We have been favoured with the perusal of the official
report of the battle of the 5th instant, at Lisbon ; from which it appears, that the Miguelites were totally defeated in every point, and that in the charge of the 6th Infantry upon the elite of the Miguelite line (the Lameguis- tas), the enemy lost more than 206 in killed, besides an immense num- ber wounded ; whilst the loss of the Pedroites was very small. During the night of the 5th, a large body of the enemy, who had intrenched themselves, were also attacked and defeated with great loss, and all their works were destroyed. The chief slaughter was by the bayonet ; the Pedroites having determined to strike terror into the enemy, and to economize their own ammunition. The Miguelite prisoners stated, that BOURMONT had lost 2,000 men in killed and wounded ; but the official returns to the Constitutionalists make the loss of the enemy about 1,100; and their own about 280 killed and wounded, of whom the greater number were only wounded. Among the Pedroite officers, there were killed—D. Thomas de Mascarenhas, Colonel Brederodi, and a son of the Conde d'Alva. General Valdez, the former Governor of Madeira, had a ball through his arm, and is reported to have died. He was a very brave and excellent man. The number of BOURMONT'S troops before the attack was from 15,000 to 16,000; but they were reduced by the action and by desertion to 13,000 at the utmost. The Constitu- tionalists consisted, on the 7th, of 21,000 men,—viz. 9,000 troops of the Line, including the recent arrivals from Oporto, and fifteen battalions of National troops amounting to nearly 12,000: of these battalions, three were in the action, and fought gallantly. The inhabitants rushed to the trenches ; and after the battle, the ladies of Lisbon visited the hospitals, and attended to the wounded. The shops were all opened as usual during the 5th, and commerce was not for an instant suspended. All the fortresses were in a perfect state of defence ; and the fleet was drawn up for action, but there was no necessity for its cooperation. The lines were nearly completed on the 7th, and were considered almost impregnable. PEDRO had extended them considerably, as the inhabitants were rushing to his aid as volunteers. He bad particu- larly turned his attention to the lines which were begun by MassErta. If arms had not been wanting, at least 30,000 troops would have mus- tered on the 5th to resist the enemy. Five thousand muskets were ex.. pected hourly : there were volunteers enough, however, to take double that number. On the 7th, there were 200 pieces of artillery mounted on the lines of Lisbon. We find that two vessels laden with muskets have been recently sent out, and probably they have by this time been received.
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