The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-01 00:00:00

SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, lB4B,

this letter comes is such as to leave us no doubt of the
truth of the details it gives us."

The official Gazette. of the Duchy of Modena
announces the entry of the Austrian troops into the
duchy. The Patria of Florence of the 24th states
that the number of Austrian troops already arrived
was 800, but more were expected. This journal states
that, immediately after the arrival of the Austrians,
several arrests were made. TEBALDO CONDRENI
and two Israelites were taken up for having applauded
Monsignor CORBOLI, and GuisErPx MALMASI had
been ordered ra.t to leave his own house.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 81.

Boulogne and Amiens, 1414—Dutch Rheni-h, 21A—
Paris and Lyons, 53i—Paris and Strazbourg, 4--Sambre
and Meuse, 67(1—West Flanders, 1%.

PO RT UGAL.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
LISBON, Disc. 23, 1847.

On Sunday last, the 12th instant, the electors of
the province of Estremadura met at the Town-hall
to elect the Deputies. No violence took place, not-
withstanding that the building was surrounded by
volunteers, and military in plain clothes, armed with
loaded bludgeons, and sticks shod with iron. These
desperate warriors, who have, for the last six months,
been most disgracefully tolerated by the authorities,
and have even attempted the lives of individuals who
served the Junta, insulted several of the electors of
the Opposition, especially on the day when they de-
livered their protest. To preside at the meeting the
Cabralist majority elected the Duke de Saldanha,
and the Opposition minority named Doctor Castello
Branco. The diplomas of the electors were verified
by sub-committees, chosen amongst the majority, and
the elections of five districts, where the Opposition
had returned voters, were impudently annulled. After
the proclamation of the electors for the several dis
tricts, Dr. Castello Branco presented a protest,
signed by the electors of the Opposition (fifty-one
in number), and addressed the meeting in
a short and eloquent speech, which was
listened to with great attention. Soon after
Count Lavradio rose and presented another protest
against the illegality of the elections, declaring the
motives why he had not signed the general protest.
After some desultory conversation across the table,
the Opposition electors withdrew, and left the build-
ing amongst a few hisses from the Cabral forces. The
Cabralist majority then proceeded to elect the Depu-
ties, the total number of voters being 97, and the fol-
lowing individuals, all of them of the Court Cabral
party, were elected, viz., with 97 votes, Bernardo
Gorjas Henriques (late Speaker of the House of De-
puties during Cabral's Administration), Oliveira
Borges (late Deputy at the said period), Jose B. Costa
Cabral (a brother of Cabral's, idem), Pereiro dt-. Mellor
(a lawyer, idem), Joze Bernardo Silva Cabral dos
Conegos (the renowned brather of Count Thomar),
Jose Zereira Cresso (late Civil Governor of Leiria,
during Cabral's Administration), Luiz H. d'A ze-
vedo (a Cabralist), 'Viscount Fonte Boa (late Civil
Governor of Leiria, and a Deputy at the said period),
Augusto X. da Silva, idem, with 96. votes ; Baron
d'Ourem (idem), Marcelli Peveira (Colonel of the
Ist Infantry, idem), Pereira Vianna (Colonel of the
Commercial Volunteers), with 95 votes ; Francisco
Antonia da Fonseca (a proprietor), Jose Elias (Civil
Governor of Santarem, and a Deputy with the
Cabrals), Joaquim Bento (Colonel of the Ist Caqa-
dores, idem), J. Falcao (late Minister with the
Cabrals, Colonel of the Arsenal Battalion, and for-
merly clerk to M. Santos, the fruit shipper, idem),
Farinha Rilvas (an obscure person, related to the
Cabrals), Jose Louvenco da Luz (late Deputy with
the Cabrals), Eugenio d'Almeida (tobacco con-
tractor, idem), Mendes de Carvalho (a proprietor,
a Cabralist), Antonio J. dos Reis (oil mer-
chant, idem (with ninety-three votes) ; Correa de
Lacerda (a clerical politician, late Deputy with
the Cabrals), Domingos..M. P. de Barros (a colonel
of cavalry, idem), Jose Julio do Amanal (Colonel of
the 3d Cavalry), and Lopes de Lima (late Governor
Civil of Coimbra, idem). Thus the entire of the
Deputies for Estremadura are of the obnoxious
faction selected from the most ultra section of the
Cabralists. The same sort of choice has prevailed
through all the country, and at Oporto, and in dif-
ferent other districts (Vizer, excepted, where six of
the Opposition were ballotted), every Deputy belongs
to the Cobra's. It is lamentable that such an election
has taken place under a system of fraud and vio-
lence, as the result will necessarily be to keep the
nation in constant agitation, a Parliament so con-
stituted losing all moral strength by its corrupt
origin.

On Friday, the 17th instant, the Ministers tendered
their resignations, which were aceopted by her Ma-
jesty, and on the 19th a supplement to the Diario
published the appointment of the Duke de Saldanha
as Prime Minister, with the portfolios of Foreign
Affairs and War Department ad interim ; Doctor
Queiroz, Chief Justice at Oporto, for. Ecclesiastical
and Justice Affairs; Doctor Albano, Councillor of
the Treasure, for the Marine Department ; Gorjao
Henriques, late Speaker of the Cortes, for the Inte-
rior ; and Falcao, late member of Cabral'a Ministry,
for Finances. All the newly-appointed Ministers
were elected Deputies at the last elections, and it is
to be hoped they will show themselves competent for
the high mission to which they are called.
Five convulsions of the earth were felt here during
last week ; three on the 17th, the first at three o'clock
in the morning, the second at five, and the third at
a quarter after eight ; the fourth and the fifth shocks
took place on Sunday, the 19th, by nine at morning
and by eleven at night. All of them were horizontal
in character, appearing to come from the east towards
the westward. The inhabitants have been rather
frightened, the chronicles of Portugal mentioning
that almost during every century this capital has suf-
fered much by the awful visitation, to wit, the last
horrible earthquake of 1755; and now, ninety-two
years having already elapsed since the dreadful event,
the circumstance fills many people with terror.
Sir Charles Napier's squadron left the Tagus on
the 52d on a cruise, and to try the rate of sailing of
the different men of war against the Albion. Before
the departure of the squadron the Portuguese news-
papers published the following article, which attracted
the attention of the Gallant Admiral :
" THE ENGLISH or THE SQUADRON OR
CARS DR SODER.

"On 'Wednesday night, or rather on Thursday morn-
ing, for it was within a few minutes of midnight
either way, two of the English subjects (not common
sailors) belonging to Admiral Napier's squadron,
having been either turned out, !or refused admission
to the English tavern the Star, commenced to batter
down the door, and with gross and unseemly lan-
guage, threatened the people of the house with vio-
lence if liquor was not instantly supplied them. The
neighbourhood at last got roused by the disorder, and
windows were flung up in every direction, and at
length the violence of the parties became such, that the
inmates of the Star were compelled to call the guard,
a side door was opened, and a little lad belonging to
the house was sent to the Caes de Sodre for that pur,
pose ; being seen by the English gentlemen, they
directly pursued him, beating the child with great
cruelty, and this was in presence of the 'guard, who
refused to comply with the call made to them for
assistance, or to protect the little fellow from their
brutal usage. We refrain from comment, beyond
expressing a wish that Sir C. Napier would really
exert his authority to restrain in some measure these
daily and night occurring scenes of drunken de-
bauchery upon our most public promenade, by indi-
viduals of the force under his command ; and while
we disclaim anything personally offensive to the dis-
tinguished admiral, the remark forces stself upon us,
that under no one of his predecessors has public
decency, and the quiet of this city, been so outraged,
as since Admiral 'Napier has succeeded to the coin-
mand of the English fleet in the Tagus.
" Of the conduct of the municipal guard at the
Caes de Sodre upon this disgraceful occasion, it would
be the mere idling away of time to waste a word."
I ought to mention the decree of the 9th, issued by
Franzini, late Minister of Finances, is a death-blow
to the Lisbon Bank. The notes of the Bank from
the 20th instant forward cease to have a forced cir-
culation, they still will be accepted by Government in
part payment of Customs dues, &c., but at the market
price—this price to be regulated by the information
of sworn brokers, who are to make weekly reports,
and the medium price of the past week will be
assessed as the standard of value for the week ensu-
ing, while private individuals are permitted to make
contracts as they please, accepting Bank notes, or to
their exclusion.

Exchange on London, 30 days, 531 to 54; 90
days, 54 to 54i ; Bank notes, 40 per cent. discount.