Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-09-19
Marriage of the Queen of Spain.

nus lIdn hi HllpilhHI hfdlilH II 'ii INV i'''th
troubles in Spain
al happened 10 be in Spain at the epochs of
the royal marriages, and gathered some facts
conceri ing them which will interest you.
'loa remember the famous conferences at
.Eu,' between Great Brifain's Queen and the
King of the French. In those conferences the
Spanish marriages thoroughly discussed
and the prncesses disposed of according to po-
litcal exigencies 1t agreed between the
two soveregns. you know that the hand OF
the Spanish queen should not be given 10 n
French prince, to prince allied 10 the royal
family oi England, and that the alliance Of "a
French prince with the lnianta should take place
in the event only of the queen having chill
GreB.
"loa reeoeet, also, that there were three
competitors 10 the hand of Isabel | Don En-
rquc, the younger son of Don Francisco de
Paula, the queens uncle; Don Francisco dc
Asls, Cine present king, and eldest of the
same Don Francisco de Paula and IA prince of
the House of Coburg, for at that time Count
IrnPany's suit had been completely discarded,
(much to the queens regret, for she had been
somewhat smtten by his portrait secretly, but
lnlndclousy, sent by the King of Naples,
through the French embassy,) by the hatredoi
the Spanish nation aroused by French intrigues.
He Queen mother, Dora Christina, preferred II
Coburg. because she hated and feared Don I'm.
rlquc, Tor whom the young Queen is said To have
| had "A liking on account of his having unwltungE
Placed himself by manifesto, ut the head of the
irogre-is;u party.
England countcnanced the hopes of Don En-
| rquc, Tor the sumo motive OF his liberal tenden
! cle, which rendered him odions to the Queen
mother. And France turthcrcd, by every mcans
! III her power, the pretensions Of Don Francisco
! de Asis, because she intended, us events have
! proved, to hurry on the marriage between thc
lntnnta and II French Prince, wholly her calca-
would Tins ultimuitl IL, ASCEND tho Gbuus Ii,
throne. She had ascertained that the young
/ Queen could have no children, at least Such ,eas
! ht reP0r Of an eminent physician Wh0 WaS sent
/ 10 Span by the French court 10 Investigate the
! ProbdliHies Of The queen hdring any issue and
! moreover, should Isabel become the wife of Don
Francisco de Ass, ! would, thought She, be ad-
ding certainly 10 assurance, for great was the
belief, not only III the public but also in the roy
al tanlly pt SPAN, concerning certain incapaci-
ties said 10 bc the misfortune of the Prince pro
posed as the Queens husband.
" Meanwhile the Queen mother addressed n
demand to the head of the Coburg family for n
Prince for the Queen. A whole month elapsed
during which the Coburgs consulted the wishes
of England; bat England, faithful to the engage
mcnts entered into mt La, refused. There re
named therefore, no other alternative but for the
! Queen mother 10 renounce her resentment against
Don Enrique, whom she looked upon in the light
OF personal enemy-or for the Queen to forego
li'l uSllht, which announced 10 lOathlne, to Don
| Francisco de Asis. The Queen mother stern,
yndetse, tyrant at heart, informed the Queen,
IN conjunction with Nayaez who was prime min
lster, that she would have to choose between no
marriage and marriage with her hated cousin.
II was midnight when this was communicated TO
the Queen, and only two hours were given her 10
make her choice. Those hours the poor Queen
Passrdln toals, and ii was with breaking heart
that she made up her mind +, accept Don Fran
| CISCO lnnpUIatIN mpS>Inirtl' - IpSpHt he'd
10 the French embassy, whore Count Ericsson,
Louis Phllhppe's ambassadors, waiting the re
suit. He FASTENED to the palace and demanded
unoiieialIy (the ohcial demand was made in state
II few days latcr) the hand of the intnnta for the
Duke Of Moutpensier and received the royal
promise.
" Whom the sun rose Oh the following morn
ing, Madrid hrifd with surprise, and the British
legation with Indignation, the events of the night.
e." The royal marriage took place ON the 10th
of October, lSl6 The first time the Queen ap-
Peared III public with her royal husband, every
eye serutinized her features; she smiled and
bowed, and hope entered the hearts of her roy
al subjects that still the union might prove a
boppy one for the prince never appeared, either
before or after to such disadvantage, rs he bent
low on the chargers neck. with hat in hand to
the enthusiastic crowd. But it soon became ap-
aren't that the flush of the moment had deceived
every one. Dissatisfaction aud hatred sat al.
ready Mt the royal board. Daily the Queens
heart grew more rebellious, until soon Sac threw
eft all restraint, willing even e. abdcate her
crown sooner than uhdicate her happiness. But
Sic Wiz not allowed to abdicatr. The Queen
mother, the ministers, the foreign ambassador.
htnlefed demonstrated, aud Isabel !. remained
aqnren, bat II woman IN open rebellion against
her unnatural marriage.
"N ears have passed and the statesman who
ralcd the monarchy of Spain, in conjunction with
the able aud unprincipled Christina, has fallen
Smaller men. and later wicked and corrupt men
took his place, and crowded round the queen. IN
I'll the hurricane Unpopular wrath has swept them
from the scene and the whole nation has been
thrown into commissions by miss government ell
gendered by mis- conduct.
Had the dcStes and happiness of the Young
Isabella warm hearted, generous thougltlcss.
unedueatcd grl--becn consulted, who can say
that the events we have witnessed would never
thelrss he those recorded in SPANS history for
tie Iustfrw years.
liyrR ANp MoEEssEY.-W learn that a
John Morrissey to fight for S2O,0e0-SlO 00e
aside a II feet ring, halfa minute time to lee
/ governed by the new London rules. Tho, figbt
i, 10 come ofin five months fromthe L. tn of Ju-
/ ~. liver has the call among the betting fancy
| in New York, 500 10 SO, and freely taken
! It Is said that upward of 100000 will change
/ hands on the result.-SaH Francisco Hfr0iR
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MASONIC HALL
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