The Sun.
London, England, 1837-04-25 00:00:00

PORT UGAL.

LISBON, APRIL B.—Tuesdav, the 4th inst., being -the
18th anniversary of the Queen'; birthday, the inorning.was
ushered in by a Royal salute from the citadel and Portu-
guese ships of war in the Tagus, and which -Fakic was re-
peated at mid-d3y and sun-set, at dat one o'clock the Bri-
tish and French vessels of -war,l4 in nurrihter. nil splendidly
decorated with their various ilags. which had a most irripo-
sing and animating effect, fired a Royal salute in honour of
the day. The National Guards, with their Commandant,
the Lafayette of Portugal, at their head, together with the
few troops of the line, were present in this eitY, consisting
of Lancers and Artillery, assembled in the Praca do Com-
/ mereio, from whence they proceeded to the Royal Palace,
at the centre balcony of which stood her Majesty and i:or
lioyal consort ; hut owing to the incessant rain, incle-
mency of the weather, and the delicate state of the Sot e-
reign's health, they were only aisle to appear with the win-
dows sluiff, before which tae troops marched past is quick
time. InumAiately after this ceremony the deputation of
the Cortes lied the honour to be presented to her Majesty,
and place at the foot of the Throne a congratulatory Ad-
dress, conveying their warmest expressions of respect, con-
sideration, and attachment to aer Majesty's person, his
Royal Highness the Prince Ferdiinand, and the other mem-
bers of the Royal timaily. Of re:aich Address (presented
by M. Castro Perreira), and her Majesty's answer thereto,
the following is a translation :

" Malam,--LThe genervl extraordinary and constituent
Cortes of the Portuguese nation h dVC done me the honour
to depute me to approach the Thr one on this happy occa-
sion of your Majesty's birth-day, fol the two-fold purpose of
congratulating your Majesty on .*:he re-establishment of
your valuable health, and the anniversary of your Majesty's
natal day.
" The Deputies of the 'Portuguese nation duly appre-
ciate your Majesty's constant zeal to promote the happi-
ness of the Portuguese people, and t74e support which your
Mijesty has deigned to give to the, measures adopted by
the Cortes on behalf of the State. They therefore hope
that the union which has hitherto existed between tha
iepresentatives of the nation and th a constitutional throne
will thereby be placed on a more solid basis. And they
this day, in the presence of your :*Majesty, again promise
to use every means to consolidate r.,be said throne and its
constitutional liberties.

" And may the All Powerful grant to your Majesty a
long life, and the hopeful succession we so anxiously look
forward to to perpetuate among us tfse virtues of so many
heroes, your Majesty's august ancet,tor.s, our, Kings.
" And may it please your Majesty b enignantly to receive
this public testimony of respect and loyalty of the Repre-
sentatives of the nation towards the ciered person of Your
Majesty, together with the protestations of the highest
consideration and esteem for the person of the Prince, the
August Consort of your Majesty, as well as that of all the
Royal Family."

ANSWER.

" Genti.emen,—l have heard with the greatest satisfae-

tion the congratulations which you ha c e delivered in the
name of the g-eneral and constituent Cortes of the Portu-
guese nation. I thank you for the lively interest the Cortes
have evinced tom,rds my person, as well as that of my be-
loved husband, the Prince Don Ferdinraal.
" You may assurc the representatives of the nation,
that I will continue to do all that may ,depend upon me to
secure the constitutional liberty and happiness of this good
and excellent people.
" Nothing henceforward can possibly destroy or diminish
the sincere union which exists between the nation and the

throne. Portugal and myself confide all to the prudence
and wisdom of the General tortes, and I more particularly
hope that by means of our limited efforts and by the help
of Divine Providence this generous nation will shortly
arrive at the highest degree of prosperity' and greatness."
Then followed the levee, attended 1..)- the Ministers of
State, corps diplonzatiquc, Vice-A cl.m;ral Sir William Gage,
several of the British and French officers, and a numerous
body of the nobility and gentry.

It i 3 in contemplation to establish :t.n Ornithological
Society in London, the objects of which .sx-e the exhibition of
living birds, and the propagation and dis persion of new do-
mestic races, as also to establish a museum, library, lectures,
and prize shows. An application is intesded to be made to
Government for a locality for the museum and library, and, if
successful, it is intended that the museum shall be freely open
to the public.
Two horrible murder cases are con-t'ing on for trial at
Trichinopoly ; the one is that of a Pariah woman, who, with
the help of her paramour, murdered liver husband, cut off
his head, and disembowelling the body, sewed up the head
in the place of the entrails. The other, that of a Braminy
woman, who was surprised by her son, a boy of about ten
years of age, with a gallant. The boy threatened to tell his
father, and she threatened to murder him if he did. The boy
returned to school in the fort, and told his schoolmaster what
had taken place. A.ll hour or two after he was sent for home,
before the usual time. The father of the lad, on his return,
wonders that his son has not come hozre ; the mother pretends
to wonder likewise; when, perceiving some drops of blood fall
from a basket affixed to the ceiling, the father takes it down,
and finds in it the poor child, with his throat cut. Whilst he
is contemplating the piteous sight, in the extremity of misery,
the wretched woman, rushing out into the ;street, exclaims that
the father is murdering his child ! the mart was seized, but for-
tunately the schoolmaster cleared up the truth of the matter,
and the mother, it is said, has made a confession of her guilt.
—Madras Examiner, Nov. 16.
FATAL ACCIDENT FROM THE UP SETTING OF
A SAILING BOAT.-Last Sunday forenoon as tin ce men named
131ake, and George and William Finch, were pro.Tedhig down
the river in a sailing boat of their own, and when off Barking,
in the County of Essex, a sudden squall of wind came on, the
boat was upset, and the men precipitated into the water. Some
bargemen fortunately observed the accident from the opposite
shore, and immediately rowed over in a skiff to their assiFunice,
but we regret to say that one out of the three men, ne4ned
Blake, being unable to swim, sank to rise no more. The boat
drifted down the river, and notwithstanding the drags have
been almost continually in use since the fatal accident hap-
pened, the body had not been found up to yesterday afternoon.
The deceased and his companions are all married with wives
and families. The two survivors remain in a very precarious state
at their homes, so much so that their lives arc despaired of.
We regret to say that Mr. Salloway, formerly of
Powick, near this city, who has acquired considerable cele-
brity in riding steeple chases, has fallen a victim to this dan-
gerous amusement. He rode a horse called •‘ Wildgoose" at
Abergavenny on Thursday week in one of these affairs, and
towards the end had a fall, but was not apparently injured.
fie continued unwell, and on Sunday morning, be was found
in bed, but life was extinct.— Worcester Guardian.

THE TEA TRADE, MONDAY.—The clearances
last week were 440,3001b5. The imports from China are
becoming large. The next private trade sales will amount to
95,000 packages.

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A petition very numerously signad, is about to he
presented 'to the House of Lords, in favour of the Ministerial
measure, for the abolition of Church-rates, from the Somers-
town district of the parish of St. Pancras.
We are sorry to say that the trade of Nottingham
continues in a very bad state, in every branch.—Doncastcr
Gazelle.

„ The St. Petersburgh papers contain the following
account of the sentence pronounced against a Russian Noble-
man, who had shot his adversary in a duel. It is well that
some steps should should be taken to check a piaclice so bar-
barous and absurd; and a hint might be furnished upon this
head even from Russia. ” Baron Heickeren, Lieutenant in
the regiment of Chevalier Guards of her Majesty the Em-
press, has been sentenced by a Court-martial, on account of
his duel with the poet Alexander Puschkin, wbo died of the
would he received in that duel, to the loss of his rank, and of
the patient of Russian nobility which ho had acquired, and
to serve as a common soldier."

Such is the scarcity of fodder in this ntighhour-
hood, on account of the backward state of the grass crops,
that the price of hay has advanced to Is. 4d. per stone in the
vale of Todmorden. We understand that this commodity is
selling at 101. a ton in the neighbourhood of Nottingham.—
Halifax Express.
On Monday, some fishermen caught in their net at
the mouth of the Addcr, the foetus of a child, about for or
five months formed. It was immediately interred.—Kelso
Ckronicle.

" JANUARY AND MAY."—Last week a man
named Murrels, aged 81, residing at Pebmarsh, Essex, took to
his chilling arms a second bride, bight Jane Cheveley, with
all the bloom of the teens upon her . lip and its gay giddy
laughter in her eye. The seasons are changed ! We have
snow in April, and why n .)t love at 90 ?

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A public meeting was held last Thursday at Devon-
port, where and when a petition in favour of the Ministerial
measure for the abolition of Church-rates was adopted.
The late Bishop of Salisbury has bequeathed to St.
David's College, which owes its existence mainly to his perse-
verance and liberality while Bishop of St. David's, his valuable
library, consisting of many thousand volumes, " with the excep-
tion only of such books as Mrs. Burgess may think proper,
immediately after his decease, to select for her own use anti
benefit." He has also left 3,000/. Three per Cent. Consuls
upon trust, that out of the interest 401. per annum should be
applied to'the maintenance of the Burton, Mrs. Martha Moore's,
and the two Eidon scholarships in this College; the remainder
of the interest to be paid to Mrs. Burgess during her life, and
after her death to the use and benefit of the principal Profes-
sors and students. It is due also to. Mrs. Burgess to state,
that the Bishop having expressed an intention of leaving 500/.
to the College, to provide a suitable Loom for the reception of
the books, and present it with a-copy of Owen's portrait of him-
self, in possession of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, though
be bad not reduced his intention to a written injunction in his
will, she has declared her purpose of fulfilling his Lordship's
wishes in both these particulars.

The ungenial nature of -the present season has been
productive of serious losses to the graziers of this county. One
of the principal tanners of this district states that he never re-
collects to have purchased so many skins taken from cattle
sheep which have perished in consequence of inclement wea-
ther and scarcity of eatage. Hay has in some instances been
sold as high as front 101. to 12/. per ton.—Leicester Chro-
nicle.