The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-10-16

The Obstacles In the Way of the Young
NapOleOn's Marriage vita the Princess

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Paris Letter in the New York Timesl
Will the young Napoleon marry Princess
Tbyra OF Denmark or will he not? The re-
publican papers scout the idea as ridiculous,
the 0rleanists try 10 prove thatsucb an event
is a monstrous impo> sibIliiy and both show
SO much acrimony in their articles that, in
all PROBABILITY, there is something ia the re-
port The scheme is clever one, thus to
give 2 social status among soversIgns TO the
ChiSelhurst exile whose chances of future
recognition by the best reigning families are
thus pretty sure, while among his volatile
countrymen they are quite as rosy as were
those of his adventurer father. General
Flsury is the promoter of the enterprise,
for the ex ambassador to Peters
burg is an infinitely more astute and willy
dillomatlst and politician than was sup
posed by those who only knew him when
he featheTed his nest so nicely by the sale
aud purchase OF horses for the imperial
stud, OF which, .as grand equerry, he had the
management The idea was first preached
at Windsor, where it found warm adyO-
cate in the princess of Wales, who was
charmed at the prospect OF the future com
paniOnship of her charming sister, Albert
Edward, too was in favor, and the united
influence of the royal pair oyercame any
opposition, if any opposition ever existed, at
the Russian court, where the Bonapartes
y
All. then, that seemed wanting was the
agreement of the Danish king and OF the
lady. The personal appearance OF the
sutton settled the latter question at t1e
first interview 1t is true that be is
two years her junior; but what are
two years in the balance against first love
and a possible throne some time hence? As
to the papa, he, too, gave in to political con-
siderations, and wasall ready to make another
marriage Investments kind of speculation
into which ne has gone deeply and been an
commonly successful, when we reflect that
out of his six children one will reign over
his faithful Danes, George has been more or
less permanently settled among the Hellenes,
the Princess Dagmar will be empress of all
the Russias, and the Princess Alexandra
queen of England. The connection, for the
heir of the Bonspartes, was, then, most de-
sirable and the eventuality of his return to
France did not seem an immense risk, so
that an invitation was extended TO the
young gentleman, who was on his
way to visit some of his Swedish
relatives. He came quite naturally, for
Copenhagen is on the direct line 10 Stock
holm, and was most cordially received by
the population, as we'll as by the court
pleased the fair Thyra, and after a short stay
went north, promising to stop on his return,
when the whole royal family would go to
England, continue the acquaintance, and
sign the marriage contract GO lar every
thing had gone on merrily, but suddenly
there was hitch in the proceedings. The
prince did not renew his visit, and although
the family, according to agreement, crossed
the channel, he still remained at Arenen-
bug, all of which is asserted to be the work
of NJ Reuher, the great medicine man OF the
Bonapartist party, who, like Victor
Hugo among the radicals, will not
tolerate any interference with his func.
tians as spiritual director OF French
imperialism. The empress and Fleury knew
that he would give them trouble, and would
play the part OF the wicked enchsnter who
had been omitted from the list of guests at
the christening; but they hoped to keep the
projects secret until it was too late to do
mischief. Alas! they forgot that newspaper
reporters are indiscreet. Rouher found out
ali about it, said never word for weeks,
and then came down upon the contracting
parties with the simple phrase, How is the
Young couple to live? They must keep
up an establishment in harmony with
their position. Six horses at least are nee
essary in the stables. The prince must
have an equerry. a secretary and valet
de chambre; the princess lady of honor.
There must be a town house and villa
Civilized man can not do without cook,
and his imperial highness can not black his