NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE Prince of Wales has evidently felt keenly the con- demnation of military Europe. On Monday, when the Secretary for War was asked what steps he intended to take as regarded officers who had at Tranby Croft broken a mili- tary regulation, Mr. Stanhope replied that no steps would be taken. General Owen Williams was a retired officer, Mr. Berkeley Levett had expressed his regret to the Com- raander-in-Chief, and he was authorised by the Prince of Wales to say on his behalf that his Royal Highness acknow- ledged "an error of judgment in not requiring Sir William Gordon-Cumming at once to submit his case to his com- manding officer, in accordance with the Queen's Regula- tions." Mr. Stanhope added that he. thought any one would, under the circumstances, have hesitated to bring ruin upon an officer of distinguished service who had been his own friend.. The apology was exceeedingly well received in the House, even by the Radical aide, and it is hoped that the memory of the incident will gradually fade away. Addresses, however, continue to be passed by representative Nonconformist bodies, praying that the Prince of Wales will give up gambling, a vice which is denounced in rather exaggerated terms. In his own county, Sir William Gordon-Cumming has been received with effusive welcome, and there certainly is some ground for the savage epigram attributed to a Ministerial 'wit: "In England you must not gamble, or if you do, you must cheat. 'Then you will have public sympathy."
