Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-06-02
The, Prince Of Wales.

| tieman III the Kingdom. Common
! fame prenounces him wild and dis
solute, the associate of the most vic
lous noblemen of the land the squan-
derer of large inheritance, the COM
panion of those who visit the most
disreputable places in the capital.
| The greater part of this talk is cal
umny. The Prince of Wales by Il 3
| position as heir-apparent to t e
| throne, is shut up to one class of as
sociates, and to a given line of life.
He dwells in one of the royals pal
| aces the Marlborough House-has
| his own establishment, and dwells
in regal style. None can approach
him except in the line prescribed in
the court. He is not at liberty, like
Royal Alfred, the sailor prince, t..
| run loose about London, select his
own associates, and go where he
pleases.- | was speaking, not long
since, about the Prince of Wales
with the General Superintendent of
the Metropolitan Police, Mr.. Walk
er, who has been thirty years in his
present position. He has known
the Prince Immediately since he was
born. II is his business to attend
the Queen and Royal family in all
their official movements, and in all
their professions. AS the future
king of England, Mr.. Walker has
had special charge of the Prince of
Wales, either personal or through
his officers, ever since he was a child
He has guarded him night and day
been in his company early and late
knew him at school, at Oxford and
Cambridge has attended him on
his tours through all the English cit
les, and was with him in his last
visit to Paris. Mr.. Walker was the
last man with whom the Prince
shook hands when he left England
on his present tour to Egypt. He
says, on his own personal knowl-
edge of the Prince from his boyhood,
that the stores so rife about his Roy
al Highness OF his drunkenness,
| debauchery, gambling, being iii the
hands of the Jews, and squander-
ing his property, are base calumnies,
without the shadow of a foundation.
He is a high toned English gentle
man, doing nothing night or day, to
dlshonor his name, or cloud ,le
high hope connected with the fu-
| ture. He is represented as very i'm
pressible, desirous of gaining informs
| alton, and generous to fault The
| story of his ill-treatment of the Prin-
| cess ofWales, or of his neglecting her.
are equally untrue. He is exceeding
| ly happy, and even jovial,. i'll his
house among his children He is
| their companion and playmate, and
| does not hesitate To have with them
| q royal r9mD. No one who has ever
| seen the royal children, as they are
| called, can fail to be impressed with
the fact that they are as well cul-
| tured as any children in the British
dominion. The very children sweep
ing the street-crOssings take off their
| hats to the children of the Prince of
| Wales, and are sure to get bow in
| return or courteous acknowledge
| ment worthy of George ". In
public, the Prince is a model in his
| attention to his wife. A picnics he
| looks after her to see that she takes
| nc cold guards her with shawls
and clothing indeed, he gives per-
sonal attention to his guests, includ-
| ing his coachman, footman, and ser
wants who wait upon the royal party.
He is IA high-toned man in all his
| dealings, official and personal. The
Prince of Wales possesses great ami
| NAL spirit and his personal atten-
| ton To his great estate does not af-
| ford him sufficient employment to
| answer his physical nature. On
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/ known to attend fires, and work at
| the brakes by the hour with the
| common fireman, glad of the chance
| to have a healthy recreation, and at
| the same time do good thing. Such
| Is the Prince of Wales, as represent
| Ell To me by person who knows him
even better that his regal mother.
AMI such | believe him to be- If
| his mother, model wife and woman
has not escaped the tongue of scan
dal If the Prince Consort, his IA
ther, one ef the purest men that ever
lived, was foul!y maligned, the
Prince of Wales cannot hone to es-
cape. The English people are very
sensitive if foreigner says anything
| against the royal family. 1t is Il
luxury they seem to have taken to
| themselves, and of which they pro-
pose To keep the monopoly
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