The Sun.
London, England, 1833-11-23 00:00:00

PORITGAL.

LtsaoN, Nov. 16 —The last week has been almost
entirely barren of event.. The division which landed at
Pederneira, under the command of General Bent° da
Francs, being too weak to march against Figueira by
land, proceeded across the country, and united itself to
the a•my of General Sildanha, of which it now forms
the left wing.
On the 11th instant the Miguelites were driven from
the heights of Pernes, to the left of Santarem, by a force
composed of the 9th Infantry and 12th Cacadores, and
several windmills which ground wheat for the supply of
the town were destroyed. The resistance made by the
enemy to this operation caused us a loss of about 50 men
in killed and wounded. The investment of Santarem is
gradually proceeding, and it is said that the garrison suffer
many privations ; it is not intended to carry the position
by assault, but to reduce it by famine, and the floods
which cover the plains surrounding the town during part
of the rainy season will assist the operations of our army.
The Palace bulletin of the 10th instant contains the
names of I major, 2 captains, 2 lieutenants, and I ensign,
from different regiments of Don Miguel, who have
abandoned a party which has no longer a chance of ac-
complishing any physical results in its own favour, and
joined the cause of the young Queen.

The Chronica, No. 97, contains a decree for the
recruitment of the army. By the first article, all young
unmarried men, who enlist themselves voluntarily within
the ensuing fortnight, are only to serve until the termi-
nation of the present civil war, hut if they do not come
forward previous to the expiration of that period, they
are nevertheless to be recruited for the line, and to be
compelled to serve the usual number of years.
The frigate Duchess of Braganza, Captain Buxton,
has sailed from St. Übes, from whence the Admiral
returned this evening, after having restored order and
security,
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The monks of St. Vicente (the monastery in which
the remains of the deceased members of the Braganza
family are deposited) have received orders to remove
themselves to Mafra, and take up their quarters there, the
building they at present occupy being required for a
military college.
A Council of State was held yesterday, but I am
informed no deliberation of importance took place.

The check which our arms received on the south side
of Lisbon, has spread some terror amongst the inhabi-
tants of that part of the country, but which Admiral
Napier has greatly calmed, by his stay among them ;
and by the assistance granted to the loyal inhabitants of
St. Uhes, by kindness to one and severity to the other,
he has restored tranquillity in the place, which he is for-
tifying in all haste. _ _

The Intendance of Police has been abolished by a de-
cree of the Bth instant, and the prefect of this province
(Extremadura) installed in his new functions, which I be-
lieve are similar to those of the same name in France. The
selection of this magistrate (Senhor Bent°, Pereiro du
Carmo) has been generally approved of.
On the 13th 200 treasury bonds, 37,7001., part of the
200,0001 issued in London, were paid off (amortizado) by
the Bank here, under inspection of commissioners from
tie Treasury.
It appears by private letters from the Spanish capital
to the same date, that Zea Bermudez is as yet not in-
clined (although having interrupted his diplomatic inter-
course with Don Miguel) to recognize this Government.
Don Carlos is still in Portugal.
General Torres, recently created Baron de Sa Bandeira,
the gallant defender of the Serra, is to relieve Sir Tho-
mas William Stubbs in the command of the army of the
north anti the governorship of the city of Oporto, whither
he proceeds to-morrow or next day, in the William IV.
steamer. Some adherents of Don Miguel have lately
found means of supplying his troops on the Douro with
ammunition, carried out by night in dung carts from the
city of Oporto. This manoeuvre was, however, detected
by a Knight of the Tower and Sword, the drivers of the
carts were arrested and imprisoned, and their employers
inquired after. However, the usual decree, if such there
be, respecting the appointment of Torres and the supersed-
ing of Sir Thomas Stubbs has not yet been published.

On Wednesday some Miguelite guerillav made their ap-
pearance at Aldea Gallego, on the south aide of the Tagus,
exactly opposite Lisbon, and succeeded in carrying off 120
oxen and cows, and about 40 horses grasing in the pasture
grounds. Detachments of troops were immediately sent
over from the arsenal, and west in pursuit of the ma-
rauders, but could not overtake them. Most of the cattle
have, however, made their escape, and returned.
The enemy occupies the most fertile corn districts o❑
the Alemtrjo, but the destruction of the windmills at
Pernas will greatly distress him for the want of flour at
Santarem, and compel his troops to eat their wheat in the
grain, a mode of subsistence first practised during the
Peninsular war by the French army under Marshal Soult,
when, during the great heat of July and August, 1109,
previous to the battle of Talavera, all the rivulets falling
into the Tagus, were quite dried up, and the few mills on
that river could not supply so large a quantity of flour as
the army required. The Commirsaire Ordonnateur en
Chef, Le Noble, to avert absolute famine, and the necessity
of a retreat, fell on the happy idea of preparing wheat in
such a way that it could be consumed unground. Soult
tasted and approved it by an order of the day, and it has
since been repeatedly practised. Admiral Napier is this
evening expected back from St. Übes, and until then
nothing positive can be known of the state of affairs in
that quarter. Brigadier-General Bacon arrived last night
from the headquarters at Carraxo, where nothing fresh
had occurred, or was likely to take place, otherwise the
Commander of the Queen's cavalry would hardly have
absented himself. The rainy season is first expected
before further operations are undertaken, that the enemy's
cavalry, which is greatly superior in numbers, may not be
able to act.

On Thursday an incident of a tragical nature caused a
great deal of sensation. Early in the morning of that
day General Fromont committed suicide. He shot
himself through the heart, at his quarters in San Pedro
d'Alcantara. Having held a high rank in the French
army, and distinguished himself in Napoleon's campaigns,
he came out to Oporto last winter with Marshal Soliguac,
and received a commission in Don Pedro's service ; but
was shortly afterwards obliged to return to France
on account of ill health. In Paris he received sub-
sequently, it is said, a flattering invitation from the
Emperor to join again the liberating army in Portugal,
with a promise of the command of a separate corps.
lie involved himself in debt in con.equence thereof,
partly for his own equipment, and partly by advances
to officers who were to accompany him. However, on
his arrival at Lisbon, his services were slighted by the
Minister of Wir, and not immediately obtaining the redress
he expected, the circumstance preyed so much on his
mind, ■nd wounded his feelings, that be committed the
rash ace, as the phrase is, with certain letters and an
exposé de motifs lying open before him. His funeral was
to have taken place yesterday afternoon ; but, by superior
orders, the hour was altered to half-past eleven in the
morning. Many individuals purposing to attend it were
thus disappointed. Still the French military officers at
present here, and the naval gentlemen belonging to the
French corvettes anchored in the Tagus, as well as a great
number of British officers, amongst whom was Sir John
Doyle, I am told, and some Portuguese, followed his re-
mains to the grave.
On Thursday the Franciscan friars, who were arrested
some time ago on a charge of conspiracy with a person
of the name of Da Cunha, and who have been lodged ever
since on board the Don Pedro hulk, were removed to
the prison■ of the Castle of St. George.
The finances appears to be in a very flourishing condition;
the army is regularly paid, as well as the navy and the
labourers in the arsenal, where Admiral Napier (Viscount
d'Cabo San Viscomte) has introduced such order and
regularity that more work is done in it in a week than
was, before his time, in three months, as he insists that
every one is duly paid, and exacts afterwards a correspond.
ing quantum of labour. I am assured by persons con-
❑ected with the Bank, where now all the Government
payments are issued, that there are funds in hand sufficient
to answer all the exigencies of the State for 12 months to
come, supposing even that nothing else should become
tangible.

Don Pedro possesses in an eminent degree that virtue
which is so rarely found among Princes borne to a throne
—namely, economy. He declined to inhabit the magni-
ficent Palace of Ajuda, solely because it would entail on
the nation a large expenditure to keep up a suitable
establishment, or even to light it up merely, and con-
tented himself with the humbler residence of Necessidade.
Sir John Doyle goes to-morrow or next day in the
William IV. steamer to Falmouth and Liverpool.
Don Miguel has ordered all the provinces under his
command to arm en masse, and has materially augmented
his cavalry; and on our aide we sent a reinforcement of
150 men (cavalry) to Cartaxo; and by a decree of the
government, every man below 60 years of age is obliged

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ito enlist himself voluntarily; and those that do not will
be taken by force, and compelled to serve, even after the
war be over, which will not be the case with the volun-
teers, who will, immediately after the settlement, return
to their homes.

The Emperor is going with the Queen and his Duchess
to Mafra for a few days, and on his return will revisit
again head quarters.
(From the Chronica of the 16th of November.)
NOTICES FROM THE LIBERATING ARMY.
In consequence of orders which his Imperial Majesty
left with Marshal the Conde da Saldanha previous to his
departure, on the Bth inst., from the army to the capital,
that General ordered the 4th and sth division, commanded
by Brigadier Joa Nepomuceno and Colonel Baron de Sa
de Bandeira, to march upon Pernes to destroy the mills
existing there. On the 11 th inst. these orders were
executed with the desired end ; the mills and mill dams
were entirely destroyed ; and thus the rebels are deprived
of a great quantity of fliur which they drew from thence.
The enemy who defended that point were not long in
abandoning it, leaving some dead on the field, and 28
prisoners in our hands. On this occasion some soldiers
fled from the ranks of the usurper, and united themselves
to ours. The want of flour since this destruction has
constantly gone on increasing in the Miguelite army;
and various soldiers who have recently passed over to us to
beg for bread, affirm that they suffer they greatest priva-
tions.

(From Periodiro, No. 94.)
LissoN, Nov. Is.—We have received news from the
army of operations; the attack made upon Pernes by a
column of our troops was successful ; we took that posi-
tion, which the enemy defended with a force of 1,500
men, who were expelled, broke the dams, and destroyed
the water-mills existing there, from whence the enemy
derived some supply of flour for their troops. The rebels
who were repelled in Pernes, not being able to retire
upon Santarem, as their retreat was cut off on that side,
took the direction of Pocinho. They lost in this attack
many killed and wounded, and some prisoners and de.
serters. Their destruction would have been complete
if our artillery had arrived earlier, but which could not
he effected on account of the bad state of the ro-ids,
which much retarded its march. The desertion of some
officers and soldiers from the enemy still continues, who
say that the last deception with which the rebel chiefs
entertain the hopes of their soldiers is, in asseverating
that Joao Paulo Cordeire carried away to England a
large quantity of jewels belonging to Don Miguel, with
the produce of which he is to buy a powerful squadron,
which will shortly appear off the Tagus ! Our advanced
posts continue beyond the Ponte d'Asseca, within sight
of Santarem.

(From the Chronica to the 16th inst.)
The Chronica, of the 13th inst., contains a notice
from the Department of Ecclesiastical Affairs, relative to
the above, which the board of health has stated to the
Minister of the Interior to be committed in the interment
of the dead, the bodies being sometimes interred out of
the cemeteries, and sometimes when they are buried,
scarcely covered with earth ; and that it often happens
that they are left unburied till the next day, which seems
to be done to excite in the people sentiments of aversion to
the measures of the Government. As such proceedings
way besides be attended with serious consequences
to the public health, the Duke of Braganza orders
that the Vicar General of the Patriarchate shall inquire
in what parish such abuses have been committed, p
iarly attending to the cemetery of Boa Morte, where it is
alleged that many such have occurred. In case of dis-
obedience to the orders of his Imperial Majesty the priests
guilty are to be suspended.
A letter from the Corregidor of Ribs Tejo, of the 12th,
from Villa Franca, says there is nothing new of import-
ance in this district (Comarea). The people are tranquil,
and animated with the best spirit in favour of the legiti-
mate cause.

FRENCH PAPERS.

(From Galignani's Messenger of Thursday.)

The Ministerial evening journal has the following :-1
" The Government has received news from Madrid to the
12th inst. At that date it was not known there that
the army of General Saarsfield, to which reinforcements
had been seat daily, had made any important operation.
However, a single movement of the General has been
sufficient to force a corps of the insurgents to evacuate
Briviesca in the utmost disorder. At another point of
Castile, a Carlist chief, named Aguilar, hod been taken,
with several of his band. On the side of Xativa, in the
kingdom of Valencia, a band of between 200 and 300
men had proclaimed Don Carlos, but being surrounded on
all sides by troops sent in pursuit of them, they very soon
afterwards laid down their arms. The Madrid Gazette
contains the promulgation of two decrees, one relating to
the organization of the municipalities, and the ether to the
wine trade." "A despatch from Bayonne, dated the 18th
inst., announces that the insurgents were driven from before
St. Sebastian by the garrison on the 17th. These bands,
amounting to 2,000, after making a stout resistance, were
completely routed, and led as far as Tolosa, leaving their
dead and wounded. El Pastor made a sortie upon Ernani,
and took and killed several men. The accounts from Ca-
talonia are still tranquillizing ; the good spirit of the people
of that province is strengthened by the confidence with
which they are inspired by the wise measures taken by
the authorities in support of the cause of the young Queen.
The feeble band formed in the environs of Val, ncia being
attacked with vigour by detachments sent against them
from Alcoy and Valencia, have laid down their arms in
the village of 011erid. The Royalist Volunteers of
Valencia, who left that town at the moment of disarma-
ment, finding no encouragement from the population, dis-
persed. The Apostolics who were arrested at Seo d'Urgel
arrived on the 11th at Barcelona under an escort, and
were deposited in the prisons of the citadel."
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The following are the terms in which the Spanish
Government announces the breaking off of relations with
Don Miguel's Government, as contained in the Madrid
Gazette of the 12th instant;—" The Government of the
King of Portugal, Don Miguel, having prevented the
embarkation of the Infante Don Carlos for the states of
Rome, where he had been ordered to proceed by Ferdi-
nand VII., an order which the Government of the
Queen Regent had again directed to be carried into
execution ; and considering that the Government of
Portugal has protected the intrigues and maehinations of
the Infante Don Carlos against the legitimate succession
to the throne of Spain, and the tranquillity of the
country, by refusing to force him to take his departure,
and by consenting to his being treated as King by the
authorities of Portugal, notwithstanding the reiterated
remonstrances of the Spanish Government, our Minister
in Portugal, L. F. de Cordova, has demanded and
obtained his passports. It has, at the same time, been
intimated to the Charge d'Affaires of Portugal at our
Court, that all relations between our Government and that
of Portugal have ceased. Her Majesty the Queen Re-
gent, acting in concert with her august friend and ally
the King of Great Britain, is occupied in endeavours to
put an end to the calamities and desolation which oppress
Portugal. The Queen Regent and the King of England
have resolved to act conjointly as mediators between the
belligerent parties, and, to insure the permanent repose of
that country, promote the interests of the two mediating
powers, and contribute to the maintenance of the general
peace of Europe."
The Indicalcur of I3ordeaux, of the 18th inst., has
the following extract of a private letter from Madrid of
the 7th General Lorenso, commander of a column
of occupation in Navarre, has announced to the Minister
of War, under date of the Ist, from Logrono, that, in
consequence of the amnesty which he had published the
day alter his arrival in that town, 500 rebels bad presented
themselves, and made their submission, and the same
number of muskets had been delivered up. Desertion
had extended itself even to the bands commanded by
the chief Cuevillas, who had been almost forsaken
by his followers. Unhappy families, victims of per-
fidy and corruption, were hurrying forth to meet
fathers, husbands, and children, holding out the amnesty
that was to restore them to their homes. This news is
confirmed by the military chiefs of St. Domingo, Calarda,
and Najera. The rebellion of Rioja has been put down,
and the leaders have been obliged to join the rebels of
Alava. General Saarsfield, after announcing, under date
of the Ist inst. in a despatch to the Minister, that he was
about to begin his general movements, adds—' At this
moment the corps, commanded by Cuevillas, which occu-
pied Peas and La Bureba, no longer exists; at least
2,000 wren of those who were under his command forsook
him the night before last, threw down their arms and
equipments, and returned to the bosom of their families,
abhorring the treason of those who called themselves their
chiefs.'" Another letter of the same date says—" The
Government having been apprised that several French
officers proposed entering Spain, in order to join General
Bourmont in Portugal, and the latter having left the ser-
vice of Don Miguel, has given orders not only to viscr the
passports of those persons who may wish to enter Spain,
either by land or sea, but to compel them to quit the
kingdom immediately. The Captain-General of Gallicia
has sent off a reinforcement of troops to Santona, escorted
by the frigate Lealtad, not only to strengthen the garri-
son of that place, but to contribute to the destruction
of the rebels, and the restoration of tranquillity to the
country; 28 Royaliatsi have been arrested and disarmed

at La Granja. It is said that Cuevillaa,l being forsaken by
almost all his men, has entered Reynosa, and committed
all sorts of plunder and excess in that town. Account,
from Menzanares of the 2d announce that the authorities
of La Mancha are acting with the greatest energy against
all who attempt to disturb the public tranquillity. It
appears that the bandit and sanguinary priest Merino is
exercising great atrocities on the inhabitants of the
country he is traversing. 'We hear from a traveller to
be relied on, coming from Aranda, that this brigand
having pre,ented himself at a house where the master was
absent, called his wife, and having stated to her his
suspicions respecting her husband, ordered her two
children to be brought before him, and murdered
them with his own hand. A deed equally inhuman
had been perpetrated by him a few days before. A poor
beggar, who was going to Aranda, was met on the road
by Merino, who said to him—' You are going, doubtless,
to give some intelligence to my enemies;' the beggar
having replied that he was going there in the hope of
obtaining relief, Merino made answer—' I shall know if
what you tell we be true,' and at the same time drawing
a pistol, he laid him dead at his feet, giving orders to
have him searched. What religion must that he which
lives by murder and rebellion ; and what a priest he who
murders in the name of a God of peace ?" This journal
has also the following of the 12th from Calzada de Cala-
trava :—" Several arrests have taken place here ; among
the persons in prison are the prior and the principal clerk
(who is an ecclesiastic), as well as two other priests, and
an individual named Moro."

We take the following from the Revista Espanola of
the 10th inst.:—" On the presentation of the British
Ambassador, Mr. Villiers, our Sovereign was present at
the audience, and the Queen Regent received him with all
that graciousness which characterizes her, and the peculiar
kindness which accords with those close relations of amity
that subsist between tl•e two Crowns. After taking leave
of the Queen, Mr. Villiers went to pay his respects to the
Infantes Don Francisco de Paula and Do❑ Sebastian, and
was received by them and their consorts with the greatest
affability. The Archbishops of Seville and Valentia, the
Bishops of Cadiz, Brihuela, Cuenca, Marcastro, Tuy, So-
lonna, Jaca, Ceuta, Valladolid, and Palencia, the political
and military Governor of Altneria, the Intendants of Pa-
lentia, the Asturias, Arragon, and Burgos, have announced
to the Minister the installation of several Juntas of charity,
and have declared that the persons composing these Juntas
are animated with the utmost anxiety fur developing the
important object of public instruction."

FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, N0v.21.
Five per Cents., 102 f. 4Cc. 20c. 30c.
Four per Cents., 90f.
Three per Cents., 75f. sc. 75f. 74f. 90c.
Bank Actions, 1,722 f. 50c.
Rente de Naples, 91f. 50c. 10c. 20c.
Roman Five per Cents., 89 881 i.
Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 16%N.
Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 30, %•
Royal Spanish Loan, 7S.
Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 62% 61N
Belgian Loan, 1831, Five per Cent., 96%U.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f. 30c. ; money, 25f. 30c.
Three months, paper, 25f. 20c.; money, 25f. I.Oc.
—Cours Authentique.