Portugal.
rhe followi,' is" as extract df - letter dated -Lisbori, I Oc. 18:-'.Oxs.the 11th of this month, the Council 4 f State met to discuss the communicatious made by the Poir- uguese and lbra%iliau COromissioners assembled in Lon- don. It is said that tlie acknowledgment of the indepen- dence of Brazil has been decided favourably, notwithstand- ing the great opposition of the Prime Minister Pamploata, and of the Archbishop of Evora. It is difficult to conceive there can be any division of opinion on this subject., at a time when the welfare of Portugal is identified with a re- cenciliati6n with Brazil. Had the Very Reverend Arch. bishop or the Mlinister of State possessed ships rotting in the Tagus, or manufactories without a sale for thcir pro- ductions, they would entertain a different opinion, and not thus sacrifice the best interests of the nation. "The deelining state of the trade of Portugal will, how- ever, be better understood by the following account of the manufactorics now existing in Portugal, distinguishing these now at work and those which are idle:- PORTUQAL. I-,