The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-16
GOSSIP ABOUT ROYALTY.
"A Royal Strike--Wnles and his Boon
COmpanions-.-AR Royal Household
The Abdication OF Queen Victoria.

The London correspondent of the Boston
Post gives the following lively and interesting
gossip about the promising "heir to the throne
of England:
1t is said that Wales projected his long con-
tinental and eastern tour as a kind Of strike
for increased wages You know that had
as good as committed to vote him few hun
dred thousands Of pounds addition to his in.
come, which, with a Liberal government, headed
by the terribly arithmetical Mr. Gladstone,is out
Of the question. Also that he, Wales, una his
wife, had to do oil the receptions, &C., at great
cost to themselves; in consequence Of which
they are very considerably in debt. Hence no
end OF talk that the Queen might, could, would
or should abdicate in her sons favor, leaving
the business to the young people and devotipg
herself thenceforth to the literary apnthaosis
OF the late Prince Albert in nnumerable VOL
umes; an idea the former part Of which Wales
is asserted that he withdraws, en- faaaiue, at
a time when festivity is the order Of the day.
and when Parliament is about to begin new
ee,h4 season, - as e. hint that he thinks something
stay away till May-in all, upwards of five
months; leaving the aristocracy and the Vest
enders to get along as we'll as they can without
him and all the doings which his presence
the prospect Of good long holiday and
plenty Of free-and-easy junketing in for
-elgn capitals, where he can 20 to the
theatre on Sundays and ,o9gle pretty actresses,
anaa--but it wouldn't be fair to complete the
quotation nc :s :s what ''serious" old ladies are
accustomed to call 20 very gay young man"
He has grown corpulent aud thick-neckeo, aid
looks like the great-grandson of George the
Third; though his beard hides the lack Of chin
and improves the unsatisfactory facial angle.
He smokes consumedy and uses short pipe
He goes most persistently to theatres and to
music halls; and once had 'sthe great Vance,"
as he calls himself-a low comic singer-to
Marlborough House to amuse his guests; in
consequence of which the fellow has advertis-
ed himself as "under the especial patronage of
the Prince Of Wales" ever since. In short, in
bie-phrase, the young man .'feels his oats,''
and has sown large crop Of wild ones, the al
diminish IN telling. But he is Very good.
nstTred and amiable; indeed, rather too much
Of the former. They pillage' him at the Marl-
borough House. Extravagant himself, he is
also the cause Of extravaganza in others; every-
body lights the candle at both ends and burns
as many lmetaphorically) as possible. Old
General Knollys, his major-domo, is highly
respectable person who knows as much about
business as most retired army officers, which
is to say nothing at all; and the resolution and
hardly avail to stop the profigate expenditure.
Wales tried it some years ago, attempting to
tradesfolks. but gave it up in despair; and has
wtS 1sSs issa roy Ted nts atpss Hs to d drift drhoT "
his favorite horses ."Pickpocket." probably
IN compliment to the dealer from whom
he bonght him., (Another he called
being so% s% and mot suD Of k %
proper Prince Royal, he has dis
counted his "great expectations" /" and borrow
ed prodigious amount Of money, particularly
nom fashionable tailor and householder,
whose names could mention, and who enjoy
privilege OF access to him quite remarkable
80 that am inclined to think there may be
some foundation for the story which attributes
an under current OF motive to his foreign ex-
cursion. But If he entertains an idea Of man.
mas abdication, he is certainly doomed to dis
appointment. Women in general, and espe-
cialiy middle-aged and elderly, ones, are deci-
dedly fond OF authority; indeed Chaucer-no
Wife Of Bath, they love it best of all things !;
and any one who mas observed her Majestys
career in connection with her people must
nave remarked that she entsrtsins d
relations toward them. The taking them
into her confidence apropos of "Our Life in
the Highlands" was eliminating instance Of
1t. She is altogether healthy, hearty woman,
with the prospect Of q good many years Of life
before her-in fact, sc many that Wales may
need one Of those nutty-brown wigs sported by
former possessor Of the title before he OBJ
tains either that Of Regent or Albert the First.
So that he must e'en possess his soul in pa
tience-ifh he really desires dignity pregnant
with so many responsibilities I had almost
forgotten to state that he had, so to speak,
drawn bills on his constitution as we'll as his
income. tits said that DR.. Fare has advised
him to moderate his pace; hence he probably
goes TO nurse his health, as we'll as his purse,
besides the reasons before instanced. Fare
is friend OF the Princes. I wish he had no
worse ntimates--for instance an exceedingly
fast young swell named Darlington, and
Schoolbred, the linen draper of Tottenham
Court Road, who now ''protects" Wales old
fame, Mary Wilton, the actress.