The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-10-13

queen v lCCOT1d COulQ DOG, Oh COURSE,
at that time and in that place, object
to the schemes of her guest. She gave
the willy king, however, u distant and
politely worded hint that Windsor
castle was not the spot, nor that oc-
casion, for the discussion of important
points of diplomacy. He had already
sounded the Earl of Aberdeen on the
project, but that minister had given
him no encouragement.
"The marriage of the Queen of
Spain," the Earl said, sis question
that concerns Spain alone in which no
other power has a right to interfere,
unless an attempts made to marry the
Queen to French prince-an alliance
which, in augmenting the power of
France, would compromise the tran-
quillity of other States"
The King of the French promptly
renounced any desire to procure the
hand of the Queen for his son, but in
timated that as Isabel was herself
Bourbon, her choice should be limited
to princes of that house. The Earl of
Aberdeen remarked, that there could
beno objection to the election of a Bour-
Bon prince, but that England could
not recognize the right of France to
exclude princes of other families.
Louis Philippe, atfSAgth, distinctly
proposed to the English minister, that
his son, the Due de, Montpensier,
should marry the Infanta, bit not au'-
til some time after tho marriage of the
Queen, her sister. Lord Aberdeen yield
ed, at length, to the Eheortunities of
the King. so far as to say, that he saw
no objection to this maEiage, provid-
ed it did not take place Until after the
Queen Of Spain had issued, English
statesmen assert that Louis Philippe
distinctly assented to thisarrangement,
in Otober, 1915, when the king was
at Winsor. Nevertheless one year
after, in October, 1916, on the same
day, the Queen of Spain was married
to her cousin, Don Francisco d'Assis,
and her sister the Infanta was married
to the Due de Montpensier, the son of
Louis Phi ippa.
These Spanish marriages, as they
were called at the time, excite the in
dignation Of Europe. In the first
nIl:ce the English government felt
that it had been deceived, and that
Louis Philippe had violated his word.
1t was generally known, too, that mai :
ing these marriages everything had
been considered except the inclinatlons
of the young Queen, who indeed was
said to have shown repugnance to Don
Francisco. 1t was whispered about
that these marriages were wholly the
result of Louis Philippo's diplomacy,
and that his real object was to secure
to his son the succession to the Span
ish throne 1t was believed that the
marriage of the Queen would not pro
duce legitimate heirs, and that there
fore there was great probability of her
sister or sisters children one day reign
ing over Spain.
The consequences of this false mar
riage were soon apparent. Don Franis-
CO and the Queen of Spain became to-
tally estranged from each other, lived
in opposite wings of the palace, and
neither appeared together in public nol
held any communication in private
Efforts were made to effect a recon
cilination between them, but without
any real success. Narvaez, it is true,
succeeded in bringing about an out,
ward show of amity, but Spaniards tel
us that the unhappy pair have never
really united, and that the Queens
children are not the children of hel
lawfnl husband.
The Due dc Nontpensier, alter his
marriage with the Spanish Princess
resided in France, where he held high
rank in the army. In 1S48, when the
revolution occurred which terminated
soabruptly and so shamefully the reign
of Louis Philippe, the Due de Mont
pensier followed his family TO Eng
land, where he saw them established
in one of the royal palaces. From Eng
land he removed to Holland. and fin
ally took up his abode in Spain
where he has ever since resided. BY
his marriage with the Infanta he has
had four daughters and two sons. Hi;
eldest daughter, Marie-Isabel-Sht
has twenty-one names in all-is TWEEN
ty-one years of age. Ferdinand, his
eldest son, was ten years of age las
spring, and his younger son seven
There is therefore little fear ofa failure
of heirs to the Spanish crown, if he
should be king.
The Spanish Cortes, recently assem-
bled to decide upon constitution ano
form of government for Spain, gave
their choice for a constitutional mon
archy. and came near inviting the Duc
de Montpensier to accept the throne
A Bourbon Prince never refuses :
crown, and we may yet hear of th'
solemn entrance into Madrid of thi
Prince, and of his assumption of thu
royal authority. He is now torty-fiv'
years of age. Little is known in thi
country of his character. We know
that he was the son of Louis Philippe
and that his mother was one of thu
best of women. At eighteen, he wa
lieutenant in the French army. A
twenty, he made campaign in Algi
ers, where he was slightly wounded il
the left check. At twenty-five, HI
distinguished himself again in Africa
and was promoted to the rank o
brigadier- general. AT twenty-four, h'
married the Spanish Princess, and h
has ever since lived the quiet life of al
opulent gentleman.