THE COMING EVENT.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 1 November 1880, Page 2

THE COMING EVENT.

» From Paris the followiog despatch I*9 received by the New T >ik Herald oa I August 27tb.— Our Madrid corres* !>oU'!eafc telega >hs ;m to lows: — 'The raotiK'ui: of the Queen's accouchementis s » very fast, an roach i 0.3 that 80 hil« bei'iJiers are kop' ready ui^ht aud day to summon Ministers and other persons who are invited- .for the ceremony which is to take place in the palace direct'y after the birth. The royal physicians hare brought four wet nurses, careful iy selected in theinouo twins of'Santandt-r, iv the district where all the Spanish iiristocrajy u-iialiy set 1 heir nurses, wh ) nva famed for their health and rebusl appearaacc, and wlio are made ai! tii j in ny ri c? »iir ly their p-ctursque grey p.isioga costumes^ iaced bodices braided with goi-1 aod silver. hright-coloreJ -!;ir l s and eLibor* ! nte bead-dresses. The chief uurse who has been selected is tali, darlr, with aa almost Arab cast nf feaUire?. It appears that her M?j-?sty w sbed to give the breast to lier chid, but state etiquette forbids The representistivea of the province of Asturias, from which the heir to the tliroie takes his title,. have arrived, bringing presents and '■fferirma accord ins to the traditional time-honored cii3tom. Tiiev aloae, with the delegations to Parliament snd Madrid, et j>y tlier'iiht to be present at, she birth with the Miui.-ters aai diplomatic corp?. Ia eonsverv;Uiv"e aud roy.ilist circle? the coding event is exree'ed wilh nme'i i;-.:paiieuc<3, as iiiiely to consilidtte toe dyuisiy aud m:ide t!ie Queen more popular.' — 'San Fran* c'sco Chronicle, August 27.