The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-21
FASCINATING WALES.
His Connection With the Langtry Divorce
Case-A Witness Who Cant Be
Cross Examined.
tPhiladelphia Telegraph letter

Within the last week d curious rtlrnor,
which was brulted about some months ago,
then denied and finally explained" In vari
ons ways, has been revived, and It Is being
openly asserted that his Royal Htghness tho
Prince OF Wales, for the second time In his
life, is about to figure MS correspondent In q
divorce case. This time 1t is the well.known
Mrs. Langtry, whose name ID being coupled
with that OF the Prince. In short, Ii rumor be
correct Mr.. Langtry has filed petition for
divorce, on grounds of his wifefs adultery
with number OF men, among others FL. Il. I'll.
the Prince OF Wales. / am told that every
the matter, but that Mr.. Langtry is deter
mined to be no "respeeter Of persons.'
The Prince WAS made correspondent in the
celebrated Mordaunt divorce suit, and went
into the witness-box and denied on oath his
improper intimacy with Indy Mordaunt.
Sergeant Ballantine was counsel for Sir
Charles Murdaunt aud after the Prince had
given his evidence, with ftIlsofne crawling
to royalty and vision Of q judgeship In the
dim Vista of the future--a vision which. am
unfeignedly glad to say, has never been real
izsd-the learned counsel remarked that.
after the clear and satisfactory manner In
which his Royal Highness had given his evil
denee. he could not think OF subieeting him to
That is what call doing your duty to your
future King at the expense Of your present
client. However. II the present case come To
on ISSUE rs there seems every prospect Of Its
AhlHRs upH hHIHA DbIlHubtuG Will Do re-
tanned for the petitioner.
The Queen has lately lntimated that the
sale Of photographs Of so-called fashionable
beauties has her severe displeasure, and an
attempt will be made TO limit the abuse
Probably her Majesty will put the screw on
by declining to receive Mt court ladies' who
permit the sale Of their photographs. The
Queen Is waking up to q knowledga of the
fact that her court. formerly boosted Of as
the most vlrtuous in Europe, IL little better
than sink Of iniauity aud d hotbed Of vice
II her Majesty would take her proper place at
the head Of society, q place which her posi-
tion entities her to, and which she ID paid
nearly G400,00D year to fill, she would do
something practical toward cleaning the
Augean stables. At present the Prince Of
Wales is recognized hs taking his mothers
place In society, and rightly or wrongly, his
Royal Highness Is looked upon as q gay
Lothario," and the tone Of English society
suffers accordingly. It has been reported
that the Prince Is about to make n lengthenad
tour through the Australian colonies. Posi-
bly, this may be with q view to getting out Of
the way until the unpleasant Langtry busi-
| ness blows over. No man Of common SENSE
believes all the stories about the Princes
anonrs which used to be common talk, and
which even yet crop up occasionally. LII. f..
I'll. may he a mueh-maligned man, but there
ID an old saying that where there Is much
SMOKE there must be some fire, aud the popul-
lariy received Impression Is that the Prince is
not SO particular MS he might be In his habits
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