The Sun.
London, England, 1816-12-27 00:00:00

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to sie with exeli ntittr its heitairtitisig-thc greatest
my on the occasion: •
" Fut ihree 41,4ys there were the greatest( re-
joicings all over and illuminations lot' three.
nights, after the Queen's, aril, el. The squares
soil public wplks dectivaterL Gifuy house
hung out a Big, laneifttlly done irp, chilly of
crierstin silk damas,k feitooned, which ornament
most houses are OnssessiA of for rejoicing days,
with lamps end MIX •lights of all descriptions.—
The Al:week, which is the first public welking,
elece, *Pd the sqnares, exhibited a most beautiful
appearance. Coloured lamps hung- upon the
tires, mulch the style sit Our ltonehigh,
ne a g*ta night. I went .with some
company In the evening to see it, anti was,eauch
gratified.
" 'which is the handsomest city is Spain.
for the cleanliness and neatness of their stleets,
every home being as white es snow, looked. lYeau-
evere creature seemed willing to give a
cordial wel.conle to their royal visitors.
" These lovely Princesses,by their condescentt-
ing sweetness. of manner, wit hnut pride, and wil
out assuming the dignified sitnation of their high
rank, In the most affable manner, noticed their
subjects, and won the hearts of every individual,
in a way which appeared so unaffected., atilt so un-
tural, every one exerted themselves in expressing
their attachment. In the streets, the Theatt es,
or wherever they went, the Queen end lithium
beemea delighted with their reception.
" There was a remark-made, that they paid the
most marked respect to whoever accosted them ire
a religions habit. The Queen generally stood up
;in the coach jwhich was a sort of open landen)
Whenever' she was accosted by:one in a isrieSt's
dress, and standing, made a respectful busy or sa-
lute with her tan.
" Three days previous to their departure. a draw-
ing-room was announced for ladies to be-intro-
duced to her Majesty, which was fully attended.
Many Wirt of title were there, some Grandoes,
she vices of Officers, &c. No merchants' wives
were admitted.

" It was upon this occasion that. I wrote a'note
to the Marquis of Villafranea, wishing, as I be
fore-menaoned, as the wife of Colonel J Grant,
formerly of the'LOyal:Lesitaniao Legion of Poe-
tugal, to pay my re'spectfel congratalations to tee
daughters of the Portuguese Monarch in the name
of my husband and myself.
" As soon as 1 mentioned to the 7.tfarquis my
husband's naive, the Margois Mentioned m' to
the Qneen. Her Majesty appointed me to be at
the palace next day at 5-o'clock.
On my arrival at the palace, I Wilt escorted
by the Conde ,le :Miranda to the apartment of the
Conitessa tie Linares, who, finding I could speak
neither Spanish nor Portugne3e, beckoned to a
lady who was at a little distance, and on coming
up to me, she said in very good English, ' l sop.
rune, Madam, you are the Lady of Grant,'
said I was, and was happy to' he accosted in
the language of my nation.' . She replied, Ma-
dam, I am a native of Englandbearated.
lice
Majesty is writing, but will soon be with you.'
" This lady mined an intelligent
women—she said she had been in the iiing
el
Portugal's, family some years, as English GOrir•
Oa% to the Princesses, who, though diffident in
speaking the Bnglish language, understood it very
well ; that they had requested she might accom-
pany them to Spain—said they had the -mst
amiable dispositioos, and their wish was to tual:e.
every one about them happy ; that if their merits
were; appreciated, they could not Jail to ditiole it
to all around thein,that priddheas a thing unknown
in the King of Portugal's family, who, as well
ua
the Queen, Paid great attention to the edicts:obn
of their children, and they were all affectionately
united to each other. When their daughters:lett
Brazil; they had a sorrowful parting, but had their
fether's promise thot when he returned to Portugal
he wottitl meet them at the frontiers, and the hope
of that kept up their eoirits.
" Upon my expresshig an awe, %%11;011 thought
should feel when the Queen Appeared, this lady
(whose Herne site, told me was Chilly) replied.
Be under no apprehension ; the Queen eta, In-
fanta are butte so sffehle, wile)) you see them yott
will feel trite at your ease ; her Majesty has the
sweetest disposition in the world. She remeM-
hers Colonel •G.'s ?-fame, and that he was taken
prisoner; and 'afterwards rescued.' She added,
' 1 remember it too, as all the occurrences at that
time were very interesting to the King of Portu-
gal's family.
" I had it great deal of conversation, before the
Queen appeared ; and 1 confees when she did, I
!.lt "'Pelf at my ease as if speaking
to
you. They both advanced with the most divin-
ed sweetness yonean Conceive. I was introduced
by the first Lady of the Bedchamber, the Com-
tessa di Lioeres. 'rite Queen has the prettiest
hand it) the world, which she held out to me ; the
Infanta did so
0, Time Qee.eit is of
.the middle size, Ilea air ex-
pressise countenance, fair complexion, and _blue'
eyes.. The Infanta is tall, slim, mod of a dark
complexion, with sparkling black eyes ; they Were
plainly and neatly :dressed. The Queen wore
picture it( time King, about the size of a playing
caul, set with two rows of brilliants. ihe In-
fanta were one of pm, Carlos, round. When
they had Conversed a short time, the carriage was
Wllllollpaced, and not wishing to detain them,
offered tor take leave hut the Queeo held out her
hand a second time. '1 was quite overcome with
the eondeseenSion, and May God bless
your Majesty', and grant fhat you may he a bless-
ing to this notion 'ti:. She looked up, and squeezed
my haud."---• (Morning Paper)
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EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCR.^-4)11 Elise 14:011
1115011 a a.pack of grouthe Jul aid On the Methodist
Meeting.housein the. town of Stranolar. They
'were 'observed hi, a person, who, ut fitit sight,
mistook them for, a flock
•:of pigeons hut, On a.
nearer examination, discovered ttis mistake, and
shot one of them. it is supposed that the sCN;e-
iity of the storm forced them front their. native
txtuuntains. A few (lays prior to this,- singie
iroOse, was shot on-atreeoo the garden of Ca pt.
Cochrane, of grietiOniri, *car the Above Ottee.--0,
(Bedfast Paper.)

LOVE I.A.W Selt

trivia a Paris Pam.)
The Vrtb'unt.tof the First Instance its Para was
lately occupied whit a very interesting cause, the
circomihinces of which were as follow
Madame de S. 5..0 willow; of
i ogle
birth, hod three daughters ; bitt was left without
tiny property, in consetpituce of a pious niaternta
speculatiOn. She contracted a second marriage
with Coma de who piisleSSeti a large ho-
tline. Two of the daughters were soon settled,
reeeiving'eonsiderable portions from the tomo,
their father-in-law: The third, !bough not mar-
ried, was ecotolly the object of the Count's libe-
rality. lie left bet a fortnue of il)0,000 franca,
and died soon after. July, ifilri, Mademoi-
selle de S. S the unmarried donghter, went
with her towhee to the waters of Plombiet es, awl
amidst the contrail set that place grit acqtrainted
with Mousieur Ex• Chief of a squadron
in the. Service of Naples, about 31 years of age.
They soon formed the most affectionate attach-
-mem for each other, and resolved to, be united in
•piarriage. The Countess de D--, the Lady's
:mother, opposed this 'mh), and signified her in-
tentions of preeentiug it from taking place, so far
as lay in her power. The daughter, in the Mean
•
tune, left it her duty to retie to a convent at.
pa' Hi., 90d there, either to wait fur the on
of
the Couotess, or to adopt thai:'lo.oceetliog which
.the law prescribed towards the. celebration of the
marriage. .0n the 25th of •Seot4inber a respect-
ful summons was sent to tlielliother, to assign her
reason for opposing the marriage and the roll-
olity. 01 that opposition was the question which
'the:l'lllmnd hail to decide.
M. Billecoq pleaded the cause of the Countess,
lie-first said, that the law had not settled this
point, but left it entirely in the breast of the
Jetige. lie next contended, that the opposition
was well founded, because its object was to pre».
!rent tttt onsuitable, disptoportioned, and dis.ad-
santageous Mari itgc. It was unsuitable in regard
to hilth, edneatiou, and fortune. lie did nit'
pretend. to lay dOwn a line 'o(demaikation be-
twc.‘it the tiiiferent clas,4es of society, nor attri-
bin, any sopretnecy to Nobles over the 11,1elaciatt
elasses ; on the cowl cry', he felt that virtues and
talents might advantageously be put in competi.
tiol4:o,ln titles ; tileretore the Nubility of the fe-
males was hot id soch importance ; but Mousient
hof on uncle, now no. more, wbo had
been a Ni,:tober ot the Convention, and whole
name Was tlisiinga6hell among those who took 'a
part ill its proceeding 3. Monsieur was
not ashamed of beariug the name 0} Lois prison,
anti therefore how could lily 'family ever he on
gOod terms with that of M.idettioisellt de
bo had always evinced the sift/nest at-
tachment fur the Royal canoe hose could such
partlis, when joined in marriage, eejoy the no:
pifte,s they anticipated? With regatit to edisea-
ttotlikl. 13illeceq observed,that the youtig•Liidy'a
utanners were gentle, amiable, and ateompli,bett ;
that She had never given bet mother any pain;
elscept that of visiting to many against her eon-.
Mon,ienr on the other hand, had
beets brought where it was (Mkt*
for one to at:vile a mild hod ritlent vititint% The
hit quality of toltune was evident, from the eiri.
Cutostance of his having no estate; while the
-1.11(1y, besides the 100,000 traits already' settled
opoet he'r', expected ts. have an equal sults left her
by Itrr mother.
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The causeMlpletnoisqllC-P-r!"."7 tie ,
was pleaded by NI. Dnplit. :lie dr:tiled:that. the
law left the decision of tuch aeast as this to the
Conseienee of t he, Judge, and contended, that the
opposition nttt:at:test,ori t he, grOttlid, whether the
prohibition to the nialrl;o,o%vati legal or licit and
ot his itrAtittit. quoted a east:, that had
been deckled to the Court ut Gassation,'where it
was declared, that the parents of a female:could
:not legally proem her otAriage with hinaletat;tor
condemned to the gailies, who hail been her' se-
docer: Here there ei,4lS intquality of fur.
tune its had been stated, , because Moni.
.father, held a bittialioll iinth.r Government, and
could give his Wll it, propelly.eiloal to chat pi the
Our was ite.Oetieietit .enacatloo, as be
,understoott Oever4l languages, and had completed
his studies at ?aria. As to hit birth, hoW could
it be a reproach to hint, that ltis nude had been a
.51ettiber of the Convention ? anti why should he
abandon rhis
mune, because that 'unclV pursued
as
particular line of conduct during the revolution 1
Parson; of the sane name now belonged to the
Coon Cassatioo, were employed in the anti-
chambers of the.Kihg, and in the hussars of Mon-
sieur, and no disgrace attached to thetas.
After a variety of other arguments, whicb.svere
protracted for several doyi, the Court gave its
judgment as follows :—As the parties io whose
favour M. Dupitt has pleaded, complied- with
terms prescribed by article 153'0f the civil code,
ilea its the tettstibii ailedged• by Ni. Billecori, its
airport of the opposition, are tint sufficient to pre-
vent persons of the age of 25 front enjoying the
rights allowed them by law,' to marry without the
'consent Of parentsthe Tribunal orders that the
marriage Shall be 'celebrated accottling to laW.

A serious accident happened in Tottenilain-
c°""""3ll Yesterday. Mr. Harrower, of
Russell-sti`ct t, Biciornshnry,4was dining a young
blood horse in a gig, accompanied by a boy set-
vant, when one of the reins became loose front
the hit. The horse finding' himself diseitgaAed
vrent oft at full Apeedo-unal overturned thertabtory,'
which was litejiilly Alaslied in pieces. Me. Har-
rower escaped unhurt, btu the - boy, 'n0.11114611
• oat, got miner the vehicle, and was taken op ap-
parent!), in a lifeless state, dreadfully- crushed,
about the bead.

• During the night of Tuesday, -some. thieves
found means to enter the house of Mr. l'ierte-
point, .in Carrington.row, Pancras; by torch%
Ate parlont'sbutters. They ransacked the whore
nt. the .lower pat t of the house, and took away
various articles of plate, linen, and 1111/1: aides, with
which they got oil, undiscovered. They re;aled
themselves ill the kitchen with what the house al.
fordetF, aud left tVo candles burning. Tile
.Meuse
was in the care of two servttntsr Mt, 1. &lid Lit
family out being at !wale.