The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-06 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 5. —The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steamer, Royal Tar, Captain
Henry Foster, arrived this day, at two p.m. from
Gibraltar, bringing the following mails :—Gibraltar,
.1-n:y 27, 7 p.m.; Cadiz, Sunday, July 28, 10 a.m. ;
Lisbon, July 30; Vigo, Aug. 2, 4 a.m. Her dates
of departure are as follow :—From Gibraltar, July 27,
7 p.m.; Cadiz, July 28, 10 a,.m.; Lisbon, July 30,
5 p.m.; Vigo, Aug. 2, 4 a.m.
Ships of War l ving at G ibral tar.—Her Majesty's ship
Formidable, with flag of Sir E. Owen, the Caledonia,
the Albion, and the Heela steamer; the Albion and
Ueda left, at 10 a,m. for Tangiers. The Danish
frigate (10101).• Thetis, a id brig Nlercuriui ; the Nor•
weglati• frigatt,. ;and tit fee 17 trheli 5 tea i),-.•
oe

Vessels passed off the entrance to Vigo.—The Y.
and 0. steam-ship Tagus.
Specie on board.—About ten packages.
List of Passengers.—Lieutenant Anson, R.N., Mr.
Burney, Mr. Goodsir, Mr. Murdock, Mrs. Murdock,
Captain and Mrs. Beale, Mr. Ledsame, Lieutenant
Lord C. Butler, R.N., Mrs. Gordon, and four Misses
Gordon, and servants Lieutenant Douglas, R.N.,
Mrs. Garcia, Mrs. Richardson, Mr. Daral, -Lieut.
De Plas, (French Navy), Mr. Furby, Mr. Kendall,
Mr. Custance, Mr. Javares, Mr. Castilho, Mr. Demen,
Mr. Murdock's two servants, two soldiers of 79th
regiment.

LISBON, JULY 30.
By the ship Desengano, which arrived here from
Angola (on the western coast of Africa) on the 25th
inst., accounts have been received from Loanda to the
sth of June.

On the 27th of May an armed boat from the Por-
tuguese corvette Urania, had captured the Brazilian
brig Cacador, at the mouth of the river Dande, with
850 slaves on board. The prize was taken to Loanda
to be judged. Another Portuguese ship of war had
captured the Brazilian schooner Francelina, which,
though without any slaves on board, was found com-
pletely fitted out for the slave-trade.
The endemic fevers were raging violently when
the Desengano left Angola, and several Europeans
had fallen victims to them, amongst whom was Mr.
Thompson, one of the English Members of the Mixed
Commission. Mr. Clinton, the other English mem-
ber, having very imprudently gone out shooting seve-
ral days in succession, during the greatest heat, was
seized with the fever, in the delirium caused by which
he destroyed himself by cutting his throat with a
razor. He was buried at Ponte d'lzabel, near his
own residence, and was attended to the grave by all
the principal people of the place, the pall-bearers
being the Governor-General, the Chief Civil Magis-
trate, and the two Portuguese Commissioners.

The Portuguese officers, who emigrated into Spain
after the suppression of the recent revolt at Almeida,
have been informed by the Spanish Government, that
they must either quit the country, or submit to be
sent to Majorca and Minorca; and in consequence
of this intimation many of them have applied for pass-
ports to proceed to France. This step, there is no
doubt, has been taken at the request of the Portu-
guese Government.
The Finance Minister has succeeded in obtaining a
loan from the " Union Commercial," of 350 contos, to
be repaid out of next year's revenue, with the enor-
mous interest of upwards of 30 per cent.
The heat at present here is intense, the thermome-
ter being every day as high as 98, and some days up
to 100 in the shade.

The Duke de Palmella is recovering from his severe
illness.