The Sun.
London, England, 1832-11-05 00:00:00

THE DERBY, 1833.

General Grosvenor has sold Glaucus to Mr. Rid.dale
for 3,000 guineas. He is now at S to 1 for the above
Stakes, and first favourite.

THE LATE DERBY.

It will be recollected that the last Derby was won by
Mr. Rids&le's St. Giles, and that Mr. Vansittart's Perion
ran second ; th it Mr. Vansittart claimed the stakes, on
the ground that St. Gies was disqua.ified, although it had
been decided both by the Stewards of the Jockey Club
and the Stewards of the Races that he was qualified.
Law proceedings were talked of, but subsequently a more
satisfactory and sportsman-like course was agreed on, viz.,
by referring it to his Grace the Duke of Richmond, the
Earl of Stradbreke, and Mr. C. lareville, than whom
more honourable or competent arbitrators could not pos-
sibly have been selected. The "cause" was hard at
Newmarket on Saturday morning, and a " verdict" given
in favikur of Mr. Ridsdale—damages 2,6751. There can-
not be two opinions as to the propriety of settling tuff
disputes by refeience to persons conversant with the laws
and usages of racing. The case just noticed, clear enough
to sporting men, involved a question of pedigree that would
have puzzled the twelve Judges. It has been concluded in
a manner highly creditable to both p irties.

A great fall took place ire the price of bread in
Paris en Thursd , the 41b lo4f, best quality, was only
sous, or something lss than five pence. In London
the same loaf, in what are called the best shops, is, we
believe, ntarty double ! " They manage these things better
in France." Since the year 1826 bread has never been so
low. On February 1, in that year, it was down at the
same price, and so rem lined till August 15. In 1822 it
was 11 sous, but did not rennin so for any length of time.
In 1E304 it was only nine sous the 41b. loaf.

PORTUGAL.

(From the Times.)

OPORTO, FRIDAY. NIGHT, OCT. 26.

I embrace the opportunity of the El eneie)- cutter,
a .
which lately arrived here with troops, returning to Eng.
land, as experience has taught me the vanity of now hoping
for a regular communication by packets, the reverse being
directly the case ; and that, too, since we were promised
weekly arrivals. When I wrote last I mentioned that
another attack upon the town was expected to take place
upon this day, the birth-day of Don Miguel. It has, how-
ever, passed over in even a more quiet way than our days are
ordinarily passed here, as, with the exception of salutes rsf
21 guns at day-break, noon, and sun-set, in honour of the
anniversary, our tranquillity has been undisturbed.
Having thus at first assured you that all is well here, I
shall briefly sketch the incidents which have occurred
since my last letter. On Saturday the Consul removed his
office from the factory house, two shells having fallen
there, and caused some danger. On Sunday Mr.
MtDonald, of the Childers, again went out to the lines
on the north, with a communication for Gaspar Teixeira;
and, as usual, was met and received courteously by the
officers of his staff, amongst them the General's son.
They, in the course of conversation, did not hint at
the renewal of an attack similar to that of the 29th, but
said that they had 4,000 shells now ready, with which,
and red-hot balls, they would batter the town, and
see what effect that would produce. This was told
evidently for the purpose of getting circulation in the
town, but it produced no effect save a feeling of indigna-
tion among the people, who are, I may say, man, woman,
and child, thoroughly roused, and whose resistance would
be desperate should the almost impossible event of the
enemy's forcing an entrance occur. The threats of the
I%liguelites, like many others made by them, have not beef)
followed up by acts, as their bombardment has been
more slack than usual, and though seine mischief has at
course been done, it has been infinitely less in proportion
than during the preceding weeks. On the same dal,
(Sunday) two gentlemen from this town went to Lech'
and were permitted by the sentinels to pass, notwitbatand'
ing strict orders to the contrary, as the country people
are proaibited from passing the lines, in or out, under the
penalty of 150 stripes, and the women to receive 10°
palmatorios, or slaps on the hand. These gentlemeat
however, being foreigners, were not subject to any in''
dignity, but, on the contrary, allowed to return freely,
and unharmed. The object of the Consul's cum;
municatien to Miguel's General, was,—that as he had
refused the Fez as neutral grouni, he might alloy/
Matoziahas to be fixed upon for that purpose, es it Wal
removed from the banks of the Douro, and yet was neer
enough to the town to allow British merchants to watch
over their affairs. This was also refused, as the Generet,
said it might come within his line of operations ; and that, "
moreover, were it even allowed the British to reside there,
they must be excluded from all intercourse with the city'
which he must hold in a strict state of siege. Thus Boa'
matters now, anti thus are British lives and British pre'd
perty subjected to 'all the hazards of war and siege, ea
likely so to continue, unless our Government will take
some decided step to enable the m rchants here to r
their wines, worth 1,000,0001., out of Villa Nova. ICP:
Monday night a party went over from this side to th
opposite shore, entered one of the wine lodges of the
D, uro Company, and brought back more than elf
pipes. Tejo enterprise was conducted (principally
course protected by millitary) by a celebrated bee'
,
queiro or lighterman, named Jose de Mello, who a*
0 i called king of the boatmen here, and whose eV;
thins even before his feats of this week had been rewarf ,
be his being created a Knight of the Tower and Sol
All t ,e boatmen are strenuous Constitutionalists, el:
even during the most iron times of Miguel's rule, o. eel!,
expr. seed their opinions, arid nevertheless did not itiee,,
hat punishment which was sure to await any one, of sej
other cl ,ss in society, who should d ,re to whi-per librfr
sentiments. On Tuesday, Wednesday. and yesterdll
p irties from heie continued in open day. light, to hri
away their wines, meeting with some, but not great OP;
Intim' ; the ant goni.ts in some cases, meeting within 1,
walls of the store, and Miguel's euards b-ing constsoV,
beaten ; so that up to yesterday, the parties frord,too -
ci•y were enabled to bring away between 500 and hp,
tpiiapneys,
.ao.svuipcpelliwe htioch
twheillarbmeyg. re
()Any
Tptuiersedda,yator9o,l;pl:
arrived with abaut 250 troops from England, and ort.'o,
preceding day a French ship arrived from Brest,
hay, &c., fur 150 horses shipped on the day pr n
e;,
nag her d• parture f ,r the constitutional service. S i
shells were thrown in on this night, one of which, t
understand, fell on a house in the Rua .ie TaypiA, O
wounded some ladies of a very respectable fam ly. N ,tl3la
of import ince occurred durin the early part ce. 'Weill°
day, but at eight o'clock at night we were again tree"
With an at,ack upon the Serra. It was very beet°,
to look at, and the firing from Miguel's troops was ,
the first quarter of an hour very brisk. It, hover
soon slackened, and they were, as usual, repulsed 0,,
points. Altogether the affair lasted stout an hour and
half. and the origin and nature of the attack have P.' ,
rise to a great numbs of stories. The most feasible
have heard amongst them is this, that some of the ilt 1
mints just come up front Lisbon, sneered at their fell
soldiers for having teen so often defeated in their ats
ot,
and decl,red that they would themselves take the convro,
'Dirk offer was not refused, and it was decided that
belle,
prise should be attempted. This was of course to hf,ik,o,
a profound secret, but an old woman of Villa .1: I
whose son is in the Serra, overheard the conversatoPo
edit
two officers in the afternoon, instantly made her war ,Se
the banks of the river, and found a boat, in which re
ctos-ed. On her arrival, breathless with haste, 'rbe
ported the facts to a gentleman, who instantly itpriveet,
Government, and notice was sent across to the canto ie
where the garrison awaited the approach of the ea; set
silence. Of the result you are aware. It is added'
with what truth I know not, that part of the plan L° the%
prise was for a body of Miguelites to approach wituto tlit
arms reversed, as .f for the purpose of coming over did:
cause of Donna Maria, and that on their gaining.' the
sion they should overpower the guard and adari!ta
companions ; that in consequence they were pernuti_fre
come clese up, and then fired on with deadly :iO.,
" Si non even; e ben trovato," and it ay havet, al.
as in the battle of the 29th, two parties acttlo'L.ed i
took each other's intention in the same way, and 0.:0,%0
friendly co ,versation, until a questi in from Major Al" ,j,
turned their short friendship into active hostility' do
en, my's loss has not been ascertained, but is n°
~
considerable ; and I yesterday met a man from Villa NW
who stated that the number of men badly wounded , (1
great. The artillery from this side, sweeping 0.
both flanks of the Serra, and the precision with Whittoi
mortars, thrown over the convent upon any body C,O
against its front, makes any attempt en that point a_'
chimerical, and what crotchet it is which induce
Miguel's officers to knock their beads against it 111
passes my comprehension.
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rinhabitantse seiscene.obnabar,
whenever
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would be attacked in the evening, and the GoYeo
answer was that he only feared he should be disapp?;,
as he could promise the enemy a sound drubbing II er,
"sncwFftwu'heos alsonimarinawzi furniture,
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for they did not come. This day has, as I have jaiineli
passed ever quietly, but the enemy's troops tveri.en'ai i
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report
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hateheniikdsn i morning,
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reallyiteatqa
been
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ctoolbnee'a
nngweduphent to morrow ; that ''', a ate
upon a new plan of operations I eieesb oyduuatwyn
'so;
aeutltnsl idiaaaorrlntfli eoltptyha,oedyn eventsvtl:g: dhcg}e:lrl,64:bei.l:
idea of attack on the line-, but strictly to hi oe t'°
town, prevent all ingress and egress, continuend of 0
mtl'
bardment, and, if possible. secure the coa batfe.,
harbour, either by taking the Fuz, or by erecting
01
at the Opposite side.
As to Don Miguel, the reports are various. ojii ,o
day last his arrival at Coimbra was ann.tuneei
~ inte°
army. Iriumplial arches wet e erected along hi Ma!)
route, but are, I think, likely to wither before be 00
the army with his presence. It is reported he.retoolir
hot returne,, to Lisbon, either in con-etuence(4,oalb
ing of Lord William Russell's servant, or some 'or f
there. With respect to the operations of the viii Dell
rally, I will repeat my conviction, that there s sod :
general attack unless Don Miguel conies 00 ofoe
,oilbtful if there will be one even then. The a"ti pre
Teixeira said the other day that they were os4 •
winter quarters for 'he troops; and this report ate
confirmslop; /ed by a gentleman who passed

Vallongs to Matozinhas, and who says they are even so
particular as to glaze the windows of the houses they are
building. Long lines of str.w.covered hu►s are visihle
along the aide of the hill of Ag 0,19 S,nctas, their head-
quarters, hut it is the opinio” here ,hat such covering will
be of no avail when the had weather, scarcely ever SD long
protracted, sets in The transport of stores will he im-
possible, and when the freshes or floods come down, the
Douro will he impas•able ; whether they will choose to
have communication with the south thus cut off, 1 cannot
judge, but there is every reason to conclude that the pre
sent state of things must la,t for a coissideralde time.

SATURDAY MORNING.

I gave up writing last night on ascertaining that the
Ebenezer would not sail before the afternoon of today,
and shortly afterwards a sharp firing began along the river.
There is now no neutral ground, and the fire came down-
wards from the Convent of St Antonio across to this side,
not paying the slightest respect to vessels of any nation.
I bad just come aboard the vessel in which I sleep, when a
lighterman was shot in a boat alongside, and died instantly;
a man in a brig alongside us got a bullet through his hat ;
and all hands were ordered below in all the vessels during
the fire, which lasted about 20 minutes. This was
about half.past eight o'clock, and I then learned that a
similar fusilade had taken place ab.ut 12 o'clock yesterday,
but fortunately without any injury save to the rigging of
some of the ships. It is thus plain that there is no secu-
rity for neutrals. Nothing occurred during the night,
except the ordinary routine of throwing in shells and round
shot which have not, however, dine any mischief. Fires
take place every night at Villa Nova, but how caused I
am unable to say. Two light pieces and a howitzer arrived
yesterday to Don Aliguel's army, f rim Almeida. They
have not as yet got up any heavy battering guns, their
largest guns being 18-pounders. Two days since two
vessels, one with 35 Poles, and another with 120 French
volunteers, came in. The foreign brigade is now very
strong, and altogether Don Pedro has a thousand men
more now under arms than he had on the 29th of Sep-
tember. G. D.

Colonel Cotter has arrived in London from Oporto on
his way to Ireland, for the purpose of raising a battalion
for the service of the Queen, which is to be composed
entirely of Irish, and to be called the Queen's Own Regi-
ment.

SAILING OF THE COMBINED FLEETS

" PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY AFTERNOON, NOV. 4.

" The combined squadrons of France and Eng Lind got
under weigh at 2 o'clof!k to-day with a fair wind, for the
Dutch coast. It consists of the

Donegal 74 guns...Vice-Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm

Captain Fansh awe.
Talavera 74 guns... Captain T. Brown.
Rover 18 guns... Commander Sir W Young.
Satellite lB guns...Cammander Smart.
Snake 18 guns.

Suffren 9O guns...Rear-Adml. Ducrest de Villeneuve,
Captain Kendrain,
Melpomene 60 guns... Captain Rabaudy.

Medee

44 guns... Captain Troude.

L'Ariane 32 iuns...Cai)tain Le Roy.

Creole 24 guns... Captain Dubreuil.
The Castor, S 6; Vernon, 50; Southampton, 52 ;
with the French frigate Calypso, 56, and Resslu, 44;
will join them in the Downs, which anchorage these ships
will reach at daylight to-morrow morning; the Larne, 18
guns, Captain Sydney Smith, will follow to-morrow, and
the Conway, 28 guns, Captain Eden ; and Volage, 28
gym, Lord Colchester, will sail on Wednesday ; the
Revenge, 76 guns, Captain Mackay, joined the corn
bined fl et at St. Helen's from Lisbon; she will com-
pl.te her water to-morrow, and join the fleet without re-
fitting; the Nimrod 18 guns, is ordered to Lisbon. The
Radumanthus steam frigate this morning brought up sea-
men for the Spartiate, 74 guns, an 4 has since sailed to
join the combined fleet.
" It is impossible to give you an estimate of the various
feelings which prevail d among the many hundred spec-
tators, gre.t part nsval, at the sight of the tricoloured flag
ailing in unison with the British union."

TURN-OUT AT MACCLESFIELD.

SATURDAY. NOV. 3.

About three weeks ago another '• turn-out" took place,
fur, we presume. an advance of wages, though there is a
mystery about the origin of this " strike," which the
weavers themselves seem hardly to undersrand. But that
an advance was their oh**, we must conclude—for they
insist upon a scale of prices (comprised in a list which is
put forth), • airulated at such an advance as the masters
find it qui'e impossible to o.,mply with. The " turn.out"
became general and for sou'e time past tl,e sound of a
shuttle has not lien head in the town. Much ill-Beeline
has been t enericed. and much iticirepte,writation gore
abroad. Tom popular clamour wit.. directed mainly
against one particular fi m. which subs quent i. quiry
pro.ed to be groundless. One Front of this ought to be
mentinued; the firm in question, it has been admitted by
weavers, was a• the period of the tuin-iiut paying n.arly
one sixth more en th produce of 600 looms in Alaccles•
field than another firm, to which no obloquy art ched,
was paying on 300 looms in the country ; although a
much higher price was paid by that firm to some half
dozen looms in the town !

At the commencement of the present week there ap-
peared no prospect of the differences being adjusted.
Several of the neighbouring gentlemen, grieved to witness
the distress which the weavers had brought upon them-
selves and their families, then stepped forward and offered
themselves as mediators. In their presence a meeting of
the masters and a number of the bands in their eery/0y took
place, when the former unanimously declared it impossible
that the prices put down in the list could be maintained.
It was then agreed that a meeting of the employers and
a given number of the men from each establishment should
take place on Thursday last, in the presence of the gentle-
men who had offered their mediation. This design, how-
ever, was partially frustrated by the "Committee" of the
weavers, who, unfortunately for the interests of the labour-
ing class, possess too great an influence over them. The
proposed attendance of the men was prevented by threats.
A few of them, however, did attend, and a conference of
some hours' duration took place. Another meeting was
fixed for the following day, and it was agreed that the
masters should then he prepared to state what prices they
would consent to pay for weaving.
In the interim a meeting of the operatives was held at
their place of rendezvous, when, at the instigation of the
" Committee," it was determined that the persons ap-
pointed should not be allowed to attend, and that no
terms should be list-ned to unless offered through the me-
dium of such individuals as the " Committee" should
appoint for that purpose.
We understand that the manufacturers, at their meet.
ing yesterday, came to a firm and positive determination
to abide by the terms which they offered to the men, well
knowing that the state of the market prevents their giving
any advance; and convinced that unless some assimilation
to the prices of weaving paid in other manufacturing dis-
tricts takes place here, that this important branch of the
trade will be entirely lost to Macclesfield.

We cannot close this narrative (our distant reader must
bear with us, for the subject involves the mainten ince of a
large portion of the inhabitants of this town) without an
expression of regret that ouring this dispute a system of
lawless intimid.ition has been prar•tised. Many peaceable
men, who were desirous of continuing at their entpkyment
have been deterred by threats of personal violence, and
actual violence has indeed been committed. The houses
of the workmen have been beset by numbers, and their
windows broken. The Magistracy have, however, deter-
mined to suppress any further outrages that may be at-
t,mpted.--illacclesfield Courier.

HECKMONDWIKE MARKET.—There was a
great deal of business done at this market last Monday,
and low skin wools, of various descriptions, were much in•
quired after. Broke and Nods were likewise in much re-
quest, and a small advance was obtained. The blanket
trade in this neighbourhood, we are happy to say, is in a
very flourishing condition.—Halifax Express.
STATE OF TRADE.—We cannot note much
alteration in the state of trade, this week. We may ob-
serve, however, that the same activity still prevails among
our spinners and manufacturers, and the same eagerness
to purchase is still visible amongst our merchants. Tile
woollen trade is certainly a shade better, and rather more
business has been done in it lately. Low stout broad
cloths, about Bs. per yard, are a little adv 'need in 'nice,
and the demand is increasing. The stuff trade is very
brisk, and the prices for six quarter wide merinos and
(O'er fine light goods, are advancing. The merchants, at
Br adto.d market, last Thursday, were heard to complain

of the scarcity of merinos of these dimensions, and they
were con.equently prevented from doing so much business
as they wished. The se,rcity of merinos, in widths of
six quarters. is owing principally, we understand, to the
expense of altering the loom., which wool:: co.t on an
average about four pounds each. It is thought, how-
ever, that, it t! e manwacturers will advance to a number
of their weavers a sum adequate to such an alteration, it
would ultimata. greatly redound to their advantage, as
from various reasons, the demand for such goods is 11‘..1),
to be Hutch more permanent than is general), believed.—
Halifax Express.

Arrived.

0 America 0
0 Brazil

O Buenos Ayres 1
O Carthagena 0
2 Dublin 0
O Flanders 0
1 France 0
O Guernse, &Jersey 0