The Express.
London, England, 1859-04-23 00:00:00

WALLACHIA.

Advice, from Bucharest of the 10th state that
several consuls had received authorisation from their
governments to pay official visits to Colonel Coma.
and that the oonsu4-general of Belgium and Russia
had afterwards gone to him in his box at the
theatre, remaining with him during the performance
of an entire act.

PORTUGAL.

(11011 OM OWN

LISBON, Arm 17.

The Portuguese Cortes are appointed to elm on
the 3rd May next. There is a rumour that the
Minister of Public Works, Senor S. Pimento!,
will resign his portfolio, which will be administered
by Senor Fontes; but as yet no definitive steps for
the change have been taken.
The contract with BirB.Morton Peto fortheOporto
Railway has been put to the vote, and has been
rejected by the
i Cortes, jut as was expected. One
or two of the deputies n the coarse of the debate took
the opportunity toapeak of SirS. M.Peto in a manner
altogether unworthy of the dignity of a representa-
tive assembly, besides which the whole of the charges
were unfounded, being, indeed, pure inventions.
Senor Avila, however, took the opportunity of
replying, and made au excellent defence of Sir 8.
M Pew, completely refuting the whole of the
charges brought against him, and saying, moreover.
that nowhere but in Portugal would such prepos-
terous and unfounded misstatements have been
made. This is about the state of the
ease :—lostead of the reasonable proposals of Sir 8.
M. Peto having been accepted, political capital has
been made of the railway question, a more than
ordinary amount of Portuguese intrigue has been
brought to bear upon it, and the probability is now,
that If Sir Morton Peto do not find it worth while
to work under his original contract, for which a
fixed time his been given him by the Cortes, we
shall have no railways in Portugal—a lamentable
state of affairs truly.
The weather still continues very dry, and the
damage already done to the corps is oonsiilerable.
Mr. Edward H. Rea returns by this packet,
having completed in a highly satisfactory manner
his mission of making a postal convention with the
Portuguese government. It is said that tho new
' order of things will come into practice in a short
time ; and too much praise cannot be given's° Mr.
Rea for the energy with which he has pushed this
matter with the Portuguese functionaries, who gene-
' rally, if left to themselves, are in the habit of defer-
ring the adjustment of such business to the Greek
kalends. The convention is now in committee, and
will at once be brought before the Cortes.
Since the closing of lest packet there has been a
further decline in the exchange on London, owing to
the scarcity of piper and the increased demand for
it, and business closed for this packet with money
' over at 631 for 90 days' paper; something having
also been done at under that rate. On the other
places papa also continues very scarsr, with a fair
demand. Me quotations are :—Londun, 30 days
sight, 631; 90 days' date, 631; Paris, 632 to 636;
Samba', 471; Amsterdam, 421; Genoa, 630—at
' 3 months' date.

iheSiodrnarket has been dull, and prices have
fallen about f per mat. since last packet. The
quotations are as follows:—Three per Cent. Regis-
tered Stock, 47f to 48; Coupons, 47 to 47k; De-
ferred, 3lf to 32; Bank of Portugal shares, 7i to 8
per wet. prem.; and Back of Oporto, 24j to 23 per
ant. prem.