fig. 15. 
     
     part ofthe Portuguese to displace his authority; 
     
     on the contrary, shey stood by him when put to 
     
     the bar ofall Europe; they remained firmduring 
     
     me great convulsions of 1830, which over- 
     
     turned so many thrones in Europe; and they 
     
     are still perfectly faithful to him, though Don 
     
     Pedro, witha gallant hand of foreign adven- 
     
     turers, has been for six weeks in possession of 
     
     Oporto, under the open and avowed counte- 
     
     nance both of France and England. The at- 
     
     tachment ofthe people and the army, therefore 
     
     to their present ruler, has been effectually put 
     
     to the test; and we should be glad to know 
     
     on what principle of international law the 
     
     right of choosing their own Sovereign, and ex- 
     
     pelling an obnoxious though elder branch of 
     
     their dynasty, belongs to France, England, or 
     
     Belgium, and not to the Portuguese people. 
     
    

    
     ANGL—Tile intelligence on Friday night, 
     
     from Oporto, is extremely important. although 
     
     it is not of a decisive character Some very 
     
     severe fighting has taken place, in which the 
     
     troops of Don Miguel have been so successful, 
     
     that we should be little surprised to learn, by 
     
     the next arrivals, that Oporto has fallen into 
     
     their hands. In the battle ofthe 29th Septem- 
     
     ber,wliich was conducted in an admirable style 
     
     by the Miguelite soldiers, the British and 
     
     French troops were cut to pieces, and but three 
     
     officers amongst them escaped, all the others 
     
     being either killed or wounded. It does not 
     
     appear that Don Pedro possesses the means of 
     
     recovery; his army is terribly reduced and 
     
     disorganised. and he is driven to the extremity 
     
     ofotfering 101. to every dragoon who will de- 
     
     sert, with his horse and accoutrements fri in 
     
     the enemy’s camp: :1 plan of reinforcement 
     
     which would very soon exhaust his funls. But 
     
     the conduct of the hostile fleets is the, most ex- 
     
     traordinary feature in the whole ofthis strange 
     
     war, The vessels at both si les Continue to 
     
     cruise and manieuvre in the bay. uithorit Ox- 
     
     hibiting the least token ofadisposiiiun to com!- 
     
     to close quarters; while the work of de~truc 
     
     tion is all the time going forward on shore. It 
     
     is thought that Sarlorious, having been recent- 
     
    

    
     . ly strengthened, will soon risk ti battle with his 
     
     opponent; but ifthe accounts we receive, be 
     
     trustworthy; his success is more than doubtful. 
     
    

    
     Vt'e should observe that the earliest informa 
     
     tion that reaches us of the progreSs ofevents in 
     
     Portugal comes from Don Pedro’s side. The 
     
     Miguelitcs are either indifferent to our good 
     
     opinion, or so confident in their resources, as 
     
     to care very little about any impression which 
     
     may be made abroad to their disadvantage.— 
     
     Tlie information that isthus obtained should 
     
     always, we need not remark, be taken with 
     
     reservation : for we have already found in 
     
     some instances, not only that the act-mints 
     
     from Oporto were utterly groundless. but we 
     
     see that in all cases Don Pedro‘s official an- 
     
     nouncements are Coloured bv the most suspici- 
     
     ous flattery ofliis actions and his hopes. The 
     
     truth seems to be, that the public feeling in 
     
     England is so entirely opposed to Don Miguel, 
     
     that we seek for information from that party in 
     
     whose belialfour sympathies are so largely en- 
     
     gaged: besides, Oporto, being the seat of war. 
     
     and the journals there being under the control 
     
     of Den Pedro. we must, of necessity, content 
     
     ourselves with that channel of news, because 
     
     it is.the speediest- 
     
    

    
     In the course of the loose firing that took 
     
     place from the heights on the 28th, the emmy, 
     
     according to one account, deliberately fired 
     
     into the Orestes, Captain Glasscock, whose 
     
     vessel lay in the neutral water, quite out of the 
     
     line ofthe fire of the battery; and into the 
     
     Children. Capt. Dean. under the lee of which a 
     
     Ihip of Don Pedro’s. The Amelia had obstinate. 
     
    
   
   
    
     THE BRITISH AMERICAN. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ly anchored. If this aggression were premedi- 
     
     tated, and not an act ofthe guerillas, then we 
     
     take it for granted that our government will 
     
     not hesitate to bring Don Miguel to account ; 
     
     but if it were an accident, occasioned by the 
     
     proximity of the vessel to the Portuguese ship, 
     
     we confess we do not see with whatgrace the 
     
     English minister can demand redress, for Mig- 
     
     uel may, with great justice, ask, what brought 
     
     our vessels there at a time when England pro. 
     
     fessed an unarmed neutrality? It appears 
     
     that the Orestes was out of the line, and that 
     
     the shots which reached her must have been 
     
     fired designcdly : if that be true. we hope our 
     
    
   
   
    
     gallant sailors will rake the miserable fleet of 
     
    
   
   
    
     the usnrper, and not leave a timber to float on 
     
     the waters before they sail homewards again. 
     
     We certainly have an excuse for the presence 
     
     of Admiral Parker ofl‘()porto, in the danger 
     
     that threatened, and still threatens, the proper- 
     
     ty ofthe British residents there; but it cannot 
     
     be denied, that while we affect to take no part 
     
     in the war,and to await the result with interest 
     
     but without participation, direct or indirect, 
     
     we have made demonstrations of which Don 
     
     Miguel has sufficient reason to complain. Af- 
     
     ter what has occurred, we are called upon to 
     
     declare ourselves one way or the other; and 
     
     we are satisfied, that in releasing ourselves 
     
     from the dubious position in which we have 
     
     been placed, we shall produce an immediate 
     
     influence on the war, that will, in all probabi- 
     
     lity, lead to its termination. As it is, covert 
     
     and undeclared aid compromises many inter- 
     
     ests, and costs the effusion of much blood. 
     
    
   
   
    
     THE FREJV'CH CABINET 
     
    

    
     flflas.—The nomination of Marshal Soult to 
     
     be prime minister of France is an event ofsome 
     
     moment. Soult is emphatically a soldier, and 
     
     not a talker. He will be all for action, and it 
     
     is not easy to say to what unforseen extremity 
     
     his habits ofthinking may lead in guiding the 
     
     affairs of France. The appointment IS certain- 
     
     ly now pepular, and has already affected the 
     
     money market. The new cabinet, even in its 
     
     formation, appears disorganized. To remedy 
     
     the want ofspucch in Soult, the Due de Broglie 
     
     who takes the foreign office, brings in as an at- 
     
     tendant on. an advocate of, the Cabinet. the e- 
     
     loquent Guizot, thus making up by aids froui 
     
     without the acknowledged deficiencies from 
     
     within. At present all is doubt and specula- 
     
     tion; but we think we can discern clearly e- 
     
     nough though the clouds ofilarkricss that hang 
     
     over France, the star un'ler wlmse malign in- 
     
     fluence herfuture destinies are to be set. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Death of Sir lVallcr Scolt.-—The minstrel of 
     
     the north has sounded his last lay !——his harp is 
     
     silent for ever ! Sir U’uller Scull died at A1- 
     
     botsford,on Friday the 21st September. For 
     
     nearly two years his health had been in a de- 
     
     clining state, caused by over-exertion and 
     
     anxiety, the pressure of pecrniary embarrass- 
     
     ments, and the strong desire he had to fulfil his 
     
     engagements, and secure some fragments of 
     
     his fortune to his family. In order to recruit 
     
     his spirits and improve his health he was ad- 
     
     vised to travel. The intention ofthe author of 
     
     “Waverly ” being communicated to his Ma- 
     
     jesty, he with his uniform kindness, command- 
     
     ed a ship to convey Sir Walter to Naples. He 
     
     was attended on his tour by some members of 
     
     his family ; every mark of respect and hospi- 
     
     tality was paid him wherever he went; but the 
     
     breezes of the Mediterranean had no restora- 
     
     tive effect on his impaired constitution: his 
     
     illness increased; the poet saw that his end 
     
     was near, and therefore he hastened home to 
     
     breathe his last sigh to the winds of Yarrow, 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     and to sleep his long last sleep on the banks or 
     
    
   
   
    
     the Tweed, in his native land. 
     
    

    
     The remains of Sir Walter Scott were inter- 
     
     cd on the 27th at Dryburgh Abbey. Upwards 
     
     of300 distinguished persons attended, and as 
     
     the funeral pageant passed through the villa es 
     
     and hamlets, one universal sorrow prevaifed 
     
     all classes. The shops in the towns of Darnick 
     
     and Mclrose were all shut, and the streets 
     
     were lined with the inhabitants in mourning 
     
     and uncovered. The body was deposited in the 
     
     north of the splendid ruin of Dryburgh Abbey 
     
     now, alas! containing a more splendid ruin 
     
     than itself. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     NOVEMBER IO, 1332. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     His Majesty’s Packet Eclipse, arrived at 
     
     Halifax with the October mail, in the very 
     
     fine passage of 24 days, putting us in possession 
     
     of European extracts from our Colonial files up 
     
     to the 7th of the above month, for which we 
     
     refer readers to the preceding columns in this 
     
     sheet. 
     
    

    
     TO SUBSCRIBERS.—ln consequence of the Pub- 
     
     lisher not. having received his English importation of 
     
     Paper, he is under the necessity of issuing this No. on 
     
     a paper of an inferior quality, manufactured in Nova- 
     
     Scotia. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ssitippmn )Eutrlliueittr. 
     
     ENTERED. 
     
     Schrs. Ranger, Saluiond, Pictou. 
     
     Shamrock, Tool, F..x Island. 
     
     Jane, Burlioe. do 
     
     Le Reine, Boudrot, Halifax. 
     
     Harriet, Le June, Arichat. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Sloop Felicity, M-Laren, Halifax. 
     
     .Aiucn. 
     
     Schrs. Tarsille. Collins, Halifax. 
     
     Brothers, Campbell, lVIiramichi. 
     
     Swift, Coffin, Newfoundland. 
     
     Jane, McLaughlan, Halifax. 
     
     Brig Amelia, Davies, London. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Union, Silliker, Halifax. 
     
    

    
     Harriet Elizabeth, Coffin, St. John‘s NJ". 
     
    

    
     Fame, DTLeod, Miramichi. 
     
    

    
     Sloop Felicity, M‘Laren, Halifax. 
     
    

    
     Schr Margaret, Deagle, St, John’s N. F. 
     
     John Fulton, ——-— do. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Schrs. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Sir \Valter Scott is no more ! He died at 
     
     Abbotsford on September ‘Zl, iii the midst of 
     
     his family, aged 6|, being born August 15, 
     
     1771. 
     
    

    
     The complaints against the Reform Bill have 
     
     subsided, and all parties are busy at the Elec- 
     
     (ions. 
     
    

    
     It is said that 350 petitions are prepared for 
     
     the abolition of the establishment ofthe Church 
     
     of Scotland. 
     
    

    
     The Duke of Brunswick, who meditated a 
     
     hostile visit to his late dominions, has been ar- 
     
     rested at Paris, and “bundled”out of the coun- 
     
     try. 
     
    

    
     The Peasantry continue to evince their gra- 
     
     titude to their friends. by gratuitous field la. 
     
     hour. 
     
    

    
     The Repeal question is vigor0usly forwarded 
     
     by a strong part in Ireland. The lrish have 
     
     crushed politicaf’lntolerance, and Tithes, the 
     
     falsely called Union will go next. ~ On this 
     
     head the Irish are determined, which is quite 
     
     enough, but they are also backed by numbers 
     
     in England, who are sick of the many evils 
     
     which harrass their sister Island. A local Io- 
     
     gislature is demanded on every rational con 
     
     sideration : sophistry alone is against it. 
     
    
   
   
    
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