. - Much surprise has been excited at Paris by Louis
Philippe going into mourning for his daughter, which is contrary to custom, and by his wearing black, violet being, according to etiquette, assumed on such oc- casions by the Kings of France. The last King who wore violet was Charles the Tenth, on the death of his brother Louis the Eighteenth : his carriages and drawing-rooms were covered 'with cloth of that colour. Louis Philippe, on the other hand, was clad in black when he received, the other day, the compliments of condolence.of the Cham- bers. These violations of old customs would, however, appear to have been satisfactorily explained at the Tuileries. Louis Philippe has gone into meurning, not for his daughter, but fertile Dutcheas of .Wurtem- barg, and he. is not "King of France," but "King of the French."— //fern ing Post. Whilst the interesting debate on the address was taking place in the Chamber of Deputies, a trial was pending before the Paris tribunals, relative to the young heiress of Sampayo, married to the son of the Deice of Palmella. The heiress is daughter of Count Povoa, who died in 1832, and is herself eleven years of age. With the consent of her guardian, M. Esteves, and her mother, she was betrothed to the Mar- quis de Fayal, son of the Duke of Palmella. Dispensation was obtained, and the marriage celebrated on the 3d of January 1836; it being un- derstood that the young wife was to live separate from her husband, under the care of the Dutchess of Palmella. The young lady, it was calculated, then possessed about 60,000/. a year. But by the death of her brother, which took place since, her fortune has swelled to an enor- mous heritage. Collateral relatives then demanded to break the mar- riage before the Ecclesiastical Court of Lisbon. The Court ordered canonical 'separation. The French Judge Dewellyan, on demand, ordered the young lady to be lodged in a Convent; but the Dutchess de Palmellit carried her off.. M. Teste (as advocate for the collaterals) said that the young Marquis did not enjoy good health, and pleaded that the marriage should be delayed till the young lady was fifteen, and that then she should be at liberty to accept or refuse it. The Court confirmed the sentence, that the young lady should be consigned to the convent ; but declared that the decree of the Portuguese Ecclesiastical Court had no validity in France.-11forning Chronicle. According to a letter from Dresden, the celebrated singer, Madame Schrceder Devrient, has entirely lost her voice from a disease of fine lungs, under which she has hecu suffering for five months. The King of Saxony, although this lady has not been attached to the Royal Opera more than eleven months, has granted her, out of the funds appropriated to the fine arts, a pension for life of 1,000 thalers, or about 3,600 francs per annum. Schrceder intends to go for some time to the North of Italy ; where, we hope, the genial influence of' the climate will produce a good effect not only on her health, but on her voice also.—Morning Post.
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