Star.
London, England, 1820-10-14 00:00:00

REroLFITION IN PORTUGAL.

The anxiously expected Lisbon packet arrived yes-
terday, after a long passage, owing to contrary winds.
She left the Tagus on the 21st ult. and the accounts
brought by her fully confirm the statements we have
already published from the French Papers regarding
the late occurrences in the Portuguese capital, though
with some new particulars. We subjoin an extract
of the most important letter that has reaehed us ; but
the Lisbon Gazettes we have received are not later
than the 18th. On their contents the best details we
lately published from the Paris Papers are evidently
founded, and this,sin some measure, accounts for their
unusual accuracy.

In the packet arrived M. de Souza Botelho, the
new Portuguese Minister to our Court. He cannot
be considered as coming from the Lisbon Govern-
ment, as his nomination took place in May, 1817, on
the King's birth-day, when so many changes took
place, and Count Palmella was made Minister of

„koreign Affairs and. War, which departments go to-
gether in the Portuguese Monarchy ; M. Souza is
named Minister here, and Count Funchal sent in his
stead to Madrid. M. Souza is son to the distin-
guished individual who recently published so splen-
did an edition of Camoens, in Paris. He is married
to one of Count Palmella's sisters, and his long ab-
sence from his station may be accounted for by the
delay of his brother-in-law at our Court.
A statement has been published of the reasons
which induced the Oporto Junta to suspend British
Officers in the Portuguese service. The writer very,
candidly acknowledges the important services of the
British Officers in the Portuguese Army, but states,
that when they entered, their establishment was not
contemplated as permanent. The fact is, we have
carried our influence in Portugal too far; that coun-
try, besides having been converted into a colony of
Brazil, had been placed in a state of humiliating de •
pendency on us. This could not last long. The writer,
however, considers the presence of British Officers in
the Portuguese Army only as among the miner evils
his unhappy country laboured under, and which he
has himself so long and unceasingly denounced; but
he is indliced to notice it, because their suspension
had excited some sensation in this country, and he
was anxious to speak in justification of the measure
adopted by the Oporto Junta. It has not, however,
in any way affected that sincere friendship felt for us
as a nation, founded on that commercial intercourse
we have for so many years enjoyed with Portugal ;
nor do we know of any complaint that the British
Officers themselves were enabled or disposed to
make. The question now rests for the determina-
tion of the future Cortes, who, no doubt, will be
early assembled ; and as, from the present feeling
prevailing in Portugal, it may be expected that the
most patriotic and enlightened men that the country
contains will be elected as Members, this, as well as
other important measures which are to regenerate
the Monarchy, will meet with a fair and equitable
decision. ” Luger?, SETTniszi 20, 1820.

" On the 15th a packet arrived from Rio Janeiro, with or-
ders to the Regency to send there 4,000 troops and two millions
of crusadoes, and, in order to raise the same, to double the tithes,
or adopt any other measures to that effect. On the same day,
the Revolution broke out among the people and troops • in op-
position to the latter were sent Generals Leite, Mozinbo, and
Resendi, to use their influence, but in vain, as the troops de-
clared they would either effect the Revolution, or march on to
meet their brethren in arms, and at length the Revolution was
effected by the troops, who nominated Resendi as their Gene-
ral,—when a Government was formed ad interim, composed of
Principal Freire, Count S. Paio, Count de Resendi, Count
Penafiel, General Azedo, and Hermando Braancamp, whose
first step was, at the instance of the .htit do Pam, to send an
escort of forty men to the houses of each of the late Governors,
to inform them of what had taken place, and that their authority
had ceased, at the same time recommending them, for their own
safety, to confine themselves to their houses, and that the said
guard would protect them.
" The new Government also sent messengers to the Oporto
Junta, informing them of what had transpired, and inviting
them to co.operate.
" On taking possession of the Treisury, it was found to con-
tain; to the great surprise of the new Authorities, 21,000 dollars,
about £5,000, of which about £l,OOO only was in leek, the rest
in Government paper ; two Inspectors for the 1 reasury were
appointed, the well-known and respectable merchants Luis
Illonteiro and Joze Nunes da Silveira, and many other neces-
sary measures were adopted, &c."

The following is an extract of a Letter from the
British Consul General for the Azore Islands, dated
St. Michael's, Aug. 21:— " On Saturday last nearly 50
persons were landed here, being part of the crew and
passengers of the Portuguese ship, Carlotta, laden
with a valuable cargo of sugar, coffee, hides, &c.
from Bahia to Lisbon, captured, on the 28th ultimo,
a little to the westward of Flores, by an Insurgent fri-
gate privateer, from Buenos Ayres, said to be called
La Ruina. The Carlotta mounted twenty-two guns
and sixty men, and defended herself an hour before
she struck, losing four men killed and five wounded.'
The privateer had eight killed and thirteen wounded.
It is reported sh:. mounts thirty-four guns, with a
complement of two hundred and fifty men, had been
out four months from Buenos Ayres, and the Car-
lotta her first prize. Since May, a number of fast-
sailing brigs and schooners have appeared amongst
the Azores, with whale-boats over their stern and
quarters, apparently in search of whales, which in
some seasons are numerous-amongst the Islands :
but these vessels, though approaching the port
within gun-shot, never came in to procure refresh-
ments; and many persons supposed them to be pri-
vateers in disguise : sometimes ten or twelve have
been seen close to each other. I now learn, that
the Insurgent privateer employed one of those ves-
sels to take out part of the Carlotta's cargo, and
land the prisoners ; and the Carlotta being a fine
frigate-built ship, well armed, the Insurgent has put
one hundred men on board her, and cruLzes in com-
pany off the Azores, and no doubt will send the rest
of the Carlotta's cargo away in different vessels; and,
with this accession of force, will, I fear, do incredible
mischief. lam told the Carlotta is insured in Lon-
don ; and, as many Spanish and Portuguese vessels
are insured at Lloyd's, I have judged it proper to
enter into this detailf in order that the Underwriters
may be apprised of the risk they run ; for, as these
Islands are a point of reconnoissance for all vessels
bound home to Soaiu and Portugal, hardly anything
can escape. The Audaz, Portuguese brig of war, of
20 guns, has been three months here, attending the
Captain-General, instead of cruising for the protec-
tion of thin trade."