New-York tribune., 1872-02-28
Ign MISCELLANY.

tFPoN An ASIONAb COPRESPONrENToF or fHE FRlBUNhI
MADpID. Feb. 4-Undoubtediy the Kingdom
oi Don Amadeus l, is at this mowtat r2'Nh% '"to"e'
that clis which will decide whether Ee Is ' 20 cI'D
the uneasoess Of wcarng crown or "h'ther h' go
N, forced TO rcnouute it altogether Git 10 stranger
p,rlvin.t the Hotel Of the Princes in the Pue'a 'cl
So, taking front room and looking down on that heart
oi M,dud from very respectable elevation there "a
no visible sign. there is no painful evidence o. "A"IS
N the future. Nobody seems 70 Know any ing 'oou'
it, nobody seems 20 any thns about IT, livery oouy
has nothing TO do as usual everybody i ogiaS aDon'
seeking friendly aid 10 help him do nothing ana III MS
turn helping everybody else to do nothing Ana la'!
do 40 graycly and so cOureOusy too There Is no pu!
sation IN this heart of Madrid to-day, which seems q he
any faster slower than was a. my former visit AK
years ago whom Isabel H. was on TIE 'HOnc' ana tho
famous "traditonary obstacles OF Olozl@i were I'M
pcding the march OF liberty The revolution hiS lo'
changed Madrid.
went to walk at the fashionable promenade OF the
Ciston fountains this afternoon ana found the same
gay eQuipagcs the fine toilets. the same orlSh'
faces OF these adorable Spanish women-everythhs
pretty much six ago, except that the oIue
Bourbon lveres the Royal equipages had been re-
paccd by the scarlet Of Savoy and the style and char
acter OF that particular turnout has been reOrganized
great deal Of numbering old respectabiuty has been
takon out OF il. Instead Of the heavy weight
formerly dragged by those six stations OF the Royal
breed OF Aranguez-a comparatively light and elegant
of al those fine eQuipages on the drive drawing rein
when the Royal carriage appeared and ranging up re-
spcCtuy side the other to let pass coach
and tOOlman with hat in hand and ladies and gen.
temen salutug from right and left nobody seemed 10
care ANYTHING about the scarlet veres on the German
mares Not a Coachman fOotman dofed his hat
nor did anybody salute the King or Queen, or turn out
20 make way for them seem to pay any attention to
them in any way Whatsoever Here was a screw loose
evidently. Something has dropped. out Of Old Spain
since here before. Here were the same dsehesses
and marchionesses and cOunesses and viscountesses
and simple mortas; but where the respect for the
monarchy In the course of the drive young fellow
went shyngrght up against the Kings leaders and half
knocked the royal position out of his saddle and the
Young cOxcOmb did purpose too for he neither took
of his hat nor turned round to beg pardon He Just
galoped away while everybody laughing and say.
ing II was good joke and the poor Queen was as red as
n lobster and the King hung his head 1t might have
been a good joke, but 1t was very bad manners. am
told such things happen not unfrequently. The King Is
a gOodloOking young man, with chin ike Philip H.,
and an eye lke-wel not a good eye. cannot comph-
ment eyes and should be rather sorry TO know any
bodv intimately who had that sort Of eyes He Is brave
and he is patient met him on the sidewalk TINS morn
ing walking up the street Of Alooa, all alone and with
othing which looked lse policeman within 40 rods or
him. He soes about ike any other young man of his
age painy dressed with little switch in his hand,
completely unattended, and apparently free from
rOya etiquette and royal apprehenOn5 the best dem
ocrat Of them all. The threat of assassnating him
has died out completely He has quite shamed it out Of
his enemies.
am tod that the fever heat of the Deputies not
at all reflected by the people in the galleries in those
two famous sessions of the Chamber which wound up
with the dissolution of the COrtes. They looked down
is,O the arena very much they would look at bull
fight and evidently elOyed the sport, but seemed wholly
unconscious that they themselves had any other interest
in the proceedings than just TO the fun and tblOOd
shed. / slOuld Friday there a
great meeting Of the Radical party presided by
Ruiz Z0rria, filing Prices circus including about 1000
5000 people Echegaray of the Radicals called Sa-
Casa traitor an1 said that the revolution of September
1863 had thrown open the doors and windows Of tho Royal
Palace and kent them open for two years, TO purify
that atmosphere of seTvity and lies and cOury treas
on" But" said he, ave now with regret that the
palace not kept open long enough" And this was
received with laundering applause. These were not the
Republicans in the circus Friday they were the
Democratic Monarchists-the who made the con-
stitutiOn the Democratic Monarchy, they called it,
and elected Amadeus TO be their Democratic King |
Echegar1v was one Of Prm's Minister'S RUIZ ZOrrila |
the President Of the Cortes which elected Amadeus.
The latter did this election than any
other except Pim, and then went TO Italy a. chair
m1u OF the dcputation which sent to jring the |
King.
ont Of the l9 who voted for Amadeus, there more
than AGAINST him and Rubios exclamation of Poor
Amadeus, ;" the floor of the Chamber found nobody
1
voted against him for him, especially those who
stood out for Monpeuser Thus Sagasta with his Con-
scryatvc PToTcssist he calls them-hls traitor-Pro
ressists E,hecdTay calls themwth the old adher'
ents Of Iontpcnsicr, and with the Frontier Moors
aspres wake up party relatively Con7ervatye-that
of Conservatives Of the present dynasty and the present
r ate Of things. The Frontier MoOrs' are the old
LIBERAL Uuousts, that portion Of them-O'DOnnePs
Old Dlry-ruers Of Spain for eight years under Isabel
wi went into rebellion under General Se1ano. struck
fI, Briut and a eTfl
vote for NOntpcnsl r, ana ana E0te TOT AmauetS' ln
arr sirewd politicians solid old feeders at the public
tAc Radicals call 1ndiVdua rlgnlS ROo hdteIS vi uo
Republicans and Of the United States OF America ul-
keep themselves IN offices Ihey g9t tEeit nahe VI
" Frontier MOOrs" FrOnersIen' IRON tnelf Delng
Amadeus from those other Conservatives who l0ok
further back and work for the restoration oil Tue iach
In The programme Of their Electoral Committee just
an these adhercnts OF SaSasta proclaim tneD-
selves Majntaucrs OF the legiIy nov 81, ,oi o %
social order OF spain aS now con-. an anu
RepreSentativeS Of the sanctty or tne 1any dgdneI
those who pretend destroy il Of the fuhlment OF e
of the STATE toward the Church set forth
IN the organic laws, against those VINO PROPOSE o
errors OF Communism and Socialism OF the free contract
ing of labor against the mpOsOns OF abusive 0rRanlza
those who attempt to destroy il Of the integrity or he
territory against the enemies Of the country with mat
fa raiYfuIIy indifferent TO what is going on and they
hold The places Of power and will manipulate the polls
az hard To- beat Those fiery Deputies who shouted
fercey and hustled sagdota on the oth 9 Jahuasy are
dissolved they have cooled of wonderfully AS they
walk along the streets Their pTesen @9eTE t nSt
NV old friend Orense the patriarch OF spanish tepuou
Canism He told me that he naI aoHSed Id .bo
nos al all but that CASTELAR, and others thoughI % 1li
fereny, and they oveIiued hlni TN0io aio SJh
ist9 Du5 me meeting in Prices Circus last Friday
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