A ROMANTIC ROYAL MARRIAGE.

Grey River Argus, Volume VIII, Issue 541, 6 July 1869, Page 4

A ROMANTIC ROYAL MARRIAGE.

A correspondent, writing from New York, on the 23rd March, sends the following account of the marriage of a Prince of the House of Bourbon : — Nothing tickles Democratic ears so much as a little gossip about royalty, and there was great commotion about town on Sunday morning when it was noised abroad that on the previous evening, at a Police Court-room— of all places in the world — and by an Irish- American Police Magistrate — of all persons in the world — there had been married " a real Priuce of the House of Bourbon, the grandson of a king, and the nephew of an emperor, to the fair and rich, but.plebian daughter of a Cuba merchant. And when it also became known that this union had been accomplished in spite of the commands of the royal parents of the bridegroom, the opposition of the Emperor Napoleon, and even the interdict of His Holiness the Pope, transmitted by telegraph to the Archbishop of New Y. ork, the excitement on Fifth Avenue and in Madison Square became very great indeed. The story is a romantic one, and may hereafter Le cited in disproof of the adage that the Bourbons forget nothing and learn nothing. This Bourbon, at least, has forgotten that his first duty is to obey his papa, and has learned that the love of a beautiful and good girl, with rich plebian parents, is better than anything he was likely to receive as a reward for filial obedience. It appears that two or three years ago the wife and daughter of Mr Hamil, a Cuban merchant of Havannah, arrived here from that city, and remained here several months. Miss Emilie Hamil, the dahghter, was then sixteen years old, but notwithstanding her youth she produced a decided sensation among fashionable circles, not more by her uncommon beauty than by her wonderfully powerful, sweet, and cultured voice, the notes of which were averred to be equal in melody to those of Patti herself. In due time, Mrs Hamil and her daughter proceeded to Paris, where, being received at Court, the young Cuban soon attracted the notice and won the friendship of the Empress, and drew around herself a swarm of admirers and suitors. She was able, however, to walk in maiden meditation fancy free, until there appeared upon the scene the lover who is now her husband — " Prince Louis de Bourbon, son of Louis de Bourbon, Count d'Aquilla of Italy, grandson of Charles V., cousin of Don Carlos of Spain, nephew of the ex-King of Naples and Don Pedro, Emperor of Brazil." This was two years ago; the Prince was twenty-two years old, and Miss Hamil was four years his junior. He wooed her, and with her mother's consent he won the promise of her hand. But when the stern parent of the Prince was asked for his consent to the match, he not unnaturally refused. Failing to win him over, the Prince, after many months of anxious waiting, appealed to to the Emperor for his intercession, but ifc was denied. Finally, Mrs Hamil, her daughter, and the Prince left Paris and went to London, intending to have the marriage solemnised there, as it could not be done in France owing to the law, which forbids a marriage of a man under twentyfive years of age without the consent of his parents. But no sooner had they arrived in London than they were confronted by the Count d'Aquilla, who informed his son that his mother was lying dangerously ill in Paris, and that, should she hear of his clandestine marriage, the shock might kill her. This news, which subsequently proved to be untrue, brought matters to a pause for a while, and the party returned to Paris. But soon the lovers resolved to try it again ; and, still accompanied by Mrs Hamil, they proceeded to Cologne, where they applied to the Catholic Archbishop for a dispensation in favor of their marriage, but were denied. Finally in despair of outwitting their foes anywhere in Europe, they hastened to Liverpool, and embarked on the Cnnard steamer Palmyra for New York. Arriving here, with no unnecessary delay they arranged for the wedding at a Catholic church on Saturday ; but just before the moment fixed for the ceremony, the priest informed them that the Archbishop, acting on instructions received by telegraph, had forbidden him to perform the ceremony. Evidently, the lover was now at his last resort ; and if he waited for the Church to marry him, he would go unmarried. But, luckily, there is such a thing as a civil marriage, and leaving the presence of the churlish priest, mother, daughter, and lover sought out the nearest Magistrate, who chanced to be the Police Court Judge above named, who soon made the lovers one as far as the laws of New York could do it.