22 MAY 1886, Page 3

A child was born to the Queen-Regent of Spain on

the 17th inst., and, to the delight of Spaniards, proved to be a boy. Under a law passed to confirm the Regency of Queen Christina, the infant is born King of Spain, and will from the day of his birth be recognised as Alfonso XIII. The majority of Spaniards, who had begun to like his father cordially, are greatly pleased ; but the Carlists are said to be exasperated, and to propose an insurrection, for which, however, the Government is ready.