The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-05 00:00:00

PORTUGAL

(ram ous owl COIUIPOIDENT.)
LISBON, MARCH 29.

A fatal duel took place this morning in Campo
Grand*, between Signor Jose Julio d'Oliveira Pinto,
a deputy to the Cortes, and Miguel de Sa
Nagueina, a Portuguese officer in the Italian service,
and en aide-de-camp to Prince Humbert. The
duel arose out of certain expressions uttered by Signor
Pinto ina debate in the Cortes, respecting Nogueira,
the uncle of the officer. A retraction was demanded
I by the latter, which was refused, and afterwards
when the two parties metin the Chiado, they came to
hard words, which ended in the officer spitting in
the face of the deputy, who drew a revolver but
did nut fire. This encounter was much talked
about, and sonic of the newspapers applied the
epithet of coward to Signor Pinto, besides which,
it is said, he was shown the cold shoulder in the
Cortes by several deputies on account of his
refusal to accept a challenge. It is supposed that,
stung by these slights, Signor Pinto deter-
mined to fight. Seconds were sought, those
of the deputy being both members of the
Cortes, and on the part of Signor Sa Nagueina were
Don Rodrigo d'Almeida, a nephew of the Duke de
Si/Martha, and Edward Barreiro', son of the late
Viscount da Luz. The duel was at 15 paces, and
lots were drawn for first fire, which fell to Signor
Sa Nagueina. At the first shot the deputy fell
mortally wounded, the ball having penetrated his
side and wounded the liver and the larger blood-
vessels. The seconds then carried the dying man
to a cab, in which they had come from Lisbon, and
gave the driver directions to proceed to the house
of the deputy ; but the authorities having been
notified of the occurrence, the body was taken to
the chief police station. Afterwards it was re-
moved to the Hospital of San Jose, where the
autopsy was performed. The Cortes did not sit
this afternoon, on account of the profound impres-
sion caused by this occurrence, and the Chiado has
all day been tilled by groups discussing the circum-
stances of the duel. Signor Oliveira Pinto, be-
sides being a deputy, was one of the high emptoyOs
of the Ministry of Justice, and be leaves a wife and
family almost destitute. The funeral will take
place to-monow from the chapel of the hospital,
and a large number of the deputies will attend it.
This sad affair is quite without precedent in Lisbon
of late years, and speculation is rife as to what
course the authorities will take in dealing with the
matter.

Tax OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE.- '
The training of the crews at Putney was yesterday eon- '
tinued. Owing to the lateness of the tide neither party
went out in the morning. The wind was rough and the
weather showery, still there were a great many visitors in
the afternoon. The Oxford crew went out first, and
rowed up to Rahn's, at Hammersmith, returning on :
the ebb. They commenced at 36 strokes per mi-
nute. increased to 38, and finished in gallant style
at 40, going some distance below the Aqueduct
before they turned. The Cambridge crew went up to
Chiswick church shortly after, and came down at lees '
pace. They commenced at 32 and increased to 34 strokes
per minute, which they maintained to the finish. There was I '
no perceptible improvement in style, and it wen quite .
obvious that the Oxford are the stronger crew. It must
be apparent to every one well acquainted with boating ,'
that the Cambridge crew are in fine condition • ' that the l'
result of the hard training at Cambridge had rendered !
them fit to row on the day they arrived in town, and that,
should hard training be continued, it will be detrimental
so them, by taking too much out of them. Betting varies
very much ; in some instances the Oxonian. have only , !
been hacked at guineas to pounds, but the odds have risen
again to 6 and 7 to 4 on Oxford, who in some CAWS canbear il
• little mote reduction in weight.
Cerrue PLAnu e. —During the week ending 30th I j
March, 1867, two fresh outbreaks of cattle plague,
embracing 5 attacks, are reported ; one on a farm contain- j
ing 105 cattle, in the Petty Sessional Division of Daventry 1
(county of Northampton),' and the other on a farm having!,
a stock of 23 cattle in the Petty Sessional Division of .1
Middle Holderness (East Riding of Yorkshire). In the li
former case one bullock was attacked and was killed by
order of the inspector, as were also 26 healthy cattle which It ,
had been in contact with the diseased animal ; in the
Litter, 4 heifers contracted the disease, and were killed by
order of the inspector. The total number of cattle re-
ported to have been attacked in Great Britain since the
commencement is t.s3,ifini, and 52,fitti animals have been
slaughtered healthy to prevent the spread of tht disease.

Yesterday a meeting of this institution was
held at its house, John-street, Adelphi ; the Right Hon.
Earl Plano*, P.C., president of the society, in the chair.
A reward of 13/. 10a. was voted to the crew of the Mad-
intim', lifeboat stationed at Theddlethorpe, on the *oast
of Lincoln, for saving, after repeated attempts, the crew
of sixteen men, a pilot, and a `passenger from the barque
Centurion, which during a heavy gale had stranded and
becomes total wreck on the Rose Sand, off Sallificet, on
the 18th ult. A reward of 111. 10s. was also voted to
ppaay the expenses of the society's lifeboat stationed at
Deans Nook, on the coast of Lincoln, in going off on the
10th lilt. in • gale of wind and very heavy PM and rescu-
ing the crew of four men from the small boat of the
schooner Squire, of Yarmouth, which had become a total
wreck off Donna Nook. A meant of 7/. ss. was also voted
to pay the expenses of the institution's lifeboat at Fowey,
Cornwall, for putting off on the 17th ult., in reply to signals
of distress, during &heavy gale of wind, and bringing safe*
ashore the crew of five men of the schooner Du.vouia, of Pad-
stow, which had anchored in Polkerris Bay. The vessel for-
tunately rode out the gale, and the men were again put OR
board the following day. A reward of 13/. was also voted
to the crew of the Institution's lifeboat at St. Ivea, Corn-
wall, for riving the crew of five men from the schooner
Mary Lewis, of Aberystwith, which had stranded and
sunk off St. Ives pier during a heavy gale of wind on the
17 ult. The Caister lifeboat A the society was also the
means of assisting to a place of safety the Prussian
schooner Louise, and her craw of seven men, which vessel
was in a dangerous position in the Weld utf Winterton on
the 7th ult. A reward of Ti. ris. was likewise granted to
pay the expenses of the institution's lifeboat at Betsey, in
putting off during .a gale of wind and bringing safely
ashore the crew of six men of the brig.intine Sarah Ann,
of Jersey, which bad become a total wreck off &bey, on
the 18th ult. The Holyhead lifeboat of the society was
also the means of bringing ashore fourteen men from
the stranded schooner Nicol., near Hob bead on the
30th ult. A reward of EV. was also voted to the crew
of the institution's lifeboat at Drogheda fur wiring three
men from the schooner Mary, of Dublin, which during a
fresh gale had driven on shore on the North Wall,
Drogheda Bar, on the lard ult. A reward of 18/. 13e. 6d.
was also voted to pay the expenses of the society's lifeboat
at Tramore, in rescuing the crew of 10 men of the laartpus
Wild Horse, of Windsor, N. 8., which had stranded during
• gal* of wind on Tramore beach, on the 'land ult. A.
reward of 13/. 3a. wee also granted to pay the expenses of
the institution's lifeboat at Tyrella, in resetting six of the
crew of the sloop William, of Paimpol, which had stranded
during a fresh gale of wind, in Dumb uus hay, on the
123rd ult. A reward of 9/. :h. was al.o v0t...1 to pay the es-
' peeves of the society's lifeboat at Wexford, in rescuing,
with the montanee of a steam-tug, the barque Loretto, of
'Liverpool, and her crew of 14 inn, from a dangerous
position near the Blackwater Bank, doling a side of wind
on the tird ult. A reward of 15/. was also voted to the
crew of the Appledore lifeboat, for going out in a gale of
wind and heavy sea, and rescuing the crew of three men
from the rigging of the !tic Harmony, of
Bideford, which had gone on the South Tail,
IBideford Bar, on the 29th ult. A reward of
21/. was also voted to pay the expenses of the institution's
lifeboat at Palling, in saving the whole of the crew, six in
number, from the French schooner La Prudence' which,
during a fresh wind and heavy ten. was wrecked off Pal-
' ling on the night of the 30th ult. Resraids amounting to
1211. were also voted to pay the expenses of the society's
lifeboat at Brooke, Poolbeg, Penance, Plymouth, Howth,
Donna Nook, Sutton, Selsey, Pembny, Aberystwitb. and
Cromer, for various other services to di, .tressed vessels
during the past month. A reward of 5/. Is. was also
ordered to be presented to seven own for putting off in a
whale boat belonging to the Howth coastguard station,
and after repeated attempts saving six men from
the schooner William Henry, of Barrow, which during
a heavy gale of wind Henry,
stranded on Pahloylo
Bank on the 18th ultimo. Various other rewards
were also granted to the crews of different shore-boats for
saving life from shipwreck. It was reported that his
Majesty the King of Denmark had painted 200 rix dollars
to the crew of the Umusgate lifeboat, iii addition to what
the Board of Trade had previously given them, for the
noble services which they rendered to the crew of the
Danish barque Aurora Borealis, on the 6th January last.
Her Majesty the Queen had sent her annual pubsolption
of IW. to the institution, and the same was gratefully ac-
knowledged. It was reported that the lifeboat which the
institution had sent to the Paris Exhibition haul attracted
the special attention of the Emperor and Empress of the
French. New lifeboats were about to be sent by
the institution to Falmouth, Exmouth, and New Brighton.
The cost of the lifeboat for Falmouth haul been generously
contributed by the city and county of Gloucester. Messrs.
Rothschild had liberally increased their annual subscrip-
tion to the institution to 10/. 10s. An effort was being
made by the ladies is Edinburgh to raise a sufficient min
to meet the annual expense of the Workieg Meu's Life-
boat, stationed at Port Logan. Payments amounting to
2,20 W. were ordered to be made on various lifeboat este.
ante. The plan of the safety fishing boat of the in-
stitution was exciting considerable attention. and two of
the boat. which had seen tested on the coast of Scotland
bed given great satisfaction. A report was rend from
Captain David Rubertsoo, R.N., the assistant inspector
of lifeboats of the institution, on his recent visits to its
stations on the roasts of Norfolk and Suffolk. The thanks
of the institution, inscribed on vellum, were ordered to be
presorted to the Rev. Luke H. Wiseman and Thomas
Smith, Esq., for their valuable co-operation, through the
medium of the ifettodiet Recorder, in collecting nearly
800!. to defray the cost of the " D. J. Draper " lifeboat.
The proceedings then terminated.