The Sun.
London, England, 1833-06-28 00:00:00

DON PEDRO'S EXPEDITION.

OPORTO, JUNE 13.—Six hundred picked bayonets from
the Ist French Regiment, and a part of the 6th Portu-
guese Infantry, embarked last night, almost without in-
terruption on the part of the enemy, and 50 soldiers and
officers came on shore.

The Marshal Major. General immediately returns to
France. Different versions may be given of the causes
which have led to his retirement from the command, but
the following statement may be depended upon :—Gen.
S. lignac sent in his resignation in consequence of a mi-
litary operation, to which lie was exceedingly opposed,
having been determined upon in a council of war. This
toeasure is now in progress, and as the Marshal would not
incur the responsibility of its result, and would have been
compelled, by the mere fact of its existence, to remain in-
active at Oporto, whilst a fraction of the army would
take the field under the command of another general
officer, he had no alternative but to re.ign.
I do not know how the news of this event will be re-
ceived in England, but certainly it is considered of no
importance here. It does not in any way diminish our
strength, or increase the chances of our enemy. The
operation now going on is quite a political one ;
its force is too insignificant to render it worthy
of being termed military. Its object is to ascer-
tain whether the provinces to the south, particularly
those southward of the Tagus, are disposed to rise in
support of the young Queen and the Constitution. -
movement upon Lisbon had been proposed, both of a mili-
tary and po itical nature, and as the enemy has little force
there, he might have been easily defeated, trod an oppor-
tunity would have been afforded to the people to declare
their will ; the Ministers negatived this project, as well as
that of a decisive attack upon the enemy in this neigh-
bourhood, therefore the city of Oitorto will remain some
time longer in a state of siege, and the blessings of civil
war will be extended to other parts of the kingdom. The
contest tnight have been brought to an honourable and
immediate decision, but it was avoided. The chief of an
army ought not, in such • circumstances as ours, to he
shackled by the decision of a Council of Ministers.
Wont! Davergier, who bears a high military reputa-
tion, will remain here, and the Emperor, the Duke de
Palmella, and the chief Generals, have expressed them-
selves very flatteringly towards him. He will take the
command of the brigade, consisting of the Ist and 2d re-
giments of the Queen's Light Infantry, of which the men
are all French or Belgians. The expedition will be
ctiout 2,500 strong, commanded by the Duke de Ter-
ceira, and accompanied by the Duke de Palmella. Where
it will make its descent is yet undetermined, and will de-
pend almost entirely upon intelligence that may be re-
ceived at sea. By the day after to-morrow it is expected
that it will he all ready to sail. That very intimate
friend of Captain Napier, Admiral Carlos de Ponza, is
very anxious to meet the Aliguelite squadron, and will, no
doubt, give a good account of his toes. I believe that
the ultimate success of the cause is now becoming pretty
certain. What I have to lament is, that our awls have
not taken the shortest road, which, in a political war, is
always the best.
JUNE 14. —The embarkation of troops was continued
last night, and 23 soldiers and 4 officers came on shore;
amougst the latter General Freire. The late Marshal will
go home in the Africaine steamer, and Saldanha was
pointed this morning chief of the general staff. We have
heard that it is the intention of the Aliguelities to desist
from firing artillery upon the city, unless their tire be
provoked from this side. This is likely to be true, as to-
day they have not fired a shot, except at the Serra convent,
which being a fortification, is perfectly fair. The report is
that, finding that their constant hom..artlment of the city
does not induce the inhabitants to rise in favour of Don
Miguel, they will not part with any more of the ammuni-
tion in that manner, as it is expensive, and is getting scarce.
I am sorry to have to notice an indiscreet proceeding,
which must do great harm to the cause, and certainly re •
sects disgrace upon some of the authorities here.
Several Englishmen, lately tificers in Don Pedro's army,
:vete arrested last night, and notwithstanding, from their
being no longer in that service, they are entitled to be
considered as British subjects again, at least by the Go-
vernment of Oporto, they were thrown into prison on the
unsupported evidence, privately taken, of a single indivi-
dual, without the authority of the Judge Conservator, or
of the knowledge of his Britannic Majesty's Consul. It is
said that the Emperor is chiefly to blame for this mad
freak, but, in my opinion, censute ought to rest with the
individual who authorized their apprehension. Be this as
it may, as their imprisontnent is clearly illegal, they must
be f, rtliwith r,stored to liberty, and they will have a fair
claim to compensation for the injury suffered.
JUNE lb.—Embarked last night at the Foz between
500 and 600 men, and a printing press for the expedition.
Some dismounted Lancers will he sent off this evening.
The officers wrested yesterday were liberated this morning.
JUNE 16.—The Dukes of Palmella and Terceira, with
the other Chiefs of the expedition, and the remainder of
the troops, embarked last night. Every thing is now
ready for sailing.
(From the Chronica, No. 140, June 15.)
" ORDER OF THE DAY, NO. 100.
" THE DUKE OF DRAGANZA'S CARTA REGIA.

" Baron Joao Baptista Solignac, Marshal Major-General
of the Army.—Friend, I, the Duke of Braganza, Regent
in the name of the Queen, send you much greeting, as one
whom I much va'ue. Taking into consideration the re-
presentation which you caused to be made to me, begging
me to consider it for good to relieve you from the charge
of Alajor General of the Liberating Army, for which you
were nominated by the dt cree of the 3d of January of this
year, with the powers designated in toe Carta Regia of the
54112 e date ; and the motives you allege appearing to we to

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