New-York tribune., 1879-09-04
AI.pHONSO AND MARIE.
r11r .npRnACuING MARRIAGE.


c,c,rnY WHERE sHR AND ALPHONso HAVE
>,rr tooKs-YRsSCE NAPOLEON AT TRouViLLS.
IFRos TIE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF lhh iHn. '
PAEis. Aug. 22.-The Spanisrds VIII 500" ""s
tha qualification of possessing another young ""
very charming Queen. diplomat OF emhehoe
tells me tha. the match between their hihe All" .'o
ArchducbeSs Christina Is good rs settled Inc
,on,, ,aav hblds ont a little both from piQne and
;,,a,cst Mercedes was preferred TO her by AL
nhonso c,ho had known her yery well when lac was
- student n Vienna and the settlement his Minis
ters propnse 10 make on hcs is not so au'ah-
taeeous rs the Imperial House OF Aus'rl"
would desire Hence tho postpOnement OF any
final arrSngcment until meeting between
the King aud Archduchess has taken place
The Spanish Monsrchs heart is easily drawn 10
amorousness and when he is in love he allows no
obstacle Ia stand in the way of his passion IL was
deemed in the highest degree probable that he
would be- suhipgatcd by the charms OF the rr'ncesS
who Is offered to him M consort, IN whlcu case NC
,ould overrule the economical proposals OF his ac-
vis,,s The ArchgucieSS Christina. who has by this
time received At Arcaehon Welt from Alpso"So'
Is tall and elegantly formed. She Is bold ana very
rocof,l bo,seyyomau al excellent musician. speaks
many foreian languages, and has iie How o. ah'-
NAL spirits Her mother Is sster OF the Vac"h Oh
the BelQiaus. and was brought upin Hungary pretty
mnch as though she had been young archd"ke.
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who is descended in line direct from the ArhduNe
Charles. the military competitor Of the first Napo-
leon. Oncen Isabella, 10 facilitate this match
which she favored in the early part OF her sons
reign has offered transfer 70 his fuure c"nsot'
the Jewels remaining in her possession. lhey are
Of very great value, and should the tustr"us psif
be elected from Spain by revolution, would suffice
70 maint ain them with dignity.
The wedding festivities should no slip occur b.
md h4
Kings hp. viii take place at Barcelona That city
iSa ho:he, of Republican agitation, and it Is felt
polite 10 conoliae il and 10 gain by fsitery ana
nonrtly fayors the wealthy manufacturers
and merchants who Affect advanced liberalism
Besides. the recollection of Mercedes, her briet
span of nappiuess. and of the undylng attachment
vowed 20 her by her young husband II siil fr'sh az
Madrid The population there took fancy to their
dark-cycd little Spanish Queen. She was oorn
Infanta loved to wear the msnt;la, and looked her
best in IL. IleT name Thought to be 0t good
augury and her death took place under peculiarly
sad circumstances. There was suspicion abroad,
which has not been dispelled that she fe.l vlcum
- poison and that the poisOner was an isaeelIst.
The cX- Queen. II /, known was bitterly loslne -
the marriage OF her son ana Don Antoho
daughteI, aud actively promoted ma'ch Win
the Austrian ArcbduoAeSs The latter princess, " Is
to he apprehendcd would suner IN re popular
es,;w,fion by comparison with Mercedes on ner
wedding day and II If tclt that the legend OF the
deceased Queen COn>OII ull0ht FItulsp'Sc
her the unfciect!n9 people Of Madrlc She ~ no,
therefore to accept the crown matrimonial m the
Church of the Atocha hut IN thai oi SAINT Eulilg,
of Barcelona, and to drive IN bridal pOlnp through
the streets of the Spanish Liverpool Ii IS a pity
that she bears the name ot Christina, winch beyond
The PVrtnces Is associated with mCan %iasphg -iI-
ishmess low intrigue, contempt of public duties
sDurOus liberalism, OarrNch gOverumont ana the
yle affair OF the spanish marriages. There IL III an
unedncated nation good deal % power % lrrltate
or to charm IN name. Qgcen Isabella was alivc 10
tins fact when she called the Princess OF AsturiaS
tar-al audit he d
lumbus: her son after the legendary King ApuonsO,
and her daughters Pillar paz and Eulalic, aiicr two
uadonnas and Il saint held in the most profound
vtneratIOn ia The CarhSt provinces.
Arcachon. where the King and coming Queen Of
Spain are 20 spend brief period OF courtshp, Is n
mushroom town run up by the Brothers Pereire and
other specuators some eighteen or twenty years
ago among pine woods and sand hills ON sheltered
salt water lake bay. in the Gull of Gascony The
ar there ia aroInatized by the basamIc emanations
fIUin the pane trees Is hot. dry and very exciting
Lymphatic children, young people going there
find their faculties notably stimulated This at
rno,uheric condition will be to the disadvantage of
the Spanish exchequer we may assume. Though
cert Ainy not more than score OF years III exist
ence Arcachon has already an old wriakled face
Ii is town of fancy villas, constructed IN the HIM
siest materials and in the most fantastic style of
architecture. without the merit almost anywhere
of beng original. There is strong flavor of that
in this South of France sanitarum. Cardboard
limitations of Indian pagodss, of Persian and Turk
ish kicsk- of Chinese joss-houses spread about
sor several miles the sand ana each OF these edi-
iices stands in gardens in which howers refuse 10
GROW Tho wear and tear of twenty wears service
as lodging q houses has rendered them shabby and
out-at-elbows and no matter now oid they grow,
they will never DO venerable. IL Is very bard 10
Obtain n fine view unless one hlTeS mouse the
garden side of which is on Tho bay which !, screened
from the sight ny an endless row OF preteotious
villas Another tine view Is % be obtained by
ascsnding very high sand hill, the wooded sides
of which "A cOrkscrew carriage drlye has been cut
out. One must, III rambling around Arcachen per
I,otualy keep on the road. Evory"AeIe ior miles
INTO the pineTiss and along the soa~hOre pr0prl-
etary nights axe asserted by wire feDoes, IN net
work of which remember 10 have boon once most
nnrisssanily involved after night bad fallen sud
denly The soil il of hDe. loose sca-sand which
nc vegetation holds together. sweeter spot
there is not IN Europe for j kiuR on
ricketv throne 20 court princess whose family
Ineuaced Iu their Impsral interests by the giants
OF Pau-Siavism and fan-e'er,nanlsn Inc honse
of Austria would fain have PSn-latnism on It's
side But whore docs II 10 to seek Tor an slilancs-
10 "A secrepit monarchy. Count Won Beust courts
Tie meuber OF the Latin fsmiiy-the French Re;
rnbiic-which Is most highly imbucd with vital
lore His master inteL,gently courts the family Of
Isabella Marfor 4 Co.. a meInber OF winch VIII
probably be placed at the head OF the holy Roman
fmp,re The really fascinating lnianta Pillar. was
not cold in her tomb IN the Escurial when neSo
tiations opened by the Austrian Iosernulent
20 obtain for Pr1nce hucoiph tue manu- oi nei Ss'er
Psz.
Prince Napoleon keeps very quiet at Trouville.
An enterprisng correspondent Of Vienna paper
who knocked at bis door and introduced himself
with the object Of interviewing him. met this week
with An unpleasant rebuff. The Prince asked what
ionrnal his visitor represented, When his imperial
Uighness was informed on this point he asked for
r,roof that he had before him serious correspond
ent. Letters Office paper were drawn out Of I.
brcast-lDcket ct aud spread upon table. " CeSi ten,"
said the Prince. 80 far | have not taken YOU