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

LISBON PAPERS.

Llsaorl, SEPT. 4.—The official part of the Chronica
contains a letter from the Senhor Candido Jose Xavier to
Senhor A. J. Freire, Minister of Marine, announcing that
the water having been cut off by the bands of rebels, it is
highly necessary to provide means to obtain all from the
other side of the Tagus. Boats are to be sent to fetch
water, which are to be placed along the quays, so that
the water carriers may go and fill their vessels.
A notice from the same Minister states, that besides
the fetching water in boats, water carts, with pipes, will
be provided, and that orders are given that all wells and
cisterns of water fit for drinking, which are in private
houses or monasteries, shall be open to the public.
The same Paper contains five other circulars, and on
the same subject.
PALACE DOS NECESSIDADES, SEPT. s.—His Imperial
Majesty the Duke of Braganza, hearing at five o'clock in
the morning the fire of our batteries, left the palace with
all his staff, and proceeded to various points of the line,
where he saw the fruitless efforts of General Bourmont to
enter the fortifications. Count Saldanha bad received the
orders of his Imperial Majesty; the Duke of Terceira was
on the spot; all the generals, commanders of the forts
and of the corps, were at their respective posts, and the
several divisions at their stations ; the Ministers of State,
many General and superior officers, the Duke of Palmella,
and other distinguished persons, were near the august
person of the General-in-Chief.

About twelve o'clock the enemy attempted to enter
our lines, and his Imperial Majesty had the satisfaction
to see the ranks of the Usurper beaten and dispersed ; the
unhappy soldiers, deluded by the acts and falsehoods of the
rebel party, covering the ground with their dead bodies,
and the army, which its General only yesterday called
valiant, flying in shameful rout. For the happiness of the
Portuguese nation, his Imperial Majesty escaped a cannon
ball, which killed a man two paces from him, and, with
his usual valour and coolness, told an artilleryman, who
delayed discharging a gun, to do his duty.
His Imperial Majesty saw, with the greatest satisfaction,
the troops of the Queen cover themselves with glorious
laurels, and the brave inhabitants of Lisbon follow, in all
points, the heroes of Oporto. Lastly, his Imperial
Majesty bad the satisfaction to see the city of
Lisbon full of confidence in the august head of
the house of Braganzi, and with a calmness such as to
alarm some timid and distrustful minds, who will not yet
do just;ce to the firm, steady, and valiant conduct of the
Portuguese, when they fight for their liberty. His Im-
perial Majesty, covered with glory, and gratified at the
rising of the sth of September, added to so many days of
triumph, went at noon to the chapel of the Palace, to
return thanks to the God of Alfonso and Henry, for the
protection given by his omnipotent arm to himself, and
the army under his command. His Imperial M ijeaty then
heard mass performed by his Chapter, in honour of so
signal a victory.
At five o'clock his Majesty visited the arsenals, saw
some points of the line, and sent his orders, when neces-
sary, and returned to the Palace at eight o'clock.
SEPT. 7.—The Government of her Most Faithful Ma-
jesty Donna Maria 11., has just been recognized by France
and Sweden, These two Powers have appointed their
representatives, who will shortly appear in this capital.
" Department of the Minister of Finance,

" Desiring that under the present circumstances the
inhabitants of this populous city, and the liberating army,
may not be abridged of the supply of those articles which
are their chief subsistence, and it being necessary to facili-

tate the importation of all articles coming from the pro-
vinces, I think fit in the name of the Queen to decree—
!. oxen, bogs, and other live animals, that serve for the
food of man, shall be admitted in the port of Lisbo❑ free
of import duty.
2. Natural or foreign flour shall be received, paying
in the custom-house half of the important duty.
3. All laws to the contrary are revoked, as long as
tinge regulations shall be necessary, and shall not be again
in force till the publication of the revecation of the pre-
sent decree.

DON PEDRO, Duke of Braganza.
JON DE SILVA CARVILHO.
Sept. 6, 1822.—Lisbon Papers, Sept. 7.

FRENCH PAPERS.

By the French Papers of Thursday, which have just
reached us, we learn that great anxiety still prevailed in
Paris about the final result of the attack on Lisbon. A
variety of rumours on the subject were afloat, and in the
absence of authentic particulars, the Miguelites exerted
themselves with great zeal to spread a belief that Beur-
mont had succeeded in making himself complete master
of Lisbon. The Augsburg Gazette of the 15th, refers
to recent accounts from Bohemia, according to which, the
object of the interview at Munchengratz is rather to con-
cert the means of carrying into effect the measures already
agreed upon, than to enter into deliberations. These
measures, the nature of which is not explained, were, it
is said, discussed some weeks before at the seat of Prince
Metternich, at Koenigswarth, where the President of the
Germanic Diet had, among other statesmen and diplo-
tists, been summoned to attend.

(From the Messager, of Thursday, Sept. 19.
PARIS, SEPT. 19 —The King and Royal Family will
leave St. Cloud on Saturday, for Fontainbleau. We
learn that Marshal Soult will go to Compeigne on the
25th inst., to witness the field exercises of the troops of
the camp, and will return to Paris on the 27th ult.
A letter of the 7th inst., from Florence, announces that
the Duchess of Berry arrived on the preceding day at Pisa,
where she intended to pass two days, and then proceed to
Florence. The Grand Duke of Tuscany had given orders
for the Palace of the Imperial Foggia Imperiale to be
prepared for ber reception.
An English Courier, with duplicates of despatches,
which Lord William Russell bad sent from Lisbon to
England by sea, arrived on Tuesday, in Paris, on his way
to London. They are dated the 6th inst., and are said
to confirm the previous statement, that the troops of Den
Miguel had been defeated the day before at all points, and
that not a single detachment remained within two leagues
of any part of the capital. They add, that the inhabi-
tants of Lisbon were nearly all armed, and showed every
resolution to defend the city should it be again attacked.

Extract of a Letter from Havre, dated-Tuesday after-
noon :—" The Sophie, Captain Chaix, which left this port
on Ilth August for Lisbon, has just returned here with
her whole cargo. At the moment when she was about to
unload at Lisbon, orders were given for all French vessels
to quit the Tagus. The Sophie obeyed this order, and it
was well for her that she did, for, a few minutes after, a
brisk cannonade took place between the besiegers and the
besieged." Hitherto the sth inst. has been stated as the
day on which the attack on Lisbon took place. The
Captain probably speaks of some encounter between the
advanced posts.
The Crocodile packet, which arrived at Toulon on the
12th inst. from Africa, announces that the town of Bugia
is making preparations to, resist the expedition. It bad
received reinforcements from the mountain tribes, and the
inhabitants are occupied in fortifying different points of
the coast, and i❑ restoring the walls of several ancient
citadels that had fallen into ruins.

The Spectateur of Dijon states that the inhabitants of
that town having formed an association for refusing to pay
the duties on liquors and salt, a prosecution had been
instituted against those who had signed the act of asso-
ciation. _ _ _

PARIS, SEPT. 19.—The Tribune published to-day,
from a Belgian paper called Le Frane Pal leur, a very
extraordinary document. We shall refrain from stating
our opinion till the Ministry has given an explanation.
The following is the document :--(The notes that accom-
pany it belong to the Belgian journal).
" To his Excellency, the Chief President. Governor of the
districts of and of (1).
" According to a report, coming from Besancon, and
which the IL/al Ministry of France has communicated to
us, several Polish refugees in France, and precisely the '
moat courageous and the most enterprising have con-
spired against the life of the Emperor Nicholas. The
number of the conspirators is, according to some, eighty,
according to others, one hundred and sixty. Very few
names are mentioned; and in the report, which is dated
the 20th of last month, and which I have before me, only
the following names are given :—A. Ss. (2). S. N., of
Lithuania, an officer of cavalry, and formerly a student
at Wilna. Ten or twelve of the conspirators are
on their way to St. Petersburgb, and may probably
have already arrived there, having obtained passports
under false names in France, Switzerland, and Germany.
With the precautions that have been taken to watch the
voles who leave France, Switzerland, and Northern Ger-
man} with regular passports, I think it would not be easy
.
y of this circular, written in the German
language I: ino-ur hands. It has been addressed to all the
Governors tf provinces. e could mention the person
for whom this copy was destined, and if we refrain from
so doing, it is talely not to compromise
s
copy was brought to Brussels by a Pole,
awn,yhoboood the gTe
nhsi
d'armerie brought, rt the Belgian frontiers, and whose pipers
have been visited a bindred times. The copy was c."•
cealed in the folds of i boot. The pages marked with
have been rubbed out.
(2.) Though the names are given, we think that we
are bound to suppress Wm-

LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1833.

We were enabled yesterday to give, exclu-
sively, in a Second Edition, an account of the
arrival of the Echo steamer, with news from
Lisbon to the 12th inst. The lateness of the
hour at which we received the Express prevented
our giving more than the principal heads of the
information. We supply the deficiency today,
and at the same time repeat the facts which we
mentioned in our Second Edition for such of
our readers as received the early copies of The
Sun.

It appears from the official accounts which
reached the Admiralty yesterday afternoon, and
which were sent down to the KING in the
course of the evening, with some private com-
munication, the nature of which has not trans-
pired, that from the sth to the 9th instant, the
Miguelites had not made any new attack upon
the city, but on the latter day they pushed for-
ward a reconnoissance in the neighbourhood or
the Ajuda, where there was some fighting, which
ended in the retreat of the Miguelites, after
having pillaged the Palace. On this occasion,
as on the sth inst., there was a great dis-
play of heroism on the part of the inhabitants of
Lisbon, and the new levies were all anxious to
prove their attachment to the Constitutional cause.
The Miguelites had, it seems, retired rather beyond
their former positions, but nothing indicated
their intention of withdrawing altogether ; and
through the influence of the priests they were
strengthening their army with detachments of
ignorant and bigotted peasantry who appeared
to consider death in the service of MIGUEL as a
sort of martyrdom in defence of their religion.
The official report of the killed and wounded on
the part of the Constitutionalists in the affair of
the sth, does not make the number more than
200 ; that of the enemy is, as is usual in such
cases, carried to treble the amount. These de-
spatches leave no doubt as to the determination of
the people of Lisbon to adhere to the Constitu-

tional system, and they do justice to the extra-
ordinary exertions of Don PEDito, who appears
to be the idol of the Portuguese army as
BUONAPARTE was of the French. The Echo
steamer, by which these accounts have arrived,
touched on her way at Oporto, where she found
every thing tranquil as regarded the city ; but,
we are sorry to add, that the spirit of the in-
habitants of the adjoining country was not so
good as could be wished. Sir THOMAS STuBBs
the Governor of Oporto, found them hostile of
him in every respect, and it was necessary, with
his diminished force, to keep as much as pos-
sible within the lines.

Such are the accounts received by the Govern-
ment. The Portuguese Ambassador has none
of a later date than the Bth inst. from Lisbon,
and it is not probable that any other than the
Government accounts will reach London before
this evening. They are very favourable as re-
gards the disposition of the inhabitants of Lis-
bon, but unless the Regent can obtain assistance
from this country, or be able very materially to
reinforce his army, so as to take the offensive,
the civil war in Portugal will not soon be brought
to an end. We hear that our KING is anxious
for some intervention in favour of the Constitu-
tional cause, but that his wishes are thwarted by
two members of the Cabinet, who affect to be
Liberals. How any Liberal can reconcile it to his
conscience to aid the efforts of the Miguelites, and
protract the abominable influence of monks
and Friars over the minds of the Portuguese
peasantry we cannot understand. The true
Liberal looks not to any party or set of men. He
regards the cause of truth and reason as sacred
all over the world, and seeks to extend its power
by his own means. Are our soi disant Liberals
doing this in Portugal? They see all educated
men on the side of the Constitution—they
know how important it is for the interest of the
Portuguese people at large to be emancipated
from ignorance and the domination of Monks
and Friars ; and yet they look tamely upon a
civil war which retards the progress of liberty,
and is a disgrace to humanity, because MIGUEL
is enabled, by the influence of the priesthood,
to prevent a spontaneous declaration throughout
the country in favour of the system which he is
endeavouring to put down.
We had almost forgotten to add that MIGUEL
talks of convoking the Cortes. What Cortes
can he convoke ? An assembly of Monks—a
congregation of depraved Priests, and a few old
nobles, perhaps, whose minds are in their des-
potic grasp. With the suffrages of such an
assemblage as this, he will attempt to establish
himself against the intellect of Portugal—against
the interests of all that is just and sacred in the
civilized world—and will the British Govern-
ment permit this ? We hope not.

The accounts received by the Portuguese
authorities in London of the attack of the sth
inst. upon Lisbon make the number of killed
and wounded, on the side of the Miguelites,
much more considerable than we had under-
stood it to have been. The authority, how-
ever, for the present statement appears to be
unquestionable. It is said to have exceeded
1,000, whilst the loss of the Constitutionalists
was under 300, of whom by far the greater part
were only wounded. Great regret, however, is
felt at the loss of three brave officers, Don
ALEXANDER DE SOUZA, son of the Count of
ALVA, a most amiable and honourable young
man, Don THOMAS DE MASCARANHAS, well ~
known during the Peninsular war—a gentleman
of high honour and integrity, who most amply
made up by his subsequent conduct for the
momentary vacillation displayed by him when
Governor of Oporto, and General VALDEz,
who was wounded in the arm, but is
since stated to have died, an officer much es-
teemed for his honourable and brave conduct
throughout the conflicts which have taken place.
The lady of Don THOMASDE MASCARANHAS,
who is grand-daughter of the Marquis of LA.
VRADIO, and a lady of high talent and exem-
plary conduct, accompanied the young QUEEN
in the Soho, and on her arrival in Lisbon will
find only the remains of her husband. We are
happy to state, on good authority, that, on the
12th inst., the lines round Lisbon were in a
perfect state of defence, with 200 cannons
mounted. The force under arms consisted of
nearly 21,000 men, and muskets only were
wanted to increase the force considerably. These
have been sent out, and have probably already
reached Lisbon.

Lisbon papers mention that France and
Sweden have just recognized the Government
of Her Most Faithful Majesty, Donna MARIA,
and that the Representatives of these two
Powers will shortly make their appearance in
the Portuguese capital.

The Paris Journals quote a curious and
nearly unintelligible document from a Belgian
Paper, entitled Le Franc Parleur, in which
mention is made of some sort of conspiracy that
has been got up, or is now getting up, by certain
refugee Poles, against the life of the Emperor
NICHOLAS. We have too high an opinion of
this noble-minded nation to believe that there is
one Pole in existence capable (however in-
jured) of executing an act of assassination.

By the Hamburgh Papers we learn that the
Emperor of RUSSIA was expected to arrive at
Bunzlau on the Bth instant, but that he did
not reach there until the 10th, when he passed
through to Gorlitz, and would doubtless
sleep that night in the Castle of Munchen-
gratz, which is to be the residence of the
three Sovereigns during the " Conference."
The King of PRUSSIA, after reviewing his
troops returned to Berlin on the 14th. It
is said, in the French Papers, that the
object of the Conference is not so much
to enter on deliberation, as to carry into effect
measures already agreed upon. We under-
stand that the French are fortifying Huningen
and extending their works further towards
Basle, and also that the Russians are fortifying

those possessions which formerly belonged to
Sweden.

The straw is moving above the rats who have
so long infested the closed houses of the
corrupt Corporations, and the municipal ver-
min are running here and there in grievous
disturbance and terror. But these loath-
some political creatures of Toryism will not
be able to avoid the trap or the Corporation
Commission, and we feel confident that the
Commissioners will not be alarmed by the
squeaking of the superannuated old Corpo-
rators, or be deterred by abuse and calumny
from inquiring into their foul habits and
abominable practices. We see that the Con-
servative organs of the Leicester municipal
gentry, long notorious for their political acts, are
busy at their old game of detraction and personal
abuse. We agree with a morning contemporary,
that there is something " to come out " highly
alarming to the Corporators of Leicester ;
and we are in anxious expectation to learn the
cause of the eruption of noxious fumes and
columns of smoke in the Leicester Herald.
When the burning lava of the Leicester Cor-
poration Report of the Commissioners comes
before us, we shall doubtless know the
cause of this excessive terror of the Leicester
Tories. In the meanwhile, we wait with patience
the result. The Government and the middle
classes appear equally resolved to terminate the
shameful abuses of our corporate system. Thegen-
tlemen selected as Commissioners, seem resolute
to fulfil their duties by the publicity and the
fearless probe of their inquiries ; and the last
fortress of Toryism will be stormed before
Parliament meets again. The country has
only to know the scandalous constitution
and illegal and barefaced procedure of
the close and rotten Corporations, and Re-
form is a matter of course. These nasty insti-
tutions have fortunately lost their main stay--
the Boroughmongers ; and they will soon be
buried in the common grave of the tyrants to
whom the old Corporators were subservient and
dirty slaves. Hurrah