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

PORTUGAL

(From the Morning Herald.)
FALUOUTH, NOT. 9.—Early this morning other ar-
rival took place from Portugal. It was the Government
steamer Confiance, Lieutenant Waugh. She sailed from
Lisbon on the 3d instant, and from Oporto on the 4th,
with mails. The intelligence varies but little by this ves-
sel from the last received, and in no part of its substance
can a belief be gleaned otherwise than that the civil strife
is to be kept up through another winter, unless the aid of
some European Power be interposed for the establishment
of peace, by at once, with force, crushing the power of the
Usurper and his partisans.
The Aliguelite army continued their occupation of San-
tarem, and the Constitutional forces were still besieging
them in their fortified position. From accounts received
in Lisbon it was expected that the Duke of Terceira and
Count Saldanha would first direct their attention to the
taking of a number of windmills, situated on a com-
manding eminence to the eastward of the town of San-
tarem, and forming the means of entrance without
opposition from the artillery of its strong defences.
The attempt of the Queen's troops must be attended
with loss, as a considerable amount of Royalists now
protect the mills ; but should the latter become dis-
possessed of that position, it is believed that the capture
of Santarem will be easily effected. The attack was
daily expected to be made. Considerable numbers of
cavalry and infantry had again left Lisbon, to co-operate
with the main body of the army. Account■ bad reached
the capital, on the 15th ult., of the taking of Alcacer do
Sal; but the declaring of Coimbra and Leira for the
Queen had not received confirmation.

In the Tagus, the Don Pedro Portuguese ship of war,

a frigate, corvette, and two transports, were in prepara-
tion to proceed to Madeira, for the purpose of blockading
that island. They were to sail on the 28th. TheAlgarves

continued in disorder; many of the guerillas had been
taken and shot, but great fears were felt by the population
of the province to make known their sentiments. From
Oporto, the accounts represent that city as being badly
protected, being left so deficient of troops. A party of
1,000 men, under the command of Brigadier Pacheco,
marched on the Coimbra road on the 31st, with a view of
taking possession of a convent, but they were unexpect-
edly surprised by a strong body of Miguelites who forced
Pacheco's column to quickly fall back on Villa Nova with
trifling loss. The Belgian and German Governments
have recognised Donna Maria, as Queen of Portugal.
Lisbon continued tranquil. The Leveret is the next ex-
pected vessel from thence with mails.
latsßox, Nov. 2.—We have had no account of any
movement of importance either of the besieged er the
besiegers at Santarem during this last week. All intelli-
gence from that quarter, however, appears to confirm the
reports we bad previously received of the great distress the
Miguelites were suffering from scarcity of provisions, and
of the probability that they would soon make an attempt
to evacuate the place. Fresh troops, both infantry and
cavalry, have left Lisbon within the last few days to join
the army. The battalion of Riflemen, No. 10, left on
Thursday ; Don Pedro accompanied them from the
Palace of the Necessidades to the arsenal, where they em-
barked for Villa Franca, manifesting the highest enthu-
siasm for the cause in which they were engaged. De-
spatches from Lieut.-Colonel Da Silva, of the 9th regi-
ment, dated from Alcacer do Sal, announce the taking of
that place by the troops under his command on the 25th
October. The enemy were 600 strong in Militias and
Realista•, besides 40 cavalry and one piece of artillery.
Colonel Da Silva embarked at St. Übes in two steam-
boats, and other vessels, under the command of Captain
Henry, and, proceeding up the river, disembarked at
Fayas, about a league distant from Aleacer do Sal. The
enemy, hearing now of their approach, were put in no
small commotion, not expecting their advancement by the
river, and, after a slight resistance, were soon put to the
rout, and took to a shameful flight, leaving behind them
their piece of artillery, eight killed, four prisoners, and
four men who came over to the service of Donna Maria.
The approach of night prevented further pursuit.
His Majesty's brig of war Leveret arrived here on
Thursday from Cadiz, touching at Lagos. The distress of
this last•mentioned place, from scarcity of provisions, is
reported to be very great, in consequence of the state of
siege in which it has bee❑ so long kept.
It is to be hoped that some further assistance will soon
be given to the brave garrison of Lagos, who have held
out so long amid so many privations and difficulties. The
regular forces which Don Miguel has on the south of the
Tagus, in Almeit im, and that vicinity, are not so many as
were at first stated, which was 1,000 men, infantry and
cavalry ; as it appears by communications from Aldea
Gallega, that their real amount does not exceed 300
infantry and 40 cavalry.
From a respectable individual, who reached town yes-
terday from Castello Branco, it appears that Do❑ Carlos
entered that town on the 21st of October, at seven o'clock
in the afternoon ; and on the 22d, at nine in the morning,
the Infanta Donna Maria Francisca arrived on foot, with-
out any state, excepting merely ten soldiers and an officer
of police.
On the 24tb, an Ambassador arrived from the Queen
of Spain, to intimate to Don Carlos that he should imme-
diately leave for the destination assigned him by Ferdi-
nand VII. His guards, who were Spaniards, denied him
under any other designation than that of King. Don
Carlos, however, at length gave him audience, but refused
to receive the despatches ; thereupon the Ambassador re-
tired, but on leaving the Court an attempt was made by
the guards to kill him, hut he was saved by the inter-
ference of Carlos himself, and Magessi. He immediately
returned to Spain.
In consequence of a conference which took place on
Thursday, between two Counsellors of the Treasury, and
two Bank Directors, the litter have consented to take at
par what remains of the loan of 800 cantos of rein.
OPORTO, Nov. 3.—The forces in Oporto having long
been strangely overrated at 12,000 men, and reproached
with remaining in a state of torpid inactivity, the Superb
steamer on Tuesday, the 29th ult.,:brought orders from the
Emperor• to General Stubbs to make a movement with
his troops to the southward, to second the risings at
Coimbra, A'cobaca, and Leira, and erribaik others and
send them to land south of Figueire. One thousand eight
hundred men, under the command of Bento Franca, were
embarked o❑ board the Superb, and some other vessels on
Wednesday, the 30th of October, and sailed before day-
light on Thursday morning, the 31st, whilst General
Stubbs himself, with 900 men—infantry of the 10th and
18th regiments of Queen's Volunteers and Fixos, and all
the cavalry lie had, as well as two pieces of artillery—the
whole commanded by brigadier Pacheco, marched over
the bridge on the Coimbra road. When he got as far
as Grigo (two leagues and a half) he found the inhabi-
tants had fled. Sir Thomas Stubbs ordered Brigadier-
General Pacheco to halt at Carvalhos, and remain there
that night, he himself returning to town, the lines having
been left very bare, and Major Bravo, with 600 men and
sore: gun-boats, detached up the river to Arrullas.
At five o'clock, p to., General Stubbs returned to token
with his aide-de-camp and a single orderly dragoon, and
some hours afterwards a report reached him from General
Pacheco, stating that a Miguelite force, from 6,000 to
7,000 had fallen on his flanks,issuing from the pine woods,
where they lay under cover and unseen, and had com-
pelled him to retreat to Villa Nova, pursuing his column
to within one mile of it. The Constitutionalists bad 20
men killed and wounded, among the former a subaltern,
and among the latter a Captain. A picquet of five men
is also stated to have been taken, a fate which might have
befallen both General Stubbs and Pacheco, as well as to
their own column. Unsuccessful as this expedition has
been, it will have the good 'fleet of proving in a high
quarter that the garrison of Oporto has been by far too
much reduced to admit of its attempting such operations,
which amounts to almost an evacuation of the place.
The fate of the 1,000 men embarked on board the
Superb steamer, was just beginning to give some uneasi-
ness yesterday morning, when intelligence arrived that they
had sarely landed o❑ Friday morning at Mira, a little bay
half way betweea Areiro and Coimbra, and found four
vessels of war with 2,000 men from Lisbon before it.
The Miguelites were yesterday morning still in their
position at Soto Redondo, which would hardly be the
case if a disembarkation had been effected at Mira. On
the north side a detachment of their mounted Lancers was
yesteid y at Vallonga, and for some days past we have
❑ot had any deserters from them.
Two steamers, with troops from England, have passed
the Bar within the last three days for• Lisbon, but none
are left here,

(From the Times.)

FALMOUTH, NOV. 9.—His Majesty's steamer Confiance
arrivedthis morning from Lisbon, bringing advices from
thec city up to the 3d, and Oporto to the 4th instant.
Nothing of importance had occurred since the last
account. The Miguelites still held possession of Santarem.
There are several reports afloat, but experience shows that
passing reports from Lisbon are not to be credited except
when confirmed by the correspondence.
It is reported that General Stubbs, who was marching
with his division to Coimbra, has been obliged to fall
hack upon Villa Nova, in consequence of a superior
Miguelite force having been collected on the line of his
march. The James Watt and Soho steamers, with
stores and troops, had arrived in the Tarp.
LISBON Nov. 2,—The Commission of Ecclesiastical

Reform, whose power extends from the Patriarch of Lis-
bon down to the humble lay brother of a monastery, is
daily removing from their benefices all those priests and
friars who take open part with Don Miguel, or seek to
delude the people by means of confession or pretended
miracles and revelations. Although all religious houses
whose inmates have fled with the enemy are instantly sup-
pressed, and their property incorporated with that of the
nation, the petticoated brotherhood foolishly oppose a
fruitless resistance, and furnish good pretexts to those
who aim at depriving them of their wealth. The friars
of Carnota have abandoned their monastery, which will
be suppressed, and let out to other occupants within a
month, and the former inmates may either attach them-
selves to the order of mendicants, or embrace some indus-
trious mode of gaining a livelihood. These stupid friars
do not know when they are beaten, and seem blindly to
seek their own extinction. The army of Don Pedro re.
mains in the same positions, or nearly so, as whe❑ I last
wrote. Its force extends to Torres Novas, on the left
bank of the Tagus, and the road of Alemtejo is cut off to
the enemy. The main force of the Miguelites is at San-
tarem, and Don Miguel and his sisters are at Abrantes,
with about 4,000 men. The Miguelite force between the
Douro and the Mondego is diminishing daily by desertions.
Official intelligence of the recognition of Donna Maria
by the Regent of Spain and the King of Belgium has been
published here, as well as a private letter from Castello
Branco, describing the entry of Don Carlos into that place
lon the 21st ult., and his reception of the intimation from
the Spanish Court.
The William IV. steamer has arrived from Glasgow
with 150 recruits for the army ; and this evening the
James Watt steamer, with passengers, has entered the
Tagus.
A lady of the first nobility has been removed from the
Palace, it is said for having given anti-liberal impressions
to the young Queen. The Marchioness Chamberlain
Mor, and her daughter, the widow of Don Thomas Mas-
carenhas, are now placed at the Queen's side. The Em-
peror has created three Chamberlains for his daughter—
the Duke of Terceira, the Marquis de Santa Iris, and the
venerable Thomas de Mello Breyner, all of the highest
blood, and honest Liberals.
The Bank of Lisbon has taken the remainder of the
loan of 800 contos that was still unsubscribed for at par.
The Chronicas contain the sentences of the vessels lately
condemned in the Admiralty Prize Court.
The Superb steamer has just entered the river from
Figueira; she left that harbour on Wednesday last, having
on board the almost incredible number of 809 men; 250
men were likewise embarked on board a schooner which
the steamer had in tow ; the whole belonged to the 10th
and 18th Regiments of the Line, and volunteers of the
battalion of Donna Maria Seguntla. Both vessels got
under weigh at 2 o'clock, a.m. on Thursday last, and had
not proceeded far when it was discovered that the schooner
had neither sails, anchors, nor cables of any description
on hoard. Although the weather was remarkably fine,
the rope used in towing broke several times, to the great
danger of all hands, and the steamer not being able to
furnish another rope, and the schooner making much
water, it was determined to take the men out of her on
board the steamer, and to sink the schooner, in order to
destroy the ammunition with which she was partly laden,
and which the captain refused to take on board.
On arriving off Figueira, where the troops were to have
been disembarked with the assistance of the Queen's ships
of war, which were to have been cruising there, no vessel
of that description was to be found, and as no sort of com-
munication could be had with the shore, it being in pos-
session of the enemy, General Bento da Franca, who
commanded the forces, determined to proceed to San
Martinho or Pederneira, where he had instructions to
effect his landing in case he could not succeed at Figueira.
The weather continuing very fine, the vessel kept on her
passage, and at five o'clock last evening, when off Peder-
neira, five leagues from Figueira, fell in with a fishing boat,
and learning that place to be entirely free from the enemy,
a landing was immediately determined upon ; the fishing
boat was sent on shore with some officers to bring off
other boats, with which, and the assistance of the peasantry
on the coast, who appeared very well disposed towards
them, the landing was effected. By six o'clock this morn-
ing all the troops had been put on shore, as well as some
ammunition-that had been shipped on board the steamer ;
the Superb then proceeded on her voyage, and anchored
in the Tagus at seven o'clock this evening.