The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-02-03
The Queen of Spain.

Paris paper publishes quite an interesting
temHeton, from the pen of the Countess de Bas-
sanville, from which we extract the following.
Our lady readers will no doubt find it interest,"
ing:
The letters written by the young Queen ISa-
bella are The most charming things in the world,
so say not only her courtieEs, but her enemies,
aud those what have read them, declare if her
Catholic Majesty was not Queen of Spain, she
would very certainly be blue stocking, Be-
sides, although sovereign, or rather because
she is sovereign, Isabella H. is q veritable
lioneSs; not li0ness as understood in the fash
sonable world, but in the trae acceptation of the
word, loneSs, like the noble partner of the
king of the forest. If the young queen ever
loses her crown, she will not do it without hay-
ing defended it, sword in hand. She fences
Like Grisier, and it is her favorite amusement.
This is the way she employs her time. At
three O. clock--not in the mornng-but in the
day-she rises. As soon as dressed, and her
toilette is the least of her occupation, she or
ders very elegant, light eQuipage, a present
from her royal sister, of England, and goes out
alone; but sometimes she is accompanied by her
husband, to his great dispair and terror, for he
believes 1t miracle every time that he re-en-
ters the palace safe and sound; for the Young
Qieea is hei OWE driver,and generally urges on
her horses to their full speed.
She dimes at o'clock, eats very little ami
very fast, and as soon as her repaSt is finished,
she exercises sometimes with the sword, then
she mounts her horse and takes ride. These
exercises ended, she becomes young and pref
ty woman; she dances, sings, and in fact takes
all the possible pleasures of her sex and age.
But when one O'Clock strikes, the Queen re-
appears aud Isabella assemblies her council
over which she always presides in person. This
council, is prolonged more or less according to
the gravity of the affairs discussed. When she
perceives that, without respect for her, sleep
has invaded the brains of her councillors, she
sends them home and rtmails alone until seven
O'clock in the morning, the hour which the
Prince her husband rises, and then alone, she
retires to bed.
To these details, we give trait which per-
fectly paints the character of this young wo-
man,
A few weeks ago, as she was going to attend
State ceremony, the Queen left the palace in
the royal carriage, escorted by all her suit. A
young officer belonging to one of the first fami-
lies of CASTLE, rode by the side of her Msies-
tvs carriage. About half way, he fell from his
horse and was killed on the spot. The Queen
showed no sign Of emotion, but ordered the cor
tege to proceed without paying any attention TO
the event. On her return to the palace she or
dered the young officers horse to be brought to
her. The courtiers opposed her wishes, telling
her that the horse was old and vicious. She.
however, would listen TO no opposition, and the
horse was brought. When she saw him ia the
court she descended, and in spite of the sum
plications of the King and her terrified conr-
tiers, she mounted him, made him gallop, trot,
pace, walk, and in fact, obey her will, as il she
had been the most expertof grooms; then, when
she re- entered the palace, she said with the
greatest sang foid 'you see very well that Il 4
only awkward people who get killed,'' This
was the only notice she took OF the death of the
unfortunate young officer. We could relate
many more such stories, showing Isabella H. to
be less woman than a Queen, and less Queen
than au Amazon.