| Content Description | Reports that he has heard a strange story, that a person with a lot of influence over the Queen has been staying at the palace and has aroused fears on her part of a conspiracy to establish a regency; they communicated to her scurrilous verses which have been circulating in the cafes, accusing her of intimate relations with persons professing absolute opinions; she was told that her only protection lay with persons with liberal sympathies; General O'Donnell has taken office on certain conditions; Señor de Lugariagual and Señor Lujan were two nominations for his cabinet opposed by the King, and others had to be chosen; he has had a meeting with members of the Progressivista Party; discusses the political character of the new cabinet. |