São Julião da Barra, by order of the Cortes, resulting in a long process in the press, that included debates and ridicule. His actions were refuted by Luiz Manuel de Moura Cabral, of the Casa da Supplicação, in letters that described the events on Terceira, in addition to illustrated observations in Campeão Lisbonense, Voz da Verdade provada por documentos and the pamphlet Voz da Verdade, as well as an analysis of the libelous Noticia resumida dos acontecimentos da ilha Terceira na installação do seu governo constitucional. Stockler responded in his own name in some critical notes, published in 1822 by Dr. Vicente José Ferreira Cardoso da Costa, to the Count of Arcos. All these questions and judicial processes ended with the fall of the constitutional government in 1823, stemming from the Absolutist Vilafrancada supported by Queen and the Infante D, Miguel, which left Stockler with an unblemished record in the eyes of the new monarchist government. As a result, on 10 June 1823, it was concluded that Stockler provided loyal service to the Crown within the legal framework bestowed on him, and his career was rehabilitated, along with that of Bishop Manuel Nicolau de Almeida. As one of the politicians liberated in the aftermath of the fall of the government, Stockler was seen as a celebrity, and nominated to elaborate the new legal Charter. But, the commission was extinguished before ever producing a new Charter, yet he was invested with title of Baron of Vila da Praia by decree, on the 29 September 1823. When Stockler was re-appointed Captain-General of the Azores, many of the absolutists filed into the streets with clubs attacking and arresting Liberals. Absolutism Stockler arrived in Terceira aboard the Princesa de Portugal on 17 November 1823, accompanied by 500 soldiers, where he resumed his functions two days after arriving Angra. His reception was apotheosis, with three days of festivities and one day devoted to unceasing honors and oaths of fidelity. After installed in his position the "new" Captain-General immediately began to persecute the remnants of Liberal government and their sympathizers; there were numerous arrests and expulsions from the island, a reign of terror that paralleled the Castilian invasion of 1583. The other islands of the archipelago quickly stepped into line; on São Miguel the administration proclaimed their obedience to the King in order to save their newfound autonomy, as did politicians on Faial. Meanwhile, on the