The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-09 00:00:00

PORTUGAL

LISBON, APRIL 3.—The Diario of this day has not
yet been published ; and the following very laconic
piece of information was all that it gave the public
yesterday, on the subject of Almeida,
" Viscount Fonte Nova, in a dispatch, dated the 29th
ult., states that all the batteries in front of Almeida are
ready."
By telegraphic signal from Oporto we learn that the
cannonade against the town began on the 30th.
General Mango, the Spanish Governor Of Ciudad
Rodrigo, which is a fortified town about 16 miles from
Almeida, on the other side of the frontier, has issued a
proclamation to the following effect, viz :-
Ist. That as long as the troops shut up in Almeida
continue to resist, no person will be allowed to enter
Portugal from the province of Salamanca, except at the
village of Bispo, which leads to Val de la Mula, where
the troops of her Most Faithful Majesty are posted.
2. That any persons seized in attempting to cross the
frontier at any other point will be punished as a con-
trabandist.

On the 30th ult. were cancelled and destroyed, at the
Board of Public Credit, 175 contos worth of Exchequer
bills, issued in October, 1842, and 15 contos of paper
currency. This act was performed in the presence of
the Finance Minister, and several merchants as witnesses.

Her Majesty's ship Malabar, 72, Captain Sir G. R
Sartorius, arrived here this morning from the Mediter•
ranean, on her way to England.

NEWMARKET RACES.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
NEWMARKET SUBSCRIPTION BETTING-
ROOM, MONDAY NIGHT.

The result of the 50Sovs. Stakes caused an immediate
reversal of the positions of the two favourites for the
Derby ; in the morning the Ugly Buck was at 4 to 1
and Rattan at 5 to 1 ; this evening they offer to take 4
to 1 about Rattan, and to be 6 to 5 on him against the
Buck ; the very easy style in which he was making a
complete spread-eagle of his horses justified the change,
and, as we have before observed, will make " bad hedg-
ing." The subjoined quotations will show two or three
other changes in this race, as well as in the Chester Cup
prices.

TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.

Even on The Ugly Buck

5 to 1 agst Keeley

• CHESTER CUP.
12 to 1 agst Pagan 20 to 1 agst Red Deer—taken
13 to 1 agst Roscius '25 to 1 agst Sir Robert
13 to 1 agst Cattonite 27 to 1 agst Everton
14 to 1 agst Pharaoh ,30 to 1 agst The Prior
17 to 1 agst Bramble—taken 50 to 1 agst Collina—taken
20 to 1 agst Freedom

DERBY.
[6 to 1 agst SirG.lieathcote's 25 to 1 agst Cockamaroo
lot—t 30 to 1 agst lonian
7to 2 agst Rattan—t 4to 1 130 to 1 apt King of Gipsies
9 to 1 agst Ugly Buck—takel33 to 1 agst Bay Momus—t
5 to 1 135 to 1 apt Campanero—t
8 to 1 agst Orlando—taken 40 to 1 agst Mount Charles
6 to 5 offered on Rattan agst the Ugly Buck.
TUESDAY'S RACES.

Riddlesworth—The Duke of Portland's, Mr. Wreford's,
and Lord G. Bentinck's colts are scratched.

200 Sovs. Stakes—Flycatcher filly and Miss Whip filly
have paid.
New Match for Friday—Duke of Bedford's Minotaur,
9st 51b, agst Mr. Payne's Audrey, 7st 51b ; T.Y.C. ;
150, h ft.

KENSINGTON. - Last evening the Kensington
" Easter Dinner " was revived, after some years' discnn-
tinuar_ce. At half-past five upwards of 100 gent:emen
sardown to an ?excellent repast in the Assembly-room
at the Crown Hotul. Mr. Archdeacon Sinclair, the
vicar, took the chair, supported on his right by Sir John
Conroy, and on his left by Colonel Fox. Messrs. Ches-
terton and Belworthy, the churchwardens, occupied the
vice-chairs. There were also present, the' Rev. Mr.
Pitman, the Rev. Mr. Irons, the Rev. Mr. Sherman, Mr.
Holt, barrister-at-law, Mr. John Percival, and amst of
the principal inhabitants of the parish, including several
DissentgrS.