TOPICS OF THE DAY.
THE KING'S HEALTH.—We believe we may affirm that our pages are as frequently honoured with the notice of the Highest Personage in the State as those of our most boastful contemporaries ; and it might 'thence be presumed that our acquaintance with the interior of his ele- gant residence was as intimate. We profess, however, that the report which we repeat from the journals of the day touching his Majesty's health receives no additional authenticity from its appearance in our columns. Its truth or falsehood we have no means of ascertaining, although we hope it is unfounded, and believe it to be exaggerated. It has been said until it has been credited, that the KING has of late suffered from an affection in one of his eyes. Some describe it as of the nature of cataract, others as gutta serena. The former (at least many of the forms of it) is capable of being removed by the well- known operation of couching; the latter is more insidious in its ap- proaches, and not easily repelled. It is a mistake, however, to sup- pose that even decided amaurosz:s is wholly desperate. Whether, the visitation under which his Majesty is represented as labour- ing, be slight or severe, temporary or permanent, it cannot fail to be a subject of very deep and sincere concern. It is matter of thankfulness at the same time, that according to the most particular statements of our contemporaries, only one of the orbs of vision is in danger ; and, what is of extreme importance to the cure or alleviation of any local affection, his Majesty's general health is excellent. The editor of the Court Circular, indeed, places that fact beyond all doubt, in his faithful chronicle of the Royal progresses in the environs of the Cottage.
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