The General Ruy Freyre returns to Persia—Establishes a Customs House in Congo—News arrives from Dom Gonçalo da Silveyra.

When the General reached Muscat at the end of April, he at once sent a galliot to the Count-Admiral at Goa, advising him of the state of affairs and of how important it was that he should confirm the conditions of the peace treaty which he was sending him, in consequence of the increased income to the Royal Exchequer which would result from the port of Congo being suitable for Portuguese shipping.