Star.
London, England, 1823-09-24 00:00:00

POR ftiGAL.

FROU THE WEST BRITON%
By the Blucher packet, Captain Furze, which.arrivect
at Falmouth front Li.,hon on Sunday last, we have re-
ceived the following comnratiication .

" LISBON., Snr:rnmriF.R. 6, 1893.
" Some of the troons that cornoosed the garrison of
Bahia have arrived here; they ealbarked at a very
short notice, and the preparatious ma.'e for their re-
ception were very few. General MaJeira is on board
a ship of the line which has not yet arrived, and has
with him all the brass ordnance that • was in the
place. the militia belonging to the city were left to
settle matters with the Brazilians as they be t could.
—The soldiers who have arrived here expected to find
the Conctimtinn in full energy ; birt.they learned at St.
Michael's that it had been overthrown. They wore tbe-
Constitutional .cockade•unill they arrived in this port;
previously to their landing they were disarmed, and
are now' carefully looked alter; a contidetab,e degree
of sickness prevails amongst them. 1-or_i C(ichrane's
squadron followed the fleet for some day, after it left
Bahia, and succeeded in capturing several ve.sels ; some
of which were retaken by a frigate belongirg tathe'
flying squadron, which consisted of Irina sail of ships of
war, and about SO transports. A frigate, bearing the
Brazilian flag, boarded a large merchantman, and
' after plundering her of her guns and military stores,
/Allowed her to procec i.
This Government have furnished the. French with
military stores for their operations against Cadiz. All
the regiments in this city, except two,.are ordered to.
proceed to the province of Alentejo.
" On the 3d instant, the new French Ambassador
had his first audience; lie was conveyed to the palace
in the King's own carriage, and was followed by up-
wards of 100 carriages filled with the principal Nobi-
lity, who attended to offer incense to their Gallic friend.
The British Ambassador, Sir Edward Thornton, has
arrived ; he landed from the boat or tho frigate which
conveyed him over, and was scarcely noticed by the
Government people, who have been so as%iduous in
paying court to the Frenchman. In fact, the French are
everything with the people whio govern, and the Bri-
tish nothing. Sir Edward Thornton has solicited and
obtained a private audience of the King, with tk hom he
continued for two hours. The governing party here
resort to the most violent measures; all the officers of
the 4th regiment, except four, are confined in the castle,
as are 27 officers of the 16th 'regiment ; some officers
belonging to every other corps are also in confinement.
The Priests, the Ultra Nobles, and the private soldiers
whom they have bribed, are the chief supporters of
de:potism.
On the 4th, the money raised in London, as a loan
to this Government, was receive', and has been distri-
buted amongst the supporters of the counter-revolution.
The Patriarch, Amarante, and Pamplona have had a
full share. The Patriarch has resumed all his former
authority. The ?.ing is kept in the greatest ignorance
of what passes ; the Queen and her son are the real
rulers. The Lisbon Gazette of the 31st of last month,
contained a long al tide against the Freemasons, who are
accused of being enemies to Christianity, and whose ob•
ject• is to overthrow all religion ; they are said to be
princirglly Jews.
It is understood, that on learning the overtnrow of
the Constitution, the' principal inhabitants of the Ma.
deiras applied to the'English Government til take them
under its protection ; but that in. place of returning an
'answer to the apVieation, "the British Ministry sent the
docurbent to the Government here, who thus possess
the means of rniniiig a number of the Most respectable
individuals in these islands, and who had signed the ap-
plication. For the honour of England, I hope this state'
went is not cmrect.
Mr. W. B. Whitney, the agent for Voyd's here, was
barbarously murdered'by robbers, about 38- miles from
the city, on his return-from doing business at Vigneiri.
Two shots were fired at him, both df which took effect.
After plundering:him, the wretches fled. Mr:Whitney,
lived for thirty hours after the attack : he was interred
in the British buiial troundi at Lisbon, ow the 5t hi with
every demonstration of respect."