The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-12 00:00:00

THE QUEEN OP PORTUGAL.

It may be interesting to devote a few words to the de-
scription of the young Queen of this country as she now
appears ; and curiosity must be wore active regarding
her as she was for some time in England.

By her first husband, the Prince of Leuchtenburg, the
Queen had no children ; by the second, Prince Ferdinand
of Coburg, she has two Princes born, and this gives the
husband the right of being styled King of Portugal. He is
extremely youthful, being not more than 21, the
Queen is 20. This Coburg Prince is stated to be a well
meaning young man, without vices, and disposed to
meddle very little in public affdirs of any kind. He is
much influenced by a clever German, a M. Deily, who
came to Portugal with him ; and another important
personage of his suite is a Monsieur St. Leger, a French-
man, who married a Portuguese.

It is quite natural that this young and inexperienced
King and Queen should be in the hands of, and directed
by, able and competent advisers ; and it is only to be
lamented, from all one sees and hears, that mischievous
foreign influence should surround their persons; and
that the revolutionary Septembrists of the Ministry are
framing all their measures, not for a liberal, but a revo-
lutionary form of Government, instead of the absolutism
by which Portugal was so long governed.

" But to return to Donna The small, inter-
esting little person, who was so much caressed by
George IV, and William IV., is now grown into a very
large woman. I believe it is rare to see a person of her
age of such an extraordinary size. Her features are of
a heavy cast ; her hair is light, and dressed in ringlets,
but without ornament, and is tied in a knot behind :
she was dressed in black. She is reported to be of a
harmless, inoffensive character ; and, when hanging on
the arm of the King, who is a slender youth, the con-
trast is singular. _ _ _

The misery to which the Royal household is re-
duced can best be appreciated by stating the fact, that
the Government find it more convenient to take charge
of and keep the Royal establishment than to pay a
stated sum for the purpose to their Sovereigns.
The salaries of all aro greatly in arrear ; and the
Royal personages are in such distress for money, that
thoy are obliged to procure it, on their own promissory
notes, from Jews and private persons, at an immense
discount.

The Palace expenses are arranged and regulated under
a Board of Direction. Toe Queen and King dine
almost always together, though the former takes her
breakfasts and dejcuners a la jburehette separate. There
are no tables for others—no hangers-on , no Court people
kept. What remains from the Royal board is immedi-
ately given to the poor. The servants and all the
attendants are on board wages. Few receptions are
given at the Palace, and even when there is an audience
of the Queen she hardly opens her lips or has commu-
nication with .ny one. The priests have consideral2le
ibfluence with her Majesty.
But, no longer to diverge from the Church of San
Vincente ; high mass being ended, the Court in pro-
cession, headed by the Royal pair, went into the re-
ceptacle of kings and queens, a great vault, in which
all the sovereigns of Portugal are interred, in order
to pay their homage to the coffin and corpse of
Don Pedro, on whose bier were placed two superb
crowns, those of Portugal and the Brazils. The
last might now have been dispensed with. When all
had paid their duties the church ceremony ended ; the
cortege returned to the Palace of the Necessidades,
and the meeting dispersed.
" The great convent of the Necessidades has been
recently fitted up, and added as accommodation to this
modern residence of the Kings of Portugal. The Pa-
lace of Ajudas is now only used upon state occasions."—
New Alontbly.

Nothing is more placid than the life which
Family of Belgium lead. Kin'," Leopold the Royal
na invariably
rise,, both in winter and summer,
takeh i:.
o'c lock in
the morning. The first thing he does Is to
cup of tea, which his valet de chambre brines
His Majesty, when weather permits, then
goes
,down
insb the garden, and walks in it a quarter of an fl
half an hour, and sometimes a whole hour, and
afterwards returns to his bedroom. The few peopieand LICENSING A SOCIALIST LECTURF:,-,._Mr.
duty at the Lacken, which is considered quite a-counnn- Buchanan, the socialist lecturer, appeare:! at the Borough
try-house, being aware of the King's habit, manage not Court, on Tuesday, and said he "applied under the 52d
to require a walk and fresh air at the same time as his Geo. 111. c. 155, for a licer:,e to preach. He made the
nijesty. The only indicidual who dares share with application, be said, ovit.ll the view of putting a stop to the
vexatious proceeru.ngs which had been lately taken against
the Monarch the pleasure of seeing the roses salute him and th
the rising sun is Francois, the chateau gardener, with all he, t-Jse holdinga similar opinions. Mr. Maude said,
that, and that the
could do would be to grant a certificate that the party
whom Leopold I:lThiliarly converses about his horticul- had taken the oaths. Mr. Buchanan said be was aware of
turd pursuits.
a young man, M. —, one of M. Van oaths we. re those of allegiance and su.
Neverthelrtss, pr(macy, which he was now quite willin to take. There
1 f,u,rrthniemr considers Praet's attaches, being- obliged to sleep at the eha- rwas.some misuederitanding on a former goccasion; and, on
teau with his patron for a fortnizht, and not knowing
maude said the sideration, he found that it was not necessary
into any explanations of the oaths. Mr.
Leopold's unwillingness to be disturbed in his habits, 1 s.
before was thecareason he could not administer the oaths
contrived to meet him in his garden. M. --
feigned astonishment and confusion to admiration. questien. He should
Nit.. Buchanan gave to a particular
repeat that question, which was,
His Majesty comforted him. Our youth. took courage, whether he (Mr. Buchatitnan) considered these oaths -
exchanged soma words with the King, and found ing on his conscience, smu as be believed in a futurebind means to give him to understand that he also had early state, after death, of rewardsach
and punishments. Mr.
habits which he could not overcome. The King con- Buchanan said he should answerthat
question in
gratulated M. --_-.mative. He then took the
them, and hinted that he could upon .
.oaths, and made thedeclare-
indulge
them the tion under the 19th Geo. 111
more e,tsily as the surrounding court- . c. 44, and received his cer-
try was veryextensi tifi:ate of having done sO.
Our blunderer did not take the ,
hint, but treated himself. 1 :\londav last, an unfortunate
of meeting tha Kin whoagain next day to the amusement I
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was not less affable. Alreadyg, winc4d, but 1
whose language ,
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were out
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