The Sun. — 1835-02-16 (London, England)

PORTUGAL.  (From the Correspondent of a Morning Paper.) About eight o'clock on the night of the 30th of September, at Peniche, whilst Colonel Morales was sitting playing at cards in his own quarters with two other Spanish officers, serjeant Santos, of the Portuguese artillery, and three others of the same corps, knocked at the street door, which was at the time open. The Colonel, who was in an inside room, rose from his seat to see who was knocking, and having opened the door of the room he was sitting in, which opened into that which led into the street, the serjeant shpt him, and lie died in less than one hour. Colonel Morales was about 60 years of age, had received several wounds in former wars, was Governor of a province in Spain, and a man of high character, rank, and consideration in his own country. He emigrated, together with the other officers and men who accompanied Don Carlos out of Spain, none of whom ever fired a shot in Portugal, and must have been included in the arrangement made at Evora with Don Carlos. The assassin was well known, and the transaction was officially reported to General d'Abure the following morning, of which he took no notice. It was reported to the Fort Adjutant, a Portuguese officer, who said it was well done. The assassin himself admitted having committed the murder, and boasted of having received the approbation of the Governor, in consequence of which confession he was discarded from the serjeant's mess, and all further intercourse with the serjeants of the Queen's Own Irish. The transaction was reported a second time by Colonel Honner to the Governor, and it was stated that sufficient proof against the parties who committed the murder could be produced, notwithstanding which the assassin was permitted to go at large. A few days after this atrocious deed was perpetrated, the destruction of the two officers who were present and witnessed the murder was fixed on, and made no secret of by the assassin himself, in consequence of which the intended victims made their escape over the walls the night before they were to have been murdered, as did several others who were marked in a similar manner for destruction. In consequence of these occurrences several Spanish officers waited on Colonel Honner and demanded his protection, detailing at length , the source from which they derived their information of I their intended murder. For some days he endeavoured to pacify them, and convince them that they must have been mistaken. However the Governor became more restless and vindictive ; he was constantly stating to Colonel Honner his having intimation of a conspiracy amongst the Spaniards and the people of Peniche to surprise the citadel. Upon every one of these occasions the Colonel endeavoured to persuade him of the improbability of their having any such intention, as they must know that it was impossible they could succeed. He constantly requested of the Governor to alio* him to make prisoners of any persons he suspected, which he always objected to, thereby proving that the cry of a conspiracy was merely a plan got up in the Government-house to form a pretext for further assassinations, which opinion was strengthened by the fact that he desired Mr:Brown, the Adjutant, to prevail upon the men of the Irish to murder the Spaniards whenever they