The Express.
London, England, 1847-10-06 00:00:00

" English influence in the Peninenht, we have no hesita-
tion in affirming, is more suitable, more advantageous, and
Las a greater tendency to promote civilisation than any
other. Manufacturing monopoly no longer exists in Eng-
land; cultivation of the sciences is open to all ; accumulation
of capital is restricted to none; there is no secret in the
Mean* 91. obtaining credit; commerce furnishes the raw mate-
rial for th,...0 who require it. Industry conthieloll with
skill, and promoted by every means of economy, is no loafer
an exclusive privilege, and, this being established, enter; rise,
the only thing required, spring: up, and thus the whole
secret of English wonders is explained.
" England, although no longer an insincible rival in the
art of manufacturing, is the grand consumer in the world
of agricultural produce. We of the Peninsula have every
right and means of producing for our own use, and also of
exporting our own manufactures; but no nation has so
much right to claim from us the purchase of its manuto.c
tures as England, inasmuch as she u almost the only buyer
of our territorial produce. Treaties founded upon the
principal of baying of those who do not purchase in return,
are tantamount to the concession of gratuitous lieuelts,—are
deviations from the laws of commerce. Hence all Penis.
miler erratic' of commerce, with the exception of these with
the Engliab, are undeniably in that position ; and, upon Wu-
eiplt s of economy, "c can have no equitable commereial rein-
tiontin Europe except with Great Britain. • • •
•

" Upon these prinLples, and under existing circumstance,,
we would urge upon the popular party to make choice of
English influence, in tile hope that eventual and important
benefits affecting the freedom of the Peninsula may arise
therefrom."
Ou the following day the Nam°, the Mitruelite organ, bad
tho following remarks in its leading editorial autumns:
" The most important article of the Reroltocao of yester-
day is especially devoted to trove that alliance with England
is preferable to aliance with any other nation. We ported!),
coincide with the ideas of the articles in that respect. Such
were always the opinions of the royalists, who, although
they would never submit to the dictation of foreigners, still,
as regards commercial relations, prefer those of England to
any other nation. She is the largest and the beat consumer
in our market, and the only country in Europe with whom
Portugal can enter into treaties of mutual advantage. M.
Ribeiro Saralee published a pamplet upon this subject, at the
time that ministers had under comiderstion a treaty
with Great Britain, and in which the advantages to be ob-
tained by such preference was clearly demonstrated. Wed*
not allude to this pamphlet of M. Saraiva's with the view of
claiming the initiative in these views, but to show that we
are entitled to consider the preference of such alliance as put
forth in the excellent article of the Revolucao, as en opinion
equally entertained by the royalists. Great honour is due to
tooth parties for adopting so profound a view, and also for the
true zeal displayed in unison for the benefit of the country."
With these scutiments entertained in common by the two
national parties, it is now to be hoped that England will
put forth her might, and which in this instance is right, and
snout upon the terms of the protocol being fulfilled to the
letter, when the result would be an overwhelming majority
of liberal deputies in the Cortes of the kingdom.
Of minor items of news and gossip, we have had some
small amount of rioting and outrage amongst the soldiery at
Cintra, on the 22nd of the month, the anniversary of the
Queen's lauding is Lisbon. It seems these gentry were
aggrieved at the. small show of enthusiasm upon the
occasion, and consequently those of the unfortunate in-
habitants who had neglected to illuminate, had their
windows sma‘hed to pieces and their perscas
ill-
treated; nor did strangers escape, for the Sardinian
minister, probably not aware that there existed cause for
merry-making, had his house assailed, and it is said that one
of the over-zealous Cabral treopen bad the temerity to force
his way up the stair-case, bayonet in hand, insisting upon
lights being immediately displayed in the windows, when
the stalwart diplomatist, despising all kind of paper warfare
or protocols, settled the matter in a most undiplomatic but
very English fashion, by knocking the intruder down one
flight, and assisting him with his boot in his descent to the
bottom of the stair.

On board tho English Beet there have been hospitable
doings. Admiral Napier has been
.giving a succession of
dinner parties ; to one of them were invited several of the
head, of the hberal section—the Marquis of Louie, Marquis
of Fayal, Jorge, Loureiro, Silva Sanches, Viscount Si de
Elandeira, Count des Antes, &c. The latter was prevented
, by ill-health from attending, having suffered much by his
long confinement in the Castle-gaol, when taken prisoner by',
the squadron. The admiral, by the way, is an astonishing
man, whether in peace or war. Storming castles and forts,
and caeturing 'fleets, we know to be in the way of kis
profession ; but an attack, and that a successful one,
upon the Portuguese treasury, is a feat unparalleled,
and yet it has been achieved by the gallant admiral ;
for awhile the Duke of Wellington's agent has bees
unsucceseful in getting payment of his grace's arrears of
pension, or even of one shilling towards them. Admiral
Napier has since kis arrival managed to get from the
Portuguese government nearly every fraction of the movies
due to him. To say the least, Admiral Napier, as times go,
is a fortunate man

Oa the 21th, the anniversary of Don Pedro's death, the
queen, as usual, went in state to the church of St. Vincent,
where Don Pedro is interred, and the whole garrison, with
arms reversed, and with all the insignia of mourning, rye I
to Lisbon a most lugubrious appearance, Admiral Napier's,
flag was half-mast high, and the flogs in the boats going to and
from shore had theirs so arranged (1 am too little nautical to
describe them) as to cause for some time a painful belief that
every captain of tho squadron had departed this life the
preceding night. Similar honours or observancies were
never known before on the part of an English squadron.
However, the admiral is the best judge of what is correct,
and shows that, though a "jolly old commodore," he is not ,I
a bit the les a clever, and very clever, " old soldier."
The Cabral battalions are yet in existence, so, of course,
the coming elections will be merely a farce, if Sir H. Sey-
mour's fresh instructions do not make their immediate disso-
lution a demand on the part of his government. General
Porous is fast recovering.
A email subject, that is looked upon and talked about with
great interest here, although too insignificant almost to
occupy a place in the correspondence, is the asserted make-
up between Salelanha's election party and the Cabrals, a
matter really of little consequence any way, but as an at-
tempt is made here to give the report and the fact, if
feet it be, an air of importance, I am enabled to tell you
that the alledged coalition is a fabrication : no such junction
has taken place. The Marquis of Froateira, the civil
Governor of Lisbon, at a dinner party the other day at his
own house, given to Saldanha, contrived a sort of silly coup
de theatre, by most unexpectedly introducingCabral and the
champagne together. The poor duke, who is a good.natured
kind of body, and something of a bon virant withal, fell
into the snare ; but his party the neat day, when made aware
of the over-night's little escapade, roundly refused to listen to
any terms, and repudiated et connexion with the disreputablefirm of Cabral, Brothers ; so the duke, like many other un-
successful commanders, bad, after marching up the hill, just
to march down again, and the miserable stage-trick went
for nothing.
Upon the subject of commerce, or rather agriculture, all
accounts from the wine districts represent the grape crop as
magnificent, in particular about the Alto Douro; around
Lisbon they are equally so, and grain of every description is
in extreme abundance. In the Lisbon corn market wheat
ranges from 840 to 800 re's the alquiere ; and Indian corn,
, from 280 to 400 reds. English sovereigns are at 4,49.5 refs
1 discount on moeda note, 1,850. Exchange on London, 30
days, 53/ ; 90 days, 51.