CURIOUS MATRIMONIAL COMPLICATIONS.

West Coast Times, Issue 337, 22 October 1866, Page 2 (Supplement)

CURIOUS MATRIMONIAL COMPLICATIONS.

The Queen's eldest son — tbe Prineo of Wales— is mavried to a dau!^ liter of the King of Denmark, who lias been deprived of a lar^e portion 1 of , his territories by the King- of Prussia, uncle to the husband of the Queen's eide'st daughter, and this mutilation of Denmark wag effected nominally in the interest of the Duke of A'ugusten-but-g, whose younger brother, Prince Christian, has been married to the Queen's third daughter, the Princess" Helena. 2. The Queen's first cousin, the King of Hanover, has been .(deprived of his kingdom by the same King of PiuSbia, in whose army the Queen's son-in-law, the Prince of Prussia, is a commanding officer. 3. The Prince Alexander of Hesse, who commands the Federal army raised to, oppose tho King of Prussia,' is a brother to Prince Louis, the husband of Princess *Alice, the Queen's second daughter. 4. Tbe Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gofha, Prince Albert's brother, 'and brotheivin law to the Queen, holds, command in the King of Prussia's army now invading Hanover, which kingdom, by the* way, until the accession of Her Majesty, formed part of the territory of the Kings of England. And lastly, Priuce Teck, recently married to the Queen's first cousin, the Princess Mary of Cambridge, holds a commission in the army of the Emperor of Au^tiia, and may at any time have to leave his bride for the seat of war, to fight the King of Prussia, who lias the Queen's son-in-law and the Oueen's brother-in-law both officers in his army.

Another tunnel ha« jusl been bored through the Alleghany Mountains from the Ohio valley to the seaboard. It is 4,750 feet long, and is large enough for a doable line of rails. It is 2;200 feet above the level of tho sen, and has taken ten years iv boring.