Egypt.

Manawatu Herald, 23 June 1896, Page 2

Egypt.

The Marquis de Mores and eight of his servants Were murdered by the Tuareg escort of the partj, and £40,000 worth of goods were stolen. Extraordinary story about the Prince of Wales. » The American Citiztn, of Bostoi, U.S.A., for April 11, givM the following extract from a Roman Catholic Magazine entitled j Ate Maria. The Freeman' 8 Journal of Sydney, New South Wales, has a correspondent who seems to know a great many things not generally knows. He confides to us the secret that the Prince of Wales was baptised a Catholic, asserting that he has the testimony of an eminent Bishop that his statement is absolutely correct. It seems that when the time came for the baptism of Albert Edward, two dignitaries of the Church of England arranged to divide honours on the occasion, with the result that one poured the water while the other read the form of baptism. This was the perfection of Protestant politenes3, but, all the same, it was a blunder which made the baptism invalid. After the ceremony the Queen of the Belgians who had been an observant witness, spoke to the Queen privately, and pointed out that the interesting infant had not been made a Christian in the proper way. Victoria was much troubled and asked : " What can Ido ?" " Oh," said her Belgian Majesty, " it ii easy enough," adding " I have here in the palace a Belgian priest, my chaplin ; let me call him iv to baptise the child properly, and no one will be any wiser." The young Queen of England, whose mother by the way was a Catholic, at once gave her consent, and the Catholic baptism was performed with only two witnesses. Apart from his baptism under circumstances over which he had no control, the Prince of Wales has always exhibited a most sympathetic feeling towards the Catholic Church. He has befriended more than one Catholic sisterhood in England, was an ardent admirer of Father Daraien, and he hag on several occasions attended mass. Cardinal Manning had no warmer champion and sup* porter than the heir to the British throne ; and it will be recollected that on a memorable occasion he placed the Cardinal on a Royal Commission next himself, and before the Premier and the Protestant Bishop of London. There was a ' big fuss ' about it at the time, but the trouble blew over and has been forgotten.