The Express.
London, England, 1848-06-14 00:00:00

I'OItTUGAL

By the arrived last iii4ht at Southatnptat of the
'Montrose we t nee news from Lisbon to the 9th of
May. All remain, d quiet. Horns was a close
Prisoner in the Castle of Saint George. No public
charge had yet been prepare d awaits him. The
Seville rebels were still on board the hulks
in the Tagus. Some influential Spaniards com-
promised in lute eve nts were concealed in Lisbon,
and strict search was bring made for thi in. The bit-
tinge of the Cortes were extended by royal decree
unti; July 2. The subject wider disciessi en was the
project fur ameliorating the position of holders of
bank-note+. Discount on them was 52 per cent. Pal-
mella had re-apprared in t heC irtes. S an, ai e a had seethed
him of voluntarily relerquishing °Hive just previous to
the late civil war. 'Deis PeAmella ceelared to he
false. Saldana instituted he was misinformed by
the Queen. News had arrived at Lizaxin of a revo-
lution in Pernambuco, and great apprehension was
felt by foreim merchants. It wets reported that the
French ministers at Lisbon had been or wa re to be
call d, and that the Sevilie rebels had been pard.ined
at the instigation of the Duchess of Mont pen.ier.
The following is the letter of our correspondent :
LISBON, Jutes 9. 1818.
Having written you no recently, by 11. M. steamer
num'', but little has occurred in the thane et novelty.
Public tranquill•tr Ms in no way he. n Isturbs I in the
capital, and, for the moment, the most pi ri et quiet rides
thronahout the pi ovine e. But very possibly this unwonted
stet, of things for Portugal may prose but to he the calm
that precedes the storm. Colonel Perreira b Hort*, whose
arrest I mentioned in my last, is core inu. d aclose prix ner
in the Castle of St. Georg... No public ch are hag as yet been
preferred mg dad, him, and the g. mere impreosion is, that the
Intrigues he was cusp.-c-od of It, lug Milted up iii existed
solely in the timid imsginatiuns of the se tall authorities
With reepeet to the Speniih prisoners implicated in the
lunlucky Seville revt4t, thee are yet in the Torus, colidned
on board hulks, bat their treatment is now thimerehat more

liberal.
The sittings of the C irtes, to have been terminated on
the second of the muo,b, rave been extended by a r,yal de-
cree until the second of July. The print .al merer under
discussion during the p Ist days has Leen a ploiect of law
cent retell with the Bank afriira, harbor for its olject the
amol orating the position of the holders of bank note..
Tione 110t01 h,d buffered a very Parted depreciation in
Valor, and e 10.01 err had b •cu grqutly interfered with
in comtererce. Tue discotiot upon tlitm, which at 0110
peril hid n, arly reached 70 per ant., boo materially fallen,
the pr, s..nt tiisc..utit bring barely 31 cent.,--ao improve-
merit at all event..
In the Chamber of P,ers there have occurred discussions
of unusual interest, and of a character grievously compro-
mising an illustrious lady. The Duke of Palm-lla, who,
since the lamented demise of the duchess, had abstained
from taking . part in publia affairs, has made his re-
appearance in the Chamber, and, rising in his place
in parliament, has called the attention of the house
and of the nation to a subject of pIIVO public
interest as well as of personal importance to himself.
It appears that immediately following the eel, brated palace
revolution or coup d'etat of toe six^h of October ('he cause
and origin of the civil war), a circular in juqification of
the measure was forwarded by the Duke of Saldanha to the
different foreign ministers, to the effect, amongst other
matters, that toe Duke of ratnella had made a declaration of
his inability to carry on the Government. and had volun-
tarily relinquished his seal', of office, and this statement
Saldanha had mare than once asserted in the Chamber.
The Duke of Palraella now declares, upon his honour aa a
peer and a gentleman, that this statement ef her ms sty's
present prime minister is without a shadow of frundation,
that it is a gross fabrication from the beginning to the
end. The Duke of Saldanha, thus publicly challenged and
witkhis veracity so seriously impugned, male a most Painful
spectacle of himself. He was compelled to admit that
Falwell' had never made similar communication, and then
hinted that his mis-intermation had been derived from a
source it would be unparliamentary to allude to, and finished
by trusting to the generosity of 'the house to "appreciate
his reserve." The Doke of Sallianda's manner evinced
evident agitation ; he weasel evert to express himself with
the greatest difficulty.—The Stromboli is still here.
Exchange on London, 30 days, 531 1;. 90 days, 521
It is reported that the French mia. has been Mau"
by Drs government