The Sun.
London, England, 1831-09-13 00:00:00

LISBON.

The following is the memorial addressed by oar
merchants to Mr. Hoppner, the British Consul :--.
" Lisbon, Aug. 25.
" Sia, —We, the undersigned British merchants, find
ourselves under the necessity of troubling you, however
unwillingly, with a statement of several occurrences which
for some time past, and particularly of late, have threatened
very materially to commit our interests in this country,
and which, if they do not amount to a direct attack on
our properly, are equally ruinous in their consequences.
" We beg leave to state to you, therefore, that several
native merchants and shopkeepers indebted to us for pro-
party to a consider a' le amount have of late been arrested,
not in the regular course of justice, nor even for erimes
alleged—far less proved, ag iinst them, but apparently
at the caprice of a set of ruffians of the lowest descrip-
tion, supported by the police. There is every likelihood
of this system being carried to still greater length, And we
have therefore the strongest reason to fear that the majority
ofaour t
hdeeyb
trade
principally
debtors will l beruin e d
on; a noulr capital, itis evident As it is well known
ththat we shall eventually be the real sufferers by the ex-
cesses we complain of, and from which the laws of every
country are bound to protect those who live under their
jurisdiction.

Within the last few days these outrages have been
carried to a pitch hardly ever equalled in a civilised
country, armed men having entered the shops of our cus-
tomers, assaulting and wounding the owners, and de-
stroying their property, injgriea undoubtedly brought upon
them, in a great rneaLue, by their known friendship to
the English.

_
" This morning a part of them entered the premises of
a respectable shopkeeper, beat his clerks, and destroyed
part of his property, openly assigning as their reason for
so doing that he possessed British protection, to which he
waa entitled by his partner being a British subject.
" These circumstances have naturally caused a great
alarm, not only from the evil they have already occasioned,
but from the fear that they are only a prelude to direct
robbery, particularly as the system of extorting money by
threats has already been acted upon.
" Having submitted these grievances to your considera-
tion, we have only to add our earnest request that you will
be pleased to adopt such measures as you may deem ex-
pedient for speedily affording us that protection' which we
so much require, and which we should look for in vain
from the Government of this country.

" We hayq the honour to be, with the greatest rt speet,
" Sir, your most obedient humble servants.
To R. B. Hoppner, E.q.x Ilia Britannic
Majesty's Consul-General."

The late Bishop of WORCESTER first obtained
a mitre in 1797, when he was consecrated Bishop of Bass.
Tor,. His Lordship was translated to the see of Hereford
in 1803, and in 1808 he succeeded Dr. Hutu) in the dio-
cese of Worcester. His Lordship is sad to have been
somewhat unpopular in Worcestershire.

The City Coronation Concert and Ball, which
was announced for yesterday evening, is, we see, post-
poned to Thursday next, the 15th inst., in order that ad-
ditional attractions may be introduced, and to give further
time for the preparations. The Committee who have the
management appear to be exerting themselves to the ut-
most, and certainly the programme, in its present state,
presents both novelty and attraction. The profits (if any)
will be awarded to Mr. Baooxits, a person who took a
great interest in the cause of the distressed I. ish some time
since, and who experienced a heavy pecuniary loss in en-
deavouring to aid their fund, by giving an extensive ball
at the Freemasoa-hall.