Lisbon Mail.
'LMs molTning, at nve O'clock, a slight shock o- an earthquake was felt in thie city. We have had intense heat for these three days ; Fa1irenheit's thermometer has been at 100 degrees in the shade. iils AlajeEty the King of Denmark, having given A. Dal Borgo de Prime, his Charge d'Affaires at this nlourt1 e character of En- voy Extraordinary, to present to his Majesty tl e insignia of the most illustrious Order of the Elephant, the King, our Sovereign, was pleased to nppoint Saturday, the 24ti, toreceivethe said insignia. Tile llinister was accorTdingly introduced at two o:le, with the usual ceremonies, anil having (tIelivered his eredentiari tnud the Insig- nia, addressed his iMlajcsty in an appropriate speech; to which tihe King made a suitable reply. The etcessive heats experienced in this city on the 18tb, 19th, and 20th of Jutne, and wliich did such damage to the ields, deserve srome observation. On the 17ih and 18tlh Fahrenheit's th meter, in the open air and the shade, was from 92 deg. to 9G . at two o'clock, and 79 deg. to 83 deg. at mnidnight. On the 9t l, exposed to a hot wind from the north-east, It rose to 105 deg. This burning wind did im- mnense damage. This wind was so hot that the thermometer exposed to i was, even at midnight, at 91 deg. On the morning of the 20th it fell to 83 deg., rose at 2 a. in. to 103 (leg., and at midnight was again at 83 deg. On the 21st and 22d a sea breeze from the soutlit west cooled the air, so tha' the thermorreter was only at 81 deg., andi 76 deg. in tbehothours,and fell at midnight-to 73 deg'andW8deg. 1- is to be noticed that the thermometer in the open air, bui sheltermd from the north-east, dlid not rise on the 19th to above 11)0 d gees. t is fimipossible to -calculate exactly the damage done by the terw rible phenomenon of the 19th; we can state, however, that the vines, in el'cvatedl stuatiunn4 exposed to the northl-east, entirriy lost the abundattt fruit with wblich they were loaded. We are informied that a great nmany persons workilig in the fields were mortally btruck by thie tmalignant inflitence of the excessive hean. Many animnals sbared the samc fate - the leaves of' the treos z'd otier plants were completely dried up and reduced to Oust._ /.Was Ge7zettr,.27thi July inclusive. LISBON MAIL. LISB.N . JU LY I9.