THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE MELBOURNE EXHIBITION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 612, 5 November 1880, Page 2

THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE MELBOURNE EXHIBITION.

The inability, of r the. Heir Apparent to execute his intention of visiting Australia during the next few. months, and > •t theHelbourue Exhibition; will be to no

, onq i} cauw of keenor regvet than to his Royal Highnusa himself, The moro not of locomotion, whether on board ship, or by railway, or on horsebock, or in. car.-,, riige is an enjoyment to the Prince,..and the"more distant the goal of hia tindff©- . menta the greater the which . he derives. Moreover the heir, to the English Crown takes, as becomes a future. King of Great Britain, a keen .personal interest iq.all that indicates the ment of the reßiiurces of the Empire, Thus the Prince has from;' time to time, heenvinforined of ..the progress which -the Imperial Commission,- sitting ■ under the presidency of Lord Carnarvon, is making, and is deeply solicitous that its recommendations may be acted upon. . There was; always some doubt' whether 1 His Royal Highness would be able to take his- trip to the Antipodes,' but he was keenly ejet upon it, and he assured several Australian gentlemen last July that if it were l at all practicable lie would allow nothing at all to interfere w>th it. At the last it resolved itßelf into a: question of \ time. The Prince was willing to postpone a number of more or .less engagements which he had made in differ-W ent parts of England during the next fewMmonths. But- this was not everything The Queen, her loyal subjects throughout . • • the world will be thankful to hear, is in ; the enjoyment of excellent health. But her health is strictly dependent on the condition that f she. leads. It is an indis-V pensable, condition that she would avoid all the distractions and excitements which • a court that was the centre of the social i gaiety of the capital and of the country i would involve. Hence her protracted residence at and Osborne have become necessary. In this comparative seclusion she. contracts much of the active business of monarchy, and she is happily likely to be equal to the effort during many years yet to come. • 'Naturally, this . arrangement involves a considerable increase ■of the duties of the Prince of ..Wales, and Buckingham • Palace being closed, Marlborough House answers to a. great extent the purposes • of a Court, i The simple truth is that 'it is impossible for; their Heir Apparent to be absent for many weeks together from .London; and ' though his visit to India was a great suc■cess, it tyaa a success purchased, so far as the'arrangements* of London society was ' concerned, at a heavy -price. In abandoning his intention to go to Australia now the Prince of Wales has reluctantly yielded to the inevitable. —Home News.