The Express.
London, England, 1858-05-25 00:00:00

rG, MAY 25,
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PORTUGAL. •

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MARRIAGE OF.THE KING OF PORTUGAL.

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LISBON, MAT 19.
After MINIX Jaye of preparation, the muniments
for the reception of the Queen have been made on a
scale of magnificence which the oldest inhabitant
of Lisbon mast admit eclipses every former and
similar display.
The King has evidently determined to make the
present occasion one "of pomp, of triumph, and of
revelling;" and, viewing all the magnificent ar-
rangements, one is reminded of the times recorded
by the Portuguese chroniclers, when the banquetting-
room of Whitehall rang to the " Health of Kate of the
Royal House of Lisbon," and Katherine of Braganca,
attended by the Karl of Sandwich, sailed on board
the Royal Charles to marry our Monarch of merry
memory. .

The royal squadron wu reported off the port
yesterday afternoon, and in order to view the pas-
sage of the vessels over the bar, I took a place on
board the steamer Lusitania, in company with a
goodly collection of the fashion and beauty of Lis-
bon. After pursuing our voyage as far as the Rock,
and passing the Renown, which had outstripped or
lost the rest of the fleet, we met the Bartholomew
Diaz near the Rock of Lisbon. She was steaming
in advance of the Caracas, as well as of the Lynx,
with the Duke of Oporto on board, and of the four
Brazilian gunboats which had gone out to meet her.
We came over the bar at the same time, and the
scene was most animating—numberless river boats,

lighters, and small steamer, gaily ornamented with
flags, were on the water, as well as several river
steamers, and the tidy craft of the Lisbon
Yacht Club. The view itself well repaid
the trouble. To the right the yellow Costa
with its strand girdled by the blue Atlantic and
stretching in the distance to the bold promontory' of
Espichel ; on the left the rocks of Lisbon and the
Monsanto mountains, with the towers and spires
of the city in the background, and the noble Tagus
spreading its wealth of waters, " between the banks
that bear the vine," altogether a view only equalled
by that of the bay of Naples, or the Golden Horn.
Her Majesty stood on the deck of the yacht along
with her brother and the Duke de Terceira, and
every now and then waved her white kerchief in gra-
cious acknowledgment.
No sooner had the yacht anchored in front of
the palace than Dom Pedro V. went on board in the
state barge, rowed by a hundred lusty Algarvice,
along with his father the ex-Regent, and the elder
branches of the royal family. I believe the meeting
—the first for the young couple—was somewhat
embarrassed ; and the King, who, by the way, is
rather too much covered with the dust of the schools
to be well versed in matters of gallantry, showed
more reserve and nervousness than was expected.
Yesterday morning, however, was heralded by a
salvo from the Castle of St. George and the vessels
of war, and the movement among the troops showed
the mamage was fixed for the 18th, although many
had been boy speculating that it would not take
place till the 19th, Tuesday being esteemed an un-
lucky day, because an unfortunate Infante, the son
of Dom John L, was married on a Tuesday and died
three days afterwards. About 10 o'clock, amid
thunders of artillery, and accompanied by crowds at
boats, the war vessels all dreaming with flags and
manning yards, his Majesty went on board the
Bartholomew Disz,accompained by the royal family,
the chief officers of the palace, and many of thei
nobility, and brought Queen Stephanie and her suite I
to the water steps of the Prays do Cotnmercio.
This square, as it now appoint, almost resembles a
fairy land, or realises the fabled glories of the
Thousand and One Nights. Triumphal arches, de-
corated in white and gold, span the entrances of the
four principal streets. A pavilion, rich in gold and
genre, with flowing curtains of blue silk, fronts the
water steps; the treasury and public offices sur-
rounding are ornamented with the armorial bearings
of the chief cities and towns of the kingdom ; flap
hang on poles and ropes in every direction ; and the
multitudes of people are moving among the ever-
greens. In the pavilion above mentioned, the Queen
and King, on landing, were received by the presi-
dent and chief offloen of the Municipal Chamber,
and the keys of the city were presented to her
Majesty amid the acclamations of the crowds who
thronged every part of the square. The Duke de
Terceira, the Queen's brother, the Marquis de Sonsa,
and the rest of her Majesty's suite, being landed, the
cortege set out along the left side of the square, and
ap Gold-atreet to the church of San Domingo.
As I was stationed in this street at a window, I
can only speak of the procession as it passed me.
First, and for a considerable time, came the car-
riages of the ministers, foreign ambassadors, judges,
civil servants, and clergy, including those of the
Marquis of Bath and Garter King-at-Arms. Among
the varimu equipages, those chiefly remarkable far
magnificence were the carriages of the Marquises et
Vsllada, and of the Counts of Balbao and Farrobo.
The royal cortege was preceded by a detachment of
Lancers and Chaaseuni-i-Cheval, headed by the In-
fante Dom John, who is commander of ttsie=-,
went. The court pages came next, on ho
and the principal members of the Municipal
Chamber; then court ladies in attendance upon
the Queen; then state coaches, with the Dukes de
Terceira and Saldanha, and the Marquis de Fronteirs,
as well as the ladies and gentlemen of the bed-
chamber, all gaily and elegantly attired, the prevail-
ing colours being, in honour of the bride, blue and
white, with which favours the horses were also de-
corated. In another state coach—all of which, by
the way, were drawn by a large number of mules—
came the ex-Regent Dom Fernando, Prince George
of Saxony, his fiancée Donna Maria Anna, leek-
in as blooming as an Eastern bride, and other Somt
ladies. Another carriage brought the parr
branches of the royal family. All thus al*
coaches, we may remark, are of very antique ills $
and, °erns, their construction justifies this 4110111‘
tion, for, to say the least, they are very clumsy ere
very heavily gilt ; and one feels no surprise at Vali.
told that they. were used in the days of Dam
Maria the First. The King of Portugal
sat beside the youthful Queen. His Majesty
looked rather downcast, but kept up an animated
conversation with the Queen—let us suppose, in
Portuguese—for I am told a learned professor of the
language was sent all the way to Ber-
lin some months ago for her sole in-
struction. The King wore the uniform of a
field marshal, and the Queen a dress of point lace
and silver, trimmed with blue, and on bar head she
wore a magnificent coronal of diamonds, a present
from the King, worth some 20,0001. The streets
were kept by the soldiers of the line and municipal
guard, and were of course &moody. crowded all aka,
the line of route. At least min ipiewir. MOM
MO from Brazil, others from the Islanis, ono dams
Spain, and the majority from the provinces, OM I.
Lisbon. Crushing and yelling among the on-
monalty, fainting among the fair sex, and dune.
eating among the soldiery, appeared to heillinedir
of the day. Now and then an elega2=4l
lady, anxious to join a party in a
window, premed through the crowd quite regardless
et sessegamsse es sheliae; but everybody eF-
Medgood-humoured ; and tithing\ what the
passed there was no shoutinryt Portuguese
crowd being rarely, if ever, vociferant ha its.
thusiasm—all appeared to take • pictorials: awl
loyal interest in the scene. The swuwee.
crowded with ladies in elegant toilette*, every attio
story and " coign of vantage" was peopled with
human heads, and altogether the people were oat
for a holiday.
I had procured with some difficulty a ticket of
entrance to the church of San Domingo. This edi-
flee is a grand old interior of the conventual school,
and formerly belonged to the Doedeimo college.
It is one of the finest lame-ion of Wm, and as I
entered almost sinaltaneosaly with the ego/ ou-
tage, and what the rest of the eampeng wan sestsel.•
I had a fine opportunity et viewhor the
effect. The body of the shank wee Nom upTertlt
naval and military Alm% all re prone &Nun sad
by each of the civil and judicial seilieritiee as moo
invited to attend. Magna tribunes ter the diplo-
matic 'Whoul aade, the nobility semeassesd at dr
=7m tad owe the high allniiihe Is. et
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time s 1 tles Pops, of kagiati, and .t imam Is

the choir, the palace band of 160 performers were
stationed. The assemblage, as seen from the nave,
wore a magnifioent upon, and seemed at first but a
vision of blue and silver, varied with the nutter of
ostrieh plumes and the gleam of cloth of gold. The
.King, on entering the church, led the Queen up the
twe to a seat under a rich canopy to the right of
the altar. Dom Fernando also sat under the same
canopy, and on the other side of the altar were seated
the younger branches of the royal family. Mass
having been celebrated by one of the canons in at-
tendance, the marriage ceremony was performed
by the patriarch, assisted by eight bishops, after
which there was Exposition of the Host, according
to the Roman ritual, and a solema Te Deum was
chanted by the choir. The King then led the Queen to
her carriage, and the royal cortege returned along
the Rocio-square towards the palace, where they
dined en tonsil's, no doubt fatigued with the day's
ceremonials. The Rocio-square is beautifully deoo-
rated. Its centre is ornamented with a column,
surmounted with a statue of Hymen ; aloft are
suspended between high pillars myriads of varie-
gated lamps, forming arches, as if made
" Of tearless rainbows, inch as span
The unclouded skies at Perlman."

The Prays do Commercio, illuminated last night,
had a magical effect; thousands of people perambu-
lated the streeta all night, among the rest many blue-
jackets from the English vessels of war, who, of
course, wished to get jolly over the occasion of the
King's • . I saw several at a coffee-house
altercating wit the waiter, who had paid them a
handful of the trash sometimes miscalled change in
Portugal, and being in liquor, and not quite such
good arithmeticians as Michael Curio, their arguments
and expletives were highly amusing.
The Marquis of Bath has presented to the Prime
Minister the statutes of the Order of the Garter, at a
special audience. The investiture will not, however,
take place for several days.
Her Majesty's ship Racoon has not yet arrived
at Lisbon. All the vessels seem to have parted
company in a fog, the Diadem and Renown having
arrived a day before the royal yacht.
The quotations for this packet are—London, 30
days, 62i ;90 days, 624, with a limited amount of
business, and a slight tendency to rise in the rate on
London, some transactions having been done at 62i
at 90 days. In stock few transactions have been
effected, and prices continue unaltered from last
packet's rates. They are quoted as follows :—Three
per Cent. Coupons at 464 to 46 ; Registered Stock,
46! to 47; Deferred Stock, 281 to f; Bank of
Portugal Shares, 74 to 81 per cent premium; Bank
of Oporto, 26 to 28 per cent. premium.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

DEATH OF JOHN O'CONNELL, ESQ.

CST 11AGNITIC TALIOILILPIL)

DUBLIN. TIMIDAY MOILNING.
The Newnan's loursol of this morning announces
the death of John O'Connell, Esq., which took place
somewhat unexpectedly, on Monday evening, at
Kingstown, the caws being a severe attack of bron-
chitis, contracted by sitting in a damp garden chair.

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