The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-09-14
THE TORRENTS OF A KING.
now ALFONSO, or SP1TN, rs ENVI-
RONED AND H.IR1SSED.
A Monarch 10 Whom IL Permitted only the
Empty Pnacaniry of Il Throne interviews
with his Mother, EN-Quecn Isnhrllu.


with his Mother, EN-Quecn Isnhriiu.
SPANISH Coyyeq,oa ieace n ne LONDON Times
Alfonso has now been nearly eight
months on the throne. lie "a supposed TO rule
as well az to reign His advisers eli the Office OF
responsible Ministers. Once a day they come TO
him with papers to sign. and with .rduJus qucs-
tons about the solution OF which they have to
solicit his royal pleasure. Theoretically, they
alone are Die f.r ii fir measures and the
King can Do no harm bit. practically, AlfousO.
young ~ he j., knows ful well that the c"use-
Qucnces Of their blunders would fall upou him
alone. and his Ministers would escape with no
worse punishment than n pension OF WuN or
10000 reals. Tne Ministers nnd him alone when
are are dismissed. Private, intimate counsel ,he
King hrs more. fyr his slater seldom or never
crosses the threshold OF the Kings aparim, nts,
and most Of her time g. spout In long visits -
the Madrii nunneres. The Kings household
has been thosen frr him, and the friends who
came with him from Paris. n tncy have access
TO him, are barred from their former iihlliar
Intercourse.
On recent occasion. /, Is said, the young
King, being on the point II retiiing To rcst with
no other attendant than his old TREND aud scr
want Murphy, now Cuude dc Norphi and Gentle
man of the Bcichamhcr. was ddseting about
the room tn mis- night dress. ruininAglng from
bedstead, az IL h. could summon no solut II
to turn la. Norphi. greatly surprised. asked his
royal master what allied him. cr what cause
he had for alarm or uhe lsincssE' "Ah, no ~
exclaimed the King. ." am not AFRAID was
only looking 90 sec where Alcancs had lad him-
7
added with gIcc' I'VE are ri ~ him TIL to-
morrow"
the theme of general talk, whether authentic or
not, II not without serious signinc snce. Al
cahiccs. or the DuGue dc SeSiO. iaminail5 known
IN Madtid under his second tue T. Lupu
natured, popular unhleiuan. a grant sci .ncur
who keeps good stud cf holscs. aud cnllnls
Yorkshire groom: aud be n by no means per
sonGlly lnbnoXous to TIE yudn- sovereign, TO
whose cause he has been consistently dcNo'ed
1t was rnly n harmless Joke ttnt Don Alfonso
company OF his MaVOldumo Mayor could be
fOul,iltJs pcroifr to hfah Bat IL would toe no
matter Tor wonder If the perpetual watch and
restraint the Government deem it cXpcdieni t.
nut upon the Kings movements should Prove
somewhat irkspme to him. and he should wish
now and then to he released from companion,
however amusing, who see 5 commissioned 10
follow MIN Hs his shadow.
The fact Is the Kings Ministers are conscious
that they ale not the men " the Kings choice
upon the country by their own act, and deem
themselves justified III submitting the young
sovereign to perpetual tuiclage which may
enable them to shield themselves behind the
Kings person, idcntiiy the Government with
ths dynasty, and persuade the sovereign that
whoever Is not with them Is against him. Jcal-
Gus Of each other % tney are. and discOrlant on
all other matt r., the KING makers are only Of
one mind on ms point int a watch must fcr
their common interest be set upon tho King OF
their choice. auu the possibility OF his booking
Tor ablrr gener l. or trustirr councillors than
those who now surround him must he aVertsd
hy denyipg their adyeisari's free access to hiui.
They cannot hcrmcucall seal he dours q the
j.
>erranO or Cunrha cooling their heels iu the
ante chambcr: theN cannot for "a lIe King
laying knife and fox at vi royal table fpr
Saxast ON state or'a.i 'is; mt thri have laced
about The sovereign. tor-1u this Ugl -nolu
omnipresent. and tan'-"f-p.u dun as well
nmclnus nrnnu'e Al an c-e' VINO. " ne cAnAp.
prevent al in.oiCnurso lotWcrn the KIM rnd
hose who are nked upon as "di.shcc:cd
men, may, 10 any rate, always be Il naud T.
counterfeit any impre ss'on ihcs nish, make ON
The royal mind. II not l., rctuting thclr ar.u-
uents, at least by questioning a. ir motives.
All this explains tie ielief i,lt 10y Don Alfonso
AT the Temporary absence uf t4at u1uie attend
ant, wh,m, 10 G.e .sY"nl IA expression. "hc
Unless It be during The hour. which are al
lowed Toy ii~ nights ret. the klls his little
ch .ncc 81 thinking ur acting for Almscif. lis
walk, hi riGe- his pa-ii lies ore sul jtctel to
tne Gnu Inl NY OF i,a-ce etiquette. iii,ouiy
with discordant council. the members # which
sway his min ! In obedience 10 dlver-i"g views
and conflicting interests, the business .. d state
into which hardy the most vast active. nd
mature mind uic he expected to brug any
thing like order ana clcarrcas.
Although mo- cummuulCdtt between Isabella
IL. and Alfonso AL l. allowed without minis.
ieral supervision. although the cx. Queen. tcie-
grams are vigorously examined at the Home
ONCE before they are allowed To reach their
destination, Intercourse between mother and
son cannot altogether be prevent I'd. and the
King has to listen To tho cndles. suggestions.
ana the SIN more inierminnhe compli ints, Of
the fallen sovereign VINO THINKS. il vrrc tnfutu-
raj that she should s. IN be prescribed AMI ban
ished from "a colutry whore her son leigrs.
There l. 40 end 70 the uses T. which that fec
morning to evening, from weeks end . weeks
end, there are dutie-, social or polluted. ciyti or
religious, 10 be ATTENDED TO; I. reign ministers
70 De received -tandeca 10 lt" pltcd w. kuicits
OF the Golden Fleece 10 be dubbed. pam ts,'
feet To be washed the King m every urlce
sion; the hing nj every bun nght; the King go
open carnival. the King to close Lent the kins
TO inausur &c a market, % bury the dead, 10
christen the newborn; the King everywhere,
the King the man ~ all work. Don Alfonso. a
well-meaniug, intelligent Lad, aware of his own
deficit ucie-, alive to MS resp Iu- uities. anxious
le Is Il 30
early aud too suddenly called. came ia with f'll
determination 10 cpn~c crate al least a few hours
daily 10 the pursuit of those studies which were
50 UNEXPECTEDLY interrupted; hut leisure even
to open book Is deui, Il him, and the furigo
OF home and foreign news .pers with wlilcn. 10y
there untouched from one day To- another.
Everything secms contrived t. hlrass and weary.
To Tag and bore, without improving the KING :
mind 10 give him diaiaste AMI "A bathing flr
that kinsly estate Of which only the aull goutine
and the empty pascantry are known u him.