Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-14
AMADEUS ABDicATlON.
BEHIND THE SCENES At
MADRID.
SCRAPS OF SECRET HISTORY.

The Queens Vow to the Virgin
Curious Stories Concerning Victor
Emanuel. Prince Hubert and Ex-
King Amadeus-Was nontpensier
the assassin of Prime
Correspondence of tie New York wor.d.l
| LONDON, February 13-An extraor-
dinary story concerning the abdication
of King Amadeus comes to me from so
high source that am constrained to
believe it. 1t is to this effect: The
Queen, as every one will remember.
was the Princess Mary, the daughter
of Prince Charles Emanuel dial Pozzo
della Cisterna; she is only twenty-five
| years of age she is a very devout
Catholic, and she is the mother of
three children, the youngest of whom,
prince, was born at Madrid only u
few days ago. Immediately before
the birth Of this child, the young
Queen was in great DISTRESS OF mimi
and IN very alarming physical pain ::
and in her agony OF mind and body she
made n VOW to the Blessed Virgin
that if, through the mcrcy of
God, she was brought safely through
| tie perils that then cnvironed her, she
would beg her husband, on her knees.
to resign the throne of Spain aud to
| hasten back TO Italy. Her husband
was present when-perlaps in delir-
um-she made this VOW, and heuttercd
no re;nonstraDce against. There is
no doubt that he has been growing
! more and more weary of Spain for sew
: auish Of his Young wife, ~ whom
/ he - tenIe,lr attached, probably
! strengthened liS desire 10 get rid .:
/ his t!lanlless task Events which
! happened after The birth Ok the child
! who, IN the opinion Of its mother, VAS
: Gi-an her only "a s hostage for the
f: performance, ri her yow-douut!css
/ removed all hesitation which he might
! have still i>'t. H and his w7:t>-.le-
! spite al his noble qualities nnl; ail her
grace and heantv-l:4d nsvnr tccn
! able 10 win ov"- 10 their side tho
proud nobas Of :SneiU. Just So in
; I:ome The mobility o. the hig:;e5t rank.
with o2a ov two cptions. side with
/ the Pope. and refuse TO attend il.n
court Of Victor Emanuel or - give an5-
, countenanco 70 i q government. 50 l.,
! Madrid the rcandees held aioGf from
"the lorti IN adventurer. as they called
! King Amadeus, while their wives coul1
/ not be induce. - appear III tls,> train u
his wife. TiU7 alarmed and irritate;i
; both of tiein-.-ot without reason: but
/ they continued % hope thai IN time
! tho nobility could 80 Won oTer to tha:,
! side. Tie King Glldo n last effort 70 d.
! this on the occasion Of the ci,risten-
! ing Of the newborn child. He asked
! tho Duchess de "a Tc-rc, the wife of
! Serra1lo. TO present the royal infant Al
3 l. : Z
! With scor1, Gn1 tne poor baby w"J.,
. nominy o. being ''rresauted' bv a lady
oF low rank ha,, no, the vidcw ri Mar
7hsl Priin, herself q duchess, consent
| and perform. the function. [ am told
there was tcrri5i, scene II the palace
| that day, and il Was then that the King
finally Welded 10 tio }>cayers and tears
Of his sife. and made to her the prom
jso of ab.iica.:on which, az Won know,
he fulfilled on the 1ith of this month.
''It IS a great honor" said the king in
his message TO the Cortcs announcing
his abdicat;on, 10 preside over the
destlniaS or country however dis
turbed. ! had resolved to keep my
! oath ond respect the constitution. for |
| believe that rlv LOYALTY TO Spain would
compensate for ~ha.evcr errors might
be caused by my youth and inexperi-
ence. But my good wishes lave de
! ceived ple, for Spain lives in the midst
OF perpetual contest. Ii my enemies
! bad been foreigners I would not aban-
! don the task. but they are SDaniards.
! wish neither to be the King of n
! party nor 10 act illegally: but. beiiev-
! ing Mi rnv efforts 10 be sterile. I re-
! nounce the crown for myself, my sons
! and heirs.
! These are plain, sad and bold words:
! but the Cortes listened TO them with
srarccly conceded joy. AID the aldi-
! cation was unanimously accepted
! There arc wheels xithia whcels-.nd,
! had the Cortes known all that was in
J the Kings mind, they probably wo,1ld
haze listened to his message with emo
! .icus Of very mixed character. For
! T have as vet told only onc-hnlf Of my
! story. The King has abdicated. it is
! tril.-. to please his wf. b,lt. If my in
, iOrnlautS are correct, Ii" did this all
'hn rnora willingly becanse he believes
t'iat i,% giving mp the in~ecnre throne
ri Spain h. makes a stride toward the
throw rf Italv. Eic."r E.manneIs
iical:t js extremely precarious, and his
death at any moment would surprise 10
one who knows him the Crown I'rlnce
, Ham bert Is the victim of a rnmeiess
3i5"a9;. which nl3'-cs his life a burden.
. aad from which & .afh NAV soon relieve
hila and his sor --tiie iour-year-o!d
Prince OF NETies-is in such Il c0ndi-
;ion that his life cen be nri,tr3cted
ILos,, tlr,.' l'r"cari"IS lives sr3 FL
thai stand '.et -ipaadeus and the
Italian CROWN ana even should Victor
EuapUci s.:4,l HuInberf ,ti,, before t!:f:
l,abe Prince al Nap'es expires. ANA
deus wcul.i have "a IN IL regency
which vou'l !,a IL last aove-
r,;-2,tv. TLo 1strs0na! relations
existing hcfsetn 5l"tor Ea,ana'. anii
EIua;,crt are o. the Iaost IN
vir,.s Ea4 o,,;.nll,n''or ;p,S ~iril,cs--l,ns
,.I,,ri>il4Jl-a I,iftcr j: ;trci for j. fa:i:el
cTe1 since TIC rag. CT w"at ia
Thought yr..s Ii, ,io:,'h-teI. naa*:ic,i
+i,e woman viz. whom ~. i-3i "a ',T,s!
lived il ;,,lr,IlCry, sad h. w3icia1 to nn.
.icau made t:'n ,:-1ilsr o s*NeIt! .'.ul-
,2rcn Ei-lu.!s3i Es.s .-ut S:'st.-:-l':i s'7
t,la sins - hi~ TN IN j. i.'.'.! .'1
such 81! !t.Iazcl: = ,7;: ie ~. '.i;Hf.-fCa
',eyo,,I In..;1s:1r|, hv i!is rEonntai.s:, ",r''
lis repaIatioE ,:,u III" 7r'',.'' 'taH
when U,a King a2po lncca LIS w::;
t.} InDlj..Iy holcn4lza ii.a marriage '',:''
traotcd in f.rtv:.5-. with tl.s wom III
aud In ti.;Ys.!., heI' ~ tn: SilTrine, = lam
. i?s1t broke out iva. = ie;s@.n' 1'o:nf q
,ago. and not Only EIni1c.T 't',.0ce.
that IL s.:,l!i GvpIIl IT. NuI ii ;";.,. IT.! :
but priv atajv saI,t -T1rtI Ia IL i'ls"ss
| that. :: IL lid this thing ;e wu.-id hcat
8 rcroiutton 10 Le,,ose Inn. Elcio
Eu,auu.i. always weak, yieiaed 1or tA'
,nolnen: t*o these threat, and Eo;!lin5
has SINCE been sai.i a.1ot.t the marriage
But a:si :oid that What he now desire
I is that Hum :)eev blcntd die that A.
/ then siioui.: cause las marriage TO o.
> Publicly aole-nngatj and his ''c,,ilnteaa
= called queen for day: thai he tnel
l should ai;fiicat3 il favor CT Arilaa<iens e
regent CT as king. SO thai to the per
: suasions OF tho wife o. the latter wer
;, added the accrc! advice and prayer @