13 FEBRUARY 1841, Page 11

Madrid journals and letters of the 5th instant have arrived.

The elections were proceeding quietly. It was the general- opinion that the Regency would obtain a large majority in the- Cortes,. and the Duke of Victory was confident of being appointed sole Regent of the kingdom.

The Madrid Gazette of the 5th publishes a decree, dated Lisbon, the 28th January, by which Queen Donna Maria accepted the resignation of M. Florido Rodriguez Pereira Feraz, the Minister of Finance, and appointed in his place M. Manuel Gonsalves Miranda.