Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-11-07
Queen Isabella and Her Court.

We find the following description of
Queen Isabella and her court in exile IN
the columns of one of our foreign ex-
changes: Qieen Isabella, whose morning
toilet is of the most simple and unpre.
tending kind, now appears in right royal
dignity, with the last new fashions of the
gsyest and most striking colors; always
adorned with brilliant jewels and decked
with the most costly lace, and yet inva-
riably coffee with the small round hat
worn by Paris bellies only in petite toi-
lette on occasions of travelling or morning
promenade Sometimes the drive is con-
fined to the park surrounding the chateau
sometimes it is prolonged to consld-
erable distance in the environs. On
every occasion the Qneen is seated by
the side of the King, while Marfori
and Pere Claret occupy the back seat
of the carriage. As Marfori has attracted
public attention, and has obtained
greater success de curiosite than any
individual at this moment before the
public, the description of his person as
he now appears, exi ed and faithful to
the fortunes of fallon royalty at Pau, as
he had ever been to the grandeur and
glory of the Palace of Madrid, msy be
acceptable to our lady readers Martori
is of middle hight, but his figure is just
spreading out to obesity. Heis not more
than five and forty, but looks considera-
bly, older from the quantity OF wrinkles
and pattes d ole which cross and circle
round each other 10 every direction about
his eyes and mouth. He wears double
eye-glass, through which his eyes peer
HE a n ha
thick and busby and his whiskers cut
short and hook shaped like those worn
by the mejos of Madrid. Altogether, his
aspect, in spite of his well-nade vest and
paletot, his yellow kid gloves, and var
nished boots, is exactly that of the
ex-besu of the Prado-a ci-deUdnfe
Don Juan of Alameda. The King is,
to all intents and purposes, a gentle
man in appearanee-nsy more, right
royal one as far as delicacy and refine
ment answer to that peculiar idea. There
is a singular expression of irony upon
his countenance, aud as he recllnes Ia
the corner of the carriage and sometimes
looks out on Marfori, his eyes are said to
blink. as though dazzled by the sun. His
Majesty is the only individua! OF the
reyal suite whose time does not hang
heavy on his hands. BE occupies him
self with the examination of his accounts.
and the calculation of the net profits OF
the many speculations in which he has
invested the fortune acquired during the
many years passed in the penal servitude
Of the Royal Palace. This fortune is said
to be fabulous, and after having cropped
up in every corner of Spain, has travelled
to other countries, and breaks out in
France, in Australia-nav, even as far
north as Sweden. where His Majesty has
acquired vast FIR plantations, aud de.
rives great profit therefrom. The world
has been guilty Of the greatest injustice
in its appreciation Of Francois dAssis.
he has accepted the nothingness Of his
position with philosophical irony
which to his in,imates has almost rem
dered il respectable. he has employed
the solitude aud leisure forced upon him
BY the abandonment of the Court 10 I
anassing treasure, in Studying English,
and in acquiring French, All with the
evident anticipation Of the catastrophe
which has happened at last.