The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-31 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY, Four o'Clock.
Lieut. Waghorn's courier reached town at an early
hour this morning, from Alexandria rim Trieste, with
dispatches for the government and the East India
Company. The accounts from India by this convey-
ance are no later than those published by us yes-
terday. which were received at Marseilles by the
Peninsula and Oriental Company's steamer Ariel, and
thence transmitted by special express. The ordinary
Overland Mail, via Marseilles, cannot be expected
before Monday night.

Though ministers do not consider that the present
state of Portugal justifies any intervention on the part
of this country, some measures of precaution are
deemed absolutely necessary for the protection of
British interests in that country.
It is understood that our naval force at present in
the Tagus will be immediately augmented, and that
a special commissioner, Colonel Wylde, will proceed
to Portugal without delay for the purpose of supplying
government with authentic information as to the
state of political parties and the condition of the dis-
turbed districts. According to the Paris ministerial
journals, the counter revolution in Portugal is disap-
proved of by the French government ; and accounts
from Madrid inform us that the Spanish intervention
is not to extend beyond the movement of some troops
upon the frontier.

According to a letter from Mr. Brooke, dated the
31ht of August last, the state of affairs in Borneo was
more satisfactory. Subsequent to the late attack of
the fleet under Sir Thomas Cochrane at Borneo Proper,
the Sultan returned to Brum% from whence he has
addressed a letter to her Majesty, craving pardon for
the past, and containing many assurances of future
good behaviour. This information has been com-
municated to the East India and China Association of
London by-Mr. H. Wise, agent to Mr. Brooke, who
adds," The Sultan has also ratified all his former en-
gllS'ements, so that on Sir T. Cochrane's taking pos-
session of Labuan, in conformity with the instruc-
tions fo-warded to him by direction of Lord Palmer-
ston per Overland mail of July leo. her Majesty's
government have now no obstacle whatever to render
any further delay in forming a Btif.:l settlement on
thit important island requisite."

Among those most interested in the Indigo trade a
question has been under discussion as to a more con-
venient mode of conducting the periodical sales at
which this ding is brought forward, the complaint
being that large quantities of second-hand goods are
put up with the article newly imported. In conse-
quence of this arrangement the sale is frequently so
large that the time permitted for inspection is not
sufficient to allow of a proncr examination of the goods
in the catalogues. To remedy the evil complained of
a committee of gentlemen was appointed, who, under
the presidency of Sir George Las-pent, have agreed to
the following regulaticeis, which have been adopted
by the trade :
"1. That it is not expedient at present to make any ahem.
ton in the prit.riple of four sales of indigo in the year, and
that the present meeting pledge themselves to uphold the
mime,

" 2. That a committee, consisting of Sir George Larpent,
Bart , u chairman, two other importers, two export mer-
c..innti, two duller., and four Lroker, be appointed to de-
nse the but mato of arrangement for the four sales recom-