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London, England, 1826-03-20 00:00:00

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DEATH OF THE KING OF PORTUGAL.

The Rolle received this mornlhg announces the dea►h
of the King of PORTUGAL, whose alarming illness we
stated on FlidAy - the intelligence reached Paris on
Friday evening by a telegraphic dispatch. It states
that on the 4th inst. his MAJESTY had been attacked by
apoplexy, accompanied by epilepsy ; on the sth and 6th
his malady had become so aggravated as to occasion
the most serious alarms. From the 6th to the ath, his
MAJESTY had not experienced any new attack, but on
the evening of that day, the disorder returned with great
violence, and his MAJESTY expired at six o'clock on
the evening of the 10th inst. At the departure of the
courier, the Princess ISABELLA. MARIA exercised the
office of Regent. Lisbon was tranquil.
A courier had arrived at the Portuguse Embassy in
Portugal, Winging an account of the indisposition of the
KIN°. It does not appear that any dispatch had been
sent to the Infant Prince MIGUEL at Vienna, announcing
the indisposition of his father.
JOHN MARIA LEWIS JOSEPH, King of PORTUGAL,
and Emperor of BRAZIL, was born May 23, 1767,
married January 9, 1790, CHARLOTTE JOAQUIMA, sis-
ter of the King of SPAIN, by whom he had issue Prince
PEDRO, Emperor of BRAZIL, the Infant Prince MIGUEL,
and four diughters. The death of his MAJESTY is a
very important event, connected as it is with the tran-
quillity of Portugal—the independence of Brazil, and
the commercial intercourse with this country.

We have received the Eteik of yesterday by express :
the Paris Journals of Friday and Saturday having pre-
viously reached us. No -business of any importance
had been transacted in the French Chambers. The

Suva BOULEVARD demanded a law, authorizing mar-
riages between brothers and sisters-in-law. The civil
law prohibits marriages which, in some cases, are au-
thorized by the religious law, and it is thought it woutd
be better that the former should be made toharmonize
with the latter. The Chamber, however, proceeded to
the order of the day. The Mode contains a royal or-
donnanee appointing COUNT DI VILLEMANIT President
of the Commission of Surveillance of the Sinking Fund
in the room of COUNT MOLLIEN.

Accounts from St. Petersburgh in these Papers, which
are not later than the 21st, state, that the new EMPLROR
had re-established the Commission formed in 1803, for

making one common code of laws throughout the
Empire, under the Presidency of the Secretary
of State, MOURAVIEFF. It is said the Marine of
Russia which has declined so much will be com-
pletely regenerated• It was not expected that the
Commission of Inquiry, relating to the late conspiracy,
will make its report until after the Coronation of the
Essaartoa at Moscow.

This forenoon we received Hamburgh Papers to the
16th, and the Hague Courant to the 18th. His Grace
the Duke of WELLINGTON arrived at St. Petersburgh
on the 3d inst. and had an immediate private audience
of the EbIZIEROR and &amass, to whom he presented
the condolence and felicitations of his sovereign.

One of the Dutch papers states, that a British Cabinet
Messenger, who passed through Brussels on the 14th
instant, on his way from St. Petersburgh to London,
stated that on his leaving the Russian capital, it ap-
peared to be in a very tranquil state, but that few days
passed without fresh arrests, as well at St• Petersburgh,
as in almost all the cities of the Empire.
The following is an account of some of the cere-
monies to be observed on the lying in state of the body
of the late Dues RO R
sr. PETERSBUIIGH, --ARCH 4.

The mortal remains of the late Emperor, after their
arrival et Z rrkogeselo, will lie in state for several days
in the richly-ornamented church of the Palace. The
reception will be very briliant. Prince Alexis Kurakir,
President of the M ,urning Committee, will receive
the funeral procession at the frontiers of the territory of
the city, where he will place the crown upon the coffin.
A very numerous procession of civil and military
Officers, and persons belonging to the Court, follow
the funeral through the town of Z-irskogeselo to the
church. When it arrives there, the Aides-de-Camp of
the late Emperor will carry the coffin into the' church,
and place it on the round stage, or catafalque; then the
funeral service begins, with salutes of artillery and
tolling of bells. Every body except the clergy
will then leave the church, and the Emperor and
Empress, and all the Members of the Imperial Family,
will enter and attend a second funeral service. So
long as the body remains at Zarskogeselo, seven Officers
of State of the first four classes, four Chamberlains,
Aides-dc-Camps, &c. are to keep watch day and night.
The public will be admitted into the church at certain
hours. The Empte.s Mother alone will determine how

j one the body of the Emperor shall remain at Zars-
110feselo. • ..
Thhribrimoon we- received the Allgemeine Zeilung of
t •
tthe 13th inst. It Contains art article from Trieste stat
ing that the Greek Mistics so swarm in the Archipe-
lago ;hat it is impossible for any vessel to escape their
pursuit ; several vessels hid been plundered by them,
Letters from Constantinople of the 16th inst. report
that there had been a great are at Smyrna.

The Piedmontese Gazette of the 9th inst. received this
morning, denies the statement in a French Peper that
several Catbonari have been recently arrested at Rome.
The Queen of NAPLES, who has been ill, is-recovering.

• Calcutta Papers to the 4th November have reached
us, containing intelligence from Psorne, to the 26th of
September. It appears that Sir A.RCHIBALD CAMPBELL
WAS making the m sst active preparations for renewing
the war, in case the negociations with the Burmese
should fail. A force, consisting of 980 men, was or-
dered to be ready f,r embarkation on the 29th or 30th
of September, to proceed " a limited distance up the
river on a particular duty." It will he seen by the fol-
lowing extract from the C.lcutta John Bull, that it has
been deemed expedient to dispatch two British Officers
of high rank to the capital of the Birman Empire, along
with the Deputies sent by the Burmese negotiators for
further instructions. Public opinion at Calcutta was
not very sanguine as to a successful termination of
those negociations; and, however contrary to our '1
wishes, we are obliged to caution our readers against
any very high expectations of immediate tranquillity,
lest they should end in disappointment. It appears that
the Burmese Ambassadors were unprovided with full
powers to conclude a Treaty of Peace, and that when
indemnity for the expences of the war, which was occa-
sioned by their own aggression, was insisted upon, they
were obliged to refer to the Court of Ummerapoor for
instructions. From this we cannot but infer that the
pride of the barbarian King, and'his" confidence in the
resources of his Empire are little, if at all depressed—
that the negociations will, if he possibly can, be spun
out until he shall have assembled fresh armies ; and
then, relying on the nature of the climate, and the dif-
ficult,- of reinforcing our gallant troops from India, that
Ihe will tempt his fortune once more in another cam-
paigu. Although we have not the smallest doubt or
hesitation in pronouncing that such an issue will termi-
nate the question in the honour and advantage of the
British Empires yet when so' many probabilities are
in favour of continued hostilities, we think it our
duty to guard against unreasonable expectations.—
Hitherto the war has advanced triumphantly. If it
shall of necessity be continued, there is every hope of
a similar result ;—and we confess, that the whole his-
tory of Indian affairs is pregnant with ene most
importarft lesson, that peace with the native powers
can neither be acquired nor maintained, except through
the medium of their fears. On their impotence, not
on the faith of treaties, must we rely for their friend-
ship ; and we know not that the peace of the Penin-
sula would, by any means, be assured, if we are to
quit the scene of hostilities beyond the Ganges
without most effectually humbling the pride of the
EMPEROR or BURMAN, who set the example of defy-
ing our power. The spell of British invincibility
ought in no case to be broken. In all former wars,
the natives have been taught, by experience, that how-
ever slowly our arms may-have advanced in the first
stages, the inevitable, never-failing result, has been the
utter prostration of those who bad ventured to measure
their strength with a British army; and we should
deeply regret, if any other impression were left on the
minds of the ultra•gangitic nations.