PRINCE OF WALES ON GAMBLING.

Evening Star, Issue 11153, 31 January 1900, Page 6

PRINCE OF WALES ON GAMBLING.

The biography of Dr Benson. Lite Archbishop of Canterbury, just published, reveals an interesting letter which tbn Prince of Wales wrote to him after the TranbyciVt scandal. It is as follows: "My dear Archbishop,—Your kind ; etter has touched me very much, as I know ihe kind feelings which prompted you to v :te to me on the subject which we have discussed together, and which, as you are aware, has caused me deep pain and annoyance. A recent trial, which no one deplores more than I do, and which I was powerless to prevent, gave occasion for the Press to make most bitter and unjust attacks upon me, knowing I was defenceless, and I am not sure politics were not mixed up in it. The whole matter has now died out, and I think, therefore, that it would be inopportune for me in any public manner to allude again to the painful subject which has brought such a, torrent of abuse upon me not only by the Press, but by the Low Church, and especially the Nonconformists. They have a perfect right, I am well aware j in a free country like our own to express their opinions, but I do not-consider"that they have a just right to jump at conclusions regarding myself without knowing the facts. I have a horror of gambling, and should always do my utmast to discourage others who have an inclination for it, as I consider gambling, like intemperance, is one. of the greatest curses which a country could be afflicted with. Horse racing may produce gambling, or it may not, but I have"always looked upon it as a manly sDort which is popular with Englishmen of all classes, and there is no reason why it should be looked upon as a gambling transaction. Alas! those Avho gamble will gamble at anything. I have written quite openly to you, my dear Archbishop, whom I have had the advantage of knowing so many.years. Believe me sincerely yours,—Ajlbert J?"V2i Yacht