The Express.
London, England, 1857-10-05 00:00:00

LOSS OF A RUSSIAN VESSEL OF WAR.

HAMBURG, Ow. 2.

A despatch addressed to the insurance companies
of this town, announces the total low of a Russian
vessel of war, going from Revel to Cronstadt. There
were 1,000 men on board.

PORTUGAL

(VION 071 OWN CORRESTONDIXT.)

LISBON., Sart. tS.
The disease which I informed you in my last
letter had broken out in this city appears to be pin-
ing ground. Although there exists a great differ-
ence of opinion respecting the name and nature of
the complaint, the general impres3ion appears to be
that the fever is a description of typhoid, of the clam
of gaol and such like fevers, and in some in-
stances it appears to degenerate into undoubted
yellow fever. The staff surgeon of the Naval Hos-
pital here has informed me that he has teen a cue
having all the symptoms of yellow lover. The sanitary
board are exerting themselves to combat the evil
and tar barrels are burnt in the districts wherd there
is most disease—in the parishes of the Madeline, the
SE, and St. Julian. The deaths yesterday, I believe,
reached twenty, all, I am informed, attributed to the
replant disease.
fhe Bawd of Health are evidently exerting them-
selves, but it would seem that they are beginning
rather late in the day, and many persons attribute
the disease to the state of the mowers, and the neg-
'eat of proper attention in periodiimll7 flushing
them with water and providing them with proper
traps. Hitherto they have been left perfectly open,
exposed to the action of a blazing sun, and the exha-
lations have been moat pestiferous. Nothing but
the dreadful ravages of a contagious fever will
teach the authorities common sense in these matters.

The last packet from England, the Tagus, did not
communicate with the city. She landed her mails,
cargo, and parengers, and received nothing but a
fumagahld mail for the south, and water. Still, on
her arnval at Cadiz she was not allowed Gibraltar,
and she carried her passengers on to Gibraltar,
where she communicated. On her return the

Spaniards again refused to allow her to communi-
cate, and hearing of her having done so at
Gibraltar, issued a notice placing all vessels from
Gibraltar in quarantine for three days. After this
I am told the English packets on the outward voy-
age will only land mails and passengers at Lisbon
and carry their cargo on, delivering it on their re-
turn. Her Majesty's ship Conqueror arrived here
on the 22d inst., but on learning that Lisbon was
infected with fever the vessel hoisted the yellow
flag, and did not communicate. In the afternoon she
received a letter-bag, as eke had come to receive
Admiralty orders, but I am fold they were not re-
ceived, and had circumstances been different she
would have been caulked. She loft to join Lord
Lyons lathe Mediterranean.
The King, with that devotion and disinterested-
ness far which he is noted, has occupied much time
in visiting the fever hospitals, and, I am told, has
actually entered seine of the wards, although the dis-
ease is known to be highly contagious, =petting at
the same time the arrangements for the treatment of
patients, and seeing that nothing was wanting for
the comfort of the afflicted. It were superfluous to
remark upon the conduct of the young King: his
actions speak for themselves, and hold out golden
promise for his future years.
The elections have everywhere passed off peace-
ably, the majority in general remaining with the
government. In Lisbon, Senhor liraacamp, a par-
tisan of the present administration, and Senhor
F. 0. da Silva Ferreira, minister of Justice under
Saldanha, a regenerador, or oppositionist, have been
returned.

The King and royal family have returned from the
palace of Cintra to NocessiWes, and will now per-
manently remain in the city.
The electric telegraph between Liabon and Lon-
don, Nil Madrid, is now open throughout the entire
zlth leo . The rates of transmission, however, are
• and to become generally useful moat be
nerd.

The information received from London, to the
effect that Sir Morton Peto has finally succeeded in
forming a company for the projected railways, as
well as the necessary funds, has been freely pub-
lished in the Lisbon papers, and people generally
appear satisfied with the aspect which affairs arc now
111•11111:0114.
The vintage returns are very conflicting, but,
taking the whole of the country, it is evident that at
least twice as much wine as last year will be made
this.
The City of Hamburg has been declared infected
with cholera by the Lisbon health authorities.
Arrived : —Arno (a.), from Liverpool; Torino (s.),
from:Brazils; Teutonia (s.), from Brazils.
The Lisbon quotations for this packet are as fol-
lows :—Loodoo, 30 days' sight, 531; 90 days' date,
64; Paris, 628; Genoa, 527 ; Hamburg, 481; Am-
sterdam, 421. The transactions on London were
limited, owing chiefly to the scarcity of takers ; and
although paper was not abundant, some remained
over at the quoted rates. On the Continent nothing
of any importance has been effected, paper in gene-
ral being scarce.
The stock market is very dull, and the quotations
may he considered nominal. Three per Cent. Cou-
pons, 461 to 47, with dividend ; Deferred Stock, 28
to 281 ; Bank of Portugal shares, 11 to lie per cent.
prem.; Bank of Oporto, 22 to 221 per cent. prem.