The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-06-15 00:00:00

PORTUGAL,

TERMINATION OF THE REBELLION.—Accounts from Lis-
bon to the 4th instant, state that on the 31st ult., the British
squadron off Oporto captured the three armed steamers,
and some other transports, under the orders of the Junta,
on their coming out from the Douro, and having on board
2500 troops, commanded by Das Antas, destined for St.
Übes. The vessels seized by the allied squadron were the
following:—Steamers—Royal Tar, Mindello, Porto, cor-
vette Eighth of July ; merchant vessels—Flor da Amizade
and Amor da Patria, and six hiates, in all 12 vessels,
having on board a force of 2400 men of all arms, with 50
horses and two pieces of artillery, the military commander
of the expedition being the Conde das Antas, and the
naval commander an Englishman, named Salter, who de-
serted at the commencement of this insurrection from the
naval service of the Queen of Portugal, and has since been
doing all the injury lie could to his adopted Sovereign.
The prize was made on the bar in front of Oporto, and all
the vessels immediately cast anchor. Several of the most
important amongst the insurgent leaders were likewise on
board the vessels forming the insurgent squadron, and the
leaders remaining in Oporto are for the most part Miguel-
ites. The order to surrender was obeyed without resist-
ance. One of our boats fired unnecessarily into one of
the smaller Junta vessels; and two men were killed. One
officer stabbed himself to the heart sooner than give up
his sword, and two sailors threw themselves overboard,
one of whom had the good luck to swim ashore. The
Junta were fully informed that such an expedition would
be intercepted and taken. There can be little doubt,
therefore, that the chiefs of the Junta, who wished to ac-
cept the terms offered to them, bvit who were prevented
from doing so by the violence of their followers, sent this
expedition out to sea on purpose that it should be taken,
and in order that they might thus have a fair excuse for
submitting, as they seem afterwards to have done. Thus,
within a fortnight after the decision of the 21st of May
was taken, the civil war has been quietly put an end to,
and the waste of life and property which it was occasion-
ing has been arrested. The Gladiator had left the Douro
on the 30th, having on board about 100 British subjects,
who had sought asylum there, and who have since been
landed at Lisbon. Other British subjects have gone to
Vigo by land. Commissaries were sent to Vigo on the
3rd, to make arrangements for the entrance of the Spanish
troops.

An American paper mentions that a slaveowner in Ken-
tucky lately bartered a black woman for an ass.
The pope's legate, lately arrived at Madrid, was re-
ceived with the greatest distinction by Queen Isabella, who
kissed his episcopal ring, and caused him to sit by her side.

The Athetueum notices the death of Guido Sorelli, the
translator of " Milton's Paradise Lost" into Italian.
Sorelli was a convert from Popery.
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blown up there were eighty convicts in chains on board
in the hold, who all perished. The captain, in going on
shore, left the first-lieutenant in charge, who followed
afterwards, leaving the boatswain in charge, who at the
time the accident happened was engaged with others on
board smoking, drinking, and playing cards. The acci-
dent occurred from a spark alighting on the powder,
which was placed on the deck to be dried.—Jamaica
Times, May 5.

DECISION OF THE AMERICAN BRANCH OF THE EVAN-
GELICAL ALLIANCE ON THE SLAVERY QUESTION.—
Among the subjects of deepest interest relating to the an-
ti-slavery cause, brought to our attention by the last
American packet, is the formation of the American branch
of the Evangelical Alliance, and its decision on the sub-
ject of slavery. The vexata questio came up on the first
day of its sitting, and occupied the greater part of its dis-
cussions during four days. The following declaration was
adopted by a vote of sixteen to eleven :—" That while the
Evangelical Alliance admits into its bosom such persons
only as are respectable members of evangelical churches,
we are nevertheless persuaded that the great object of the
association, the promotion of a larger Christian union,
may be furthered by a frank expression of our sentiments
on the subject of slavery. We, therefore, declare our
deep, unalterable opposition to this stupendous evil, and
we hold it to be the duty of all men, by all wise and
Christian means, to seek its entire extirpation and re-
moval from the land. Still, the one object of the alliance
shall be steadily kept in view, which is the promotion of
Christian union and brotherly love." It is believed an
Anti-slavery branch of the Evangelical Alliance will be
formed in the United States.
A SENTINEL DISTURBED AT MALTA.—We hear that,
near midnight of the 6th instant, the sentry at the Naval
Hospital, in one of the posts (perhaps one of the most
lonely on the island) fronting Rmella Bay, on indistinctly
descrying a boat which was lurking about the shore, hailed
it. No answer was given. After a pause the challenge was
repeated. Still no notice was taken ; but, on the contrary,
the boat made towards a landing-place in the neighbour-
hood, when the sentry, after another challenge, fired at it
with ball cartridge, concluding that his post was forced.
He re-loaded and fired again, upon which the boat
made off, " staying"' like the Ghost of Hamlet, "no
further question." The sentry on the post fronting Va-
letta states that, on hearing the shots, he hastened to
the spot, but, owing to the darkness of the night, all
that he obscurely saw was a boat hurrying rapidly
off. The sentry who fired does not know whether
any of the tresspassers (if they were not something
worse) were wounded or not. He admits, however,
that, judging from the sound, one of his shots must have
perforated the boat. Four ball cartridges were found de-
ficient in his cartridge-box ; but one was spoiled in load-
ing, and, in fact, it appears that two shots only were fired.
The trespassers have made no complaint, thereby evincing a
consciousness that they were about no good. No words can
express how cautious a sentry ought to be in using bis deadly
weapon ; and, therefore, his orders are merely to prevent
boats landing, baying no authority for firing, except by
express direction of a responsible officer, unless his post
should be positively " forced," which the sentry states in
this case was really the case. Meanwhile. he has very
properly been put under arrest, pending the decision of
the general commanding the forces, who will probably
order a court martial to investigate this affair. Malta
Tom.