The Sun.
London, England, 1833-10-14 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

FALMOUTH, OCT. 11.—His Majesty's steamer Con fiance,
Lieutenant Waugh, is just arrived from Lisbon and Oporto.
She left the former place on the 6th inst., and the latter on the
7th inst. The Miguelite forces, commanded by M`Donald, are
about three miles from the lines of Lisbon, and continue to ma-
nifest a disposition to attack the city, which is generally sup.
posed to amount to no more than a bravado; and, in fact, for
them to attack Lisbon, as it is so well fortified and garrisoned
with excellently disciplined troops, and equal in physical force
to the besiegers, and superior in moral courage and enthusiasm
in the cause, would be the greatest height of folly, for a de-
feat for them is inevitable. Bourmont, with several French
officers, has retired to Spain, it is said to join the partisans of
Don Carlos, who, it is reported, is also gone to Spain, Don
Pedro is so confident of defeating his antagonists, that he is
determined to attack them in the open field, and is snaking
every preparation for that purpose. The death of the King
was not known at Lisbon when the steamer left. The City of
Waterford steamer, with the plate of Donna Maria, amounting
to about 40,0001., was lost at Burlings. The crew and passen-
gers are saved. Lord William Russell came passenger in the
Confiancc.

Lisa" OCT. 4.—The detachment landed at Peniche on the
nth ult., from Oporto, consisted of the English battalion, un-
der Colonel Dodgin, the Scotch Fusileers, under Lieutenant.
Colonel Shaw, and the P2th Cacadores.
Baron de Sa, the Governor, commenced offensive opera-
tions on the following day, by marching a force against Obi.
dos, and, being well supplied with artillery, he battered that
fortress for five hours, when it was abandoned by the garri-
son and terrified inhabitants. No more certain particulars of
the affair have yet reached us than are contained in the short
despatch published in the Chronic-a 60, in conjunction with
another intercepted letter from one of the Bourmonts. The
Superb steamer, now at Oporto, will bring down a further re.
inforcement of 500 men to Peniche, when the division col-
lected in the neighbourhood of the latter place, by penetrating
across the country in the direction of Santarem, will at every
step of its march cut off a portion of the enemy's supplies,
and harass their rear. Another body of troops might be con-
veyed up the Tagus in boats to Villa Franca, to effect a junc-
tion with that from Peniche on its approach to the northern
margin of the river, whether the enemy maintain the siege
or abandon it; or, should a part of the besieging army now
before Lisbon be detatched to oppose the march of the divi-
sion that has just commenced its operations, an oppor-
tunityattention with
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the enemy's troops will be dismissed to their homeasjoarittythoef
termination of the contest, and a small but effective standing

army alone retained. About 1,000 fresh men have been re.
cruited fbr the line since the occupation of Lisbon, and it is
intended to fill up the outlines of the Belgian, Scotch, and
Irish regiment by further recrUitings abroad. The national
battalions already cut a fine soldier-like appearance, and at.
tend to their duty with hearty goodwill. Those called the
Ist and :id Commercial Battalions are almost equal to troops
of the line, and possess as much esprit de corps as the Na-
tional Guard of Paris itself. The cavalry volunteers, who at
present do the duty of the old mounted police, parading the
streets of the city by day and night, are all people of some
substance, riding their own chargers, and include the weal-
thiest inhabitants of the place. They are the right sort of men
for the present crisis, having all of them something at stake
in the etimmonwealth, and therefore a direct interest in main-
taining public tranquillity. Their Colonel is the Conde de
Farroba (late Baron de Qumntella), who takes his present title
from the name of one of his country seats and the adjoining
village, his property, which the enemy has entirely destroyed
by conflagration.
(FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.)

LISBON, OCT. 5.—M. de la Haussaye, ex-governor of Obi.
dos, who is said to have been celebrated in other times in Ven.
de, as the leader of a band of Chouans, or robbers—nearly
one and the same thing, I suppose—has been sent to keep
company with Sir John Campbell, in the castle of St. George.
After the enemy evacuated Obidos, they were pursued by
Bernado de Sa as far as Alcobaca, where he intercepted some
of their correspondence.
Preparations for a general attack are continued with un-
ceasing activity on the part of the Emperor, who is always to
be found at the lines, in the arsenals, or in some of the public
departments; and it is asserted that before the Nth, which is
the anniversary of his birth-day, the army of Lisbon will take
the field.

In order to reduce the expenses of the naval department,
the Rainha, 74, Martin de Freitas, 56, and Cacella (late Prin.
ceza Real corvette), are now dismantling, and will be imme-
diately paid off: The brig of war Providencia, which was an-
chored on the southern margin of the Tagus, about two leagues
above the city, on the 30th of last month, was suddenly com.
pelled on that day to shift her position, owing to the enemy's
opening a fire upon her from some newly erected batteries on
shore, which killed two men and wounded Lieutenant Salter
and four others. A number of boats manned and armed
were despatched up the river the following morning, it
was supposed to destroy the said batteries, but they re-
turned without accomplishing anything : it is said they recon.
noitred the enemy's works, and got sharply fired upon. The
frigate Duqueza de Braganza, Captain Ruxton, accompanied
by three transport vessels, will sail in a few days to Angola and
the Cape de Verds to relieve the unfortunate political prisoners
confined there.

Joze da Silva Carvalho manages the business of the Treasury
exceedingly well ; there seems to be no want of money there.
The navy are paid in full, with the exception of the prize
money; the temporarily commuted allowances to the officers of
the army are paid every month, the men every fourteen days,
and the workmen at the arsenals receive their wages weekly,—
a thing that has not happened before since the time of Pombal.
A valuation of the prizes captured off Cape St. Vincent has
been agreed upon between the Admiral and M. Mendizabel,
and a portion of the prize money is to be immediately
forthcoming. The Marquis de Louie will resign his seat
in the Ministry, and retire into private life, for which his
amiable character best qualifies him. The supercargo of the
steamer Lord of the Isles (Commander Wilson, of the Navy
List), and the late captain of the same vessel, have been both
arrested—the one on suspicion of espionnage, the other on the
ground of having removed certain articles from on board the
vessel after the inventory was taken.
The project of a Portuguese commercial code, embracing
the jury system, long since published in Paris and London by
Counsellor Jose Ferreira Borges, has been accepted by Don
Pedro, and by a decree published in Chronica No. 58, is
henceforth to form the basis of mercantile law in Portugal.
M. Borges himself is by another decree constituted Supreme
Judge of the Tribunal of Commerce de Segunda Instancia.
Since the arrival of the Queen we have had illuminations,
fireworks, and " festa," every night. A beautiful temple of
liberty has been erected at the expense of one of the commercial
battalions, and Illuminated nightly, in a manner to rival the
Temple of Concord exhibited in the Park at the period of the
general peace.
A French frigate entered the Tagus the day before yesterday,
and fired the customary salutes.