The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-27 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

Intelligence has been received from Lisbon to the
20th by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steam-ship Tiger, Captain JOY, which arrived at
Southampton yesterday. Her dates of sailing were,
Gibraltar, April 15 ; Cadiz, 16, Lisbon, 20 ; Oporto,
; vigo, 22.
The Ministry hare introduced into the Chamber a
law of electoral reform, enacting that henceforth the
elections shall be direct instead of indirect. This
measure was opposed by SILVA CABRAL, who con-
tended that indirect election was a fundamental
article of the Charter. On this a division took place,
,ind the Chamber decided by 63 to 36 that indirect
election was not a fundamental article of the Charter.
COSTA CABRAL supports the. SALDANHA Ministry,
the opposition to which is led by his brother SILVA.
Sir HAMILTON SETMOuR has, by direction of Lord
PALMERsToN, presented a very energetic protest
against the proposition for the capitalization of the
ov, rdue dividends upon the foreign debt, a measure of
direct robbery upon the English creditors. Should
the scheme be persisted in, it is to be hoped that Lord
PALMERsToR will not confine himself to protests.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs has communicated
to the Chamber of Deputies the explanation with
which M. DE LAMARTINR favoured the Portuguese
Envoy at Paris, respecting the term, "a perjured
QUEEN," applied to her Most Faithful MAJESTY by
M. CREMIEDX. in his reply to the address of the Por-
tuguese sympathisers. It was, that M. CREMIEUI
spoke his own sentiments on the occasion, and not
those of the Government collectively.
There have been various false alarms of emeutes,
but everything continued tranquil. Three French
subjects have petitioned the French Republic for re-
dress. They had been cruelly maltreated by some of
the armed bands in the pay of the Government.
The Duke of PALMELLA has landed at Lisbon from
Madeira.
The following statement of the Portuguese naval
force may be found not devoid of interest :
Line of battle ships—Vasco da Game, 80, Lisbon ;
Cabo Sao Vincente, hulk ; Dom Joao, 78, dismantled
and rotten. Frigates—Fernando, 58, new, dismantled ;
Pedro, 48, dismantled; Donna Maria, 42, dismantled ;
Diana, 54, dismantled ; Don Braganca, 50, rotten from
neglect, dismantled; Rsinha, 46, register ship at Belem.
Eight cur vettes of 20, of which three are ready for sea,
:our dismantled, and one in the Douro not yet rigged.
at Angola, one at Mozambique, one at Madeira, one now
One corvette of 12 at Angola. Eleven brig., one being
equipping, and six dismantled. Eight small schooners.
Four calques, two cutters, and four
Lsteamers, these last
being the Minden() and Toja .6, at is n, e erceira,
Tar), also repairing.
4.500, but at a premium ; dollars, 920;
Sovereigns are
4, under repair, and the D. Luiz (formerly the Royal
5 franc piece, 860. Lisbon bank notes somewhere about
531 ; 90 days, 53.
Her 'Majesty's ship at Gibraltar—Her Majesty's
70 per cent. discount. Exchange on London, 30 days,
steamer Polyphemus, Commander Cleverty. From
Tetuan.—Royal yacht squadron schooner, Ondine.
At Lisbon—The Havannah
the , Stromboli, Comet.
at
April 22, at eight A.M., Tiger, found lying
Vigo, the Oriental Company's steam-ship, Madrid,
passed her Majesty's ship
that'low e p, a clk2eot
guns,
having
with the Scourge steamer in
company, at seven A.M. on the 21st instant, in lat.
steering N.E., with the
45 12
QUEEN ,0 long.Aoz li
so2n3bo"arr"d. The Howe sailed from
Madeira on the 15th instant.
Lying to off Oporto Bar—The British brig Ane-
moyne, of London, and the brig Dela, of Memel.
Laying in Vigo Bay, preparing for Sea—The
British barque Hope, bound for London from New
Zealand. The Peninsula and Oriental Company's
ship Madrid sailed from Vigo on the morning of the
22d, at eight A.M., for Oporto. April 20th, at five
P.M., exchanged colours with the Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steam-ship Pacba.

ARRIVAL OF THE QUEEN DOWAGER.
(Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
The Queen Dowager arrived at Portsmouth this
morning from Madeira, in her Majesty's ship Rowe.

Viscount Morpeth arrived in town last night from
visiting the Duke and Duchess of butherluud at Trent-
hue, Staffordshire, and attending the Sbakiiperian
tivalE Strstford-ea-Avcs.