The Sun.
London, England, 1837-09-04 00:00:00

PORTUGUESE INSURRECTION.

The following is the latest official intelligence received by
he last Lisbon mail. It was published on the morning of
he 21st ult. :

TELEGRAPHIC BULLETIN FROM THE
CASTLE.

" AUG. ]9.—Saldanha and the whole of his rebel force
left Callas at one o'clock in the morning. The direction of
their march is not known, but it is reported to be towards
Lisbon. The enemy's force consists exactly of 300 horse
and 320 infantry. They continue to seize upon all the
horses and mules they fall in with. Yesterday evening 40
cavalry marched, as was said, for Obidos. A. good rein-
forcement of cavalry has just arrived from Abrantes. Every
thing here is in the best order, and the greatest enthusiasm
prevails. This point is secure, and tranquillity reigns
throughout all the district.
"TItANCISCO TELLES DE SAMPAYO.
" TELEGRAPHIC BULLETIN FROM THE
CASTLE.
" Auc. 20, Foua P.M.—The rebels left Caldas on Fri-
day morning, and marched on Peniche, whence they were
repulsed by the garrison. They retired to the Serra d'El
Itey, where they passed the night between Friday and
Saturday. It is to-day ascertained that they have marched
on Torres Vedras."

(Signed as above.)

CAMP AT COMPIEGNE.

COMPIEGNE, AUG. 30.—The two camps embrace at this
moment upwards of 2,000 tents, being each 1,500 metres, or
about an English mile in extent. Commodiousness, neat-
ness, order, arc their distinguishing eharacteri,tics. Every
thing is in its place, and there is a place for everything—
that is to say, for everything requisite. No women are per-
mitted to enter the camp with the exception of the canti-
zzie each of whom has her husband in the regiment to
which she is attached ; and no female, unless of approved
morality, is• permitted to fill this situation. The dress of
these women to an English eye presents a spectacle which
is not a little amusing. They weir sky•blue capotes, with
rows of military buttons, short skirts, and trousers of red
cloth ; and their heads are adorned with round hats co-
vered with oi!skin, and tricked out with white riband. As
the Colonels have usually the cood taste to make choice
of pretty girls for their cantinieres, their bizarre cos-
tume gives them a coquettish, and pleasant enough
aspect. Etch cavalry regiment, as it entered the town, pre-
seated to the admiring eyes of its inhabitants the outlandish
'spectacle of its ca,itLirre•Si Muunted on horseback at the
• pxtremay of the regiment, with legs
crossed en cavalier,
feet firmly planted in the stirrups, and posture as erect as if
these pret ty_ioaki„g Amazons had passed their entire lives
in the riding-school. Within a short distance of ettlir car`;
there are pensions, where the officers are suppliod with their

board under wooden houses by cantiniel es especially re-
tained for that service.
The perfect smoothness and regularity of th!. ground
upon which the camps extend is not a little astu.l,lling,
when it is considered that only a few days since every inc.!,
of ground occupied by them was covered with a harvest
into which a single sickle had not then entered. Within
eight days more than 2,000 tents have bzen raised, as if by
enchantment ; and not a stone is to be met upon the green
sward, which is occupied by upwards of 20,000 men.
The ground upon which the tents are pitched, and also
that upon which the manwuvres take place, is all, I under-
stand, the property of the Crown. It is p 'railed out in
small lots to the different inhabitants of the town and neigh-
bourhood, who grow vines, hemp, corn, and flax, on their
respective portions, as it pleases their fancy, without the
formality of dividing their respective tenures by hedges or
ditches. There is consequently no work to be performed
by the pioneers in the way of removing obstructions. The
various holdings arc bounded by small fosses, which are
easily filled up, and commissioners subsequently measure
and re-allot the ground, and estimate whatever Injury the
tenants receive in consequence of the military movements,
according to which estimate they are reimbursed from the
Royal Treasury. Thus all parties are satisfied.