Star. — 1802-08-13 (London, England)

LISBON, JULY 24.-A new cyflem or Police, which has lately been inaituted here, has produced  - • a total revolution in the internal Adminißration  of Lilbon, and in a great metfure, reformed the vicious abufes which proverbially exiled here.— This beneficial improvement was planned and is executed by a French emigrant, in thePertuguefe fervice, the Compte de NOVION, who now ctan• mantis the legion with which he has carried his. reforming purpofes into effeet. It is compofed of zoo picked men of cavalry, and 600 infantry ; they have extra pay, and capital cloathing, on the Englifh model, and their fervice is confined to the metropolis. Their polls are numerous throughout the whuk city, and particularly along the water fide, where, by aftive fupervifion, they put a zreat check upon Imuggling. At night they patrole the greets, and examine every paffenger, arrefting all who cannot give a good account of themfelves.--. Bf this means the hordes of mifcreants who hither. to rendered Lifbon a link of infamy, and a fcene lof peril after dark, are contijeralAy dimialthed in numb:tr, and. much let's villainous in condua, than  before • for fcarce a night paired without five or fix atfatlinations in the ffreet, and at prefeist fuch inttances are very rare. Another caulk which contributes elfentially to this reform is the ferious afped of public jullice,which has ceafed io difplay that ancient difgraceful apathy, which, as it were, ufed to encourage criminals by affured impunity. Several murderers have lately been executed with  every impreflive circumstance of public example, and fame more are fentenced to be hanged within a few days. The areas of Lifbon, which were fo netorioufly famed for filth and rubbifh, that females could not in bad weather poffibly venture to explore them, are now regularly cleansing, and are to be duly kept in order by fcavengers, as in ' every other civilized town, and lamps are to be put up on the London principle. Hitherto there additional expences have been paid without any increafe of tax upon the inhabitants, but they talk of a finall rate about to be laid on, and which viil certainly be paid with the utmolt chearfuinefs.— The Herculean labour of removing the mountains of rubbilh, the accumulations in tome quarters of the town of thirty years, is vigoroully purfuing by fome hundred men and mules, and this city begins • to wear a wholefome afped, to maintain which. with great cafe, its fituation, In dole to the Tagus, and chiefly on an elevated bank, ought certainly very much to contribute. A multitude of the French emigrants from the dilbanded regiments are going to zwain,and many others returning home, the few who remain here continuing to wear their Croix el: St. Louis, General LASN Es, the French Ambatrador, took umbrage at it, and procured from the Prince of Brazils an order to forbid the wearing of this emblem in the Portuguefe dominions. Toe General and the Resent are upon the belt diplomatic terms,and have Jolt interchanged very fuperbprefents. The French Miniftet firtt lint an elegant Tut kith laddle to the Prince, eftimated at 30,000 lisres ; he received in exchange a magnificent pair of plants, with a horn of gold duck powder, and fome golden flogs to load them, betides a portrait of the Prince, richly let in diamonds. General LASSIE'S, who has perhaps been rather calumniated by reports of tolerating a contraband introduaion of French manufaftures,having lately dete&ed one of his houlehold in that pra.:tice, is laid to have given the poor fellow a molt Republican thralhing, in revenge for promoting in his very hotel the propagation of fach rumours. One of his Aides de-Camp too, having been itopred lately at night by the patrole, from whom, niif' taking them for an armed banditti, he was endeavouring to efcape by flight, and not liberated till the following morning, in fpite of all hi. remonArmlets, the Gallic confequence was offended, and the Minister, at first, talked of no fatisfaaion fhort of cashiering the officer of the Patrole, and putting all the men into a dungeon ; but his anger yielded at length to remonfirkince,and an apology was accepted to up the affair.