The New York herald., 1871-12-09

| ancc o. the general health the fcver-
sn symptoms which showed themselves 70 bs un
ateadant Of he Prncs ON monaa - e eacs
week or ten days since. In fact the date or the ac-
rs,, rIs, commencement Of the fever ~ seems can oe
pretty aefuiateiy fixed ~ the 18th inst. Up to the
present lime the Princes case has made. medically
sleaking SATISFACTORY progress, and the physicians
tneir appearance The statement Ia, in ITSELF far
reassning. Up to the tenth day OF illness the course
OF The disease mas given rise TO anxiety. II would
appear. We may fairly lope. therefore, that this is
promise that the disease "a likely to run benign
HIS ROYAL Hghness' disease We know, however.
lhas typhoid ever can be ndubitaby traced In the
SO in the case Of the late Prince Consors and
may be so IN mat OF his ilustrious son. At all
events fne princes Illness suggests the adyisabillty
OF AT once investigating the character OF the water
| supply OF Sandtiughan.
| PROGRESS or THE MALADY.
| From this point the disease has progressed. with
the alterations when nave recorded from day
TO day by cable telegram in tho HERALD, TO It's
serious crisis yesterday
| TuE gEIR TO THE THRONE.
Tho heir to the British throne after the death OF
| Queen Victoria Is tho eldest sou or the Prince OF
Wales, should His Royar Hignne,s he removed from
| lie first.
| This young gentleman is the first c,llld OF the
| Prince oy his wife. tho Princess Alexandra. eldest
daughter OF His Majesty Christian TX, King Of Den-
| marx The FRINGE Is named Albert Victor chris.
| tisn Edward. lie was born on tho 9Th OF January.
IN the year 1854, and IL consequently seyen years
| or age.
Hts government should he come to power by the
death Of his faher, must be directed 10y reyeacy
| until he attalns his majority.
| THE PRikGH or wAiRs iLLNEss AND TaAr or
PRINCE AiBsRr
People have aseadY traced a similarity In the
symptoms or tho disease with which the Prince OF
Wales Is africted, aud those which were pre-
sented by the complaint which carried or his father,
the late Prince Albert. iu suca y sudden manner.
Prince Albert died on the 18th OF December in The
year 1881. He was taken i'll about the lst OF Decem-
her. symptoms OF fover, accompanied by a general
indispOson. made their appearance. For some
days the complaint was not considered to be Serious
but from the 1th the medicai men In attendance ana
the persons about the Court began to feel ANXIOUS.
IL was not until the llth OF December, when
the fever gained head and the patient was
much weakened, that the irst bulletin was
Issued. Even then lt was stated that the
symptoms were not unravorabe. 1t was said
that the death OF the King OF Portugal had unror.
tunate influence over HIN during his illness (uke
that OF Lord Chesterfield dnring the illness or the
Prince OF Waies, aud assisted the progress OF the
malady.
On the Ith OF December he expressed a belief
that he should not recover. No material change
took place on the l2ih, and on the 18th the Queen
took drive with no idea OF danger.
When she returned Prince Alberl's limbs were
already cold, and from that time he was In the
greatest danger. On that evening he was not ex-
pccted to survive the night
saturday forenoon, the l4th OF December there
was rally, which so often precedes dissolution
but gave great hopes to the physicians. AT tour
+. M. relapse took place. and Prince Albert, who
from the previous Friday had been sustained by
stimulaDts. began TO Sink gradually Congestion or
the lungs. the result OF complete exhaustion, set in
The Princes breathing became continually shorter
and feeber, ana he expired without pain at a few
inmates before eleven O'Clock the same day. He
retained his senses 10 the latest moment Of hts life
The Family of the Gueiphs-fistOry Of
Queen vicf0ria's House.
The exact origin or the family Of the house OF
Guelph IL somewhat obscure. Some persons have
indeed asserted that Queen Victoria descends
directly from the deitled hero Wooden, whom the
Scandinavians adored as god The true founder
OF the house OF Hanover was Azon dEste. Mar
quis oil bNscany, an Italian adventurer, who, at
the commencement OF the eleventh century. took
service under the Emperor Conrad in the hope OF
acquiring fortune In Germany by conquest
or marriage. His matrimonial speculation proved
the most profitable. He esp0used Cuncgunda
OF Guelph, a wealthy heiress, and disc arded the
name ~ D'Ese for that of his wife. Henceorth he
was Calleu Guelpu. lHeIF son, RODefC the kOUuSL,
contracted still more fortunate alliance marry
ing the widow OF Tostlc Earl OF Kent, brother to
Edward the Confessor Tue newly welded pair
found great favor with the Emperor Henry the
Fourth, who despolied Ohio ol SaxOny Of hs
Bavarian possessions ln order to enrich them. The
grcat-grandson or Robert rebelling against the
Emperor BarbarOssa his estates were con1scated.
A thlrd time. however, the race or Azon
retrieved the fortunes of the family by lucky
marriage the bride being a daughter of Henry the
Second. King Of England, who prevailed upon the
German Caesar to bestow the countships OF Bruins
WICK and Luenburg upon Mis- son.in.law. Otho tue
Fourteenth raised them 10 the rank or duchies n
the thirteenth century, and William OF Guelph
took the title Of Duke. or the ducal representatives
OF the house some were distinguished for their
age and military talents others Tor their less noble
qualities; as Henry, surnamed the "Dog,n for his
snarling temper; Magnus the ''lnsolent;r Ernest
the "cruei." Otno the Fourteenth was the hrst OF q
long line OF petty princes who departed from the
matrimonial policy OF HIS family by marriage Of
inclination with Matilda de Campan, simple
gentlewoman or Brunswick and his own subject.
The great grandfather or George the First, King OF
England had seven sons all dukes, and entitled to
snare Of his possessions. To avoid splitting the
family cVrOnet BY permanent division OF their
fathers states the brothers on his death entered
INTO most extraordinary compact. One only OF
the number was to contract q legal marriage. Lots
were cast; chance favored George, the sixth son,
who espoused Anne Eleanora, a Princess OF Hesse
Darmstadt. Their eldest son, Ernest Augustus, who
for many years bore no higher title than Prince
Bishop OF Osnaberg, married sophia daughter oil the
unfortunate Queen OF Bohemia, and granddaughter
OF James the FIRST; which alliance first opened
to the house OF Hanover y prospect OF the crown
OF Great Britain. Tho bride was sister 10 Rupert
so well known in English history for hts devotion to
Charles the First, 10 say nothing OF his discoveries
in science and art aud engraving In mezzotinto.
AnUu tn. ~ dtlstn n1 INIT
crafty and ambitious. On succeeding to the title OF
the Duke OF Hanover ne dropped the title OF Bishop
OF Osnaberg. Following the example OF his father,
he prevailed upon Ma brother, Duke William OF
Zelle to devote himself to life OF ceIibacy In
sideratiou oil asum OF money advanced TO him IN q
moment OF distress. AT Brussels the Prince con.
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