The Express.
London, England, 1851-10-06 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

The Oriental Company's steam packet, Montrose,
Captain John Bowen, arrived at Southampton yes-
terday. ller dates arc : Gibraltar, Sept. 26 ; Cadiz,
26th ; Lisbon, 29th ; Oporto (no communication) ;
Vigo, Oct. 1.
The appearance of yellow fever at Oporto appears
to have caused more alarm and to have elicited more
precautionary measures the,' even the cholera ; for
not only. is Oporto completely shut out from all com-
munication by sea, bat all persons from that place
are stopped on the Spanish frontier and on no ac-
count allowed to pass. Such has been the fate of
some of the passengers, who, desirous of reaching
Vigo to embark, were stopped at Valencia and
obliged to retrace their steps, although the vessel
did not communicate or even call off Oporto. The
Spanish Consul at Lisbon gave so unsatisfactory a
bill of health as to ensure the vessel being placed in
quarantine at Cadiz, although the capital was de-
clared quite free from taint, and the authorities at
Gibraltar, partly influenced by Spain, and still
more by their own fears, also gave its three days' qua-
tine. fhe precaution taken by the authorities in
London, viz., their insisting on the Oporto mail
being landed at Lisbon instead of Vigo, has been
apparently caused by this peremptory stoppage on
the Spanish fronticrhaving been foreseen, and causing
a delay of three hours in [Lisbon, by order of the
British minister, to ensure the arrival of the Oporto
mail from the north.

All is perfectly quiet in the Peninsula. The Cuban
crisis engrosses all the conversation among the
Spaniards. They have the most conflicting accounts
rd s Madrid, but (the Isabel la Catholica, Spanish
mail steamer, now ten days over due, not having
arrived), they have no authentic intelligence.
8,000 more troops are ordered out. The Arrogant
sailed on the 28th for Cuba, and the orders issued
by France and England to co-operate with the Spa-
nish forces in Cuba, appear to have given very great
satisfaction. The Commodore had been cruising
with short intervals since the 16th ult., and again
purposes sailing on the 20th for a week's cruise with
the Arethusa. The fine squadron is now, with the
exception of that ship, quite dispersed, Leander hav-
ing gone to Gibraltar for a fortnight.
It has been officially announced that, provided the
steamers do not call off Oporto, the next vessels are
to receive pratique throughout.
Our correspondent writes:—
" About two years ago the government of Count
Thotnar expencnced a threatened hostility from
Lopes de Lima; it was necessary to purchase his
silence; he was therefore appointed to an ultrama-
rine commission, and Tinier and tiolor were separated
from the government of Macau and erected into a
government for him ; a decree has been signed by
which he is exonerated from this post, and those
islands are re-annexed to the government of Macau.
Ile is also relieved from the appointment of royal
commissioner to the ultramarine provinces, and the
100 milreis per month, for which he was borne on
the Treasury, has been ordered to cease. Another
allowance of 400 milreis per annum, for which he
was borne on the Treasury, has also been ordered to
cease; and a table allowance of 1,000 rola per day,
which was granted to his wife about a year ago, has
also been annulled, ;:and Lopes do Lima has been
ordered home. 'thus one of the vilest jobs of Costa
Cabral has been abolished, and a sum of 1,985,000
reis per annum saved to the country.
" Doubts having arisen regarding some part of the
electoral decree, it has been ordered that 'if any
assembly shall be composed of two or more parishes
not having 300 chimnies in each, and the whole
not exceeding 1,000, an elector of deputies shall be
elected for each parish so united whatever may be
the number of chimnies in each.' That if a single
parish shall contain 300 or more chimnies, not ex-
ceeding 1,000, forming one assembly, one elector
of deputies shall be elected for every 300 chi' 111 l
and if there shall he an excess of 200 chimnies up-
wards to 300, another elector must be elected?.

" A decree has been published for establishing
custom-houses in each of the islands of the Archi-
pelago of Cape Verde; viz., St. Thiago, do Fogo,
Brava, deface, da lloa Vista, do Sal, de St. Nico-
lau, de St. Antao, and St. Vicente, for objects im-
ported and exported. Bowled warehouses will be
provided to deposit all goods for consumption or re-
exportation, that can be admitted without danger,
in the islands of St. Thiago and St. Vicente only.
"The ships of thoec nations which shall be per-
mitted to trade in the Archipelago shall be admitted
in all the islands iu the ports in which the custom-
houses shall be formed ; this admission into the
islands, which is not now permitted, can only
take place after the organisation of the establish-
ments, the entry of foreign vessels into every port
of the islands is expressly prohibited, except in case
of necessity ; or into those ports only where the regu-
lations permit them to enter to take cargoes of salt,
semente de purgueira, or Indian corn ; and those
where they have hitherto been permitted to enter
for refreshments, in which, however, they are not
permitted to exercise any commercial act beyond
that of receiving supplies.
"The subject of this decree is very important to
Great Britain in two points of view. The one is,
that of two ports being about to be formed as a depot
for goods, from which depot they can be taken for
consumption, or for re-exportation to the coast of
Africa or any other part ad libitum. The second
point is on account of the aemente do purguiera
seeds, front which an oil is expressed more useful in
the carding of wool, and for machine 7, than any
other. Until now it has been imported into Lisbon
at a duty almost nominal, the oil expressed and ex-
ported to Great Britain; while the duty upon the
export of the seeds from the islands to Great Britain
was 12,000 reis the moio (which is 8 bushels), and
which duty was prohibitory. Now, however, the
duty upon the export of the seeds from the
islands to Great Britain is reduced to 6,000 reis,
and that upon their export to Lisbon raised
to 3,000 reis, it is evident it will be more profitable
to the merchant to import the seeds into Great
Britain and manufacture the oil there, which, in
fact, will create a new trade between England and
the Cope do Verd Islands, inasmuch as the oil in
question is better calculated for burning than olive
oil ; is perfectly free from smell, and gives a clear
and brilliant light—for the manufacturers of the oil
here cannot possibly struggle with the high duty
now put upon the importation of the seeds into this
country. I may add that the duty upon the export
of the oil from the islands to foreign ports is 240
rcis the almudi (four gallons and a half), and to na-
tional ports 120 reis."
Exchange, 531 ; discounts of Lisbon Bank Notes,
21 per cent.

THE CLOSING OF TILE NEW-ROAD.—In conse-
quence of the confusion and danger to the public, arising
from the diversion of the immense traffic of the New load,
by the closing of the thoroughfare for the purpose of repaving
with granite, from St. Pancras Church to King's-cross, the
Metropolitan Police Commissioners on Saturday hutted
placards, which were pasted at convenient places in the
district, of which the following is a copy:—" Metropolitan
Police O.ficc, Whitehall.—Regulations:—To prevent ob-
structions by carriages during the repairs of the pavement
in the New-road, between St. Pancras Church and King's-
cross :—Route to ba observed—Carriages going westward
will turn into the St. Pancras-road at King's-cross, and
proceed along the St. Pancras-road to Aldenham strut,
along Aldenharn-street and Grenville-street, and down
Seymour-greet into the New-road. Carriages going east-
ward will turn into Seymour-street, and proceed no Gren
rills-street, along Grenville-street and Aldenbam-street, to
St. Pancras-rood, and out at King's-cross.—(Siancd)
RICHARD MAYNE, Commissioner of Police of the Metro-

AMERICA.

(By Electric Telegraph.)
(PROM OCR OWN COURISPONDENT)
LIVERPOOL, Mos?AT MORNTNO.

The arrival in our river a iew minutes since of
the British and North American Royal Mail steam-
ship Niagara, Capt. Leitch, places us in possession of
intelligence several days later from America than has
been heretofore received in this country. The Nia-
gara sailed from New York direct on the 21th ult.,
and brings over GO passengers and 5110,000 dollars in
specie.
The railroad celebration at Boston had passed off
with great eclat. Amongst the distinguished visitors
present were Lord Elgin and President Fillmore.
fen members of the Canadian legislature were also
present.
From Havannah the dates are to the 17th Sept.
One hundred and thirty-eight American prisoners
had been sent to Spain.
Statements giving details of the late expeditins
had been published by the five prisoners who had
been liberated and returned.

From Canada we learn that the several govern-
ment departments at Toronto had been instructed to
prepare to move to Quebec.
prom California, arrivals bring dates to the 15th
August. Trade wag then good, and the mining as-
counts most favourable.