Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-06-21
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Dlatin 8 ElisfloG i'ersnnages.
Looking at the extraordinary reunion
OF SOycreigns and princes in Paris, attract
ed by the Great Exposition, it may not be
and observations touching those illustrious
| personages who are now or recently were
in the French capital:
Leopold IL, King of the Belgians, is
thlrty-two years OF age, and was crowned
on the 10th Of December, 1866. He is the
grandson, on his mothers side, of King
Louis Philippe, and married in 1853 an
archduchess of Austria, Henrietta Anne,
daughter OF the Archduke Joseph. The
! Queen is thirty-one, and has two daughters
and son. The sister of the King is Prin-
cess Charlotte, Empress of Mexico her
brother, Count de Flanders, has Just mar
ried a princess of the royal family of Prus-
sia. He passed the first few days at the
Exhibition at Paris, acting as President Of
! the Royal Belgium Commission. The
count is known to have taken extraordinary
interest in the many marvels of the worlds
fair, and he may have said with Romeo on
taking leave of it
But that JOY, past joy, calls out on me-,
1t were grief SO soon to part with thee.
The King is said to bear q strong Tesem-
blance to Francis [.
The Queen of the Belgians adds to no
bic department a most atfable and gracious
air She is passionately fond of music and
horse riding, in both of which arts she ex-
GELS, and To- es no opportunity Of practicing
them. Her Majesty arrived at o'clock on
Tuesday week, and at 5 she was on horse
back IN the Camps Elysees and the Bois de
Boulogne
George [, King Of Greece, son of the
King OF Denmark, and brother-in-law of
the Prince of Wales, is only twenty-five
years of age. He is a fine young man, of
fair complexion, thin and somewhat pale
of elegant department and very distin-
guished manners. His Majesty has already
visited Paris and the Exhibition, on his
way to st. Petersburg, where he is about
to marry q niece of the Emperor of Russia.
Queen Maria, of Portugal, daughter of
Victor Emanuel took up her abode at the
Palais Royal. She is twenty years of age,
and married in 1862 King Dom Luis l., by
whom she has two children. Like the
Queen Of the Belgians, her skill as horse
woman is much praised, and she is a bold
and deNterous rider IN the hunting field
Hence her admirers have given her the ap-
pellation OF "Queen DIANA
Prince Oscar, who has frequently visited
the Exhibition, is the second son Of King
Oscar L., and the grandson of the Marshall
of France, Bernadotte, brother-in-law of
Joseph D0naparte, and King of Sweden in
1878. Prince Oscar, brother of the reign
ing King, Charles XIV, is cousin TO NapO- |
leon Ill, his mother having been the
daughter of Prince Eugene, uncle to the |
Emperor Of the French Prince Oscar is |
thirty y-eight years old lie married in 1857, |
a Princess Of Nassau, by whom he has had !
four children. He was here not only in the |
capacity Of President of the Royal Com |
mission Of the Exhibition, but as an ardent |
admirer and diligent inquirer into the mer-
its of everything most worthy of note, ac-
cumulated from all the countries of the |
world, in the Champ de Mars. Prince Os-
car lately 8upcrintended the trial of two |
smalland beautiful Swedish steamers, which .
make occasional trips with select parties, to !
st. Cloud.
The prince was observed to wear three |
one Of which was that of Legion of
Honor, and attached to the other two was
a military medal, and q French medal,
awarded for distinguished services render
ed in the saving of human life. The latter
especially attracted much curiosity, and,
on inquiries being made on the subject of
one Of the princes attendants the interro-
gator was politely informed that, in 1862, Z
being at Nice, the princes attention was
attracted by the imminent danger Of a no.
bic French family in a carriage, the horses
Of which were running away at full speed,
and perfectly ungovernable. He threw
himself at the animals heads, and, after be-
ng dragged along by them for some dis
ance, at length succeeded in stopping their
career, and saved the lives of the party.