The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-16 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

We have just received by express the following
letter from our Lisbon correspondent, by which we
leaf n that the Cyclops steamer had arrived in that
port with dispatches for Admiral Parker, the nature
of which had not transpired, although the greatest
impatience had been exhibited to learn their contents.
it was reported that a battle had taken place
between the Saldanha and the Cintra guerillas, the
latter of whom had been routed, with a loss of eighteen
kiled.

Saldanha was awaiting, with the main body of his
army, an attack from pintas, at Torres Vedras, whom
he would no doubt defeat, and then move his troops
into the interior of the country.

LISBON, Nov. 8.

The Terrible has been delayed for a fews hours, in
consequence of the arrival of the Cyclops from Eng-
land, with dispatches for Vice-Admiral Sir William
Parker, the purport of which has set all Lisbon upon
the rack of impatient curiosity. A signal has just
been made for another English steamer.

It is reported that a body of 600 troops, detached
by the Duke of Saldanha, has routed the Cintra
guerillas, killing eighteen and capturing a consider-
able number of them.

The main body of Saldanha's army is at Torres
Vedras, awaiting an attack from Antas. If the
latter should -assume the offensive, he is likely, I
again predict, to suffer a terrible defeat. Not so,
however, if he should be wise enough to fall back
upon Coimbra, or even Oporto, by which means he
would draw his enemy further away from his re-
sources, and more into the heart of a hostile country.
—Times.

NEW APPLICATION Or THE ELECTRIC TELE.
GRAPH.—On Thursday a workman, named John Mettam,
left the Chesterfield station in a railway carriage, taking
his day's dinner with him, but on reaching his destina-
tion he left his beef, potatoes, and cabbage in the car-
riage. Having communicafed his loss to the station
clerk, the telegraph was set to work, and the answer
quickly obtained, stating that the dinner was found, and
that it would be sent back by the next train.
A letter from Metz states that the conferences
which were to be held between the agents of the French
and Prussian Governments, to reguate the conditions
for a prolongation of the railroad frsm Metz to Saar-
buck, are postponed.
M. Leverrier, the discoverer of the new planet, is
appointed to the new chair of mathematics, applied to
astronomy, in France ; and M. Charles, professor at the
Polytechnic School, to the chair for the higher branches
of geometry.
We are happy to announce that Captain Sir Ed-
ward Parry, the celebrated Polar voyager, is to succeed
Captain Carter, as superintendent of Hasler Hospital.
This acknowledgment of scientific services will be ac-
ceptable to the navy generally. Few officers on the list
have better qualifications for the situation than Sir
Edward Parry, whose urbane and gentlemanly demean-
our is universally known.
Cuuncif EXTENSION.—A new church, dedicated to.
St. Paul, in the recently-formed parish of Denholme
Gate, near Bradford, Yorkshire, has just been com-
pleted, and will be consecrated y the Lord Bishop of
Ripon on Friday next, the 20th instant.
THE EPISCOPAL Cuuncu or SCOTLAND.—The
Rev. Wentworth Bowyer, M.A., has been appointed
minister of Trinity Episcopal Chapel, Dean's-bridge,
Edinburgh.
THE EXETER. AND CREDITON RAILWAY.—The
directors of this undertaking have given notice to the
Bristol and Exeter Company that their line will be
ready for opening on the 22d of December next, re-
questing, at the same time, the Bristol and Exeter to
work the line on the same terms that their own rail-
way is worked by the Great Western Company. We
understand that an arrangement to this effect has been
come to.

FAMINE IN IRELAND' AND SCOTLAND. On Sa-
turday the total amount subscribed in London for the
relief of the suffering poor in Ireland and the highlands
of Scotland wars 2,270 61, 10d.