Englishmen seem to be nearly as superstitious as the natives
of India. The latter firmly believe that the Queen in accepting the Koh-i-Noor accepted the destiny which accompanies that jewel, and will either have to endure severe personal misfortunes, or like Shah Soojah and Runjeet Sing, be left without successor to her throne. The former, it seems, managed to convince themselves that the anniversary of the Prince Consort's death would be the day of supreme danger for his son, waited all through the 14th for the final bulletin, and now believe that as he lived through those twenty-four hours he will recover. There is rather less evidence for a belief of that sort than for a belief in astrology., and we wonder no one has thought of publishing the Prince's horo- scope, which, as there are still many astrologers among us, is doubtless in existence. That would give the public just the "rule" by which guessers always prefer to guess.
