The following is the King's official opinion upon the whole
affair as reported by the correspondent of the Times. It is dignified
and Spanish I have no resentment against the French nation, and I am touched by M. Grevy's visit, but there is at the bottom of my heart a profound sadness, a sadness not due to anything affecting myself individually ; but to the misunder- standing which henceforth exists between two nations of the same race, having to a great extent the same interests, and who ought to be attached to each other. The step taken by M. Crrevy may make me forget the bitterness of my entry, but Spain will long remember the hisses of the Parisian population, who would not see that behind the King it was the nation they were hissing." The King left for Madrid on Monday early, where he received an enthusiastic welcome. The whole popula- tion, from nobles to water-carriers, turned out to do him honour ; all classes were admitted to the Palace, and through- out the night a stream of 30,000 visitors passed in to pay him homage. He has, in fact, in consequence of the outrage, received an informal plebiscite from the Spanish people.
