AMERICAN CANDOUR.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1352, 27 September 1886, Page 3

AMERICAN CANDOUR.

The Prince 1 f Wales grows stouter and redder of f .ce with his years. Every sign of youth has disappeared, and he is now simply the middle-aged KrgUsh gentleman, and of much rotundity of belt. 1 heard him speaking to his son and coaid not but observe the strong gofural German acoei t wl‘h which bo spoke his ntt:ve tongue. The Princess, though as amiable, gentle, an 1 gracnm < f manner as she was In her youib, has f.ded great y since I last saw her in 1863- She is very thin, and coughed dreadfully, in a way that would frighten a thoughtful husband who loved his wife. But 1 did not observe any visible concern in the face of her royal spouse. The Q teen is nit popular among the common pe“ple of the nobility. She c uld help her eldest sou to pay his debts, but she will not. With sn income of almost £150.000 per annum, he is always behind. Indeed, one of the standing pur* es of the club is, What on earth can the Prince do with hi* m ney ? He never pays anyone, and e do not care to have his patronage, for he will not pay them. There is a story current that his tailor, to whom he owes abrn-. £4OOO, fla'iy refuses to send h : s Royal Highness another suit of clot its until ho has paid him something on »cc uut (f a bill that has been running fir 25 years.—London corespondent Washington paper.