calculations, (which may be considerable, for aught I know,) for the good of his country generally, and the service especially, by discussing the arguments seriatim with Captain Symonds, the present able and experienced Surveyor of the Navy. I am, Sir, your obedient servant,

ROBERT R. BROAD, Merchant and Agent to Lloyd's.

Seconds in Duels.

MR. EDITOR, I have been perfectly astonished, on reading "Suggestions for the Guidance of Seconds in Duels," in your Number 53, to see that your correspondent has omitted what, in my opinion, and, I should think, in the opinion of every humanely honourable man, should have been his first consideration,-viz., to endeavour, in the first instance, as far as in him lies, and consistently with the honour of his principal, to prevent the parties coming to actual conflict; and even should he conceive his own friend to be in the wrong, to induce him if possible to apologize.

Mr. Editor, I have known seconds rather pride themselves on the éclat attending such situations: it is an honour safely and cheaply acquired. I mean this letter solely as a wholesome addition to the previous "Suggestions," which even your correspondent may not object to; as I have no doubt he will agree with me in thinking, that humanity and bravery are not the worse for being united. Your very obedient Servant, AN OLD MARINE.

April 18th, 1833.

Military Fund.

MR. EDITOR, It gives me extreme satisfaction to find that the subject of a Military Fund for the relief of the widows and orphans of officers has not been allowed to rest, but has been advocated in your Number for this month, (February,) by Capt. Hamilton, in a manner reflecting on him the greatest honour as a man and an officer.

I cannot, for one moment, allow myself to think that, if properly undertaken, there could be much, if any, fear as to the ultimate complete success of a plan so praiseworthy as the establishment of a Fund such as the one proposed. The blessings of the "Fatherless and Widow" would hallow the attempt. It would seem that, in some quarters, there exist opinions unfavourable to the establishment of such a Fund: let those who entertain them express them fully, that they may be met fairly.

That the establishment of this Fund would be hailed with delight by the majority of the army, there can, I should think, I may say hope, be no doubt: let the attempt be made-give it a trial-and I have no fear for the result-but let it not sink for want of zealous advocates.

February 4th, 1833.

Your most obedient servant,

A FIELD OFFICER.

NOTICES TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS.

D. D. shall hear from us specially.

"Espeja" in our next;-we regret our inability to give him a place in our present Number.

To" Ratio" we offer a similar acknowledgment.

Commander I. H., we hope, next month.

E. C.'s (R.N.) request shall be complied with.

Mr. H. P.'s communication as early as possible.
Lieutenant J. E. (R.N.) shall hear from us direct.

Mr. T-B-11, "An old Dragoon," "An old Soldier," H. T., H. P., H. W., M., E. S., P. B., &c., are unavoidably postponed.

EDITOR'S PORTFOLIO;

OR,

NAVAL AND MILITARY REGISTER.

AFFAIRS AT HOME AND ABROAD.

THE County and city of Kilkenny have been proclaimed by the Lord Lieutenant of IRELAND, under the provisions of the Disturbance Suppression Act. A General Order, of a determined yet temperate and conciliatory tenor, has been issued by the Commander of the Forces to the troops; and Sir Edward Blakeney, commanding the proclaimed district, in which an adequate force had been collected, further published a special address to the inhabitants, which has been attended with the best effects. In these precautionary measures, equal judgment and promptitude have been manifested by Sir Hussey Vivian and the officers employed.

The Court-Martial clause had not yet come into operation, but its apparatus has been completed by the appointment of twelve LieutenantColonels, unconnected by birth with Ireland, to preside at those courts.

It is not improbable that these imposing preparations may have a salutary effect, and obviate an appeal to the utmost rigour of the law.

The affairs of HOLLAND and BELGIUM assume a more embroiled and threatening aspect. The Dutch army along the frontier has been reinforced, and its positions strengthened, with a view to offensive or defensive movements. Some slight rencontres have taken place on the Scheldt.

The FRENCH are said to be again concentrating troops towards the North, and watching the moment for a second march to the aid of their reluctant protégés, the BELGIANS.

From the East there is yet no certain intelligence as to the final issue of the negociations between the PACHA and the PORTE, or of the forward march of Ibrahim. It is now certain, however, that the RUSSIANS are again in the ascendant; their fleet remaining anchored in the Bosphorus, and an army being in full march for its shores, to aid the Sultan, who has thrown himself upon the Czar's protection. Admiral Roussin, on the part of FRANCE, had attempted to intimidate the Pacha by misplaced gasconade, which MEHEMET ALI repelled with unexpected spirit and tact-turning the tables on the Frenchman by a Buonapartean flourish of trumpets. ENGLAND is still voiceless and weaponless in the contest.

In PORTUGAL nothing decisive has yet taken place. Skirmishes occasionally occur at Oporto, but lead to no general result. The war, if war it be, spins on by the mere vis inertia of the belligerents. It is

clear, however, that Don Pedro is in equally bad odour with his friends as with his enemies. Sartorius, whose crews had mutinied from privation of pay and provision, remained anchored with his ill-found squadron at the Bayonna Islands. Whatever steps this officer may adopt in such an emergency will have been dictated, we are convinced, by a thorough sense of honour and disinterested attachment to the cause he has thought proper to embrace.

The following letters from the theatre of war have just reached us :'Oporto, April 6th, 1833.

"Difficile est satyram non scribere."

MR. EDITOR, Though General Saldanha repulsed gallantly the attacks directed against his positions and intrenchments at Lordello and Pastelleiro, on the 4th and 24th of March, our situation is much the same since my last. It might have greatly improved, if General Solignao had supported General Saldanha on the 4th of March; but either from jealousy, or, what is every day more apparent, from want of coup d'œil, he lost that day the most favourable opportunity to obtain a signal victory over the Miguelites. On the 24th, the Count of St. Lourenço and Sir John Campbell intending to assault again the redoubts of Lordello, in order to cut off our only communication with the sea, masked their movements by marching against a redans we had most untimely begun the night before on the height of Antas, and finding it defended by fifty men only, (for General Solignac had ordered the troops to go to church with him !) they drove our men back, and established themselves there. To dislodge the Miguelites, when the Emperor, Solignac, and Villa Flôr arrived, it was necessary to sacrifice two hundred men, and some distinguished officers, as Major Sadler, Captain Wright, &c. &c. The consequence of General Solignac's devotion was, that while the main attacks of the enemy failed before Saldanha's firmness, Campbell succeeded on the right, on account of the negligence of the Emperor, and of his French staff. The behaviour of Dom Pedro, and his despicable ministers, towards Sartorius, is so extravagant and preposterous, that we are all at loss how to account for it. Many people are of opinion that Dom Pedro has provoked on purpose that untoward event, in order to get a pretext to betray the confidence we were fools enough to place in him-to betray our hopes and our efforts. A hundred and ten thousand bullets, and seven thousand bombs, have been thrown by the enemy against Oporto and its works: all this the people have suffered without complaining. About three hundred constitutional officers have been killed or wounded since the 10th of July last; we have fought eleven times with all or the most part of Dom Miguel's troops; and, perhaps, all these sacrifices will be lost by the faults, ignorance, perfidy, and treachery of Dom Pedro, his ministry, and his French, or half French staff.

"I remain, Mr. Editor, your most obedient and grateful servant,

"PORTUENSE." "Porto, April 9th, 1833.

"Observing, Mr. Editor, that you have been so good as to admit the correspondence of one of my friends, I dare to forward you this letter, to justify the constitutional army in the sight of the British officers, if any unfortunate incident prevents us from realizing the expectations our expedition had given rise to.

"There was a time when the officers of the constitutional army at Oporto thought it was their duty to be silent, and to obey the orders of Don Pedro and his fatal ministry, without permitting themselves any observations upon the faults of that ill-advised prince and his council in the direction and command of the Portuguese expedition;-they thought so, Mr. Editor, while it was possible to believe that the daily faults of Don Pedro were only the result of his inexperience, and of his blind partiality to men unworthy of his

confidence, and quite incapable of managing the public affairs in circumstances so difficult and delicate; but the behaviour of Don Pedro and his ministry towards Sartorius; his negligence in providing the means to keep the squadron always ready for service; the calling to his aid of a French general, who proves to be much inferior to the Count of Villa Flor himself; his reluctance to take the field when it was advisable, and his unwillingness to profit by the opportunities he has had to attack the enemy with success; all these, and many other reasons, tend to prove to-day what was only suspected some months ago, viz., that Don Pedro—as soon as he saw he was not received in triumph by the Portuguese nation, as his favourites had promised him at Paris, flattering him with the prospect of becoming King of Portugal again-lost all his supposed energy, had no other view, no other plan, than to sacrifice the constitutional charter to the cabinet of Madrid, to become regent, and to capitulate without hazarding himself, if even that sacrifice was refused. Hence it came that he was determined to capitulate in the month of February, and he would have done so, were it not for General Saldanha's success on the 4th of March, and his endeavours to protect the landing of some provisions and ammunition some days before. Now the withdrawal of Sartorius, provoked by the insolence, negligence, and ignorance of the ministry, will be a pretext to realize the preconcerted plan in the following manner :Solignac will give time enough to the Miguelites to occupy and fortify the position of Luz; from that moment the landing of provisions, reinforcements, or any other supplies, will be hindered by the Miguelites, supported by some ships that will not fail to come out from Lisbon; then Solignac will enterprise a sortie, so ignorantly combined as that of the 24th of January, and in harmony with the miserable dispositions he gave the 24th of March last, going to chapel with the army when the enemy was at 200 toises from us! Solignac will be beaten, and then he will propose a capitulation.

This is the infamous plan of Don Pedro, and of the coward minions of his council. If you do not believe me, take notice of it, and events will soon prove whether I do speak truth or not. The army begins to suspect the treason; and God knows whether the traitors will have time enough to accomplish their design.

"A VOLUNTEER, A. M. S."

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H.R.H. William Henry Duke of Clarence was promoted to the rank of RearAdmiral, 1790; Vice-Admiral in the same year; and Admiral in 1799.

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STATIONS OF THE BRITISH ARMY.

[Where two places are mentioned, the last-named is that at which the Reserve Companies of the

Regiment are stationed.]