The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-23 00:00:00

LISBON.

From the Chronica Constitucional of the 9th, 10th,
11th, and 12th of Sept.)

The first article in each of these papers contains, almost
in the sante terms, the daily account of the occupations of
the Emperor, his going out at six in the morning to visit
the line of defence and give the necessary orders, transact-
ing business with the Ministers, giving audiences to dif-
ferent persons, receiving soldiers who had deserted from
the enemy, &c. The official part contains a great number
of ordinances, decrees, &c.
The towns of Cabrella, Almada, Samora-Correa, Monte,
Nogueira d'Azeitao, and Oliveira d'Azemeis, have sent to
the Minister of the Interior the certificates of their having
proclaimed her Most Faithful Majesty Donna Maria 11.
The Duke of Braganca has given orders to make ar-
rangements in the Royal Monastery of St. Vincent de
Fora, for the sittings of the two Chambers of the Corte,.
(Non•oflicial of the Cleronica•)
Lissoar, Serr. 10.--Where are those formidable de.
fenders of the throne and the altar? (Since to the mis-
fortune of mankind, even tyranny and crime do not cease
to have throne and altar.) Where is the terrible Bour-
mont, whose sword like the lever of Archimedes, was to
move the earth ! Five days ago he prepared and com-
menced a terrible attack, but fortune was again hostile to
genius, beaten at every point he reti eated, and since that
time he has been silent, but his silence will be terrible as that
of the volcano, which prepares while in a state of repose a
devastation and irresistible eruption. We wish that he
to-morrow would break the silence to which we compelled
him. This new despicable actor in the drama of the
usurpation has covered himself with infamy and derision,
sa that (and in so short a time) his praises, even in the
mouths of his partisans, are converted into bitter irony in
spite of all the illusions of party and of interest; even our
enemies know that they are irretrievably ruined, reduced
entirely to their own resources, and what are they ? The
remains of an army many times routed, some hundred of
soldiers demoralized, dragged, unpaid, who, wherever
they come, act as enemies, because their discipline
is that of a band of robbers, and with such means,
what can they gain but universal hatred and execration ?
Fire, rapine, bloodshed and death every where mark the
passage of these bands of barbarians ; and what is most
horrible, their most atrocious excesses are committed by
the positive orders of their wicked leaders, The ruin of
the second capital of the kingdom, the burning of the
magazines of Villa Nova, are proofs of this fatal truth.
Such a delirium of wickedness seems incredible, and it
seems impossible that Bourmont, who must at least have
common sense, should he ignorant of the state of the cause
in which he is engaged. The first lesson which he received
at Oporto wus a pretty severe one, and yet he was not so
undeceived! He dared to see the lines of Lisbon, and a
fate proved, if not to him, yet to the world, the madness
of his projects. Ridiculous impositions are now the only
stratagems to which this Atlas of the usurpation has re-
course, but nobody gives credit to them because the truths
which refute them are generally known. What avails it
that he tells his miserable soldiers that they hava to
combat in the lines of Lisbon only a few men who never
saw war, if those soldiers see the lines and find a warlike
population, and the liberating army commanded by its
immortal chief, who always led it to victory What
signifies it that he promises revolution in Lisbon, that he
says that the people are in despair that a barrel
of water costs eight testoons, (4s. 6d. sterling,)
when everybody knows that the population of above
200,000 inhabitants, does not experience a single pri.
vation, to interrupt the satisfactio❑ and enthuiaem with
which it is tilled, in being relieved from the most fero-
cious despotism ? Lastly, what signify the gross calum
pies of impudent and wicked men, if all Portugal sees the
liberating army directed by the eta ictist discipline, worthy
of its august chief, offer everywhere security, peace, and
fraternity to the people, while the demoralized troops of the
usurpation have devastated every place they have passed

through. Our enemies are ruined, and woe to them if they
do not trust to the clemency of our august Regent. The de-
spondency that overwhelms them is proved by the fruitless-
ness of all their exertions ; the deluded, one after another,
come over to us, and there are plenty of Portuguese to anni-
hilate those who are incorrigible. Great numbers of
Portuguese have already taken arms with the most laud-
able patriotism, and it is to he hoped that no one will fail
in so important a duty. Our august Queen is on the
point of arriving, and the most noble proof that we can
give ber of our fidelity, and of cur gratitude for the benefits
we have received from her august father, is to show her
in every citizen a soldier to maintain her rights unim-
paired. Citizens, it is necess,,ry to sweep from our terri-
tory the monstere, who still infest it. Let each of us do
his duty—the most imperious of all now is to take up
arms. Our country relies on you, and its confidence will
not be vain.—Lisbon Papers to the 12th Sept., inclusive.