Prince' Alfred's Marriage.

Cromwell Argus, Volume IV, Issue 197, 19 August 1873, Page 7

Prince' Alfred's Marriage.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh is form ally betrothed to a princess of the House of Russia. From the belles that, decking their blushing charms in Canadian furs, surged and ragged •around -huo_.in the eager struggle to touch the hand or lean Upon the arm of the darling Prince*, to the Sydney girls who forced their way into his bedroom in his absence and stole the hairs from bis brush and comb for lack of other memento of the sweet youth ; from the South African beauty languishing amid che vineyards of Constantia, to the dusky beauties of Honolulu, whose swarthy charms and hot-blooded hearts paid homage to the Queen's son; from

the tiny-footed almond-eyed belleof Tientsin to the Mermaid of New Zealand, there will ascend one long and bitter ery of anguish •and dismay at the heart-rending" and soulsplitting tidings that the Prince is gone for ever. Under the conjugal guardianship of this Russian bear, no longer dare his| eyes speak love to eyes that speak, again : and henceforth tied to the uxorial apronstrings be will no more shed the sunshine of his royal countenance on these distant j shores, and Indulge those little royal pjea-l santrios that have so tended to cement the bonds of loyalty between the Colonies and j the mother country. The "horrid creature" Avho has eut rapped "dear Alfred"; will insist, on his residing in Russia until the wellsprings of his affection will be frozen up, and he will forget those fond i reminiscences of other and happier days. I when roaming according to his royal will he found the whole world of female loveliness prostrate at his feet, proud ami happy and yearning to be lifted up by receiving the merest token of his royal favour. We wonder will you tell her Imperial Highness the pleasant little stories of your South Pacific ramblings, and so pleasantly while away the long Russian winter evenings while yon rock the cradle like a goody husband beside your wife knitting little stockings for the little hears.— -Adilildnd Evening Star.