The Express.
London, England, 1861-11-13 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 13, 1861.

THI UTZ KING OF PORTUGAL.

• The late King of Portugal, Don Pedro d'Alcan-
tars, whose death is announced by telegram in
:inflater c.lmnu,was the eldest son of Donna
Maria the Second, da Gloria, and of the King Don
Fernando, of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, and was born at
Lisboa on the 16th Sept., 1837. During his
minority the country was placed under the regency
of his father, who occupies in Portugal the same
! position which his Royal nighties+, the Prince
' Cuosort fills in this country. In 1853 he visited
England, as may be remembered, and his gracious
and dignified deportment made • deep impreesion
not only upon his royal heaters but upon all
thole with whom lie came iu contact. He subse-
quently visited France during the Exposition of
18611, and afterwards made a tour of Italy, Switzer-
land, and Belgium, until, attaining his majority at
the age of eighteen ytazs, he was called to till the
throne which his death has now left vacant. He
wax crowned on the 15th November, 1857. The
principal events which signalised the regency of Lis
father consisted of various treaties with France li
and Belgium fur the extradition of criminals, and
with the Southern States of America for the pro-
motion of navigation and commerce. Don
Pedro V., which was the title that he
assumed, preserved the ministry of the
Duke of S.ildaulia iu power. That minister held
the reins of government for four years, but at
length succumbed to the opposition of the Upper
Chamber, the King, upon constitutional prin-
ciples having refused to create new peers to form
a majority in his favour. The Minister Louis,
who succeeded Saldanha, was supplanted in 1857
by M. d'Avila, whose principles were more ad-
vanced than those of his predecessor. In the same
year the young King married a Princess of the
House of Holienzollern-Sigmaringen, a relation
of the King of Prussia, and whose death, from
diphtheria, took place on the 17th July, 1859.
His late Majesty had no issue, but leaves sur-
viving him three brothers and two sisters, the
youngest of whom, Prince Augusto, is, as our
readers are aware, now lying seriously ill of typhus
fever—the same disease which cariied off the
late King, and his brother Prince Furdinaud—
whose death we announced a few days ago.
Thu crown of Portugal will now devolve upon
his brother, John Duke of Oporto, who is in his
20th year, having been born on the 16th of March,
1842, and is a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 2nd Regi-
ment of Cavalry. He is unmarried, and as by the
constitution of Portugal the King attains his ma- ,1
jority at the age cf 18, the count!' will not requite
the government of a regent.

RUSSIA.

The present position of the St. Petersburg Uni-
versity (says a letter from the capital) is this :—lt
is open, but the majority of the professors are
too ill to attend. Those who are perfectly well
find the lecture-rooms, for the most part, de-
serted. One eloquent professor held forth last
week to an audience of two. In the midst of his
discourse it suddenly struck him that it was pro-
ducing very little effect on his supposed hearers. He
questioned them on the subject, when they both
replied by signs that they were deaf and dumb.
Of the 850 students who sent in their petitions
for re-admission, or whose parents sent them iu for
them, at least 200 are now in prison ; and out of
the remaining 450 (if so many) not 50 attend or
even make a semblance of attending such lectures
as are still delivered. According to the official
accounts, the number of students removed a few
days since from the fortress to the prison of
Cronstadt amounts to 283.

There are now two commissions appointed to
examine the imprisoned students and find out what
they can against them. It is just possible that they
may all be liberated, for it is said to be very diffi-
cult to prove a serious accusation against any of
them. The Cronstadt Commission has shown much
ingenuity iu dividing ite prisoners into as many as
27 categories. There is a category for students
who, on the 24th ult., went to the University with
the matriculation-books in their pockets, a category
for those who had left them at home, a category for
those who bad asked for them and had not yet re-
ceived them, a category for those who had never
asked for them, and did not want them, tkc.

(11Xffl7W11 TILLZOILIXB.)
FRANCE.

PARIS, Nov. 13.

The Monikur of to-day announces that the Em-
peror and the Empress went into mourning imme-
diately ou receiving news of the death of the K;-ig
of Portugal, iu order to teit;fy their strong sym-
pathy with the royal family of Portugal. The
celebration of the Empress' name-day, as well as
the projected hunting parties, and other court fes-
tivities,have been adjourned.

The Censtitutionnel of to-day publishes an article
signed by Dr. Veron, in which it says :—" The re-
sult of the deliberations of the Council of Ministers,
held yesterday, is that the adoption of the resolu-
tions which we announced yesterday as having
political and financial importance has been ad-
journed. At the moment when the special powers
of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of
State were to be determined, certain difficulties
carrying out the details of the proposed arrange-
ment are said to have presented themselves."
M. Waleweki, Minister of State, has accompa-
nied the Emperor to Compiegne.

EGYPT.

ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 11.

. -
Count Chambord disembarked hero yesterday,
and took up his residence at the palace of the
Viceroy of Egypt.

THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 13.
_ _

Tho Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Seine,
with the above mails, has arrived here with 72 paseengera,
736,163 dole. in specie, pearls to the value of 4001., plating
to the value of 2,7301., and 1,103 packages of cargo.
Considerable excitement prevailed at Lima on account of
the elections, during which a disturbance had taken place,
when the troops fired on the assembled crowd, killiog from
eight to twenty persons.
The French ship Infernal had been destroyed by fire at
Valparaiso. The British storeship Nereus, which was an-
chored elope by, suffered considerable damage.
Her Majesty's ship Cho arrived at Panama on the 15th,
The Termagant left Panama for Mexico on the 20th.
At Valparaiso exchange on London was quoted 44i for 60
to 90 days' sight ; on Paris, 4.60 to 4.62 ; on Hamburg, 3$
to 39. Bar silver, per mare, 10 doles 50c. ; freights
unaltered.

The weather at Barbadoes was fine, and the crops were
improving. The import market was generally depressed.
Irish butter was in better demand. Exchange on London,
30 days' sight, 494 ; private bills, 4R21.

Demerara.—Mr. Hunks is to succeed Governor Wode-
house in the government of British Guiana. The import
market is excessively dull. There is little produce for
shipment. Sugars are advancing. Tonnage abundant.
Exchange : Drawing, 90 days, per 1001., 480; purchasing
at 472.

At Jamaica the weather continued wet. Trade remained
in much the same state as reported last mail. Coffee was
scarce. Lard, 70. per lb. Irish butter, 130. Pimento,
13e., given freely. Rum, 2s. Rd. for proof, eighteen in bond.
Sugar, fair quality, 19s. Exchange, 90 days, per cent.
Premium ; t 4 days, 1 per cent. premituu. Freights dull.
No charters.

that the obstinacy of the public, in attributing an
official origin to whatever he says, proves that his
observations are pertinent and true (this is his
logic, not mine) ; and he complains, moreover, in
the tone of a courtier out of place, that while
ministers readily grant audiences to their adversa-
ries, they only receive their friends at " odd
times." The main result of all this pleading is
that the late article of the Pays against M. Ricaaoli
is no longer in the " situation."
The Roman liberals having caused a fine paint-
ing, representing the Angel of the Resurrection, to
be executed by the Roman artist, Cassimir di
Rossi, in order to present it to Prince Napoleon
as a token of their gratitude for his celebrated
speech on Italy in the Senate, his imperial high-
ness, on receiving this present, has addressed the
following letter to the committee entrusted with
the matter :

Gentlemen,—After a long absence I have just received
the painting which you have offered me in the name of the
Romans. Devoted to the cause of Italy, because it is that
of liberty and progress, I am deeply touched with this testi-
mony of sympathy. I beg of you to express my acknow-
ledgments to your fellow-citizens, and to assure them that
I shall not cease making every effort to have their wishes
realised.—Receive, NAPOLEON (JEROME).

ANOTHER VIOLENT GALE.