The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-21 00:00:00

PORTUGAL

LISBON, Dna 19.
The news of & ministerial crisis is officially oon-
firmed.

THE BRAZILS.

(Per the °Monne, i& Lisbon.)
RIO DE :JANEIRO, Nov. 24.
Intelligence from the seat of war reports the
pontion of affairs as unchanged.
The Dutch schooner Rein Bardt has been lost. Crew
moved.
Exchange on London, 17t, fiat Soverwitos,14.860.
Gold bonds, 70, dull. Coffee: Good first, 8.700.
186.000 bags. Shipments since the departure of the lad
the Channel, 13.160,bags ;to the north of Europe,
12,346 bags; Lisbon, for orders, 9,800 ; Mediterranean,
8,251 ; United States, 50,733; other ports, 5,429. Stock,
100,000. Flour, 33. Wool, 38. Cardiff coals, 19. Salt,
720. Freights to the Channel, 475. &i. ; to the United
States, 42e. 6d.

INDIA.
BOMBAY, Deo. 15.
7Ths. shirting, 6r. ; 811 b. ditto, 6r. la. ; 40's mule
twist, 11a. • market dWL Cotton quiet ; Dholisrah,
230 r. Exchange on London, Is. 11 16-16 d. to 2s.
Four per Cent. • Government Semutthot 031; Flyoper
Cent. ditto, 1111. Freights to Liverpoi, 47e. 6d. The
rats of discount has bean raisedmu
~pse amt.
CALOUTFA, Dna. 15.
711 s. shirtinp, 4r. 5a.; 1111 bi. ditto, 6r. ; 40's rank
twist, 61a. ; market quiet. Cotton, 214. !Inchon(' on
London, Sle. OP. Four per Cent. Government Securities,
034; Five per Cent. ditto, 107 ; Five-and-a-Half per
Cent. ditto, 1116Freichte to
hasThasedßmthena.rate6d. .01
g:ma, 47e. ed. Bank
t one pm cent.

CHINS.
HONGKONG, Nov. 25.
Grey skirtings, 61 amities, in The. 2 dohs. 800. ; water
twist, 120 deli.d Inarket quiet. : Banal fair nie-
tim. In Tea : atm quiet, but pion main-
Ktehanp oa London: Bank bilis, 6 mouths, 44.
SHANGHAI, Nov. 18.
sallazaidditings, Wass, 111 lbs., 2-110 lasts.; Coitus,
16 teals; dull and deeftiss. 811 k Arm,
and active dianand. No. 3 Tattles, 000 testa.
Shanghai and Japan, 3,000. Export to data (Ckinalit°
comusenoemeat of season, 60,000 balsa
on Landes : Bank bills, 6 months, 60t.
FraWFsa, W. 10s.

To oomeelad a besting preference, tea met be
wmtionsta Mefar post slimmeet;
WinneragaMl:Mair".44o-0111=1111
Liadem. sod Aka, in wen tova.—(AihailmormeJ

PARES, Dom 20, EvEzineo.
The Franco of this evening, referring to a state-
ment published by Prussian newspapers, to the
effect that the Sublime Porte had ordered the
Greeks to be expelled from Servia and Roumania,
says that if this statement be true Turkey has
raised an inopportune question. The same paper,
denying the rumour of a note having been
addressed by Prince Gortachakoff to the French
government, affirms that the latest communica-
tions between St. Petersburg and Paris aro ani-
mated by the most friendly feelings.
The reaps of this evening exp the rumour
in question as follows :—" Ito • originated in an in-
terview which took place la y between the
French ambassador (Baron de Talleyrand) and
Prince Gortachahoff, the substance of which was
sent to Paris by telegraph by Baron de Talley-
rand." "In this interview Prince Gortschakoff,"
says the Temps, " informed M. de Talleyrand that
if Turkey showed herself so exacting, it was be-
cause she bad reason to believe that she would be
supported by the Great Powers. If such were the
case Russia had a right to be more reserved in the
steps taken, collectively to prevent a conflict be-
tween Turkey and Greece."
The Patric of this evening states that up to the
19th Instant Turkey had not declared war against
Greece.

FLORENCE, Din 10, Evammo.

Private telegrams received here this • evening
aseert that the relations between Greece and Tur-
key have become less critical, and that the danger
of war is averted.

AMERICA.
NEW YORK, Dxc. 19.
Gold closed at 13.51 ; the highest quotation during the
day was 136, the lowest Lio. Sterling exchange on
London, 109 f. 6-20 U.S. Bonds, 1882, 1101; ditto, 1885,
1071; ditto, 1866, 1091. 10-40 Bonds, 1051. Illinois, 1431 ;
Erie, 381. Cotton, middling upland, 251. Petroleum,
standard white, 32. Flour, extra State, 6 dots. 69c. to
7 dole. 66c. • Corn, old mixed, Idol. 13c.
According to Yews. Neill's report the week's receipts
of cotton at all United States ports have been 85,000
bales; and since the Ist of September, 889,000 bales ;
week's export to Great Britain, 31,000 bales ; and since
the Ist of September, 252,000 bales ; week's export to
France, 11000 hales; and since the Ist of September,
116,000 bales • week's export to other ports, blank ;
and linos the Ist of September, 74,000 bales; total ex-
Ellif the week, 31,000 bales ; and lino the lit of
ber, 419,000 bales ; stock at all ports, 300,000

WASHINGTON, Duo. 19.
The Senate to-day a resolution sympathising
with the 8 in the efforts they are making to
establish • mars liberal government, and urging them to
abolish slavery in the Spanish possessions am soon es
poraible.
The North German Lloyd's Mesmer Deutschland, from
New York, arrived at flouthaington_yederday, with 80
passengers for that port, Barre, and Bremen; 41 racks of
snail, 347,661 dols. for Landon and Parn, and 18,724
dole. far Braman.

(Per the Deutschland, vi! Southampton.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 10.
After the readiss of the President's message in the
Senate had proceeded for a few =inane, Mr. Connate,
of California, moved that the reading be &vented wit
on the ground that the menage was dean ill:it
Several republican mato, °onto/d:711ot
the daument, however diseourteom, was entitled to re-
spect, and to be read, as mantling from the President of
the United States. The Senate, however, adjourned
without continuing the reading.
In the house the menage was violently denounced by
Mr. SA...* and Mr. Washburn It was laid on the
table, but was ordered to be printed.
Congress hes passed a bill removing the political disabi-
hties of Chief Justice Moses, of South Iftrolina.
The !louse pissed • bill ordering the elections in Vir-
ginia to take place on the 27th of May. Mr. Sumner has
introduced a bill in the .sate for carrying out the Recon-
struction Laws in
It is rumoured GlaSpain and the South American
Republics accept the propoeal of the United States for a
ent of the misting difficulties by a plenipotentiary
commission at Waakington.
Intelligence from Cuba report' the insurgents
been defeated at Guantanamo by Babnemda. to have
Advice. from Nova Scotia state that Sir John Mac-
donald recommends financial modification of the Con-
federation Act in favour of that province. Repeal is still
agitated for in Nova Scotia by the pres and at public
meetings.

THE CAPE HAMS.
PLYMOUTH, Dna 90.
The Union Company's steamer Cambrian, with
the above mails, arrived here at noon to-day, with
18 passengers and 23 sacks mails, another diamond
from the Orange river, 100 tons of copper, and
1,200 bales of wool and skins. Her dates are—
Natal, Nov. 13; Alava Bay, 18th; Table Bay,
19th ; St. Helena, 28th ; and Madeira, Dec. 14.

WAnnuazzAncor OonuoszoN.—A meeting of
the Bora Oeemhebeen fcer inquiring loto gios woo og
Meteralbegee sad true heti oa Preley Dee.
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Hoe. Z. CeriveD, Y.P. Mr R. PllMieme ,e, JIM
Kareisks, Vh• geser's iiMe Reemiell
Fibber 0.. LP.. the MAt MoM. reestar, Mr.
W. Tama gkeesele, M.P., Mgr..evertegoe Der.
said, sad Mr. OWN ft. A. Meat. leleoltry.
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ELICIT., PllTl7fOlee.—nrmee the notied
Criatido althea electionminfoons
nneral vs been jefelid. pad in the ems. et the
proem* weal der Se sentsties and borougiei do-
eindiegrdthe, will-b theelated,pmd
deglelet otga OirmerVntle
hides Winne wee engaged nearly the whole day in beer.
lade Me Pmilamentary
014.41-moral gelds mere nisei as to
.tmeellers for cosh, babe Hull and
&77-the point was Y fatal to the leg=
resesditige, and BM Meldup took, time to
Y evaded ft as a matter of impoetenea, sad
.e
not me how • mea 'ad bleaself d bosom against as
would be the "se by a petitioner being anesty Joe costs.
i wee, to Ms mm amen shaking hands with him-
set lf. Me. H. Janinie, who was counsel in the
mashed that a man could do such a thing. His
said it would be opposed to an notions of Mvat,lls
=si bias comae of the day Hr. Berea ilniat.•
and mentioned theories Ls would hear dudes the
prase* week. His Wail* hit some diMealtg, at is one
or two mem no agent lied bum
EXETER. The • nolioitos= attended a
' nesearoas meeting of the Metal • held on
rasp evening -Mr.. MilfOld.. • Sir Juba
• Cisheidge (idiom Nowseness. so-day), in the
eeSTSe of a shorttarld,l2ll4•lttstod thpt.he lo#d .been rather
ibuthlos skit to irnmos.at meant, At that a feeling of
duty to oldoninrty ma. Ma oboists whim be had ee long
fellmeed and ideed, werAberoalyseenteset isliaoidding
to the serken‘Alli Maid Ida deggsehim that his hhil-
dnianominess mum bg Henn eneleamtin sonny of
fte
29111411*4="Edripmftriappuese.aibtort7 *ln senthe-Tm
whaisime."l"lWSZA
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tie Jahn Cole4Wal akar
hi es mew
ipenake is begag cohered
y the constituency.
GLeueEtrnit.—There ilea been a hitch in the
PlijOsin illoPtimilebtag MINIM Price and. Monk for this
city. To main wits segnired meanly, Mr. Buchanan,
one of the gelidesidevi pea siewrity for 7501., and Major
• Lees, cone et the. thilinfed osilernitive candidates, gave
security for the remaining 2501. It was objected that Mr.
Buchanan was (being a
_petitioner) incapacitated from
ittgos security, and the Master of the Court of Coto-
nou having, decided that the '7301. must be depo-
noted, that has mos been dole. There are other formal
objections made on the past oaths, teepoadenta.
HAlll'Blll2lL—There are four petitions against
the Hampshire ebtedoilm, vie., snit egad* the return of
Messrs. Gurney end Hoare, the oonservative members for
Southampton; one against the return of the Bight Hon.
W. F. Cowper, the liberal member for the southern divi-
sion of Hants; one against the return of Lord Henry
Scott, the conservative member for the earns division ;
and one against the return of Mr. Haviland Burks, the
liberal member for Christchurch. 1,0001. has been lodged
in the Bank of England by the petitioner against the
return of Messrs. Chu ney and Hoare:
KIICO'S LYNN.—. T. Beard, of Basinghall-
dreet, is the agent for Mr. W. Armes and Mr G.
Holditch, the petitioners in this came. Mr. 11. Smith, of
Norfolk-street, Strand, is the agent for the respondent
(the Hon. B. Bourke, M.P.).
WICK BITROHB.—The Scotsman is informed that
a petition against the return of Mr. Loch as member for
the Northern Burghs is being prepared, and will be sent
into court. The petitioner is Mr. Edmund B. Lock) er,
who was himself a candidate for the burghs.

CORPORATION OF TIM Sow OF THE CLERGY.—
A general court of governors of this corporation was held
at their hones 2, Bloomsbury-place, on Saturday last,
the Rev. Dr. Vivian, senior treasurer, in the chair, when the
Most Bev. Dr. Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury elect, MA
unanimously elected president of the corporation for the
year ensuing. A court of assistants immediately fol-
lowed for the distribution of the Christmas benefactions
to poor curates in England and Wales, when the total
sum of 1,2341. was given to 47 clergymen who ease
within the terms of the trusts under which the benefac-
tions are held, inadequacy of means and irreproachable
conduct being the assuncenditioe• Tbo.ilotonbors al.o Wove
at the same court the cam of 3661. amongst 38 widows.
aged single daughters, and orphan and other children of
clergymen. In November the total, sum distributed
amongst poor eisegymna and the widows, single
daughters. and children of the clergy was 7151.
The goventore were reminded that during the pest year
they bed been induced by the number urgency of the
cares brought to their notice to overdraw several of their
funds. and that in consequence it would be necessary
during the coming year to make strenuous efforts to an-
create the resoaroes of this ancient charity. The go-
vernors were much gratified to hear from Sir Thomas
'Mon that a legacy of 1,0001. had been bequeathed to the
corporation by one of the most valued members of the
court of assistants, the late Mr. J. E. Johnson, president
of Bethlehem and Bridewell Hospitals. The meetings in
November and December were attended by the Rev. Dr.
Vivian, Mr. Pownall, and Sir Thomas Tilton (the three
treasurers), Archdeacon Jennings, Revs. Canon Melvin,
Daniel Moore, W. J. Crichton, and George Ainslie, Al-
dermen }lnnis and Gibbons, and Messrs. Thomas Greene,
Joseph Somes, G. C. Capper, J. W. Tbrupp, R. A. Gray,
Beriah Drew, and James Bentley.

OPENING OF THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
RALLWAT.—The opming of the first section of than railway
will, it is expected, take place on Christems.day. From
the forward state of the works, the large number of men
employed—about 27000—and the hearty willingkood dis-
played in all directions,as witnessed during a visit Yester-
day, we can scarcely doabt that the expectation will
be realised, and that passengers will be able to
proceed so tar on an uninterrupted tour round
London as from Finsbury, vit. Farringdon-road,
Ring's-cross, Paddington, Notting-hill, Kensington,
Brampton, and Pimlico, to Weetaninster-bndge. The
Metropolitan Extension, as our readers are ammo,
was opened recently from Paddington to Gloucester-road,
Brompton, leaving only the short length bolo to that
company between Olo.inester-road and South
remaining to be completed. That parties will she be
for omedng with the section the
Dreedyistrict from-r Beath Xemingten seetwarde of
to tree=
end of Westmiseter-bridgri. The new stations wpm this
section will be Sem& Imunegten, Moane-equarii, Viderin.
Broad-strest, Westminster for St. Jareas's-pirk and
WeabeMster-teidge. The iest.of the line is about two
miles. The rails are @Mel. and to the yes d. hid open
creosoted- at SO to SS imam between
centres. Matera ite and Mr. T. Mare Johnson are
:rant 0114ineors an the Metropolltaa EXillitiOU line ; Mews.
Kalk, w aring, and Lucas contractors ; and Mr. Walker,
superintendent of the works.—Railway tines.

-DESTRUCTIVE FlRES.—During yesterday morn-
ing and the previous night, the Metropolitan Fire Brigade
were called to numerous fires. The inostserions broke out
on the premises of Mr. G. H. Brockbank, pianoforte
manufacturer, 34. 36, 38, and 40, Great College-street,
Camden-town. The manufacturing portion of tlLe_m
mises formed two structures, in which were the
and joiners' shops, the veneer, the polishing, th7C7.g.,
and the general stores. Each pert of the building
was well stocked with articles used in the trade, in-
cluding a large number of instruments, some finished and
packed for exportation ; whilst in another part of the 06.
tablishment ware over 100 partially-tinished pianos. How
the fire happened is at present unknown, but about five
hours previously, when the factories ware closed, each de-
partment was inspected for the purpose of seeing that the
lights and fires were properly extinguished. Everything
was then satisfactorily reported. The firewas not gotunder
until a very large amount of damage was done. Mr.
Brockbsnk is behaved to be partiallyinzured.—dnother are
took place in the of Mr. Hicks, an ostrich-feather
dealer, St. Bartho ainew's-close ; and • third on the pre-
mises of Mrs. Miller, in Greece-street, Tottenham-court-
read. The origin of the catastrophe is at present un-
known, but before the flames could be extinguished, an
unfortunate woman, named Eliza Miller, was burned to
death.

FATAL OCCURRiNaIt—At the liverlwol Amines
on Saturday two men, named Cubism and Aheo•d, wad
charged
he death with having, at *
el Hang cm the27tit lisgasinhev.
caused t ilea. a bambinos lossgsr•
Oa the deg fa gamed= the gaisimma rd Ike Mord
was all drinking freely at Madhouse of Mr Misr.
and, after some wading, the grime= pet die ma
(who was made to Oahhaw) ilbe an oak amt. hallPiad
the lid opals. Shortly afterwards another NM IMO to
the beerhome, and became he would raterieLim some
beer they Strew aho We the ehset. asst
of the dessemg, who woi dwoolft ilk she The
roomers ware found gh, end inese to four moat&
Oltrrvtith MIA Mom
aill inn= RATiorAT.—Tho direabore of
the Nerith, Mid & liallway, to that Man to ha laid
before Wednesday's whesdng, trepeos that the &fumed
dividend waseente, white at 11s1 /smeary, 11110, wW
21110111 M. M MAW* /1"1"11.146a1=1"t
afemat of 4 air eariii. Esbestam at par
won ;sly, layi ; feet Su isms at lir deemed dividend
mums& be 4111001d1=011 after the Omni indf-year, and
that go, maga Is pay the aditablie del* awl las-
unapt gsfigtiss he admit( the ism at debtahr,e stook .

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