The Sun.
London, England, 1839-02-05 00:00:00

ISLE OF WI

HT.

ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLICIENCE.

Cums, Fes. 4.—The Earl of Yarborough nod Sir Joseph Copley,
Bart., have been at the Squadron House during the past week ; the latter
snperintending the repairs and alterations of his yacht (the Witch),
which is on Mr. J. White's patent slip; and the former giving (Ince-
Hone f,r getting the Kestrel off the Medina mud, which was cifl.cted on
Saturday, preparatory to her being battled op on the same slip to ha
lengthened amidships twelve feet, which will give her about aevel
inches more beam, and Increase her measurernant 30 tuns: making her
nearly 200. The Fanny, yacht, of 7 ~.tin, is also to be hauled up
In the same yard, in which Almon Hill, Zeq., is bavlna a new yacht
built. . .

The Secretary succeeded in getting the Ise-house belonging to the
squadron filled on Friday lust, though ice has bee❑ rather a scarce
article here.

DEPARTURES.
The Earl of Yarborough and Sir Joseph Copley, Bart., born Appu!.
durcombe House, for Arlingten-k4rcet.

MARRIAGE EXTRAORDINARV.—At Northwood Church on Monday
last, William Moth, aged 73, to Sarah Clamp, afro,' 72. The bride-
groom's youngest son represented the lady's lather, and gave the bluish.
Lug bride away; and bha grand.elaughier was brlde's.maid on this Into.
resting occasion.

HORRID MURDER IN PORTUGAL.

(From the Eco, a Portugueee Journal)

" Lisnox, JAN. 18.---The correspondence from Villa Vicosa, which
is published in this number, has been delayed for some days In the press,
as we could not give implicit credence to so horrible a fact w:thout fur-
ther confirmation. At length by this daN's poSt we have a letter from
eur correspondent at Alandroal. and also the following from Villa Vicosa,
and both of them agree as to the truth of what the said correspondence
alludes to. It also adds that on the following day the judicial autho-
rities went to the spot where the crime was committed, accompanied by
thy. Commandant and some men belonging to the detachment of Villa
Vicosa, and insinuated that the deal had been perpetrated by the Mi.
guelites and officers included in the amnesty, when the son and brother
of the murdered family came forward, and pointing to one of the soldiers,
said—' That is the uniform worn by the men who yesterday murdered
my father, mother, and brothers.' The three soldiers are already in cus-
tody,put one of our correspondents remarks that the prosecution is to
be conducted by the ex-President of the Chamber.
" ' Villa Vicosa, Dee, 28.

" ' Mr. Editor—l am about to relate to you a fact, perhaps of a mare
horrible nature than any recorded up to the present time. On the 19th
of this month, between six and seven o'clock in the evening, three sol-
diers of No. regiment of Infantry, went to a farm called Sabola de
Baize, and knocked at the door. The owner called out that he and his
family were at supper, when they said, ' Open the door, here are sol-
diers.' The owner, fearful that some evil might happen to him, hesi-
tated, and remained quiet, when his wife said, ' Open the door, poor
fellows, they are soldiers, and perhaps want to warm themselves, as it
is very cold.' The husband immediately rose, went to the door, and
upon opening it one of the soldiers, with the butt end of his musket,
gave him such a blow on the right side of the forehead, that it brought
him to the ground, when the others completed the murder by thrusting
a bayonet into him. One remaining sentinel at the door, the other two
entered the house, and in midst of the cries and screams of the unhappy
wife and children of the murdered man, said,' Give us the money you
sold the pigs for, or every one here dies ;' they replied that the pigs were
not yet sold, and they had scarcely been able to raise a trifle for
the landlord of the farm ; but they, void of the grace of God, consulted
amongst themselves, and came to the determieatton of murdering them
all. They then seized the mother, already half dead from fright and
pain, piercing her with bayonets until they put an end to her life. Un-
happy mother! She was four months advanced in pregnancy, so that it
was not her alone whom the barbarians murdered. They then corn_
pelted a daughter, twenty-three years of age, to take the rings from her

other's ears, covered as she was with blood, and a corpse. They
obliged the eldest son to light them over the house while they searched
for gold and silver. They seized the female servant and violated her;
murdered the daughter; and, going to the spot where her parents were
lying dead, and hearing the cries of an innocent child, three years old,
not even that could escape death, for they seized it by the throat and
strangled it. The mai: servant of the house and the eldest daughter
found means to escape, taking refuge in a corner of the piggery. Such
is this unheard of and horrible event that has just taken place in Por-
tugal, a country to which I am ashamed to belong.' "