The news from Oporto, as detailed in the letters of
the Times -correspondent, reaches to the 22d January. The Marquis of PALMELLA has been dismissed from his post of Ambassador to England, and all his friends have been excluded from the Cabinet. PALMELLA, it is said, exceeded his powers,—which were, how- ever, very ample ; and his dismissal is attributed more to the in- trigues of his enemies than to his own misconduct. It is quite ludicrous to read the accounts of the changes in Don PEDRO'S Government announced with so much pomp. It seems that this broken-down potentate, who cannot stir a mile by land from the gates of the city where he is besieged, has Foreign, Home, Marine, and Finance Secretaries, a Director-General of the Cus- toms, a Diplomatic establishment, and all the paraphernalia of a vault In the absence of any fighting of importance, the correspondents cf the Daily Papers inform their readers of almost every shot that is fired by a sentry or piquet. The Miguelites were short of pow- der for nearly a week; so that no bombs or shells were thrown into the city during that time. Nearly four hundred French sol- diers arrived in a brig on the 20th January ; a reinforcement which caused much joy. The property of all absentees is forfeited, and their premises are searched for concealed money; of which, it is said, a good deal has been found. The new Commander-in- Chief, SOLIGNAC, is very diligent in preparing his troops to act 'offensively. He is said to be a strict disciplinarian. Admiral SAR- VORIUS had arrived with four vessels of different sizes. He had been ordered to leave Vigo by the Spanish Government, who sent a detachment of 4,000 men and a seventy-four gun ship to enforce the order; so he was obliged to move away.
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