The Sun.
London, England, 1823-09-18 00:00:00

.PORTUGAL.

1
LISBON, SEPT. s.—Of the fleet from Bahia,
which sailed on the 2d July for this port, only
three ships of war, and, about a dozen other INS-.
'gels, have arrived here. The Captain of a ves-
sel that arrived at Oporto in fifty-two days from
Bahia, save the following information in answer
to the questions put to him—he had brought no.'
Mail, nor any Journals..- Th 4 greatest confusion
prevailed at Bahia in consequence of the evacua-
tion of the place by the Portuguese troops, and
*be sailing of the squadron. The Government
'FEE unsettled, as the Civil and Military Govern-
* mot had withdrawn. lie had himself sailed on
the td of July, with all the other vessels that
were in the port, full of troops and passengers,
the latter, fearing the insults of the Brazilians,
were going to different ports in Europe, Spanish
America, and even Brazil.—He sailed two days
.iu sight of the vessels which left at the same
time ; did not see on his voyage any squadron or
ship of war ; the Bar of Bahia was blockaded by
the squadron of Rio, consisting of seven sail
Lord Cochrane,. its Commander, was on board
the Martin de Treitas.

The information given by the ships that have arrived is such
AS makes all classes very anxious for the safety of the remain-
der of the fleet. Many passengers assert that Lord Cochrane
has been very successful in the pursuit ; and that he has plun-
dered several of the richest ships, And even disarmed the sol-
diers In several of them ; and they add, that he emptied their
s►ater-casks to oblige them to put into some port short of
Lisbon. .

It does not appear, tram the accounts hitherto given, that
there was any action between Isord Ct,...aratie and the Portu.
squadron attending the convoy.
There is a report that a largo frigate, commanded by a Capt.
Taylor„formerly in the English service, has approaChed within
a few days' sail of the TagUs, and boarded the Grand Para, a
large merchantman, of this port,
On the. oth of August his Britannic Majesty's frigate the
Hussar Arrived nine days, from Plymouth, with his
Execßoxy Sir Edwaid Thornton, Ambassador from his Bri.
tannic Majesty to this Court.

UM Excellency Laving the honour to be personally In high
etstecm with our Sovereign, big arrival cannot fail to prove the
means of still inorc altily consolidating the friendship subsist-
jag between the two nations.

Sly Gorge Kafir* is 'expected -shortly to invest his Ma•
jetty with the Order of the Garter ; and the French Am.
imteador will; in a few days, iilvest his Majesty wltb the
Order of the Holy °boat —Don Michael wilt receive the same
honour. •

The Ambitasador of the Netherlands, Viscount Quaber.k, ar
rivgl on the Net onboard the Scheidt frigate, from Gibraltar
seri Ran Lunar.

Among the vessebi from Tishia, the for de Tigo, which
anivca on the Slat, had 181 soldiers on board wko were dis-
armed ; and the Captain in person waited on his Majesty to
romnwricatc this to him. There are no further accounts from
Madeira ; but, it is said, there are some rather unpleasant ac.
counts from St. Michael's and Terceira. However, we have
plenty of troops to spare, if they should be necessary. An ex.
pedition to Para and Maranhatn is talked of, but nothing is yet
determined upon.
There are unhappily numerous robberies in some parts of
this interior. Last week, Mr. Whitney, a, merchant of this city,
agent to Lloyd's, being on his way from Vigueira to Lisbon,
jte W.IS attacked by two banditti, armed with double barrelled
guns. A ball from one of theta entered in his groin, and set..
t 1.41 in his back. .
6.—Mr. Whitney died on the 31st ult. The blockade,
or Cadiz by the French fleet, is officially announced; with a
strict prohibition against any vessels clearing out from any port.
in 'Portugal for that place.