The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-09-22
Tie Maniasc Of the King of Spain.

letter published in the London Times
Of Friday last. shoit Summary Of which
las been transmitted 10 us 10y telegraph,
confirms The report that "A marriage j. pro-
ballc between ALFONSO MI. and his
cousin, MAnIA-DE-LAs-MERCL young
est daughter of the Duke De MoNrPENsIER
aud sister OF the Countess DE PANS. This
marriage has been spoken of for years past,
aud 1t is probably one Of the best things
that could happen to SPAN, So far ~ court
matt aIs are concerned
should the young King ALFONSO prove
capable Of retaining the throne of that
troublesome peninsula, II is IN every way
desirable that he should have IA daughter
of the ambitious Duke DE MoNTPENsIER
for his wife. The Duke will thus be pre-
vented from any further intriguing i'll IA
vor Of his own accession to the throne.
Since the time when MoNTPENsIER con-
spircd IN lscs with pRIM and SERRANo for
the overthrow Of his sisteT-in-law, lie has
always been pretender and a. there
were several pIetouders besides him, the
prospects Of the unlucky peninsula grew
only all the darker OIL that account. SER
RAN0 being always IN favor of MoNTPEH-
SIR, ana the party Of the Duke in Spain,
though Il small one, being influential, there
was Il time Vhtn hls chances OF success
were considerable. Ii mu did not push the
sch"mc 9,iii more, il was simply because
of Lis az plcAcnsion that the Spanish ma
ton as a whole would not tolerate the
rule Of Frencluan. As step to be-
coming King, he tricd 10 become Deputy
IN the Cories, ana got shamefullS beaten
AT the elections IN the Asturias. lie then
tried to arrange Il reconciliation with IsA-
BELLA, with the view Of becoming regent
during the minority OF Don ALFONSO; but
the negotiations proved unsuccessful. Had
they had better issue we might possibly
never have seen AMADEo on the throne of
Spain, aud might never have heard Of the
CASTELAR, republic
The reason for the i'll success Of these
negotiations lay exclusively in the per-
eonnl relations between MoNTPEAsIER aud
ISABELLA. She hated him because he had
contributed 10 her overthrow, while he
brought against her the accusation that
her life was immoral. 1t took them more
than two years to smooth down these
differences, ana il was only Just before the
abdicaton of AMADEo that they managed
to come TO an understanding upon the
basis Of prospective marriage between
Don ALFONSO and MoNTPENsIER's daugh-
ter. The Queen was to reuOunce all poll
teal Interference and the Duke to become
Regent until the majority of his nephew.
Measures were at once taken to work the
country in this sense large amounts of
money were prepared for emergencies,
ana the foreign courts were interested in
the project through the ORLEANS Princes
and their party. Nj. THEIRS himself, who
was then in power, seemed TO be well dis
posed in favor of the plan, ana il was gem
orally believed that postponement Of the
recognition Of the spanish republic had
its main cause in the diplomatic influence
of the ORLEANS family.
Ii lad been understood, however, in the
original arrangement between MoNTPEN-
slER aud his sister-in-law that MARFom
ana all her surroundings should be put
aside. The cdmdrilld of ISABELLA had.
however, so influenced her within few
weeks ters tbs condition was completely