The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-30 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

(From the Hampshire Telegraphs)
'PouTsmourn, SEPT. 25.--The Orestes, 18, Captain
Glascock, arrived on Thursday, in eight days, flow
Oporto, off which city, and exposed to the fire of the con-
tending parties, she has been lying in the River Douro
for one year and two days; during which time Captain
Glascock, by an eminent display of ability, temper, and
firmness, has strictly upheld the neutrality he was ordered
to observe, and effectually secured the British property 0f
which he became the protector, notwithstanding the asser-
tions of both Pedroites and Miguelites that he favoured
their opponents;' and in fact this very charge is a strong
proof that he effectually and faithfully did his duty. I.le
Castor, 36, and Nautilus, IS, were left outside the
Oporto Bar, and the Nimrod, 18, was lying in the Douro'
We get no nett s from Lisbon by this arrival, even of °
late a date as we published last week, but we derive the
fact, that so long as either Miguel or Pedro remains in that
country it never will be in a state of quietude. 11313
following letter from Oporto exposes the alleged syste°l
Pedro is pursuing towards the British merchants, whh'h
our readers will estimate at its real value.

OPORTO, SEPT. 18.—The Orestes will be off for
Spithead to-day, and I hasten to give you what news th°
now peaceful city affords. We are still surrounded by
Miguelite troops, but they do not annoy us ; and 01
offer no impediment to a full supply of provisions coming,
into the city, even to such an extent, that bullocks as',
other supplies are daily shipped and sent off for the use °I
Lisbon. We have force enough here of the Pedroite
persuasion to keep possession of the city for the youag
Queen ; but Stubbs, the Governor, cannot venture far
into the country, as the force that could be brought
against him in the open field would be more than a match
for him. The shipment of wines goes on slowly, owing
to the dishonest and unjust impositions which Pedro
wishes to exact from the British merchants. Our great
crime has been in daring to remove part of our stock of
wine from the imminent danger they were daily exposed
to during the siege; and though furnished with a license
from, and having paid the duties to, the Government of
Don Miguel, then, as you are well aware, in actual pas'
session of Villa Nova, where the British property i 3
general is lodged ; this is one of the reasons alleged W
refusing to allow us to move a pipe of our wine from the
lodges now, and of course stopping our shipments ; but *iv
is not all; for were this difficulty got over there is another
equally great, which is an oath exacted that we have
shipped no wines, either north or south of the Douro,
without paying duties to this Government. It is well
known that English houses have long been established et
Viana, from which port wines are shipped, paying the
duties, of course, to the authorities there, viz., the Govern'
meet of Don Miguel, and no other has been acknowledged
there -up to this hour. Under these circumstances Our
merchants are at a loss to know on what principle they pre
tend to legislate for that place, and retropectively toe I
The Directors are kind enough to offer to allow us to go
on with our shipments, on condition that we sign a dots'
anent, " admitting the illegality of what we have done'
and engaging to abide by any decision of his Imperial
Majesty on the question." Rather than place ourselves
thus at their mercy, many have resolved to submit to the
no trifling inconvenience of suspending their busine9
(to say nothing of the danger to which the property
is still exposed) until the case can be laid bef°"
our own Government, feeling confident of their
protection in a case of such flagrant injustice
and tyranny. In fact, Don Pedro wants to exact
payment again of the duties on all wines which 1208
been shipped since his arrival in the country, and whiep,
duties have already been paid to Miguel in right of his
being de facto master of the country where the wise'
were both stored and shipped. The batteries of Virtade''
Sena, and Vittoria, on the North side of the Douro, in
their filing at the battery denominated D. Leonor,
Villa Nova, did considerable damage to some of the svi°o
lodges, and one merchant lost fifteen pipes of wine in one
dty ; he, with others, was compelled to be at the expense
of transporting his wines by carriage to Aveiro, a'
which port it was shipped. This mode was too expet'_
sive to be acted upon with wines in greater comparative_
safety, and yet Pedro now impounds these wines to cover
his unjust claims upon wines tong since bonded in Esr
land, or perhaps drank in that country. The forces re'
maining here are 2,000 Portuguese, of three different re:
giments, with 400 of the Scoteb, and 300 of the English
brigades. The large gun called the John Paulo has bees
elevated as a trophy in the Plaza Don Pedro, formerly
called the Plaza Nova. By the way, I should not forget
to say that intrenchinents were forming round Villa Nova.
by the Pedroite forces, to prevent any surprise on rbs'
place.

(From the Portsmouth Herald.)
H. M. S. Orestes, 18, Capt. W. Nugent Gissc"k'
arrived from off Oporto on Thursday, where she had bit
stationed nearly twelve months, affording protection to
British interests. She left the river Douro on the 1
instant, and has brought home the following passenger''
viz., Com. John Shepherd (b), Mr. Rees, Midshipmacn'
and Mr. Dunn, Master's Assistant, all of H. 31. 71
Donegal, invalided; Lieut. Dick, Mr. Dalway, Mate, al
the Carpenter of H. M. S. Stag; Mr. Harrison, Ma!
of H. M. S. Talavera ; Mr. Lowe, Mate, and Mr. VielE4";
Master's Assistant, both of the Fair Rosamond, echo°, e
(which vessel had left for the coast of Africa), and thirtero
invalid seamen and marines from the squadron. Tb
docked, came into harbour yesterday afternoon, Ovr
Orestes having touched the ground on the daY
departure from the Douro. Corn. Sir William Die's'
Bart., appointed to the command of the Orestehbo
expected to join her in a few days, vice Glascock, wh°ed
been promoted, for the firmness, energy, and seal elif:iior
by him in the arduous duties intrusted to him a, 13,,e,ff
officer in the Douro, and which has been notice"
former number of the Herald. The Orestes bring' on d
later intelligence from Portugal, with regard to the grti3oJ
point of interest, Lisbon, than that which will be f°ioo
ender our foreign head; but we fear that the inforoltbe
of which she is the bearer as relates to the interests 0.00
wine trade, threatens the absolute ruin of the Dr' -to
merchants concerned therein. Great offence APPearstrio
have been taken by Don Pedro that the British 11, of
Companies have dared to remove any part of their sWer to
wines in order to secure it from the imminent daob7,l;►
which it was daily exposed, although furnished sYli;
license front, and having paid the duties to, the
men tof Don Miguel, who was then in actual pos—'l

of Villa Nova, where the wines were lodged.
(From the Devonport Telegraph.) tR
Pr.vmouTii, SEPT. 28.—The authenticity of one c)%heil
important portions of the intelligence which we pub" the
last week, from Portugal, has been much canvassed rarity
London journals. We can only say, that our autheos
was a good one, and worthy of every reliance. We tithe
been especially caeeful, since the contest between boi
brothers began, to obtain our information from the
sources. We have never trusted to the reports of 01'1- :re
seamen, or interested partisans. Our correspontlentldr
of a different stamp, and we have no hesitation in 1/ vie
ing ourselves for the general correctness of whatever ja•
may publish from that quarter. In the review of °9rd
telligence last week one grand error has been comcnitte, the
the journals. They have taken it univ,rsally
propositions from Don Miguel were officially con
cated to our Government, which was not the
4;0.
nor was it stated as such in our account. The Oa"
munication between 13ourmont and the English aOitiit,
rities was simply for the interposition of the Fer,
Government, to effect a settlement of the qu
vogb kr
The terms were submitted to Don Pedro "'I, s's
the medium of Colonel Hare, who, thoug
attache of Lord Wiiliani Russell's, was not undersfe13'r.tob
this instance to act officially as an agent of the 130‘
Government, but simply as an individual neuttll'oallY
exchanged between Don Miguel and Don
we re-assert with confidence that propositions were °hog'
we do not pretend to be acqu tinted with the preehntoe
of these propositions. The Echo certainly came
instructions to guide the British authorities in tl.artili;
We
thus created by the negotiations between thedtr afee
We do not pretend to say that a formal Atilbase4;oolo,l;
sent by Bourtnont to implore the mediation of rsia
but a cointnunicatioo to that effect was undoubteoti7e petit,
Pedro, t",tore
to Lord William Russell. This we know to laeadiag
and it appears most likely that Don Miguel, n oftiej
the he'hbat opiaold
his efforts to recover Lisbon abortive, and hcifgaitee e°,4
that lie can never obtain the countenance of Franc
England, which have both recognised the prePej
Maria, is now anxious to make the best of b~sinfor'',)oo
position. This is the opinion of some of
of our correspondents, and we acquiesce in t
..b;ect,
the "_Let f
ill
A few days will throw more light upon
the nest arrival will, we confidently predict, in
corroborate our statements.
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Her Royal Highness the Princes._3oo,, weot
has been graciously pleased to become` joint pa'iciploya!ept
her illustrious mother, of the Agriultural -Icl f
takes so lively an interest. A e.
Institution, in the success of which the Duchess 0- is'
THE ARNIY----.GENERAL. coot-
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neral order has been issued by Sir HusseyNiivnifirs'eato
ing the nuked thanks of the Marquis i 9 stay
army, for their general conduct during 0"
country.—Dublin Morning Register.