The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-13 00:00:00

THE QUEEN OF PORTUGAL.

(From the Times Correspondent.)
WINDSOR, THURSDAY EVENING.
The drive which the Queen of Portugal and the Duchess
of BragaLza took with Queen Adelaide yesterday was in-
terrupted by the rain, and the R iyal party returned to the
Castle without proceeding to Virginia Water, which they
had originally intended to visit. The Marquis de Funchal
was so engaged with official business the whole of the d y,
that he was not able to join the Royal party ; and the
Count de S'impayo was the only member of the Por uguece
!egatiJn in attendance on the occasion on his Royal mis-
tress. On 1 heir return to the Castle, the Queen of Por-
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weal and the Duch, ss of Braganza were enter tained by the
Queen in St. George's Hall. During the dinner the band
of the Ist Grenadier Guards played several airs, and after

dinner the Queen's band played in the drawing-room.
Shortly before nine o'clock the King returned from Lon-
don, and j tined the Royal party in the state drawing-
room, where they remained until past 11 o'clock.
This afternoon the Royal visitors, after partaking with
the King and Queen of a collation in the Queen's drawing-
room, proceeded, in company with the King and Queen,
their suite and attendants, to view the different objects of
interest in Windsor-park. In the first carriage were the
Queen of Portugal, the Duchess of Braganza, and the
King and Queen of England. Two other carriages fol-
lowed with the members of the Royal suite.
They left the Castle at 3 o'clock, and passing through
the Home-park, they paid a visit to the Princess Augusta
at Frogmore. They thence proceeded to Virginia-water,
and after viewing the beauties of that delightful spot, they
returned through the town of Windsor to the Castle at
half-past 5 o'clock. Shortly after 7 o'clock a most sump-
tuous dinner was served up in St. George's hall. Covers
were laid for upwards of 60. On dinner being announced,
Queen Adelaide led the way, conducting the young Queen
of Portugal into the hall, and his Majesty followed, with
the Duchess of Braganza leaning on his arm. At dinner
the Queen of Portugal was placed between the'r Majes-
ties the King and Queen of England, and the Duchess of
Braganza sat on the left of the King. The Princess
Augusta and the Duchess of Gloucester were amongst the
company at dinner. The band of the Ist Life Guards
were stationed in the gallery, and played during dinner.
Lord Palmerston, Lord Melbourne, the Duke of Argyll,
and Sir B. Taylor, arrived at the Castle at seven o'clock,
in time for dinner. At half past nine o'clock their Ma
jesties and their guests retired to the drawing-room to
partake of coffee. The Queen's band was in attendance.
It is now supposed that the visit of the Queen and
Duchess will be prolonged beyond Monday next. There
is a review fixed for that day, at which, it is said, they
will be invited to be present. It ii not improbable but
their departure from Windsor may not take place until
Wednesday next. On their return to Portsmouth, the
Queen and Duchess will pass though Chertsey. The
Queen, with tt,e gratifying recollections of her former
residence at Laleham, in the neighbourhood of Chertsey,
fresh in her mind, is anxious to pay a compliment to the
inhabitants of that town by taking it in her route to
Portsmouth, and, no doubt, they will not lose such an
opportunity to testify their sympathy and regard for the
youthful Sovereign of Portugal.
The King of Sweden has followed the example of
France and England, by formally recognizing Donna
Maria as Queen of Portugal. The Alarquis of Funchal
received on the Bth inst. an Okla! communication frome
Count Bjornstjerna, authotizing him to announce to the
young Queen and to the Duchess of Braganza that thr
King of Sweden, leis toaster, had appointed the Chevalie
de Kantzou as Charge d'Affaires of Sweden and Norway
to the Court of Lisbon, and that he had orders to procee
there immediately. Count Bjornstjerna expressed the
pleasure and satisfaction which he felt at making such a
communication. A private note to the Duchess of
Braganza was enclosed in the despatch of the Swedish
Ambassador, acquainting her that her sister, who is
married to Prince Oscar, was at the date of the last ac-
counts in excellent health. A letter has been received
by the Marquis de Rezende, from the Bavarian Minister
in London, requesting that his respects should be paid to
the Duchess of Braganza, who was so closely connected
with the Royal House, whose representative he is in this
country. It was understood that the Bavarian Minister
would have called in person to present his respects, but
that it is contrary to etiquette for any Minister to call in
his official capacity upon visitors at the Palace without a
special invitation from the Sovereign whose guests they
are at the time.
Private letters have been received here by the Marquis
de Funchal and by Count Sampayo from Lisbon of so late

a date as the Ist inst.,* which communicate very cheering
intelligence. The letter to Count Sampayo is from a
General Officer in the army of Don Pedro. He states
that at the time of writing information had arrived at
Lisbon that the two northern provinces of Portugal,
Minho and Traos Alontes, bad declared in favour of the
Queen, and that her authority had been completely
established in that quarter of the kingdom. Official
accounts of the important fact bad reached Count Sal-
tianlia. The writer further adds that this intelligence had
the effect of causing Bourmont, instead of advancing on
Lisbon, to fall back. He had taken up a position at a
greater distance from that city, and the materiel of his
army, the letter mentions, was such that it could not
possibly be depended on in an engagement with the
Constitutional troops. Lisbon was represented by the
writer as having been put in a state of excellent defence,
and the utmost confidence prevailed there as to its ability
to repel an attack, if such should be made upon it, by the
Miguelite force under the command of Bourrnont. The
inhabitants and the troops were in the highest spirits, and
no doubt was entertained that, with the aid of the rein-
forcements arriving by sea from Oporto, they would be
soon able to give a good account of the French Marshall
and his ill-provided artny, whose retreat would be, in
that case, cut off by the furce that had been detached by
land from Oporto. These letters, the date of which I
believe, more recent than that of the accounts which have
appeared in the papers, and for which it is said, the packet
from Lisbon was detained, have put the young Queen and
her party here into the highest spirits. At the request of
the 111irquis de Funchal, Lgrd Palmerston has delayed the
sailing of the packet for Lisbon, in order to afford Donna
Maria and the Duchess of Braganza an opportunity of
writing to Don Pedro. They had not time, from their
landing up to the present moment, to do so, and they w, re
engaged for some hours in the early part of this day in
writing to the Emperor. Their letters were immediately
orwarded to town by a special express.
A story is current here, of a circumstance that occurred
previous to the sailing of the Queen from Havre, and
which deserves to be mentioned. The French authorities
at that pert, suspecting that the Count de Leuchtenburg
had concealed himself in the Soho, sent three gendarmes
on board to search for him. Captain Frazer, the com-
mander of the steamer, immediately went to their Al tjes-
ties, to know whether he should allow such a proceeding.
They said positively not, and the captain, observing that
he was glad to hear such a determination expressed by
their Majesties, replied they were now under ,the protection
of the British flag, and that any man who would dare to
do anything contrary to their wishes, should answer for it
with his life. He at once went to the gendartnes, who
were already commencing the search, and drawing a pistol,
he commanded them to desist and to leave the vessel—ta
command which they very quickly obeyed.
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