The Express.
London, England, 1863-10-30 00:00:00

PORTUGAL

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LISBON, Ocr. 90.

The baptism of the royal infant was celebrated
yesterday with more pomp than usually attends
such ceremonials. The memory of the melancholy
incidents which clouded the reign of Dom Pedro V.
and the dread which once existed that the house of
Braganca might be left without a direct heir have
been dissipated by the birth of the infant prince.
The Portugueee people draw the happiest auguries
front the prosperous beginning of the reign of Louis
L, and consider that a new era is dawning—a day
of gladness, after the long night of the reign of
Dom Pedro the unfortunate. When the guns of
the castle of Bt. George announced the birth of an
heir to the throne the satisfaction of the people was
unbounded, and the shops and houses were illu-
minated with a brilliancy which has rarely been
equalled. The nation is pleased with the alliance
of their royal family with the house of Savoy, and
the presence of a large Sardinian fleet in the Tagus
shag added to the favourable impression.
At an early hour on Monday the troops formed
along the streets marked out for the progress of the
procession. The balconies and wiudowa soon bvan
to be peopled with gaily dressed ladies, and the tho-
roughfares were crowded, thousen4 of .'l
hameg flocked -41r--iisben from the
townships to witness the shoir. At about 11 a.m.,
the procession, following the order prescribed in
the printed regulations, lett the Aju* and took
the way along the Belem-road to Lisbon. The cor-
tdge was opened by a strong detachment of the
Lancers ; they were followed by the aloe-bearers, 1
the kings-at-arms, the heralds, and putsuivants.
Behind came the gorgeous antique coaches of the
royal household, which are never brought out
except upon high state occasions, carrying many
high officials and ladies and gentlemen of the
court. In the moat magnificent of the state
, coaches, which is ornamented with exquisite re-
Ilse°s in the first style of art, appeared the King,
Dom Fernando, and the Infant Dom Augustus.
This coach was drawn by eight horses and sur-
rounded by the officials of the master of
the horse, the beefeaters, and attendant* of the
bedchamber. A picket of cavalry closed the pro-
°motion. The royal infant was brought in a close
carriage, after the grand procession, not to be de-
layed on the way ; he was accompanied by his
governess and wet nurse, and the Marquis da Fron-
teira preceded in another carriage.
At the door of the church of San Domingo. the
royal prince was carried by the Marquis da Fron-
tears, and was received under the pallium, and then
placed in the magnificeut bed prepared for the
ppooseee near the principal entrance. The bed wan •
beautiful pavilion, with very rich curtains covering
the otadkt.
When the procession reached the temple the
King and Dom Fernando were met in the portico
by the Couucillors of State, both active and
honorary, the members of the Municipal Chamber,
the high law officers and other dignitaries, and
were accompanied to a throne, set up on the Gospel
'aide of the high altar ; they afterwards, however,
took their places on another throne erected in the
body of the church, in front of the royal infant's
cradle. The Prince Amadeus, uncle of the prince,
and Prince Eugene deCariguan, sat with their suite
in the royal tribune, near the throne.
The vast interior of the church was brilliantly
decorated and illuminated. Magnificent candela-
bra were arranged in rows, and from one to the
other there hung garlands of flowers. When the
infant was brought forward for baptism between
a multitude of gazers of both sexes—the ladies in
' elegant toilettes, and many of the gentlemen glit-
tering with the insignia of different orders—the
coup d'ail wee truly splendid. Eapr fame
Were on all sides bent forward to catch a
glimpse of the young scion of Braganca, and for
my own part I must endorse the verdict of the
, übiquitous Mrs. Grundy, that be is a very fine boy,
and I may add very like his papa, an opinion which
• I hope may be generally received, as I have given
those hostages to fortune which enable me to speak
ex cathedret. The child gave mouth most lustily,
as is the wont of heirs apparent and their humbler
brethren to do on such occasions, and the King and
his royal father seemed happy and contented, and
were moved to merrimeut by many incidents of
1 the day.
Baptism was administered by the Cardinal
Patriarch of Lisbon, with all the ceremonial of the
Roman Ritual ; the names given were Carlos
Fernando, with • long supplement, the first in
memory of his great grandfather, Charles Albert,
the martyr of Novara, and the second from his
grandfather, Dom Fernando. The sponsors were
Dom Fernando and the Princess Clotilde, the
Duchess of Terceira being proxy for the princess.
After the ceremony a solemn Te Ileum, the com-
position of Julian Trayeasos and Marcos Por-
tugal, wan chanted by the musicians of the Chapel
Royal, assisted by 24 choristers of the cathedral.
The day of baptism was that of St. Peter of
Alcantara, and the anniversary of Dom Pedro IV.
At the commencement and end of the ceremony
the ship. in harbour and the fortifications fired
salutes, and merry peals were rung from the church
bells. The day was as brilliant as the occasion was
happy, and at night the city was illuminated in
every part.
The full names of the infant prince are Carlos,
Fernando, Luis, Maria, Victor, Miguel, Rafael,
Gabriel, Gonzags, Xavier, Francisco de Amin, *Toad,
Simao de Braganca, Savoy, Bourbon, Saxe Coburg
Gotha. The Cavalier Roved*, aide-de-camp, to
Victor Emmanuel, has arrived with presents forthe
Queen and prince to the value of 3,0001.

REPRESENTATION or Wrzinemt.—Yesterday Capt.
Halter, the liberal candidate, Weed me address, in which
be YaaMaei to entire= to the electors of New Windsor his
extreme gratification at the support given him during his
seemed dat's canna.
REPRESENTATION or ANDOVEIL—It is rumoured
that the vacant teat for Andover, canned by the declaim irt
Mr. Cabin, will be contested by Mr. W. H. Humpheryi
SOS of the late Alderman Humphery. and son•in-law,pf
Mr. Cabitt. Mr. Humphery is lieutenant-colonel of the
Lt Hants Battalion Rd% Volactsors.

BUICIDI IN THB PUBLIC inquiry was
held by Mr. Payne, coroner, at St. Bartholomew'■ Hospital
bet evening, touching the suicide of Mr. Stephen 8010 and
W yews. It appeared from the evidence that the dressed
wan a clerk in the employ of the Great E.attra Railway
Oompanv, sad rustled at No. 28, Baring-street, Horton.
On Tuesday evening he was seen walking along tifoodstook-
place, New North-road, when be soddenly stopped sad
pulled out • " multum in parvo" pooket•koife. He
opened one of the blades and deliberately forced the
point of it into the left side of his neck,
and then cut his throat in a shocking manner. A
police-coostable rushed up and supported him u he was
about to fall. Assistance was procured and he was now
Toyed to Be. Bartholomew'. Hospital. where, upon admis-
sion, be was found to be dead. All the principal blond-
remelt LI the neck had been severed by the knife. What
renders the out the more singular was that no motive
could be sniped for the rash set, which must have been
committed seder a Padden and nemontrollable impalas. He
was namarrisb sad was believed to be in comfortable cir-
cumstances. The pay returned • verdict "That deceased
committed suicide in the public street while in a state of
temporary lesuity."
Mersoroursw Tour.—Tbe turnpike-gate and
side hers on t►e Whetstone Teed, exteodiag from Highgate
to Harm* will to removed as the let of November, the
het Turnpike Goatianatim Ant expremly presidia( that
this trait shall are es the 31st of October. 1863. This re-
pines' has so consevies with the Netropoile Roads Aboli-
tion Bill, will& will take effect co the lat of July. 1864,
and, unfortunately, Omagh this Whetstone Trust meat
mesas at Highgate, Its destruction will sot affect the old
sad berlareer custom of levying a heavy tar on goods going
fate or wars oat of Highgate town oader the hits of
The Bisbe♦ of Leeds's toll." TM city authorities
elsothbed their tells man ago, het jest outside Ns metro.
palls the tell Y osetiewed se he twirl at the Gate-house at
Highgate. sad It is add • the tell collector holds • lass
of Ne 64 freer the Bishop of Leedom. The Gate-boos
was welltraegra mese yams ego for seethes kind of black
men es irseenses, who were wale*, weer on " the horns"
' ea esterheg therm' *Lairs.

NAM ilaitrrANi'mioirii aria:

HULL, THUUDAT NIGHT.

To-day the ceremony of the installation of Earl
de Grey and Ripon as High Steward of Hull took
pleas at the Town-hell, Kingston-upon-Hull. For
some time put the most active preparations have
been made for the reception and enterteioment of his
lordship, sad everything which could possibly be done
wu done, both by the corporation and the public, to give
Mat to the proceedhip.
I n **evening a grand banquet was given to his lordship in
the Assembly Room. The room was decorated in magnificent
style. Theo chair was occupied by the Mayor, and he was
supported im his right by the Earl de Grey and Ripon and
filmed Worm% Req., QC. ; sad on his kit by Lord
Bothers, LP., and James Clay, Fsq., M.P. The usual
loyal and petriotio toasts having been di.poeed of,
The Ortanuus gave the toast of the evening, "The
Right Hoe. the Earl de Grey and Ripon."
His lordship on rising was received with the most deafen-
h g applause, and thanked the mayer and corporation
for the high honour which had been done him
by oonferring upon him so high an ofiloe as that oi
the Gies Stewardship of so important • borough.
In speaking of the volunteer movement his lord
ship renarked that that body would always be a valuable
auxiliary to the standing army. We lived in times when se
11631 who looked abroad and contemplated the emus which
We Wig Wttiellaja.*ll cost and the We" end fa wad-.
rid peels of the Vertd—no nameable man would doubt, he
thought, Unlit was the duty of this country to be pre-
pared to meet any contingency, having a due regard to the
meow of publio money, which it Is the duty of every
government to look to. Neverthelean, it was their
duty to take care that they took no steps which
would tend to diminish the efficieecy of our military
forces, or in any way weaken our national defames.
(Applause.) His noble friend, Lord Hotham, bad ex-
premed a hops that it would be long before the services of
mammy and navy were required. He (Lord de Ore;)
most sioesrely )(aimed the noble lord in that hops ; and by
the appearances in various parts of the world he could see no
grounds for fearing that the pews which now =tried would
be broken. (Appian's.) That puce would best be mein.
teased if • great pewee like England, which bad
no aggreseive objeete, took care to maintain her position
in the world, and, make ber voice heard in the countries
of Europe and among the great powers of the earth, and
also to manifest a desire not to interfere in their affairs. It
was our duty towards foreign countries to do to others es
we would they should de to us, and apply the principles sal
maxims that we would have applied to ourselves, by
remembering, when we were neutrals, that we might
again become belligereets. (Applause.) It was in that
spirit that the government, of which he had the honour to
be a member, had undertaken to act. (Applause.) After •
few remarks on the duties of the office in which he had
that day bean installed, hie lordship resumed his seat
amid tremendous berate of applause.
The meeting was subsequently addressed by Lord
Bothers), Mr. James Clay, and Mr. J. Some.