THE PRINCE OF WALES.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXVII, Issue 236, 17 October 1891, Page 3

THE PRINCE OF WALES.

H.R.H. is recognised as being m a bad way by the Wesley an Conference sitiine m I oadoD, or they would scarcely have considered it necessary to offer np prsyera for bis conversion. It is really not easy to feel anything bnt sorrow for this eenial bat misguided gentleman, who is denounced as a common spieler, made the subject of ribald ballads m the democratic press and of cartoons m the illustrateds. And then, after he had undergone these things, and paid the penalty of duplicity m its worst shapes, he is prayed for like a new recroit at a Salvationist meeting. It scarcely seems worth while to be a prince now, an great are j the restrictions .placed on the oocopint of the billet, althongh the screw is sti'l go:d and the perquisites large and frequent. The haloyon days are gone bje for prince?, and m the course of a few years they will all be compelled to learn the inevi able lesson that they can only be tolerated on condition of being very quiet and well behaved, expressing no opinions and attraoting no attention beyond what i 4 absolutely necessary when they pay their periodical visi's to the Treasury to draw pension allowances. Long before that time, bowever, it will have become universally recognised that no matter how many prinoeß there may be, and withcnt any regard to their morals or peculiarities, there is but cne source of artificial light that can justify and honestly daitn superiority over all others known, and that is the latett discovery, Luxene, the new illuminant, about which it is impossible to say aught bat what is- good and for the more exact definition of which there are no expressions m the English langusge that can possibly flatter it, or do it more than common justice. For safety, economy, brilliancy, and general comfort it has no compeer and never will have during the lifetime of this generation. 4