THE KING OF SPAIN'S SECOND MARRIAGE.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1791, 17 November 1879, Page 3

THE KING OF SPAIN'S SECOND MARRIAGE.

The Archduchess Mario Christina, the future Queen of Spain, after an erohange of affectionately-worded letters with Queen Isabella, accepted the invitation of the latter to spend a few days in Paris. Accompanied by her mother, the Archduchess arrived there incognito. The augußt ladies were received at the station, the Gare d'Orleans, by the Marquise de Molins, wife of the Spanish Ambassador; by Count Kuofstein, the Austrian Oharge d'Affaires, and the Countess Kuofstein ; and other persons of distinction. The Marquis de Molins, who was in another carriage, handed the Archduchesses out of their own, and at the same moment the Counteßs Kuofstein presented them with two euperb bouquets of the red and white roses. After the usual presentations had been made by the Spanish Ambassador, the Prniceßses and a lady of honor drove to Maurice's Hotel, where apartments had been retained for them. According to the " Daily Telegraph's " correspondent, Queen Isabella, impatient to see the affianced bride of hor son, called on the Archduchesses at eight in the evening, accompanied by the Marquis and Marquise D'Alta Villa. As soon as she entered the room the Archduchess Marie Christine advanced to meet her, and, falling on one knee, raised her hand to her lips. " On your knees before me!" exclaimed the Queen, helping her to rise, " are you not the rinanceo of my beloved son?" Sho then embraced her tenderly, and the Queen and the two Princesses showed much emotion. In the conversation which followed, and which was most affectionate, the Archduchess Marie Christine announced hor intention of devoting herself to her future husband, but of abstaining entirely from politics. " I shall reign over Spain with Alfonso," said she, " but I shall not govern. I mado this resolution when I saw him for tho first time as my betrothed, and I vow that I shall keep my word." The Archduchess also begged Queen Isabella to go to La Granja for the wedding, after some hesitation her Majesty consented to so. "What a charming girl," was the Queen's exolamation to her companions as she drove away ; " how happy I am that she is to be the wife of my son." A lady who lived for some time with the Archduchess Chrietina sends the following

description of her to the " Bene Freie Presse:" —"The Archduchess Christina is not an imposing beauty. She, however, has that oharm and gracefulness which has won all hearts. The Archduchess has a tall and Bleeder figure and a loveable face, with blue eyes, dimpled cheeks, and somewhat fair hair, making an attractive ensemble ; small hands, almost like a child's, and a silvery voice complete a graceful picture. The Archduchess has been educated under the watchful care of her mother, to whom she is deeply attached. She is as well acquainted with four foreign languages as with her own ; she draws and paints, mostly flowers, and is ah excellent pianist. In G-mundon, where the family of the Archduchess regularly passed the summer, the Archduchess occupied herself with wood carving, under the tuition of a clever artist. Every year she forwarded a number of warm garments, made by herself, to the poor children of G/munden. The Archduchess is much attached to her former teachers and governesses, and is full of kind attention and regard for her attendants. Immediately on the arrival of a former instructor on a visit, the Archduchess will herself place footstools and cushions for her visitor's comfort, and numerous are the occasions when the Archduchess has been seen plodding her way down the steep wooden steps in Ghnunden to visit one of her former governesses. She yields without any contradiction to any wish expressed by her teachers, be it ever so difficult, and rejoices like a child when praised. She is perfectly free in her political views, not in the least moved by outside influences, and never conceals her most decided antipathies. The young Archduchess was devotedly attached to her uncle, the Archduke Franciß Charles (tho Emperor's father), and whenever he announced his coming from Ischl to Q-mun-den to dine with the Archduchess and her mother, the day was sure to be kept as a festival. The kind-hearted Archduke never neglected any occasion of giving his dear * Ohrista' pleasure. When, two years ago, the last summer of his life, the young Archduchess was hard at work collecting stamps for a poor young lady in Munich, who wished to win a splendid Borsendorfer piano by collecting a million of stamps, in return for which an English gentleman offered to give this piano, her uncle Francis Charles forwarded stamps to further his darling's wish. The young Archduchess, when seventeen years of age, shed many tears when she was informed that the 'Emperor' had selected her to be the Abbess of the Ladies' Convent at Prague. It took a long time to convince and persuade her that she had not to take the veil and go into the cloister, but that this was simply a place of high honor and income, and that she could at any it for the bridal veil."