The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-26
THE PRINCES DEBTS.
QUEEN VICTORIA TO THE RESCUE
CT HER SON

High Living end Baccarat risspate
the Revenues of the Duchy Of Corn
wall - Parliament and Labouchere
Opposed to Outdoor Relief, So the
queen Nob1y steps In.
from the Net0 York Recorder.
LONDON, May 9.-The interesting topic OF
the week has been the financial embarrass.
nent Of the Prince of Wales. That bis
roval highness has long been in the hands OF
the Jews is no news, but that those defer.
entail apostles Of cent per cent should cause
him any annoyance was not at all to be ex-
pected. Nevertheless he has been very seri-
ously troubled for two years past, and his
three illnesses have been primarily due to
worry and depression over money matters,
we fierce white light which beats upon a
throne has not hidden the cause from the
loyal but still human population of BeIgra.
via, and gossip has not been hindered by the
act that everything in connection with
royalty rizes above the plane Of personal
iuquisitiveness to that of historical inferest {,
For year past matters have grown in
creasingly perplexiDg, and the appearance
of his royal highness at Newmarket last
week caused much talk. He looked de-
tected and glum. His easy bonhomie and
his phlegmatic good nature seemed to have
departed. Though surrounded by the jol-
Hest spirits of his set, his manner was that
of man depressed and i'll. That he has
been looking better 10 the last few days is
naturally ascrlbed TO the interesting news
that the Gordian knot has at last been cut
by her majesty coming to the rescue.
That her majesty did this of her own ac-
cord rumor does no. dogma '"ajly assert.
Among the many virtues yhich have
adorned the life of the Empress Victoria the
noble example of wise and consistent fru-
gaity has always stood foremost, or at least
has been most frequently named in her
praise. Her sacrifice of $1,50O,OOO to the
creditors of his royal highness is accepted
therefore not so much as the thoughtless i'm
pulse of maternal sympathy as statesman
Lkeif not enforced acceptance of the situa-
ion as reported by her ministers. It was pro-
posed and strongly desired that parliament
,hould be appealed to on his royal high
less' behalf. The presence in parliament.
however, of Mr.. Labouchere and number
Of other over-inquisitive-gua rdians>of-pe
,le's-money kind omen who would imper-
Sinently insist on knowing how nc all hap
Dened and where the money had gone TO-,
made this appeal too embarrassing to be
ventured, and since the situation had to be
met and her majesty was the only one who
had money, the sacrifice took place.
The Prince OF Wales has never been a
rich man, though his income and revenues
have been enormous from an ordinary
standpoint. When he attained his majority
in 1868 he came into the accumulated rev.
enues of the Duchy of Cornwall, which
amounted to $3.000,0O0. OF this 81 100, 900
was expended in the purchase of Sandrfng-
ham, his seat in Norfolk, and about 5000, 600
more in improvements and other coutin-
gent OUTLAWS. His royal highness conse-
quently set up housekeeping with about
$l,000,000 to spare. He had only his own
expenses to consider, Marlborough House
his residence in Pail Mall, being maintained
out of the civil list at an expense varying
between $4,000 and $50, 900 per year, in
GLIDING alterations and improvements.
Ever since that time his income from the
Duchy of Cornwall has averaged $500, 900
per annum and his allowance from parla-
ment 5000, 900. At present these two sources
bring him over $500, 600 annually, the prin-
cess being allowed $50 900 more and her
children 100000 additional 1t seems TO the
republican eye that $650,000 per annum
ought to keep the wolf from the door of
Marlborough house, and in contrast with
republican methods there is some doubt that
historical critics will rate the prince in
some respects as superior to Rutherford b.
Hayes
1t costs a great deal to be Prince of
Wales, however. Royal hospitality is
necessarily lavish, and it is as expensive in
some cases to be guest as host Social OBJ
hgatlons and wedding presents when ones
cousins and uncleS are simultaneously scat
tered over the entire map of Europe, and
are pestilently bent on getting married,
make up large figure. TheySandringham
estate in the hands of an industrious execu-
tive should net at least $4,000 per year,
but it is generally believed that the in
satiate appetites of the thoroughbreds in its
racing stables consume not only this, but q
great deal more. The cattle are a clear
profit, but the horses are the contrary.
Royal steeds often run but rarely win, and
royal victory on the turf 80 surprises peo-
Die that they are always inclined to brightly
illuminate Bond street and Piccadilly aud
iecare bank holiday on the spot.
There are social pastimes, too, whichsare
very expensive. 1t hes always been the
light royal of English monarchs to indulge
n high play, and rumor has never charged
;he prince with departing from this time
honored precedent of his Hne It has even
been said that his devotion to the fascinat-
ing pasteboards, which were invented by
Egyptian astrologers and received by the
Jolllest of the Georges has been consistent
and unfailing. Overlooking the astrologi-
cal uncertainties of draw poker, the pre-
ferred relaxation of his royal
hlghness has been baccarat There
Is only one way to win at baccarat,
and that is to devote all your time
TO 1t with an adequate capital. There is a
gentleman at the Hotel Victoria who has
accumulated fortune of s., 900. 900 at bac-
carat and who once turned card in Paris
Tor Sl50, 900 and won. He says the prince
does not play in the successful way, and he
ought to know. However that may be,
There is no doubt that bacoarat follows the
prince about as faithfully as Ruth followed
Boaz, and the recent gambling scandal at
4ranby Croft was only an instance of how
evenings In town and country in England
ana on the continent are usually passed.
IN MS present embarrassment, therefore,
rumor does not say that the prince has
hal!ed In any way as an economist or been
unduIy extravaganza in expenditure 1t sim
ply ascrlbes his misfortune to those uncer-
talntles IN sequence of the cards and that
painful doubt as to whether one should
stand on tive-spot which no human judg-
heht mas ever yet been able to continuously
i vanquish.
IN the last two or three years the princes
Il circle has been notably augmented by sew
era gentlemen whose title to royal intimacy
4 IS believed to have depended less on the
uumoer OF their quarterings than on the row
u clphers behind their sturdy figures.
romlnent among these are Col. John 7.
North and Baron Hirsch. Col North, who
Is to-day one of the best known figures in
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