The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-29 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY. Four o'Clock.
There was a report in Paris on Tuesday that tele-
graphic despatches had arrived from Madrid, an-
nouncing that the Queen of Portugal had been
dethroned, and that 30,000 Spanish troops were to
march into Portugal under the immediate command
of General Narvaez. . .

The news from Madrid, which comes up to the
21st, indicates pretty clearly the policy to be pursued
by the Spanish government in the affairs of Portugal.
An armed intervention had, it was understood, been
decided upon at a meeting of the Cabinet on the pre-
vious night, at which the probable opposition of Great
Britain to such a proceeding was long and anxiously
discussed. The result was, to brave the hostility of
England, which it was estimated would go the length
of a few ineffectual protests. The Portuguese go-
vernment were stated to have forwarded a requisition
for Spanish troops to the Captain-General of Old
Castile, and General Pavia was to move with all dis-
posable forces from Salamanca, and Castello Branco,
which still acknowledged the Queen's authority, from
thence co-operating, as occasion may demand, with
King Ferdinand, who had, or was about marching
from Lisbon, at the head of some 2,000 troops. The
course of events are evidently conducing to the esta-
blishment of a French influence in Portugal, as
paramount as that which now reigns in Spain.
There are accounts from Lisbon to the 16th inst.,
which announce that Viscount D'Oliveira had retired
from the administration, and been succeeded by M.
De Souza-Azevedo, as Minister of Finance. ~It was
stated by the Diaro, that news had reached the go-
vernment from Castello Branco, A vrantes, Se„
Deja and Estremoz, of a very satisfactory kind. The
population and the troops are said to have submitted
to the Queen's orders, and is was expected that the
next accounts from the northern provinces would
announce that her Majesty's authority had been
acknowledged in those parts. There appears to have
been no further intelligence from Oporto, Coimbra, or
Braga, or, at all events, it had not been suffered to
transpire. The master of an English vessel, which
had arrived in the Tagus from the North, was prohi-
bited from reporting the state of affairs at Oporto.
Symptoms of disaffection were manifested at Lisbon on
tho 13th, but the troops having been called out quiet
was restored. There was a disposition to revolt at
Cintra, and a rebellion at Minho was rather expected.

The result of the elections in Geneva has turned
out, as was to be anticipated, eminently favourable to
the Liberal party. Of the Grand Council, which
consists of 93 members, upwards of 60 are staunch
supporters of the new government, the remainder
being either neutrals or persons of uncertain politics.
In Bile the Catholic party has resigned the govern-
ment, unconditionally, to the Liberals ; according to
some accounts, voluntarily, having taken alarm ; ac-
cording to others, having been coerced by the free
corps from the neighbouring country. All was quiet
on the 23rd; but, in fact, the public peace had not at
any time been disturbed.
'rhe following letter from St. Maurice (Valais) has
appeared in the Constitutionnel :
" The revolution of Geneva has alarmed the govern-
ment of this canton, menaced with an approaching downfall
by the victory of the Liberal party. The Council of
State, in these circumstances, has put under arms some
of the citizens, but their number is insufficient, and it fears
to entrust arms to others whose devotedness to the govern-
ment is very doubtful. Attempts are made to excite the
fanaticism :of one part of the population against the other,
and the tables of the cabarets are covered with proclama-
tions drawn up in the name of religion. A public func-
tionary has been even seen declaiming from the balcony