The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-15 00:00:00

CIVIL WAR IN PORTUGAL

We have been favoured with a copy of a bulletin
received by way of Vigo, of which the following is a
translation:—

" VALENCA DO MINHO, DEC. 3,

" To-day, between five and six o'clock in the evening,
the legitimate Government of her Majesty
_the Queen
was re-established here.
" The enthusiasm with which the liberating force was
received here is indescribable. It has saved this pro-
vince from the destructive grasp of the Septembrists and
of the Miguelite bands, who, though few in number,
would spread wide their desolation.
" The words Queen' and Charter' have been every-
where triumphant. No untoward occurrence has inter-
vened. The Governor, Jose Maria de. Souza, has eon- ,
ducted himself gloriously, giving one more proof that
he knows well how to combine the duties of the soldier
with the loyalty he owes to his Queen.
" The important conquest of the fortress of Valenca
must shorten the life of the rebel faction, already strug-
gling in agony. It is worthy of remark that the Queen's
loyal troops have not been guilty of a single excess. The
worthless fellows who formed the majority of the
garrison of this fortress have been disarmed and ordered
to their homes. There was not one of them who did
not excite commiseration by his ragged and miserable
condition.
"By a decree of the 28th of November, Antonia
Pereira dos Reis was appointed Royal Commissioner in
the provinces of the Minho and Tras-os-blontes. He
this day accompanied the liberating force, and took
possession of the fortress in the name of her Majesty
the Queen.
" The gallant division of Tras os-Montes marched
from Chaves on the 30th. In the course of a few days
the city of Oporto will be cleared of the infamous fac-
tion which has harassed and dishonoured it.
" We have intelligence from Lisbon to the 30th of
November. Some officers and soldiers have deserted
from the rebel Xavier, weary of the severity which they
experienced from him. The fatal existence of the fac-
tion is drawing to a close.
" DEC. 4. This day there has arrived at the fortress
upwards of 500 individuals from the neighbouring coun-
into, to be supplied with arms to
cil jurisdictions, begg
defend the cause of the Queen and the charter. A
movable battalion is about to be formed. It is destined
to liberate Upper Minh° from the iron yoke which has
oppressed it for several months past.
" 'I he fortress of Valenca may now defy the two
bands which have dared to wage war against the best of
soverelgns.
N.B. (In MS.)
The town of Villa Nova de Cerveira declared also
for the Queen's Government on the 4th of December."

DARING AND DEXTEROUS ROBBERY OF NEARLY
1,0001. WORTH OF WATCHES FROM MESSRS. SAvORY
AND Cos.—This morning, about eight o'clock, the fol-
lowing daring and extensive robbery was committed at
Messrs. Cox, Savory, and Co.'s, the extensive silver-
smiths and watchmakers, of Cornhill. The robbery was
effected at the branf...ll warehouse, 54, Cornhill. Ic ap-
pears that the shopman, according to custom, opened the
shop shortly before eight o'clock, and then locking up
the door, went to breakfast. It was during his absence
that some expert thief or thieves, who had evidently
been watching his movements, contrived either to pick
the lock, or enter the shop by means of a false key,
and swept off trays containing no less than 149 gold and
silver watches, of the value of nearly 1,000/. About
the time in question a cab was observed to drive away
rapidly from the opposite side of the street ; it is sup•
posed
.that it conveyed away the plunder. Messrs.
Savory :aid Co. are about to offer a large reward for the
detection of the thieves and the recovery of the
property.
LORD THURLOW ON HIS FAMILY.—He had a just
contempt for the ♦anity of new men pretending that
they are of ancient blood ; and some one attempt-
ing to flatter him by trying to make out that he was de-
scended from Thurloe, Cromwell's secretary, who was a
Suffblk man, " Sir," said he, " there were two Thurlows
in that part of the country, who flourished about the
same time, Thurloe the Secretary, and Thurlow the
carrier. lam descended (rem the last."—Lord Campbell.