The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-19


by grateful people of his services
in that awful time. And IL you climb mp to the fort
for view OF the lovely scenery which encloses Lis
bon the first object pointed ont is the ruin of the
Carmelite Church destroyed in the earthquake.
ROYALTY LISBON.
The King OF Portugal. Don Luis L.. ia young man
in the fortieth year of his age second cousin TO the
Prince of Wales, who is three years his junior and
between whom there is a marked resemblance. The
Queen is the youngest sister Of the present King OF
Italy The Kings father is Prince Ferdinand of
Saxe-Coburg cousin of the late Prince Consort of
England His first wife. the mother of the King.
died many years since. His second wife, now living,
is an American lady from Boston. named Henzler.
and is called the Countess dElla One of the Kings
sisters is wife to the second of the King of Sax
ony, the other wife to Prince Leopold OF
Hohenzollern- sigmarngen. " hose election to the
throne of Spain by Prim one of the
OF the war between Germany and France.
In the way of revenue the King is paid $405,O0
year and the Queen S66fO). The eldest heir APP
parent, fifteen years old. and s22 900 is his
salary. The Sc 'ond son is only thirteen years DID,
and receives Sll1J0 The Kings father is paid
slll 900 annually. and his brother, young man of
thirty-one, is general in the army and has salary
OF $17.75O per annum. When you add the Kings
great aunt old lady of seventy who is paid
$22 2O you have the whole royal family with their
incomes amounting in the aggregate to something
over $3.50 900 year.
INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE KING AND GENERAL GRANT
The King. on learning that General Grant had ar
rived in Lisbon to the city to meet him. There
was audience at the palace. the General and his
wife meeting the King and Queen. The King. after
greeting the General in the splendid audience cham
ber led him into an inner apartment, away from the
the ceremony They had long conversation rela-
tive to Portugal and the United States the
of the two countries and the means, if were
possible, to promote the commercial relations be-
tween Portugal and America. Portugal was, above
all things, commercial nation, and her history was
a history of discovery and extending civilization.
Lisbon in direct line the nearest port for ships
leaving New York. 1t was OH the lines of latitude
south of the icebergs and pleasanter part of the
ocean than the routes to Liverpool. There was a
harbor large enough to hold any feet. and the
King believed that when the lines of railway
through Portugal and Spain were built the route
would be seventeen miles shorter than the pres
ent many winding way Of the Salamanca road. The
advantages of such port "a Lisbon would be many
for travellers. and the King had no doubt that mar
kets for American produce and manufactures would
be found in the countries around Lisbon. The King
into ships OF war and naval warfare There were
other meetings between the King and the General.
The day after the palace reception the Kings
birthday, and there a gala night at the opera.
The King and royal family in state, and during
the interudes the General had long conversation
with His Majesty. The next evening there a
dinner at the palace in honor Of the General, the
Ministry and the leading men of the court in attend
The King conversed with the General about
other themes-wanted him to go with him and shoot
1t the King is a famous shot, But the Gener
ais arrangements left him no time to accept this
courtesy.
THE KING AN AUTHOR.
1t seems the King is literary man. and having
translated Hamlet" into Portuguese the converse
ton ran into literary themes The King said he
hoped to finish Shakespeare and make complete
translation into Portuguese He had finished four
OF the plays-"Hamlet," Merchant of Venice
Macbeth and Orchard Ill.," .othello'' was under
way, and already he had finished the first act. The
question was asked whether His Majesty did not
find It difficult to translate such scenes that be-
tween Hamlet and the gravcdiggers almost dialect
conversations--into Portuguese. The King said he
thought this was, perhaps, the easiest part 1t was
difficult to render into Portuguese the grander
portions, where the poetry attained it's highest
flight "The Merchant Of Venice he liked
extremely, and Richard HI, was in some
respects as fine as any OF Shakespeare's plays.
What political insight. said the King; what in
sight into motives and character this play contains
The King asked the General to accept copy Of
Hamlet" which His Majesty presented with an au-
tograph inscription. As the time came to leave the
King asked the General to allow INN to mark his
appreciation of the honor the General had done Poru
gal by visiting it by giving him the grand of
the Tower and Sword. The General said he was very
much obliged but that having been President of the
United States and there being law against officials
accepting decorations he would rather although no
longer in Office, respect law which it had been his
duty to administer. At the same time he appreciated
the compliment implied in the Kings offer and
would always remember it with gratitude.
INTERVIEW WITH THE KINGS FATHER.
Don Fernando, the King consort and father to the
King. also exceedingly courteous to the General
His Majesty is sixty Years of age and is TALL stately
gentleman. resembling somewhat his relative. Leo
pold I. of Belgium. Don Fernando is of the
Coburg house of princes. who are spreading over
Europe. He belongs to the Catholic wing of the
family-these great houses having Catholic and Prot
esant wings suit the exigencies Of roya alliances
He Portugal forty years ago tho husband
of Doha Maria H. Queen of Portugal and sister to Dom
Pedro of Brazil. Doha Maria died in 1883, and Don
Fernando became regent until his first son, Dom
Pedro ", was of age. Dom Pedro reisned six years
aud succeeded by his brother the present SOW
reign. Americans will be pleased to know that His
Majesty, ON his second marriage. selected Boston
lady. The marriage is morganatic-that is to say.
the church blcsscs it, but the lady not being royal
the law will not recognize her as Queen. Countess
dEdls she is called. is much respected in Lisbon
When the General called she escorted him through
the various Of the palace and seemed
delighted to meet Of her countrymen and
especially who had ruled her country
Countess dEdla seems to have had romantic
career. She studied music and came to sing in Lis
bon. Here Don Fernando made an acqiaint lance
which rpencd into love. and in 1869 she became his
wife. Don Fernando, like his sou. tho King, is an
accomplished man, skilled in languages and litora-
turc with especial interest in America He talked
to General Grant about California and the Pacific
coast, and expressed desire 10 visit IT, His Majesty