The Daily Dispatch: July 19, 1861., [Electronic resource]

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A Broad woman.

--The Princess Mary of Cambridge, whose betrothal to the Duke of Newcastle has been announced, is a very comely personage, but very stone; so stout, in fact, that she finds crinoline entirely superfluous, except around the bottom of her skirt; and it is said that it has been necessary of late to enlarge the door of her carriage. A marriage was proposed between her and Victor Emanuel, and he was delighted at the prospect of a connection with the royal family of England through the owner of so charming a face as that of the portrait which was shown to him. But when, on his visit to England, he saw the lady, it re galantuomo--himself, no slender lad — he retired precipitately from the negotiation. ‘"I cannot marry that woman,"’ said he, ‘"she's broad enough to sit upon the seven hills of Rome."’