The Express.
London, England, 1849-03-20 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

The Oriental Company's steam packet, Jupiter,
Capt. F, auks Meehan, arrived at Southampton yester-
day, and landed her mails under the charge of Lieut.
Peter Rainier, R.N., Admiralty agent. Her dates
are : Gibraltar, March 9; Cadiz, March 10; Lisboa,
March 13 ; Oporto, Marsh 14 ; Vigo, March 16. The
Jupiter bring" 16 packages of specie.
The following is the letter of our correspondent :

LISBON, MARCH 12.
Most of my former lettere will have prepared you
for some kind of revolution ; in truth, one is now go-
ing on, and rather an important one. One party of
the Caiistu, and many of the Progreseistas acknow-
ledge there is something " rotten in the state of Den-
mark." Th'y acknowledge the constitution has not
answered its end, inasmuch as instead of organising
the country, it is in a complete state of disorganisa-
tion • and, therefore, as almost every method has been
tried which the new men could think of, unsuccess-
fully, they say that many things ought to be brought
back to their former state. Thus they avow the
pre-eminence of the laws and establishments they
destroyed. The Minister of War has formally de-
' elated that they must set asideall other oonsideratioas
and return to the date that existed before, when
the line was always recruited from a well-constituted
militia, to which every male capable of bearing arms
was liable to be selected, such male belonging to a
description of force called " ordinanges," which, al-
though not embodied, did various duties, both civil
and military.
In the course of the last week another report of
revolt and outbreak occurred. The government were
on the psi rive, sent 200 men to St. Übes, and or-
dered the Ist &adores to proceed to this place. It
arose as follows :—The administrator at St Übes put
into his pocket the rent allowed for his offices, keep-
ing them in apartments of the barracks; the colonel
of the let Caoadores wanted the apartment', but the
administrator refused to surrender them, whereupon
the gallant colonel, Joaquim Bento, expelled the ad-
ministrator and his effects vi et arms,. The latter
officer being a brother of the aide-de-camp of the civil
governor of Lisbon, gave such an account of it,
that his brother, the aide-de-camp represented
it as a revolt of the regiment ; the whole garrison
was ander arms, patroles made, guards doubled, and
artillery placed at the different points.
I am deeply concerned to say no rain his yet fallen.
We have a strong, dry north-easter, lots of dust blow-
ing, a scorching sun at mid-day, and the appearance
of the country that of an arid desert.
There has been a public procession to avert God's
anger from this unhappy nation, and although on all
former occasions it was the custom of the sovereign to
attend it as • penitent, yet Donna Maris, in violation
of the people's religious prejudices, and, setting all de-
corum at defiance' went magnificently dressed to see
it, as if it had been a raree-show ! Neither the
theatres nor any public place of amusement were
that, Donna Maria herself setting the example by
giving her with. All the old nobility, that is,
such as could go, walked in the train, and
the Queen, finding how much her conduct had
beea deprecated, gave notice to the brotherhood of
N. Soaker doe Pascoe that she would cci the next day
there to prayers ; but to show how her conduct Id:
estimated, all the old nobility were &beret. This
speaks volumes. Donna Maria governs, not reigns,
by virtue of the protocol, and the occasional presence
here of a British fiat.

Many of the deputies evincing their coolness to-
wards the government have been called to a meeting,
at which they were alternately threatened to be db-
missed (those who were in employment) and cajoled ;
Saldatha saying he would resign, but some at the
meeting desiring he should still continue in his post,
he "consented to sacrifice his comfort and his ease hr
his country's good." Bat every one knows that if he
were to resign he would be in danger of starvation, as
It is well known he is u destitute of funds as he is of
spasm and principle.
The budget has not yet been presented--nor has
any measure been proposed by the government for
the amelioration or the condition of the country or
the people.
The miserably (tepee* state of the northern pro-
vinces (the wine district) is alarming, and cannot
long continue without a change.

The Vasco da Game, the only line of battle eMp
the country possesses, has sailed to the Brazils, Ao
touch at Madeira.
The Chambers are to have a secret meeting; it le
said the object is the affairs with Rome.

BRAZILS.
DEFEAT OF THE REBELS.

The Seraphina arrived at Liverpool on Sunday from
Paraiba, after an extraordinary passage of 22 dais.
By her we have received dates from Pernambuco to the
20th, Bahia 2nd, and Rio Janeiro 8 h Fob. Active and
successful measures had been adopted in regard to the
rebels. On the 10th they were in position at Pus-
made, eight leagues north of Pernambuco; bit
on the approach of the imperial forces they retreatedto
Goianna, where they made a stand. A battle toOk
plea on the 18th, the rebels numbering 1,500, and
the royalists about 1,300. The rebels were beaten.
They lost some hundreds, including Roma, their
leader, which disheartened them consider ably. They
retreated to Brijo d'Aria, where it was expected the
decisive struggle would take place. Of the even-
tual success of the government hardly a doubt
was entertained, u the army had been rein-
foroed by 300 men from Bahl% and 1,800 more were
daily expected from Rio Janeiro. This prestige bad
caused many persons in Pernambuco to give them-
selves up, and commerce was reviving. Sugar was
coming into the city in plenty, but cotton was scarce.
At Bahia exchange ruled at 251. The 241 to 25.
Freights 355. to 40s.
Letters bad been received at the latter plum from
Buenos Avres, which mention the impoitint fact that
Roses had declared war against Paraguay, and Wu
following up the threat by levying an army.
It was rumoured at Paraiba, on the 22d Feb. that
the rebels were then at • place called Onus, where
they intended to await the coming up of the royalists,
and that Roma was not killed, but that his nephew
had been taken prisoner.