Star.
London, England, 1802-08-13 00:00:00

PORTUCiAI..

LISBON, JULY 24.-A new cyflem or Police,
which has lately been inaituted here, has produced

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a total revolution in the internal Adminißration

of Lilbon, and in a great metfure, reformed the
vicious abufes which proverbially exiled here.—
This beneficial improvement was planned and is
executed by a French emigrant, in thePertuguefe
fervice, the Compte de NOVION, who now ctan•
mantis the legion with which he has carried his.
reforming purpofes into effeet. It is compofed of
zoo picked men of cavalry, and 600 infantry ;
they have extra pay, and capital cloathing, on the
Englifh model, and their fervice is confined to the
metropolis. Their polls are numerous throughout
the whuk city, and particularly along the water
fide, where, by aftive fupervifion, they put a zreat
check upon Imuggling. At night they patrole the
greets, and examine every paffenger, arrefting all
who cannot give a good account of themfelves.--.
Bf this means the hordes of mifcreants who hither.
to rendered Lifbon a link of infamy, and a fcene
lof peril after dark, are contijeralAy dimialthed in
numb:tr, and. much let's villainous in condua, than

before • for fcarce a night paired without five or
fix atfatlinations in the ffreet, and at prefeist fuch
inttances are very rare. Another caulk which
contributes elfentially to this reform is the ferious
afped of public jullice,which has ceafed io difplay
that ancient difgraceful apathy, which, as it were,
ufed to encourage criminals by affured impunity.
Several murderers have lately been executed with

every impreflive circumstance of public example,
and fame more are fentenced to be hanged within
a few days. The areas of Lifbon, which were fo
netorioufly famed for filth and rubbifh, that fe-
males could not in bad weather poffibly venture
to explore them, are now regularly cleansing, and
are to be duly kept in order by fcavengers, as in
' every other civilized town, and lamps are to be
put up on the London principle. Hitherto there
additional expences have been paid without any
increafe of tax upon the inhabitants, but they talk
of a finall rate about to be laid on, and which viil
certainly be paid with the utmolt chearfuinefs.—
The Herculean labour of removing the mountains
of rubbilh, the accumulations in tome quarters of
the town of thirty years, is vigoroully purfuing by
fome hundred men and mules, and this city begins
• to wear a wholefome afped, to maintain which.
with great cafe, its fituation, In dole to the Tagus,
and chiefly on an elevated bank, ought certainly
very much to contribute.
A multitude of the French emigrants from the
dilbanded regiments are going to zwain,and many
others returning home, the few who remain here
continuing to wear their Croix el: St. Louis, Gene-
ral LASN Es, the French Ambatrador, took umbrage
at it, and procured from the Prince of Brazils an
order to forbid the wearing of this emblem in the
Portuguefe dominions. Toe General and the Re-
sent are upon the belt diplomatic terms,and have
Jolt interchanged very fuperbprefents. The French
Miniftet firtt lint an elegant Tut kith laddle to the
Prince, eftimated at 30,000 lisres ; he received in
exchange a magnificent pair of plants, with a horn
of gold duck powder, and fome golden flogs to
load them, betides a portrait of the Prince, richly
let in diamonds.
General LASSIE'S, who has perhaps been rather
calumniated by reports of tolerating a contraband
introduaion of French manufaftures,having lately
dete&ed one of his houlehold in that pra.:tice, is
laid to have given the poor fellow a molt Repub-
lican thralhing, in revenge for promoting in his
very hotel the propagation of fach rumours. One
of his Aides de-Camp too, having been itopred
lately at night by the patrole, from whom, niif-
' taking them for an armed banditti, he was endea-
vouring to efcape by flight, and not liberated till
the following morning, in fpite of all hi. remon-
Armlets, the Gallic confequence was offended, and
the Minister, at first, talked of no fatisfaaion fhort
of cashiering the officer of the Patrole, and put-
ting all the men into a dungeon ; but his anger
yielded at length to remonfirkince,and an apology
was accepted to up the affair.