The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-11 00:00:00

of Beira, to make some bold effort, which Don Pedro is
taking the most active and decisive measures to frustrate.

Hoppner, I believe, leaves Lisbon by the packet.
A. meeting of the merchants took place on Wednesday to
pass a vote of thanks to him, and I believe a piece of plate
is to be given to him by subscription.
Nothing has arrived to disturb the general harmony
here, except some false intelligence of some of the convicts
having concealed a quantity of arms. A proper force was
dispatched to search for them, but I do not hear that any
were found. A few police soldiers are said to have been
found who had taken refuge from the storm.
FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.)

LISBON, Ana. 26.—0 n S Iturday afternoon arrived
here the official intelligence of the death of Ferdinand
King of Spain ; the event had been reported two days
before, but upon uncertain authority. Don Carlos. it is
probable, has by this time, left his friend Don Miguel, and
gone into Spain to look after his own interests ; while
Miguel himself is directing his march southward, but how
far advanced is uncertain, excepting that he is somewhere
on this side Coimbra. Those who still remain attached
to the interests of the Usurper are willing to believe, and
take pains in spreading the report, that he is at no great
distance from Lisbon ; but, although it be true that
people are flying from Torres Vedras, Mafra, and even
Cintra, into Lisbon, it is not on account of the rapidity of
Miguel's movements, but that those neighbourhoods have
been more or less infested with bands of Miguelite Guerillas,
whose works are plunder and destruction, and even mur-
der, wherever they make their appearance. On Saturday
some troops marched from Lisbon on the road to Torres
Vedras, consisting of one battalion of infantry, No. 1,
another of infantry, No. 4, and three companies of
No. 15, which had arrived from Oporto but a few days
before ; for the plan is adopted of sending off by steamers
the raw recruits to Oporto, and bringing back disciplined
troops in their place, which can very well be spared from
the lattercity, freed, as it is now, from the attacks of the
enemy.
The Duke of Terceira has, for the present, established
his head quarters at Sobral, to the north of Lisbon, and
General Schwalbach has taken up his quarters in Villa
Franca, to the northeast of the capital. In a couple of

days General de Saldanha is expected from Oporto, with
another supply of veteran troops, consisting of infantry,
Nos. 9 and 15, of which latter part have already arrived ;
and the Rifle Corps, No. 5, and others, will speedily fol-
low. In the mean time, the spirit of the new recruits
continues to mainfest itself by the cheerfulness and
promptitude with which they attend to their duty, and
the great steadiness which they uniformly observe. It
appears, indeed, that it is not so much men that are wanted
for the defence of the capital as small arms, of which there
is some deficiency.

The lines of defence round Lisbon are carried on with
great rapidity ; and it is expected they will be completed
this week. Don Pedro, whose indefatigable industry and
personal inspection into every operation and institution
does him the highest honour, visits the works almost
every day, and under his eye every thing quickens and
prospers._ s s s

His Majesty's brig of war Leveret returned on Satur-
day from Figueira, to which place she had been sent, in
order to afford protection to English persons and property,
upon the information that some considerable disturbance
had taken place there. On her arrival outside the bar of
Figueira, the Commander was informed by an officer
from the Governor of the town that not only he would
not be allowed to come within the bar, but that it was
contrary to the strict orders he had received to permit
what he then requested, a personal communication with
the English Consul, not even in the presence of any of their
authorities. Under these circumstances the Commander
addressed a letter to General Abreu (the General of the
province), as a higher authority, and obtained by this
means, on the following day, permission to land and wait
on the General, to whose house he was attended from the
landing-place by an Aid-de-Camp. The General received
him with the utmost politeness, but said that the
orders from Don Miguel were positively not to allow
any communication with Lisbon. While at the
General's house the Consul applied personally for an
interview, but it was not granted; the General, how-
ever, with some difficulty permitted a letter from the Con-
sul to be put into his hands, which he opened in the
General's presence; but he could on no account obtain
the satisfaction of a personal interview with the writer.
It is to be supposed that these strict measures were occa-
sioned by the news having reached of the formal acknow•
leigment of Donna Maria by the British Government.
The Leveret leaves the Tagus to morrow for St. Übes,
where it is expected there may be some new attempt from
some Miguelite troops (part of General Molellos's divi-
sion), which are said to be now on the south side of the
Tagus, near Aldea Galega. It is reported in some quar-
ters that the Commander of the Leveret was detaided for
some time at Figueira as a prisoner, but I have reason to
believe this is not titre. It is reported this evening that
General Saldanha has just arrived from Oporto.
OronTo, AUG. 25.—Immediately after the evacuation
of Villa Nova on Tuesday, the 20th instant, I crossed the
Douro with innumerable inhabitants of this city, to inspect
the batteries, which had given us so much annoyance du-
ring the protracted bombardment, to rejoice at the peril
having passed, and our surviving it with a whole skin
and unbroken bones, after seeing so many sacrifices fall on
all sides. A great number of barricades and trenches
obstructed the narrow streets, and steep paths leading
to the Gaya in front of the hill, which it was very
difficult to clamber over in the day time, and unopposed,
and much more so would it have proved by night, or
under a heavy fire. I found the Four mortar Battery
in the rear of the fort, with embrasures for 10 long
guns, still burning, as well as the houses behind it. The
works themselves were of amazing strength and solidity,
near 20 feet thick—otherwise they could not have
withstood the fire kept up constantly upon them from this
side. It was with no small satisfaction that I entered the
now empty embrasure, from whence the Joao Paulo Cor-
deiro formerly vomited forth destruction upon the street I
reside in, whence I watched every application of the
match, and every alteration in the direction, with a spy-
glass, under no small anxiety, from guy window. The
houses in front of the Gaya, and on the west side of the
battery, were reduced to a heap of rubbish from the fire of
the Pedroite batteries, which, being concentrated upon
one single point, did much more execution than theirs,
spread over a town so extensive and solid as Oporto. The
Gaya and Bandera batteries are to be preserved, being
deemed sufficient, with the Serra, to protect Villa Nova.
The Convent of the Serra is completely riddled with shot
and shells. The statue of St. Augustine himself, which
graces the portal of the church, had its head carried away
by a cannon-ball from the defenders of the altar and the
throne. In the church, where formerly devotees pros-
trated themselves, soldiers are now quartered; and the
altars, where the wonder-working reliques of saints were
enshrined, are now loaded with cartridge-boxes, swords,
and sword-belts, and the muskets and bayonets piled up
before them, the miracles they performed being far more
unquestionably established than the least incredible legend
of the saints. The burnt-out wine-lodges of Villa Nova
presented a most dismal sight. The burning wine ran
near two feet deep through the street, as is proved
by the red marks it left behind, and the very
stones are yet impregnated with the odour of burnt wine,
which they still exhale under the attenuating influence of
the solar ray. The immortal gods of Paganism, the manes
and tombs of heroes, and the altars of the celestial and
infernal deities of credulous antiquity had never such
libations poured out, nor such valuable holocausts burnt
to honour them, as Don Miguel's revengeful spirit of
despotism. Julian the Apostate, in his zeal for the short-
lived restoration of his gods, slew and sacrificed so many
hecatombs, that it was feared cattle would grow scatce
throughout the Roman empire, but the tyrant Miguel
would have burnt and destroyed every drop of Port wine
had his army been able to maintain its position one week
longer on the banks of the Douro. The sublimity of the
conflagration of Moscow has been much extolled, but the
ocean of flames raised by Rostopshin has not been fed by
anch a precious flood of grape juice as the execrable fire of
Villa Nova. Fifteen thousand pipes of the Company's
brandy, and 1,000 pipes of wine were said to have been
burnt by the Miguelites at Arenilla previous to their
retreat. But yesterday only this report was ascertained
to be unfounded, they having left behind them there a park
of heavy artillery unspiked, and a large quantity of ammu-
nition undestroyed, for want of time more probably than
of inclination; fur the Duke of Lafoes and General Lemos
had strict charge (" ordenes termivantes") to annihilate
",ing. In Villa Nova the Company has saved 3,000
-soing which wap a tank of Port, 60 years
epvipeerYs wine, .
old, and almost white with „b"
The enemy having occupied Sanii:...fm (36 miles dis-
aatened, to
taut from Lisbon) with a great force, and
attack the capital, the Emperor sent for General Saldanbar
and all the disposable troops, who embarked on Friday,
on board the George the Fourth steamer, and several
transports, with about 1,000 men, Portuguese infantry;
and left General Stubbs in the chief command of Oporto,
who has already formed a Staff out of the Officers re-
maining, amongst whom is Colonel Bravo, the Gallant
Sub-Commandant of the Serra. Pasleco, and the 10th
regiment of infantry, likewise remain. But the of
the Queen's Lancers, under Colonel Bacon, with all the
horses of that regiment (220) are under orders to ear-
bark as soon as the ship St. George, and other cavalry
transports can be got ready, which will be this evening or
to-morrow, the former having already come over the