Delta chief., 1883-07-25
SPANISH coURT SCANDAL.
The IngeIieities wiifri, Led to the Sep
aratlon OF the King and Queen.

aratIon OF the King and Queen.
From Madrid Correspondence.
The long-expectel court scandal shows
signs OF soon developing into public notorie-
ty. Here, where all the avenues of actual
news are closely guarded, gossip takes its
place, and especially in the court society pre-
walls freedom of discussion such as one may
not even find the echo in the press. That the
queen has long been contemplating an escape
from the Latin school of morals, in which
she lives in spite of herself, is known almost
everywhere Nor is the cynical Indifference
of his majesty to the suggestive conditions of
his own accession to the throne less debated.
However little the mild and ascetc Francis
of Assist may have contributed to the char
ncter of Alfonso, there can be no doubt that
the aaimalism of his mother, Isabella, and of
his grand mother, Christine, is repeated with
increased force and abandon in the king. He
has already given to court a flavor of pro-
nouuced corruption. His first enjoyment of
the royal prerogative took the form of IN in
sistance his droits de seigheur. His prof
ligacy, shocking even to Spaniards, has been
ut least candid, and his subjects have never
has played the part of Haroun Al Raschid.
1t is generally known that his life has been
more than once endangered in his street ram
bles, and Gypsy girl on a certain occasion
nearly put all end to them with her bodkin.
His passions are apt to disdain the beauties
of the court, and gravitate, like those Of
most young men, toward vulgar celebrities.
1t is true that one young duchess suffers the
sometimes envied taint of his distinguished
preference but the ladies who dance for him
after his little supper in the palace, and those
whom he visits incognitio, attended by two
of his iaithful.military chamberlains, are of
the common cass--circus riders, tumblers,
singers, and half-bIed gifune
He is very active and supple, with a bull
fighters physical address. His eyes
brown but full of changing tints, and his
mouth is singularly vivacous and expressive,
His moustache is very fine and silken, his
hair is all but black, his teeth very white,
and his smile extremely fascinating. He is
less hysterical than most Latins, and is
great deal mere brusque.
The queen is US proud as most Austrian
princess, and is inclined, perhaps, to quarrel
rather with the quality of her rivals than
with the morals of her husband. She has not
grown very popular lere--not even as popu-
lar as Marie Theresa grew with her French
subjects. An intense virtue and sullen
pride are equally fatal in Spain to the adora-
tion of the common people. As for the aris-
tocracy, while it views with interested alarm
the proAigacy of the king, it observes with
polite amusement the evident jealousy and
discomfort of the queen. Happily in Spain
one does not overturn dynasty on moral
grounds, SO the king is reasonably safe for the
present But the Austrian contingent of the
court does. not scruple to express its chagrin
and indeed its Indignation. The queens
Germanic household resents the circus-r riders
d ID genus om,ne with loyalty that both ir-
ritates and abashes the Spanish entourdge of
their mnjesties, and it is from this growing
dscord, if from anything, that the domestic
troubles of Alfonso and his wife will derive
the dangers of publicity and in consequence,
an open rupture. Meantime "Nuesta Car
mepcita" bounds through her hoops of fire as
gaily as If the flames were not likely to be
famed by an international complication.
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