31 OCTOBER 1846, Page 2

To the Montpensier question succeeds a new one, of Spanish

intervention in Portugal. The Government at Lisbon has not made good its hold on the country ; which is everywhere in re- volt against the recent revolution. In this strait, the Ministers are understood to have applied for aid to their friend Gonzales Bravo and the Spanish Government ; the Ministers at Madrid promise succour; France is supposed to join in the project ; and the question arises—will other European Powers suffer Spain and France, under pretext of forcing a Government on the Por- tuguese, virtually to annex Portugal to Spain as a province?