FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
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intelligence, extracted from London pa pers of the 17th of February, received at that port by the ship Octavia.

 Sickness Of Lord LirerpoOE.-A second l edition of the Sun of the 17th, contains a paragraph announcing the sudden and alar- ming sickness of the Earl of Liyerpool- Fears were entertained for his life. and it was said that his disease would render him incapable of ever resuming public business. The nature of the illness was said to be a paralytic stroke. Great sensation was caused in the money market, as his Lord ship was considered the link which holds the present administration together.--- The funds have fallen more than one per cent.

 LONDON, Feb. IT. :. We have been favored with the follow ing, the latest intelligence in town, from Portugal. A letter written immediately before the departure ofthe steamboat from Lisbon, dated the Eth Feb. states, e'An express has just now arrived from General Stubbs, at Oporto; the rebels are defeat ed, they have lost their baggage, and are flying in all directions. The reports are. that it is last effort, and that the num- bers did not exceed fifteen hundred men.'' A Parliamentary account of the income and expenditure has just been presented, by which it appears that the income is a. bout 955 100000, and the expenditure IS about G54,OO0,OOO. The surplus, or sinking fund, therefore, is about G1 ,OO0,- 900.

 Ar. Cdnning.-There is no denying that this gentleman has not only been se- verely but also dangerously indisposed :- but it is consolatory to add that the danger is passed, and that the Right Hon. Secre- tary is regaining his health. MT. Canning's lndisposition was violent rheumatic affec- ton in the head, brought on whilst atten- ding at the funeral of the late Duke of York, in St. Georges chapel. It was Mir Canning who recommended the Lord Chancellor to guard against cold, by pla- cling his hat under his feet. The Army estimates for the present year have been printed. They amount to the sum of G6, ,6O1 ,847, los. lid. being, within few pounds, the same as they were last year.

 The following extracts from two private letters handed to us, contain the latest in- ! telligence from Portugal, of the movements of the Insurgents, and the operations of the Constitutional troops :-

 " Lisbon, Feb. 7, (11 o'clock. )-The Marquis of Angela was at Brega on the Sd, and on the following day was to attack the Marquis de Chaves, who was flying before him, by the bridge of Prado. An geja, Villa Flor, and Mello, were united, and carried on most effective operations. The Rebels were flying for Galicia. John D. Lacerda had performed much service in the two Beiras and Gen. Stubbs de- serves much praise. Gen. Mello com manded the infantry, and Villa Flor the cavalry.

 "I hand you this bulletin, which is to be published this evening the rebels are retreating, and Spain must now disarm them. =

 Another private letter of the 7th, states, that part of our English troops had arrived at Coimbra, and the Staff was to leave Lisbon in a day or two. It also says that the rebels were flying again into Spain, being pursued by the Constitution alists.

 LONDON, Monday evening" Feb. 19. Globe Office, half past 4 o'clock. Reported deoth of I7is Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland. It is reported at the House of Lords, within this half hour, that despatches have reached town, bringing information of the deccase of His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, who has been some time suffering from an infammatory attack.- This intelligence cannot be communicated as positive: but we fear, from the man. ner in which it is circulated, that it is cor rect.

 Up to this time Lord Liverpool has been going on we'll, but there is not the slightest ground for supposing that he can ever again return into public business. London, Feb. IS.

 Portugal.---We yesterday received in telligence from Portugal. The British Army, under the command of Gen. Clin- ton, had marched from Lisbon for Coim- bra, which was to be their headquarters, and where they were to arrive on the 10th. It was considered that by the 10th of Feb. there would not be British soldier in Lisbon, except those in the depot and in the hospitals.

 It must be confessed, that this turn of offo;rS iD portuoa1 ;c ~,%bor uuoxpactod af-