The Sun.
London, England, 1826-12-18 00:00:00

, (Prom the Supplement to.thelmpareinl of the 7th.)

O. .
4.--The following news, was received this
morning, which, for the information of the`Publie, we hasten to
publish :

- The brave Valdez, and his faithhil soldiers, after the most vi-
gothus resistance, were obliged, by hunger and want of mu-
nition, to capitulate, awl were sent to. Spain, not willing, on
;thy account, to accept of the advantageous offers that the rebels
made them. >

Braganza was reduced to ashes, after being sacked by the rebels,
who committed the most horrid enormities.
Jenerals • Mello and Claudino, not having arrived in time to
a,,sist the brave Valdez, retreated ; and on the 3d inst. had their
head-quarters in Murcia. On the hth General Claudino would
occupy Villa Real ; in the, mean time General Mello, with
part of the division, was to occupy positions on the heights of
Barroza.
The rebels had, on the Sd inst, advanced to Mirandella, ravag-
ing the country, as they passed, so much so that they appear more
like an army of barbarians than Portuguese.
The exclamations given by the rebels are—" Long live our Ge-
neral, Silveira, Viceroy of Portugal !"—" Long live the -union
with Spain !"—Long live our Archduke !"
There were not any Alesertions in the troops of Mello and
Claudino, but- the greatest spirit of fidelity and subordination.
We suppose General Mello, as well as Clauditio,- have in view to
defend the line of Zamegor, to prevent the rebellion from ex-
- tending into Minho, and delivering the unfortunate province to
the fate which had frightened their inhabitants.
The General of Becon has taken the necessary steps that the
spirit of rebellion should not reach that province. Notwith-
standing this melancholy news, the inhabitants of Porto ought not
to be alarmed. This city is gUarded ou tke front and sides with
valorous and faithful troops, and we ought to follow the courage
Which inflames the true lever of his country. Our enemies have
as many weak as ill-dispo►ed ; thiough they have in view rapine,
and, what is yet more frightful, the delivering of their country to
a foreign faction.

The Captain of one of the merchantmen which left Oporto on
the Bth, states that he met with two steam-boats with English
troops on board, entering the harbour. On being informed no
Such vessels had been despatched from England, he still persisted
in the correctness of his assertion, which appears to confirm the
report of troops being sent from Gibraltar to Lisbon, and from
thence to Oporto. The private accounts, in addition to the letter we
have given, contain little inforthation to be relied upon. The
numbers of the rebels, and the motley group from Spain, are
stated at, 15,000 men ; but this number (unless it is a mere blun-
der for 1,500) is inconsistent with the hesitation which is said
to have taken place in the movement of the rebels after the pillage
of Braganza. It was this pillage, and the promise to the raga-
muffins of a similar licence at Oporto for three days, that had so
AMC! the English at the latter place.
The Marquis of Chaves' immense estates are chiefly on the
boundaries of Portugal : he has great influence with the Church
party.

' 'Several row-boats, to capture Portuguese property, had already
sailed from Vigo, but we suppose they will not be particular as to
the flag; and what redress can be expected after the property is
in a Spanish port ?

As many names of towns and places in Portugal, whatever be
the issue of the present struggle, will, for some weeks at least, be
" as familiar as household words" in the mouths of our readers,
it may not be deemed altogether useless to lay before theip the
fidlowing very short account of the localities, and of the bearing
and distance of a few of them from Lisbon and from Oporto,
upon which the march of the insurgents seem to be principally
directed i--.

BKAGANZA gives title to the present Royal Family. It is a
frontier town, of no great size or importance, about a hundred
miles, as the crow flies, east from Oporto. There is no reason
fur 'supposing that the citadel could be forced by the insurgents,
unless from want of provisions; hut if it be true, astwas stated in
the .I'mm/raid, that the troops that had sought
.refuge there were
already reduced to feed on their horses, they cannot lung hold out,
for we may be assured that if the fort 'affords small provision fur
the men, it effords still less for their rattle.
Villa Real is about one-third of the way between Oporto and.
Rtagatiztt ; in point of size, Villa heal and Braganza are twarly
alike. This town, be it obserVed, lies on the direct route to
Oporto, and at no great distance from the left bank of the
Douro.

Amirante lies thirty miles east from Oporto. Under present
circumstances, this is a point of extreme importance, as, by its
situation 011 the rigid bank of the Douro, it will, if adequately
defended, form a complete cover, to Oporto in its rear. 1f the
rebels succeed in forcing the ilauage of the Douro, there does not
wvin soy thing to hinder their itumediate advsnee on that town,
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