Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-10-03
FROM PORTUGAL.

burn, from London, ~e have the fofts"ou"
Iegraph Of the Goth Of August. This paper o"es
not contain any later intelligence 'ro" i.o"o""'
than was received via Liverpool. The following
from Portugal. looks unfavorab'e to the cause "
DON Pedro Nv Com
On Monday last we gave to our readers the
Important fact that the siege OF OPorto wa. 'a''
ed; this information vas brought by the Inna'
surveying ship. since when we have the SParro"
and Raven Cutters From what we can ga
Their, there is no doubt but that Saldanha, VINO
commands q, Oporto. has wofuIly neslec 10
seek for information from the enem"s 'he
aopears that about the 50th ult. Marshal bour-
mont silently despatched 5000 OF bis BEST troops
and a quantity of heavy artillery, from the at
tack of Opurto, under Gen Clouet. keeping sun
I'D all the appearance Of a vigorous siege; anu Oh
the 9TH inst himself followed with 1000 men -
Nothing was known of this movement ethrr al
Oporto or Lisbon until eight days after' wheh
their occupaiion of COimbra was announced 'o'
gether with the still more important fact' tnal
the Duke de Cadavai had also reached the same
position, with at least 600 troops, 10 TAR eonu'
ton.
Saldanha. instead of being quiet IN this inter-
val ought TO have made determined sorues upon
the remainder of the be.ipsing army; ana " ne
knew the fact Of its reduction in numbers, IL oe
speaks either that he is lukewarm in The cause
or that the Ptdrote force in 0porto Is lar from
br,po an effective one We fear the latter must
be the case as the besieged party. six days after
they were apprised of the Abandonment OF the
MirueI,te lines had not made the least demon.
strstion to advance beyond the mere taking up OF
the position evacuated bv Bourmont; nor was It
even known there that Bourmont had desPatcheu
a furce to the s0uthward, the true reason, we
hope. why SaIdanha bad moi been more active.
According to appearances. Napief's Hee' will
yet have to save Portugal for the Young Qreen,
and il is well for her cause that she has so aoie
partiZan; on him will fall all the exer'i"ns 10
transport SaIJanha's force to the quarter where
il will be the must useful. To strengthen the
Duke Of Tsrceira's left bank. Napier had DIES.
patched his small craft to blockade the rivers
and harbors between the Tagus and the Donro.
A bad feature, however, evinces itself IN the Al
garves and the Alenteju.; Lagos and St Uhes.
So lately rejoicing for the cause OF ID 'nna Mars,
have neither Of them defended themselves against
the attacks Of small guerilla parties who have
devastated these ts o places in the name Of Don
Miguel. The fact is Miguel is preferred to Pedro,
and the young Queen. with PaImella for her min
lister to either. The Spanish prince Don Carlos
was with Miguel at Coimbra. and they had been
joined there b, the Spanish Ambassador IN dis
gui-e though he ostensibIy affected to leave LIS
BON in Spanish frisate for Spain.
From Paro.-Capt. Green. Of the brig Re-
becca, at New York, in 90 days passage from
Para, Informs the editors oi the Courier, that
every thing was in state Of confusion when
she sailed. A new Governor was hourly expec-
ted to arrive in frsa,e from Rio Janerio.
and his arrival. it was thought, would be the
signal for an explosion between the contending
parties. The ior'ifi atoms OF Para were recrlv.
Jog considerable additions. The U. S. sch"oner
Enterprise was living there reiiIting. her officers
and crew all we'll II s'ves u pleasure to notice
the courteous conduct of Captain Cotton. Of the
British sioop Of war Race Horse, who finding
on his arrival at Para that appearances indicated
a violent commotiun, assured the American resi-
dents of his desire in case of necessitv, to az.
ford them aud their property all the protection
in his power.