The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-10

reasons. II was thought wise to marry her
early. and Louis Philippe. then King OF
France. was called into tho counsels. II had
bcsn settled by tho great powers OF Europe
that the royal family OF France must 10 ex-
cluded from the Spanish succession and when
o grandson OF Louis XIV. Inherited tho crown
OF Spain he had boon obliged to renounce all
claim to that OF France. Louis Philippe. never
theless. was determined to place descendant
Of his on the Spanish throne. Ho dared
not. indeed. marry one OF his sons
to Isabelln. for England. Austria. and
the other powers would inevitably interfere
but he planned what arc known in history as
tho Spanish Marriages" Tho Queen. not yet
sixteen. had sister year or two younger
than herself. and tho bourgeois King proposed
that the sister should be married to his son.
tho Due dc Montpcnsier. while Isabella was
to be given to her cousin On tho fathers side.
Don Francisco d'Assz. who. it was believed.
= could never be a father by that arrangement
tho wllr FrenchmGn hoped that the succession
wOu Id descend to his grandchildren.
Tho proposition was opposed by the other
courts md cabinets OF Europe. and tho discus
sion came very near provoking n war. The
English Government was especially excited ut
the prospect OF zen ia irrt! m !nunce. and the
young Qusen oil InEinni. then ouly ~ years
. old. took livey, Part IA the contention. She
wrote lon. aud Elaborate letters Oh the subject
u sr rea s1y r. k int itrsHy
CLANS. and son-in-Iaw u Louis Philippe. The
delicate Question OF Francisco's physical Pc
: cpon!.enca. which has been made public since:
but the Frcucti King triumpheI. and the mar
BIRTHDAY The Queen Of smain was saHriIined
TO her cousin. whom she had always hated.
If 9pd her sister became tho wife OF the Due de
si Isuqella almost Immediately PROCEEDED to
Sonp ., tnrse,, for the n.ar,a3rd d. coz
i most consriirn2ns. Il not the earliest, u hor
snxSrtsss Whi,g yet bride shs used to adj;
z fhe court believed very generally that he stood
In tho place OF her husbanl, Christina. mean
Iesency but se continued 10 rnis her " daus 'Ie
tor. and tho sway this extraordinary woman
OYER ;ERSnarch nh hnI monarchy lasted for years
!sts to declare ,that serrnno wa, Ills lis
!. 49fher: but the Child was born in wcdock. and
his mother was Queen in her own right. There
war no DOUBT about the maternity. Mt least.
Sp9in: Like the slaves at the South before tho
y OWL war. he Inherited the condition Of his
soyereigns; and renter naG'.s controlled That
x .the A % Els XII No. ne ae KIM
Y fonso Kill. nov reignin& at Madrid at lie
aEs o. years, having been born six months
Isabella Telgncd and reveed, to tho amaze.
nsnt Oh Europe and the disgust ot many. Of
3 nVk oNh subJcClN. lpI lnlftp-iIND years. Ijor
throne. Indeed. proved stabIrr than that Of
k.nIIs s. phiiipp IS or her cousin. Bonita Of
amSsd s over 'nn any 81
hhs war not 90 much affected by tho comino.
H oaae e s t t@s e. h tnY ue
tsaneeilA was comparatively nndsturhe1. hut
W.snlnr y'I tns later! nsoD |" lS Tih2pt much
They Seemed not 50 much !a't eNci, e ni"s nt
ths imporaIitles Of their SOVEREIGN ~
noiRnnlt nc thc character Of her politics. Tho
op2ul0Eu IN IN many TpSDerts "A do m, nj d.
shss e shsx ct 81 hlanS1s Ta s"l 70 d
frivad tn OIL out lsane!,H tad 10 some way con-
sebelIlsaa; 81, IN day the descepdant Of Charles
rs anS rhsbs IKE M was dd ,I and sent OF
lsrylng y Pau 70 protest against against tic IT, " rsyo
lpdon but her protest was Is iiIo rs that Of
yHsrs & wssonca to her r" sd
daily ~. He. tho pnrysEnu, was rr"qd to sh Si
prestias !. receive i fugitive ,dnsc,,, Ills lis
e. Idn tHen on suI Gsr Of ttSI"ps or
TOOK sToas near 1Ns rars mo S"sn
She had Invested large sums in advance in for
Aign funds and was rich enough to continue
hst dissipation. Probably she cared moro FOL
her pronigssiss than for her prerogatycs; Al
i fore long she sent him 10 school in England
10 went through the ordinary routine that ],
4 noticed, and never invited to Windsor: al
though. when his mother visited Ergiaut
Y aitsrward. Victoria conformed TO the etiquottc
inismies. Received her royal sister and kissol
the bourbon Messalna. There was nothing
remarkable about the disinherited iriLcc
ho seemed neither studious nor am
bilious. put unPretending and inoflGn
! With his mates and masters. After n while II,
I returned to his mother At Paris. The husbqn,
81 Isabella. however did not 1.-Two with hel
there: he had separate establishment and
separate court. for no had received tho title o
{ ,kihgBt the time OF his marriage. and he re
~ tained 1t in his banishmept Thus Alfonso
seldom saw his nominal father.
Gen. Stokes had been American Minister I, T.
4 IN Paris ho was Invited to visit the fallen SOW
5 SrelKn. and on his presentation lie remarked