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LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY. Four o Cock.

Accounts from Lisbon, received this morning, are
to the Bth inst. When the Terrible left the Tagus, a
report was in circulation, that 600 men detached by
Saldanha, had routed the Cintra guerillas with the
loss of eighteen killed. The Marshal himself was
with the royal n.my at Torres Vidras, the famous
position of the Duke of Wellington, \There he awaited
quietly the attack of Das Antas. Should the insur-
gent leader be so imprudent as to assumethe offensive,
and attack Marshal Saldanha in his entrenched
camp. his defeat must be inevitable, provided only that
the Queen's troops retained their fidelity. The re-
sult, however, might be very different if he postponed
an attack, and adopted the prudent course of retiring
upon Coimbra, for in that case Saldanha must either
remain inactive, or, to strike a blow, must follow the
rebels into a hostile country, from whence he might find
it im"ossible to keep his communication with Lisbon
open; and in that event he would be completely cut
off from his supplies.
Das Antos was said to be at the head of 14,000
men, consisting of 6,000 regular troops, and 8,000 vo-
lunteers and guerillas. An aide-de-camp bad reached
Lisbon from the insurgent army with the ultimatum
of the Count, conveyed in the following letter to the
Queen, which implores her to reconsider his former
communication, and appease the national disquiet by
recalling her late ministers, and restoring the princi-
ples of government established by the late Minho re-
volution. The only answer given was a verbal
reference to the Diaro containing the decrees by which
Das Antos was deprived of titles and honours.
"Senhora,—Already, on the 28d and 27th of this month,
I have had the honour to lay nt the feet of your Majesty on
the throne a sincere, frank, and loyal exposition of the
actual state of this country, and of the imminent dangers
which threaten us if your Majesty does not apply a prompt
remedy; and, having just arrived at this city to-day, with
the vanguard of the Portuguese people, who in great part
direct themselves towards your capital, I cannot desist from
again asking your Majesty, with the greatest submission, to
attend to the intimation of the same, and to the just repre-
sentations of an entire people, which only invokes of your
Majesty to put an end to its sufferings. One moment's
delay, Senhora, may lead to incalculable evils; and the delay
of a few days may ruin the hopes and sincere wishes of your
Majesty's most faithful subjects ; since, so long as irritation
does not reach to exasperation, it will be possible to direct
and contronl it. But, when it shall have reached that extre-
mity, no power will be able to restrain it. God guard, for
many years, the life of your Majesty, and of all the Royal
Family, as all good Portuguese wish.
"Leiria, Oct. 28. "Coyne DAs ANTAS."

The domestic news from America, received by the
Caledonia, is of interest, both in a political and com-
mercial sense. The heavy drain necessary to supply
the means of carrying on the war with Mexico,
was making itself severely felt on the resources
of the country, so that, notwithstanding the
eclat of military success, people were anxiously
looking forward for the meeting of Congress,
in hope that it may be the means of securing an hon-
ourable peace. The election returns are still favour-
able to the Whigs, and of course unfavourable to the
existing administration. In Pennsylvania the success
of the party has been complete, the representatives to
Congress being now 16 Whigs, 6 Democrats, 1 Native
American. In Ohio the Whigs have elected a governor
and a majority of members. They have also
gained in Georgia and Alabama ; and if they suc-
ceed in New York, the political revolution will be re-
garded as complete.
Referring to commercial news, we may remark,
that on the arrival outwards of accounts from
this country by the Caledonia, flour immediately rose
to 6 dollars 25 c. for good brands, and wheat of fair
description was done at from 1 dol. 25 c. to 1 dol. 33 c.
per bushel. In the provision market generally therm
was a considerable mblvance, but prices were again de-
clining when the steamer left.

The question so long in debate in Belgium, about
the admission of foreign shipping, which shall have
touched or put in at an intermediate port, to the be-
nefit of direct importation, that is, to exemption
from the payment of differential duties, is at
length settled temporarily by a sort of compro-
mise. By a decree dated the 1 lth instant, it
is enacted that foreign vessels coming from trans-
atlantic countries, or from places beyond the straits
of Gibraltar, may put into an intermediate port
for orders, without losing the benefit of direct im-
portation into Belgium, under certain concitions.
The stay must not exceed three days, save in the
case of circumstances beyond control (such as foul
weather, repairs, &c.), to be justified by consular cer-
tificate at the port of detention. On arrival in Bel-
gium, the captain must produce also to the Custom-
house authorities a certificate from the Belgian Con-
sul at the port of stoppage, or, if none, from the
consul of some friendly power, or of the chief of the
local custom-house, attesting that no merchandise had
been taken on board, or discharged. It must be estab-
lished
also that the vessel was freighted in destination for
Belgium, and in the name of a Belgian house, either
for its own account, or as a direct consignment. To
this effect the charter party, or if none the manifest
or invoices, must bear the visa of the Belgian consul,
or if none, of other authorities as above, at the port of
shipment. The house to which directed must
declare by writing that the cargo has not been
the object of a sale afloat, and that it has been
addressed to him directly from the place of loading,
either as proprietor, or on consignment. If before
haul' I, 1850, the faculty conceded by this decree
be not prorogued, vessels will be permitted, on
fulfilment of the necessary conditions, to touch
!,t an intermediate port, without los:ng the
benefit of direct importation • for arrivals beyond
the Straits of Gibraltar for three months; front trans-
atlantic countries within Cape Horn and the Ct...pe of
Good Hope for six months ; for arrivals beyond these
tapes for one year.
As the law stood before, no foreign vessel freighted
abroad for Belgian account and destination, was at:-
missible into a port of Belgium, with the advantage
r.of. direct importation, if it had touched in an interme-
r_te„Pbvt, excepting compelled thereto by stress of
;,4vLuer• or other compulsory circumstances, to be
!au, justified. The present decree, though an
improvement as far as it goes, is bat a
slight boon in favour of foreign shipping, and can
I:ie,taxeeely be of much advantage to Belgian Commerce.
into delay of three days, to which a vessel, putting
fw Son-es for orders, is limited, is far too short aterm
anect reference to the owners or conaigsees of the

cargo in.Selgiera,- far orders. The erdere Rest, there-
fore, be waiting ia London or Cowes foe the arrival of
the vessel. Supposing a long passage, markets may have
changed before her arrival, and all the calculations
upon which orders had been dispatched for a given
port or market, where prices were at the date ruling
most favourably, would be entirely denutged.

INQUEST ON THE LATE MR. ALSAOZIL—Thies morn-
ing at one o'clock a highly respectable jury was mapannelled
before Mr. Mills, the deputy-coroner, to inquire touching
the death of the late Thome+ Massa Alsager, Eaq. The
inquiry was held at the late residence of the de-
ceased gentleman, No. 26, Queen's-square, Bermondsey;
and, after the facts, as already detailed to the public, had
been proved in evidence, the jury unanimously returned the
following verdict,—" That Mr. Alsager was found with his
throat cut ,• :hat he did it with his own hand, but what was
his state of mind at the time he did it there is no evidence
before us." The Coroner : Not sufficient evidence. The
Foreman Not sufficient evidence.

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