, 1875-05-08

Rc1lEtons Ceremony In Madrid.
Tho Madrid correspondent of tlle LouIon
Ti"'ea Rtyea the following account Of tho tm-
ticnatlc coremony Of washing tho Apoatles' feot.
as asserently performed by Hing Alfonso: "1ho
rslieionR Ecrrics attended b. tho King,
nhc.i il performed in tho Chapel and
10 which tho public are freely admitted.
"ss over Mt noon. aud / weut up
ti:a Prince = ssAarea.p On my ray 10 tho Hall
wHs to couio of. Everything about tho Madrid
Alcszar ~ Era.d, il not strictly beautiful lha
commanding slse. With the yiow OF tho lroary,
yet yast opon country an.l Of tho bleak Gusdar
ctusnsy colonna.le. tho. chapel viii, s.a wealth
Of marbles aud fre*coed vault: finally The Salon
dt' tds Eo'ntn05. 3 spacious vantibale Of magniti-
ce1ss loftincsb. stately enlrknco 10 tho sorno-
VIA! too EorEoolt8 snila of ,,Ate arartmcntA--
eyesrthns in on largo seals and admirably
hcht,inG . great imperial homo. |. mas mol
whh"ut q torritle sslugsle that the persons
favored With q pa6a AMI clad, tho mou
in uniforms or in uobcF evening black: tl,a
ladies in tho brilliant cuora Of their btand-now
:ancrJ,-she blsck mautitln aoue being de iissus
could fo:co tl,ets WAT aln,s ths eorridura and
np to the pattna, besst with an nnHaabol throns.
tspone whom dotetted sp:.nkilng OF unden!a.
blu p!ehpockctH. With coed deal Of wcar End
tctr, however, brare men ausl pushing noucn
c,s:Esud tn get through. AMI BIZ tbs timo en-
tered compact 1naan Of sill; and yolydt, broad.
cloth anti gold luce, crowded tho kaloon. tho spec
tato.s. nlors tlsn SUI Of ubom Hote !aaics.
standing al roslud iaulned up GU leuchcs, row
npon row. leaFiug barely tho most linlEtod space
open for the performers. W.tttn this craco tho
tsrlve paul'ers. or apostles, "a. on a
eelcv, oach Of THEM With their best foo:
And ieg hsro fo tue knee. aul a. we'll
prepared for lin urcaslo1s al by dint oi
t!,tch toao antl mater eonid 10 coasriyo1; the
k,ns iu Lis sran,i uniform. With d toNel tied
around him. apron ,7ise. followed by Cardinal
Moreno. Archbishop Ut lal;s,lolld, ln hia scarlet
robes and elull-cap, mid bchLnd hn1 all arounl
tc1n great staff u granuccs nud afarshals, m
nrra1 of gulden uu!foInIa only diatlnguibnabla
from tho no less aumptuous liver,cs Of tha court
Meniais by tho AtstB crosses, cnrtlouH aud scarfa
Of their cAyalrona orders. Tue Cardinal wont
first, and frricE!cti y few drups OF pcrfumod
rEtcs over cAri Of the barc feet in ducccssou, tbs
KiuE cams after. lnaeltns bofc.a ZACH foot, rub
upun 1t as il be meant 10 kisa 1t. Tho ceremony
did not take many minutes. Tho twelve mon
then sot np; they wero snarbhalcd In great
rump round tho hall, aud ncstod In 4 ron Oh emo
Loonartso's grand rictnro Of tho Las. sup.
rof. In tho renr of the tabla. on high md
laf1r platform, stood ths court. In tbs niddia
heIrc.s prcsumptse to the throne. nnon whom.
aftor !otlS discussion. tho tits Of Iriuctss OF
As!uraa has been lately conferred, looking tai!
and rnaJostic, snd oxen Eon1onlat stora and
hnughty fEuE her eiycvatcd station. nud
,ritll Tho ouly Erara countonanca in
that vast asBeHblaEo; nLa was simply
a.tircd In gr1y riIk antl moro an en-
pio nhi.e ,nsnsllIa Hy her side, right and left,
| auI behind her, wess lior ladioB Of honor, thu
Cabinet Ministers, and multitude Of state acll
palace dignitarles, On the e1trome right etood
lilo DIPLOMATS body, tho heads and nubaltern
members of Ill foreiGn legations,-tha Engllah
aud, acIioYo, Tho Dutch alone o1ccptod, tha
European Representatives, in their uniforms
Tho An,osica1 republicans In plain srcnius cor
tune"