Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-06-28
From the Berlin Correspondent of the Times
Imperial COnrtships.

The Grand Duke Michael, who will accompany
his mother, the Dowager Empress of RUSSIA, on
her visit to the court of Berlin, is understood to
have in view on this occasion matrimonial en-
gagement with German Princess as Is the estab-
lished custom with the Imperial family of Rtssia
and as his father did before him. The only Prus-
sian princess now unmarried is Aexandrine, the
Youngest daughter of Prince Albrecht, now four.
teen years old, and not impossibly the honor Of
becoming Russian grand duchess may be reserv-
ed for her. This Ia an honor which, according to
all accounts, the Princess of Prussia was not aux.
ious to procure for her daughter Louisa, to save
her from which is believed to have been main
reason for her great good will towards a match
with the prince regent Of Baden. This latter, al.
though he has not accompanied Prince Frederick
Wilhelm to England as was at first intended, will
subsequently join him there, to avail himself of
the invitation that has been extended to him by
our Queen.
While on the subject of royal and imperial mar
risges, it may not be out of place to mention
little incident connected with the late Emperor
Nicholas's courtship Of the Princess Charlotte of
Prussia. As his son Michael is now coming to
the Prussian court, 80 did the Grand Duke Nicho-
las, about the year 1916, come to Berlin to see If
one Of the Prussian princesses would not suit him,
and the Prncess Charlotte was given to under
stand by her parents that if he should take fancy
to her, they would have objection to her returi-
ing the penchant.
The time originally fixed for the expiration of
the Grand Dukes stay had come, and he was seat
ed at supper on his last evening, next to the Prn-
cess Charlotte, wheI he abruptly told her he must
leave Berlin the next day. He hoped to surprise
her into some demonstration Of feeling on the oc.
casion, but her maidcnly pride withheld her from
making more than some very say-nothing remark
in acknowledgement. The Grand Duke thereupon
soon assumed another plan of operations; know
ing that, however little the eyes Of the company
might be actually fixed on him and his fair neigh
Dor, they were, nevertheless, the objects of gem
eral observation, he commenced telling her. but in
an apparently unembarrassed manner, and playing
with ring Of his the while, that he had devoted
himself during his short stay there to making him
self acquainted with her character and disposition,
&C., and that he had found in her every quality
that he believed best calculated to make him hap.
py in welded life, &c; but, as they were at that
moment the object of scrutiny to many present, he
would not press her for any reply to his overtures,
but f it was agreeable to her that be should pro-
long his stay at her fathers Court she would per-
baps h We the goodness 10 take up the ring he had
in his hand This ring he then, apparently while
PLAYING with the two objects, thrust into the roll
of bread lying on the table before him, and went
on, seemingly in all sang troid, with his supper
With an equal appearance of unconcern, the Prin-
cess presently put out her hand and took ND the
roll, as il mistaking 1t for her own bread, and un-
noticed by the company withdrew the ring, and
put it on her own hand. The rest requires no mar.
ration. y8