The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-21 00:00:00

LISBON, SEPT. 6.

(From the Times Correspondent.)
The enemy made a smart attack at daybreak yes-
terday morning upon the defensive works in the
neighbourhood of St. Sebastian, extending their
examination of the lines to the left as far as Cam-
polide, near the aqueduct. The chief point of
assault was a redoubt at the former place, the pos-
session of which by the enemy would have facili-
tated their march into the city by the road leading
from Bemfica. The quinta of the Marquis de Lou-
riga' is about half musket shot from this spot, and',
its extensive gardens, crowded with evergreens and
thick underwood, stretch out to the foot of the
eminence on which the redoubt is formed. These
circumstances, in addition to the terraced nature of
the ground itself, enabled the assailants to approach
within 50 yards of the fortification, without being
much seen, or exposed to any very serious fire from
within the scarcely marked out lines. It was into
this retreat that the enemy marched a considerable
body of men, who then had nothing more to do
than straightway ascend the hillock and gain pos-
session of the redoubt, it being defended by merely
a handful of men. This task was attempted twice,
and on each occasion a ricketty column reached
within a few paces of the redoubt, but were driven
back disheartened by the flash of musketry in their
faces, and the heavy reserved fire they were exposed
to from other parts of the line the moment they
emerged from the concealment of the garden.
All this time a tremendous discharge of musketry
was kept up by the enemy's force occupying the
quinta and garden, as well as from that in front of
the lines, as far as Campolide, where they likewise
attackad with sufficient courage, but in that scat-
tered disorderly manner which has been so often
tried at Oporto, and found ineffective. This point
was defended by the Irish battalion (the only foreign
troops engaged), and, I need scarcely add, that the
enemy was beaten away from this as from all other
quarters. This affair Bourmont will probably call a
reconnoissance : if it were one, his officers must have
been very near-sighted, or desirous to take a very
narrow survey of the line, or they threw a good deal
of gallant behaviour away. They galloped about to
animate their men in the most impudent manner,
and this morning there are 17 dead horses, on all of
which officers of the enemy were mounted yester-
day, strewed about in various directions close in
front of the lines. Two wounded horses were cap-
tured and brought into the city.
The enemy's cavalry appeared on the neighbour-
ing heights, but took no part in the combat, nor did
ours pass outside the lines, although they were all
ready for action. Colonel Bacon was very desirous
to have a dash at them. The Lisbon National Bat-
talions were under fire for the first time in the
trenches, and behaved very well ; indeed, there was
nothing like skulking on the part of the inhabitants
—all seemed equally anxious to evince their hos-
tility to their late masters in one way or another.
The loss on our side rather exceeds 400 men in
killed and wounded; that of the enemy I have no
means of ascertaining, but it must have been much
more considerable, as, in addition to those who fell
in coming up to the attack, they must have suffered
to an equal extent in their retreat to their own po-
sitions. The sth Cacadores made twenty-one pri-
soners by surrounding a house in the evening. Don
Thomas Mascarenhas, who was governor of Oporto
at the period of the battle of Ponte Ferreira last
year, was killed; General Valdez, the Adjutant-
General, had bis arm broken by a musket ball; and
several other good officers were killed or wounded.
The Emperor was in one of the batteries in the early
part of the action, trying his skill in pointing the
guns ; but a man being killed within a yard of his
side, he was threatened (although Commander-in-
Chief) to be put under arrest unless he consented to
retire from the field, which he did.

During the combat a gallego was intercepted
hearing a letter from the Condesa de Povoa to a
chief of the opposite party, pointing out the situa-
tions that were considered by her friends here most
favourable for an attempt upon the city. He con-
fessed his crime, and was shot by a file of soldiers
on the spot.
This morning half the population of the city has
visited the scene of action, the enemy's picquets
having retired from its immediate neighbourhood.
When I reached the spot they were buisily en-
gaged in burying the dead and in pulling down
stone walls about there, which the enemy had loop-
holed to cover them in their work of yesterday.
About one hundred and sixty of the enemy's dead
remained there. As it is not one wound in ten that
is almost instantaneously fatal, as those of these
poor deluded creatures must have been, an idea may
be thence formed of the total number of killed and
wounded. One of the bodies, that of a French
officer, was said to be the son of Bourmont, who
has been slain twice or thrice already; it had light,
almost carroty hair, with a little tuft of a beard,
something like that of a Charles I.,in Vandyck's tri-
plicate portrait of him, with remarkably small feet.
LISBON, SEPT. 7.—This morning, about seven
o'clock, the enemy marched down to the Palace of
Ajuda, where Don Pedro held his levee the other
day, and occupied with their forces that neighbour-
hood. Their picquets do not extend so far down
as the river, therefore the road along its bank to
Belem is still open, but the greater part of that
village is in their possession. This being outside
the lines, there were no troops to oppose their pro-
gress, and shortly afterwards a regiment of Migu-
lite cavalry was reviewed in the fields to the left of
the palace. One of this regiment with his horse
came over to us, almost as soon as he was placed on
picquet. The next proclamation which Don Pedro
has to publish for his brother will probably be dated
from the palace of Ajuda, where it is said Don
Miguel sleeps to-night, that he may assure the
country people that he has regained possession of
his capital.
The steam-boats Countess of Pembroke and George
the Fourth are expected with troops from Oporto
hourly, but as they still remain out, the marines
were landed from the Don John this afternoon.

The Government of France has recognized that
of Donna Maria, appointiag M. de Lurde (late
Fthreerch DiplomaticdiutiesofAiiristeAg
Minister
untilent in O
the
earproivrato) to exercise
lofthe
Mar-
quis of—(I forget), who will shortly proceed to this
country as Ambassador from the Court of France.
The packet which brought out M. de Lurde's cre-
dentials did not call off Oporto, where that gentle-
Loan is, therefore a slight delay has occurred in the
official notification of the recognition on the part of
that country. The Answer of Admiral Parker to
the suggestion of the British merchants, that marines
might he landed from the squadron, and placed as a
guard over the India-house and Custom-house, as
the most important depots of British property, has
been received. The Admiral promises to do ell in
his power for the protection of the interest of his
Britannic Majesty's subjects, but avows that his in-
structions will not permit him to land the marines,
except in the event of a " certain contingency" that
is left to be guessed at.
The Don John is anchored off Alcantara, the ex-
treme left of our lines ; the Don Pedro and Raiuha
(of the line), off Belem and Fort St. Julian. The
Chronica of to-day, No. 38, contains a well-written
semi-official account of the action of the sth instant.
The desertions from the enemy within the last three
days have been between 40 and 50 in the whole.
I have heard from a person worthy of confidence,
that the Allguelites are short of ammunition, which
was the reason they made so little use of their artil-
lery during the late engagement.

(FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.)
LISBON, SEPT. 7.—1 mentioned in my last that
Don Miguel's head-quarters were at Cabega de
Montachique, which turns out to have been correct,
as will be seen by his proclamation of the 2d of
September, addressed to the inhabitants of his good
city of Lisbon. So little, however, do his threats
or promises cause any reason of fear to Don Pedro,
that he has ordered it to be publicly circulated,
acting thus on a plan far more liberal than his bro-
ther, whose constant aim has ever been to delude

the people by false representations and deceit, the
result of which has been to make his bulletins the
laughing-stock of Europe, arid to cover him and his
partisans with vexation and shame.
The deceptions thus practised towards his fol-
lowers are really so very ridiculous that it is a won-
der how they can suffer themselves to fall so often
into the same snare : thus, not only on the present
occasion did he hold out the assurance that the
inhabitantsof Lisbon were ready to rise in his favour
immediately he should attack the city ; but they
came, poor fools, under the impression that they
had only to meet In the field the small army from
the Algarve, and a few Lisbon volunteers, and that
a ,Russian and American fleet were off the Tagus to
give an account of Napier's little fleet.
Thus buoyed tip have they been brought to
within sight of our intrenchments, Don Pedro's
army gradually retreating into the lines ; and on
Wednesday evening, the 4th instant, the picquets
first showed fire, and gave us the declaration of some
intended attack ; everybody was therefore at his
post during the whole of the night, and true enough
at five o'clock on the morning of the sth they
came on in considerable force by the road from
Campo Pequino, towards the batteries at Arco
do Cego and Manique, whilst another force was di-
rected towards St. Sebastiao da Pedreira and Cam-
polide, all which positions are the gates of the city, in
the centre of our line,and protected by strong batteries
and intrenchments thrown up within the city gates.
These, although at the present moment very for-
midable positions, and in a complete state of defence
were judiciously chosen by the enemy as our weak-
est points then ; however, finding the redoubts at
Arco do Cego to be too strong, their united force
consisting of about 6,000 or 7,000 men, made a
formidable attack on the positions at San Sebastian
de Pedreira and Campolide. Here the contest was
very great, and lasted nearly the whole of the day,
the enemy being favoured by the gardens, houses,
and strong walls, which cross the valley of Alcan-
tara in all directions, and which greatly assisted the
approach towards our batteries ; they were, how-
ever, completely repelled on all sides, and at dusk
the enemy ceased their fire, and retired during the
night, taking with them all their wounded, which
must have amounted to a great number, as they lef:
four hundred or five hundred dead in the field, and
in all are supposed to have 1,200 or 1,300 hors du
combat.

Several Miguelite officers were killed, names not
yet known ; among others a French officer of dis-
tinction, supposed to be brother of Laroche Jacque-
lin; others say Baron Clouet's nephew. He was
apparently leading on a charge of cavalry, and had
actually reached the foot of one of our embank-
ments, part of an intrenchment in an unfinished
state, when he vas shot by a rifleman, and the ca-
valry immediately fled. The other losses in the
Miguelite army were chiefly among the Lamego vo-
lunteers, who fought bravely.
On this side we have had also many severe losses.
Among others, Don Thomas di Mascarenhas, and
Alexander di Sousa, son of the Conde d'Alva. Dori
Pedro nearly lost his life by a cannon ball, whilst
standing in one of the batteries pointing a gun. On
being urged not to expose himself so needlessly, his
reply was that he wished to show good example to
the Lisbotsians, and that when they rivalled his
Oporto heroes he should then be more cautious.
The Duke of Villa Flor bad two horses shot under
him, but escaped unhurt. Among the infantry the
sth Cagadores suffered most, having had nearly 80
hors du combat. On the whole, Don Pedro's loss
may be calculated at about 100 killed and 200
wounded; few or no prisoners were made, as no
quarter was given.
Thus has ended Bourmont's first attack, for re-
connoissance it can scarcely be called, although as
such the Miguelites attempt to define it. It is sup-
posed he attacked with about 7,000 men, and we
had about 3,000 to repel them, the reserve on
neither side being brought forward.
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The Lisbon National Guards have behaved well
in this their first fire, and the inhabitants of Lisbo►►
are not less entitled to great praise ; every thing
went on in the city as if nothing had occurred, and
perfect confidence in Don Pedro's means of defence
seemed to exist.

The enemy, it is said, calculated on a rising in
their favour. A messenger was caught going out
to them with a note from the Condessa da Povoa,
stating that they should not reckon on that, but
pointing out the weakest part of our line for the
attack. The man was immediately shot, and the
Countess and some of her household secured for
further inquiry.

The enemy retired during the night on San Bern-
fica and Calhariz, leaving their picquets at a short
distance from the field of battle; so that on the next
day the whole of Lisbon had the opportunity of
witnessing the result, and this opportunity has been
availed of to strengthen our position still more, by
destroying many walls and gardens, which will allow
in future of a better range for our guns.
To-day the enemy appears to be concentrating his
force towards Belem, Ajuda, and Montantos, which
are directly opposite the left of our line. Miguel
himself is reported to be at the Palace of Ajuda,
where he has caused Te Deum to be sung for his
glorious victory.
Some deserters, in all about 150 or 200, have
come over since the battle; they represent the dis-
content as very great, and that many more would
feliow as soon as they had the opportunity. We
look forward, however, to another immediate
attack, which will probably employ the whole of his
force ; but we are prepared here, and our defences
on this side are very strong. The deserters positively
say they distributed powder and ball to-day to the
roops, and the general opinion is they will attack
early to-morrow morning.
I enclose the copy of another dispatch from Ad-
miral Parker, alluding to the additional aid be has
promised to afford in case of emergency for the pro-
tection of the wine-stores at Sacarem. Should it
therefore be necessary, we presume the property at
Lisbon will not be less protected, even, if necessary,
by the landing of the marines.
No Government bulletin has yet been issued of
the battle, but the information above given may be
considered very correct.

(IROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.)

LISBON, SEPT. 7.—The inhabitants of this place
were two days ago, by daybreak, roused to a scene
which had not been witnessed by them for many
years, and by most of them never.

The prelude to the general attack begun on the
sth, at the above-mentioned hour : a division
amounting certainly to 4,000 men, infantry and
cavalry, directed (as we believe) by Clouet, came to
reconnoitre the strength of our fines, for which they
paid severely. It appears that their efforts, which
were strenuous enough, were excited by the hope of
the explosion of a revolution in favour of Don Mi-
guel, which his partisans intended to prepare by
means of a proclamation, which the Emperor, so
confident of his popularity, did not hesitate to have
inserted in the Chronica.

Their greatest strength was displayed in the cen-
tre of our lines, and, in fact, the weakest part of
them; but nothing could surpass the courage and
sang-froid with which the sth regiment of cacadores
repulsed all their attempts to break through; and
we have fortunately to deplore about one hundred
of these brave soldiers dead and wounded. Among
the first is the son of the Count de Alva (nephew
of the Duke of Palmella), who had scarcely reco-
vered from a wound which he received in Oporto.
Our armed inhabitants, also, after they had over-
come the first shock, showed not only courage but
enthusiasm, and towards the evening volunteered to
dislodge the enemy from an eminence from which
they were making great havoc amongst our troops,
arid we saw those who a month ago had scarce
had a musket in their hands, charge with the
bayonet the old and valiant (as he calls them) sol-
diers of Don Miguel. Through this successful ef-
fort of our Guarda Nacional, we were enabled to
knock down several houses and walls, which served

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obstacle.
It would be vain to describe the activity tllat
Emperor displayed during the whole of the dayir:Jl-,-
,nd, in fact, he even pointed several guns, andz:nr):l'"
whilst engaged in pointing one, a workman standing
within two paces of him was killed by a cannon ball.
Amongst the superior officers, Don Thomas de
:%lascarenhas, well known in your city, paid this
affair with his life. General Valdez was severely
wounded, and the always fortunate Duke of Terceira
had his horse killed under him, and several balls in
his coat.

We can scarcely praise the old warriors of Oporto
more than the new-made soldiers of Lisbon, the
privates or the officers of all ranks ; in fact, we may
truly say that every man did his duty.
This experiment made by Don Miguel will most
I kely keep him from attacking us again for some
time, an event which I again say I do not believe
will take place before he is joined by all h;s troops,
his heavy artillery, and we have to expect no-
thing but little skirmishes for several days to come.

The loss on our side does not amonnt to less
than from 300 to 400 killed and wounded; and we
may with safety give double the number as the loss
of the enemy.
Thus you have an exact narrative of their first
a:tempt to try our strength, which they will always
find adequate to the force they can display.
In our administration there is nothing particular
to observe. The Marquis of Belluno was released
after twenty-four hours' imprisonment, with an apo-
logy in the Chronica, which I have reason to believe
will not quite satisfy.
Several articles, as meat, poultry, eggs, &c., are
getting scarce and dear.
The official part of the Chronica of this day con-
tains the recognition of the French and Swedish
Go,ernments; both these Powers have already
named their Ministers.

(From the Chronica 35,)
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before erahiosf having had
Imperial jesty the
Duke of Braganza, Regent in the name of the
Queen, a printed proclamation, which was found
in the possession of a Galician, in the middle of the
Commercial-square, received from his Majesty the
following order :—" That, in order to show the in-
habitants of the capital the confidence in them, and
to give them a convincing proof of the opinion he
had of their loyalty, he (the Intendant) should
immediately order to be published in the Chronica
the said proclamation," which is to the following
effest