23 DECEMBER 1871, Page 1

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

mlIE public had quite ceased to be anxious about the Prince of

Wales, who was believed to be slowly but steadily recovering, when the papers of Friday evening hinted at a slight relapse. The official bulletin of noon, Friday, however, only reports that the Prince had passed a rather less quiet night, but the general con- ditions remained " the same as yesterday," that is, favourable.