr been
necessary for The Belgium Govcrnmcnt, and that
King Leopold would, without tins, have lost all
his p"pni0Tity.
Since the ilst 2 hours the War Minister has
ordered Il considerable maferjeL OF artillery to be
moved in the direction OF Boom lthrce miles from
the citadel All the regiments OF The army have
quit their cantnninent garr.sons, and are moving
towards the frontiers.