The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-25
MADRID. April 2. 1871.

| centre of attraction and all who can by any man.
| ner OF means get away from business here are
| Fastening thlther to witness the solemn Church
| ceremonies of Holy Week. and partake in the re-
oiclngs of Easter am told that the city is already
| filled with foreigners from all countries, who have
come upon the Sevillafos like cloud OF locusts to
consume their provisions and make everything ex-
pensve there. These foreign visitors WILL however.
get nothing to eat without paying for It, and paying
well for 1t. During the past few days the trains for
Seville have been crowded with passengers OF all
classes of society.
The Spanish arfstocracy opposed to the new
regime have also gone there, and it IL said that,
frustrated in their resolution OF adopting the Manola
costume Of 1908 here, they propose doing so at the
fair OF Seville-an event which comes OF after Holy
Week.
Another attraction Is the Spanish turf Derby
which will take place during the fair. The races
promise to be brilliant many OF the military OIL.
and other officers attached to the garrison OF
Gibraltar have entered their horses In the lists.
NoTABILrTIEs ON THE "RoADr FOR THE TURF.
Among the nOtabes who have left for Seville is
General Sickles American Minister in Madrid
The Crown Princess or Brazil and her husband,
the Count dEu, have already arrived there, ana
have taken up their quarters at the Palace OF San
| Telmo, residence of the Duke OF Montpensier.
MINISTER sIcKLEs IN PRIVATE AUDIENcE-rETE-A-
General Sickles before leaving the capital had
private audience OF King Amadeus, and also very
interesting etea-tete with the Queen Of Spain, his
| wife.
When the General arrived at the palace he found
that King Amadeus was engaged IN the reception OF
! his Grace the Duke de Pamela, special Ambassador
| from his Majesty the King OF Portugal. who COM
pmented Amadeus, In the name of his royal
MASTER ION his advent to the Spanish throne" pre-.
sentng him at the same time with the Portuguese
military orders OF sour Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christi and "St Benedict de AVIS ana de san
tago" ana bestowed on the Queen the order OF
"Our Lady Of the Conception OF viaviciosa.'
When on his way to the Salon dc Ambajadores to
receive the Portuguese Duke. his Majesty esped the
AperIcan Minister, and stepping aside from the
procession shook him heartily by the hand.
After the Interchange of few words between the
King and the United States diplomat the procession
General sickles, accompanied by his attache, MIR.
W. Edgar C0nOver, took turn through magnin-
cevins the Portuguese was going on Tney had Just
come to halt in an cxquisitely furnished little
apartment when the rustllng OF rlcn SILK was heard
The General though not as yet presented recognized
| in the beauty before HIM the Queen OF Spain.
He made her courteous salutatlon and her
Majesty radiant with smiles such as dimpled Hebes
| cheek, advanced and held out her hand to the gal
liant officer and at once opened conversation as with
| q familiar friend. The King or some other distin-
guished parsonage had evidently been talking with
her Majesty about the General. and doubt he had
| THE QUEEN AN ACCOMPLISHED NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
| THE CONVERSATION.
| The Queen possesses q highly cultivated intellect
| and speaks five different languages
| The conversation turned on different TOPICS but
| her Majesty dwelt more especially on such as re-
| ferred to Spain, ana have no doubt that the
American Minister spoke BIS mind freely and gave
While touching on the glories OF old Spain, and
referring to Spanish literature It occurred to the
OF Washington Irving Her Majesty replied thar she
had heard them spoken OF, but had not yet had the
nlnnc afr
would present her with the works called the siege
OF Granada ana ''rhe Tales of the Alhambra."
ON the entrance OF the King General sickles made
known the object Of hls VISIT ana after some further
conversation W it'll their Majesties took leave and
! started the same evening for Seville.
ROYALTY AND RELIGION.
| The Kings Saints Festival Day has been observed
here with The usual formalities. royal salute was
fired, the troops mounted their gala uniforms and
| the royal standard ioated on the different minis
In the afternoon there , was ,a grand evee !oesa,
brilliant but the assistance OF grandees OF SPAN
l. THE DYNASTY OF THE PAST.
/ The ex-Oueen Isabella sti continues at Geneva,
and letter from that place informs US tina, she is in
| i'll health. The same letter says that Count de
Espeleta one or her geatho7nbres has resigned his
Onice ana Is on his way TO Pampeuna, where he In
] tends residing.
| The Revolutionary Agitation-Eirments and
Aim Of the Recommendations in it's Organ
| ization Against Law and Existing Order.
| MADRID, March 2s, 1871.
| The representations OF the government organs
respecting the arrival and reception OF her MAJESTY
| the Queen have created quite revolution In the
| oppositon press There Is no doubt that pulling has
| been carried to the utmost limit OF cXaggeration,
| and therefore the outcry is not raised without
| grounds. You have already received description
| of what took place the occasion. which can be
| depended on as fair and impartial statement.
| may as well, however, give you some extracts from
| different papers, so that your readers may draw
! their own conclusions.
The Discussion says:-
The Ministerlals persist in calling black white.
| They saw there was the most frantic enthusiasm In
TINS city on account or the arrival OF queen Maria
| Victoria We only wish all the readers OF their
| papers were in Madrid at the time. We can only
say once for all II Is false. the Queens arrival
| must have produced a great effect IN inc money
market, for the day after her entrance the STOCKS
| went down.
| La Esperanzd asks "why the greater part OF the
| coachmen and footmen OF grandees and others are
| dressed in deep mourning"
La I0odldad says:-
The cheers and acclamatons were no doubt In
| the Imagination OF the citizens; but the voice, SO
overcome with emotion, refused TO give utterance
TO their thoughts. Silence therefore, only broken
by the obligatory riuds OF the troops, was observed
| ployes threw pigeons partrdges, laurel crowns
| and sonnets from the balconies OF ministerial de-
|
down but we are at the END OF the month, and they
| have not yet been paid.
| The Correspondence says that the soldiers re.
ceived four reals twenty cents) apiece. toI course
1t was not stipulated beforehand that they should
| CHEEKY
! The following l extract from other different
| papers:-
or all the grandces' houses In the streets through
which the royal procession passed, the only one ue-
corated was tnat OF Count dc 0nate anu even there
| half the balconies were without draperies. me
| Count Is united by family ties 10 General Zavala,
| bur his sympathes are with the Restoration party;
ktheresore II may DC truly SAID that the count mas
lit one taper ST. Michael and another TO the Devil
| The ministerial papers would persuade people that
the Queen was received enthusiastically when the
nnabitants only observed decorous ana respectful
| demeanor. There was only one balcony In every
| Two hundred draped, and at night Two lighted
| tapers IN every four streets
| TRADES ORGANIZATIONS AGITATION
will now pass 10 other matters. At Barceiona
naanIc bag ael The author.