THE PRINCES IN DUBLIN.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XX, Issue 1429, 15 February 1888, Page 5

THE PRINCES IN DUBLIN.

A London correspondnnt of the New York " \Vorld" writes:-— The real truth has not yet been told about the young Princes' three days visit to Dublin, they arrived with over thirteen tons of luggage containing innumerable suits and uniforms. When they embarked at Holy head they were wearing grey tweed suits. These they were occupied some of their time while on board in changing, and when they emerged from the cabin at Kingston they both wore frock coats, tall hats, and carried walking sticks, while it was particularly noted that Prince Albert Victor wore a preternaturally high masher collar and extensive cuffs. The first greetings of the populace were mingled with hisses and groans, and this show of hostility afc once threw Prince Albert Victor into a panic, and his poor scared face amused even the staunchest Loyalist. Prince G-eorge put a bolder countenance on matters and made the best of them, nodding and smiling in the hopes of winning over the disaffected ones. At the review in Phanix Park the Princes were hooted again, and once more the warrior Prince almost fainted, probably with thoughts of dynamite and bullets. As he was mounted on a showy bay, uniformed and decked out in all the glory of a captain of the Tenth Hussars, the sorry figure which he cut can be more easily imagined than described. At the dinner given by the benchers of King's Inn, the Irish Lord Chancellor provoked unconcealed merriment by alluding to the fact that ' the Prince'of Wales has been blessed with sons who were characterised by the singular graciousness of their manner and the purity of their lives,' whereat Prince 8-eorg6, whose love affairs are as numerous as tbe scrapes into which he is always getting, blushed visibly. The • graciousness' of Prince Albert Victor's manner was subsequently demonstrated at the ball at Leinster Hall where he distinguished himself, as usual by treading on the tails of the ladies nearest to him, upsetting his wine glass over his neighbour's dress at supper, and tripping his partner up vvhile dancing. During his installation as a Knight of the Order of St. Patrick this twenty-four-year-old son of the Prince of Wales utterly lost his head, and had to be pushed, pulled, and elbowed here and there throughout the whole ceremony. He, moreover, gave great offence by refusing to acknowledge the respectful salutations of the spectators, and finally put a climax to the whole thing by making a vain and disastrous attempt to sign the roll of knighthood with his white military gloves on.