The Sun.
London, England, 1830-10-12 00:00:00

PORTUGAL

(From the West Briton.)
LISBON, SEPT. 18.—Sinee I wrote you on the
Ilth inst., the Government has steadily pursued its
ferocious course against ell who are even suspected
of holding lib, rat opinions. The ecirisequences re-
sulting from the atteinpt of Charles X. to rule de,-
potiektily in Pramie appear to make trio haptessioa
on Miguel end his Cabinet. So far is this tyranny
eartieth that It i 9 deeitid a' high Crifist fot those in
the employ of Government to itilithriir at the mode
in which they are paid— f payment it can be called
—by tickets payable at six months. These tickets
weie formerly discounted at 30, 40, and 50 per
cent.; about a fortnight since the rate of discount
rose to 75 per nentl but now they cannot be dies
counted on any ferias. Stich is tke coAdence re 4
posed in the stability and resources of the Govern-
ment. Between two and three o'clock in the morn-
ing of the 15th, the Royal Marine Barrack was
visited by a strong ploy of soldiers, when upwards
of forty of the inmates carte seized and conducted
to prison; not one of these union melte% it is said,
knoWs for *hat he hes ht!th taken upv except for
being a suspected -Malhuda. LaSt week t‘Vo
lies arrived here from the Brazils. There were
eleven persons—men, women, and children; they
have all been sent to prison, on the alleged ground
of their not having regular passports ; but the real
Ouse is believed to he, to ensure silence On certaitl
topics. About ten days since, a young man named
Manning arrived here from Cotk, having a regular
passport from the acting Portuguese Consul there.
However, he was taken into custody and sent to
Belem Castle, on the alleged ground that his pass.
port was not regular. The British Consul
applii.d fbr his release: but, like most of
the appl.cations from the same quarter, the
remonstrance was unattended to. Happily
Me. Manning found a more influential protector in
the Rector of St. Patrick's College, who made a
spirited remonstrance on the illegal detention of his
countryman. Mr.' Manning was set at liberty, after
haVing been incarcerated in a loathsome priFon for
three days. Every night for this week arrests have
been made ; last night upwards of 40 persons, roost
of them shopkeepers, were taken up. Yesterday a
quantity of ball-cartridges were sent to the barracks
of the infantry, to he kept there, lint not distri-
buted unless in case of emergency. Three nights
since the police visited the house of Lieutenant-
Colonel --- : not finding him at home, they
took his son, a lad under 17 years of age, into cus-
tody, and questioned him as to where his father
was to be (mind. The lad said he could not tell.
Suspecting that his ignorance was feigned, they ap-
plied the thumb-screw to extort a confession, and
the poor youth, in great agony, mentioned such
howes as his father usually kept-wed. A search
was made aceordinely ; but us it proved unsuccess-
ful, the father being nio.t probably apprized of the
intention of the Government to arrest him, the
ruffians returned to the house where they had left
the son in custody, and applied the torture so vio-
lently, as to force the blood through the ends of
his thumbs, in order to extort a confession as to
the place in which his father was concealed; but,
though this treatment was continued for some
hours, they did not succeed in their 'object ; the
youth either did not know the place of his father's
retreat or he heroically persevered in not discovering
it, and up to yesterday noon the Colt:islet had eluded
the active search of the police. This day an impress
of seamen commenced for the purpose of mewling
the Diana frigate, which has been prepared for
another cruise off Terceira, in order to enforce the
blockade of that island. It is hoped that the ty-,
ninny of the Government here will not last much
longer. Miguel must fall, from the want of money,
which it is utterly out of his power now to procure.