Star. — 1829-09-26 (London, England)

VATE CORRESPONDENCE.  LISBON. san. 18.  Various and interesting as are the subjects which chin @acacia and furnish matter for ammo/scary he this unhappy causer?, the resent victory at Terceira sad ks effect on the public stied are parasseent to every thing else ; indeed all other coscerns have bees nearly forgottes since this most important event has become generally 'mown. Although a massed rumour of the Mere of the apathies was circulated so early as the ilith eh. k was not till the arrival of the Sandwich Packet en the 4th, sanoesseing the loading of Cubed Macao at Falmoudi, that the disastrous spent of the less sustained by the !divisible was meetmimed. As might well be 'erected, mews so swiftly unlashed for by people who had antkipated a totally Afferent result, and who had even asnimased the actual oesquint of the bleed. palmed a Sterile effect, net from the anneben maliced, for that is a subject of the sesame indifference, but lest the skim victory should kid to that retributive justice which their own excesses are so eminendy calculated to call feeds. I am essilionly informed, that many Individuals shoes the Court. and mew of the Ministers, attribute the met to the interposition of Providemis, if not as a prelude to that vengeance fee which they akoady feel the Mood of the innocent viedass slaughtered dale the usurpation. ale eked. Se this as it may. there is Yak doubt bat that both the usurper himself and the leaders of the faction ore pack-struck, as if afraid of some ealansity to themselves : saber the tyrant see any of Ms 'lifelike. have appeared in public dace the news arrived, and there is reams to believe they most have bees minstetp informed of the w►ole affair several days before It transpked publkly. One of the first precautionary _'auras of Manus, the Intendant of Nike, was to threaten with instant imptiosemnest any person who should say a syllable on lila subject. A number of suspected individuals were arrested both here and in the Pro• and is order to prevent any movement in the capital, the usual patrols, of horse and foot, already so numerous, have been doubled all over the city. You cannot, in fact. pass through a single street or square, without meeting parties of cavalry and Infantry parading in every direction. TM ordinary guards have also been increased, and a great number of additional sentinels are placed in the most populous quarters. Mtn Lisbon has DM merely the appearance of a besieged forums, but of one vast prison Wiese inmates are on the eve of bursting their chains.  Notwithstending all these precautions, I venture to say that so event of the last fifty years of Portuguese history has been SW so mock talked of. or more freely canvassed ; while there is no exaggeration in merlin that the triumph of the patriots has «cashiered the greatest exultation not only here, but in all the towns where it happens to be known. Were it sot for the prostrate condition of the costitationalists, and the great nt.mbers who have congregated, added to a knowledge eel the powerful protection Wooled to the usurper from without, the event at Terceira would have at once decided his fate, and restored Portugal to her violated rights. As it is, they hail the victory of their compatriots as the signal fur national regeneration, nor Is there any one with whom I have convened, who does net now regard the ultimate triumph of his principles folly assured. The shattered remains of the armament have continued to arrive as they could best make their way, during the last week, from St. Michael's. Three or four vessels of war, still sobsiog— among dose. the line-of-battle ship which suffered so severely continue at that island repairing their heavy damage. Bolue days before these straegiers sailed. Rosa, the' Migusatr maul hero, to whose blind temerity the disaster at Terceira is sow at• wasted, is said to have attempted suicide after the battle. But this is an euess el intrepidity. of which those who know him very much doubt this furious partisan to be capable. At all events, kis n c returning to the Tagus is ascribed to the fear of being seri. heed to the wrath of the faction. Indeed, the Old Queen has already said to those around her. that the defeat arose solely from the tresses of Pains sad Roza. With respect to the former, ho has wisely remained at St. Michael's, probably to wait events. Nothing can be more woe-begone or deplorable than the aspect of the poor wretches who escaped on the I Ith of August. I sa* about a hundred leaded this afternoon. aodandd Not refrain Arse Sommlemsdng their forlorn appearance. It seams that the whole of the troops embarked for the expedition, have been exposed so every species of hardship and privation, baying had neither beds to sleep en or any spare clothing, during the whole period of Stir absence. Happening to convene moo after with a annealed Patriot, who has passed much et his time is Ragland, I ventured to express same sympathy for the bilpeihes who kV at Terceira, supposleg them to have bora the blind sad uacenscious instruments a< the ruling faction. My friend replied by observing, that, painful as the sacrifice VIM it could only be by such sot nest his country stud ally chaos of replan bee place among the nations of Europe l seadodlog Ms remarks by a very opt rummies from Matan's handful swig to Liberty : UAW is the blood that for tyrants is eqsandeed, And Fame has no wreath for the brow et the eine!