The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-07-24
A Royal Marriage Coming OF.

A Royal Marriage Coming OF
Our female readers may be interested
in the fact that, there unfortunately be.
ing no truth ia the charming romance
Of his having mnrried an Irish dansel
during his flying visit to Chicago, in
1850, the Prince of Wales is about mar
ryihg the Pfiacess Alexandria. Caro-
line Maria Charlotte. Louise Julie, born
on December 1, 1914. eldest daughter
Of Chfistiep, Duke Of Glucksbourg. the
legally recognized heir of the Grown Of
Denmark. The present King, Treder-
ic VII, has no children, and is now 6f.
ty.four years old, On his death, Chris
tieu Of Glucksbourg, will become King
Of Denmark, By virtue Of near relation.
chip and'a a law ofsuccession passed nine
years ago.
The future King Of England, who
| will be twenty-one in November, is
three years older than his intended
She is represented as very amiable,
highly accomplishment all that
Who ever heard of Princess who did
not getcredit for all imaginable perfec.
tiOns ofmind and person2 We have
! seen Danish carte de visite of this
young lady, (Which, we believe, Mr..
Gutekunst has copied) giving her a
good figure, and regular teatures--but,
: If this be correct likeness, the Prip-
: cess Alexandra can not be called more
than passably good looking. Her face
, is square about the forehead, aud
squarer still about the jaws--a some
: what stern; cold commanding express
$ sion is the result She looks like "a
! strong minded" being, very likely to
have her own way, whether married or
! single
J, A Prince of Wales is relieved, by the
i peculiarity Of his position, from the
trouble of selecting lady to share his
exalted station, and from the trouble Of
= making love to her The act Of settle
e ment, by virtue Of which the German
e family of Guelph have occupied the
p throne of England since the death Of
y Queen Anne in l7l4, especially pro
IS vides that this family shall be Protes-
'e tants, and that any he or she of it who
may marry Catholic thereby forfeits
A. his or her rank at once and forever. -
80 There is another custom. that English
r princes and princesses must not marry
{ at all, without special permission from
a. the Sovereign and Parliament, which
d permission is not granted when the
= person to be espoused is Of less than
q royal birth, so that the choice Of hus-
l. bands and wives is limited to the few
N Protestant royal families of Europe Of
these only few are what Lloyds would
OF register as a l namely, the kingly
n houses Of Prussia. Denmark Sweden,
Hanover, Holland, Wurtemburg and
the ducal, or electoral houses Of SAKE
n Coburg Gotha, Anhalt, Baden, Bruins.
t. wick, Hesse, Holstien, Olden burg, Lippc,
'e Mecklenbourg, Nassau, Reuss, SAKE.
8 Meinengen, Saxe-Weimar, Saxe-Alten.
re bourg, Schwarzbourg, and Waldeck
H. The alliance which is to convert Al
exandria of Denmark into Princess oil
~ Wales was a political arrangement ne.
g. gotiated by the late Prince Albert
7 The lady comes from kingly race, is
he undeniably Protestant, is of suitable
hs age, is said to have artistieal tastes in
r's music and painting, but-the Prince o
de Wales has seen her only once, and tina
oh was at Berlin, few months ago, as b
i was proceeding on his tour in the East
bo Marriages of affection, arising out o
he former personal acquaintance, are rar
in the family of Guelph. They wed &C
cording to State policy, and WOO b!
he proxy,
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