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IN instant had ;heir head moaners in Marcia. On the
4th General Claticlffit would occupy Villa Real ; in the
Mean time Genera% pello, with part of the division, was
to occupy positions on the-heights of Barroza.
The rebels had, on the Sd instant, advanced to Mi-
randella, ravaging 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 General Silveira, Viceroy of Portugal !"
" Long live the union with Spain !" " Long live our
Atchcleke 1" There were not any desertions in the
troops of Mello and Claudino, but the greatest
spirit of fidelity and subordination. We suppose Ge-
neral Mello, as well as Claudino, have in view to defend
the line of Zamegor, to prevent the rebellion from ex-
tending into Minho, and delivering the unfortunate Pro-
vince 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 Pro.
'since. Notwithstanding this melancholy news, the
inhabitants of Porto ought not to be alarmed. This city
is guarded on the front and sides with valorous faithful
troops, and we ought to follow the courage which in-
flames the true lover of his country. Our enemies have
as many weak as ill-disposed; though they have in
view rapine, and what is yet more frightful, the de-
livering 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 har-
bour. On being informed no such vessels had been
dispatched from England, he still persisted in the cor-
rectness 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 addi-
tion to the letter we have given, contain little informa-
tion 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 blunder
for 1,50(1) is inconsistent with the hesitation which is
said to have taken place in the movement of the rebels
alter the pillage of Braganza. It was this pillage, and
the promise to the ragamuffins of a similar license at
Oporto for three days, that bad so alarmed the English
at the latter place.
The Maquis of Chaves's immense estates are chiefly
on the blond Aries of Portugal : he has great influence
with the Church ',Arty.

Several row-boats, to capture Portuguese property,
bad already sailed from Vigo, but' e suppose they will
Rot be particular as to the flag ; and what redress can
be expected after the property is in a Sranish port ?

As many names of Owns and places in Portugal,
whatever be the issue of the pre Ent struggle, will; for
some weeks at least, be 41 as familiar as household
'words° in the mouths of our readers, it may not be
deemed altogether useless to lay before them the fol-
lowing 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':
BNAGANZA gives title to the present Rork' Family.
It is a frontier town, of no great size or importance,
about a hundred miles, as the crow
.11 es, east from
Oporto. There is no reason for supposing that the
citadel could be forced by the insureents, unless from
want of provisions ; but if it be true, as was• stated in
the Impel cial, that the troops that had sought refuge
there were already reduced to feed on their horses, they
Cannot long hold out, for we may beassured that if the
fort affords small provision for the men, it affords still
less for their cattle.

VILLA REAL is aiout one-third of the way between
Oporto and Braganza ; in point of size Villa Real and
lintynnza are nearly alike. This town, be it obseived.
lies on the direct route to Oporto, and at no great dis-
tance from the left bank of the Douro.

• AMA RANTE lies thirty miles east trom Oporto. Under
present circumstances, this is a point of extreme im-
portance, as, by its situation on the right bank of the
D •urn, it will, if adequately defended, form a complete
cover to Oporto in its rear. if the rebels succeed in
forcing the passage of the Douro, there does not seem
any thing to hinder their immediate advance on that
town, which, if Amarante has. fallen, we may be
pretty certain has, by this time, followed its fate.

OPORTO, or more properly 0 Porto, derives its name
ft, m a city which fcemerly stood on the opposite
bank, of which it was the port or harbour. It ir, in
respect of numbers, the second, and, in every thing
else. the first city of Portugal. It stands on the right
bank of the Douro, at its mouth, and contains a larger
proportion of British population and of Biitish capital,
than perhaps any town on the Continent ; the whole, we
need not say, employed in the wine trade, which derives
its English name from the town where it is shipped, and
where it is generally stored. From Oporto to Lisbon h
about 180 miles, or three days good hard tiding. Of the
irruption of the refugees, in the centre of the frontier,
very little has yet appeared ; and we shall, therefore,
only notice those towns in the south, where the line of
match has been more specifically indicated.
VILLA
,VisosA, or Victor:4A, is a town in Alenl-tejo,
lying about 100 miles due east from Lisbon, and about
SO miles west from Badajos. If the notice which we
gave on Thursday, from the Journal des Debats, be
correct, the insurgent troops which have occupied Villa
Visosa, must be those who were so opportunely sup-
plied, by accident, with the arms sent from Badajos to
Merida, with the notable guard of a Lieutenant and 12.
men. According to other accounts, likewise given on
Thursday, they advanced to Estremoe, on the same
line of road, whence they declined slightly to the left,
and took up a position at Evoramonte. Estrentost was
at one time a very strong town, and contained above
7000 inhabitants.

EVORA is the capital of the province of Alem-tejo,
and one of the most ancient cities in the kingdom. It
is about 25 miles from Estremoz, and 15 from Evora-
-trionte. In marching to meet the insurgents in the
south, the Regent's troops, whether from false infor-
mation or otherwise, seem to have kept too far to the
right, for Evora, where they are said to have halted.

There are two •essels arrived from Lisbon, one in the
Clyde. and another in Ireland, the dates when they left are not yet
ascertained. Up to the present time, we have no direct information
from the above quarter, nor have we any repbrts.
It appears, by letters from Trincomalee of the 29th
of August, that Rear-Admiral Gage, Commander in
Chief of his Majesty's ships in India, had shifted his flag
from the Warspite to the Boadicea, from which ship
Commodore Sir James Brisbane had shifted his pendant
to the Warspite. The Commodore was to proceed in
the latter to Port Jackson, and from thence across the
Pacific to Valparaiso.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON. I

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1826.
STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

AU tho imaginary reports of Saturday, in the City, have entirely
vanished this morning. Consols, which left of on thtexclatat 784
for the Account, opened this morning at 791, afterwards were
done at 791, and have since risen to gni Q, owing to several
Brokers coming into the market and purchasing, in consequence
of an Express having arrived from Paris within this hour ; but the
contents have not as yet transpired, the report states it is of a
favourable description.
There is a general improvement in the Foreign market.
Current prices : Old Spanish 151 1, Mexicans 64 1, Colombian
33 35, Chilian 36 38, Danish 57 58, Greek 161 17/, Portuguese
70 72, Exchequer Bills 7 preen. Russian 82 83.

CITY, ONE O'CLOCK.

Within this hour, the Consol market is not so good as in the
earlier part of the morning, when they were done at 80* f ; since
which they have receded to 110 for the Account.
The Express from Paris brings the French Three per Cents.
at 67, after the fall in the English Funds, which was known at
Paris.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

The Consol market, which opened firm at 79i 1, and advanced
ultimately to 801, has, in consequence of heavy sales and various
gloomy rumours, receded to 791, with a very dull appearance. The
market has hers generally pacific until within this last hour, but it
now wears a heavy aspect.

In Foreign Stock Greek is on the advance, price quoted 18, favour.
able reports from Greece being in Circulation, and the low price
tempting people to buy. In the South American Stock there is not
much to notice, Mexican 6 per Cents. have toothed at 65, but have
since receded to 64, and Colombian 6 per Cents. are 33. Chilian
Bonds maintain the price of 38 sellers with great firmness, the small-
ness of this Stock rendering the Bears afraid to sell to any extent.
By the Portsmouth letters we learn the sailing of several trans-
ports for Cork and Lisbon, and the greatest activity stiU prevails in
the naval department.
In the Continental Bond% there is but little variation. Russian
Stock has been as high as 82k, and is now 614 ; and Danish, after
being 57, has settled at 561. Spanish Bonds remain, in a great
meaure, stationary ; and in no other Security can we observe any
thing of moment doing.
PRICE OF STOCKS AT POUR O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 199
3 per Cent Red. 781/2 79 781/2
S per Cent. Cons: Shut.
31 per Cent. Re). 84% 851/2
4 per Cent. New Shut.
4 per Cent. 1826. 94% 93% %
Long Ann. 18% 1/2
India Bonds 18
£l,OOO Excheq. Bills 7 $ 7
£5OO ditto 7 $ 7
two and £2OO ditto 10 8 11
Cons. tor Acct. 79% 1/2 807 As 79%
FORE( ON FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK.
Tlrazilian Bonds, 5 p Ct. 60 Greeit Bonds, 5 p Ct.
Milian Bonds 6 p Ct. 38 D0.80nd5,18k5,5 p C. 17 6* 71
Colombian itond., 6 p Ct. Mel. Isd 825,0; p. Ct. 631 541
Do. Bonds, 1 824. 34 31 Do. Acct. 64 51 4

1)0.Acct.34131 Pruss. 11.14. 5p C. 95 2e
Danish lionds,3 pet. 566 761 Russ. lids, UM, S p C. 132 e 1 e
BRITISH AND FORM N S!i Alt FS; TWO O'CLOCK.

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