No attack has been made by the army of Donna
MARIA upon be Miguelite position of Santarem. Tee object of General SAL- ANHA seems to be, to compel them, by want of provisions, to va.cuate that strong hold, and then fall upon them in the open am. As the Pethoite fleet has command of the Tagus, and WEL has no force that can make head against them in the eountry, it seems probable that this scheme may succeed in time. MIGUEL himself and some of his attendant nobles are said to be at Abrantes.
Complaints continue to be made of the injudicious conduct of the British legation at Lisbon, and Lady WILLIAM RUSSELL is again pointed at as a pernicious intrigante. Her husband seems to be a thorough incapable. What business has such a man at Lisbon? He may be very well qualified to represent his Majesty at Flo- rence or Milan, where there is nothing to do or say from one year's end to the other; but surely a person of tact, temper, and expe- rience, should have been selected as our Ambassador at Lisbon in such times as these. We would thank Lord PALMERSTON to in- form the public what claim Lord WILLIAM has, to his present ap- pointment, except that of being connected with the Bedford family. There is reason to expect some addition to the interceptel Mi- guelite correspondence. A letter is said to have been discovered, from the Duke of WELLINGTON to Don MIGUEL or one of his Mi- nisters, which betrays the strong interest taken by the head of the British Conservatives in the Usurper's success. PEPRO'S Minis- ters hold the letter in terro rem over the Duke.
