15 NOVEMBER 1828, Page 1

We understand that before Lord Strangford left London for Rio

de Janeiro, a Portuguese officer of high rank, who enjoys the con- fidele of Don Pedro, had left Falmouth for Brazil, for the pur-

pose of preparing the Emperor for his Lordship's visit, and laying before him the real facts connected with the affairs of Portugal: A German Mail has arrived, but there is not a paragraph in the papers worth extracting.

There are no arrivals of the least interest at the Foreign Office, or at the Embassies.

Letters from Ireland state, that deputies from the Catholics are coming to visit the different counties of England. It seems, how- ever, that Catholic leaders take different views of the propriety of this prcceeding.

Accounts from Glasgow this morning mention several failures, which are attributed to over-trading to India.