The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1846-11-05
From the "Exam;ner"
SPANISH MAR RIAGES.

SPANISH w A Il RAAGES.
The efforts and ntrgues, pour ct cOntee,
occasioned by the marriage of Queen Is.-
bella in Spain, would make pretty little
romance in forty volumes il spun out by the
able hand of Sue or Dumas. Poor young
woman, she has been forced 10 live in Just
such an artificial world as those pages pre-
sent! What a nursery tale were hers! For
the revolutions of the times had always cor
responding ones in her closet. Poor being!
called a queen before che could know what
it meant-when her mother or her ministers
provoked 10 an intolerable degree the resent
ment and disgust of the Madrid people, lii
lie Isabella was always brought forth as
peace offering, and her infant counlenance
had the desired effect. Even Spanish phren-
zy was appeased at the sight of the "inno-
cent Isabel"
| One OF the first nursery revolutions must
bave been that of Lieutenant Munoz coming
to install himself as her falher-in-law Then
/ Yea, turned out by the clamours of the lib
erals, subsequently, the revolution of La
Granga, when the queen mother was forced
/ by the soldiers 10 dismiss her minister; -the
infant queen saw all this;-and finally at
Valencia, saw her mother forced to quit her
children and the kingdom; the good mother
consoling herself by earring off all the palace
plate, and leaving her royal daughter to feed
with pewter spoon. From The hands of
the old court dowagers, Isabella was then
handed over TO the keeping of Mrs. Nina, a
woman who kew less Of court ihaa she did
of a fish market BY her the royal precep-
Tors in dancing and in French were super
coded by philosophic pedagogues of the
choice of Argueles. tits needless TO say,
tina, in the midstot these changes, the nno-
q cent Isabella became ereshe was in her teens
the most perfect mistress of assimilation
This was seen in the course of events which
followed Espartero's expulsion; when the
Moderados and the old restored courtiers
not knowing how 10 get rid Of Olezaga, who
had actually brought them in, tuaored the
queen, and forced her to exaggerate an in
nocent act of ministerial dictaion into moth
ing else than high treason. The very frs
act of the French party when restored, wa:
TO bring the little queen before the nation
with monsirous ialsehood in her mouth
which might have sacrificed the life of Ole
zaga, had he not escaped. The falsehood
=
charge, but 10 those Of her Infamous advi
# sers.
/ What an eternal scene Of squabble ant
K intrigue has the palace presented since, be
I tween the queen mother, the sangunary ant
d clustering soldiers who upheld her power, tn
a French family ambassador, and The Infsnla'
! party, represented whilst she lived by tn
+ Princess Carlotta. The care of this amiab
;. knot of people was to cashier the Cortes. Q
d get it 10 unvoie the fundamental article q
II the charter, which gave 10 the national assem-
o bly, the disposal OF the queens hand. Ye
fl when they had obtained this power they wer
= unable 10 use it, unable to conclude an ALI
3t Eance worthy of the young queen. The fir:
10 though (always the case in SPAIN was ho,
IS to link loan with the marriage, Or som
+ financial operation that would enrich all col
Is cerned. For this purpose England wa
g applied to and coqueted with; but Lor
Il Aberdeen told the Spanish loan-hunters I
Y go-where incivHity sends knaves. An
I'd France had thenceforth the ball in he
n hands.
c. France then suggested the Trapani MARI
le age, which ii was hoped, would mollify Au
lg lria, and produce the recognition of ii
I'd queen by the eastern power; the Due {
sh Monlpensier, at the same time being, TO
TT. bethroihed 10 the queens youngest siste
lg To regulate and deprive this last match
IN its danger was the effort of Mr.. Bulwer, ar
Ell it was arranged, in the meeting of Pampel
be ma, that the young queen should espou:
al Count Trapani, and the French prince Il
ur Infanta, as soon as the queen had offsprn
no AS The Infanta was but twelve years old
~, the time, delay could not be objected TO.
Isl Austria, however, would mol desert Do
~. Carlos, and the Neapolitian prince won
at. not occupy throne unsanctoned by Il
so church and the eastern powers. These o
u Elections were felt insulting TO the Spaniar
it land their queen and Trapani became impo