THE ILLNESS OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 51, 13 January 1872, Page 9

THE ILLNESS OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.

We extract the following telegrams respecting the illness of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales from the " News of the World," published in San Francisco : London, December sth.—The morning bulletin says that the Prince of Wales passed a comfortable night and that the progress in his case is satisfactory. The symptoms continue to indicate slow but steady improvement. It is understood that the fever, though severe, has at no time been beyond the control of his medical attendants. Public apprehension as to the result has measurably subsided. London, December Bth, 8 a.m.—The health of the Prince is improving steadily. London, December Bth, 2 p.m.—A report is in circulation that the Prince is worse. It is given under reserve by the central agency of the Press Association, which is considered a trustworthy

source of news. All the members of the Royal family were telegraphically summoned to Sandringham. The Queen and Princess Louise left Windsor at 3 p.m., and the distress of both was apparent. 6 p.m.—A London paper says the Prince is sinking fast. Congestion of the lungs has set in, and there is no hopes of his life. The Queen is now with the Prince. The city is full of alarming rumors with regard to his case. Newspaper extras are issued, giving all kinds of reports. The effect on business is depressing, and stocks and all financial quotations show,a decline. Consols have fallen a-quarter per cent. The latest official bulletin of the Prince's condition says: The Prince continues in a precarious state. Exacerberation began last night, attended by great prostration. London, December Bth.—The first bulletin this morning reports that the Prince of Wales had a very unquiet night. This morning there is considerable increase of fever. This is official. The news and various rumors, some of them exaggerated, cause alarm and depress the stock market generally. London, December Sth —(•« World" special).—The Prince of Wales is dying. The Queen is wild with grief. The Princess Alexandra is uunaturally and dangerously calm. Great consternation prevails. The Home Secretary has been summoned to Sandringham. Fears of a political convulsion increase. The bell-ringers have assembled at St Paul's, and will announce the tidings of the Prince's death as soon as received. The Republican leaders held a secret meeeting to-night, and decided against immediate action.

London, December Sth, 9.30 p.m.— The Prince of Wales has slept but slightly, but is still very much prostrated.

London, December Sth, midnight.— The sudden and unfavorable change in the condition of the Prince of Wales has caused a feeling of deep sorrow throughout the entire country, and manifestations of sympathy are pouring in from all sections. The excitement in London to-night is intense, and immense crowds of people have gathered in frontof the newspaper and telegraph offices, anxiously seeking information concerning the condition of the Prince. All classes, including workmen, have held public meetings, at which resolutions have been adopted expressing the deepest sympathy for his Royal Highnesf,

London, December 9th.—The Prince slept some last night. His exhaustion is not increased and his general condition is somewhat more favorable The Princess of Wales and children have been summoned and are hastening to Sandringham. The feeling on'Change, this morning, is better, but the rumors continue gloomy and represent the case as hopeless. 1 p.m.—The following bulletin has just been posted: "The Prince passed the morning more tranquilly. The febrile paroxysms are subsiding and there is no increase of exhaustion." Princess Beatrice and Prince Leopold, his youngest sister and brother, and all the children of the Prince have been called to his bedside and are hastening to Sandringham. The Duke of Cambridge has already gone there in response to a telegraphic summons. The Archbishop of Canterbury requests the clergy to pray for the recovery of the Prince. The excitement is intense now that there is a beam of hope. London, December 9th, 11 p.m.— The latest official bulletin, dated Sandringham, 10 p.m , says that the Prince has slept since noon, but that there is no improvement in the symptoms. Many public dinners and other projected festivities have been postponed in consequence of the Prince's illness. 9 London, December 10th, 9 a.m.— Sir William Jenner and other physicians in attendance upon the Prince of "Wales have just issued a bulletinstating that his Royal Highness passed a quiet night. The prostration, however, still exists. The grave symptoms of the disease under which the Prince is suffering have not increased. Later.—Sandringham, December 10, noon. —The Prince of Wales passed the morning tranquilly, and his general condition is now much more satisfactory than yesterday. The bulletin is

signed by all the physicians attending the Prince.

London, December 10th.—The great prostration of the Prince of "Wales is due to haemorrhage from ulcers in the intestines; it is feared that one of the intestines may be perforated; in that case he would die suddenly by a collapse, like the Earl of Chesterfield. . London, December 10th, 11 p.m.— The physicians in attendance to the Prince of Wales have just issued the following bulletiu : " Sandringham, December 10th, 10.30 p.m. The Prince has been restless during the evening, and there is no abatement in the dangerous symptoms of the disease." The low condition of the Prince causes the most painful anxiety, and intense excitement prevails throughout London and the kingdom generally. Sandringham, December llth, 1.30 a.m.—The Prince of Wales has slept a little, but there is no change in the symptoms of his disease.