The Express.
London, England, 1850-10-26 00:00:00

DEATH OF THE DUKE OF PALMELLA.

The Oriental Company's steam-packet Madrid,
Capt. F. Meehan, arrived at Southampton last night,
and landed her mails, under the charge of Lieut. W.
P. Newecham, R.N., Admiralty agent.
Her dates are I—Gibraltar, Sept. 16; Cadiz, 17 ;
Lisbon, 19; Oporto, 20; Vigo, 20. She brings nine
packages of speois.
The Duke of Palmed* died at Lisbon on the 12th.
He was buried with great pomp and royal honours.
Commas was dull at Gibraltar, and the garrison
healthy.
At Cadiz the only stirring incident was the de-
parture of General Concha and suite, with 600 troops,
for his command in Cuba, in the Caledonia steamer,
to be followed by the Hibernia, with more troops.
Matters at Cuba are of more eerie= import than was
generally supposed.
A French trigate.was at Belem, in quarantine; and
report said that a French squadron was expected
from Cherbourg.
Our correspoodent writes:
LISBON, Oar.
The death of the Duke de Palmella has been Mt
by all parties. No one can doubt that the Queen
Donna Maria is indebted to him for her throne, bat
she did not evince her acknowledgments to him. The
life of the duke had been despaired of some days
past ; brat the Queen, always ready to go, or to send,
to inquire after her friends, did not take the trouble
to inquire after Palmells; and, to calm the popular
clamour at such conduct, the lord-in-waiting and the
adjutant-general were ordered by the Queen and the
Prince Consort to eeeompany the fauend. The duke
kept his senses to the last moment. The duke en-
tered the army when very young, and abandoned it
for the diplomatic career. He represented his country
at the Spanish court, at the Italian court, at the Con-
gress of Vienna and Paris, and for a long time at the
British court. Private animosity induced him to
take the part of Don Pedro against Don Miguel. He
was prime minister under Don John the Sixth; acted
as president of the regency established at Terceira in
the name of Donna Maria, and held the situation of
prime minister different times under her government,
and was appointed for life President of the Chamber
of Peers.

The wine trade continues to be very brisk, though
the exportation at Oporto has not increased. The ex-
portation in September was 2,787 pipes; that is,
28,283 in the nine months. On amount of the British
claims, the ommcil of state has assembled several
times, There are reports of partial ministerial changes.
The restitution of the Doke of Saldanha is much
talked of, it is said, by the intervention of King
Leopold. The government has cot attended to the me-
morial of the Alemtejo people requesting the prolli-
bition of the exportation of cork.
An earthquake wu felt at Monoorvo, on the Bth
instant.
The project of a wine company in the Estremednra
has been much talked of, but, it being a complete
monopoly of some wine-merchants, it is not likely to
succeed.
It appears that the government, being informed of
the necessity of giving wink to the people in order to
avoid a revolution, has sent positive orders to begin
working on the roads. Although postage is becoming
cheaper everywhere else, it is augmenting in this

country. -
As signs of the revolutionary mania raging over
the country, the mails have been robbed in different
places.
The Minister of Finance conticues to be the object
of general complaint, and his last marriage has
brought upon him as general contempt.
The old-Dowager Marchioness Frontiers, died this

day.
The British fleet remains in the Tagus, being joined
by the Arrogant and Encounter. The Dragon came
in and sailed again. The French frigate Psyche
is in the Tagus.
Inscriptions of Five per Cent., 46 to 47 ; Four per
Cent., 37 to 38 ; Three per Cent., 37 to 38; Apolices
(old), Five per Cent., 46 to 47; paper money, 20 to
214; Bank of Portugal shares, reie 38,5 to 370; Bank
of Oporto, 202 to 203. Exchange on London, 341 ;
Discount on Lisbon Bank-notes, 7 per cent.

MOROCCO.—Advioes from Morocco state that the
merchants of Mogador had petitioned the Emperor
against the monopoly of coffee and sugar, offering to
pay a double duty it his Majesty would withdraw his
late order ; but a negative was returned to the appli-
dation. The edict of the Emperor in reference to the
hide monopoly will prove ruinous to a great part of
1 the population depsatling upon the produce of the
skins