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Show Tho ltii:tiiu hcu-jo of Jutt-pb A. Hcnifttin & Co., cloned Us doors ThuredHy aUtriiuon. No lnt(-ment Of allairs is obtainable. Liabilities atimatrd at J'-oO.uih). I H&U-BOYAL BETROTHAL. It is deemed of sufficient importance import-ance to cable the confirmation of the rumored betrothal of the Princess Tbyra, third daughter of the king of Denmark, to the Duke of CuinVr-land. CuinVr-land. We will now probably bs given "a rent" as to tbe athirsof this royal Danish girl wbo has been iu the mat rimonial market for the pst ten or twelve years, and who has beou taiked of as the probable bride of every son of a king or queen that haa come to a marriageable aye during t-mt period. It waB only a few weeks ago that tbo gobaipa bad it all arranged between Tbyra and the young Prince Imperial, Im-perial, late of France, but this has all been "knocked in pi," and now she U to bo married "for sure." As royal matchea go thia is not much, of a catch. "To be sure, the Duke of Cumberland has royal blood in his veins; that is, he is the Bon of tbe King of Hanover that wa3, but a portion of the Prussian empire that is. In tbe Austro-PrusBian war of a few years ago the Duke'a father waB unfortunate in taking sideB, and as a consequence of his miBtake in judgment be lost a nico little kingdom, leaving tbe young man with nothing to recommend him except bis good looks and Hanoverian blood. Thyra's sisters have done better lhaD Bbo, and viewing it inaoy light it can hardly be considered that ho has done well, unless it is a love match, which can Bcarcely.be tbe case in view of the hasty manner in which the betrothal has been brought about. One would think that with her excellent "pedigree" this word, inappropriate as it is, comes readiest now, just after the fair, and on tho eve of the "Kama" exhibition Bhe might at least have married a fellow who had some aspirations and prospects in tbe world, and who was more than a prince by simple courtesy. Thyra ib the daughter of a reigning, respected and prosperous kiDg; she is also the Eiater of a king; hor brothers-in-law are to be kings and occupy the great thrones of Great Britain ana Russia, and her aiBters will ba queenB of those powerful nations; and here she throws herself away on a young fellow who is a' Bort of John Doe among the royal ones. However, it is perhaps the best she couli do under the circumstances. There are not many kingdoms in the matrimonial market, and the Danish princeBS is crowding an age that ladies, whether they be daughters of kinga or peasants, do not like to contemplate in single-blessedness. She was born on September 29, 1853. Let us hope the union will be happy and prosperous, pros-perous, and as fruitful as the limited rovenuee of ths parties will warrant. |