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King Louis of Portugal is reported dying ; indeed, is

supposed to be actually dead. The House of Braganza no longer produces great personalities—though the Emperor of Brazil is a man of much ability and unusual information—and the death of the King will make little difference in Europe. He was a kindly, well-meaning man, blameable only for tolerating the worst Colonial system of any maintained by modern Europe, and for shutting his eyes to the share his

agents have borne in protecting the slave-trade. The Duke of Braganza, the next heir, is unknown out of Portugal, but he is a son-in-law of the Comte de Paris, and may be greatly influenced by him.

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