23 JANUARY 1875, Page 1
Prince Leopold has been suffering from typhoid, and though it
has quitted him, his hereditary predisposition to weakness and his tendency to haemorrhage leave him scarcely the strength to rally. On Friday afternoon his state was considered most dangerous, and the Duke of Edinburgh, who was shooting at Witley, Lord Dudley's seat, has hurried to Osborne. The public will sympa- thise deeply with the Queen, and with the dangei of the young man who, born on the steps of a throne, has from childhood scarcely enjoyed a week of vigorous health. The Royal Family should look to the drainage of its residences, for it is becoming clear that the Prince Consort brought into it his own susceptibility to malarious fever. They carry such crowds with them wherever they go, that they incur a special risk.
