THE PORTUGUESE COLONIES. [To THB EDIVOU OP TUX "sraorkros."3 Si,—The
prospective passing of the Portuguese Colonies by purchase has been freely discussed, not only in the Press of
Europe, but in Portugal itself, where the idea is not without many partisans. Lourengo Marques appears to be the colony admittedly of the greatest consequence to Great Britain, but St. Vincent, Cape de Verde Islands, and Madeira should commend themselves as being almost equally important, for the passing of these possessions to any other Power would mean that the possibility of another All-Red cable route linking Great Britain with the Cape and Australia would for ever 'vanish. The importance of this cable route appears to have been completely overlooked by those journals which endeavour to forecast the future. Madeira, I would mention, does not count as a colony, but as an integral part of
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