The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-12 00:00:00

'AYB.

C 31.1 onari u

Cash. Account.
1055 1055
.

Northern
New ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean 116 50 .. 1165 -
Geneva ..
Southern 842 50 .. 843 75

Western
Eastern ....
Sardinian

Austrian

562 50 .. 562 50
557 50 .. 557 50
368 75 .. 368 75

Lou bard

478 75 .. 478 75

607 50 -„, 607 50

PORTUGAL.

SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY NIGHT.

The screw steamship Tartar, Capt. W. Tulley,
from Lisbon on the 7th inst., and Vigo on the Bth,
arrived at 11 p.m., bringing 13 first and 10 second
class passengers, a ship mail, 130 bags of coffee, 25
bags of cocoa, 95 casks of palm oil, 170 chests of
lemons, 1,692 boxes of grapes, 100 boxes of apples,
75 boxes of plums, 200 frailes of figs, 150 bags of
almonds, 400 cases of indiarubber, and 115
packages of general merchandise.
We take the following from the King of Por-
tugal's speech on the opening of the Cortes on
the 6th inst. :

" Worthy Peers of the Kingdom, and Gentlemen
Deputies of the Nation,

" It is always with real pleasure that I see you
assembled around the Constitutional Throne, draw-
ing closer the bonds of affection and mutual confi-
dence between the Crown and the nation."

After announcing his proximate marriage with
the Princess Marie-Pia of Savoy, daughter of the
King of Italy, His Majesty concludes as follows :
"My Government will lay before you the con-
tract of marriage recently signed at Turin, and
your vote will, I hope, be in accordance with the
sentiments which for centuries has elevated the
generous character of the nation, and will express
sympathy for an alliance which dates from the
foundation of the Portuguese Monarchy."

The last advices from Lisbon state that the Cortes
bad passed unanimously votes approving the King's
marriage contract with the Princess Maria of Savoy;
also appointing deputations of both Houses to con-
gratulate his Majesty. The Cortes had likewise
passed a law raising the Portuguese Legation at
Turin to that of a Resident Minister of the 2d Class.
After the votes the Cortes closed, to meet again on
the 2d of November.

The quotations of stocks and exchanges were
without alteration since last packet.
The only foreign ship of war at Lisbon
,was the
American corvette St. Louis.

The corn market at Lisbon was extremely dull,
owing to heavy arrivals of maize and wheat.
The Tartar experienced strong northerly winds on
the coast of Portugal and in the Bay of Biscay, and
in the Channel light northerly winds and fine
weather. At 10 a.m. on the 9th inst., Ushant
N.E. by E. 285 miles, the Tartar passed the steam-
ship Murillo, of Glasgow, bound to the north-east,
labouring very heavily, with her foretopmast car-
ried away close to the lower masthead, having, to
all appearances, rolled it away ; the sea was running
too high to admit of speaking her,

ESCAPE OF FOUR CONVICTS FROM PORTLAND
PRISON.—On Tuesday last, as a number of convicts were
being conveyed by waggon from the railway station at
Weymouth to the convict establishment, on arriving at
Wyke Nap the vehicle was stopped to apply the drag to
the wheels, when four of the convicts, who were chained
together, jumped out, and their fetters, being broken by the
shocks, effected their escape. A pursuit, in which the vil•
lagers joined, was at once made, and one of the desperadoes
was soon found in a garden at Wyke. Two others, who
had not been able to rid themselves of their handcuffs, were
caught in the Chickerell•road, near Weymouth; and the
fourth was seen by a woman to creep into some bushes,
which afforded him but a short concealment. All were thus
eventually re-captured, but the inhabitants of Weymouth
feel in no way reconciled to the lax system which appears
to prevail with regard to the convicts at Portland, and
which has lately been characterised by so many startling
and horrifying incidents.