The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-08-05

ihe commencement OF her unpopularty
was unquestonably her liceutious life Al
though the world has obtained some inkling
oil her lmproprictcs through newspapers and
other channels, il has yet no idea to what an
extent they have been carried but in Spain
1t Is well known to everybody. do not echo
mere gossip, or untrustwOrthy reports,
when tell you that the cxcesses that have
been shared in the present Queen Of Spain
flnd no parallel, except in the annals Of the
orleans Regency, and Of the reign Of the
Fifteenth Louis. TO crafty her vicious pro.
pcnsltlcs, the daughter of Ferdinand VU.
i"cIl worthy of her sire has not scrupled to
associate herself with mcl and women Of low
blith anu station, whose CompaniDnshiy
alone is disgracciul to one in her exalted posi-
uon. In small capital like Madrid, con.
tanning an idle and scandal-loying popula.
ton, everything becomes known. II would
not appear, indeed, as if very great precau-
tons are taken to conceal conduct which the
Queen ought to have known would sink her
iathoms deep in her subjects estimation. For
1t is to be observed, and history shows it,
that Spaniards, however great the misgoy-
ernmcnt they may have submitted TO, have
he:s: Patiently tolerated prol!igaCy on
the part Of the females Of the royal family.
Nor do they now. Sullcn silence on the part
Of the people, when Her Majesty drives
abroad, and resolute holding aloof on the
part OF the more respectable portion of the
aristocracy, sufficiently mark the nation.
dscsteem. When first this unfortunate
Princess abandoned the limits Of propriety.
the disorder of her conduct was fiagrant.
Within the last two years, or thcroah0uts,
she has attached hcrsclft TO one iayoritc, who
has assumed great nsccudancy over her, and
whose ambitious aspirations, real or rumor-
ed, have more than excited public indigna-
ton. Considering her mothers shameful
neglect Of her education, and the disastrous
marriage into which she was cnsnarcd by the
vilest intrigucs, the Spanish nation rnis',t
perhaps have been disposed to close its eyes,
to certain extent, 10 this hison, had il
teen conducted with decorum, and had the
object Of Her Majcsty's preference kept
strictly aloof from politics Neither Of these
two conditions have been observed, and, in
the latter respect especially, great offence has
been given. have already remarked that
here everything gets known.
Many things are doubtless exaggerated
many false reports spread; but these pass
away and are forgotten while the truth re-
mains 1t IL true, and undcnably true,
that young cavalry officer Of the name of
Arana, is all powerful at court, where he has
introduced number of his own friends, and
established sor. Of coierie or camdrijia,
that surrounds and influences the queen. II
is true that applicants for court favor know
no surcr channel by which TO obtain their
wishes than that Of this young man that
sspifan's to power mean to the highest
Offices Of state. TO the ministry, and the
presidency OF the council--do not scruple,
(suchis the corruption Of this country and
the yileness Of its public men, to seek his
society, to tattcr him, and TO make him
their intimat. 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 personal digni.
ty, or that of their office, 10 retain place by
dcfering to this person, and 10 avail them
selves Of lis influence and interces5on 60 car
ry, in high quarters, points which they 9TH
erwise might have to abandon. The ascen-
dcncy acquired by this iavorite over his SOW
creign is highly pcrilous, and may ultimately
prove fatal to the Bourbon dynasty in Spain