Dow PEDRO AND HIS FAumv.—The ex-Emperor of Brazil was born
12th October 1798. He was second son of his father, the late King of Portugal. It is indeed a curious fact, that for several generations no eldest-born of a ,Portuguese Monarch has succeeded to the throne. Pedro married the Arch-Duchess Leopoldina, sister of Maria Louisa, and daughter of the present Emperor of Austria, on the 13th May 1817. The Empress arrived in Brazil on the 5th November of the same year. She died—after a premature labour, brought on, it is said, by the brutality of her husband—on the 11th December 1826. The survivr lug issue of this marriage are—four daughters, of whom Maria da Gloria, born 4th April 1819, is the eldest ; and one son (the reigning prince, poor boy !), born 2nd December 1825. Don Pedro has since married a daughter of Eugene Beauharnois. The scandalous chronicle of Lisbon has long set down Miguel as the only son of Don Joas, the late King. That Don Pedro does not in the slightest degree resemble his father in person, is notorious ; it is said to be quite as noto- rious that he resembles most closely a Portuguese nobleman, who is ge- nerally understood- to have shared the favours of Carlota Joaquina. Pedro is a poet' is fond of music, and has composed melodies. The music and words of the celebrated Brazilian Constitutional hymn" Tapo deis filhos da Patria " are of his composition. PAGANINL—This celebrated personage had a second concert last night ; at which we did not "assist," as the French say; but we learn from the Times that the Opera-house was crowded in every part.
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