New-York tribune., 1873-03-15
SPANISH ROYALTY.
rup nv vrNc AND oUEEN OF SPAIN.


INCIDENTS OF THEIR RESIDENCE AT LIsBoN-
WHY THE KING ABDICATED-CHARACIEhio
TICS or THE QUEEN.
fPROM Az OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE IFlDo'hI
LISBON, Feb. 21.-DoD Amadeo IS leadlhg ih
p ortuQsi the life OF British W. p with sporting taste,
out on a holiday since he has left Madrid no has oon'
a good deal In the way OF shooting and making eAcut-
sOns horseback He has been TO Clntra ana seVera
times down the river 70 place where waterfowl are
plenty The ex King not show much taste for what
might in fashionable jargon he called the pie ofthe
capital which he staying. He avoids state dn
ners and carnival amusemens and has not yet shown
himself In the royal Dox a the thcater But be sees In an
unaffected kind Of manner the notabities OF LISBON
who come paylhm their respects The Ministers Pleni
potentiary who waited him received from his lips
frank and unvarnshed statement Of the reasons which
urged him 10 abdicate. Anddeo has greatly shocked
their diplomatic prOpriey by his rough-andready
way OF treating French and Spanish royalists and
royal personages Like Hotspur ne is addicted 10 much
filling oas aud epthets and does not In the Interest OF
the craft which he belongs, shrink from speakng OF
illustrous mortals whom the common run OF humanity
holds in reverence as t food the gaIlows lie has
taken with him. the echoes OF the Palace inform u.s. at
tested copies Of all Of documents tending 10 estao
Ish the moral uncleanness Of Isabclsts, Alphonslsts
Christnos, Carsts, and Montpensiersts There are IN
bis papers duplicates OF police reports, letters iner
eepted dispatches denuncatlons last dying words and
confessions parsans and paid assassins, minutes OK
counci &C. which would make the fortune Of scandal
monger.
Don Amadeo, or the Duke Of Aosta. as he insists on
being called denies that Victor Emanuel or Prince BIS
marck had anything 70 do with his abdieatlon. FOR
some months he had been revolving in his mihd tho
desirability Of laying down the crown IN the kennel
where he had found it,. But he took nobody INTO his
confidence and when the Queen was confined, be
thought his opportunity OF getting through bis aDdica-
tOn without the unpleasant complication OF doDesuc
scenes was good to be missed. Whatever hesitloh
he still entertained disspated by an examination
OF the Of the Queens bankers and lana agents
Maria Victoria brought her husband on her wedding
day fortune estimated the marriage contract at
S2OoOO yearly TO which the estates Of her mother,
the Princess della Cisterna have been since added'
The dignity of the Court of Madrid was IN great
measure kept up this fortune, the civil ist bchg
even IL 1t had been regularly paid inadequate 10 tho
necessary expenses Of the royal household. Large
drafts were also made Queens income in bong
Carst and other ntrgues and defrayins the cost OF
military expeditions in the mountains The Kings ulp
10 the Basque provinces was also source OF hcaVy eA
pense This survey OF the accOuntbOoks brought Don
Amedeo TO the melancholy conclusion that II ne re
Inaned few years at Madrid, he must so far az
his private went, end in bankruptcy lie had
not the financial genius which enabled Isabella, Chris
tina and the Due de Montpensier TO leave Spain with
splendid fortunes Another consideration was the
enormous premiums insurance companies placed upon
his and his wife's Fves. Neither or them ever went
abroad without kissing their children as II for the last
time The mob set against them By the priests
and the agents Of the different pretenders aud the no
bity treated Amadeo with disdan than n he had
been valet OF Marfori or Maria Christmas fayorte
dwarf The nsolence pressed very heavily on the King
who resolved to punish it on retiring from the throne
Though OF Oldest house in Europe the royal family
OF Italy Of the rabd hatred OF Repubcanlsm
which distinguishes Bourbons and their partisans
Iii dull lTaT
the children OF Victor Emanuel who give him the credit
of having effected italian unity They look upon Demoe
racy as they do on railways and other modern facts
against which it is useless to set ones face "heh
Amadeo came TO Madrid he had no objection to frateF-
nze with the Republicans. toward whom however, tho
Queen was not fayOrably disposed. -
Amadeo talks OF shls years royalty as OF dismal
masquerade. 1t a grotesque adventure wblen very
well that ends we'll" aud the King not 20 have
added the strange chapter OF spanish events 70 Ine *
perences of his life He enjoys immensely the enecS
produced by his Parthian shaft against the Vefsdsls
the Bourbons. and the Jesmts VINO never m PI
up a republic Maria Victoria, who IS more anoitIons
than her husband and by means Garibalian IN her
noiincs wonld il lett to herself, have rsklug
life aud fortune 10 retain her thorhy cLo"n ohe -
painfully alive TO what the French might term the
ridlcule OF her situation The poor lady mad made
up her mind from infancy TO be queen. Statesman
of worldwide reputation has told me th9t when se was
a very little girl, her head was turned by seeing tho
Empress Eugene going IN all the peacock splendor OF
Imperial pageanry TO the opening OF the Ch5m9ers.
the future Queen OF Spain then pupil in the Con
vent OF the scre Ceur of Paris. On describing 10 sOo
of the nuns the dazzling pomps aud vanltles she
had Witnessed, she Informed that Mile 40
Montio dedicated from infancy to the Firgn,
and was a devOut worshlper Of our Lady, VINO
rewarded her for her plety with an Imperial
cr"%n The following sunday the youthful Princess
della Csterna went 10 dine the house OF the states
man who has given me these details " We'll NY llte
friend" he SAID to her at dessert see tnat You VIII
merit some nice recOmpense well as the Empress,
dmct ms not mir de SdgesSe" answered Tie child.
.It's a medal in honor OF Notre Dame des Vlctorrs
You know she's my p.troness. am called Maria Eic.
ought TO send you charming erennes' " should thhH
what have asked Oi herf - IHc blsRt'I
doll that ever was bOughtp No" "Wel, then;
creche with the bdiH6O, the shepherds, angels ana
wise men," "Oh! nonsense; nave plenty oil erechfs
al The convent I'm sick of them. have asked our
LADY 10 give me the half OF her OWN crown or whoo
regal one. We know she gave the Empress, VINO was
only little Spanish countess, an Imperial clVWh-lhe
nuns say la plls belle du monde what eoud
she and should do Tor princess ded CS'efH"
who is called after hert'