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 ; Cadic, 16, Lisbon, 20 ; Oporto,
21 ; Vigo, 22.

The Ministry have 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-
fended that indirect election was a fundamentnl
article of the Charter. On this a division took place,
and 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 SEYMOUR 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
PALmEesToN will not confine himself to protests.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs has communicated
to
%1.
DE
Chamber of Deputies the explanation with
which
LAMARTINS favoured the Portuguese
the
Envoy at Paris, respecting the term, "a perjured
(4Bapplied to her Most Faithful MAJESTY by
l. CsazlE'll'lEux
in his reply to the address of the Por-
tuguese sympathisers. It was, that M. CREALIEUX
spoke his own sentiments on the occasion, and not
those of the Government collectively.
There have been various false alarms of emeutes,
‘u
hut everything continued tranquil. Three French
subjcts
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.
e
The Duke of PALMELLA has landed at Lisbon from
Madeira.

following statement
not devoid of interest :
statement of the Portuguese naval
force may filbe

Line of battle ships—Vasco da Gama, 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 ; I)on Braganca, 50, rotten from
neglect, dismantled; Rsinha, 46, register ship at Belem.
Eight corvettes of 20, of which three are ready for sea,
tour dismantled, and one in the Douro not yet rigged.
One corvette of 12 at Angola. Eleven brigs, one being
at Angola, one at Mozambique, one at Madeira, one now
equipping, and six dismantled. Eight small schooners.
Four calques, two cutters, and four steamers, these last
being the Minden() and Tojal. 6, at Lisbon. the Terceira,
4, under repair, and the D. Luiz (formerly the Royal
Tar), also repairing.
Sovereigns are 4,500, but at a premium ; dollars, 920;
5 franc piece, 860. Lisbon bank notes somewhere about
70 per cent. discount. Exchange on London, 30 days,
53.1 ; 90 days, 53.
Her Majesty's ship at Gibraltar,—Her Majesty's
steamer Polyphemus, Commander Cleverty. From
Tetuan.—Royal yacht squadron schooner, Ondine.
At Lisbon—TheHavannah, Stromlooli, Comet.
April 22, at eight A.M.,
the Tiger, found lying at
Vigo, the Oriental Company's steam-ship, Madrid,
that packet having passed her Majesty's ship
Howe, 120 guns, with the Scourge steamer it,
company,
at seven A.M. on the 21st instant, in lat.
45 12 N., long. 8 23 W., steering N.E., with the
QUEaN DOWAGSZ on board. The Howe sailed from
Madeira on the 15th instant.
Lying to off Oporto Bar—The British brig Ane-
Ennyne, 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
?.M., exchanged colours with the Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steam-ship Pacha.

ARRIVAL OF THE QUEEN DOWAGER.
On ELECTRIC TKLEGEA?H.)
The Queen Dowager arrived at Portsmouth this
morning from Madeira, in her Alajesty's :ship Howe.

Viscount Morpoth arrived in town last night from
visiting the Duke
and Duchess of Sutherland at Trent.
kisl32, Staffordshire,
Btri tford-oa-Avon,
and attending the Shakiperiau