The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-12 00:00:00

-etRTEMUS WARD SEES THE PRINCE OF WALES

(From the Montreal Gazette.)

At larst rya had a intervu with the Prince, tho it cum
purty nerd costin' me my valuerable life. I cawt a glimpse
of him as he sot on the Pizaro of the hotel in Sarnia, and
elbode my way through a crowd of women, children, sojers,
and Injins that was hanging round the tavern. I was
drawing near to the Prince when a red-faced man in
milingtary close grabd holt of me and axed me where I was
going all so bold.

"To see Albert Edard, Prince of Wales," sez I. "Who
be you ?"

He said he was Kurnal of the Seventy Fust Regiment,
her Majesty's troops. I toled him I hoped the Seventy
Onesters were in good health, and was passing by when he
ceased holt of me agin, and said in a tone of indignant
cirprise—

" Impossible I It cannot be I 'What, sir ; did I under-
stan' you to say you was actooally going into the presents
of his Royal Iness ?"

" That's what's the matter with me," I replied.

" But, sir, it's onprecedented. It's orful, sir I Nothing
like it hain't happened sins the Gun Powder Plot of Guy
Forks. Owdoshus man, who air you ?"
" Sir," sez I, drawin' myself up and puttin' on a defiant
air, "I'm a American sitturzin, my name is Ward, I'm a
husband an' the father of twins, which I am happy to
state they look like me. By perfeshun Ime a exhibitor of
wax work and sich."

" Good gracious !" yelled the kurnal, " the idea of a ex-
hibiter of wax figures going into the presents of Royalty
The British Lyon may well roar with rage at the thawt 1"
Sez I, " Speakin' of the British Lion, Kurnal, Ide like to
make a bargin with you fur that beast for a few weeks to
add to my show." I didn't mean nothin', by this. I was
only gettin' orf a goak, but you orter hey seen the old Kur-
nal jump up and howl. He actooally foamed at the mowth.
"This can't be real," he showted. " No, no. Its a orrid
dream. Sir, you air not a human bein—you hey no existens
—yure a myth 1 "
" Wall," sez I, "old hose, yule find me a ruther onkom-
fortable Myth of you punch my inards in that way agin." I
begat to get a little riled, fur when he called me a Myth
he puncht me purty hard. The Kurnal now commenst
showtin for the Seventy Onesters. lat fust thawt Ide stay
and becum a Marter to British Outraje, as sich a course
mite git my name up and be a good advertisement for my
show, but it occurred to me that if any of the Seventy
Onesters should happen to insert a barronet into my stum-
mick, it mite be onpleasunt, & I was on the pint of running
orf, when the Prince hisself kum up and axed me what the
matter was. Sez I, " Albert Edard, is that yu ?" &he smilt
and sed it was. Se% I, " Albert Edard, hears my keerd. I
cum to pay my respeks to the futur king of Ingland. The
Kurnal of the Seventy Onesters hear is ruther smawl per •
taters, but of course you aint to blame for that. He put on
as many airs as tho he war the Bully Boy with the glass
eye."

" Never mind," sez Albert Edard, " Ime glad to see yu
Mister Ward;at all events," and he tuk my hand so pleasant

like, & larfed so sweet that I fell in love with him at once.
He handid me a segar & we sot down on the Pizarro & com-
mense Pmokie rite cheerful.

" Wall," sez I, " Albert Edard, how's the old folks ?"
" Her Majesty & the Prince are well," he sed.
" Duz the old man take his Larger Beer reglar ?" I in-

quired.

The Prince larfed & intermatid that the old man diden't
let many kegs of that beverage spile in the seller in the
coarse of a yere. We sot and tawked there sum time about
matters & things, and bimeby I axed him how he liked
bein' Prince as fur as heed got.

"To speak plain, Mister Ward," he sed, "I don't much
like it. I'm sick of all this bowin & scrapin and crawling
& hurrain over a boy like me. I wood rather go threw the
country quietly & enjoy myself in my own.^way, with the
other boys, and not to be made a show of to be garpen at
by everybody. When the people cheer me I feel pleased,
fur I know they meen it, but if these one-horse effshuls
cood know how I see threw all their moves & understan (m-
-eekly what they air after, & knowed how I larft at em in
private, they'd stop kissing my hands and fawnin over me
as they now do. But you know Mister Ward I can't help
bein a Prince, & I must do all I kin to fit myself fur the
persishun I must sumetime ockepy."
" That's troo," says I, " sickness and the doctors will
carry the Queen orf one of these dase, sure's yer born."
The time haven arove fur me to take my departer I riz
up and sed, " Albert Edard, I must go, but previs to doin
so I will observe that you soot me. Yure a good feller
Albert Edard, k tho Ime agin Princes as a gineral thing, I
must say I like the cut of yure Gib. When you git to be
King try and be as good a man as yure muther's bin. Be
just and be Jenerus, espeshully to showmen, who have
allers bin aboozed sins the days of Noah, who was the fast
man to go into the Menagery bizness, & ef the daily papers
of his time are to be bleeved Noah's colleekshnn of livin wild
beasts beet ennything ever seen sins, tho I make bold to
dowt ef his snaiks was ahead of mine. Albert Edard,
adoo 1" I tuk his hand, which he shook warmly, and
given him a perpteooal free pars to my show, & also parses
to take home for the Queen & Old Albert, I put on my hat
k walkt away.
"Mrs.
"Mrs. Ward," I solilerquised, as I walkt along.
as
he
Ward ef you could nee your husband now, jel.
prowdly emerjis from the presents of the future Sing of
z
Ingland, youd be sorry you called him a Beestjx becaw
e
he come home tired I night and wanted to go
to bed with-
out taking orf his boots. Youd be sorry
for try
your husband of the priceless Boon of liberty,
WARD.A
ittta toy
.d_compre.,iv,e

Cowes, Oct. 11.—Wind N.N.8., strong.—Arrived—.
Bremen, steamier, from New York, and proceeded for
Bremen; Illinois, steamer, from Havre, and left for New
York.
SwANszA., Oct. 11.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Ford Mill,
from Quebec.
LIGHTS IN THE ADRlATlC.—lnformation has been
received at the Admiralty, from her Majesty'Secretary of
s
State for Foreign Affairs, that the lighting on the Austrian
coat of the Adriatic is re-ostablished.