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31 December 1874 — Madrid | |
Thursday. 31st December [1874]. The “Correspondencia” of this morning was headed by “Viva el Rey Alfonso XII” & contained some acct of the Revolution. How Canovas del Castillo was President of the Council, Marques de Molins Minister of Marine, the Duke de Sesto Governor of Madrid. The town was perfectly quiet & the bells had been rung abt 1 in the morning wh I had heard & fancied was a sign there was a fire. A great number of people came to see the Dss & all the foreign Ministers came to see & consult with Henry. At 3.15 he & I went for a little drive in order to get a little quiet. We drove to the Retiro & walked there. Found a review going on in the Prado & a quantity of carriages waiting to see it. At the Sesto’s house there were a great many people in the balconies to see it. There was also magnificent tapestries hung out of the windows. In the house of the Osmas they had hung out some of Raphael’s tapestries. We left cards on Mme Prim being the anniversary of Prim’s death. Came home & found quite a tertulia with the Dss. Silvela came to see us—very low abt things– Ulloa, Camacho & Rodriguez the ex Ministers came also but the Dss would not see them. The Bernars & Maffei called on me. Dn Juan Zavala the former ADC of Serrano called but the Dss would not see him. We dined at 7.30 & then Henry & I went to the Opera to Ct Chaudordy’s box. The opera given was the “muette de Portici or Masaniello.” Tamberlick sang & in the duett with his co conspirator wh ends “Viva la Libertà” got greatly excited & sang wonderfully. This brought down the applause of the galleries who shouted “Viva la libertad” when up jumps a gentleman in the stalls & shrieks “Viva el Rey” with uplifted arm—& the galleries answered “Viva la libertad”—the piece was encored & the singers called back & several men in the stalls stood up & said “Viva el Rey.” It appears that the 1st who did it was Capt. Urbino an ADC of Capt Genl of Madrid (Primo de Rivera). All the smart ladies in the box neither clapped nor moved. Maffei & Chaudordy came later & Pavia also. The latter kept saying “Pobre Pais” Un pais tan noble—un pais tan decente, pobre pais & he said that this would not have happened had not the Govt recalled him from the command of the army of the centre—for the leader of the Revolution was Jovellar who had taken his place. When we returned home we found several people with the Dss amongst them D. Miguel de los Santos Albarez. We had tea & went to bed. Mr Gosling arrived from England as 2nd secy. He came via Barcelona– | |
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