The daily gazette., 1877-07-18
"a ROYAL COURTSHIP.
KING ALFONSO OF SPAIN TO MARRY
THE GIRL OF HIS CHOICE AFTER


KING ALFONSO OF SPAIN TO MARRY
THE GIRL OF HIS CHOICE AFTER
ALL. ..
From the whitehall, Review June 30.
1t is no lOuger a secret, that the King
is engaged to his cousin Dona Mer-
cedes de Montpensiery Borbon. He is
resolved TO carry out plan which he
had formed when, leaving his cousins
in Paris. he was called 10 the throne
by the army of Martinez Campos at
SagohIo. During bis visit To Seville
he determined that this year should
not elapse without witnessing his mar
Iiage, and he seems only to have de-
ferred that ceremony out of Difference
TO his mother. The marked co0lness
which has been noticed by every one
In Seville and Madrid between the ex-
Queen and her son was caused by
nothing else than the hostility express
by Isabella to the choice of the King.
Nor is she to be blamed because her
attendants and the Court she keeps
around her at Seville have fOstered and
fomented her rancor against the Dec
de Montpensier and his daughter.
Their object was merely to regtin a
certain sway oven the Kings mind
and hereby pave the way for return
to power and place of those evil coun-
ciliors whose mistakes had caused the
ruin of the dynasty, Other motive, +,
into which We, caunot, enter, dictated
the opposition OF the Queens Sacre-
try and of the M1detado party. 1t is
even said that If the marriage takes
place this winter Queen Isabella will
probably leave Spain and again take
up her residence in Paris. King Al
tonso declares that the Queen may go,
bur that his sisters the Infan'as must be
left under the care of the Princess of
Asturias. This arrangement would
be very suitable one, as not few
people think that the young Infantas
ought 10 be placed under their elder
sister, and that QUEEN Isabella might
suit her own tastes better in Paris at
the Palais BasiloWsky than IN Spain.
King Afonso's decision is almost
universally approved, aud his future
bride is sure To be very much liked
She is young and very handsome. Her
dark and animated features which are
quite of an Audalusian cast-are dis
played to the greatest advantage under
me mantilla, as we saw her the other
day at that pleasing entertainment,
Madrid buil-ignt. She isnot paIticu-
larIy tall, and her embOnpOint is uL-
Spanish but sac had that
lively, bright manner which Partisan
gives a girl, She dresses
very simple as rue, and her cntOu-
rage says she is very inteliigen,. When
SHE stayed in Seyiile last winter ard
during her shOIt visit to Madrid she
pleased every one who knew heI. The
.terncst lnlransigente could not find
il In his revolutionary heart tcsfrown
on the beautiful girl who seemed, as
they say in Spain, a very daughter
1T the Gnadalquivlr." 1t required all
'le lnveteiate Sourness of those const =
.utlonal grumblers OF the SAgasta party
10 find fault with the Kings choice.
KING Alfonso will pass seven or
eight weeks in La Granja with the
Duo de Muntpensier and his family
The Princess of Austrias will also be
there for several months, and the
chiefs of all the foreign legations fix
their residence in that cool retreat, to
which many Of the nobility resort
There, AMID piculcs, balls and fetes,
The King will await the fall Of the leaves
In the woods of La Granjt; and when
he reVisita his capital it will be to an
nounce 10 the Corles del Reyno his ap-
9roachlng marriage with DOna Merce-
les de Monlpensier.