NEWS OF THE WEEK.
WE published last week, in a late edition, the gratifying an- nouncement of the birth of a son to the Prince of Wales on the 8th inst. The Princess had only that day been watching the skating at Frogmore, and so utterly unexpected was the event that no baby-linen had been prepared, and the young mother was entrusted entirely to a local practitioner, Mr. Brown, of Windsor, whose fortune, let us hope, is thereby made. The child, though according to the Lancet one of little more than seven months, is reported strong and healthy, and the Princess is doing so well that the doctors only issue bulletins at intervals of two days. As the birth carries on the succession in the direct line, it is of real im- portance to the nation, and the corporations throughout the coun- try are sending up loyal addresses. The Princess will now be even closer to the popular heart than she has always been.
