The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-10 00:00:00

PORTuGAL.

BY OVERLAND EXPRESS FROM

OPORTO.
(From the Times.)
We have received an overland dispatch from our cot'
respondent in the city of Oporto, communicating
ligence of which the following are the most importall
points:—
" OPORTO, pSis• 21.
I have the painful duty of announcing to you tu,tl
total loss of the Oriental and Peninsular ComPO3.P
steam-ship Tiber. She left Lisbon yesterday
mam
at $ o'clock, with about twelve cabin passengers, f.elf
second-class, and several Gallegos returning to fig°'
She was the bearer, it is said, of important dispatch°
for the Commodore of the inner squadron here, and for
the Consul; and Captaia Bingham, who corarasodeat,
the Tiber, in endeavouring to make into this diffiell'
port in a dreadful fog which has overhung this coast fore
the last three days, unfortunately ran his ship °sh
ll?res
at a point of land near Villa de Conde, about 12 coo
from this'. No want of diligence or skill can be iintiniod
to the captain, as lie kept the most active 10,11,-etI"L 's
fired guns repeat, dly, wlu-n he judged he VN int
this
neiabbourhood. The last time he cast the lead be 'ebo,
he had 17 fathoms, and he supposed he was off 0.46
a moment before he struck. yid

1‘ The event took place soon after noon this day, b
before an hour elapsed the ship broke up and beets° ,
total wreck. The Gallegos, in endeavouring to 10Wrciel
the ship's boats, stove them all, and every soul on L°
would have perished, if the people from the shore bail
not gone off in la,:ats and saved nearly all the passenge
and crew. One old Spanish General, whose nary' 1,
have not been able to learn, was washed off the °ec
Of
and lost. I have spoken to Captain Stephens, Ilte 0f
the Superb, 80-gun ship; to Commander Pascoe, late;
:he Jackal steamer; to Mr. Niele, a merchant oandf 13‘31'
fe
fast; to the purser and stewardess of the Tiber,
a young English lady, governess of a family At Cady
ail of whom escaped without other damage than the lc-a
of their luggage. Captain Bingham also escaped,
another captain belonging to the company, whose Pi"-
eljle
I have not heard. The conduct of the country p o
was admirable—they refused reward, and render 4
most useful services.

" Mr. Millar, the agent of the company, on heariaPti
this event, at seven o'clock, instantly communicatedlgi,,,
the Consul and Captain Robb, the senior officer of t';
squadron. He has gone to Villa de Conde to Pri)thgeo
whatever property can be saved. I fear the dispatcher
are all lost, but I understand the Bloodhound sled;
is to be sent to-morrow, if the fog will pernait, to She
de Conde, to pick them up, if they can be found. 00
is then to go to the Admiral at Lisbon, and it depacls,-,1
the Admiral whether the mails now made up herea°"/0
Vigo, for the Tiber, shall be dispatched home 10 sh:
days, or be retained for the next s We bare
- teamer.
heard nothing as yet of the steamer which should
left Southampton on the 17th, and is due here
night, and great anxiety is naturally entertained far-
oTeril
safety, as one of those periodical fogs which
this coast for several days has just set in. 1,11;1,13
prepared very long dispatches for the Tiber, part of 1",',11
are now at Vigo, and part at the Castle of the VII but
lest those communications should be delayed bl°l3citbe
reasonable period, I give you a full summerY of
of
of
news, and refer you to the said letters for a wir''
very interesting particulars.
" Marshal Saldanha, with 7,000 men, 900 of 101°113,67
cavalry, is at Vendas Novas and Oliveira de Ate at'
three or four leagues south of Oporto. He has trT
ened daily to cross the river at Corveiro, and he "34clibe
appointed all his friends by not having done a°,
had an opportunity, which may not again occur, f
tercepting Das Antas on his return from Vienna, ati"b °e
striking a blow which might have been fatal f°l,o-0,
Junta. No one can understand what Saldanha
as he has allowed reinforcements of every kind to 0° 0
in, and the Junta are now prepared to give him a °lc

reception. v ivy
"'The Queen's General Casal, who P rop osed
a stand against Das Antas at Vianna, has abans.,°'l :0'
that city. He made a show of fighting at Ponte de not
leaving two hundred men in the Castle of Vilsonth;A-ge
on the approach of Das Antas he broke down the brija
and retreated to the frontier at Valenca. Das Alltgsgia
not pursue him, and entered in triumph into Aria°ll,s'ivee
was preparing to reduce the castle, when be reTh,ita
several urgent dispatches from the Junta recalling re
to Oporto.ge It was thought that Casal's movement° girl
feints to draw Das Antas away from this city, sbo
time to Saldanha, to cross the river and intercept t
Das Antas obeyed, and he and his division of 2,000 P
are in Oporto, and at Villa Nova do Fanaileao, 'br
distance from it. The old General Povoas bas at °I
come in, and as the Junta are making the greBi,-eY
Saldanha
efforts. I believe they can now outnumber
troops, and some of their force is in admirable order.
'•
The Queen's cause has received a great blow by til:
desertion of the Porto steamer. This merchant boat
desertion stearnehr
had been hired at Lisbon and fitted up as a
and was very userul in carrying dispatches al°l3girtiav
coast, and assisting in the blockade. On leaving 1' 'et,
two days since the steward and crew mutinied, °!e.,
powered the officers, and then brought the
the Douro and surrendered her to the Junta'f,nrio,
Junta has now four steamers—the Mindella, -1-"bo
Duke of Oporto, and the Vesuvius; while the Quee:n-,
none, unless, as it is rumoured, she has hired the Pviof
Tar. The inertness of Marshal Saldanha, the retr°"4.4
Casal, the return of Da Antas, old red the escape of
jibe
and the coming " in of the Porto steamer, have advarice a
cause of the Junta materially. Oportoi perfectly trtsn't: :
the city abundantly supplied; the garrison are in sl)`):1
and Saldanha must do something to retrieve the f3rie, e
port°
The
the Royal army, or desertion will take place. I be.";t:
indeed I have reason to know, that it is not the irate 't
of Saldanha to assault the city; he proposes to leveJ"
calculating on cutting off supplies, and cf openin6.„es
munication with a part of the garrison. He relies .
'ns
on treachery or on a transaction. The Duke of lercoelas
and other prisoners have been removed from thee,
of the Foz to the city prison. They are well tre-t
The Queen, it is said, refused to exchange $ll

the prisoners of Torres Vedras for the Duke.
" The blockade is only nominal; vessels everld
when the bar is free, go in and out. It WO h ,
Of
Queen's decree suspended to the 10th, and 1,500 PP -4r
port wine were shipped for England in the seven
vious days.
" You will find in my dispatches by the Tibel;t6 h
due precautions are taken for the protection of BQfld
property Y
and person. The Gladiator, Pol phereug'
Bloodhound steamers are to remain in the potir°: r
well as the Nautilus corvette, until the siege i° the
and all English houses and stores are marked wit," tot•
words Propriedade Ingleza,' for their special
tion. The Junta professes much respect for the

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glish residents. ;13
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the
" The Junta has seised on all bills coming due e
Bank here of the Batik of Lisbon. This haul 613-ore
rectipts of the Custom-house, which have WO o.
siderable on imports and exports, give them for theP
sent abundant funds. 03*U.

" The Spanish Government are working bard t° 'hoe
out a cause of interference against the Junta. I;icis,
seen a dispatch from the Captain-General of 0'; of
stating that the frontiers are disturbed by partisl3ot
the Junta, and that orders are given not only t49„'of
down those people, but to follow them up witheo es
respect to territorial boundaries. The list of gritlY,llieto
against the Junta are numerous, relating P rincir";,,g
the Spanish brig of war and steamer in the Douro be"-i
made an asylum for the Chartists, and for the perse4ri,ft-°0
directed by the Junta against a Spanish subject

made himself notorious here. ge 01
" The lines are well manned, and two regimen"
out to contest the passing of the river by Saldanlis.
" Saldanha is, I am told, most sanguine, and,,iiirte
of being annoyed at Oporto being reinforced, he "°ir
00
gratulates himself on having the whole of the insurge
in one place. rA" Several Miguelite partisans are acting un"c"
Junta, but no union between them has taken, or
take place."

Ti LATE TIIII
IE FATAL ACCIDENT ON BOARD 0
STARLIGHT ST=AN-BOAT.—On Monday Mr. BedfOrd bela 00
inquest at the Salisbury Arms, Durham-street, Stran, j,
the body of Mr. James Hunt, aged 52, a master frameifq,
knitter of Nottingham, who lost his life by falling into tP
engine-house of the Starlight iron steam-boat, under circtls
stances already detailed in this journal. Joseph Crewile%tili
engineman, said that the flaps of the skylight were genes.!
lifted the first thing in the morning and, unless the daY i
wet, they were kept up till night. There was no bar or ant
other protection over the opening when the window Was °Ps:
There were bars placed in one or two of the companY's boa. _
and he had no doubt that the same precautions would
lir
adopted with respect to every other vessel belonging t° t te
company. The jury, after consulting, returned a verdic t
" That the deceased died from injuries received in
falling
into the engine-room of the Starlight iron steam-boat, va!
they (the jury) deemed to have been insufficiently protected
And the jury recommend that the skylights of all e'
steam
boats shall be in future well protected so as to prevent a r
currence of a similar calamity." Saturday
TUE JEW A DEALER IN S•svINE.--0u
last, at Shaftesbury market, a Jew of the name of Marcul
Lewis, exposed four pigs fcr sale, and after great lauglit;!
amongst the dealers, he ultimately sold them for two pound:
—the first instance we ever heard of an Israelite dealing iii
pork, it being also his sabbath day.—Local Paper. r
O our,
The cod fisherry has been very prove
coasts within the last two days. The quality of the fish Sao
caught is excellent, price Bd. to Is. per head.—../ile of
Tour/sal.