The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-06-18
ROYAL GOSSIP.
How Albert, His Royal HighneSS
Of Wales Lives.
Up to His Eyes and Ears ana Ready to
Sink in Debts.
Some spicy Chat about Victoria
and her cousin KsOmnmOn,

some spicy Chat abOut Victoria
and her cousin KeOmnmOn,
The Prince of Wales saws the London
correspondent Of the New York Graphic
owes debts TO the amount of 100000.
Some of these debts have been running
for long time, and the creditors are
somewhat inpatient for their money.
How did II happen that the prince got So
deeply into debtr Who can tell? From
his birth up to his majority the revenues
Of the duchy of Cornwall were saved IA
for him. Last year his incom. from thi,
source was E62, $40. 1t was not SO much
before his shrewd father stopped many
leaks in its administration, but the sum
saved must have been large Then there
is his annual allowance from parliament
and the annual allowance To his wife. and
while he pays no rent for his town resi-
dence, Marlborough house, he probably
! gets a small income from his tenants at
his country estate, Sandringham. Besides
all this, his late lamented father is known
to have left very large amount of mon
ey, although it is probable that his mother
keeps close guard over this. No one can
tell anything about ii, for if the prince
consort left a will his widow has never
sent it to be recorded. But, on the whole,
one would be inclined to say that gen
tleman with an income of at east $780,
900 a year ought to keep out Of debt,
even if he had large family of small
children, and entertained much compa-
ny.
The prince of Wales has not kept out
of debt He owes, as | have said, $780,
600, and the government is about TO ask
parliament to pay his debts The prop.
! osition will cause a row, and if the repub-
licans had any real influence they corld
make some capital out of the affair. The
plea in favor of the proposition will be
| that the debts have been incurred in the
performance Of state duties which have
been imposed upon him by the queen.
The truth Is, belieae, thai the prince,
who is very shrewd fellow in his money
matters, has always borrowed the funds
| which have been expended on these oc.
casions, refusing to use his own money for
such purposes, and saying that IN the end
either parliament or his mother must pay
| the debts thus contracted. II rdtsOH.
! The simple Justice of the case would seem
to demand that the queen should pay the
money. She receives from the state Il
very ample revenue for the discharge Of
certain duties: it would seem only right
that If she deputies her son 20 perform
J these duties for her she should pay the
! expense attending them. Many disputes
are said to have taken place between the
queen and the prince on this subject; but
her majesty does not like to spend her
money any more than the prince does,
and as the creditors are growing clamor-
Gus parliament is to be asked TO vote the
money. 1t is an ill-advised piece Of bust
ness; but l suppose the request VIII not be
refused
The queen has gone off to Balmoral,
leaving her imperial guest, the emperor
of Russia, in London. On the face OF
it this is piece OF gross rudeness that a
less important parsonage than the cza
might Justly resent with anger. The court
party here excuse it by saying that the
health of the queen has greatly suffered
in consequence of the unusual eXeruon'
she has made and the excitement to which
she has been subjected; first, by the arri
val of her new daughter-in-law, and then
bv the advent of the car, and that hel
doctors have ordered her of 60 Scotland
in order that she may have immediate resi-
and quiet. The truth j., ] believe, that
her majesty is suffering from one OF hel
periodical attacks of what Mr.. DisraelI
calls mental disability, and that II ha-
been caused mainly by Inc chagriu which
she experienced by being compelled ia
Weld 10 the car in the matter Of the CON
cesslon to his daughter Of the rights OF
rank which he claimed for her / have
! Al Oh Ig
zeal with which the English people take
up the queens side in this little family
quarrel, and insist thar the grand duchess
has been ''honored" by being introduced
into "our royal family" and should be
quite satisfied at taking any back seat
that was awarded her. The car and his
daughter did not see the matter IN this
light, and as he insisted upon having his
way, the Court journal has been com
peiled to announce that hereafter tn,
Young lady shall be styled Her royaI
and imperial highness, ,he grand duches.
of Russia" and that "she shall take pre-
cedence Immediately after the princes
of Wales" This concession has been gal
and NORWOOD to the queen and 10 hel
daughters. and the modification arising
therefrom is the real cause Of the lines
of heF majesty and Of her untimely high
10 Scotland
The queen, with all her virtues takes
queer freaks now and then and acts in q
manner that gives rise to unfavorablC
remarks. She has never been very FOND
of her Youngest son-Pruce Leopold
aad she has lately displayed curious
Indifference concerning him. The poo
fellow is a student at Oxford, where he d
said to be very much liked. For some
weeks he has been dangerously ill-so il
that at times his life was believed 20 be il
danger. The queen did not visit him, no
did she send for him 10 come 10 her. Ihl
Young man saw nothing OF the tetes a
Windsor and London in honor of the cza
and his daughter, and now his m0thc
has gone off to Scotland, leaving hin
in condition Of suffering and Of dan
ger. Still Victoria is "The mode
= and exemplar of all the domestic VII
: tues"
The cars visit ends to-day, ard uule.
: the people who were going to shoot bin
: perform that little operation early thi
morning they will be too late. There va
some ground for the belief that an attemp
: would be made on the life Of the car
!, On Sunday night dispatch was receive
{ at Scotland Yard from the chief Of polio
. . at Paris, which was taken at once
u Buckingham palace and read to the czat
1t stated that a certain eXiled POlandel
/ whose name, residence and descriptio
: we're given, would attempt 10 assassinat
;. the car on his way to Guildhall on Mor
. day morning. The car laughed at III
: warming but the people at Scotland I al,
! took extraordinary precautions ana PROF
: ably no man was ever 50 well watched
} was the car during the whole OF that day