The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-19 00:00:00

NEWS FROM PORTUTAL.

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Soirriinivri-ToN, MARCH 19.—The Peninsular and Oriental
Company's steamer Lady Mary Wood, Capt. Cooper, arrived
this morning at half-past nine o'clock, from Gibraltar, &c.,
bringing the following mails :—Gibraltar, Cadiz, Lisbon,
Oporto, and Vigo.
Her dates of departure are as follow :—From Gibraltar,
March 9th, Cadiz 10th, Lisbon 13th, Oporto 14th, Vigo 14th.
Ships of War lying at Gibraltar—The Locust steamer;
at Cadiz-,the Cigna (French) and Volage brigs ; at Lisbon
—her Majesty's ship Albion, French steam-frigate Gomare,
and one brig.
Passed the Lord of the Isles schooner, of Scilly, steering for
Lisbon, 13th inst., six miles south of theltracka Lisbon; and
the brig Beeswing, near Oporto, 14th inst.
Specie on board-12 packages.
The Lady Mary Wood narrowly escaped destruction on
Monday night. A large vessel, supposd to be an East India-
man under full sail, without lights, bearing down upon her.
Captain Cooper, who happened to be on the paddle-box, imme-
diately gave orders to turn the ship astern, which
order was with alacrity obeyed. Had not this been the case,
no doubt the vessel and every soul on board would have pe •
rished, as it was blowing a gale at the time. It appears that
no look-out whatever was kept on board the vessel, while the
Lady Mary was steaming easy, and had her proper look out.
LISBON, MARCH 12.
On the Bth instant a telegraphic communication to the
following effect was received by the Government, from the
Civil Governor of Coimbra, the seat of the University, viz. :
At half-past three this morning a part of the students
broke out into open insurrection. The detachment of the
14th Infantry, and the police-cavalry, assembled, and, at six
o'clock, A.M., after some firing, the rebels fled in different
directions. In the course of the forenoon this telegraph was
attacked by the rebels, who, after obtaining possession of
the arms, went away, leaving the glasses and the dictionaries,
and all the papers.
This news was confirmed by the post of the 10th,
which brought a dispatch from the Civil Governor of
that city, giving the details of the affray and stating
that two soldiers and three students had been severely
ounded in it. Since then it has been reported that the
students have re-entered the city and overpowered the
troops, after a short conflict, in which some lives were lost.
This, however, wants confirmation.—Herald.

RAPID TRANSlT.—Anitioriey's clerk may steam
it to St. Petersburgh and coach it to Moscow, and be back
before the long vacancy is over; av, though he do
Warsaw and Berlin by the way. *The shop boy in
Liverpool, after his Saturday's labours are ended, em-
barks his cherished person on board a steamer for
Dublin ; stares at Nelson's pillar in Sackville-street
and Wellington's obelisk in the Phoenix-park; and,
after hearing Paddy's opera in the cathedral where Swift
once presided, and visiting two or three meeting-houses (the
best schools for flirtation in the world, as is known to every
visiter to the Irish metropolis), he may re-embark about
bed-time—when he may reckon with tolerable certainty
upon being home in time to open his master's shop, at the
wonted hour, and soberly assume the cares and duties of the
week.—Modern Traveller.
It will be recollected that Inspector Fogg, of the
Thames Polic e,was charged with being concerned in smug-
gling a large quantity of tobacco. He was then suspended, and
proceedings in the Court of Exchequer for the recovery of
proportionate penalties were instituted against him. On the
trial the jury found their verdict against the Crown and in
favour of Fogg. The removal of his suspension did not,
however, follow this verdict. His case was referred to the
Home-office, and thence to the proper department in the
Treasury ; the result of all this consideration is, that Fogg has
just been dismissed altogether from the police force. Fogg
had been for many years a most active and respectable officer
on the establishment of the old Thames folice.—Observer.