Star.
London, England, 1823-09-17 00:00:00

LISBON, SEPTEMBER 5.

Of the fleet from Bahia, which sailed on the 2d July
for this port, only three ships of war, and about a
dozen other vessels have arrived here. The Captain of
a vessel that arrived at Oporto in 52 days from Bahia, I
gave the following information in answer to the ques-
tions put to lint—he had brought no Mail, nor any
Journals. The greatest confusion prevailed at Bahia
in consequence of the evacuation of the place by the
Porttigti2se troops, and the sailing- of the squadron.
The Government was unsettled, as the Civil and Mili-
tarp Government had withdrawn. He had himself
sailed on the 2d of July, with all the other vessels that
were in the port, full of troops and passengers, the latter,
fearing the insults of the Brazilians, were going to diffe-
rent ports in Europe, Spanish America, and even Brazil.
—He sailed two days in sight of the vessel", which left
at the same time; did not see on his, voyage any squa-
dron or ship of war; the Bar of Bahia was blockaded
by the squadron of Rio, consisting of seven sail ; Lord
Cochrane, its commander, was on board the_Martin de
Treitas.

The information given by the ships that have arrived
is such as makes all classes very anxious for the safety
of the remainder of the fleet. Many passengers assert
that Lord Cochrane has been very successful in the pur-
suit ; and that he has plundered several of the richest
ships, and even disarmed the soldiers in several of them;
and they add, that be emptied their water-casks to oblige
them to put into some port short of Lisbon.
It does not appear, from the accounts hitherto given,
that there was any action between Lord Cochrane and
the Portuguese squadron attending the convoy.
There is a report that a large frigate, commanded
by a Captain Taylor, formerly in the English service,
has approached within a few days' sail of the Tagus,
and boarded the Grand Para, a large merchantman, of'
this port.

On the 30th of August his Britannic Majesty's fri
gate the Hussar arrived here, in nine days, from Ply-
mouth, with his Excellency Sir Edward Thornton, Am-
bassador from his Britannic Majesty to this Court.
His Excellency having the honour to be personally in
high esteem with our Sovereign, his arrival cannot fail
to prove the means of still more firmly consolidating
the friendship subsisting between the two nations.
Sir George Nayler is expected shortly, to invest his
Majesty with the Order of the Garter ; and the French
• Ambassador wia, in a few days, invest his Majesty with
the Order of the Holy Ghost—Don Michael will re-
ceive the same honour.

The Ambassador of the Netherlands, Viscount Qua-
beck, arrived on the 31st on board the Scheldt fligate,
from Gibraltar and &in Lucar.

Among the vessels from Bahia, the Flor de Tigo,l
which arrived on the 31st, had 187 soldiers on board who
were disarmed ; and the Captain in person waited on his
Majesty to communicate this to him. There are no
further accounts from Madeira; but, it is said, there are
some rather unpleasant accounts from St. Michael's and
Terceira. However ;ice have plenty of troops to spare, if
they should be netessary. An expedition to Para and Ma.
ranham is talked of, but nothing is yet determined upon.
There are unhappily numerous robberies in some pares
of the interior. Last week Mr. Whitney,* merchant of
this city, aad agent to Lloyd's, being on his way from
Vigueira to Lisbon, he was attacked by two banditti,
armed with double barrelled guns. A bail from one
of them entered his groin, and settled in his back.
SETTEMBER 6.—Mr. Whitney died on the 31st ult.
The blockade of Cadiz by the French fleet is officially
announced, with a strict prohibition against any vessels
clearing out from any port in Portugal for that place.