THE SHEREEF OF WAZAN.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] STR,—It is with regret that I read in your last number a sen- tence respecting the English wife of the Shereef of Wazan which will give pain to many of your readers by whom she is highly esteemed. The lady is the daughter of the governor, lately deceased, of one of our London prisons. She was educated at Tangier, and became the wife of the Shereef, on the stipulation that the practice of polygamy was to be abandoned by him—a. stipulation which has been, I believe, honourably observed. They were married at the British Embassy some years ago; and the influence of this English lady has been continually exerted for the benefit of the country of her adoption, the honour of her husband, and the progress in morality and civilization of the people among whom she resides. It will not, I hope, detract from the interest taken in the destiny of Morocco as a possible annexation to the French Republic to know that the Shereefa of Wazan is of English birth and honourable character.—I am, Sir, &c ,
National Liberal Club, June 9th. RICHARD PRYCE.
[We do not understand Mr. Pryce. We have said nothing whatever about the lady. Does he mean that the Shereef has only one wife ? The local correspondents affirm that he has many.—ED. Spectator.]
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