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Southland Times, Issue 682, 12 June 1867, Page 2

StrraED* at Last !■— lt is said that the "bride bestowed by rumour on. tie Prince jHumbert of Saroy is about to be affianced to" the " TSng of Bavaria. The Duke of Modem, to whom 1 the rumour had been conveyed, had suddenly^aroused himself from the apathy of contempt with which ifc has . always been his custom to listen to all reports coining from the Italian court, and solemnly declared that sooner than allow bis fortune to be poured into the coffers of" the King of Savoy," he would immediately set about spending it, to the very last farthings by investing it' in needleguns .'for the Austrian, soldiers. "My nephew must be well-born, and a Catholic," wrote he to bis neice; ; "the Prince of Savoy is neither one nor the other ; therefore I will provide one for myself who is both." The Princess could not forbear smilling at the rage of her whimsical relative, but little dreamt of the high fortune to which the Duke had aspired. They say that the fortune offered by the latter to insure the union is of such magnificence that, if accepted, once more will Bavaria be enabled to stand against Prussia. — '" Birmingham G-azette. "When docs on MIP. most resemble Sampson ? "When lie moves the House.