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Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 3, 19 May 1863, Page 3

1A Fat.se Prince.— An affair of a singular Imracter, which at present occuDies the !tention of the Parisian public, has just ippened to Mademoiselle A., the grandunghter of a senator, formerly keeper of lie seals under the first empire. This last immer she was courted at one of the wa?nn<r places hy a real or supposed Russian rince, who soon after made proposals of ijnirriage. But Madame A. objected to the hvtch, assigning 1 as a reason that her lighter was not very rich, having only OOOOOf. as her marriage portion. "MaLe," said the Prince, "that is of no onsequence, I would prefer not mentionis* the subject of a dowry at all. Lay out hose 200,000 f. in the purchase of a corkille worthy of Mademoiselle, if that be inssible." This magnificent, act of selfdenial threw Madame A. off her guard, and ;he neglected to tare the simple precaution of inquiring at the Russian Embassy what srere the titles and position of the Prince. The marriage "Was decided upon. The money was laid out as proposed, with the ?xcpption of fiO.OnOf.. which was at the irish of the Prince thrown into the enrWle with the "jewels and cachemires. The narriaje was celebrated the other day, and is the hotel which the prince was building fas nor completed, he conducted his bride fter the ceremony to onn of the most amptuous apartments of the Grand Hotel .1 fin the follftwinsr morning fhe young wife ' nnnd herself in the same position as Pysche ; ifter her fatal fit of curiosity. No prince vas to be found. It appears that her noble husband 'had decamped early in the morning taking with him the corbeilfo and the BO.nnOF. The false prince is supposed to be ||an Englishman already divorced from his wife. — GlobeThe "Peninsular and Oriental Company are imilding seven new steamers, some of them of large size. Two of them are expected to arrive at Southampton next month. The Webtb4w Ext-LORATToy. — "The schooner Ann arrivprl early on Saturday morning" from Macquarrie Harbor, "bavin? on board sil> Gordon Burgess, Mr Ibson, Mr W. Geust;, nnd sotob twenty-two members of the "Western Exploring party! Mr Gould, with the remander of the party, consisting of ten men. were left on tli<? Frenchman's Cap, and it was ftie intention of that irentleroan to proceed to Hribatt Town overland. We wait for bis arrival for more detailed patticuWrs of the results of bis expedition. We regret however, that we are unable to report any discoveries of importance. Small gpeclcs of gold found generally diffused throughout the ground examined, indicates as before, the presence of the Tnefal in some source "yet untracked. "We learn that Ilthe party now returned 'commenced operations by Wtomincr a number o? holes on the south side Of Ufacquarie Harbor, opposite Settlement Island. They also prospected the principal creeks on that side of the "harbor, but without discovering any traces of gold. They next prospected tbeT?ranldin, rj^er to Eleanor's Ferry, a distance of twenty miles, together with the principal creelcs and gullies in that neighborhood. All along the banks of [ the river, gold was found in small quantities, but none in the creeks and Erullia3 — limestone was the prominent geological formation in this locality. Crossing Eleanor's Ferry, they came to the banks of another river prospecting seven miles of ttie ) country, and finding gold in small quantities along the banks of the river 1 ; a few specks of gold were obtained in one of the creeks — limestone, quartzite, and micha schist, constituted the peoiogncal formation. The party then prospected the Surprise river to where it joins the Franklin river, and then Followed tbe latter river to within a mile of the base Frenchman's Cap, discovering gold in vefy small quantities along the river's banks. The "Rocky iSver and Badger and Pine Creeks were also proppected, but no traces of gold were found. They then proceeded to King's river, and were engaged in sinking when Mr Gould joined them, as the supply of rations was beginning to fail, that gentleman directed the party with some ohert men to embark on board the schooner, and proceed back to Hobart Town. When the party left Mr Gould with another party was proceeding up the King's river, the geological character of the banks of which looked more promisiag as goldtearing district, being what is called by diergers a date country. We understand that it is the inItention of Mr Gould not only to prospect the King's river, but also to Tisifc other spots, supposed to present auriferous indications. — Hobart Town Mercury, April 27.