The Express.
London, England, 1852-03-24 00:00:00

THE PENINSULAR MAIL.

The Oriental Company's deem packet, Madrid,
Captain John Weeks, amved yesterday at South-
ampton, and landed her mails under the charge of
Lieutenant T. J. Wilkinson, KN., Admiralty
agent. Her dates are : Gibraltar, March 15 ; Cadiz,
March 16 ; Lisbon, March 19 ; Oporto, March 20;
Vigo, March 20.
Our Lisbon correspondent, writing on the 19th
inst., says :
The finance question still remains in stain quo.
The discussion upon the projects of Senhor Ferree
and the Baron da Sa Vargcm in the tipper Chamber
having been put off until the Chamber of Deputies
shall have discussed the financial points in conjunc-
tion with the decree of the 3rd of December, it is un-
derstood the Junta do Credit° I'ublico is opposed to
the issuing of the scrip for the capitalisation which
the decree requires ; the commission of tho upper
chamber recommend the revocation of the decree.
The additional Act for the Reform of the Charter
is still under discussion in the Chamber of Deputies,
the previous question moved by Senhor Avila,
whether the chamber " has authority to reform the
constitutional articles of the charter," having been
negatived by 63 votes against 19. The act has also
been approved in its gererality by 67 against 16.
The storm of the 6th and 7th of the present month
damaged the shipping in the Quadro to the amount
of 50 comes of reis (about 12,0001.) Ships entering
with foreign cargoes will henceforth only be required
to take their station in that locality until discharged,
when they can be duly visited and allowed to go to
a place of shelter.
In consequence of tke state of the treasury, the
Queen has again given 91,250,000 reis, the King
30,000,000 reis, the Prince Royal 10,000,000 reis, and
the Infante De Linz 5,000,000 reis, in its aid : to be
proportionately deducted from their respective al-
lowances between the Ist of July, 1852, and the
30th of June, 1853. Yet, notwithstanding the ne-
cessities of the nation, the same system of misrule is
going on, in the creation of places, that was observed
in Count Thomar's time; one of the ministers having
created a deputy paymestcnhip in the navy pay
office, in favour of an individual who has never
held any appointment, while the departments are
overstocked with employes, and many others on the
shelf on account of politica, who might be brought into
activity upon vacancies.
Insecurity still continues in many parts of the
country, particularly at Midoens, where the robbery
and murder not only of private individuals, but of the
authorities, have been so long in vogue.:
44,987,600 rm. in Bank of Lisbon notes have
been cancelled and burnt.

Exchange, 54 ; discount of Lisbon bank notes,
Te following are the latest movements and pota-
tions of her Majesty's ships :—At Gibraltar, March
15 : Vengeance, 84, Captain Lord Edward Russell ;
Terrible, 21, Captain James Hope ; Encounter, 14,
Captain G. T. Gordon, arrived from Malta 13th inst. ;
the Vengeance, in working into the bay in hazy
weather, grounded , and got off without sustaining
any damage ; also the Janus, 4, R. A. Powell,
in the bay. Lisbon, March 15 : Sailed for Eng-
land, the Superb, 80, Captain E. Turrell ; 19th inst.,
lying in the Tagus : Albion, 90, W. J. H. John-
stone ; Indefatigable, 30, Captain It. Smart ; and
Dragon, 0, Captain W. H. Gi&rd.