Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1869-07-15

| Spain is once more monarchy
without crowned heads, the COnstitu-
ent COrtes having passed q decree .es-
tablishing a regency under Marshal
SeFranO, on the duties Of which he en-
tered on Saturdays. This Is the third
time within forty years past that the
Spanish people have had a regent for
their ruler. In October, 1882, Queen
Christina was appointed regent durin0
the indispOsitiOn of her infamous COM
sort, Ferdinand VII, then near his
end, and continued TO act in that ca
pacity till his death in the following
year, when she assumed the title of
Governing Queen until her infant
daughter, Isabella L., lately driven
from the Spanish throne, should at
tain her majority. Queen in title, she
was regent in reality, holding the
throne for her daughter, whose claims
to it against the pretensiOns Of Don
Carlos were established by the quadrtfa
ple treaty Of 1884. Victorious over
the Carlists, after terrible civil war,
lasting for seven years, Christina was
compelled by the revolutionary move
ment at Madrid in 1910, to abdicated
and leave the Kingdom, her downfall,
being followed by the appointment Of
the celebrated General, .Espartero,
Duke of Victory, to power, as Regent,
during the minority Of the young
Qeeen. Espartero held power for
little over two years, at the expiration
of which time he was himself over
thrown by a revolution, Immediately
after which event, the nation having
had enough of regency, the young
Queen, although only 13 years Of age,
was declared by the COrtes to be Ofage.
The history of her reign is well
known. She, in her turn, has been
driven out of Spain, and In default Of
an eligible candidate for tile Spanish
throne, q Regency has once more
been established. Francisco SerranO,
the new Regent, is one of those many
soldiers of fortune in Spain who owe
their fame and rank 70 the devotion
with which they attached themselves.
to the cause of Christina, and the
courage with which they fought dur
ing the war of independence. Like
many others of his class he was liber-
ally rewarded by the Queen Mother,
and at the period of her overthrow in
1841, he already held high rank I'm the
military service Of his country. The
Queens abdicatiOn aud exile did not
long retard his advaneement, for ne
took a prominent part in the success
ful movement against the Regent Es-
parterO, and Immediately on the res
tOratiOH of Christina ne Joined Mar
vaez in his scheme to combat and des4
troy the influence of the Minister OIO-
zaga. He played his cards with so
much skill that he continued steadily
to rise at Court, gaining such great in
huenee over the mind Of the young
Queen that in 1910, some time after
her marriage, a very serious difference
occurred between her and the King
eOnsOre, arising out of the latter's
jealousy of Gen. SerranO. This
domestic difficulty was indeed a mat
ter Of public scandal at the time. An
attempt was fiade shortly after by
the Duke de SOtOmayer to ruin Serrau-
no politically, but it recoiIed on that
Ministers own head, SerranO succeed
ing IN d1erthrOwing the Ministry Of
which the Duke was chief Popular
opinion, however, proved more pow
erful than Royal favor, and SeFranO
subsequently fell with the Ministry OF
Salamanca, with whose fortunes he
identified himself. Up to this time
lucky favOrite had been q reactiOnary
in politics, but he fed with what IS
known in Spain as the Liberal Union
party. He was sent 1854 into exile for
having taken part in the SarRgOssa
outbreak but the revolution Of July
in that year opened the way for his
return to Spain, and he became q
warm supporter Of the O'DOnnell Es-
paTterO coalition. He played q PROM
inent part in the coup d'etat Of July
1856, it being principally through his
instrumentality that the insurrectiOn
in Madrid was subdued, and O'DOn-
nell enabled to seize power as dictator.
For this service he was sent as EN-
bassador to Paris but the DOWNFALL
Of O'DOnnel shortly after led 20 his
recall. In 1865 be was. appointed by
the new O'DOnnell Cabinet Captain
General af Madrid. For many years
he has had q seat in the Senate, where
he has distinguished himself by uni
form and vigorous opposition to the
reactiOnaFy policy of the old school OF
Spanish Statesmen, and by his hearty
support of all liberal measures. He
has taken a quiet but influential part
in this last revolution, and he OWs his
elevation to power as regent to the
/ character he has won Of late years for.
prudence and moderation, Joined 10
/ liberal and enlightened views Ser
ranO is about 20 years of age, having
been born at the end Of the last centV-
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