It would appear, that in the assault of Oporto, on
the 29th Septem- ber, the Miguelite commander was prepared, in case of success, to push his victory to as great a length as the laws of war permit,—farther than they sanction, we rather think, for plunder is a breach of discipline even in a storming party, however it may be winked at. The orders given previous to the attack have appeared. The following is one of them- " Your Excellency, when the enemy stall have been overcome will allow the soldiers to repay themselves for the labours and privations they have suffered, with the plunder of the houses of some of the Constitutionalists at Oporto; re- commending them, however, to respect the property and houses of foreigners, by all means; anti also the houses of those honourable men who are now in the Royalist ranks, and of the employes who abandoned theirs in oisIgsnot to livk
with the rebels." • /"•••• '
