New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-23
CURRENT TOPICS IN PARIS.
THE LATE ISFANTA PILAR-A GRAND HUNT,

| lFRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE.
PARIS, Aug. SIT would not be doing Justice to
| her Infanta Pillar TO say that she the hand
! soonest member of her family. She sngularly
beautiful, and in wise Bourbon. 1t is no secret
that her father Capitano PUG Motto of the Span
ish Artillery, with whom Queen Isabella consoed
herself after the deserton of the Duke de Sesto aud
before she made the acquaintanceof Seniors Manfri
and Puenta. for her unhappy marriage The de-
ceased Princess had attained her eighteenth year.
lfthe next Queen Consort of Spain should furnish the
church with christening. the Infanta was to be
| married to the Crown Prince of Austria; IL no
! child were born. she TO remain In Spain
and choose husband who would be satisfied to
live there. The Infanta had clear olive
complexion. regular and finely chiselled features
eyes dark and profound those Of Nile.
Rachel, and dark hair that might have been stolen
from pagan goddess. Her figure menaced clumsi-
ness. but not to the extent of her mothers She
I called after an Aragonese Madonna held in great
generation by Queen Isabella. Death came upon
the poor girl with fearful suddenuess. It
appears that she inspired Prince Rudolph
of Austria with a passion. which she
ciprocated. The uncertainty about her mar
riage tormented her. Was she to be Empress Of
Austria OF was she to be kept in Spain to provide
heirs for the throne She would have willingly
nOunced her contingent brthrght; but jurists held
that if she renounced her own claim to the success
sion she could not prejudice the rights of her
children. The nfanta, without being seriously ILL.,
| ran down. Sea baths were ordered, and she went
to waterng-place on the Southern shore
of the Bay of Bscay. While bathing there
she was seized with fit Of the epileptic type
which lasted several hours. and from which she
only awoke In another world The King and
Princess of Asurlas, who were teegraphed for, did
| -. e. hor opvaU ISa-
bella was at her country house reading letter
which the postman had Just brought from the In
fanta when the telegram announcing her decease ar
rived The unfortunate mother was overwhelmed
With grief for she is most aflectonate toward her
children and has keeuy felt her separation from
them Notwithstanding herintimacy with Puenta and
his family. The Infanta Paz stands on the step
of the throne occupied by her sister Pillar. She is the
age of the Duke de Montpensier's son Antonio and
i'm all likelihood will be his wife. Thus
the Guizoune policy of the Spanish marriages
has fresh chance of being realized. Princess Paz,
or Peace is fair and of pleasing appearance. She
was confirmed by the late Pope and is supposed to
be Marfori-y-B orbOn. The first telegram of con
doence which King AlphoDso received was from
his chvalrous young friend, the Crown Prince OF
Austria.
Mime. CASTOR Menier, whose wedding l think
|
rank among the leaders of society. OF honeymoon
Retirement not much is known IN this country.
Mime CASTOR appeared at a dinner gwen on the
evening of her marriage by her own family She
than went to Noisiel, and she is now at Fontane-
bleau where she is accepted as the Queen of Beauty
Of the season. few DAYS since she starred il" at
fate gwen by the officers quartered there to cele-
brate the promotion OF Colonel BOnie of the Hussars
from the knighthood to a higher grade of the Lee
con of Honor. The cavalry officers Of different
regiments quartered in Paris aud at Melun were i'm
vIted by the COonels subOrdinates. The proceed
ipgs opened with drag hunt in the Fontaincbleau
Forest. and the meet was at the great CarrefOur,
or Cross avenues. near the Pance entrance:
-Four hundred riders followed the drag"
and in their wake a stream or mail coaches" such
as English Dukes ride in for their own amusement
breaks tax-carts drawn by blood horses; Russian
troftskas and posting equipages and four conducted
by Positions. The Comte ana Comtesse de P0rtales
rode in an Hungarian carriage. drawn by hery
black horses reared on the BathYanl estate.
They were driven by Tcheque goodman in scar
let blouse and black hat and feathers, Mime.
CASTOR Menier followed the hunt in light Victoria.
She was dressed in white India muslin, trimmed
with Mechn lace. and coarse straw hat bright
ened up with natural roses. Inc horses would nave
At the close of the Hunt the hounds were
treated to the carcass of stag. The CWee
Claude which used TO be a advertisements at Com
nIarne is too coarsey sensational for Republican
nerves We do not see ythlng amusing IN live
stag being tied to stake. and pack OF hounds let
loose upon II after a long run and fast. When the
dogs had refreshed themselves lunch was spread
I'm u picturesque glade to wnlcn all ., the
company invited by Colonel BONES otso oIlicers
to truinpet-hunting airs, which were succeeded by
the music of a cavalry band. In the evening the
Palace Garden appropriated to the artillery school
was tastefully lighted up, and tantares were exc
cuted by the united bands OF all the regiments In
Fontaineblesu. CASTOR Menier served as prl-
waite volunteer in Colonel Bones regiment
for year He followed the hunt on horse
back. and his beautiful bride rode alone
in her carriage This circumstance does not point to
any decrease of affection In France 1t is considered
snobbsh for the husband, In public, to repress the
admiration which his wife's beauty may call forth,
by remaining at her side. lt Is MS duty 10 DC
within call so as to give her his arm whenever she
needs il but it is intrudng on her to stick to her
like her shadow.
The railway catastrophe on the Eastern line near
Nancy. has damped the festive spirit in which that
town has been INDUCING -Four killed and forty
injured is the casualty list. The injuries are OF
the most hideous character. 1t were far better to
90 down at once to the grave than to be manged.
Many of the victims have had limbs amputated.
This Shaking disaster was not the result of
carelessness. Everything points to malicious
design. So far the mystery of the inquiry has
been made clear but the perpetrator OF the crime
is not vet In the hands of Justice say perpetrator,
though perpetrators are limited at, ana tnat tDere
is a suspicion of a conspiracy to defeat the ferry
bill by getting rid of its author and his colleagues.
In the circumstances connected with the wholesale
murder 1t does not. so far as | can learn, APP
near that the Ministers were to have travelled
from Nancy to Paris in the train which has been de-
tbe,1 hack the better To detect the guilty Ny i'm
preston issthat the criminal was gnaided, though
perhaps. unknown to HIMSELF egged on hls work
of destruction is that of solitary morose lahatlc
If several had been in 1t the secret would
not have been kept to this time. 1t also
kaan
W. 80 would have been able to all but hle
~ ~ p'' 't 49, baoLs and chains which fastened