The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-09 00:00:00

PORT G L.

BY OVERLAND EXPRESS FROM

OPORTO.
(From the Times.)
We have received an overland dispatch from our cor•
respondent in the city of Oporto, communicating Wel'
ligence of which the following are the most important
points:—

" OPORTO, FEL 21.
"I have the painful duty of announcing you the
total loss of the Oriental and Peninsular CompanY's
steam-ship Tiber. • She left Lisbon yesterday riOrlicit
at 8 o'clock, with about twelve cabin passengers, S• 'e.
second-class, and several Gallegos returning to Iri°'
She was the bearer, it is said, of important dispatebei
for the Commodore of the inner squadron here, and kor
the Consul; and Captain Bingham, who comniande6
the Tiber, in endeavouring to make into this ditfictO
port in a dreadful fog which has overhung this coast for
the last three days, unfortunately ran his ship on it°
at a point of land near Villa de Conde, about 12 oil:
from this. No want of diligence or can be itaPot
to the captain, as he kept the most :idly° look-uUtg
ths/11.1
fired guns repeatedly, when he judged he Was itie,:o4
neighbourhood. The last time he cast the leSd
he had 17 fathoms, and he supposed he was offlt''''

a moment before he struck.
"The event took place soon after noon this da99 srlai
before an hour elapsed the ship broke up and bees° ~
total wreck. The Gallegos, in endeavouring to lot
the ship's boats, stove them all, and every soul on 1
_o
_,,t
would have perished, if the people from the si
treb rs
not gone off in boats and saved nearly all the peeset/e; I
and crew. One oil Spanish General, whose nellai
have not been able to learn, was washed off the u of
and lost. I have spoken to Captain Stepbena' /,iteh, 01
the Superb, 80-gun ship; to Commander Pascoe, nl4,
the Jackal steamer; 'to Mr. Niele, a merchant of
Pvto
fast; to the purser and stewardess of the Tiber, o„..Allflis,
a young English lady, governess of a family eta''.
thlo6
all of whom escaped without other damage than -d sod
of their luggage. Captain Bingham also laseaPe-,' of
another captain belonging to the companyOrliese,,,oplo
I have not heard. The conduct of the coutttri rd tho
was admirable—they refused reward, and reildere-
most useful services. ring. of
" Mr. Millar, the e.gent of the company, on beayot..th
this event, at seven o'clock, instantly communieat"; the
the Consul and Captain Robb, the senior officer of to
squadron. He has gone to Villa de Conde l'o Preto
whatever property can be saved. I fear the ch'ePastor
are all lost, but 1 understand the Bloodhound o°4o
I
is to be sent to-morrow, if the fog will permit, to p
de Conde, to pick them up, if they can be found. j
,op
is then to go to the Admiral at Lisbon, and it dePeausriot
the Admiral whether the mails now made up hereltatot
Vigo, for the Tiber, shall be dispatched home in 5:00
days, or be retained for the next steamer. fie -h;01
heard nothing as yet of the steamer which shah' -to.
left Southampton on the 17th, and is due herre,bdt
night, and great anxiety is naturally entertained le'rig
safety, as one of those periodical fogs which 101 i
this coast for several days has just set in' c 1401 '
prepared very long dispatches for the Tiber, psit °.;,,,b01
are now at Vigo, and part at the Castle of the ":"-jid alest those communications should be delayed beYer-iite
reasonable period, I give you a full summary Qty If
news, and refer you to the said letters for a lai—
very interesting particulars. „el
e
" Marshal Saldanha, with 7,000 men, 900 of w"'"ocie
cavalry, is at Vendas Novas and Oliveira de MitbreeP
three or four leagues south of Oporto. Be he air'
ened daily to cross the river at Corveiro, and be 10. be
appointed all his friends by not having done eo, fO.
had an opportunity, which may not again occur' .° nad
tereepting Das Antes on his return from -Vienne,- to
striking a blow which might have been fatal boo,
Junta.
No one can understand what Saldanballweilcoo.
11
as he has allowed reinforcements of every kiau -,
Ole
in, and the Junta are now prepared to give hint •
reception. ti oa
" The Queen's General Casal, who PP
ro osed 133 ell
a stand against Das Antes at Vianna, has 41351100° 4
that city. He made a show of fighting at Ponta des'eo
leaving two hundred men in the Castle of Nrianahride,
. on the approach of Das Antes he broke down the to" die
and retreated to the frontier at Valence. De.a1.,11,; 04,
not pursue him, and entered in triumph into V 'llt
c eP
eic
was preparing to reduce the castle, when 12° Le 4.1110
several urgent dispatches from the Junta reeelilmbole
to Oporto. It was thought that easel's moveinent°4 0,,
feints to draw Das Antes away from this city, °nays
time to Saldanha to cross the river and intercer -moo
Dase in
A ntes obeyed, and he and his division of o°i-jott
ar
Oporto,
and at Villa Nova de Farailcao, a 00
distance from
A:
it. The old General POTOSI; bss test
come in, and as the Junta are making the greah 'e
efforts,
I believe they can now outnumber Salaaa
troops, and some of their force is in admirable °r the
The Queen's cause has received a great blow 11"o°
desertion of the Porto steamer. This merchant us'.
had been hired at Lisbon and fitted up as a war steatite:l.
and was very useful in carrying dispatches elan g 01'
coast, and assisting in the blockade. On leaving VW_
two days since the steward and crew mutinied,ove!"
powered the officers, and then brought the Porto Ifs
the Douro and surrendered her to the Junta. .10"0,
Junta has now four steamers—the Mindells, r° hip
Duke of Oporto, and the Vesuvius; while the Clue° ~if
none, unless, as it is rumoured, she bas hired the B°l of
Tar. The inertness of Marshal Saldanha, the retreaoo,6
Casal, the return of Das Antes, the escape of old r°: the
and the coming in of the Porto steamer, have advance' oil
cause of the Junta materially. Oportoi s
the city abundantly supplied; the garrison are illefte of
and Saldanha must do something to retrieve the '1.,111•00,
perfectlY traliclits,
the Royal army, or desertion will take place. I 'believe,
indeed I have reason to know, that it is not the ante "t 0,
of Saldanha to assault the city; he proposes to inlesor
calculating on cutting off supplies, and of ePenilfgoaaell
erc munication with a part of the garrison. He res",re eiril
)on treachery or on a transaction. The Duke 0' "oistie
and other prisoners have been removed from thejloted.
of the Fez to the city prison. They are well i 00
The Queen, it is said, refused to exchange 13J°1- °I
the prisoners of Torres Vedras for the Duke. Jay,
" The blockade is only nominal; vessels ee* stsf
when the bar is free, go in and out. It 1155 b mil of
V
Queen's decree suspended to the 20th, and 1,5--no •in pre
port wine were shipped for England in the Seve. -
vious days. ber tiIPS
" You will find in my dispatches by the I'l-viritiell
due precautions are taken for the protection of m' ad
pro Gladiator, property and person. The Polypblle. 0
Bloodhound steamers are to remain in the Douro,; over'
well well as the Nautilus corvette, until the siege th ille
and all English houses and stores are marked wrote'-
words ' Propriedade Ingleza,' for their specialale
1) fi ,
tion. The Junta professes much respect for
glish residents. • the"
The Junta has seised on all bills coming aal.,ltb°
Bank here of the Bank of Lisbon. This haul a'' cor
receipts of the Custom-house, which have bee,i; per
siderable on imports and exports, give them for w"
sent abundant funds.
_.a Ol°
" The Spanish Government are working by' lei We
out a cause of interference against the Junta. ""jiaisl
seen a dispatch from the Captain-General of 700 Of
stating that the frontiers are disturbed by Park,-to pot
the Junta, and that orders are given not only -so
down those people, but to follow them up withniece°
respect to territorial boundaries. The list of gr'":l1l 10
against the Junta are numerous, relating PrinelP beia
the Spanish brig of war and steamer in the Douro
tiCa
made an asylum for the Chartists, and for the pell' lir
iti ite
directed by the Junta against 'a
Spanish etibj—
made himself notorious here. nts 01
" The lines are well manned, and two reginle"-
out to contest the passing of the river by ssidall"' tool
" Saldanha is, I am told, most sanguine, and,l3sooo'
of being annoyed at Oporto being reinforced, 14,60
gratulates himself on having the whole of the ins
in one place. a r tlifle
" Several Miguelite partisans are acting nu e,. will
Junta, but no union between them has
taken, oh
take place."
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RTH'S. 041"
On the sth inst., at Orton LB
oI ngueville, the Countess 0f
of a son.
At Martin Rectory, Horncastle, the wife of the IteV• Vf.'oil°
acock, of a on. Jrali Ole 164.1
On the 24ths of January, at St. Thomas's Mount, Ma... ---,
of Captain Augustus F. Oakes, cf the Artillery, of a son-
_I, of 111.
On the 3d inst., at St. Mary's Rectory, Bedford, the
,
Rev. E. J. Lockwood, of a daughter. arlt-Ocle __."'...,, 1,(11.
On the 4th inst., in Cambridge-street, Hyde-p
Bainbridge Daniell, of a son.
On sth inst., at Twickenham, Mrs. Chillingworth, of a seoe.„o of pr.
On the sth inst., in Davies-street, Berkeley-square, th yr"
Woodfall, of a son. o Bofev j•
S.
On the sth inst., at Kingston-upon-Hull, the lady th
Henderson, M.A., of a son.
MARRIED. .„ safe!'
On the 6th inst., at St. Botulphs, Aldgate, S. I. Ball, E5q.,,w1,0,0-
Maria, youngest daughter of the late J. Palmer, Esq., °I
borough.
DIED. .r. 8734 10:
On the 7th inst., at Everton House, Bedfordshire, 111 7 d.
of his age, William Astell, Esq., M.P. for the county
0.
..ofeil
Lieutenant-Colonel of the liediordshire Militia, and for fry
years a director of the Hon. East India Company. ~v. Bette'
On Sunday, the 7th inst., at Coventry, aged 91, neno"rth, ES4.,
worth, Eel., elder brothtr of the late Joseph Buttervr
of
M.P. for the city of Coventry.
üblinLeriii..nt Ham'll, El**
On the 7th inst., in the 47th year of his age, IVI---
1‘I"'-'r 1,4•14,. ii,,11,,,.4:/, u./1, CI :ht, ,treud, p.

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; 5 ix:Lii,lit) YOUNG, of '
i'dilter, at The Vc:, No. 112, Eitnnd, in the '
lirrvv7ll
of
the StweY, in the County Of Middlesex, Tuesda,f,
9, 1847.