The Express.
London, England, 1848-03-20 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

The Oriental Company's steam-packet Montrose,
Capt. J. Bowen, arrived at Southampton yesterday,
and landed her mails under the charge of Lieut. P.
Rainier, R.N., Admiralty agent. Her dates arc—
Gibraltar, March 9th ; Cadiz, 10th; Lisbon, 13th;
Vigo, 15th.
The Princes Joinville and d'Aumale arrived
on the 12th at Lisbon, when an interesting
meeting took place between the Queen of Portugal and
the Princess de Joinville, her sister, after an interval
of twenty-five years, or, at least, since both were
children. They received the greatest attention while
in Lisbon.
An occasional correspondent informs us that r n old
aide-de-camp—a devoted friend of Louis Philippe—
was in Paris during the three days of the revolution
last month, and he immediately afterwards posted to
Marseilles, and crossed over to Algeria, to inform the
Princes Joinville and d'Aumale of the abdication of
their father, and of the astounding events that had
transpired in France, and begged them to make their
way to England. The princes threw themselves on
the generosity of the captain of the French steamer
Solon. The latter, not having received any official
intimation of the formation of the republic, thought
of nothing but his duty and loyalty to the princes, and
immediately offered to obey their commands; but he
gave his crew notice that perhaps he was about to
compromise himself in what he was going to
undertake—and gave all those who were unwilling
liberty to leave his ship and not accompany him in
his voyage. It was fully expected that the princes
would have left the Solon sad come to England in
the Montrose. They, however, did not do so, and
when the Montrose arrived in Southampton on Satur-
day night, the Solon was not above a twelve hours'
voyage behind.
A French gentleman went out in the Madrid, which
left Southampton on the 17th, at the request of Louis
Philippe, to meet the princes, and accompany them
to England.
Portugal is quiet, but fears are entertained of a
renewal of intestine discord and confusion in the

spring.
The following letter from our correspondent will
give all the news:
LISBON, MARCH 12.
I wrote you a few hurried lines on the Bth inst.,
per Dragon, but from the state of the weather off the coast
it a doubtful whether this will not reach you first. On the
9th, the British fleet (with the exception of the Howe and
the Queen) left the Tagus for Cork; the Howe remains
here for the moment, the Queen having sailed for the Medi-
terranean station. The reported cause of the withdrawal of
our ships of war is said to be their inefficient state both as
regards the complement of their crews, as well as of maV.
net. In a recent letter, I informed you float the fleet was
ordered home, but had been detained at the instance of Sir
G. Hamilton Seymour; therefore you will see that their move
has been without reference to the recent events in France.
The Queen and her husband, the Prince Ferdinand of Saxe
Cobourg, were most anxious to detain the squadron; no en-
treaties were spared, but all availed not. On the e vent Lg of
the Bth, a death took place on board the Howe—that of her
commander (Loring), who was buried in the English ceme-
tery on the following morning, with the usual military
honours.
The news of the revolution in France. and of the brushing
away of the royalty of July, has filled the court here with
the greatest consternation ; and the withdrawal, just at this
critical moment, of Sir Charles Napier's support has added
to the dread. By the national parties in Portugal (the Sep-
tembristas and the Royalists or Miguelites) the intelli-
gence has been far differently received; and they barely dis-
guise their exultation; in fact, the quadruple alliance which
has so long served as the pretext for crushing the liberties of
the oppressed Portuguese, is now of the value of waste
paper, and, consequently, it becomes a question whether
England will venture upon further interference in the:in-
ternal affairs of Portugal, should the despotic career of Donna
Maria and her evil counsellors provoke another outbreak.
The court and the government organs are striving their ut-
most to make out a case for succours from England; the
large garrison is constantly under arms, and bodies of
troops ostentatiously patrol the city in all directions.
The Portuguese steamer Mintiallo, which left the Tagus a