The Express.
London, England, 1851-07-15 00:00:00

SPAIN.

A telegraphic despatch from Madrid of the 14th
inst. announces that the project of law for the set-
tlement of the debt has been definitively approved
by 134 votes to 32.

MADRID, JULY 9
Yesterday, at the close of the sitting of the Cham-
ber of Deputies, IL Manuel Bermudez de Castro
made an able and luminous speech, exposing the
self-contradictions of the ministry in regard to the
scheme for settling the debt. the ministry have
COO/Dented to lay before the Senate all documents re-
lating to the concordat.

PORTUGAL

The Oriental Company's steam packet Iberia,
Captain C. F. Burney, arrived at Southampton last
evening, and landed her mails under the charge of
Lieutenant J. Inglis, It.N., Admiralty Agent. Her
dates are :—Gibraltar, 4th ; Cadiz, 3th ; Lisbon,
9th; Oporto, 10th; and Vigo, 11th instant.
The following is our correspondent's letter :

LISBON, JULY 9.
The ministry has been dissolved, as I stated in my last
letter, and the Marquis of Leslie, the meet powerful repre-
=Motive of the popular party in it, sent adrift ; thus the
Duke has receded two steps from the people.
I have already mentioned to you that the electoral decree
eras the greatest blow to Cabruliam, every intrigue was
thorshee used, sad every effort put in motion, to shake the
Dukes position, so that.by driving him backwards, both
politically and in popularity, he would be compelled to in-
cline either to the Carinthia or Cabralistas, either of which
steps would ensure a revision of the decree, retard the elec-
tions, and give ample time for re-action to carry on
operations.
The Duke has been compelled to adopt the course my last
described, and by attempting to please everyone he has pleased
no one, and the end of it may be that he will be obliged to
relinquish place altogether, or, in other words, he will bo
driven from it unless he retraces his steps and return to
the popular desire. The Duke should have maintained
firmly his position, giving the decree full action, and placing
his dependence upon the Coates to be elected under that
decree ; hut by dismissing Lonli, the great link in the chain
which secured him the support of the popular party he has
thrown down the glove at that party—in fact, they detach
themselves from hint. Jervis d'Atoaguia, who remains,
cannot in himself either keep the party to which he and
Looli belong in temper, either to support the Duke or to
remain content in their actual position, and must in a very
short time give way to the disgust he will hare to encounter
sad the annoyance he will have to endure from Cahralism
for retaining his post among discordant elements. The popu-
lar party, who sustained Saldanhs, and who alone are capable
of carrying out the work of regeneration, have had their
hopes smothered ; the volcano must, therefore, erelong burst.
The King desired it to he particularly understood that the
Queen and himself had nothing to do with the intrigue
that brought the changes about. I mention this in justice
to them, while I will not give any opinion upon a point
which involves a question of sincerity. I regret my notice
is so long, but embryo events render it necessary the matter
should be fully understood, as I know what elements of
misrepresentation are at work.
Galiano, the Spankli ambassador, it is mid, had expressed
his opinion that the decree was too democratic, and might
affect Spain ; if, however, they proceed to its rerisiou, it
would be hut justice to make the elections direct, in return
for the elimination of the household suffrage.
The Custom-house at Tama has been entered (by thieves,
It is said), and robbed of 1,509,000 rein (3301.).
The Hogue arrived on the 30th ult., and with the Prince
Regent. Leinder Arrogant, and Phaetan have dropped
d.wo to Pusao d'Areos for the summer, the commodore
having taken a house there. The Arethusa remains oppo-
site the city. The French line-of-battle ship Henry IV.
and 16 steamer are still in the Tagus; and the Coolie
steamer, Colon corvette, and Patriots brig, all Spin&
The American frigate St. Lawrence sailed on the 30th; re
Sibyl and Claymore yachts are also gone.
1 he following return of the revenue of the Custom-house
of Lisbon for the year ISSO-51, has just been made up.
Reis.
ASO July
August 1151,762,277
Sept/mbar
Cluteber ...... . 15.091,591
December 141,391,C00
January
It.bruary 110,7005/1
Naecb

April
May
June

170,038:9:0
170,00,043
14G,100,779

'Total 2,022,049.431
Impost for the ..rnortiration of notes
General total
Being less by 121,369,318 rein than the Customs revenue
for 18194850, and less by 234,905,299 rein an compared with
the receipt of 1848-49.
The general total of receipts in the custom house of
Oporto, for the year 1850.1841, including the impost for
the amortisation of notes, is 1,81.1,766,999 rein. There being
a diminution in the custom house of Lisbon of 63,401,335
rids, which ought to augment the receipts of Oporto to that
amount, by virtue of a decree of August 17, 1849 ; there is
also a general augmentation in the receipt f Oporto, but as
I have nu return for the last year, I cannot say by how
much.

The Queen and King hare gone to Cintra for the aeason.
Ezehmige, Mk. Di•cuunt of Bank of Lisbon notes, 2
per cent.

GERMANY.

A circular of the Prussian Minister of the Interior
invites the presidents of the provinces of Branden-
burg, Prussia, Silesia, Saxony, and Westphalia to
proceed forthwith to the filling of the places of de-
ceased members of the provincial Diets, as also of
those of members resigning or having resigned.
The Hamburg Correspondent says that Prussia
supports, in the Frankfurt Diet, the protest of the
Duke of Augustenburg against his attainder.