The Prince of Wales.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 118, 13 February 1872, Page 6

The Prince of Wales.

j _ -o Summing up the mall news about the ; Prince and Republicanism, the Melbourne Ldiy/iw says: —“On the anniversary of bis fath er’s death, a favourable change occurred | in the malady of the Prince of Wales, and | from that date up to the 10th December, — our latest advices outlie subject,-—he appears | to have been gradually advancing towards re- ■ covery. He has been, however, literally snatched from the jaws of death, and the political consequences of his illness have been very remarkable. “One touch of nature j makes the whole world kin,” and the specj tacle of the Royal Family overwhelmed with j grief and anxiety, and hurrying to the bcd- | side of the heir to the throne, for the purpose of surrounding him with every attention | and alleviation that the most affectionate care I and solicitude could supply, was one pecn- ; liarly well calculated to appeal to the feelings ! of a domesticated people like the English. Hence there lias been a manifest reaction in | the public mind in favour of Royalty ; and the Republic, which was to have been prei sided over by a triumvirate, composed of : Odger. Bradlaugh, and Dilko, has been ini definitely postponed. According to all appearances, onr fellow-countrymen at home never entered upon the festivities of ChristI mas in a more loyal spirit than they did on ! the 25th of December last; and the opponents of the monarchy have met with rough usage at more than one large town in which ( they attempted to preach republican, doc- [ trines.”