New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-08

borough Honse whom your Royal HiGhness and the
Princess OF Wales wac therei she had
nessesi She has
1867 did You see much Of herr did '' '' " low
And in the year 1868 did also.
Were you acquainted with Sir Charles Mordauntf /
WAS
Have you frequently met him, Ihave
And with Lady Mordaunti With Lady Mordabnt
Your Royal Highness knows Huringhami do.
Have you been IN the habit OF meeting Sir Charles
on one occasion. think IN june. 1868 there was
There was
| believe your Royal Hichness and Sir Charles were
Was Lady Mordaunt there She
With her husbandl With her husband
Does your Royal Highness remember the datef think
IL was about june.
Did Lady Mordaunt for one side For both sides
And in tho course Of that match did you speak 10 Lady
Mordaunt times when Sir Charles was BY believe So
We have heard IN the course Of this case that your
Royal Highucss Hanson cabs occasionally 40
not know whether it is sol It's so. . 4. ,.o,,,,o
vouT ROYAL Highness with. Has there ever been any
improper familiarity or criminal act between youfSe"
Mis Royal Highness lin a very firm toDe)-There has
There was here burst OF applause which was at once
IMMERSED
Mr. serjeant Balantin-I have question to ASK his
The Prince then bowed 20 his lordship and retired,
amid another attempt al applause. which was ar DelOe'
Frederick tombstone received similar caution from
Lord Peuzance 10 that given the Prince OF Wales lie
said have known Lady Mordaunt from child
have Kept up an acquaintance with her. OFTEN vsled
Walton Han In 1865 dned at the Alexandra hose'
with Lady MOrdaunt left there at II o'clock At night
We the sitting groom. No Improper familiarity or
criminal act took place between us
Remarking the evidence OF the Prince, The London
T0,cs concludes article follows:
The truth is that the Prince has been for time
quauted with the MOncreine family. The acquaintance
III Lady Mordaunt existed before her marriage and
the Prince friend and Highland neighbOr, made her
a wedding present on that occasion Before that time
Miss Moncrete had visited AZ Marlborough House, and
had accompanied the Prince and Princess to the theaer
The acquaintance was maintained subsequently TO the
marriage, the letters have shown and little secret was
the intimacy that upon occasion. when pigeon
match shot between Norfolk and Warwickshire. and
the Prince aud Sir Charles M9rdaunt we're inc Captains
of their respective counties, Lady Mordaunt the
ground Keeping the for both sides and chatting
with one Captain and now with the other.
The uuhesitating denial by the Prince OF the categor
cal question Put 10 him completes the picture II we do
not refer 10 the evidence OF SIR FREDERICK tombstone Is
becaue he party to the cause which su stbJudies
The Of His Royal Hglmess stands ny itself IL is
evident that the Princes error was simply thS-that ne
had been too careless Of his reputation.
lie had acted young who does not understand
the passion TOO many have for scandal and had gwen 0c
casion 10 INSTRUMENTATION through simple heedlessness
IL - indeed not easy for the young even though they
may he next the CrOwn 10 remember ana guard against
80 the fierce light that beats upon the Throne"
Those who know Mare AutOlnette as We have now the
checkered life, know how baseless are the caumnies
living; but shcgiy brilliant, charming the radiant
vision treasured in Burkcs memoIy-reched nothing OF
least the catastrophe which caused her own unhappy
death ahd the destruction Of the French kingdom.
The Prince OF Wales has learnt by painful experience
how watchfuy he walk whose life is the properly
and the study Of the world If Royalty has many priv
leges suffer lew prlvdtOns, aud the charm
personal intimacy that must DO almost denied
nhertOIs OF Crowns. The Prince has had, indeed
before him the pattern OF a life, not surely devoid OF
pleasures yet carefully regulated that IL Was
ia the eyes of all men, dedicated 10 domestic purity.
The life OF The Prince COnsOrt was marked by the
regard to the conditions under which II has passed
Every will remember the rules OF social conduct the
Prince prescribed himself, and how faithfully they
observed We do not doubt that the future years
OF me Her apparent VIII snow ~ 'ieiL hIelly TO l,
thai Ens!ishmcn iii sec eNcmph1cd their King that
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