The Express.
London, England, 1853-05-04 00:00:00

TUSCANY.

A letter from Florence, of the 25th ult., gives an
account of a small fracas that occurred a few days
before at the Jockey Club of that city, among whose
members are the Prince of Lichtenstein and Major
Picot, of the Austrian mervior. The latter having left
Florence, Prince Lichtenstein proposed the young '
Prince Windischgraetz, who is a colonel in the
Austrian army. But, to the no small mortifica-
tion of the proposer, the candidate was thrown out
by ballot. Rumours became current that Prince
Lichtenstein looked upon the matter in a very serious
light, and that he would have the club suppressed,
or prevent the races from coming off that week, by
occupying the ground with his troops. Matters were,
however, arranged in a more pacific manner. The
members of the club were again convoked, and a pro-
position to the effect that the ballot should be
abolished, and every member should vote openly,
being agreed to, Prince Windischgraetz was elected
unanimously.

SPAIN.
MADRID, APRIL 29.
The convocation of the Cortes, which was not to
have taken place till September, is fixed for the
month of July.
The Madrid journals of the 27th nit. publish a
correspondence -between General Conchs and M.
Jose Salamanca. The letters of M. Salamanca are
just what might be expected of a Spanish railway-
-king, whose transactions have been mercilessly
exposed before the most dignified assembly of his
country. It will be remembered that General
Concha affirmed in the speech which overthrew the
Reneeli government that the Bravo Murillo cabinet
had corruptly and illegally made railway conces-
sions to M. Salamanca, for the benefit of
another party, indicating with sufficient clear-
ness the Queen Mother Christina. It was mid
that the dispute between the soldier and speculator
had reached such a degree of bitterness and per-
sonality, that a hostile meeting was apprehended.
Possibly this feeling may have been aggravated, so
far as M. Salamanca is concerned, by a circular
emanating from M. Govantes, Minister of Grace and
Justice, in which the Minister of Commerce and
Public Works is directed to issue an instruction to
the governors of provinces, that they may prevent
dealings in the shares of the companies to which
concessions have been granted. The Debuts states
that this instruction was signed on the 16th ult., the
date of the ministerial programme.

PORTUGAL.
The Oriental Company's steam-packet Madrid,
Captain J. Weeks, arrived at Southampton yester-
day, and landed her mails under the charge of Lieut.
R. Percival, R.N., Admiralty agent.
Our correspondent writes :
LISBON, Amin, 29.
After a debate of several weeks, ministers have
obtained the sanction of the deputies for the
acts of their dictatorship, by a majority of 61—the
numbers being, 81 for, and 20 against. This, of
course, is a triumphant majority, but regarded u a
national affair, its importance is greatly abated when
it is reflected how the majority of the chamber ob-
tained their seats, and that they are, in fact, little
more than government nominees. Ministers have
been cautious ; the penal code and the decree on the
" Decima da Reparticao," were calculated to alienate
many of the deputies ; a meeting was therefore held
a few days previous to the termination of the debate,
when the government promised a commission to re-
vise tat code (to consist of 12 members); to postpone
the " Decima " in question indefinitely, and bring in
a law for expropriating property on account of works
of utility.