The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-12 00:00:00

DEATH OF'DON•O.4IMOS

, A telegraphic despatch from Trieste announces the
demise of Don-Carlos at that place on Saturday last, at
balf-past nine a.m.
Among the exiled royal personages whose varied for-
tunes have illustrated the eighteentlycentury, few have
occupied a more prominent, position:, than
,this
wished prince. Born in 1788, . Don Carlos passed ::hisearly life in Spain, and married, in 1818,:the Infanta
Maria Fra)Licisca d'Assiee dailgliter- Of 'John VI.; 444
o Portugal. On the death of !his elder:brother, .Ferdi:
nand V11.rin,1832, Don-Carlos disputed the,succession
to the throne of Spain, and, after a,, protracted war of
varied success and disaster, retreated, into France, in:
1830, when he was placed under aurveillance, by ,the.
Goverumeut of Lvaier Philippa cud canfinocl.tn tha Pity
of Bourges until 184; whea.be retired 'tB Italy.'
Don CarlOs lost his first ,wife.in :18.34, and was mar-
ried secondly:on tho2d of-February,-1838, by proxy, at
Saltzburgh; and On the 20th of Obtobei, of the same year,
in person, at Aspeitia, to the Infanta Maria . Theresa
Princess de Beira, daughter of John VI., King of... Per-..
tugal, and widow of the Infante Don Pedro of Spain.
- - By his first marriage Don Carlos leaves tWO Sons; to
the eldest of whom, Don Carlos Luis 'Conde de Monte-
melin, ho ceded his claims on the Spanish throne on the
'lBth of May, 1845. The Conde de Montemolin was
married, in July, 1850, to the Princess Maria Caroline
Ferdinanda, sister of Ferdinand 11., King of the Two
Sicilies.

FRENCH MAIL SERVICE IN TIE LEVANT.--GENERAL
POST-OFFIOR, March, 1855.—The following is a list of
the ports in the Levant 'served by the French Mediter-
ranean Mail Packets, and at each of which the French
Government maintains post-offices•, viz.:—Constanti-
nople, Gallipoli, the Dardanelles, Smyrna, Alexandria,
13 grout, Mer,ina, Alexandretta, Latakia, Tripoli (Syria),
Jaffa, and Mytelene. The postage upon letters for-
warded by the French Mediterranean packets is as fol-
lows :—Not exceeding I oz. in weight, ls. ; exceeding,
off.-mad not exceeding oz.; 2s. ;, exceeding i'oz. and
Oa exceeding.l oz., 3s. ; exceeding oz. and not ex-
' _oeeding 1 oz., 4s. ; and so on, increasing is. for every
additional quarter of an ounce:- The- above rates of
postage may be..paid in advance,. or the letters may be
forwarded unpaid, at the option of the sender. Letters
ler Alexandria will be sent by the French -mail packets
only when specially addressed "by French packets via
Marseilles," but for the other places mentioned letters
' ivill iso forwarded as a rule, unless directed to be sent
otherwise. It must be understood that these instruc:.
tions do not in any way interfere with °rafter the rates
'of postage specially affixed for letters 'addressed to her
Majesty's forces serving in Turkey
• ItoYAL SOCIETY OF MUSICIANS.—The 107th amiivar=
nary festival of this society was celebrated at the Free-
masons, Tavern on Thursday, • the Right Hon. the Lord
Mayct presiding, supported by about 150 friends of the
institution. There was also a large number' of ladies
present; The festival " being considered more in the
Iva' of a natniard"efitertainineTiV" thai:t a public- diiiiier; •
the speeches were short and to the purpose.