The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-20 00:00:00

EXTENSIVE FORGERIES OF PORTUGUESE

NOTES.

LISBON. Antic 18.

It has been discovered that extensive forgeries
have been committed in the notes of the Bank of
=it.llinslltrtews linveoonsegtesntly deta
withainw au 20,41*reis notes from cir-
culation. A photographer named Selveira has
been arrested, charged with complicity in the
forgery. _ .

LISBON. APRIL 19.
The King and Queen will leave for Paris on the
24th inst.
There will be no change of ministry as reported.
The whole country is quiet.

ITALY.

FLORENCE, APRIL 19, Evzwisc.

The negotiations for a treaty of commerce be-
tween Austria and Italy are nearly terminated, and
the treaty may be looked upon as concluded.
Senator Melegari is to be appointed Secretary-
General of the Ministry for Forign Affairs.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, APRIL 19.

The Emperor has accepted the resignation of the
Minister of Commerce, Baron von Wullersdorf,
conferring upon him at the same time the cross of
the Order of Leopold, and appointing him com-
mander of the proposed Austrian expedition to
Eastern Asia, and also plenipotentiary of Austria
for the conclusion of treaties of conunerco with
China, Japan, and Siam.
Count Taufkirchen, adlatus of Prince von
Hohenlohe, the president of the Bavarian ministry,
has arrived here.

SURRENDER OF THE CITADEL OF BEL-
GRADE TO THE SERVIANS.
BELGRADE, Aram 19.
The citadel of Belgrade was given up to the
Servian authorities yesterday. Prince Michael
read to the Turkish and Servian troops the finnan
of the Sultan ceding the fortress to Servia.

THE PARIS BOURSE.
PARIS, Aran, 19, 3.30 P.M.

Rents* have been quoted to-day at 65.67, or 45c.
lower than the last official quotation of yesterday.

(114 Tharlc)
BOMBAY, MA ca 28.

The Madras Bank has declined the proposal of a
state bank for all India, but the negotiations with
the Bank of Bombay on this subject still continue.
A telegram received from Calcutta states that the
Bank of Bengal will not modify the first proposal.
A public meeting has been held at Calcutta in
order to protest against the new license tax. At
a meeting of Mahommeclans in Calcutta it was re-
solved to present Sir Cecil Beadon with a compli-
mentary address especially thanking him for his
services during the late famine.
The disputes between the planters and the ryots
in the Tirhoot indigo district have been amicably
settled.

The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company have announced the issue of return tickets
to and from Europe, with a reduction of 20 per
cent, on the return voyage within sir months.
The Rev. L Meurin is stated to have been ap-
pointed Roman catholic bishop of Bombay, in
place of Dr. Steins, promoted to the archbishopric
of Calcutta.

THE WAR IN THE BRAZILS.

RIO DE JANEIRO, MARCH 23.

Dates have been received from the seat of war
to the 9th inst. Nothing of importance had taken
place, and the monotony of the camp was only
broken by a few shells thrown from the Para-
guayan lines, and answered by the Brazilians on
shore and on board the vessels of the fleet.

A decree was published on the 15th calling out
8,000 more National Guards, which have to be
furnished by the capitals of the provinces and the
towns nearest to them. The city of Rio de Janeiro
has to furnish 1,000 men. This measure has met
with much opposition from the National Guard,
but well-informed persona affirm that if the con-
tingent be not forthcoming within the tune speci-
fied the guard of the capital will be dissolved, and
the men recruited.

His Highness Count d'Eu is most anxious to go
to the seat of war, and has applied to the Minister
of War for permission. The Council of the State
has been consulted, and has given an adverse de-
cision. The majority of the council are political
friends of the present commander-in-chief, the
Marquis of Caxias, who would lose his posi-
tion if the Count, his senior officer, were to go
South. At the same time his highness is
a very young man, and the old councillors may
perhaps on that account hesitate in confiding to
his hands the destiny of the war.
The result of the elections in the more distant
provinces is now known here, and is generally
favourable to government. Out of one hundred
and twenty-two deputies, not more than thirty or
thirty-five belong to the opposition.
A decree, dated the 16th, has been
issued, fixing the amount of Bank of Brazil
notes to be withdrawn from circulation by
each of the branch banks. The whole amount
is 25,766,681.248 (2,576,6681.), the proceeds of
the sale of the metallic reserve of the bank.
There will still remain in circulation the sum
of 45,000,000.000 (4,500,0001.) which has to
be gradually withdrawn from circulation, com-
mencing with 5 per cent. of the amount on the
Ist July next. No dividends are henceforth to be
paid by the bank until the sum fixed by govern-
ment to be withdrawn for the year be really in
the coffers of the bank.

RIO DE JANEIRO, MARCH 24.
Orders having been given to several corps of the
National Guard to go into quarters, and some of the
superior officers having excited their men to die-
obedience, the government, by a decree issued at
11 o'clock last night, has cashiered several of these
officers.

If the resistance of the National Guard continues
the ministry will break up the whole force, which
will be a very energetic measure, considering that
all the troops of the line are now absent in
Paraguay.

AMERICA.

(BY ATLANTIC TYLECRAPI4.)
NEW YORK, Aram 18, 6 P.Y.

Gold, 1,371. The gold market is excited. Ster-
ling exchange on London, 1092. 5-20 United States
Bonds, 1092 ; Illinois, 1131; Erie, WI. Cotton :
Middling Upland, 261. Petroleum, refined, 26.
Several cotton failures have taken place.
The Cunard steamers Scotia and Aleppo arrived
here to-day.

NEW YORK, Arm 19, 6 r.r.
Gold closed at 139, in consequence of warlike
news from Europe.

Sterling exchange on London, 109,1. 6-20
United States Bends, 1092 Illinois, ; Erie,
64 Cotton : Middling Upland, 25}. Petroleum,
refined, 28.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
. -

The Royal Mail steamship China, from New York
on the 9th inst., arrived at Queenstown at 6.10 p.m. yester-
day, with 152 cabin passengers. After landing 130 sacks
of mails and 15 passengers she proceeded at 6.30 p.m.
for Liverpool. All well.
(Per China, rid Queenstown.)

NW YORK, APRIL 9. K9959V..
•
The Juditiary Committee have momended the impeach.
aunt investigation until May.
General Schofield has announced that only persons who
have taken the oath to support the Federal Constitution
will be appointed officers of the State Convention.
General Sickles has ordered all persona objecting to the
present incumbents of the civil offices in his district to
i report their objections to the post-commanders.

Governor Worth and Orr have nad satisfactory inter-
views with the military cowman ere, wno will permit the
governors to appoint officers to fill civil vacancies.
General Pope has announced that the congressional
enactment disbanding the Southern militia will be strictly
enforced in hie district.

General Sweeny has disbanded the negro militia of An-
Vida (Genies).
General Scott, sonimauding at Charleston, hu issued a
circular advising the freedmen to be lea violent in demand-
ing their rights.
The preliminaries to the registration of voters in the
Southern districts are progressing.
It is reported that the government disapprove of the
muse pursued by General Sheridan in removing the
Louisiana officers.

It is also reported that Charles O'Connor is about to
petition the Supreme Court on behalf of Georgia, to grant
an injunction to restrain the President and General Pope
from executing the Reconstruction Act in reference to
that State.

The Herald states that a union meeting held in Smyth
county, Virginia, was dispersed by armed men, who after-
wards orpinised a meeting and passed resolutions de-
nouncing Congress. On General Schofield being informed
' he sent an officer to investigate the affair.
A large and enthusiastic conservative union meeting
of whites and blacks has been held at Chattanooga.
The Seaate has rejected the nomination of Senator
Nesmith as United States minister at Vienna.

The democrats have carried the municipal election at
Hartford by an increased majority.
_ _ _

Surratt'. counsel hu applied for n writ to compel Judge
Holt to prtduce Booth's diary.
De Soto, in Ilisalsaippi, has been inundated, when 90
negroes ware drowned.
The Cu•idian parliament has been prorogued until
May 16th.