The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-30 00:00:00

' the Kings of Arrogan. The death of the Count do
Montijos, which occurred many years ago, left the
I Countess a widow, with a fortune adequate to the
maintenance of her position, and two daughters, one of
whom married the Duke of Alba and Berwick, lineally
descended from James 11. and Miss Churchill. For
Eugenie, the second, a still higher destiny was reserved.
In 1851 the Countess Tiba, accompanied by her mother,
paid a lengthened visit to Paris, and' *as distinguished
at the various entertainments given at the Tuileries 11
the dignity and elegance of her demeanour, and bY
great personal beauty, of the aristocratic English rathet
than the Spanish type. Her mental gifts were prop(/'
tionably attractive ; for she is reported to be nattirallt.
.sjiirititelle, and her education, partly conducted
England, was Very siiperior to that generally bestowed
On Spanish *men, who seldom qttit the precincts 9,1
their native country, Shortly after the opositioit o
the ether Northern Powers had put an end.to the idea 0
a union between the Emperer.Louis Napoleon and the
Princess Carola Hasa of Sweden, lie apprised the cowl"
cil of ministers of his intended marriage with the
daughter of the. Countess Montijos,; a measure
• excited some disapproval amongst them,. and
even led to their temporary withdrawal from office'
During , the
.short, time which intervened between the
announcement of the , appreachingevent,a,4 its
realisation, the Countess Celia,and her mother took!
,their abode in the_ palace.of
.the ElvsCe. The Mara*
Was celebrated at noon on the 29th of January, 1852,a,,;
at Notre Dame; and the 'Eniperor and Empress, '"
making their appearance some hours later, on the bal
cony. of the Pavillon de l'Horloge at the Tuileries, to
receive ,the acclamations of the multitude, adjourned t°
the comparative seclusion of St. Cloud. It is alma's'
unnecessary to allude to the magnificence Of the Fe'
parations made for the ceremony, as they are sufficiently
recent to be fresh in the memory of the reader," 11°1';
ever, the one, item of 41600 francs,, expeniled PO:
d'AlenOn lade, Will 'tiff& to give 'an idea •of till
character. - Although a union which should have added
to the political iniportanCe of the nation might 10°.
bably have been more immediately acceptable to it, n°
mark of honour .and loyalty was withheld from the
Imperial bride. :The- donation asked for her of 130,000
francs per annum (the same sum which had been
, granted to the Duchess d' Orleans) was eagerly accorded
and the municipal council Of 'Paris voted 600,000 francs
• fot the purchase of a, parure :of diamonds as a presentd
from the city to the Empress. It may be imagine
bow much enthusiasm was ex ited among so impressable
a people as the Freneh by the purl:00 of _a letter which
she addresse,cl td M. Beict,:prefect of the Seine in reef
to this. ph:Total. After, Warmly, thariking the council
for their token of regard, she declined the 'rich. giftl
alleging that the city, was already overburdened, all
that the sum in question would be more usefully ell'
ployed in the foundation of some charitable institution
•for the 'peer and' destitute. In accordance with this
suggestion, the money was devoted to an establishmen, ,`
for the maintenance and education of sixty Yonne, gins
chosen from 'the working classes of Paris. The life of
the Einpre'ss Eugenie since her marriage has been cony
. paratively uneventful; being made up of the ordinal'
routine of state etiquette; of migrations to the varial
royal maisons.de-ptaisanec varied by an (itende°
progress. through France in company with her hits'
~band; and a- sojourn; fa the .benefit of her health
at Marra;
.h.rienees, which has peculiar. asso-
ciations for her, having bees the tivourite resort 0,11,
her family in the days of her girlhood: Ott the. 16th ,
April, 1855, the Emperor , and Empress of the FrOcb
arrived in England on a short visit to the Queen. during
which they proceeded in state to the city, &c. In 1856
the Empress EuOnie became mother of an heir to the
House of Btionaparte.