This was similarly duplicated on the continent, where Miguel of Portugal jailed his political opponents until 14 May 1824, when the situation reversed itself and the Infante Miguel was forced into exile. Consequently, Stockler was fired, apparently influenced by Count of Subserra, a Terceirense who had ascended to the ministry of King D. John IV. On 24 July 1824, Manuel Vieira de Albuquerque Touvar arrived in the Azores to take up his functions as the ninth Captain-General, and a few days later Stockler left again for an uncertain destination.