The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-10 00:00:00

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NEWS FROM PORTUGAL.

(From a Second Edition of the Morning Post.)

The following is an extract from a very long and inte-
resting letter we have just received from our correspondent
at Lisbon, Per Manchester• steamer :-..
1,1ssolv; Ray 81.—Lord Howard de Walden havinr,

detained the packet until to-morrow, I avail myself of the
Manchester steamer, going to Liverpool-tins afternoon, in
order.to:.:4o,lmnunieate the progress of the political crisis
since I wrote you on the 23d inst.
Marshal Saldanha has at length taken the field for the
Queen and the Charter, so that matters daily become more
intricate. His Excellency left Cintra early on the 26th,
with thirtecen of his former officers, and was joined at
Mafra by forty Lancers, who had that morning left Lis-
bon, nay, who, while passing the Alcantava-square, op-
posit° the Queen's Palace, cried out, " Viva a Carta,"
without meeting any further obstacle beyond that at-
tempted to be offered by a few of the Municipal .Guard,
one .of whom was killed on the spot. They next proceeded
by , the Junquen, Beleva, up the. Caleada de Ajuda,
into 13enefica, and from thence to Mafra, which, of itself, is
proof evident of the great discredit into which the Septem-
ber revolutionists have fallen, because otherwi!Ac bow could

these men have been suffered to pass the streets unmo-
lested ? The gallant Marshal next proceeded to Torres
Vedras, where he passed the night, continuing on the next
day in the direction of Leiva, having already a force of
115 cavalry with him, who had joined him from Lisbon
and the neighbourhood.

An attempt was made on Thursday evening by about
It'lo of the National Guards and 100 Artillftymen to fol-
low the Marshal's traces, in order to come up with and
place themselves under his orders ; but they were foiled,
in consequence of the Minister's interference to prevent it.
Considerable uneasiness has prevailed ever since, and with
good reason, because the occupation of Abrantcs by Gene.
ral Nepomuceno has been confirmed, as well as his having
some closets at Santarem. I understand that the National
Guards, as well as the inhabitants of three or four towns,
have spontaneously declared for the Charter.
Oae hundred and twenty-five September patriots were
embarked, on the evening of the 28th, on board the Conde
de Palladia steamer, for Villanova, on their way to the
neighbourhood of Santarem, and such of the National
Guards as are supposed favourably disposed towards the
prevent order of thing,r, say about nine hundred strong,
have been under arms during the last three days, because
they have been afraid of a nightly irruption of some-Car-
list corps into Lisbon ; they have been in dread of the
Queen's flight on board the British fleet. Such is the tre.;t-
ment which their leaders and demagogues bestow on her
Majesty! It was only on the :29th that as Colonel Pi-
mentel, Baron de Campagnal, was entering the palace of
Necessidades, for the purpose of as,uming: his weekly duty
on the Prince as Aid-de-Camp, he was arrested by a small
detachment of National Guards, who commenced to ill-use

him in a most shameful manner, and would have put him
to death but for the timely interference of some of the
Muuicipal Guard, who, much to their credit, sent
the assassins to the right about, and saved the
gallant officer. His Royal Highness sent another of his
aide-dc-camps, Colonel Calza Piria, to request that Baron
might bperisheete aet i3breerdty
toen
hheiese
iphaerohlies,
siunrceletrnin-
dCeanmt g which i cmh
case of need, but all was unheeded by the sovereign revo-
lutionist, who forthwith sent their prisoner to the tower of
St. Julian, at the entrance of the Tagus.
Dr. Veiga, a very learned lawyer, the editor of the Diario
des Pobres, a most harmless journal, and a M. Chaves, a
gentleman of fortune, generally esteemed here, have like-
wise been arrested. Sebastian Botelho, a Peer under the
Charter, narrowly escaped the same fate at Cintra, where
the Police, said to be then under the direction of a brother
of Viscount Se da Bandeira, went after him, but to no pur-
pose. I hear of many other arrests, but it is as well not to
intrude further on your patience with the names of persons
not known in England.
Orders have been sent for the arrest of Baron Borufin,
commanding the troops which left Lisbon ten days ago
against the Estremor Charter people. We have Oporto
news to the 29th. The inhabitants were anxious to pro-
claim the Charter, but dreaded some violence on the part of
the authorities and the rabble. Baron Leiria, with 1,300
Charter men, within Valence de Minho, keeping• Viscount
Sa Bandeira at bay ; the latter had lost 31 killed, in conse-
quence of his obstinacy in placing a field piece on a certain
point, contrary to the expostulations of the Baron, who had
no other alternative left him but that of silencing its fires,
which he instantly did.
_ _ _

General Swhafback had, with one battalion of the 18th
Regiment, proclaimed the Charter, and gone towards Cas-
tello Branco. We are lost in conjecture as to what course
Marshal Saldanha will adopt. The Government have pub-
lished an Exlrao:Winary Gazette, stating that two officers
and four men of the 3d Cavalry, and two officers and forty-
three men of the 12th Infantry, have deserted from the in-
surgents ; but I find they are men who, not being willing to
join the latter in their attempts to restore the Charter had
been left behind.

That beautiful steam-boat, the Don Juan, arrived on the
:26th from England, proceeding on to Cadiz, Gibraltar, and
Malaga, on the ‘2Bth. General Goblcns, the new Belgian
Minister, and his family, as well as M. Canso, the Swe-
dish Charge d'Affaires, came passengers by her. Previous
to coming- on shore the latter proceeded on board her Ma-
jesty's ship Haxtinus, where he had a long intuview with
our Admiral. The Manchester on the Liverpool line, ar-
rived from the Mediterranean on the 29th, and the Zephyr
yacht, from England, on the same day.
(From a Third Edition of the Morning Chronicle.)
Extract of a letter from Lisbon of the 31st of July, re-
ceived per the illanchester steamer arrived at Liverpool --
" 'Filings here are in a wretched state of confusion and
uncertainty, and it appears quite a toss up which party will
succeed ; all the old officers and followers of Don Pedro
arc on the revolted side. General Saldunha went off a few
nights ago with a party of lancers and several officers to put
himself at the head of the revolted ; his appearance will have
weight, and cause many to join.
" 'The Prince would have gone with Saldanha but for the
present state of the Queen. The Ministers and Cortes are
quarrelling—the Queen refuses to see either—a change of
Ministers is expected—everything in the greatest confu-
sion, and, 1 fear, likely to continue so for some time.
" An Aide-de-camp of the Prince was arrested the
other day. The Prince offered to be responsible for him—
it was refused !"