The Sun.
London, England, 1832-05-07 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

(From the Liverpool Chronicle of Saturday last.)
By the Ann Paley, Captain Ito!stone, which arrived in f
port yesterday, we have received a private letter from List
of which the following is an extract :

LISBON, APRIL 18.

Everything here is going on much in the same way as for
these months past. Both sides of the Tagus are every day
having a fresh .supply of guns, and all the old hulks are fitted
up as floating batteries. If all are well manned and properly
defended, any enemy will have some work to do, before he 1:
in quiet possession of Lisbon.

The forced loan for Lisbon has-not been swallowed as qui.
etly as Don Miguel and his partisans expected. Annexed is a
state of the same up to the 14th inst.

933 Persons have paid the whole sum at which they
were assessed 369,977,(X9'
15 Persons have paid in part
218 Persons have given nothing, though assessed at 391,320,000
13 Persons have been excused, being foreigners 15,600,000

Total, paid and unpaid 804,300,000
Which in sterling money is £160,860

Several of those who have paid part, and others who have
paid nothing, have been sentenced to pay double their first as-
sessment, and also to be sent 60, SO, or 100 miles up the
country. None, of whom we have heard, have been caught
at present. If public report is to be credited, several of them
are on board the English and French ships of war, now in the
Tagus.

The non-commissioned officers of the army have been paid
up to the 31st of March last. The officers of the army have
not received any pay since the 31st of July, 'since which they
receive only monthly pay-tickets, which they are obliged to dis-
count at 30 per cent. loss, but this -is not expected to continue
much longer. The Royal Navy Officers have received no pay
these last eighteen months, and no one will discount their pay-.
tickets at any rate. The Royal Dock.yard men have stfuck
several times, but most of them have been prevailed upon' t.cr
return to their duty, by the all-powerful persuasion of the flats
of the police cavalry's swords well applied to their backs and
shoulders. These men have not received any pay since August,
and their monthly pay-tickets are ata'discount of 63 to 70 per
Icent. • The, Custom-house officers," and all in public depart-
ments, are without pay from six to eight, twelve, and eighteen
months. It is supposed there are 15,(100 regular troops, militia,
'volunteers, &c. &c,, about 36,000.0 r 38,000 within a few miles
'Of Lisbon (say 48 hours' march). What chance will Don Pe-
dro have when opposed to those veterans? But, to balance
the good fortune of Don Miguel, some people are foolish enough
to suppose that all of the 15,000 regulars are not stanch, and
will turn the first opportunity. And as the militia and the
volunteers have not had much experience, it •is expected that
they. will all run after the first volley.. The cavalry say, that
every man who goes oyer with, his shorse, &c., will receive the
full value of the same, and most people suppose this, with the
predilection for revolt, will be likely to have great weight.
Namea of the forts on the south side of the river Tagus :
Trafraria, 16 guns;- Bargio, 40; Traffaria, 4; Terra Volha,
4 ; Porto Brandao, 16; Almada, 18: total, 98 guns.
Forts on the north side of the Tagus :—Castle of St. George's,
13 guns ; Commercial Sq. (new mud fort), 4 ; Caes do Sodrie
Sq. (new mud fort), 4; Alcantra, 10 ; Belem, 16; Barn Sqe-
cess, 15; Cruz Quebrada, 2; Castrias, 10; Poe° d'Arcas, 6;
St. Juliano, 120 ; Cascaes, 20 : total, 220 guns.
Hulks as floating batteries :--Calypso, 18 guns ; Constante,
12; Pontoon, 10; Reinha, 32; Don Joso, 74 ; Isabel Maria,
22 ; Treze de Maio, 12; Providentia, 18.—The tree last-men-
tioned are seaworthy.

South side of the Tagus, 98; north side, 220; total, 318 guns.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.

' NEWMARKET, SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Although vastly superior in its influence to the Craven, the
ensuing meeting is likely to fall very short of it in Oompany, the
presence of many of the principal members of the Jockey Club
being indispensable during the adjourned debate on the Reform
question; the same reason will, no doubt, affect the attendance
generally. There will be no want of sport, for, independent of a
good list for the succeeding days, there are 13 races for decision
to-morrow. Messenger is engaged in one of the Stakes, and
Dariolettain another, but their opponents are not of a character
to give any particular interest to their running. Tuesday, how-
ever, is pregnant with importance to the betting world. In the 2,000
Guineas, Archibald, Mirabeau, Count Robinson, and the Rotter-
dam colt are engaged. Archibald, p 1 course, is the fay(
anti as his running is intimately connected with that of Beiram
and Margrave, the result of the race, or rather the manner in
which it is run, will give a tolerably correct cicu to their merits.
Archibald ran twice at Ascot with Beiram, beat him in the first
race, carried 31b. extra in the second, and was not placed. He
beat Bassetlaw and three others in the first October Meeting,
and ran a good second to Margraye for the Criterion. Beiram
and Non Compos are engaged against each other on the same
day • Count Robinson is in the stake, but it isnot known whether
Sir Mark Wood will start him for this or. the 2,000 Guineas.
Non Compos receives 31b., and has been backed to a considerable
amount. On Thursday the 1,000 Guineas Stakes will be run; the
Advance filly and Olga are the favourites, with a bad field. On
Friday we shall have tbe Newmarket Stakes come off: Beiram,
Messenger, Mirabeau, and Rotterdam are in it; their chances
will entirely depend on Tuesday's results. Gratis is in the New-
market Stakes ; but is " bottled up" for the Derby. There can
be no doubt that the week's races will occasion many highly im-
portant changes in the odds. The Cup challenge takes place on
Tuesday. This prize and the whip arc now in the hands of Lord
Chesterfield. It is not unlikely that Sir M. Wood will challenge
for them—Camarine would prove a formidable antagonist even to
Priani.

Very few arrivals have as yet taken place; in fact, there arc
few Noblemen or others now in the town who have not remained
in the neighbourhood since 'he last meeting. A few7were on the
heath this morning while the horses were out. Betting, in con-
sequence' is so slack that we can only quote the odds on the 2,000
Guineas Stakes :-
5 to 4 agst. Colonel Peel's Archibald
3 to 1 agst. Mr. Itidsdale's Tyke.
The late rains have proved very beneficial to the ground,
which, at the commencement of the last meeting, was harder
than we have known it for many years.
The races for to-morrow are as follows :
Handicap of 10 sovs. each (to name this evening )
Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h. tt. D.M. Eight Subscribers.
Mr. Grant's f. by Partisan.
Lord Tavistock's Custard, c.
Duke of Richmond's Hyder.
Mr. Tkornhill's Sal colt.
Lord Lowther's Messenger.
Colonel Cosby's Count Robert.
Mr. Lumley's Panthea colt.
Sweepstakes of 100 soya. each, h. ft. D. M.
Mr. Cook's Herrier.
Sir M. Wood's The Marshal.
Lord Lowther's Fawn colt.
Mr. Houldsworth's Corset.
Sweepstakes of 200 sovs. each, h. ft. R. M.

Camarine receives 75 sovs. each from Vestris and Rubini.
Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each. R. M. Eleven subscribers.
Mr. Batson's Harriet colt.
Mr. Wilson's c., by Bolter.
Lord Orford's c. by Emilius.
General Grosvenor's Santillane.
Mr. Hunter's c. by Gustavus.
Mr. Cooper's Will Scarlet.
Mr. V ansittart's Darioletta colt.
Sir Mark Wood's the Marshal.
Sir Mark Wood's f. by Middleton.
Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each. T. M. M.
Lord Worcester's Coulon, 9st.
Lord Verulam's Vestris, 7st. 71b.
Captain Byng's Ciudad Rodrigo, 7st.
Sweepstakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft., fort: yr. olds. T. Y. C.
Mr. Dilly's Lady Fly, 7st. 71b.
Sir 11. Dick's Fuga, 7st. 101 b.
Mr. Grant's Fatima, f. 7st. 41b.
Mr Osbaldeston's Peter Pindar, 7st.
Lord Verulam's Tredrille, c.fist. 101 b.
Sweepstakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft. D. I.
Mr. Chifney's Rowton, 5 yrs. Bst. 121 b.
i%lr. Stonehewer's Variation, 4 yrs. Bst. 41b.
Mr. Greatrex's Schumla, 4 yrs. 7st. 101 b.
Gen. Grosvenor's Sarpenden, 3 yrs. 7st. 41b.
Duke of Richmond's Conciliation, 3 yrs. 7st.
Lord Exeter's Bohemian, 3 yrs. 7st.
MATCHES.
200 sovs. h. ft. D. M.-Lord Chesterfield's c. by Whalebone,
agst. Lord Slane's Minster, Bst. 70). each.
100 sovs. h. ft. T. Y. C.-Mr. Henry's Margaret, agst. Mr.
Shard's May Fly, Bst. 41b. each.
100 sovs. h. ft. D. M.-Lord Chesterfield's Kittums, Bst. 71b.,
agst. General Grosvenor's Kitty Fisher, 7st. 91b.
100sovs. h. ft.-Lord Wilton's c. by Waterloo, Bst. 41b. agst.
Lord Lowther's Scurry, Bst. 21b. First half of Ab. M.
100 sovs. h. ft., B. N.-General Grosvenor's Icaria, f. Bst. 71b.
agst. Lord Tavistock's Aspasia, c., Bst. 21b.
100 sovs. IL ft., T. Y. Z.-Mr. Henry's Agreeable, as. 101 b.,
agst. Captain Itous's Lioness, Bst. 21b.

KINGSTON-HOUSE-ROOMS, SUNDAY NIGHT.
In consequence of many of the Nobility being obliged to leave
to-morrow to attend Parliament, the Handicap race is postponed
till Tuesday, and the match between Farce and Adam Brock,
brought forward for to-morrow, snaking up twelve races for one.
day. The Duke of Portland and Lord Chesterfield have paired
oft; and two or three others are on the " look-out," to avoid the
necessity of quitting an amusement snore congenial to them than
debates. A match for 500 each has been made between Prian
and Emancipation for the Houghton meetimg, T.M.M., the
former giving 91b. It is thought by many good judges that
Emancipation has the best of the match. The match for to-
morrow between Lord Mountcharles's Minster, and Lore Ches-
terfield's c. by Whalebone, is off, the former receiving forfeit.
Sir M. Wood's Galantine pays to Mr. Rous's Lioness.

MALTON CRAVEN MEETING, MaM 4.
Sweepstakes of 30 sous. each, 10 ft. for colts and fillies rising
2.yr old colts ; Bst. 51b.; fillies Bst. 21b. Half a mile
Mr. Walker's gr. f. Augusta.... (Templeman) 1
Mr. Watts's ch. f. by Blacklock 2
Mr. W. Marson's gr. f. Vesta 3
Mr. T. E. Dyz,on's b. f. by Blacklock 4
Mr. Attwood's b. c. by Tinker . 5

Won easy.
The Cottage Stakes •of 5 sovs. each. ; I2st. each. Gentlemen
riders. Once round and a distance.
Mr. E. H. Bowser's b. g. Barrister
Mr. R. Bowser's br. h. Ferdinand 2
Mr. G. H. Thompson's b. m. Prosody
A Maiden Plate of 504 for horses of all ages.
Mr. J. Etty's b. f. Voluna (Nicholson) I 1
Mr. Tarlton's b. c. SparrOwhawk 2 2

THE KING'S THEATRE.—On Saturday
ifizaaboefitaan,
a entertainment,
mutilation
o fconsisting
B a rbie r oe!
tissement, was performed here. Mad. Puzzt was in much
thetnhige hfistercsaotnnsdc cute
apce Pi
on°fdtie ballet of Masaniello, and the Diver
better voice on this occasion than when we beard her be-
fore in Matilde, and, except in regard to power and energy,
lost nothing in comparison with her yivale, In the Bar
biere we had the consolation to hear Madatne.C.tNn DA-
MOREAU a second time. She was encored, as before, in
" Rhode's Variations," the subject of which she gave with
peculiar feeling. V. GALLI is not fortunate in Figaro:
Why does he sing the bolero so rapidly? If his voict
were all that might be called divine, its attraction woul
be neutralized by the painful asthmatic effort on which h.
forces himself. His acting is also ungracefully exag.
gerated. If he would do the whole thing in a more quiet
manner, he would be much more successful. The extract
from Nasaniello. waa as absolute pis alter. - ,

t:

COLLIERY DISTURBANCES AT NEW-

CASTLE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT )
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, May 5.
The inhabitants of this town were yesterday thrown
into a state of great excitement by a report that some men
had been killed in a contest between the pitmen at
Friar's Goose, a colliery on the south side of the
river, about two miles from Newcastle, and the po-
lice. This rumour appeared likely to be well founded,
from the fact of two men galloping down Gateshead. end
through this town, to seek the assistance of the military.
The off& turned out to tc not quite so serious. Mr. For-
syth, the Town Marshal, with a considerable body of the
p slice and special constab!es, went down the river in a
steam-packet, about eight o'clock yesterday morning, for
the purpose of ejecting the pitmen at Friar's Goose, and
their families from the houses they occupied there, which,
by their engagements with the coal-owners, they agt cod
'to quit on the 19th of April. 'the officers had fire-arn sa
with them. Oa their landing at Friar's Goose they founti
an immense number of the pitmen assembled in front of
their cottages. The Town Marshal, in their presence,
served out to his meniliwo rounds of c trtridge and swar-;
shot, and begged the colliers to commit no breach of tt
peace. The police then proceeded to turn out some of the
people and put out Their furniture. This went on .for
some time withr.,tut much difficulty, till Mr. Forsyth (the
Town Marshal) went to Mr. Easton's house for some rc-
freshment The pitmen soon saw the advantage thus af-
forded:them, and having observed that a part of the police
hatrilePosited their arms in a house used as a guard-house,
they rushed down in great numbers, overpowered the
sesttry, and cart ied off the guns. They then assailed all
the police with stones and other missies. 'The noi.,se
brought Mr. Forsyth to the assistance of his men. On his
way to them he was knocked down, and on rising. he wi
again knocked down. With great difficulty he at length
reached his men; they were most unfortunately situ& ,
being at the foot of two hills which were occupied by their
assailants. Finding their lives endangered by the brick-
bats showered upon them, they fired upon the crowd;
then made a way out and gained a rising ground to the
eastward. They then sent off expresses for the military-;
who speedily reached the spot, attended by twol‘Dgis'
trates, the Mayor of the Castle) (Archibald, Reed, Esq.
and Mr. Collinson, the Rector of Gateshead. -The Mal
had by this time, in a great measure, dispersed. Three
or four of the pitmen are known to be wounded—it is
supposed there are several wounded. Mr. Forsyth, (the
Town Marshal) is severely wounded in the head and le,.
Upwards of forty persons are in custody charged with
the riot. What is to be the end of these disturbances
God knows.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
think that you, and all the friands of' the Bill,
should confine the case to very short and intelligible lan.-
guage. It has been loaded with a great deal too many
violent expressions. Sir, I was always a very moderate
Reformer, and I thought the Bill went too far. I have
watched it, and mid a great dell on the subject ; I arn
quiet looker-on, I never attended a public meetlng ; but X
now see the whole matter clearly ; 1 am satisfied z;!:
that is the case, and that Lord Grey is truly the ete,7,
sound headed friend to his country that his warmest a-,
mirers have held him out to be. Sir, we have heard of
late much of cordons sanitaires ; now, I. conceive that
Lord Grey has wisely raised the ten-pound freeholders tO
a highly-respected status which they did not held before ;
that they will feel that to be the case; that they will, of
course, separate themselves from the mob, and will be-
come a valuable addition to the aristocracy of the country ;
and, in fact, form a cordon sanitaire round the Consti!u-
tion, which, I have no doubt, will at some future period
he the immediate means of preventing our valuable Gm-
stitution from being overturned by the mob.
Should Lord Grey unfortunately be induced to raise the
qualification to 15/. or 201., he will truly enlist all those
who, by the vote of the House of Commons, had a good
right to conceive themselves raised to the invaluable pri-
vilege of freeholders, into the party of the mob, and they
will be more dangerous than ever, as they will feel they
have been degraded and cheated, and these must generate
revenge !
_ _

Sii; let the franchise remain as it is; other sacrifices
may be made to gain a sufficient number of proselytes to
carry through the Bill without creating Peers; if so, Lot d
Grey will truly have saved his country. It must be carried.
PROPHETA.

Modern Athens, April 27, 1832.

We hear that the appointment of Dr. GREY
to the vacant Bishopric of Hereford was made by the KING
in the an3st handsome manner, doubtless as a compliment
to Lord GREY. His MAJESTY, in making the commu-
nisation to the Minister, is understood to have said, as
GEORGE 111. did to Lord Norm' with -respect to the
Bishop of WINCHESTER, " It is my wish, and I can take
n 3 denial." We are informed that Mr. MERFWETHER has
ben appointed to the Deanery of Hereford. He is the
QUEEN'S Chaplain, and said to be a favourite of her
MAJESTY. The Dean of EXETER is very ill. We hive
not heard who is to have the rich living of Bishopsgate.
We learn that the ratification of the Belgian
treaty by Russia has ben accompanied, like those of Ass.
trig and Prussia, by certain conditions with respect to the
future modifications of it, and that they are pointed out
is a more precise and definite way than in the instance of
the other two Powers. It is distinctly intimated on the
part of Russia, that the article relating to the internal
communications, whether by the roads or canals of Hot,
bud, cannot remain part of the treaty; and also, that
the article relating to the division of the debt must under-
go material alterations, one of which •is that of capital-
izing it. The term is not a very intelligible one, but what
is understood by it is, that Holland cannot permit her cre-
ditors to be referred to Brussels for the payment of a por-
tion of their interest, but will require instead, either the
creation of a capital strictly of Belgian origin, or the pur-
chase, at a fixed price, of a portion of the capital stock of
the Dutch debt.— Times.

By a vessel which arrived this morning from
Terceira, with despatches from the Regency of DONNA
MARIA, we learn that the whole of Don PEDRO'S forces
which were in the highest spirits, had been concentrated
at St. Michael's, for which place the Regei t, Don PEDRO.
took passage in the Superbe stmintr on the afte.noun cf
the 26th ult., with the intention of proceeding thence to
Porto Santa, where the naval and military armament
would rendtzvous, previous to making on attack on Ma-
deira, which it was intended should take plsce at the
earliest possible moment. The island of Madeira was
understood to be very much straitened for provisions.
Don PEDRO was in want of transports for conveying his
troops. It is stated in a private letter received from Lis-
bon, that six transports were fitting out in the Tagus for
the purprse of taking reinforcements to Madeira, and that
they were expected to sail on the 2d instant,—Falmouth
Packet.

MOST MELANCHOLY OCCURENCE.-
About three weeks ago, Misses Mast and IsanEr.t.a.
BAINE, daughters of the late Rev. Mr. BAINE, of the
Gaelic Chapel, Greenock, came from Edingburgh with
her brother to reside at the bridge of Allen for the benefit
of the health of the younger sister. They lodged with
Mr. JAMES Millonsiv, and their brother left them about
a week ago, delighted with the change for the better that
had taken place in Miss ISABELLA'S health. On Tuesday
forenoon, about eleven o'clock, • the two sisters left Mr.
M'RoBBIE's, as if for the purpose of taking a walk on the
banks of the Allan, and perhaps bathing. They were ob-
served by the workmen at Airthrey mills, in passing, to,
be lively and in good spirits, and little aware of the prema-
ture fate which awaited them. 'Little more than an
hour afterwards, a young gentleman residing in Bridge of
Allan, in going up the east side of the river with his
ing rod, observed at some distance before him, something
that appeared like a towel or small table-cloth spread out
on what is termed the "Fishers' Green," at the head of a
deep pool called the "Black. Pot," where the _river is con-
fined within high rocky banks covered with wood. He
shortly after found that what had attracted his attention,
was a quantity of female attire, which was recognised at
a single glance as the dresses of the two young ladies whom
he bad seen the day before, and whom he knew to be
strangers. On the alarm being given at the Mills of
Airthrey, a little way down the river, Messrs. A:Mom:IE
accompanied by their workmen, and many of the
neighbours, hurried to the spot; when it was ascer-
tained, by means of a barge that had been kept for the re-
pair of the dam dyke, that the young ladies had indeed pe-
rished. They were dimly seen at the bottom of the river,
within two or three yards of each other, in a place about IS
feet deep. On their being brought up the younger was found
in her bathing dress--the other in her usual dress, with
the exception of her bonnet, shawl and shoes, which were
found upon the green along with her bathing dress. It is
conjectured that the one, in going in, had slid over a
for perished
their i
recovery,
the at-
tempt.
dangerous quick-sand into the depth below, and that her
ut
sister, who was preparing to follow, on seeing what had
happened,
All hadln
eiaunssh
wereed t p
to hreormr
under the able superintendence of Mr. J.
RUTHERFORD,
surgeon, but in vain ; for by this title they must have
been at least two hours and a half in the water. The de-
ceased Were'io the bloom of youth—the elder apparently
not mere than twenty, and the younger under eighteen.
—Caldonian Mercury.p"tleyueusbel