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London, England, 1823-07-09 00:00:00

the illuminations,- ace. icc.3 Among other occur-
rences, the people (permission having been obtained),
pulled down the monument which was founded'in the
Rocia on the 15th of September, 1821.
His Majesty has nominated the Marquis de Mari-
alva to the post of Ambassador Extraordinary. and
Minister Plenipotentiary to his Most Christian Ma-
jesty; Don Jose Luiz de Souza, Envoy Extraordi-
nary and Minister Plenipotentiary to his Britannic
Majesty; and, till that Minister shall arrive at Lon-1
don, his Majesty has been pleased to appoint Rafael
da Cruz Guerreiro to act as Charge d'Affaires.

LISBON, JUNE es.
If the 23d was remarkable for the solemnity, of
which we gave an account in our preceding number,
the 24th was rendered equally memorable by the ar-
rival of the unconquered Count Antarante, with his
brave division of above 3,000 men.
The Gazette contains a long account of the gra-
cious reception given the Count by Don Miguel, who
went to meet him ; and by their Majesties at Bern-
poste; and of the rejoicings of the soldiers and the
people.
JUNE 27.—The Gazette contains a long decree
(Carta de Lei) suppressing all Secret. Societies, what-
ever may be their institutions or denominations,which
shall never be again restored. The ground assigned
is, that the Freemasons, as well as the Carbonati,
Communeros, and others of the same nature, have
notoriously caused great injury to aU Nations; that
they have multiplied extremely, and formed a con-
spiracy to destroy the Altar and the Throne ; that the
most enlightened Governments of Europe have be-
come sensible of the necessity of averting the danger,
and that it is especially notorious that their influence
produced the revolution in Portugal.
Ills Majesty has named the Baron de Tezeira Mi-
nister of Finance and President of the Royal Treasury.

The following is an extract of a Letter dated Ca-
diz, June 20:
" A French brig of war and two frigates blockade us, and
since yesterday they don't let any vessel come in they can pre-
vent, nor even go out, which is still more singular. To-day
all the Foreign Consuls meet, far the purpose of signing a re-
monstrance to the French Commander against this unjust pro-
ceeding towards neutrals, when even no notification of blockade
has been published. It would seem that the vessels which re-
turned yesterday, intend to get under weigh, and aecompaay the
British armed brig bound to England with dispatches, it is
thought about Sir Jose Dowtos, who runs some personal risk,
being ted as implicated in the plot to carry off the Krao. and
for which most probably he will suffer. This naval blockade af-
fects us little, and as long as they do not blockade us by land,
We do not care; although of this we have not much apprehen-
sion, for the French have not got a force in Andalusia adequate
to the purpose, or, indeed, sufficiently large.
"We are to-day informed that Bautatsremosis acting towarils
Jaen. and that he is going to cover the military points and passes
of the Sierra Morena; and we consider the information certain,
as the French have suspended their forced marches. This Gene-
ral keeps the Eastern provinces quiet. If we bad a few more
Mutes in the country, at the end Of three months we should not
have a Frenchman or a rebel in the Peninsula. MINA acts per-
fectly independent of the General Government. Ile seldom
coMmuntcates with it, and the leak advices received from Lim
are dated May 23.
" From these it appears certain that be entered Manresa in
triumph, and after beating the enemy's division in that quarter.
Mtuass bad alio surprised a detachment In Mataro. The style
of warfare these two chieftains pursue, is essentially national.
They have with them a small and light body of picked men,
with whom they appear and disappear iu a moment, harassing
the French by tedious and useless marches, cutting them off
whenever a favourable opportunity offers. The chief part of
their troops are shut up in fortified places, from which they draw
fIA ern when necessary, and exchanes when tired.-3101n.t0 de-
fends Galicia and the Mountalns.'

The Walsing ham packet, whose arrival at Fal-
mouth Irom the Brazils we announced on Monday,
has brought the following details of Lord Coca-
nauis recent encounter with the *Portuguese fleet
ofF Bahia:
" Lord COCHRANE sailed with his squadron from
Rio about the last week in March, consisting of a
74-gun ship, a frigate, two sloops of war, and two
schooners, and fell in, off Bahia, with the PortugUese
fleet, viz one 74, twa.large frigates, two small ditto,
six armed merchantmen, one sloop of war, and two
schooners. He bore down with his 74, keeping the
remainder of his fleet to the windward, and endea-
voured to cut off one or two of the small ships, but
the Portuguese fleet kept close, and could not be
separated. His Lordship then passed from one end
of their line to the other, engaging each as he came
up and passed ; all of them endeavoured to avoid
him. When he had passed the headmost.(the 74)
be hauled his wind to join his consorts. .
" The Nightingale brig, commanded by a brave fel-
low, followed some time after the 74., and also fired a
broadside at almost every ship in the Portuguese line.
In one of the ships Lord COCHRANE edgaged, these
were five killed and 44 wounded. After this affair, his
Lordship landed a body of soldiers in the Rio Tauro,
near Bahia, with ammunition, field-pieces; lit.' it
was expected he would be joined about ihe middle of
May, by a frigate,,a sloop, two fire-ships, and two
schooners; a ship had arrived at Rio, from Liveipool,
with nearly
.200 seamen, which he was much in want
of. General LASATER, who was before Bahia, at-
tacked and defeated a battalion of the Lusitanian
Legion, asad-took a great many prisoners. The Bahia
lines were too strong for LASATER to enter; yet; on
the morning the Walsingharis packet left, he was
making a general attack from out end of the line to
the other. General MADEIRA had out of all Isis
troops (which had amounted to 20,000) only 2000
doing duty, so great has been the mortality from sick-
ness and the war; they are now on half allowance;
and as soon as Lord COCEIRANR.S reinforcementi cast
come up, it is &Ist' believed they must surrender."

We have received to-day a' further :apply of Ame-
rican Papers, to the 9th June. It appears, by the ic-.
counts in them, from Commodore Porter's squadron,.
that the system of piracy in the West Indies 44 is
completely broken up. A letter from Havannah, of
the 17th of May, says, 4, The troops here are in con-
stant motion ; the shot are piled on all the batteries,
and every preparation for defence appears to be
making ; nothing is to be heard but the sound of drum
and trumpet. "Coustitucion orMuerte," is the favourite
motto—how long it will be so remains to be proved."
l--Another letter of a still later date, the 234 of,