Star. — 1823-09-24 (London, England)

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 reception 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 tbeConstitutional .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 upwards of 100 carriages filled with the principal Nobility, 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 British 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 distributed 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 application. 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."