The Express.
London, England, 1847-06-04 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY, Four o'Clock.
By the steam-ship Tiger, arrived this morning
at
Southampton, with the Peninsular mails, we have
accounts from Lisbon to the 29th, and Oporto to the
30th May. The ultimatum of the British government,
with respect to the affairs of Portugal, was
made known on the 27th ult., on the arrival of the
Bulldog steamer in the Tagus; and shortly after-
wards it was intimated by Sir H. Seymour,
to Sada Bandeira, that the British fleet would
be employed in preventing the landing and
transport of troops. According to our cor-
respondent, the orders received by SirW.Parker, were
" to take such immediate steps, in concert with the go-
vernment of Donna Maria, as might be found neces-
sary to reduce the Junta and the generals in arms
to instant submission to the Queen." Sada
Bandeira is understood to have expressed his
intention to resist foreign intervention by force,
and to submit only to the law of the victor
but this determination would doubtless be mo-
dified by instructions from the Junta, that body
having, it was said, agreed to the terms proposed by
England and Spain, leaving to those powers the re-
sponsibility of seeing them carried into full and com-
plete effect. The Junta's acceptance of such terms
was received at Lisbon by the Polyphemus, from
Oporto. She immediately left for St. Übe&
On the 28th ult. a cannonading was heard in the
Tauter of St. Übe., from 3 to 8 a.m., and at inter-
vals daring the day. It was afterwards ascertained
to be distant firing from the batteries of the Queen's
and Junta's armies. But little execution was
and less advantage gained by either side.
According to the accounts from Oporto, the Poly-
phemus arrived there on the 21st ult, from Lisbon,
bearing letters from the ministers of England, France,
and Spain, calling on the Junta to agree to an ar-
mistice to the 10th of June. On the 22nd a meeting
of British subjects wee held by our consul, at which
it was intimated that such persons as wished to leave
Oporto would be received on board her Majesty's
ships of war. On the 23rd, a frigate and brig in the
service of the Queen, having appeared off the bar,
they were attacked by the three Junta steamers;
an engagement took place, which lasted two hours,
without any advantage to either party. At the close of '
the engagement the Queen's ships stood away to the
south, and the Junta steamers re-entered the Douro.
On the 25th, Sir T. Maitland, in the America
frigate, arrived off the bar, with the Sidon steamer,
so that the British squadron was then composed of
the America, Nautilus, Sidon, Gladiator, and Poly-
phemus. Shortly afterwards a correspondence took
place between the British authorities and the Junta,
consequence, of which the English residents
requested the Gladiator steamer to convey their
families to Vigo. On the 26th, Count das Antes sent
down to the Foz 2,000 infantry, besides cavalry, and
several pieces of artillery, to protect the Castle and
cover the embarkation of troops on board the Junta
steamers. On the 28th, the Itinta refused the armi-
stice, unless on special conditions, and intimated their
intention of sending commissioners to Lisbon, to treat
direetly with the Queen. The Marquis of Lamle,
uncle to the Queen by marriage, was to be charged
with this mission. The Polyphemus, left on the
27th, for Lisbon, with the answer of the Junta, and it
was understood the Gladiator was to take the English
families to Vigo. The Queen's general, Casal, had re-
turned to Lamcgo, and Saldanha remained at his old
quarters. The/V./diens/ states that an insurrection, on In
extended scale,had taken place in the district of Coimbra.
Das Antaa, it was understood, would command as
expedition to the south ; but it was believed that the
British squadron would either prevent its leaving the
Douro,or would follow it and prevent thedebarkationof
troops on any part of the coast. When the last ao-
counts left, the Junta steamers and transports were
getting over the bar, and would attempt to go to the
southward. On the 29th the Junta published a pro-
clamation, promising protection to the English inha-
bitants, whatever might take place between it and
the British government.
The Tiger reports nothing new from Vigo. There
were rumours that the Miguelites were mustering
again in force in the north of Portugal. When she
left Gibraltar, a French steamer was employed towing
wind-bound vessels through the Straits. There were
many still in the bay, but 150 had got clear, with a
strong " Levanter."

Prince Oscar arrived at Spithead last evening, in a
Swedish corvette, for the purpose of visiting her Ma-
jesty and Prince Albert. The Royal yacht imme-
diately went out to Spithead to bring the Prince on
shore, but he declined landing till this morning.

Advices from Odessa of May 9th, received in Bel-
gium, report that an express had reached a house in
that port from Antwerp, which had consequently pro-
ceeded to purchase 30,000 tchctwerts of Wheat, at
from 2•i rabies to 30!. The pretensions of the holders
became therefore higher. Good qualities had been paid
as high as 31, and for inferior 27. Some bargains in
oats were done at 15 to 154 rubles, but 15 were after-
wards demanded. Indian corn, 17 to 17i. Linseed
was in decline at 22 to 224 rubles. Freights were at
an exorbitant rate. One vessel had obtained 150
shillings for Antwerp. At Constantinople, vessels had
been chartered at 1371 shillings.

The Belgian Moniteur of yesterday (the 3rd inst.),
in its official report, shows a marked fall in the prices
of corn. Upon the average price of Wheat quoted at