| Show I THE MARRIAGE OF AL PHONSO XII A good deal of speculation ls at present going on in with regard to tho matrimonial conditions imposed by austria respecting tho impending alliance of tho houses of spain and austria the groat bone of contention is the dower required for tho austrian princess whom alphonso XII desires for liis royal spouse austria teeing that her pretensions were favorably received however humiliating for the sli nation they might bo has proposed the following terms to the government of madrid recognition of tho title of infanto to don carlos his rehabilitation before the law and a considerable to indemnify him for his renunciation to his individual claims on the crown of Spain granting of the provisional title of prince of the asturino As to don jaime the eldest son of the pro tender don Car losand liis recognition as of tho crown in the case of alphonsos demise without children abrogation of the law imposed by charles ivin 1789 by which the pragmatic sanction of march 1830 was sustained and a return to tho law adopted by philip V in 1717 in tho existing of things the governmental madrid seems to have no serious objections to these propof sitione sit ions tho hardest and most objectionable point is the re franchising of don carlos who was outlawed and banished by the law of july 20 1834 russia has put in a word to induce the spanish government to accede to a peaceable alliance with austria the marriage of don alphonso with the archduchess arch duchess mane christina of Austria meets however with the pertinacious opposition of the liberals of spain who see in it an movement and one calculated to counteract the steady progress of the liberty mr canovas de castillo is the principal spokesman of cheso adversaries to th austrian alliance ard his history of the decadence of the house of austria furnishes overwhelming wh elming reasons for spain to repudiate any alliance with the dynasty of the latter has exer cased a fatal influence on the material social and popular welfare of the fair iberian peninsula the pen he says hesitates to put down all the ignominies igno heaped on spain by her austrian tyrants but it is necessary to relate certain facts which will show whither nations can be led by the incapability and meanness of their princes seconded by the forbearance of the subjects if it is to be hoped that spain will yet tire of being ruled by the freaks and fancies of a few crowned idiots and that when she again steps into the path she entered under prim and serrano in 1868 she will persist and persevere therein let her learn a lesson of truo republicanism from france THE LEO business seems to pay beatr with those who are off the stage than with those who are on it for example awards for the recent astley belt contest foot up thus charles rowell will receive about samuel merritt george frank hart george gunoa 2750 en als 1000 and krohne bowell walked hours and 40 minute which made his average mile 13 minutes and G seconds ll erritt walked hours and 24 seconds his average mile was 13 minute aad 35 econos econ ds ahila walked 09 hours and 44 seconds and made hie average mile the lowest of any being 11 minutes and 48 seconda the following ia description of belt for which the contended the belt was in march ky sir joka astley the ecat patron f sports in it con list of a heavy chun f eight links or plat on ef solid fid and of sterling ilter fattened to each ahme and silver liar and fastened underneath to ta real belt which ii of red leather the total weight of tb ornament is not far from fir pounds eo that however deri tho possession of it may be no pedestrian would wear it ahil at wok th central link is the eolien inept i irregularly elliptical in shape and is surrounded with a fancifully cut borda in scroll patterns in the centre of the link or plate i the distance champion of the world the fiher units are uniform in shape and disc being oblong in and about three laches by four and A half in eire on the two next in place to the bolden link are raised figures in has relief the figure on one being that of a runner and on the other these figures are carefully finished and the background of the links are engraved with very sketchy landscapes land the winners of the belt in contests pro to the on just brought to a close are march 1823 1876 agricultural hall Is lington London Won by danial OLea milea laps Deo 2328 1878 second contest Gil mores garden new york won miles lap arter napoleon campana alias sport was his only competitor and miles laps march 1015 10 15 1879 third contest garden new york won by charles john ennis second and chai A third oleary withdrew on the third day bowbells Bo wells score miles ennia mile haniman mils juno 16 fourth contest agricultural hall eng won by 33 beating blower brown john ennis and harding wes tons core mus |
