The Press.
London, England, 1854-09-30 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

RETURN OF THE KING OF PORTUGAL TO

LISBON.
THE King of Portugal has at length returned to his
dominions. On the 14th inst. the Mafra telegraph
annotniced the Minden° to be in sight : this being commu-
nicated through the various stations to the fresco de (lama,
off the Arsenal, she fired the signal gun of preparation,
when all was hurry, bustle, and confusion; the Ministers
dressed, the troops began to assemble. and many people
took their stations, hut it appeared that instead of the
Mindello it was a British war-steamer that passed the bar
going to the south. This was the first mischance. How•
ever, at daybreak on the 15th the Mindello really entered
the bar, accompanied by the steamer belonging to the
Brazilian line of packets. The salutes from the various
ships, forts, and castle, besides numerous discharges of
rockets, immediately thundered the fact into the eats of
the sleeping inhabitants, who were soon on the qui vice,
but the boats of the guard-ship and the !Board of Health
at Belem having visited the Minden°, she anchored in
front of the quay, and was placed in close quarantine;
this was a second disappointment,—but the King Regent,
his children, the Ministers, and others, en suite, went to
speak with the King and his brother, the Duke of Oporto,
and afterwards relanded.

Magnificent preparations having been making to re)eive
the royal personages were continued with increased ac-
tivity—the ships were decorated, and Black Horse-
square, with the line to the Cathedral, and again to the
Necessidades, were adorned with flags ; a pavilion was
erected at the former place, and the windows were
bordered with crimson drapery throughout the square, as
well as in the Rua do Arsenal, while each lamppost had
its garland of evergreens and two regimental flags crossed,
as well was the well-known statue in the square decorated ;
in fact, the preparations would have done honour to the
first monarch in the world. In front of the Arsenal an ex-
tended portico was raised, while the old columns were
covered with evergreen, and covered platforms erected for
bands of music.

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Similar preparations were more or less displayed over
the whole city, and Sunday, the 17th. being fixed for the
disembarkation, at an early hour the troops, national
battalions, and people, began to assemble. At ten the
King Regent, Ministers, &c., embarked under the usual
salutes to join the King at lielem, when the Mindello,
Count de Tojal, and Lince steamers weighed anchor and
proceeded up the river amidst discharges of artillery,
rockets, flags waving in the breeze, and the cheers of the
seamen who mauled the yards of the men-of-war. At
Black Horse-square his reception was as enthusiastic as
can be conceived. The landing took place at eleven o'clock,
and shortly after another mischance happened.
The day preceding (the lfith) had been fine and clear,
with an almost insupportable heat ; the morning of the
17th was ushered in equally brilliant, but afterwards the
sky became interspersed with clouds, and just after the
landing salute had ceased its roar the sun became ob-
scured, and the sky to the north-east excessively black,
volleys of thunder, unaccompanied by lightning, rolling in
the distant heavens, when. approaching nearer and nearer,
a slight shower was quickly followed by a torrent of rain.
The dense and thickly-crowded multitude then began to
close and crowd towards shelter, which of course they
could not obtain : a few accidents occurred. The ladies,
too, who thought proper to mob it, came in for a good
drenching ; all which impeded the military spectacle of
the troops marching to Necesstdades and defiling before
the King which had been intended. The cortege, %how-
ever, rroceeded to the cathedral, where Te Dem was cele-
brated, and then along the route marched to the Necessi-
ds.des ; the spectacle closing at about three o'clock, when
the troops marched to their quarters.

AusraTAN JoruntAts advert in the following terms to
M. Moritz Hartmann, who was arrested by the Wallachian
police at Bucharest at the same time with the two English
newspaper correspondents :—" M. Hartmann was not so
lucky as the two English gentlemen. The English Consul
proved that they were English subjects travelling with
English passports ; he had a French passport in which he
was described, not as a French subject, but simply as a
person protected by France. In addition to this the
Austrian authorities had already discovered that this
ci-derant delegate to the Diet and member of the Rump-
Parliament had been prosecuted before 1848 for his song
('np and Sword,' and had sought refuge in France as a
political exile since 1849. Hartmann is said to have been
delivered up to the Austrian consulate at Rutschuk. We
trust his fate may be less severe than is anticipated by
many. After a lapse of six years surely Austria can afford
to forget and forgive."
Tint Journal de M. Pelersbourg gives its readers the
following novel version of the Windsor Courts-Martial :
" Lieutenant Perm who was on board the 7'iger when it
was taken by the Russians at Odessa, has been brought
before a court-martial. The young man has been acquitted
on account of the long and loyal services of his father, hnt
is obliged to leave the Royal Navy of England and sell his
commission. This has caused great excitement, and
numerous subscription lists are already opened in favour of
Lieutenant Perry."
A FEW weeks ago the managers of the Royal infirmary,
Edinburgh, received an application of rather a novel cha-
racter on this side of the Atlantic. A lady graduate of
Cleveland College, Ohio, named Miss Blackwell, after
having been employed a short time in the Royal Maternity
Hospital, applied to the managers of the Royal Infirmary
for leave to visit the female wards of that institution. Per-
mission to visit the infirmary is at all times most readily
granted to gentlemen who have graduated at English or
foreign universities, and who may, on visiting Edinburgh,
desire it. The request of the lady, however, was to the
managers nn reeedented, and they considered it to be their
ditty respecdYhliy to decline acceding to it. •

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tout anb lastion.

The Queen and Royal Family remain at Balmoral,
where her Majesty enjoys her usual share of autum-
nal freedom from Court etiquette and political beta..
ness. Prince Albert goes deer stalking and other-
wise pursues the sports of the field with praiseworthy
diligence.
The Earl of Aberdeen left town on Tuesday for
Perth, en route to Balmoral, on a visit to the Queen.
Lord and Lady John Russell and family do not
intend to visit the Lakes of Killarney, but have left
Minto-house for Scarborough for a few weeks. The
Lord President is expected in London in the course
of the ensuing month.
Most of the Ministers continue absent from town,
recruiting in different localities. The Duke of Nest
castle and Sir J. Graham are alone detained in Lon-
don by the urgent duties and responsibilities of their
respective functions.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston return to
Broadlands, near Rom•ey, towards the end of next
week, from a brief visit to the Isle of Wight. The
Home Secretary comes to London in the course of
next month. The noble viscount has let his seat,
Brocket-hall, to the Marquis of Abercorn.
Sir William Molesworth was to arrive in Edinburgh,
from Keir-house, Perthshire, on Friday (last)
evening, and to leave Edinburgh to-day for London.
The right hon. baronet expressed his willingness to
receive the honour proffered by the town council of
Edinburgh this morning, at eleven o'clock, at which
hour the Lord Provost will call a meeting of the
council. _ _

Mr. and Mrs. Disraeli arrived at Plymouth on
Monday afternoon, and were received at the station
by Sir J. B. Y. Buller Bart., M.P. and S. Tris-
cott, Esq., of the Royal William Victualling-yard.
Mr. Disraeli is the guest of the latter gentleman
during his stay at Plymouth and Devonport. On the
evening of his arrival a large party of gentlemen of
various shades of political opinion were invited to
meet him at dinner, and on the following morning
Mr. and Mrs. Disraeli went to the official residence
of Lieut.-General Sir Harry Smith at Devonport,
where they witnessed a review of the South Devon
Militia.
Lord and Lady Holland have left Naples for Paris .
Lord Vernon has arrived in Naples from Ischia,
where be had a slight attack of cholera. Both their
lordships, whilst at Ischia, were unremitting in their
charity and attention to the poor of the island, who
will long remember with gratitude the many benefits
they received during this sad visitation.
Queen Maria Amelia, Countess de Nenilly (ex.
Queen of the French), the Duke and Duchess de
Nemours, and their Royal Highnesses' children and
suite, were expected at Plymouth on Thursday,
apartments having been secured for them at Elliott's
Royal Hotel. The distinguished party have been on
a tour in the north of Devon, and come to this town
from Endaleigh-cottage, the seat of the Duke of Bed-
ford, near Tavistock.
The Prussian Minister and the Countess von Bern-
stoff, who are sojourning at Brighton, are to-day
expected to return to the embassy on Carlton-ter-
race.
His Highness the Maharajah Duleep Singh has
been staying at Douglas Hotel, Edinburgh, for nearly
a week past.
The marriage of Robert Cutlar Fergusson, Esq.,
of Craigdarroch and Orraland, and Ella Frances
Catherine, only daughter of Sir Archibald Alison-,
Bart., was celebrated on Tuesday last, at St. Mary's
Episcopal Church, Glasgow, the ceremony being per-
formed by the right rev. the bishop of the diocese,
assisted by the Rev. Mr. Oldhatn.
The marriage between the Hon. and Rev. William
Lyttelton, brother to Lord Lyttelton and nephew to
Lord Spencer, and Miss Pepys, daughter of the
Bishop of Worcester, and cousin to Lord Cottenhani,
was expected to take place in Staffordshire before the
end of the current week. .
By the demise of the late Marquis of ()monde, a
blue riband of the order of St. Patrick falls to the
disposal of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, also the
colonelcy of the Kilkenny Militia. The deceased
marquis, under several Administrations, held ap-
pointments in the royal household. Ile was Heredi-
tary Lord Chief Butler of Ireland. The Earl of
Ossory, the successor to the title, is but eleven years
of age.

THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE VINDICATION
OF SCOTTISH EIGHTS IS about to hold a " demon-
stration " in the form of a banquet to the president,
the Earl of Eglinton, to be given in the Glasgow
City-ball, on Wednesday next. The Dnke of Mon-
trose will preside, and Sir Thomas Gladstone, of
Fasque, elder brother of the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, is to act as croupier. The list of honorary
stewards comprises three members of the Scott
peerage, twenty-one provosts, five baronets, and tile
members of the House of Commons, Mr. Baird and
Mr. Cairn,.