, The Queen of Holland has again been in the
greatest danger. On the night of Sunday, May 4th, her Majesty was prematurely confined, and as delivery was difficult and the Queen weak from her attack of typhoid, her life was for some hours despaired of. The crisis, however, was tided over, and although the doctors will not yet pronounce her Majesty out of danger, the best opinion seems to be that she will survive this new trouble also. Youth, a good constitution, and the resources of modern science are all in her favour, as is also, we superstitiously fancy, the devotion of her people. Seriously, popular Sovereigns live long—take Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria—possibly because the sense of being loved by a great community increases that will to continue living without which, the great doctors say, even the via medicatriz naturae can do little. There is still much to be dreaded from the Queen's extreme weakness, and the intolerable weather, but the symptoms so far are more favourable than the reverse. The matter is of less importance, but as an injustice has been done, though not in our columns, it is worth while to record that the rumoured dissensions between the Queen and her Consort are due only to gossip which has been traced to a discarded servant of the Prince.
