Public Ledger

Nilsson to Marry a Poor Frenchman.

[From the New York Sun, June 24.]

On Friday last a letter was received in this city by a friend of Miss Christine Nilsson, in which Miss Nilsson writes that she is to be married to M. Auguste Rouzaud in London the last week in July. M. Rouzaud is a French gentleman about thirty-six years of age, and is a stock broker, now residing in Paris.

Miss Nilsson first met M. Rouzaud in Paris, when she went to that city some seven years since to begin her brilliant career as the "Queen of Song." Since that time they have been devotedly attached to each other. During Miss Nilsson's tour in America M. Rouzaud made a brief visit to this country, at which time Miss Nilsson gave him the promise of her hand and heart. The delighted Frenchman returned to his native land overjoyed.

This union is founded on love alone. M. Rouzaud is by no means a wealthy man, his property having been impaired by the late war. Miss Nilsson has had many offers of marriage from titled noblemen and from most wealthy gentlemen, both in this country and in Europe, but to all she has turned a deaf ear.

Other private letters, received in this city during the past week by friends of Miss Nilsson, state that this wedding will be one of the grandest and most brilliant that has taken place on the continent for many years. The bridal pair intend to sojourn in Switzerland during their honeymoon, and Miss Nilsson will reappear on the operatic stage in Russia in September next. Dr. Fordyce Barker, of this city, who is now in Europe, will represent Miss Nilsson's most intimate New York friends at the wedding. Notwithstanding her legions of European admirers, Miss Nilsson seems most anxious of meeting those to whom she became devotedly attached while in this country. She has already forwarded earnest invitations for them to be present at the marriage.