The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-08 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

LISBON, SEPT. 21.—The King our Sovereign
having fixed the 19th inst. for the solemn inves-
titure of the Order of St". 'Michael and the Holy
Ghost, which the august,Monarch of France sent
him and the Infant Don Michael, by his Ambas-
sador, M. Hyde de Neuville, and ,the apartments
having been spend idly decorated for the occasion,
the solemnity took place about two o'clock. Four
Royal carriages were sent for the Ambassador
and his suite, who was escorted to the Palace,
and introduced with great pomp.
After the established compliments,. the King
at Arms delivered the letter of the King of France
to the Ambassador, and he having received it, the
former took from the hands of the first Officer
who followed him the insignia intended for his
Most Faithful Majesty. The Ambassador then
addressed his Majesty as follows :
" Sire,—On the 3d of this month I had the honour to deliver
into your Majesty's hands, the letter by which my august mas-
ter has the pleasure to announce to you that he has conferred
on you his Ordet of St. Michael and the Holy Ghost.
" My-Sovereign greatly desired that the first Order of his
kingdom should acquire new lustre,, by being received by the
august head of the house of Braganza.
" The greatest Princes of Christendom, Sip, are now
Knights of the Order of the Holy Ghost; it is the symbol of
the profound wisdom which presides over their union, and
which must consolidate it. All, in fact, are animated with
that spirit of religion, peace, justice, and strength, which con-
stitutes the glory of thrones, and maintains the, repose of na-
tions—a holy spirit, a sacred shield, against which the criminal'
ants of impiety and of anarchy will always be of no avail.
" Sire,—The Order of the Holy Ghost is for you a family
Order. It was instituted by a King of France for the defence
of the religion a our ancestors, and of the legitimate rights of
the Crown. Since that time it has always been the first Order
of the House of France--of that august race, whose glory and
antiquity are lost in obscurity of remo to ages, and which is
proud of reckoning among its illlustrious branches the Royal
Family of Braganza.

" Nor is it, Sire, the bonds of consanguinity alone, but those
of the most perfect esteem and of the most sincere affection,
which unite the two Houses of Braganza and Bourbon. May
the nations which have the good fortune to live under their
laws be likewise united with the most sincere friendship, and
by all the bonds which tend to confirm this friendship be-
tween nations. This is the most sincere wish of my august
Monarch.

" Sire,—My Sovereign would not wait till other ornaments
were finished, to send your Majesty the necessary insignia with
which all the Knights of his Or.ders must be invested. He or.
dered that they should be delivered without delay to your Ma-
jesty by the Herald King at Arms of those his Orders.
" The King, my master, desires to prove to your Majesty, by
this eagerness in offering you his Orders, all the pleasure he
feels in conferring them.
" Accept, Sire, the homage of my respect."

To this speech his Majesty replied in French
as follo►r•s :

" I accept with much pleasure the pledge of the friendship of
his Most Christian Majesty. This friendship between our two
Crowns is of ancient date, and I hope that it will be always dear
to our people, and perpetually bind our successors.
" The Order of the Holy Ghost brings to mind, among other
illustrious examples of the Kings of France who wore it, that
of the hero who restored Internal peace to his country—who
avenged the throne and gained the love of his people ; and that
of the second founder of the French Monarchy, who so worthily
fills the same throne which he has reestablished, after so many
misfortunes.

" This Order, Sir, derives new value in my eyes, from the
splendour with which his Most Christian Majesty deigns to
confer it on me—from the occasion which he has chosen to do
it—and from the hands which he has charged to deliver it to

me."

The Herald at Arms then presented to his Majesty the insig-
nia of the Order in the usual form, and the Ambassador then
asked leave of his Majesty to proceed to the ceremony relative
to Prince Michael, which being graciously granted, be address-
ed his Royal Highness, saying—
" The Holy Spirit alone could inspire your Highness with
the generous design which at once rendered you illustrious in
history, and, what is of still more value, gained you the bless-
ings of your august parents, the love and gratitude of your coun-
try, and the admiration of all men.
To give your Highness a proof of his esteem, it is that
Prince, as wise as illustrious, has sent you the first of the Or-
ders of his kingdom. •He knows that' your Royal Highness in
one day ten times gained your spurs, and with lively satisfac-
tion has proclaimed the Infant Don Miguel Knight of his
Orders.
" I beg your Royal Highness to accept my respectful
homage."
His Royal Highness having replied to this com-
pliment, received, like his august father, the in-
signia from the hands of the Ambassador.
A Bight of rockets announced the conclusion
of this august ceremony and a royal salute was
•
tired from the town of Belem, the castle of St.
George, and the other forts, and the ships of
•
war in the-harbour.
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The Ambassador and the King-at-Arms, with
the suite, withdrew in the same manner as they
had been introduced.
At 4 o'clock there was a splendid dinner of
50 covers, prepared by his Majesty's orders in a
saloon of the Palace des Necessadades, at which
were present the French Ambassador and all the
other Members of the Diplomatic Body, the
Ministers and Councillors of State, and other
persons of distinction. The Marquis Pahnella
did the honours.

S EPT. 14.-,-,lrrivois.—The Perola frigate, 44 guns; the
Galatea corvette, '22 guns; the Calypso, '22 guns; and three
transports, all from Bahia, with troops and other passengers ;
the galley .Andorinhodo Togo, from Para, in 60 days, with 263
passengers, of whom 2111 arc State-prisoner&
SErr. 16.—The Diana frigate, 14 guns, from Bahia. It
had on board Brigadier-General Ignacio Luis 'Madeira, with
his staff; also three transports with troops from Bahia.

INTERESTING CALCULATION.— Sit ppOSilig the
earth to be peopled with one thousand millions of inhabi-
tants, and allowing 33 years for a generation, the deaths
of each age, amount to 30;000,000—of each day, to 82,000
and of each hour, to 3,440. But as the number of deaths to
the number of births is as 10 to 12, there are born yearly
36,000,000—daily, 93,030—and hourly, 4,108. Reckoning
only three generations to a century, and supposing the world
has existed 5,700 years, there have been only 172 generations
front the Creation, 125 since the Deluge, and 55 since the
Christian tarn. Out of tVery'l,ooo there die annually 3t) ; and
the number of inhabitants of every city and country is renewed
every 30 years. Of 200 children, one dies in the birth ; but
more than one-third of the births die within two years of age.
The births are more numerous than the deaths, in any given
place; anti the proportion of the births of male and female are
not in a wide proportion, not an uncertain accidental number,
but nearly equal. Major Grant's tables, tbrmed about 151)
years ago, statt:d, for the bills of mortality, 15 males to 13 fe-
males ; whence he justly inferred, that the Christian religion,
prohibiting polygamy, is more agreeable to the law of nature
than Mahommedanism and all other persuasions that allow it.
The majority of males is a wise dispensation to provide for their
,dangers and hoses by wars, sea voyages, excess of labour, &c.