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 quantity of supplies, in the vicinity of the Foz. On the 21st, Commander Glascock waited upon Marshal Solignac, to complain of misconduct on the part of the officer commanding the battery of Torre do Marco. After his return to the Orestes, a shot was fired between the masts of that ship, and a most provoking fire brought on, to no possible purpose. Towards the end of April, the AEtna was ordered to Lisbon, for the purpose of subsequently undertaking a survey in the Mediterranean. On the 2d May, a shot from a carronade under the Torre do Marco, which was kept constantly firing at solitary soldiers, passed so close to the Orestes, that it was a matter of surprise her bowsprit had not been struck, or some of the men on the forecastle killed.

On the 3d June, 1833, the First Lord of the Admiralty wrote to Commander Glascock as follows:–

“Sir,– It has afforded me sincere pleasure to mark my high sense of your meritorious conduct and claims, by this day promoting you to the rank of captain in the royal navy. You will not, however, at present be relieved in the command of the Orestes, as we are desirous of the benefit of your services, in your present important station, a little longer. I have the honor to be, &c.

(Signed)“.”

On the 11th June, Vice-Admiral Sartorious was superseded in the command of Donna Maria’s fleet, by Captain Charles Napier, alias Carlos de Ponza. On the 5th July, the latter officer obtained a decisive victory over the naval forces of Don Miguel, in the neighbourhood of Cape St. Vincent.

On the 8th July, an officer of the Miguelite piquet at the Cavaço, perceiving a shore boat with an English gentleman going alongside the Orestes, snatched a musket out of the hand of one of the sentinels at the gate, walked deliberately to the beach, fired, and dangerously wounded the waterman in the side. This cowardly act was immediately represented by Captain Glascock to General Lemos, who took prompt steps to inquire into the misconduct of the lending party. On the 22d of the same month, about 3, a few of the piquets belonging to the Cavaço were bathing close to the