Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-09-16
Marrlngo OF Lho onoen Of spain.


A correspondent Of The N. Y. Tribune gives OIL
interesting account Of an event that has had on
important bearing upon The recent troubles in
spain'
al happened 10 be in Spain at the epochs OF the
royal maIOges. aud gathered some facts oonce'n-
ing them which will interest your readers
tYou remember the famous cOnleTencesat 'Eu,'
between Great Bhlans queen and the King OF
Il e Prencn, In those conferences The Spanish
marriages were thoroughly discussed aud The pTin'
cseses disposed of according to political 5Xlgen'
cts, IL was aTesd between tue two soveleigns,
ns Won Know, that The hand Of Tie Spanishltueen
lTiuce allied 10 theIoy0l family OF Bnglamli and
that the alliance OF a French pnnce with the In
(in,a should take place IN Tue event only Of the.
queen having children,
"You reoollect also thOt three were the COM
peiitoTs TO tile hand OF Isabel L., Don Enrique, the
younger son Of Don FTancisco de Paula, the
Queens uncle; Don PTanclsUO DO Ass, (lle pres
emf King, and eIdeslson oil the same Don FIallclS.
co de Paulu,l and Prince Of tue House Coburg,
for at that tune Count pIopany's SUIT had been
completely discarded, (much 10 lhU Queens re
gtel for she had been somewhat smilien by his
portrait, secretly, but injudiconsly, sent by the
King Of Naples, through the French Embassy
by the hatred Of the Spanish nation, uIoused Wy
FrenLh n.r CUES. Tile Queens mother, Dona
Christina, prtienedh Coburg, because she hated
and feared ION Enrique, for whom the young
queen is said 10 have had liking on account Of
his having unwiitingly placed himselfby mani
leslO at lie head OF Tie Prcgresiolu party
"Enelanl commenced lie hopes OF Don Er-
Iique, for the same motive Of his liberal tsnden-
Cles which rendered linn so Oulous 10 lie Queen
Mother. And Fiance iuTlhered, by every mean
III her power, tile pIetensOns Of Don PfauciscOde
ASS, because she init ndedj as events have pro-
we'd, to hurry on the InTriage between The lnluuta
aud French Prince, who, by her Calcu atoms,
would thus limulely ascend the Spanish throne,
She had asCeIlOingd tnat The young Queen could
have no children, at least such lcds The report Of an
eminent physician iOhO ibds ssnt TO Spain by the
French Consul TO inUeSiigdte the probabilities of The
Queen hauing any isSNs-oIId moreover, should
Isabel become lie wife Of Don Francisco de Asls.
it would thought she, be adding certainty TO as.
slIanue, for great was th belief, not only m The
public, but also in the Royal Family Of Spain,
concerning certain incorporates said TO he the MS
fOIlunys o[ The Prince proposed as The Queens
husband
"Meanwhile the Queen Mother addressed a de
mand to the head Of the COburs lamily Tor
Prince for the Queen. A whole month elapsed
during which lie COGuEgs cOnsulled tile wishes Of
England, but England faithful TO the engagements
entered into at Eu, refused: There remained,
lhrr, fore, no 9th, alternative but fOt The Queen
Mother 10 Tenounce her resentment against Don
Enrique, whom she looked upon in Tie light Of Il
personal enemy-or for the Queen 10 loIegO her
dislike, which amounted 10 bathing, 10 Don
francisco de Asis. The Queen Mother, stern,
IvmdicliYe, atYHnt at heart, informed The Queen,
in conjunction with NpTVatz, whJ wns Prime
Miuisler, that she would have 10 chUse between
no maTIiuge anda mnHOge'witl her hated cousin.
| Twas midnight when this was communicated 10
the Queen, and only two hours were given 10 the
QUEEN 10 make her choice. Those hours the poor
| Queen passed in teas, and il was win breaking
leuIl that she made UP her mind 10 accept Don
| francisco. Immediately messenger was de-
| Spniched to The FienCh embassy, where Count
Brgsson, Louis Phillippe's Embnssador was wait.
ing tue result He hasened To the palace aud de.
n6nded unolIicInlIy (lhe Official demand was made
Ian a few hours latet) tile hand OF III lnldntn for
tie Duke OF Monipensler, aad received The royal
/ promise,
| "When the sun rose on tile following morning,
Mndnd heard with sutpt'e, and the British Lesu-
lion with Indignation, Tie events OF tile night,
"'rhe royal marriage took place on tie 10Th Il
October, lSl6. The FIST timo the Queen appear.
ed IN public with her royal husband every eye ScIu.
IIinizrt her leatuIe,j she smiled AMI bowed, aud
IloTe entered the hearts Of er royal subjects thai
still the union might prove happy one, for the
Prince never OpreTed' ellleI before OF nll'r, lc
such satyantage, os he bent low on lnS chargers
neck, with hot in hand, 10 the enthusiastic crowd
Bul il SOon BECAME apparent that the flush Of the
moment al deceived every one. Dissatisfaction
aud hatred sat already at the royal board. DAILY
The Queens heat grew more Tebs lliouS, until soon
she threw of all TeSlElinl-WiIling even 10 nbdi'
cate her crown 500 Ter than nb,llcae her happiness
But 81 was not allowed 10 aLdlcate. HleQueer
Mother, the Ministers, the Foreign RmbnsSadoTs
lmleteTed, demonstrated, aud lSahei |, remained
Queen, but woman in open rebellion asai the
unnatural marriage.
"YeuIs have passed and the statesman whoiulet
lie munorchy OF SpOin, IN conjunction with ia,
4 t,r,rt .E,II.
Smaller men, and later wicked and corrupt men
took his place and crowded around The Queen, un
I'll The hurricane Of popular wrath has swept then
from tile scene; aud the whole EaOn las. beef
lIown into convulSions by msgoyeTnmenl engen
dtred Ivy misconduct.
"Hnd the desires and happiness IL The younI
isabella warm hearted, generous tLUughleSS
uneducaled gir-Uten consulted, wlO can sa
Tie events we have witnessed would nevertheless
be- those recorded IN Spoin's history for The las
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