The Sun.
London, England, 1833-08-01 00:00:00

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

JULY 2•2.—Fleet arrived off Cabo de Espichel, consisting of
wo ships of the line—three frigates, two corvettes, two brigs,
and four gun-boats.
Telegraphic despatch announced that the Constitution.
alists had entered, in great force, Alcour de Sal, and there
taken the money, sent from Lisbon, to pay the troops of
General Baston de Mollellos. Another telegraphic despatch in
the evening announced that the Constitutionalists, consisting
of many guerillas, lancers, flying artillery, cacadores, No. 2 and
3, infantry 6, and French, had entered Agoas de Mirra, four
leagues from St. Übes. This (day 22) at noon, the flag of
Donna Maria was waving on the castle of Palmella, opposite
the Praca de Commerico, Black Horse.square.
This day several sailors landed at Praca das Macaas, near
Cellares, and took possession of two pieces of cannon at a
little fort. To-day two battalions of royalists, 560 strong, 313(3
recruits of Alentejo, and 60 Cacadores, No. 3, crossed the
Tagus, to cut intrenchments on the road to Almada, Trafara,
&c. It is believed, to.morrow the Queen's flag will be hoisted
there.
The forces of the Miguelites, on the other side, as far as
Setuval, amount to 3,000 men, militia and royalists, and 150
cavalry. There are in Lisbon, besides, about two thousand
police. They have at the utmost three thousand men.
The two corvettes which escaped from Napier are already
dismantled, probably to be used as floating batteries.
Schwalbach (though some say Villa Flor), entered St.
Übes at the head of about three thousand men. Napier had
landed men all along the coast on the 22d. The greatest joy
was evinced on board of all our ships in the Tagus, on learning
the result of the gallant attack of Napier. Charley's health was
enthusiastically drank, and a veteran commander added,
" Thank God, after fifteen years of peace, our tars are not de.
generated." Evidently Setuval is considered safe by the Con.
stitutionalists, as Napier is said to have recommended many
masters to enter that port, where, no doubt, all kind of goods,
including manufactures (hitherto confined to Lisbon and
Oporto) will be admitted at the Custom.house, thus benefitting
that place, while the duties will be available to the Constitu.
tional party.
We understand the Governor of St. Übes was the first to fly,
recommending the sauve qui pent to all the authorities, &c.
Some troops which crossed the Tagus on the morning of the
22d are said to have received orders to halt. Lisbon remained
in a mysteriously quiet state—freedom of speech was general,
without any arrests being the consequence. The accounts are
certainly most cheering from Lisbon, and the crisis considered
to be near at hand.

From Oporto we have little to add to what we received yes-
terday by an express from Falmouth. As to a renewal of the
combat on the 6th, which was reported on board the African
as likely to take place on the morning of that day, we much
doubt anything of the kind. It is true that Beurmont. might
wish it, but from the letters we have seen, we much doubt his
being able to bring up the troops, who were extremely dis-
spirited previous to the attack of the sth, the result of which
day would not tend to animate them, while the garrison in the
city of Oporto were full of courage and in the highest spirits.
It is confirmed that Sir John Campbell had not only left the
army of Don Miguel, but he was:walking about Lisbon with a
tremendous beard and mustachios—" muito disconfiado." His
friends and allies in this country do not appear to be in much
better spirits.
Lisnos, JUIN 2.'2.—This morning the reports were, that
Donna Maria's flag was flying on the walls of Palmella Hill,
which is near St. Übes, between that town and Lisbon. There
never was a period when Lisbon appeared in a more quiet
state; all the Miguelites hang their hopes on Marshal Bour-
mont's success.

The Vice-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief hastens to ea-
press to the captains, officers and ship's companies his admira-
tion of their noble conduct during the late action. _ _

The annals of naval history cannot produce an instance of so
complete a victory over so superior an enemy.
Since we left Oporto with the expedition on the 21st ult.,
the kingdom of the Algarves has been freed from the Usurper,
and a great part of the Alentejo, and his feet no longer exists ;
we must follow up our success, vigorously and boldly, and the
cause will be won ; you will then return to your homes, loaded
with honours, bravely, won! and you will tell your friends,
with pride, that you were at the battle of the sth July, off
Cape St. Vincent.

The Commander-in-Chief regrets the severe loss the squa-
dron has met with, particularly in officers ; but it proves that
the officers lead, and where they go, the men will always follow.

On Tuesday we asserted, in reference to the Li-
verpool Report on the corruption of the Freemen,
that the great principle of Tory Conservatism
extended to the perpetuation of every political
abuse ; and that the preservation of any part of
the elective franchise particularly corrupt was

especially the ob;ect of the Tories. On such
occasions their rare patriotism boils over, and
their zeal for popular rights is unbounded. Thus
the Morning Post of yesterday strives to defend
the Liverpool freemen, whom our shrewd contem-
porary well knows have always been the;.bribed
tools of the Tory candidates for the Liverpool
representation. The Post is in an agony of sym-
pathy for the poor freemen, and in the most
nervous state lest the Conservatives should not
he able, as they will not be, to preserve the po-
litical existence of their darling electors. A
short speech of Mr. JOHN NICHOLL, the
Tory nominee in the Liverpool Committee, is
pompously published as an unanswerable defence
of the corrupt freemen. It is " worthy of
great attention," as a proof of the utter want of
any rational argument against the disfranchise -
ment of the clients of the Honourable Member.
The defence set up by Mr. NICHOLL, and by
his journal advocate, the Morning Post, is,
that the Liverpool freemen have repented of
their sins ; that corruption has lain fallow the last
twelve months; and that a sweeping disfranchise-
ment might involve the innocent with the guilty.
That every individual freeman of Liverpool has
been bribed, or is bribeable, no one would assert;

but exceptions must sometimes be sacrificed to
a general rule. Unquestionably, East Retford,
Penryn, Stafford, Carrickfergus, contained some
honest electors ; yet their uncommon existence
was never set up as an argument against general
disfranchisement. The fact is, that where the
majority of a constituency has been habitually
corrupt, no honest minority has ever possessed
any power, and can, therefore, lose none ; on
the contrary, with the nation they may be said to
gain, by the common loss of a corrupt franchise,
which only returned to Parliament Members
mis-representing local opinion. With respect to
the boasted repentance of the Liverpool freemen,
the credulity of few men will creditthat assertion.
The difficulties imposed on the petitione.-s in the
first Committee, and the restriction of the last
Committee to evidence of bribery anterior to
the last election, stifled the proof of the imme-
diate bribery at the December contest. But we
repeat, that it stands recorded in the minutes of
evidence and the special report, that EIGHTEEN
HUNDRED living electors were grossly and readily
bribed in 1830 ! No legal quibbles or nominee
sophistry can overcome this disgusting fact, or
that the bribeibi/ity of the Liverpool electors is
co-extensive with the register of the freemen.
Mr. NicHor.r.. also uses a casuist argument
when he contends that the 101. constituency
added by the English Reform Bill has secured
the purity of election, and purged the political
corruption of Liverpool. On the contrary, the
contrast between the old and the new electors,
and the relative numbers of the two classes on
the registry, prove that the numbers of the new
body are amply sufficient to secure honest elec-
-ons if that body could rid itself of the old
We are, however, gratified to see that

leaven.

no political jesuits—no " cunning men of the
law"—no false reasoning, can deter the reformed
Parliament from extirpating the notorious and
long-existing rottenness of our representative
system. The Cardiff boroughs may yet be freed
from the overbearing influence and dictation of
the Duke of BEAUFORT, and Liverpool will

at last be rid of such wavering and inferior
representatives as Lord SANDON. The Cor-
poration must next year swallow an aperient
medicine, however nauseous, and the reform of

our municipal institutions is now so near, that
if the Liverpool Corporation is wise it will not
waste the public funds in defending untenable
ground, but perform one act of public good by
quietly and respectably giving up the ghost.

By the accounts in Galignani's Messenger,
which will be found in another part of The Sun,
it will be seen that the celebration of the "Three
Days" at Paris, passed off in tranquillity.