Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-10-17

Ano iSless ueWs from England positively af.
firms that early in the ensuing spring the Prince
OF Wales will wed the Princess Alexandra of
Denmark; but 1t remAIDs for the London Spec.
tdtOT to take the trouble to ascertain how many
young ladies in the world are eligible candi.
dates. The whole number ia seven. Wby Il
is so restricted, and who tho priucesses are, an.
pears in tho Spectators entertaining sketch,
which we copy entire:
| THE PRINCE AND THE PLEnILN.
The fortunate heir to the Ebglish crown ia.
IN one respect, the most unfortunate man of the
age. His Royal Highness Prince Albert Ed.
ward OF Great Brl.ain,is young, accumulated
well.looking, thoroughly well educated, Reper.
ally beloved, and In the prospective possession
OF one ot the most glittering dladems in the
world; and yet, in the plentitude of all these
earthly and heavenly gifts, can only select his
partner through life from among seven fair
damaels. Tom Brown, the city clerk, who srie.
to be gentleman upon sixty pounds year,
would not tolerate for a moment the idea OF
having his matrimonial horizon narrowed to
such dimensions, nor would even John Styles,
the ploughman, who works for board wages six
days in the week and on the seventh courts all
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Both Tom and John would certainly think them.
selves hardly used II. in this era of liberty,
when loconotion is cheap and girls are as plenty
as blackberries, they should not be allowed to
pick their spouses ct least among hundred fair
ones. II 10 only on the pinnacle Of the pyra
mid that the space lie contracted, until, ss the
case Of live prince Of the blood royal, the
matrimonial field is circumscribed by the fatal
number seven.
THE MODERN DooMsDAT-BooK
The land on this elevated ground is measured
out and registered by royal Doomsdsy. book
more formidable than the one preserved at the
Chapter House of Westminster Abbey. The
book is well known and deeply reverenced as
the Almaaaeh de Gothg The great modern
Doomsday book, the Almanaeh de GothG, divides
all mAnkind-and womsnkind, of coufse-into
the three classes Of princes, mobiles and ple-
beians. The boundary between each Of these
classes is laid down most markedly aud dis
tinctly, making trespsss all bus impossible.
Shsrpest In outline and best fenced OFF is the
topmost division, comprising the various mem
bers of the royal families of Europe. The cat
alogue Of princes aud princesses ia O toIersbly
long one, extending over near hundred pages
Of the royal Doomeday. book; and II seems rather
extraordinary that there should DO no more than
seven fair ones 10 the list eligible for the selec-
tlon of the heir-spparent to the crown of Eng.
land. The fact is owing to some general and
some particular causes. There are about eigh,
hundred members OF royalty in Europe, all
ebsnbnrtig and legitimatei but the vast majority
of them are in the sere aud yellow leaf, past
marrying and being married. Like Englist
law lords and bishops. princes aud princesses
ss rule, attain to a good old sge, fer above
the average Of vulgar humanity.
CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT.
The greater number Of sovereigns Of Europe
and their families are above fifty years OF age
and the case 's not at all rare of four genera
tions basking together In the sunny atmospher,
of the throne. Many page of the AlmGncl
de GothG has to be turned over before the ey,
slights, in maze of venerable sexa, septa
and octogenarians, on name fit to match, II
point of age with that Of the young heir-expect
ant Of the British lsles. But the search bs
comes still more difficult from the fact that 4
is not only age, but religion which has to bl
looked after. The c0nsort whom England
wants for her future King must no. only b,
young and comely, and scion of a sovereign
princely family, but must be, above all, be
lever in the Protestant faith. But IL happens
curiOusly enough, that though the majority O
European sovereigns are Protestant thanks Il
the mosaic constitution of the German empir,
there are, nevertheless, considerably more youn(
princes and princesaes brought up Ia the Roman
Catholic creed than after the tenets Of the Re
. formed Church
The Catholic princes, 1t seems, multiply NOR
than their Protestant brethren, although, as
rule, they do not arrive at quite go old an agt
The largest of all the royal houses of Europ
are the families Of HspsbuFg and Lichtenstein
ubi supra, both Roman Catholic, aud includipI
within their sacred circle mere matrimonls
eligibilities than dozen ordinary Protestan
households The house of Hohenxolleru |
> Itself far more productive In its two Catholi
branches Of HechiDgen aud Sigmorgigen tha
in the younger line which has given kings /
Prussia. The handsomest and, it is believed
most accomplished princess of E lrope at th
preaent moment Is Furstinn Maria Of Hohsn
= zollern-S Sigmaringen, born November II, 1916
aud, therefore, exactly four years younger thai
the Prince Of Wales But, owing to the DIFF
ference of creed, the radiant Fute,inn is mol
me tGnseye TO his royal highness, ,sr
!. THE ELIGlBLE FAIR ONES. 81 sa
d After sitting and distilliog the contents of th
royal Doomsdsy, book with the n.moat care, th
/ sad fact remains at the bottom, that, as slread
4 said, there are really no more than seven eligi
: bic ladies IN the world to whom the eldest soi
of Queen Victoria may offer his hand. TIL
] list being 60 extremely circumscribed, It seem
: worth while to Get forth the nameso OF This gal
o sxy of beauteous candidates for the throne {
Great Britain and the Indies. uqi sGI
d First on the list, according to rank, stand
Princess Alexandiua Of Prussia, born Februai
1882, the youngest daughter OF Prince Albesi
o brother Of the King by Pslncess Marianne
I the Netherlands. II is unfortunate for thi
. young princess that from an early age she hA
TO be the involuntary spectator of domestic dis
4 sensions, which ultimately led to judicial di
. vorce of her parents, prcnouncedb by judgmen
Of the Consistory Of Berlin, in March, ls49.
al A happier home was that Of the second prin