The Express.
London, England, 1847-05-20 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY. Four o'Clock.
At a council held this day, the Earl of Clarendon
was officially appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
His Excellency will proceed in a few days to Dublin,
to Ulm ponsession of his high office, but will return
immediately to resume his place in the House of
lords for the remainder of the session. As stated by
us yederday it is more than probable Mr. Labouchere
will be his lordship's successor at the Board of Trade ;
but this, and other official changes, will most probably
be deferred till the close of the session.

The Royal Mail Company's steamer Clyde, with
the West India mails, arrived this morning at South-
ampton. Her dates are as follows St. Jago de Cuba,
April 24 ; Jamaica 23rd ; Jacmel, 26th; Porto Rico,
28th; Demerara, 19th; Tobago, 21st; Trinidad, 21st;
Barbadoes, 24th ; Grenada, 26th ; St. Vincent, 26th ;
St. Lucia 27th; St. Martinique, 27th; Dominique,
27th; Guadaloupe, 27th; Antigua, 28th; Montserrat,
28th, Nevis, 28th: St. Kitt's, 28th; Tortola, 29th;
St. Thomas's, Ist of May ; Faye], 13th. The Clyde
brings accounts that on the 28th April the last of the
Azores threw off its allegiance to the Queen of Portu-
gal, and declared for the Junta at Oporto ; the revo-
lution, which was effected without bloodshed, was
complete. The ex-civil and military governors, with
the judge, three military officers, and a few soldiers,
were permitted to quit the island the day following,
some in a cutter to Gibraltar, and the remainder in a
schooner, for Lisbon. All was tranquil.
The Clyde has brought 71 passengers, 1,073 ounces
of gold dist, 202 casks of coffee, 16 bales of tobacco,
24 of sarsparilla, and .53 sundry packages. When sheleft
Jamaica, on the 23rd April, an Admiralty court was
sitting on a theft which had taken place of twenty-
three thousand dollars, on board the Clyde, by a young
man of New Grenada, who embarked at Chagres,
with another person, for Jamaica. Having ascer-
tained that the latter had the money in his two
trunks, with which he was entrusted by differ-
ent parties to make payments in Jamaica, the former
took advantage of his being sea-sick in his cabin, had
his trunks carried into his own by the bed-room stew-
ard,and forced open by the carpenter, giving as excuse
that he had lost his key whilst coming down the river
He landed, with the trunks and money, at
ena, and the theft was only discovered on the
Clyde's arriving at Jamaica, and the owner of
the trunks wanting his luggage. The culprit,
supposing search would be made for him at
na by the parties, crossed over to Jamaica,
wChretatee was apprehended by the police, dressed in
the clothes of his friend whom he had robbed. Sir
Joshua Row presided, with the other two judges and
Commodore Lambert; and the Consul for New
Grenada was present on behalf of the prisoner.
The Persian, which wuthe only vessel of war at Port
Royal, arrived on the 23rd from the Windward
Islands. The Viper was at Barbadoes. The Endymion
had left to go to the northward, haying nearly My
of her crew sick (we believe seven dead) with the
yellow fever. The commander-in-chief was on his way
to Bermuda, ria liavannah. It is reported that the
Thunder, whilst surveying on thebanks of Campeachy,
has permission from the commander-in-chief to en-
deavour to save whatever may be possible from the
wreck of the Tweed.

There was a great demand for shipping at Porto
Rico. The sugar was said to be actually spoiling for
want of being removed. At one port there was said
to be 6,000 hhds. for shipment; and on one white,
or rather property, there was to the amount of
20,000dollars' worth unshipped. At St. Thomas's there
Was also a demand for vessels ; 6L 10s. per ton was
said to be offered. This scarcity has been occasioned
by the high prices given for carrying ProviaionB to
Wand.
The accounts of both weather and crops from the
several West India islands are favourable.
The ship Winifred had arrived at Jamaica, with
Coolies, from Calcutta.
Two rather severe shocks of earthquake were felt at
Trinidad on the night of the 18th April.

By the Danish brig Ernest Lorenz, arrived off Fal-
mouth, we have late news from the River Plate.
Oar accounts from Monte Video are to the 21st
March, at which date Riviera was a prisoner on the
island of Martin Garcia. He had returned from Mal-
donado to Monte Video in a French war steamer,