The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-27
CHRISTINE IN SPAIN.

HISTORIC MISUNDERSTANDING BY TELE-
pHoSE-A SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD.
IBY CABLE TO THE HERALD.l
MADRID, Nov. 26, 1879.
/ have lust returned from the Pardo, where
the Archduchess Christine and her mother are
waiting for Alfonso's eauerries to escort them
to Madrid. The Pardo is about three and a half
leagues from the capital. 1t was long used as
royal shooting box, and its woods are
full of game Around their entire cir
cumference, which measures not less than
masonry. On the day of st. Ildefonso the
Madrilenos make pilgrimages thither in body
to celebrate the ron,eria (festival of the Arch
bishop of Toledo, and gather acorns and make
merry. The Manzanarez flows in sluggish
stream through the forest. The road that leads
from Madrid is tolerably well constructed,
passing over plain and through avenues of
stately oaks
A MOATED GRANGE.
The castle is q. great square building, of mas
sive and imposing appearance. 1t is built in
the style Of the Spanish Renaissance, with
three facades Of q plain order of architecture,
flanked with towers and girt with a moat.
1t has the air of feudal residence,
gloomy and forbidding. Under Charles
Nv. its walls resounded with mirth and
hn+c ;p
been well nigh deserted. Hemmed round in
its solitary grandeur by the vast woods, it has
to content itself with the company of few
plots of stunted grass and the vicinity Of
small village In the latter are stationed several
companies Of infantry and battery Of artillery.
Here, too, is the celebrated poorhouse Of the
Pardo, founded by the charity of Moreno
Benitez and Of Queen Marie Victoire, Duchess
Of Aosta whose short reign was marked by
help of the Project Of Madrid, who had long been
anxious to purge the streets of their beggars,
and, having opened these two LONESOME for
the men, under the invocation of st. John; an
other for the women, under that of st. Mary
she stocked them with shops for carpenters,
cabinet makers, cobblers, tailors, blacksmiths
and alpasyateros, with bakeries and sewing
schools for the destitute of her own sex.
MAsTER-woRKs OF THE LOOM.
The furniture of the castle is in the style of
the Empire The walls are lined with magnif
cent tapestry, worked after the designs OF Goya,
the national painter and caricaturist of Spain,
who just lived in time to catch and preserve on
canvas nc feeting remnant of it's old pic
turesqneness. Others are copies of David
Teniers. The collection represents hunting
scenes and rustic festivals and scenes from
''Don Quixote." The largest of their number
portrnys the marriage of Gamache. In Queen
Isabella's room there is woven game Of blind
mans buff, the players being great ladies Of the
court of Charles w. and Celebrated toyeyos of the
day. Some Of these masterpieces come from the
Gobelins workshops. The designs after Goya, the
dramatic scenes Of Ramon de la Cruz, and vari-
GUS revolutionary sketches were produced by
the royal fabrique Of Philip w., and still bear
during the second half Of the eighteenth CEN
tury. The Archduchess Christine already
knows them all by heart. She breakfasts and
dimes with her mother, the Archduchess Eliza
beth, on the first floor. The weather has been
SO bad that they have not once left the castle.
CONGRATULATIONS IN ANTIQUE GARB.
To-day delegation came from the Cortes to
present their respects They were attired in
curious old costumes, reminding one of those
algauzils who proceeded the cortege were
also exceedingly quaint in their outward
fashion, and seemed to have stepped
down from the frames in the picture galleries of
the Madrid Museum. In imitation of his former
courtship the King has had the wires of tele-
phone laid between the royal palace and the
Pardo, and the lovers arc in constant commrni-
cation. Yesterday he dined with his future
queen She seems to be very gay and
was received ut the gates by an old attendant,
who is deaf rs post, and who has seen many
generations Of sportsmen and jewellers come
and go in these ancient walls lie addressed
the Archduchcss in a little Spanish speech,
of which she appeared not to understand q
word So she laughingly turned to the King
and said, "Be kind enough to reply for me-"
His Majesty appeared to enjoy the incident
vastly and at once complied.
THE SLIGO TRIALS.