The Sun.
London, England, 1834-03-21 00:00:00

LISBON PAPERS.

LISBON, MARCH. 2.—The health of his Imperial Ma-
jesty, the Duke of Bragarizs, is almost wholly restored.
At five o'clock his Majesty received a telegraphic despatch
from the line of the south, announcing that the enemy,
to the number of 130 men, had been completely beaten
it the. Rilvas. They had about 20 killed and wounded,
and 11 were made prisoners. We had a soldier killed,
and three wounded; one of them an aide-de-camp of his
Majesty.
MA twit s.—On the 4th of this month the battalion of
Royalist Volunteers that occupied Aldea da Cruz was
routed by the troops of the Queen.
MARCH 7.—We have received the official account of
the fortunate and brilliant affair in which the rebel force
that occupied the Aldea da Cruz was annihilated. A
considerable number of the enemy remained dead on the
field. 31 prisoners and a quantity of aims and ammu-
nition remained in our hands. We bad not one man
either k lied or wounded.

MARCH 10.-We have no news of any important
movement of our army of operations stationed at Santa-
rem. As soon as we receive any interesting communica-
tion, we shall hasten to lay it before the public.—Chro-
nica de Lisbon, March 10 (inclusive).

PORTUGAL.

(From the Private Correspondence of the Times.)

LISBON, MARCH 5.

Ally information respecting Captains Wakefield anti
Burnley's promotion to the rank of Major of the Lancers
has not been borne nut by subsequent events ; it seems
that Don Pedro told Brigadier-General Bacon, in the in-
terview which he had with him on Saturday evening, that
he intended to confer the above rank on those two officers,
but so far from its having been so done, on the next 'warn-
ing, about 3 o'clock, A.M., he in one of his frolics, ordered
Captain Burnley to be sent to the castle of St. Gorge merely
for having obeyed an order of his commanding-officer,
Brigadier-General Bacon, relative to some horses, and he
was accordingly conveyed thither.
The moment that this illezal act became known, the
Brigadier-General and ail his British officers sent in their
resignations, and actually abstained from appearing at the
review of the 200 new Lancers and 800 Belgians, which
took place on the 2d, at one o'clock. Don Pedro, most
luckily for the success of the cause, found out that he
had made a despotic and unjustifiable attempt against such
an honourable and gallant officer as Captain Burnley, as
well as the insult thereby offered to his commanding
officer; and he immediately ordered the former to be re-
leased, and declined accepting the resignations tendered
by Brigadier-General Bacon and his officers. Let us hope
that the matter will be satisfactorily arranged. •
General Saldanba, ace: rding to the Ministers them-
selves, has been reconciled, and great operations are said
to be about taking place at head quarters. Illy opinion,
boweier, is, that this reconciliation will only last a few
days, and that nothing permanently good can work as
long as ill. Freire is Minister at War, because the feeling
against him is very general in the army.
I have now to inform you of the advantages obtained
by the ever gallant Btrnardo de St at the Algarves, on
the 22d, 211, and 24th, having taken possession of Tavira,
Villareal de San Antonio, and Cassro Marino, where he
took several pieces of heavy artillery.
Early yesterday morning the fine corps of 800 Belgians
sailed for that province on board the City of Edinburgh
steamer, and another vessel, taking with them three field
pieces, and the necessary equipments fcr 200 Andalusian
horses, which they expect to collect there about the 10th
of this month ; and if the confidential information which
has been given to me as to future operations be correct,
we may look for very important and favourable events (rein
that quarter shortly.
Au engagement -took place at Rilvas, near St. Übe s,
on the 2d instant, between about 200 men of Donna
Maria's troops, under the command of Calza Pina, aide-
de-camp of Don Pedro, and a corps of the insurgents,
when the latter were beat, leaving on the field SO killed,
11 prisoner s, and 9 horsts ; the loss on their side was one
killed and three wounded, one of which was the above-
mentioned Calza Pin ►.

The fast-sailing Blitidi cutter Scorpion, which had
been hovering about Vigo and several other places along
the coast, in order to seize a good moment of getting irrto
Viana, or Fie,ueira, has been captured :it Cimina, with all
the stores, and two Miguelite agents who were on hoard.
The fire from the Spanish batteries at Guardia, on the
other side, compelled her to run on shore, and ultimately
she was taken. There are two other fast.sailing cutters
expecttd from Plymouth at Vigo (where they go to pro•
cure information as to the state of affairs in this country),
whit arms and clothing for the Miguelites ; but there are
two fast-sailing vessels of this squadron waiting for them
near the Bayona Islands, independent of a steamer which
is cruising also for the same purpose.

I sometime since informed you that there was a notion
of making Lisbon a free port, and I have now to announce
to you, from vety good authority, that a decree will ap-
pear in the course of a few days for the purpose of al-
lowing all goods and every kind of merchandise to be
bonded and reshipped within a specified time, tree of the
established duties, on the payment of from one to five per
cent., according to the description of merchandise, so
that it is the next thing ti, makii.g it a fete port in all
but the cane. This measure will matttially increase the
trade of this place, and it is the work of Silva Carvallio.

Another decree %Lich is in contemilation by. M. Car-
valho in the selling of all goods and effects which have
been in the Customs and India house beyond two years
for the payment ol rent and charges, and which measure,
owing to the very 'considerable old stock which there is
and which ' I have sent, is lik ly to produce about
140,0001. to the Citteen's Treasury; of course the parties
will have the option of taking their goods by paying
the chat ges.
I just hear that nine hundred troops are exp cted here
from Oporto to go up to •the army. Admiral Napier is
not yet gone to the /lig/try:a, but the report about his
going thither continues. Lord Hooard de Walden has
not been received up toeitais hour, 12 o'clock. Two hun•
died more horses have arrived from England, and no more
are for•the present wanted.
MARCH 9.
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i, It appears ffraorirtiihaen(Liffiee;i:ili:dethtte
tohfetleieneaffillii,rB aßioAyal,liiesa
corps was ent rely dewroyed, !caving Prisoners the coin.
intfoling officer and 34 in ivates, an.l I have goad reason
(t) know that their killed exceeded 85 mein, On this side

ere was not a single wounded man. If Saldanha at.
racks Santarem with vi:-oar, you may depend upon his
carrying it, notwithstanding whatever you may have heard
to the contrary. I have seen an English gentleman just
come from Oporto overland; he has been at Gdooira,
Pombal, Leyria. Santarem, &c., and states that the Migu
elite troops are better clothed than what he had any idea
of, and that Miguel is forcing every one to join hi. corp.:,
even boys of 14 years. At Pomba there were 2,00)
Miguelires, who seemed constantly afraid of an attack ,rorn
.he troops at Leyria. At Coimbra there were only 400 of
t' e insurgents, and General Macdonald, who was some
time at Figueira, is now at that place.
I find that in the hurry of writing my letter under dets
of the sth inst., I omitted to mention one very important
regulation relative to the bonding duties. Such goods as
now pay 2 per cent. when re....xported, will, I am told,
say nothing but warehouse rent, and the duty of from 1
2 per cent. will only apply to such merchandise, li-
gaids included, the bonding of which was not allowed ;
and further, such East India, West India. American, Bra-
zilian, or other ships which may come in for orders, or for
,he chance of a a.le afloat, and which should leave the
Tigus u ithout unloading any part of their cargo, shall he
exempt from all port charges ; in one word, the minist•r's
.nj,c, is to encourage, by every possible means, the mak-
ing of Lisbon a general rendezvous for the ships engaged
in every trade, as well as a untvers.l depot of merchandise
~1 every kind. By these means the immense trade of the
United States will he attracted to this port.
This measure will save the trade of Lisbon, and restore
to its tormer, and indeed greater splendour. To show
t what extent it had diminished, look for instance at our
sack of colonial produce, and compare it with that of
Hatribur± at the en I of 1833.
In Lisbon.—Sugar, 4,900 chests, or 6,2721 b.
Coffee, 2,100 bags, or 336,0001 b.
In Hamburg,—Sugar, 22,000,000 bags.
Coffee, 14,000,000 ditto.

The fact is, that as we receive no imports, and cone.
quently have no stock* worth tn,ntiowng, nobody sends
',Hers for colonial produce as formerly, and all business
was gradually leaving the place.
Rio d, Janeiro exported in 1833, 500,000 bsi.s of
coffee : of which 213,000 bags went to the United
S'a'es, the remaindet to England, Honborg, and the
Mediterranean ; to Ltsbon only 5,700 bags, and to Oporto,
1,600 bap.

Now, with wise regulations, and the liberal facilities
shout to be granted, the trade of Lisbon will revive once
inure, hod most likely be carried to a greater extent than
vllat it was ever known before. If the Americans can be
nduced to frequent this port, it will be an immense ad-
vantage. Another good thing which the government
have just done is an arrangement with the Bank at Lisbon
ta take all their bills on London at the current exchange,
-ultiect only to the charge of a very small banking com-
mission, and thus the government bills will not appeat
floating up ,n the market, and held ny almost every officer
in the army, some of whom, or rather the most part,
anxious for their money, have come to 'Change and sold
them as high as 55k. Even this day there was a large
lot sold at that rate, but they were all dated the 18th of
Febru try, anti backwards in that month. When I first
noticed the subject, I was aware of the injurious effect
w!,ich these circumstances would have on the exchanges.
Merchants' bills were then 53, and they are now st-llinz at
534, anti but for this arrangement with the Bank, God
imly knows bow high the exchange on London would
have become.

Yesterday at noon Lord Howard de Walden, accom-
panied by Lord William Russell, and his secretaries, went
to tl:e Palace of Ajuda, when the former presented his
letters, and had Lis first audience of the Queen and the
Reg, nt, her father, the Duke of Braganz I. Lord Howard
de Walden addressed the young Queen for about 10 or 11
minutes. and hardly a word passed with Don Pedro. This
day an interview is to take place between Lord Howard
de Walden and the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
The foil ,wing account oNthe distribution of the Usur-
per's forces north of Santarem has been furnished the by a
respectable person :