The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1820-08-22
Queen of Spain.

The following character Of the present Queen OF
Spain, is taken from Jacob.s Travels in Ger
many, Holland, &c. published in London the
present year.
The young Queen of Spain is said, by those
who have been as intimate with her as court eti-
quette would allow, to possess most unbounded
ambition, and TO have such commanding spirit
as to have obtained, at her early age, almost the
sole power over the Royal Family. When her
elder sister was demanded in marriage by an
Austrian Archduae, she declared she would new
er marry but to kingly throne When the AM
bassador Of Spain, the object OF whose mission
was known. was first introduced to the family,
the elder sister, who was attached TO the prince
she has since married, in order to avoid the honor
of Ferdinand's hand, disfgured, by her mode Of
dress, person not unpleasing. The younger,
Josepha. did not need much persuasion to induce
her to accept the profered crown, nor did she
practise any hesitation when the formal proposal
was made.
she is said to be extremely plous, what
some people call bigoted, catholic, observing
all the injunctons of that church with most scru-
pulous exsctness. She is distinguished by an
undertaking sincerity in all her expressions, by
the most rigid adherence to truth, and the pune.
tual observation OF all her engagements. She
had studied the Spanish language, and at an
edfy peiiou VI uct Win
had begun to correspond with him. Ii was sug-
gested that her letters had better be corrected
By some person who adept that
tongue but she repealed the suggestion wit
great scorn declaring that il would be practising
deceit on the king, which she would never use.
After the formal marriage, she appeared much
lattered by the Spanish minister's addressing
her on his knee though, it is said, when he first
placed himselfin that posture before her, she
tI..sl
to communicate some disastrous intelligence
from SPAN.
The picture Of Ferdina ID, superbly set with d.
almonds, was presented to her, with which she
was much pleased, as he Was certainly tine
looking man. IL was afterwards known, and by
some person communicated to her, that the pic
ture was painted Tor, and presented TO, h,s wife
that after her death, the same present was sent
to Brazil Tor hi, late Queen and now tor the
thi. d time, presented to the Saxon Princess as
the re resemblance OF one, who must have passed a
longer period than she has lived, since 1t was
painted tor him. Whatever chasrin the discov-
cry might have occasioned, the prospect OF a
crown seemed to have healed the wound, aud
aiiayed the feeling.
The conditions to which this young princess
was called to submit, III conformity to tine eti-
quette OF the Spanish court, were such as would
have been deemed harsh by most persons, but
are said to have been easily acquiesced ia when
they were appendases to a throne and were
not objected to because they were not known
before the formal proposals were made. The
principal conditions are, that she is to visit the
at'e but twice in a year, and then accompanied
by the King that Al she wishe, To ride out, or
TO walk even in the garden, she must give twelve
hours notice IN writing OF her intentions and
that no attendants from her own country must
acc ompany her 10 Madrid, but must leave her at
the frst town after her passing The spanish iron
tiers. The last condition has been literally COM
piled with, and her saxon attendants have all
returned to Dresden.