The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-08-05
The Queen Of Spain and her Court.

The commencement OF her unpopularty was
unquestionably her lcentiOus life. Although
the world has obtained some inkling of her i'm
proprieties through newspapers and other chan
nels. it has yet no idea to what an extent they
have been carried; but in Spain it is we'll
known to everybody. do not echo mere gos-
sip, or untrustwOrty reports. when | tell you
that the excuses that have been shared in by
the present Queen of Spain find no parallel ex-
cept in the annals of the Orleans Regency, and
of the reign of the Fifteenth Louis. To crafty
her vicious propcnsities, the daughter of Ferdi-
nand VII, (well worthy of her sire,) has not
scrupled to associate herself with men and
women of low birth and station whose cOmpan-
ionship alone is disgraceful to one in her eXalt-
ed position. In small capital like Madrid,
containing an idle and scandal-loving popula
ton, everything becomes known. ItwOuld not
appear. indeed. as if very great precautions
were taken to conceal conduct which the Queen
ought to have known would sink her fathoins
deep in her subjects estimation. For it is to
be Observed and history shows it, that Span
iards. however great the disagreement they
may have submitted to, have never patiently
tolerated prOfligacy on the part OF the females
of the Royal Family. Nor do they now. Sui
len silence on the part of the people, when her
Majesty drives abroad and a resolute holding
aloof on the part of the more respectable por-
ton of the aristocracy. sufficiently mark the
nations disesteem When first this unfOrtun-
ate Princess abandoned the limits of propriety,
the disorder of her conduct was fragrant. With
| in the last two years, or thcreabonts. she has
attached herself to one favoritc, who has as
sumed great ascendency over her, and whose
ambitious aspirations. real or rnmOred, have
more than excited public indignation.
| Considering her mothers shameful neglect
of her education, and the disastrous marriage
into which she was ensnarcd by the vilcst in
trigues the Spanish nation might perhaps. have
been disposed to closing its eyes, to a certain
extent, to this Iiaisoa, had it been conducted
with decorum and had the object of her Majes-
ty's preference kept strictly aloof from politics.
Neither of these two conditions have been OBJ
served, and. in the latter respect, especially.
great offence has been given. ! have already
remarked that every thing here gets KNOWN
Many things are doubtless eXaggerated--many
false reports spread but these pass away and
are forgotten, while the truth remains 1t is
true and undcniably true. that young caval-
ry officer of the name of Arana is all powerful
at court. where he has introduced a number of
his old friends, and established sort of coterie
or camariiia, that surrounds and influences the
Queen. 1t is true that applicants for court ia
vor, know no surer channel by which to obtain
their wishes than that of this young man; that
aspirants to power--I mean TO the highest Off
ces of state, to the ministry. and the presidency
of the council--do not scruple (such is the cor
ruption of this country and the vileness of its
public men, to seek his society. to fattcr him.
and 10 make him their intimate companion. and
continually to show themselves with him in
public places and that some of the ministers
now in power do not think it beneath their per-
sonal dignity, or that of their Office, to retain
place by dcIerring 10 this person. aud to avail
themselves of his influence and intercession to
carry, in high quarters, points which they
might otherwise have to abandon. The ascend
ancy acquired by this favorite over his sovcr-
cign is highly perilous, and may ultimately
prove fatal to the Bourbon dynasty in Spain.--
BdckuOod's Magazine.