Star.
London, England, 1823-10-06 00:00:00

LISBON, SEPTEMBER 14.

His Excellency the French Ambassador, M. Hyde de,
Neuville, had his solemn audience on the 3d of this
month, and not on the 2d, as was intended. The Am-
bassador went to the Palace with extraordinary pomp,
accompanied by a great number of splendid equipages,
including four Royal carriages. The whole Court was
invited to be present, and the Ambassador being intro-
duced with the usual formalities, and most graciously
received by his Majesty, addressed to the King the fol-
lowing Speech :
" SinE!--My Sovereign feels the most lively joy at
learning the great and happy event which saved Portu•
gal, and placed in the paternal hands of
.your Ylajeity
a powerwhich you alway sused for the happiness of your
subjects—a power, the legitimate exercise of which con-
stitutes not only the strength and dignity of the Throne,
but also the securest pledge of the true liberties of the
subject—a power, without which Kings cannot fulfil
the obligations which GOD has imposed on them ; and
in this eternally memorable Restoration, the King has
admired, together with all Europe, the profound wii
dom of the Monarch, the greatness of soul of his Royal-
Family, the magnanimous behaviour of his people an
of leis army. _ _ _

" PROVIDENCE, Sire, wounds the hearts of Kings as
well as those of other men; it sometimes subjects them
to painful trials, but \ye see it soon console good Kings,
reward them, and bless them, in their sous, and con-
found anarchy with its powerful arm, and raise up legi.
mate thrones; it was decreed by DIVINE justice that a
Pi ince, who was lung the most perfect model of filial
piety—that a King, the father and friend of the people,
the zealous defender of religion and good morals, should
find himself, in the days of affliction as in those of his
power, environed by love and respect, and defended
also by religion, which participating in his noble mis-
fortune-4 gave the example of fidelity, ansl the first sig-
nal of duty : finally, it was in the decrees of HEAVEN
that a Monarch agreeable to GOD should find in his own
family the sword of Gon and the Royal avenger of his
lawful rights.
" Sire, the King, my master, happy and proud of his
own son, congratulates your Majesty on having given
existence to a son, who at the age when other men only
begin to enter the career of glory, has already se nobly
placed himself in the rank of heroes.
" Sire, the King, my master, hks commissioned me to
present to your august person this letter, by which he
announces to your Majesty, that he has conferred upon
you the order of St. Michael and of the Holy Ghost.
" The Order of the Holy Ghost, already so illustrious
among the Orders of Christendom, will derive new splen-
dour from receiving into the number of its Knights
the august bead of the Royal House of Braganza and
his illustrious son.

" Sire, my Sovereign, in deigning to choose me to
reside near your Majesty as the organ of his sentiments
of profound esteem and unalterable affection, has re-
warded, in a very flattering and honourable manner,
my ancient fidelity to the cause of the Bourbons—the
cause of France; the only wish that remains to me,
Sire, is that I may be able during my mission to gain
the kind favour of your Majelty.
4‘ Deign, Sire, graciously to receive the homage of
myprofound respect."

Ills Majesty the King, our Sovereign, answered as
follows: I receive with the purest satisfaction the letter
which you present me from his most Christian Majesty.
I desire to celebrate with public and particular solem-
nity the day of your presentation in my Court, in order
to give a most e%ident testithony of the value! set on the
thimate relations of blood and friendship, which have
always united my family with the Royal Family of
France. Those same sentiments doubtless remained un-
impeached in the heart of his Majesty the King of
France as well as in mine, though circumstances caused
a temporary interruption of the diplomatic relations be-
tween our two Kingdoms. Thanks to DIVINE Pnow
nr.NcE, which guarded me in the midst of difficulties,
and which inspired and protected me, as well as my
family, and thanks to the sentiments of religion, honour,
at 4 fidelity, always engraver] on the hearts of my be-
loved people. I arts now, however, in the happy si-
tuation in which I can renew with his Most Christian
Majesty the intimate relations which should always
tn.ite us. 1 receive with extreme pleasure the Order of
St. Michael and the Holy Ghost, %% hie') his Majesty con-
fers on :Le, since I see in this offer an additiOnal proof!
cd thot friendship which I especially desire to consoli-
date at time, when the cordial and tutelary union of
tl,e Snvereigns is so opportunely established, to prevent
the I 11111 of their ',co* and the disorganisation of States.
" I assure your Excellency that your august master
could not choose, to represent him in my 'Court, any
pet son more acceptable than a servant so distinguished
as you have be.tn, for your fidelity and services in the
, cause of your Sovereign."
• His Excellency then addressed a suitable. speech to
• Don Michael, who returned a pol to answer, expressive
of his satisfaction at receiving the Orders of Sc. Michael
and the Hoiy Ghost put on him by die King of France.
His Excellency was afterwards introduced to the
glem with the usual ceremonies. He expressed him-
' s if happy at being charged to deliver to her Majesty
the sentiments of the King and Royal Family of France,
which were those of all Europe, which had beheld with
grief and indignation the treatment her Majesty bad re-
ceived during the captivity of the King her husband,

and admiration of. the magnanimity with which her Ma-
jesty had opposed the factious.
" A great Prncess," said he, " mother of the Son of
France, did me the honour to address to me the follow-
ing words, when I took leave of her :
You will tell the Queen of Portugal how much I love
her, how much I respect her, and how proud I am at
being so nearly bound to her by the ties of consanguinity.'
—" All France, Senhora, is proud of being able to say
that the Queen of Portugal is the grand-daughter of
Louis the Fourteenth."

His Excelleacy, alluding to the situation of Cadiz, as-
sures her Majesty that her solicitude would soon be over.
Your august brother will be also restored to the
love of his people, and to all his legitim'ate rights ; the
factious who hold him captive may read their sentence
on the Pillars of Hercules. Yes, Senhora, Cadiz will
be the limit, the non plus ultra of their delirium and
their audacity, and Cadiz will be the tomb of anarchy.
1 beg your Majesty to allow me to lay at your feet the
homage of my profound tespect."
The Queen replied with the most flattering compli-
ments to the Royal Family of France, and especially her
august niece the llacliess of llori ; and assured his Ex-
cellency of het satisfaction at his arrival in this Court.
The Ambassador -retired with the same pomp, highly
satisfied at having fulfilled his honourable mission.