The Sun.
London, England, 1833-10-04 00:00:00

EXTRACT OF A LETTER TO THE VISCONDE DE SANTAREM

"To Baron Haber, who is my guest here, and who
gives me much inconvenience and impertinence, I have
delivered your Excellency's message, and he tells me that
he has written many times to your Excellency, having
received answers to some of his letters, complaining like-
wise of that not being the case with all of them. What
news will your Excellency give me of the celebrated squad-
ron, as much desired as slow in sailing ? It came not
when I begged it, and now are to be seen the evils which
have followed its delay. There goes an expedition of the
enemy, and who knows where it is directed ? It appears
to me to be to St Übes, but who knows? I have such
bad faith in the re-union of the English naval forces in the
Tagus that I must distrust a fresh British rascality. No.
thing astonishes me ; I know that that Government is
malevolent and active, and see that ours is taking its rest,
and in good faith. What news has your Excellency had
from Madrid about the affairs to be treated upon on the
20th ? Did the ceremony end in quietness, or were there
any uproars for opinions ? That day might have been
fatal to us. It is natural that something will be known
in Lisbon to-morrow, or perhaps even to-day, by express.
" Conde de SAN LOURENCO.
" San Mamede da Infeeta, June 23."

The official paper thus notices the affair of the
14th :—" His Imperial Majesty the Duke of Bra-
ganza being informed that the fort of St. John to
his left was attacked in force by the enemy, left the
palace at 20 minutes after six o'clock in the morning
with the Brigadier-Commandant of the Artillery,
followed by his camaristas and aides-de-camp, and
went to a point where he could observe the enemy's
movements, and give the necessary orders.
"Lieutenant-General the Count of Saldanha,
chief of his Staff, the Field-Marshal the Duke of
Terceira, with all the other Generals and their re-
spective staffs, as well as the Generals Commanders
of corps, were all at their posts, and his Majesty had
the satisfaction to observe that the enemy, pursued
and routed by our artillery and musketry, found
their safety in a most disgraceful and precipitate
flight, sustaining a heavy loss in killed and wounded,
the cowards not daring to make a stand until they
left far in the rear the valiaht defenders of consti-
tutional legitimacy. Another day of glary and tri-
umph for the arms of the Queen, of disgrace, shame,
and confusion far Bourmont and his vandals.

" At ten o'clock his Imperial Majesty returned to
the palace."

The Periodico dos Pobres, dated September the
17th, No. 44., contains the following account
" The tebels dared again, this morning (Septem-
ber 11), to attempt a new attack upon our lines.
" Having, through the obscurity of the night,
been able to approach our trenches at the extreme
right of the lines, they opened a fire at day-break ;
advancing in force by the road of Chellas, against
our fortified positions of the Cruz de Pedra, and
thence to the heights of St. John. The result was
the same they experienced before, and will again
experience—a complete defeat. Our brave soldiers
attacked them at the point of the bayonet, and put
them to a precipitate flight, the enemy leaving in
our hands many wounded and prisoners, and the
field of battle strewed with dead.
" The vessels of war and the artillery of our lines
kept up a terrible fire.

" In every part, during the whole action, beaten
and routed, will not the infamous chiefs of this vile
faction undeceive themselves, since they have nought
else to expect from their wild and foolish attempts,
to which their desperate condition hurries them,
than titter and complete extermination ? If not,
they will pay the penalty with their blood.
" Our national battalions, which entered this day
into action, most fully answered the expectations
formed of them—fighting with the same bravery
and coolness which distinguished the other batta-
lions engaged in the glorious action of the sth.
" The capital was not for a moment disturbed—
tranquillity was general—indeed the same as if the

enemy had been 100 leagues distant, and as if the
sound of artillery had not been heard.
" This unalterable firmness, and the perfect secu-
rity of the immense population of this city, give the
greatest concern to our infamous enemies, who had
placed all their hopes on some movement in their
favour within the walls. Unfortunate beings—since
they know not the real sentiments of the Lisbo-
nians! The chiefs of the usurpation, ever deceiving
their soldiers, will deceive themselves; mad and
wild, they persuade themselves that the clamour of
a few dozens of miscreants is the expression of the
feeling of more than 200,000 honourable inhabi-
tants ! The discovery of their error was difficult,
but it has been decisive. Repentance alone can save
them from the imminent and total ruin impending
over them."
The same Periodico contains the official account
of the action of the sth, dated Lisbon the Bth.