The Express.
London, England, 1860-04-02 00:00:00

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• LISBON. MAsca 27.
The Co &sao.wg the question of the
rail to Dom Joad de Salamanca. A
letter the Hon. Win. Napier has published
respecting the claims of Sir Morton Peto for
plans, surveys, Arc., has been extensively cir-
culate&

An establishment for the coinage of base money
has been discovered in one GUIs back street* of the
Beirro Alto. It appears that the money which
was coined was English sovereigns and Spanish
ones. Great excitement has prevailed on this
subject, and several persona in respectable circum-
stances have been charged as accomplices. In the j
house of the ooiners were discovered *quids,
bars of metal, and utensils pertsiahfg to
their illicit trade ; and Dom Francisco de'
Judieibus, a Genoese, the tenant of the
house, was apprehended and lodged in gaol.
After undergoing his examination he coin-
plained of his sufferings from asthma, and
asked leave to take the fresh air in the infirmary,
which permission was granted. Shortly afterwards
he wrote several letters, which he sealed and ad-
dressed to various friends, and then retired to bed.
About six o'clock the next morning the Inirma-
rian was aroused by hearing groans as of a person
in pain, and on going to the bed of Judicibus he
found the unfortunate man weltering in blood. He
had secreted a penknife, with which he had opened
the artery of the left arm, and, although medical
aid was promptly brought, he expired in a few
minutes. News has also been received that a coin-
ing establishment has been discovered in Madrid,
and another in Cadiz, both in connexion with the
one in Lisbon, and it is thought that many parties
abroad must be implicated, as the base coin does
not seem to have circulated in Portugal.
The Lisbon journals have commented very freely
upon the bad conduct of the seamen of our fleet,
which has row sailed for the Channel. The
Jornal do Coromerclo relates • circumstance which
I occurred the other night. An English sailor who
was very tipsy was making • dia;:urbance at the
door o. • wine shop ' • the Poreguess municipal'
guards passing at the time teed to taLe the man to
the guardhouse ; of course Jack reaisted, and gave
• soldier • heavy blow on the nose, which
he bore with exemplary piuience. At this
juncture the armed guard o' English marines,
which had been daily sent ashore by Admiral Free-
mantle's orders to pick up stragglers, came bv, and
attemned to carry the sailor tote boat. The Por-
twiiese guards insisted upon taking him into cue-
tody, through their misunderstanding each
other's languages, an angry altercation arose. In
the end one of the Portuguese guard struck the
lieutenant of marines commanding the patrol a
violent blow with his musket. la a second out
sprang every bayonet of the marine guard, and, but
for theziapravieworthy forbearance and prudence
of the • h officer who commanded his men at
once to sheathe their arms, bloodshed would in-
evitably have occurred. The Jornal do Comei:rcio
speaks in the highest terms of the conduct of the
of of marines, but reprehends the policy of
allowing an armed guard of any foreign power on
shore. On the other hand, however, I have heard
that Admiral Freeniantle sent the patrol on shore
without having asked the consent of the Portuguese
minister.

It is that the steamer Lusitania hoe met
with an accident in paasing the Oporto bar, having
touched on the rooks through the negligence of the
pilot. It is said that the injury is not of a serious
nature.

Foreign exchanges for this packet are quoted as
follows :—London, 30 days sight, 9O days
date, ; Paris, three months dale, 5.30 ; Ham-
burg, three mouths da,e, 471 ; Amsterdam,
42i ; Genoa, 5.29. Paper in general scarce, and
in some demand, especial,y on Paris and Genoa. In
stock there has been a slight imp.ovement, and some
.raasactions have been effected at the following
rates :—Three per Ceat. Registered, 471. ; ditto
Co _mons, 461 ; Bank of Portugal shares, from to
10 per cent. premium.