Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - 'yan kasuwa na Ingila a Lisbon suna cikin matsayi mai kyau tare da' yanci daga haraji da dokoki na gida. An sanya hannu kan Stephens na tsawon shekaru bakwai, amma kasuwancin kawunsa ya gaza kuma wani dan kasuwa mai cin nasara, George Medley ya dauki shi a matsayin abokin tarayya. A wannan lokacin Carvalho e Melo ya fara hawansa zuwa mulki kuma ya fara shiga rikici da 'yan kasuwar Ingilishi. Sai kuma, a shekara ta 1755, girgizar ƙasa
Lisbon da yawancin ayyukan kasuwanci na Ingila sun lalace. Carvalho e Melo, duk da haka, ya haɓaka ikonsa ta hanyar sarrafa yanayin.