treasuries. On 13 May 1821, the frigate Pérola arrived on Terceira, commanded by commanded by Captain-of-Sea-and-War, Marshall Pedro de Ataíde Barahona, who intimated that Stockler should recognize the Liberal government. Stockler countered and resisted the intimidation, but did not find the support he expected from the population. On 14 April 1821, a revolution broke out in Angra, inspired by those deported from the Amazonas and those loyal to Francisco António de Araújo e Azevedo, forcing Stockler to take refuge in Praia. The municipal council proclaimed the Interim government under Araújo e Azevedo, but the Liberal cause was not as popular as the rebels assumed: he was shot during a counter-revolution and impaled by bayonets, his body taken in loud macabre procession through the streets of Angra. Stockler took power and advantage of the situation to imprison all those suspected of being liberals that the mob insulted and attacked on the way to the Fortress of São João Baptista arrested. He confiscated their goods and took refuge himself, cautiously, in that fortification, surrounded by soldiers on all sides. During the context of this uprising, Almeida Garrett (who had recently founded the Coimbra masonic lodge Sociedade dos Jardineiros and was interested in firming-up the constitutional legality of the Revolution) encountered strong opposition from Stockler, who threatened to imprison him if he manifested publicly in favor of the Constitution. This period resulted in a heroic/comic poem "O X" that Garrett wrote, but did not complete, alluding to the Captain-General. But things quickly changed as the Congress in Lisbon announced the return of the King, ordering the imprisonment of Stockler and his confederate, the Bishop of Angra (Friar Manuel Nicolau de Almeida), who had collaborated with the General in the repression of Liberals, as well as the creation of Interim Government in Angra elected by the populous. As a result, on 15 May 1821, a solemn ceremony was realized at the Municipal Palace/Hall of Angra where the populous announced their loyalty to the future constitution. Stockler abdicated his position as Governor and Captain-General but, along with Manuel Nicolau de Almeida, tried to remain as an "attache" to the government. This "solution" was not acceptable to the Cortes, and on 19 July 1822, the brig Flor do Mar arrived in Terceira to remove Stockler and the bishop (11 August 1822). Exile Stockler arrived in Lisbon and was immediately arrested and imprisoned in the tower of