Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-09-28
Prince Arthur, of England.

| DR.. Shelton Mackenzie gives the fol-
lowing description of the young Prince,
now on q visit to Canada:
Prince Arthur ESQ named after his god
father, Arthur, Duke of Wellington was
nineteen years old last Maydsy. The OBJ
iect Of hia visit to the New World, which
is to last until next Jane, is to complete
his military education. He is lieuten-
ant in the army, and has been learning
things military in the artillery service.
| He is now to be attached as commits
stoned officer to a regiment in Canada.
Considering that Sir John Young, the
Viceroy, and Gen. Doyle, the COM
mander-in- n-chief of the army in the Do
minon," received him hat in hand on
his arrival in Halifax on Sunday, and
have been bowing before him ever since,
] it is scarcely to be expected that this
/ lucky young gentleman will be subjected
| to the discipline under which mill.
tary subalterns are broken in in
the British army. In fact, he will
be merely playing at soldering. But
there is design behind this. Victoris's
oldest son, heir apparent to the crown,
has $500,000 year out of the revenues
of his Duchy of Cornwall, and an allow
auce granted by Parliament. Alfred, the
second son, created Duke of Edinburg
in 1866. was put into the navy, and com
mands the steamship Galates The object
was to qualify him for the office of Lord
High Admiral of England, with which
goes very large salary. As Parliament
allows him only $4,000 a year, besides
Sc, 900 a year as captain, it has been con-
sidered that in year or two he might
be made High Admiral, with an addi-
tional $4,000 a year. Whenever his
uncle dies, he will be succeeded in the
sovereignty of Saxe-Coburg Gotha by
this fortunate youth.
Prince Arthur has no allowance from
the public purse, as yet. Whenever he
attains his majority Tin May, 1871, he
also will get SIS, 900 for life. About that
time, too, he may be expected to blossom
into field marshall rank bestowed on
his father, who had never heard shot
fred, except blank cartridge at a re-
view. He is brought up nominally as q
soldier, in order that he may one day
succeed his cousin, the Duke OF Cam
bridge, in command of the British army.
10 that case the advantage of being
field marshal will operate; for a general
officer Observation-Disclosures only
forty-eight dollars a day, while field
marshal, with like trust, is paid ninety
three dollars day. Within the present
century Sir d. Dundss, Wellington, Hit
and Hardinge have respectively been in
chief command of the British army, but
the post has been longest held by two
princes of the blood of the Dukes of York
and Cambridge, and it was Wellington's
decided opinion that, "as the British
army was the Queens, it should be com
manded exclusively by one of the royal
family" So, should he live, the young
gentleman, still in his teens, will almost
certainly be commander-in-chief of the
British army-aH office which has been
held as the reward of great service oy
Marlborough and CRANKY, and by We'll
liugton and Hsrdinge in the present GEN.
tury. Birth in palace, with a golden
spoon in ones mouth, pays better than to
have achieved glory by valor or intellect.