Left-Handed Marriage Of T...
Matrimony with a bJ-vr th an inferior, on th avowed principle that the fruits of that uoion should not inherit the throne, and that the female shoald no be- the 'aknowledged equal of her husband in raki while the inmrrie itslf is valid as to every othe legal, religiouis, aida~ moral obli;atien, is all6wea oQ the continent, and prevails both in Catholie and Pro- testant countries. The marriage of the present Xiig of Naples is ain example of the former, and the Wing of Prus- sias of the latter. -r The Countess of Harrach, now Princess of Leignitz, to 'whom Hi; Majesty of Prussia has chosen to give hishand, is of a R61henian fIamily, sai consequentlywas not previously one of his subjects. The King becn, eacquainted with her about-two years ago at the waters of Toaplitz, and person- - ally arranged every thing respecting their union, 'ithout the intervention of the officers of his Government, or the formation of a state contract. She is described as an inter- esting young person, of 2M years of age, endowed witl all the charms of. youth and beauty, and grace@ with all the accomplishmients becowming her ranklandfamily; and now that she has beoine associatet with Eoyalty, the courtiers of Berlin will no doubt discover in her many great good and amiable qualities which might have " blushed unseen' in a more private station. The manner of her coming to Court, and her first apperance on the scene wvhere she was destined to be so exalted, vere'distin- guished by extraordinary plaitness, if not by an affected simplicity. She arrivedj t Berlin on the 1st of November, alone, and unattendedL She was asked to Court, and at- tended, on the-ath, a ball given by the Princess Royal; but still there was no intimation that she was to be the wife of the King. Bythe9th, the intended marriage was declared to the Royal Family, and the Princess proceeded in the carrage or hackney-coa-ii of the inn 'vbere she lodged to the palace of Charlottenbourg, in the chapel of which she was married to the King, in the presence of four witnezses, without the attendance of any member of the Rovsi Family, or tha presence of any of the diplomatic corps. This solemn act was stil kept a secret from ine public till thb 11th, when the King assembled aU his fa- mnily to dinner, ant presented to them his new married wife. On the following day, the Princess accompanied her husband to n public concert, and in a few hours aftpmr,rds all Berlin rang, of course, with the news Sut 3P.%e history of a transaction which could not t , Mis country, but which, on the continene, may have reasons in favour of its policy that we shall not stop to examline. The Grand Duke Constantine of Russia is marricd in the same manner to an inferior-the Princess of Lowveiz, , LELA.fAfAYDXD. MA4RIAGB OF THR ?WG OlI PRUSSIA.