Litchfield enquirer., 1833-09-12
LATE AND IMPORTANT NEWS
 CAPTURE OF LISBON, &c.
Neap- YOrLe, [ (Amertc0ll. SePt.

The packet ship Unifed St0teS, from Liver pool. brings us London papers to and Oi the 7th ut. Lisbon feil into the hands Of Don na Maria's troops on the 24th July, after bat | tie on the preceding day on the opposite side of the Tagus, between the troops "f Don Miguel and those of Donna Maria. in which | the former were wOrsted. Tine next day the Duke de CadOpdt and the rest Of Don Mlguers ministers having abandoned Lisbon, the pop ulace rose and proclaimed Donna MaIla.- THLG FLOr'S troops crossed over Ihe same at- ! ternOOn. Admiral Napier and his fleet arrl- ved on the 18th. and all was tranquil under the new rule. Oporto had resisted a fierce attack of Marshal BourmOni; and the ques- tiOn, if left to Portuguese decision alone, may be considered as settled in favor of DOnnG MGriG. We see nothing authentic respecting the transporting of troops from England to Portugal, though the London Exchange was all in agitation on the 9th because the Admi- l ralty had advertised for ttOo transports of 300 tons each Lord Althorp, it will be seen, de- l cIined answering Mr. O'Connrrs question whether Donna Maria would be immediately recognized by Great Britain.
 The Spanish Ambassador at Lisbon, Cor doud. was taken fighting with the Mig"rIItes' and released internationally by the victors.
 Miguel, it was snrmised, would endeavor tO escape to England.
 Other accounts are that he was of for Spain. At any rate he was n"n-apparent.
 In Englaud, 4he bill removing the civil dsa- bities of the Jews was thrown out in the House of Lords-though supported by Lord Bpxley and the Lord Chancell0r-by vote of 1O4 against 54 for the bill. The Archbish- op of Canterbury, the Bishop of London. and the Clergy generally. (the Archbishop of Dublin voted for it)-the Duke of Wellington
 h ~,,ufs, -N,nr Grey was absent, and was understood as not wishing the bil! to be considered a govern
 nent measure.
 dreadful account is given in the papers of the destruction by fire of the Hibernia, bound to Van Dieman's Land. with s39 pas sengers, of whom only 63 were saved.
 Capture of Lisbon. Aug. 1.- The Coniance, Government steamer, has just arrived at this port. with the following impor tant intelligence from Portugal. She left Lisbon on the 25th of July, and Oporto on the 27th. Villa Flor entered and took pos- session of Lisbon on the 24fh. with scarcely any loss. The English prisoners confined in the city, having burst their bonds and procur- ed arms, speedily liberated all the persons con fined, and afforded the Pedroites great assIs- tance. The police, 5000, retreated outside the wall. without firing shot, and nearly all l the inhabitants immediately declared in favor
 of the young Queen. Admiral Napier enter
 ed with the fleet on the 25th, and thus com
 pleted the capture of the place.
 | OpOri0 was attacked on the 25th, as report.
 ed by the African steamer, and although not
 immediately under the command of Marshal
 Bourmont, still with his advice and instruc- l tion; indeed he stated his intention of dining
 in Oporto on that day. They entered the place, but were repulsed with tremendous
 uroIIe Ioss was 71u, arh6g Wfforu Wh Whas Rft:: Rtlft:
 brave Colonel COtter, who fell by a random shot after the heat of the action. One regi.
 ment of Miguel's cavalry was nearly al cut of. Don Pedro left Oporto for Lisbon on
 the night of the 27th. in the stranscr Britain
 nia, and was, ,saluted by the English man -of. war outside 1 The following are the official details. Aug. D." Despatches haze been received from Lisbon. dated the g5,h uit. containing the important intelligence of the establish ment of the authority of the Queen Donna Maria II, in that capital. where she vas pro- claimed on the morning of the 24th ut. by the Portuguese themselves, without the aid or interference of a single foreign soldier.
 On the 23d the Duke of Terceira. advan. cing from St. Ubes, had met aud totally rout- ed the force sent from Lisbon against him, under the command of the notorious Teles JoruaO, who IS sad to have been killed in the action. On hearing this intelligence in Lis hon, tte Duke of Cadaval and the rest of Don Miguel's Ministers decided on withdraw- ing from the capital, which they did in the course of the same night, taking with then, about 4.OOO troops and rptreating to the north. The towns people on the following morning tthe 24th) finding their oppressors gone. with one consent hoisted the standard of Donna Maria, and proclaimed her Majesty in due form, with every appearance of enthusiasm. Their first step was to open the prisons and iiherate the nuniernus victims of Don Migu eTs tyranny. About the same time the col. ours of Villa Flor's army appeared on the opposite heights. and amidst salutes and re- joicings. he issued a proclamation in the name of the Queen.
 On the 25th, when the letters were de. 1 spaiched, Lisbon was perfectly tranquil again. l and hut few extesses had been committed considering the excitement which must natu- rally have attended such a crisis. and inc wrongs to which so many of the inhabitants had been so long subjected. Napier's fleet, with the Dake of Palmella on board. was then entering the Tagus.
 The news 0fthese events having reached Oporto on the 28th. Don Pedro embarked1 that night from the Fog on board steamer tor Lisbon, leaving to Saldanha the supreme | command, both civil and military. In to the 27th. Marshal Rournnort had rat .,.,.,,., ]