The Express.
London, England, 1848-12-16 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

The Pinion:lar and Oriental Company's steamer
Jupiter, Capt. F. Meehan, with the Peninsular mail
in charge of Lint. Langton, Admiralty. agent, arrived,
at Southampton at 11 o'clock lad evening. Her date(
Opare—Gibraltar, Deo. 7 ; Cadiz, 8 ; Lisboa, 10 ;
orto, 11 ; Vigo, 12. She beings 32 packages of
specie, value 2010001.
On the morning of the 10th the Portuguese war-,
steamerMindelhowas despatched for Naples in search
of the Pope, to offer him an asylum in Portugal
should he think fit to accept it. The Queen's ahem-
berla*Coent de PreafteL is rildegedreercrpit ale-
doe. Meet is being prepare for bis
d
Saldanha i. prosecuting the Cabral pen The,
dinisteriegaidsle not yet over, but it is not ap-
posed that the present ministry will meet the Codes,
which mumble in January. The Spanish
Gude, bad been arrested by order of r.
Dome: has not yet been released, though the
English embassy ban remonstrated vdth the
government. It is dated that the British steamers
are emceed, on leaving Tyro, for Spawn refugees.
The noon of Oakes bad awed great excite-
ment in
Sir PortuOinan Montemolinid beads bad sp.
p near
Sir Charles Naßiees squadron was daily lolsrlitez
and her Majesty a brig Racer had been
den cruising foe them, to inform Sir Chyle that
the" Portuguese WWII determined not to admit the
squadron to pratiqiie ; bat, an ;the morning .of .the
Jupiter's departure, the ituthonties at the Health=
ofts received orders to grant free pratique lame-,
ditely. The varentina. relabeling an, cede..
degree, Telma&
Discount on Bask notesZ4l to 45. Enbings, 30
days, 521.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—We bays dates from
Meld* to the let eL aely. lost new and valuable Rims
hai been acquired by the edesitte, seasely, the Btratbalbya
(mew), the Urapartaga (sapper), the Port Lamle (rep-
pm), mar that port ; and bra, sot the Weeders
(savaged and ). All Wee seines, says the &tali
Australia are of groat promise ; ad the
sada, of them esiosists who are not small, band
Ilardildlame. es Ward op in the Wm mteathmable
==sl.le the lairsa
L. that strigetrier
eginien edsle sw great value. The glaillaeat
a=t;
molimem !tee and the more meet sad
seseads some to bead, of the mistime of Insese Ides
dellver•lead sad simper, sonfiren, far MOM tally then was
saaapated. the lost description dads promety. It is said
ad s diarmatT, net of a copper lads, bat of a maps, fieltl,
meth of the Bum, has ales beat made, which is said alma
maga its elder brother; Shillegit, if it oppression te ft leg
one.quarter, it will indeed be a Was worth
at. Official despatches bad been received feenthl2
Grey, emeeetod with the matemplated edemas of
emigration to Australia. The plan is deprecated of making
South Australia incur debt for the sake of a supply of
labour. The South Australian Gandhi says: "We need
not disease here the propriety of incurring a heavy
debt to obtain a supply of labour, as it affects New
South Wales only. and is wholly inapplicable to
South Australia. 'nit roams bas ample means
already provided to pay Is, more labour than it
is likely to get for a maple of yam. We have, at least,
1110,0001. in the hands of the Cedert Omarataioners, at
ea Its war to them, aad we are Odd dia while dues ships a
suss* are ant to New South Wales ea Sweatt, only one
le te be sent per mouth to South Au la, which has pro-
add resew to pay for forty." The South Australian
Swett* madades by saying that the lama& is such that
the moray ett to be revelled, mil whim me ship should
go to New &WI Webs three timid so es Booth_ Australia.