The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-07

the De-,inv Of Europe Interesting Events.
f1om the san Francisco chronicle.
Tn" Dlaganza family, to which Dom Pc
Gro belongs. can claim q liuenee second to none
among the tcgning families Of Europe; but the
nrst who assembled ne my ne OF PORTUGAL WIS
John, .islth Duke ~ CANA, aficrw arl called
" The Forum t." II WIS under his leadership
that M oppressed and mi-rovorncd reoplf,
after long and fierce struggle. succeeded In
thTowiny on tns galllng yoke oi spanish tVIanny'
mud one daughter. Cathatlnc. who became
Queen Of England by her marriage TO KIM
tharies IL. THIS marriage led TO events tn H
havo materially aided in giving TO Great liiitain
the powerful position she holds among nations
to day. Charles had only n short time before
been unsuccessful IN mis- suit for the hand OF
Houristta. Princess Of orange. to whom he was
attached during his exile Cntharino's dowry
was ggONN and two fortr,-ses In
Africa ana Bombay in the East lndcs-and Eng
lands total revenue at this time was only El,-
O00,UO.
The Catholic King OF Spain become alarmed
when hc heard Of the proposed alliance. and
tried to inuuce Charles to change his mind. lie
promised That " Charles would bredk with
Caihafine spain would give him a wife with
dowry equal to that offered with the Portuguese
Princess; out the English King, being in an i'm
pecunious CONDITION ana knowing that spain
declined the proposal. Besides, he preferred
Catholic alliance, and In this preference he was
exaciing mistress Lady Castlemane, who felt
too conndent Of her own power to lear the
these q had n strong reason Tor his choice, in
tnat II was heartily sanctioned by the Privy
tOuhcli anu IafIduleHl.
AN UNHAPPY UNION.
Tho King was then X years old vigorous
thlpoy, manly, ana graceful but he was III
suited 10y temperament aud education to be tho
husband of the devout Princess, whose only cx-
periencc had been gained In the convent. Alter
q tcmuestuous voyage Catherine arrived at
Portsmouth. under the escort Of the Earl OF
Sandwich. and there. In a borough church, she
bectme the wife Of the English King. A little
difficulty presented itself just before the we'd
ding. ltw discovered that instead OF fJOO.O0
in gold, only flOUuVJ had been brought with the
Princess. the iemander being reorc~ented bv
atfne it seemed that tathariue would be Obliged
to 20 back To Lisbon, but Ar there had been no
absolute breach Of contract on the % lrt of king
john. ma Us the silks. satins, spices ami jewels
could 10 easily erred into coin, Charles took
In lfilc q, he found her and at once proceeded
e. make her ~ miserable as she could well be
To be sure. sue was received with all due pomn
by the people. and was presented with an ES.WO
bed OF velvet, embroidered with silver thread,
and SPLENDID looking glass and toilet OF gold !:
but the honeymoOn at Hampton Court was
thafes's married life was too imr erious to
brook his heightened absence from her side.
Size Insisted on being presented to the Queen.
anu "nPh lnhrlho Indignantly refused 10 re-
c'ive her the King caused his mistress to be in
ceytiou, and the rusc WAS laughed 1t as clever
joke Dy all but the insulted Queen.
QUEEN CATHARISR RETURNS TO PORTUGAL.
Not content with this Charles demanded that
iady C.silemsine should become Of the
DIES Of the bedchamber, and thus he admitted
INTO the utmost privacy OF the Queens life
THIS demand was refused with scorn . nd tears
put, after a struggle. the King in measure at
tanned his dasiardly OBJECT 1t is needless to re-
call tue petty annoyances and prosecutions TO
which the Queen was objected while In Eng
land. She was twice disappointed In her hopes
OF giving an heir to the English throne, and, a
turned u Portugal, and acted for some time as
Regent under the most romantic circumstances
ever described in history.
Inc Young King, Alphonso VI, soon after his
sisters marriage to Charles H., assumed the e.
gal power but lis reign was but series OF ca
4 IA A had afaffa IL. d
fancy from a paralytic attacK. from which he
never entirely recovered, aud on arriving al man.
hood, his wees, excesses, aud unbridled violence
toro witness Of mind diseased. To cap the
climax. he was cozened into marriage. and this
action rtecipitated a catastrophe that could not
probably nave been DELAYED. inc wife selected
Tor hun was a Princess of the house Of Savoy,
settled IN France, the second daughter Of tue
Duke OF Nemours.
An UNWILLING BRIDEGROOM.
on her arrival In the Tasers IN August, 1906 IL
was VITA tue utmost difficulty that the ing
could be- prevailed to board to greet his
bride. The fact is that he was ayerse 10 ths
match, ana when he Welded to his Minister'S
urgent and persistent requests, ne adopted
toward her strange hoo OF conduct from which
he never could be induced to deyiats. They
were married, but with the sacred rites per
formed, the King considered all marital duties
apartments. The court became "A scene Of fac
ton md disorder. HIS brother, Prince Pedro
with the hins, out IN close friendship and init
macy Win the sorro wing Queen, who being thus
tnsuited by his Min tcis and iayorltes.
ihi- curious state Of affairs lastel for more
than "a wear. when the Queen suddenly Withdrew
70 Il nunreiy aud Informed the King that she
WIS weary Of TINS -usaSe, and that as she was
hswiie hGtin name she desired that their MONT
hAl marriage nlght Oe annulled, her dowry re-
turned. and she sent back TO her country. This
spleafs 10 hive been ihe pGeconccrted signal
for regular coup d'etat. NEGOTIATIONS were
opened FIR the return u the Queen and
me DIVISION Of regal power with Prince PEDRO
bit tLey were uuslcc, s-fll and the movement
cii0lllutcl IN The aNt1rifipI OF the kiFiDua.
cesrad"d monarch, gnd the assumption of
tha regency by his trother. shortly after.
ward the three est.,es OF Portugal met and
cD!hi.i ed tue wh.ie trausactun. There
l. no doubt cut tnt string Election had
tptung up between Prince PEDRO aud the Queen,
anl sire CIV the inute eagerly sought tie an
ntlW"rt Of her marriage. At last her wish IS, =
between Portugal ma the Holy See having
c"r."d for Ne-I-. sac ihen denauds1 from the
but wnen that assembly did the wuoing aud en-
treated her TO remain me consort Of their
g. ilt A. to show That at tho same lime she was
n.ei,H ION wing her hearts dictates. Prince
90 -r.N, that ClthaIinc, Quecn duwager Of
paved in Nrr nigh on evs'r = intellect aud
"a D. 'Dnlen-p of state or. Il fOr which sne had no
70 .dt, a t" Lnsnsh court.
WIA4 GREAT nHITAIs OWES TO BRAZIL.
lai Of th.t Simple lowry 10 En.ilt i
~ ! "'-M "!pl-"t tfemendous changes m
g." 4'riil's II tho word. Queen Euzaheth
I"-.n "a a cent ~ rei1rc. granted charter TO
e.. tl-t In ga COMPANY. From the ume when
" u do COMA. the Portuguese explorer,
ia rirl the Ei,tcru PASSAGE 10 lnuia Us
~. -tng the aps Of Good II pc, al, country
W"h n.d carried IN au extensive and lucrative
trade vt.u tuust req n, without rivalry. nut
= u ich and English began to compete with
i.FIH l7r ih+ir valuable commercial relations.
ln" limifs era raced IN the charter were onor-
.u-, inyl iaing the Nnole Of tls Indian ana
ci. ( orcaus, ana comInny soon formed
f.'a -encits 0i, tho coast Of Hire stan. Is H.,
IfN.. 40 the fluLI ~ u 81 Maoihs da'cs from
49,. .nt tn l OF Calcutta fioW 1913, II is from
ir cp .i-l'iOu Of the Island OF Bombay in lGtl
Doc - be really dated HE blfth Of the
Li''l-I Iuur' IN india. BOmi aY the
1trDi. u fortress ~nd naval stron- mold held
ear ncar- in the iudi.n =, and II formed
rs '4Ui a. nlUL whence expeditions were
irs 30 uHi 90 gee il liulund and also an asa red
cen 10 en-s of Gls .ster. The other agencies
81 itctnfic- O. .pld ntr INT poor defence To ths
lt'o h. OF u' ! NaedltN MS or the abrupt de-
l.. irnl nifte lrluec-, but Queen tatharluc's
- 3 Wat for a long time En- lands main de-
',"tH.' .it ON ~ ny occasions prevented the
Gee. f'r 90 .ifas toothoid then neld by That
~" "n tle c'nns II lilnioslan. Immediate
IN it' 1871 H1mbnv. Charles H. gave the
fi't lh4ih 'NNltnN perm i.siou " 10 IA Ike war
II lrhr ga iho native prlnc~-," privilege Of
NNl'h INfN iUtcN vailed themselves unul the
tuI. h' - litih rtNtr.' { D. THO Brush throne.
lIh now ol iue lmu. ru.s Ditc4iinI ui,ses No ms
lol ilfhl' > a'DrlN H.y territory zen aims ex-