The Sun.
London, England, 1832-06-11 00:00:00

EXPEDITION TO PORTUGAL.

ST. MICHAEL'S, MAY 28.—8 y the two packets
Alfred and Ebenezer, sailed from Falmouth the sth
and I lth instant, we received accounts of the in-
teresting progress of the discussion on the Reform
Bill in the House of Lords, and the nrws of the
resignation of the Grey Administration, and judging
front the aspect of things, and from the manner in
which public opinion had been pronounced upon
the question, the general impression here is, that
no new Ministry can Le formed to stand a week out
of your exalted Tories.

I shall willingly comply with your request in
giving you a full arid exact account of the expedition
on the point of departure-
1. Army.—l cannot possibly explain to you the
enthusiasm, discipline, and good order of the diffe-
rent corps composing the army, and the emulation
between the Portugese and French corps.
To •morrow (the 29th) an English battalion will
arrive from Terceira, as also all the remainder of the
Portuguese troops. Colonel Hodges and his officers
have shorn great activity and energy in bringing to
such a state of perfection in so short a time the
English troops. I assure you your Guards do not
excel them. But of all the things that which ex-
cites the greatest surprise is the parks of artillery. I
have never seen them in greater perfection; and you
know that I have seen some. They have obtained
180 mules, and 160 horses, which go in the expedi-
tion. There is also a battalion of officers carryite;
muskets, called the Battalion of Honour.
Squadron.—This is composed of 15 ships of war,
and 48 transports, all provisioned in the best pos-
sible manner. The two transports that were want-
ing with the stores (the Louisa and Wainbeek) are
now arrived, and have brought out all the stores, &co
that we wanted; so that with what we had already'
we have now, according to the report of the
commanding General of the arsenal, provisions for
at least six months, and a reserve of stores of all de-
scriptions suitable to an additional force of 3,000
men. Our naval force has been increased with the
schooner Skerret, now Eugenia, of 14 guns, which
is the most beautiful and complete thing imaginable+
and also with a Portuguese ship of 560 tons, arrived
from Lisbon, offered to the Government gratuitously'
which is now armed as a corvette. There is also t
flotilla of 15 gun-boats to protect the landing, an'
12 flat boats for the landing of the troops, brought
from England, and 12 others of the same descriptior
constructed here, by which means 2,400 troops wig
land at a time en ligne.
The army is all newly clothed, with the uniforoo
brought from England, sent by the commission
With the improved system of administration, and the
rigid economy introduced in the collection of the leg''
timate revenues of the islands, the Government, bat
during the last three months, received upwards ui
200 contos of rees (about 50,0001.), which has gtl'
perseded the necessity of drawing upon London 1
the pay of the troops and the squadron, which oft
paid to this day.
We have communicat;ons from Lisbon up to the
12th inst. of the most satisfactory kind. A ner
tiation has been opened requiring some concessiool
on the part of our Government. More of this anon
The day of explosion is at hand. The result
certain. By the 4th of June the troops will be 51
embarked, and every thing ready at a signal. T,i).
next packets, hourly expected, with the news of t,_!t,
formation of your Ministry, will determine when',
we shall proceed to Madeira first, or at once to r°l
tugal.

CAVENDISH, OR THE PATRICIAN AT SO
—." We regard Cavendish' as a very clever work, 11,
e cannot refrain from expressing our detestation of
system of literary burking, which has been atterreb
upon it. The author is a nobleman who preserve° to
incognito. He is a stanch Reformer, whether of 030
or general abuses, and the chief object of his work sego
to have been to do justice to the slandered character of
EDWARD CODRINGTON. The account of the battle
Navarino is an admirable picture."— Courier.
II
SETTING UP AND PUTTING DOWN.--- LOloi
LYNDHURST maintains that evety man has a right ton
down his opinions freely, provided they are honest. Ifl
a principle which, to look at his present sentiment., r
should say his Lordship had longago acted upon.--Fig
in London.

MRRED.
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On the 25th April, at St. J A
ohn's I,
Antigua, Mr. John oft
jun , to Miss Mary Caroline Wood, daughter of John n•
Wood, Esq., of that island. :.•••••

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