Year: 1869

that common report has recently made
of Wales, not as an individual, but as in
some measure representative of the ma
tons dignity, and the evil effect of these
rumors has been more keenly felt by rea-
son of the Queens retirement from the
active duties of her exalted station. 1t
has been alleged repeatedly, and the
story, though variously told, ever grows
in confidence, that the Prince of Wales,
having exceeded in his expenditure the
bounds of his official income, has con-
templated an application to Parliament
for sum of money to clear off his debts,
and, as is sometimes added, for q mate
rial increase besides to his annual grant
from the public revenue"


His Royal Highness is then respect
fully" advised not to let the matter
come before Parliament" and his family
is counseled to deal with the affair among
themselves, as is often done in highly re-
spectacle private families. We are then
told by this newspaper what we were told,
as have said, the other evening around
the decanters, that the English will en-
dure no more Prince Halls. "The ma
ton never forgave George Nv, and since
his day "a much sterner morality has
grown up, while the stainless life of Her
Majesty and the late Prince Consort has
established a standard of virtue for our
royal family, from which we should be
sorry to see the least hairs breadth of
departure" 41I


The retirement of her Majesty ia de.
clared to be every day weakening the
influence and the institution of Mon
archy," kut it is hoped that the rumor of
her transferring forty or fifty thousand q
year from her civil list to the Prince of
Wales may be proved true. 1t would
satisfy every exigency, and take away
the occasion for sneers." The writer, in
common with all the English writer's of
the present day, is careful to remind the
Heir Apparent that "the office of con-
stitutional King is no longer to guide
the government of the country, but to
represent the national honor" The ar
tice concludes by urging "those who are
most nearly interested to dissipate, by
timely and decided action ii. e., advise
the Queen to furnish the Hush money J,
the rumors which cast stain upon the
reputation of our Prince and disquiet the
loyalty of our people.


What gives new impetus to these stain
full rumors just now is the accession re-
ceived during the recent tour of his
Royal Highness through the relaxing at
mosphere of the Orient. A Greek paper
in Constantinople, we are informed, has
been suspended two months for publish
ing a scandslous libel upon the Prince
of Wales" The Levant Herald says:
Nothing so scaudalous las the rumor of
course it means) ever before disgraced
the public press" The conductors of
the Neoloqos affirm in O card that the
libels were written by strange (the
word not used in a Proverbial sense, of
course hand and were published by in
advertence."


1t is said that the Queen has recently
added to her already voluminous admoni-
tory correspondence with the Heir APP
parent, and that he is in receipt Of
threatening epistles from q variety of
quarters, or rather classes. Such a
communication in the Times as the fol.
lowing is construed to have bearing
upon the flying rumors:"


"RoYALTY.-Auy one giving informa-
ton which shall lead to the discovery Of
the writer of sn anonymous letter, signed
Royalty, and addressed to lady, Sat
urday last, 18th inst. shall receive a
reward of ESQ, on application to Mr.,
Pollaky, Private Inquiry Office, Is Pad
dington Green"


Coming down one step, or rather steps
enough to get off "the steps of the
threne." the rumors about fast noblemeu
fly equally thick aud fast. only they are
called current" rather than flying"
For example, "a rumor is current that
another distinguished name has been
added to the long list OF noblemen who
have owed their ruin to their connection
with the turf 1t may be added that the
family sstaies usually fall now a-days,
when gambling on the turf necessitates
their management"