CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2396, 10 September 1886, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

PITY THE POOR PRINCE,

To THE Editor,

Sir.—Seeing that a beggw« letter, has been received by the Council asking for a subscription towards a testimonial to that Royal Pauper, the Prince of Wales, the following witty lines, (taken from an Australian paper), will no doubt bo interesting to your readers, and, 1 think, are woll worth reproducing in your extensively circulated paper. Yours, otc, Democrat. "It has boon resolved to open a subscription in India and the Colonies with the object of presenting a testimonial to H.R.H., the Prince of Wales, in recognition of the eminent services he has rendered in connection with tho Exhibition."

A Most Deserving Case, Ye sycophants of Sydney who "have feathered well your nests, And cherish love of Royalty in groveleaten breasts, Here i 3 an opportunity you'vo long been looking for To lavish gold and silver on the idol "you adore.

An object for your pity is the Monarch's eldest son; He has never been rewarded for tho good which he has done In the service of his country, for ho gets no other pay Than the very paltry pittance of a thousand pounds a day.

For years lie has been toiling -oh, a scandal and disgrace ? And none have drawn attention to this " most deserving case" ; The son of widowed mother, Heii Apparent to the throne— With scarce a blessed shilling ho could fairly call his own,

While philanthropists were feigning to do " something" for the poor, They loft no broken vittles at this royal pauper's door; Nor, mingled with tho cry of' Outcast London, have they heard The bitter cry of Bertie—for. he didn't say a word.

Never weary in well-doing, still His Highness pegged away (With nothing to support him but a thousand pounds a day); He opened the Exhibitions and did other jobs like that— And scorned to crown his labors by ataking round the hat.

But hotter late than never, some one (blessings on his name! Wo don't know who bogan it, but wo lovo him all the same) Has started a subscription list for this poor neglected elf Who worked so hard for England and got nothing for himself.

So Sycophants of Sydney, who havo feathered woll your nests, And cherish love of loyalty in your grovel-oaten breasts, Here is an opportunity you'vo long been looking for To lavish gold and silver on the idol you adore.

Dip. deep into your coffers, of your substance freely giveIt is on such as you such as Bertie ought to live. Don't ask for our subscription, we aro Bomewhat short of pelf— Though really we would like to give him something for himself.—Bulletin.