The Express.
London, England, 1850-08-05 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

The Oriental Company's steam-packet Iberia, Capt.
C. F. Barney, arrived at Southampton on Saturday
night, and landed her mails under the charge of
Lieutenant W. Perue Newenhans, RN., Admiralty
agent. Her dates are, Gibraltar, 24th ; Cadiz, 25th ;
Lisbon, 29th; Oporto, 30th; Vigo, 31st. In her
cargo are five
.packages of specie.
' The Amencan ships of war Independence and
Mississippi had arrived at Gibraltar from Lisbon and
Cadiz. The ships are going up the Mediterranean to
make some demand at Tunis en rrnefe. The latter
ship called in at Cadiz en route to Gibraltar, and re-
mained a day or two there. The squadron left the
25th for Madeira, and to sail thence to Gibraltar. The
Queen's yacht Victoria and Albert bad exited a good
deal of curiosity at the various lints at which she
called. At Gibraltar the crowds to go on board were
so great that a guard of soldiers was necessary to re-
gulate their movements. She was not quite " gaudy
enough in ornament to pleas foreign tastes," but her
speed astonished people.
LISBON. JULY 28.
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Though the chambers have voted all the sums
asked by the ministry to meet all the branches of the ,
expenditure, and M. Mils had solemnly engaged
his word to pay a month's salary to every one within
every thirty days, he applied to the Bank of Portugal to
continue for a twelvemonth to discount the pay of the
officers doing regimental duty and extending it to the
naval officers when afloat. The bank sent this re-
quest of government to a committee of shareholders,
who gave their report on Friday last. Though the
directors had a desire to comply with the request of
the government, they met with a very strong opposi-
tion, grounded upon the very same words of the Mi-
nister of Finance, such a request being a clear proof
that he did not expect to organise the finances of the
country. After a great discussion of some hours the
Bank of Portugal came to the determination to con-
tinue to discount only during six months, the amount
never to exceed eighty conics de reis, the government
giving the same guarantees as before.
The American claims continue to occupy public
attention, though the squadron, with Mr. Clay on
board, h ft the Tagus on the 20th inst.
The English squadron under Commodore Martin
sailed on the 23rd, it is said on a cruise.

Tee Doke of Palmalla, with his son-in-law the
Caput of Aleacovas, his physician, and rervants, go by
this steamer to England ; his object is to consult the
English medical men; the duke may, by his state of
health, be said to ba dead for the political world. M.
Marral Joseph Ribeiro, Secretary of Portuguese Le-
gation in London, better known in the btock Ex-
change than in the diplomatic corps, goes by this
steamer to join his place.
Vega is from Malta after the 30th June are to per-
form quarantine.
Exchanges on London, 541. Discount Lisbon bank
notes, 5 to 6 per cent.

ITALY.

ROMAN STATES.

Our Roman correapondent, writing from Civita
Vecchia on the 29th July, gives the substance of a
notification ➢ublished at Rome on the evening of the
27th, by which five millions of treasury bills were to be
issued, and other measures to be taken for the speedy
extinction of the paper money now in circulation.
The Austrian legation had published a declaration in
the Wornale di Rome against Prince Chimp, who
claims the duchy of Mantua as his right.
Cernuachi was stated to be still on a French
steamer at Civita Vecchia, and the Spanish steamer
had left for Spain.
GENOA, Jexy 30.
The Consul-general lot Peru at Genoa announces
that in the province of Carabiza there aro very rich
gold mines.