The Express.
London, England, 1861-11-23 00:00:00

PORTUGAL

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Alhambra, Captain Steward, with the Penin-
sular mails, has arrived at Southampton.
The Royal Mail Company's steamer Oneida, with
the outward Brazil mails of the 9th, arrived at
Lisbon on the 13th, and sailed the following day
at noun.

The funeral of the King took place on ahe 16th
inst., and was very numerously attended, far more
so tan either that of Donna Maria, 11. or Dom
Pedro IV. The cortege occupied about five hours
in passing from the Palace of Necessidades to the
Church of St. Vincent. _ _ _

The Ministers of State, the officers of the house-
hold the chief officers of the army and navy,
the Municipal Chamber, the foreign ambassadors,
with the exception of the English one, formed
part of the procession ; • body of British
merchants, headed by Mr. Meagher (vice-consul),
Rev. Mr. Brown (the newly appointed chaplain,)
Mr. William Adam, and Mr. Joseph Ellerton, also
took part in the proceedings ; the deputations from'
the various mercantile and trade associations of
Lisbon were immense, and amply proved bow well
the young King was esteemed by lus people.
On the arrival of the royal cortege at the Con-
vent of St. Vinoeut a large number of tha Portu-
guese clergy, headed by the Cardinal Patriarch,
met it ; and the church ceremony, proper for
such occasions, was performed with great pomp,
the interior of the temple being magnificently de-
oersted. Afterwards the body was deposited in the
royal mausoleum, in the place hitherto occupied by
the coffin of Douala Maria IL, the mother of the
young and unfortunate monarch.
The Infante Dom Luis arrived on board the
Oneida, on the 14th inst., and disembarked at
Belem. When the news of the death of Dom
Pedro V. was annonnoed by the ministers, and Dom
Luiz was saluted King of Portugal, both he and his
brother Dom John appeared overwhelmed with
grief. The Infante has now issued a proclamation
under the style of King Luis 1., and has taken the
government of the country under his charge.
Exchanges are quoted on London, at three
months, 5.3 i ; Paris, 528 ; Amsterdam, 48 ; Ham-
burg, 47 ; Genoa, 526 ; Rentes, Three per Cents.,
471 ; Coupons, 47f ; Deferred, 4lf.
Our correspondent writes :—You will find in
your columns, some five years back, the ac- I
count I wrote you of the character of the
young King, then just proclaimed, a notice 11
which has since been copied at length, and given to
the world in the last edition of the " Men of the I
Time." I told you then he was doing his utmost'
to ameliorate the condition of his country, and so
he was and has been, but, alas, he has died like
many another worker in the cause of progress, ;
with his band at the plough. He was much I
beloved by his people—by all phases of politicians ;
and in their great grief during his illness, people of !
all ways of thinking, from Miguelites to Progres-
Was, called at the palate with tears in their eyes ;
and, also, there were many common men in jackets
and labour-stained habiliments, who had collected
round the gate, and who wept like children when
the sad intelligence of his death was told.
Our own Queen delighted to honour the young
King, and we well remember bow she sent the
Marquis of Bath to invest him with the Order of ,
the Garter. Frequent telegrams were received
from the Queen during the King of Portugal's ill-
nese ; in fact, towards the last, I believe there was
an inquiry every hour.
The illness of the King is supposed to have coma

menced with a fever and ague ; this wa.4 caught
during his hunting excursion in the province of
Alemtejo. Unfortunately, one night the royal party
slept at the old palace of Villa Vicosa, and it is said
that on the side nearest the sleeping-apartments
there is a large stagnant lake, which probably ac-
counts for the fatal distemper which seized upon the
King and his brothers. The King was unwell when
I he returned to Lisbon, and was getting better, when
the death of his brother, Dom Fernando, was com-
municated to him on the 6th inst. After this, his
malady assumed a more dangerous form, and he
grew gradually worse, and expired on the 12th
inst. at 7.15 p.m. Dom Pedro V. was in the 24th
year of his age and sixth of his reign.
The Infante Dun, Luiz has arrived from England
in the Brazil packet Oneida. The news was broken
to his royal highness when he landed at Belem, by
the ministers, who informed him of the fact that he
was King of PortugaL
The Marshal Duke of Saldana, who bad through-
out a long life taken so prominent a part in Portu-
guese affairs, expired this afternoon, after a very
short illness. Death has of late been so busy in
Portugal that these events seem only of minor im-
portance.
Mr. Thomas Custance, a well-known English
merchant, and the oldest established member of the
British community in Lisbon, died yesterday, closing
a long and honourable career, amid the regrets of
all who knew him.

WEATHER. REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

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PLTIIOI7III 26.61 41
MILNE .... 29.62 46

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EXPLANATION.
E.—Beromater mended and reduosd to IA dm. as mean ass
Wei ; each 10 task of vertical rise, causing about oss.handiedth
of ma Welk diminution : and each 10 deg., above Id deg, mating
needy thn►bundredths Increase. L—Erpaaed thsrinamehr
la shade. it—Moistetted bulb (for evaporation and dew
point). D.—Direction of wind )true—two points left of mag-
netic). P —Force (I to It—estimated). C.—Cloud (1 to 0). L
Initials b, blue sky .c. clouds (detached; :f, fog h, hall 1.
1011dainc m, misty !hazy) ; o, overcast (dull( : r, rain ; s, mow;
thunder. disturbance II to 10). 7..—Calm.

FILMES TO THIS IMPORT. PROBABLE BEFORI TCENDAT.
N. Britain-3.W to S.W. and N.W. to N.1.--Strung to a gale,
N.Y.. Strong, rain and snow. snow.
IrMand—S S.W. to 5.5. W.— S.W. to N.N.E.-81mIlar, or
Moderate to a gals, rainy. rata.
Cosst—& W. to N.W.—Mo- W. togale N. and NIL —.Strong to
/erste to strung, ems rain. a , snow or rain.
England N. N. W. W. S. W to N. W. and N.—
—Moderate to a gale, rainy. •
Fresh to agale.
N.B. North Britain and East Coast warned by North Cone.