Lynchburg Virginian

LATEST FROM PORTUGAL

The brig Antonio Maxfield, arrived at New Bedford on Wednesday, from Lisbon, whence she sailed on the 17th of May. Captain Maxfield has favored the Editors of the New Bedford Gazette with the following intelligence:--

Don Miguel's fleet, was lying at Lisbon at that time, inactive for want of men. On the 10th the Government commenced pressing every Portuguese that could be found on board the shipping in port as well as on shore for the army and the navy. On the 13th, an order was issued to the shipwrights and caulkers, forbidding their working on any merchant vessel, until one of the Government's old ships, which had been condemned, was repaired, and requiring them to work on board day and night, nor excepting Sundays.

Nothing considerable has transpired at Oporto and in the last it would have been almost impossible to obtain a narration, as all the avenues for imparting accounts had been closed by Government.

D. Pedro was expected at Lisbon in about ten days, and it was thought that he would be received with open arms by all classes. The cause of Don Miguel was very unpopular among the people, but they of course did not dare to express their opinion openly. Desertions were frequent, and to a considerable extent, both from the army and navy, mostly in consequence of not receiving their pay. It was stated that Don Miguel had not paid his men in sixteen months, although he has from time to time promised it to them in two months, which is the case at the present time.

The Cholera had been raging at Lisbon to a considerable extent, but had in a great measure subsided when the Quota sailed. No cases had however appeared on board the shipping.