Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-20 00:00:00

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THE RUIRL`.I_IOt§ES 'or EUROPE.

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The supplement of the Allgemeine Zeitung of Jan. Sr
has some interesting statistics of the personnel of the
sovereign families of Europe.
•" The following changes have taken place in the
sovereign houses of Europe during the year just ter-
minated:—

" DEAD.--Sixteen of their members have died, seven
of whom were princes and nine princesses.
"The seven princes are the King of- Sweden and the
King of the Two Sicilies, the Prince of Reuss-Greiz, the
Archduke John of. Austria, the. Margrave William of
Baden, the Count Christian of Lippe-Biesterfeld-Wies-
senfeld, and a Prince of Mecklenburg-Schwerin shortly
after his birth.

"The nine princesses are, the Queen of Portugal, wilt)
was a Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen by birth;
the Grand Duchess Dowager of Saxe-Weimar, being a
Russian grand duchess by birth ;. the Hereditary Grand
Duchess of Tuscany, who was a Saxon princess ; the.
Princess Louise of Windischgraetz, a sister to the Grand'
Duke.of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; the Princess Letitia
Murat, widow of the Count of Pepoli; a Princess of
Sicily, thirteen years of. age ; and a Princess of Saxe-.
Weimar, eight
.years of age; two Countesses of Lippe-
Biesterfeld-Werssenfeld.
" Only two cardinals have died, the Cardinal Du Pont
and the Cardinal Falconieri. ,
• "BIRTHS.---Twelve princes and three princesses have
been born. The twelve princes are sons—of the Grand
Duke of Meckleriburg,Schwerin, brit who died shortly-
after his birth ; of the Hereditary Princes of Belgium,
Saxe Meiningen, Selihumburg-Lippe, the Duke of
Montpensier, -Prince Michael of Russia, Frederick
William of Prussia, Prince Oscar of Sweden, Prince
Adalbeft of Bavaria, Prince George of Mecklenburg-
-- Strelitz, and Prince Hermann; of Saxe-Weimar,
" The three princesses arc daughters—of the Queen of'
Spaini-the' Hereditary Prince of- Reuss-Schleiz, and.
Prince Frederick 'of Holstein-Sonderburg-Gliicksburg.
" MARRIAGES.—OnIy four marriages have taken place,
viz. :-1. The marriage of the Prince Royal, now King
of the Two Sicilies, with the Princess Mary of Bavaria ;
.2,-the marriage of the 'Prince- Napoleon of France (son
of Prince Jerome) with the Princess Clotilda of Sardinia ;
3, the marriage of Prince George of Saxony, the King's
son, with the Prindess Mary Anne of Portugal';; and 4,
the marriage of the Prince Louis Napoleon Gregory'
Bonaparte, son of the Prince Charles of Canino and uncle
of Lucien, with the Princess Christina Ruspoli.
" Among the 48 sovereigns now reigning (including
the Emperor' of Brazil, the _Prince of Monaco, two
queens, and the three 'sovereigns de jure but not de facto
of Tuscany, Parma, and Modena), the eldest is the
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, whose age is: 84
years and 41 months. Four sovereigns are upwards of
70, viz., the King of Wurtemburg, the Langravo of
Hesse Homburg, and the Princess of Schaumburg-
Lippe and Reuss-Schleiz. Five are between GO and 70,
nine between 50 and 60, nine between 30 and 40, six
between X2O and 30, and lastly, three are not yet 20
years old. These last, the youngest among the. actual
sovereigns, are the Prince of Lichtenstein, who has
turned his 19th year; the Prince of Reuss-Greiz, who
is 13 years 9 months ; and the Duke of Parma, who is
only 121. Both of these are under the guArdianship of
their mothers. The average age of these sovereigns is
45 years 9 months, and among them there are 20 who
have passed that age.
" The soVereign who has reigned longest is the Prince
,of Schaumburg-Lippe, having been on the throne nearly
73 years. After him come the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen,
and the Prince of Schaumburg Rudolstadt, who have
reigned respectively •56, years and 52 years 9 months,
including the years oftheir minority. Amon the others,
three have reigned between 40 and 60, ten 'between 20
and 30, fourteen between 10 and 20 years. The remain- •
ing eighteen • only began to reign within the last ten
years, and among them there arc four viz.—the King
of Sweden, the King of the Two- Sicilies, the. Grand
Duke of Tuscany (whose father has abdicated),and the
Prince of Reuss-Greiz, 'who only assumed the reins of
government during the year just ended.
" Six sovereigns are not married, or have not yet been.
These are, besides the Pope, the Dukes of Brunswick and
Parma, the Princes Lichtenstein and Reims Graz and
the Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. Aiming the ahers
there are nine who are • widowers, viz., the -Kings of
Sardinia, Belgium, and Portugal, the Grand Duke of
Tuscany, and , the Duke of Anhalt-Dessau-KOethen.
_One sovereign is divoreed, the Prince of Sehwexzburg-
Sonderhauseu.. Two have 'contracted morganatic mar--
-riages, -the-King-of -Denmark-rind the Elector of -Hesse
Cassel ; and - one sovereign, the Grand Turk, lives in
polygamy.
"Among the thirty-one_ wives of the other Christian

sovereigire'gularly married, the eldest are the Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz and the ,Princess of
Schaumburc,-Lippe7 each of whom is more than 60.

The youngest is the Queen of the Two Sicilies,—;vilo is
only eighteen.
" Twenty-five sovereigns have sons, one (the Emperor.
of Brazil)' -hiss a daughter, fifteen have brothers, three
have collateral relatives for their heirs presumptive. To
these sovereigns we must add three, those of Brunswick,
Anhalt-Bernberg, and Hesse-Homburg, whose sue-
cessions after, their deaths, will pass, over to another
line ; and one sovereign, the Pope, whose successor is
not chosen till after.his death. _ '

" The oliest of the forty-four hereditary princes or
presumptive heirs are those of Modena and of the Electo-
rate of liessia, who are upwards of 70. The others are
between 60 and 70. One is ,upwards of 50 ; three are
between 40 and ; seven between 30 and
,40 ; eight
between 20 and SO ; and 'eleven between 10 and 20. ,
The youngest is still, as ha- was lastyear, the Hereditary
Prince of Austria., Seventebn of them are married, one
is betrothed, and thirteen have elaildren. The oldest
hereditary prinerss is that' of Electoral Hestia, who is
70 ' • the youngkst is that of Saxe-Meiningen, who is
only 20."

RELIC PROM A WRECK.—TRAMORE.--A very curious
and valuable relic of the ill-fated Sea Horse, wrecked
in Tramore Bay in 1816, has. been discovered. It 'con-

sists of a mniket, market D-10, in a-perfect—State Of
preservation, after being under water for 45 years, and
belonged, no doubt, to the gallant's9th regiment, who,
after passing th 6 tieTils of the Peninsular warSiifid the
battle of Waterloo, were wrecked in Tramore Bay, when
'over 300 perished. 'The stock is.in.perfect order; the
lock arid barrel are encrusted with shells, sand, &c. It
is a great curiosity, midis at present in the pos-ession of
Captairltry,Vtb-e 'l7iiirMee It. was found at
low-water mark by A man named Kelly.

The Venerable Countess of Newburgh is now the
oldest member of the titled aristocracy. Herdadyship
will have completed the 98th year of her age. tT very
inseae enjoying
j6irig Arundel,th ebt
Sussex.of bodily health,
lhievaelstht,illatn
eSxlti nmdonoitiint-lipark,
recently she could read and wort without spectacles, and
Old-
stock, Wilts, and her marriage with the Earl of New-
burgh
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took_ place in 1789, just seventy rats ago.. —Slid
was well acquainted with, and well remembers, many
of the personal friends of Charles Edward, andof.the
these
memory at
atlireakesrepilltesa-suare the
reScat‘illiarntgea,Calletah'osaertilaygsotailel
days of chivalry. ,';.l:d : . •,..t
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I Au,
. LORD CLYDE AND HIS CHIEF OF THE STAFF.-1 co
uld
not co
not but be struck with the admirable personnel of our
officers as they stood chatting in groups to-day. Sir
Colin, spite of a slight stoop, is every inch a soldier is
look and bearing—spare, muscular, well-poised on small,
well-made feet, to Which some utilitarian bootmaker has
salslitetfgeuenolnitaicoore,f,s
done scant justice, and given:plenty of leather; one arm
held straight down by the side, with clenched fist, the otheri
used with easy gesture; his figure shows little trace of
years of -the hardest and most varied service beyond that
which the
indeed, with many a seam across the brow,
os
mouth, surmounted by a trimmed,
f shortct inset of teeth
which a vigorous age must carry with it ; the face is marked,
clean cut and firm, showing a Pe
andn is face is han‘d‘ sohme—l am
as he speaks ; the jaw,
P General Mansfield,
is not good, and h e is obliged
decision ; the eye of theffnmoootsht
full of light and shrewdness
made and broad chested,
taller than his chief,
gives some indication of
slope" abcut the shoulders.
jaw ; compressed, arched'''. fine oral with a-vigorous _
ip,--
full of power; a well-formed
to the labours of the desk
nose, and a brow lad
with thought;
his sight
c eCtaCICS, which he
to wear glasses or p
the air of our holds rather
aloft, giving himself
.a
suspende,
sfriendat the banquet
of Nasidienus, "oini
made some
1 naso." It is this,
study
reyedibnri
in
gno aa
rdi
ay, n t ie
, whic has made . people. think the general
bait I am satisfied
is supercilious;
b no one will find him
approach him on •
so who has to
the beau ideal of rEnglish officer. Look at all these
men,and you will find there are not above two who
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have the least swagger" or swashbuckler air, whilst
wofellbis exastrnti
they all look like soldiers,—.Russell's Diary in India,

LIVERPOOL WOOL SALES.
On Wednesday next, the 25th instant, at Three o'clock, at the
Public Sale-room, Exchange-buildings,
About 1000 Sheets English skin and fleece
„ 100 Sheets fine Australian and Cape skin WOOL.

Also, on Friday, the 27th instant, at Twe o'clock,
on account of whom it may concern.
About 400 Ballots Alpaca WOOL,
ex Anglia from Islay, damaged by sea water.
And at Four o'clock,
1500 Bales East India
1500 . „ Foreign, comprising Russian, Tur- t WOOL.
key, Egyptian, Peruvian, &c.

3000 Bales.
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