KING ALFONSO'S CHOICE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 314, 13 November 1879, Page 3

KING ALFONSO'S CHOICE.

It ia rumored that Don Francisco de Aasisi, the husband of Queen Isabella, has quitted Paris to proceed to Madrid, his mission being to negotiate the preliminaries of a marriage between King Alfonso and his cousin, the Princess Christine of Montpensiev, the eldest sister of the late Queen Mercedes, and the younger sister of the Gomtesse de Paris. She is very different in appearance from the young King's dimpled and girlish bride, being tall, thin and angular, with a nose of portentous dimensions. But she is very graceful and elegant in carriage and address, and is said to be accomplished and intelligent, with far more force of character than was possessed by poor, pretty little Mercedes. I am told that the Spaniards are ex tremely anxious that their Xing should marry a lady of intellect and culture. They would much have preferred an alliance with the Princess Beatrice, all of Queen Victoria's daughters being remarkable for their intelligence and accomplishments, but that, of course, is out of the question, the royal marriage laws of England forbidding any member of the royal family to marry a Catholic, under penalty of forfeiting for themselves and their descendants all claims to the English throne.—Paris letter from Mrs Hooper,