Weekly News. — 1892-04-21 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

THE PRINCE OF WALES'S HEALTH. From time to time, says the Lancet, there appear in the lay Press certain statements regarding the health of the members of the Royal Family which the merest smattering of knowledge of anatomy and physiology would shew to be unfounded. Thus, referring to the health of the Prince of Wales, it is gravely stated in one of our contemporaries that "several months ago much anxiety was caused by the presence of a clot of blood in one of the Prince's legs, and this anxiety was intensified by this clot travelling from one limb to the other." By what circuitous route the journey of the clot was performed, and how frequently the passage tram the one side of the body to the other was uti&rtaken, are wisely left without remark. The newspaper in question prefers to exercise itself with ".inneyances and troubles which have recently fallen to his share." Here undoubtedly it is on safer ground. The Prince of Wales has suffered much frem the calamity which recently befell the nation, and this has led to depression and to some weakness. Cessation from the very active life which he is accost: med to live has also naturally exercised an unfavourable effect on the Prince's general health. Since, however, he has been going about from place to place in the South of France with Prince George he has improved in general health and spirits. In fact, the most recent information from the South of France concerning the HeirApparent is altogether reassuring, and he is said to be in better health new than he has been at any period since the death of the Duke of Clarence and Avondale. The statement about the "travelling clot " seems to be has ;.d upon a condition which arose during the now historical illness of the Prince of Wales. Prince George is also better than when he left, though he still suffers from wakefulness and neuralgia. The Princess of Wales, who has suffered very much from check and from natural grief, has in some degree recoversd her spirits, and Princess Maud has recovered from her synovitis.  A very large eagle, of dark plumage, which has been seen in the neighbourhood of Eastwell Park, Ashford, for a few days, has been slict by one of the keepers. The bird measures 71 t. 6in. from wing to wing.  At about 11 o'clock on Thursday morning a respect. ably dressed middle-aged woman attempted to leap from lilackfriars Bridge into the water. She jumped upon the parapet and swung herself round and was about to let go her hold la hen she was seized by a labouring man who was passing, and held until further assistance was rendered. She was then lifted tack and given in charge of the police. At the Bridewell station she was formally charged with attemntipg to commit suicide. His ancient pedigree.—"l am a Hill, sir! the oldest family in England." "I never heard of the Hill family being among those of ancient lineage." "What! never heard of the proverb ' As old as the Hills ' "  "flow is that little mining scheme of yours getting along Any money in it?" "Any money in it! Well, I should say so! All of mine, all of my wife's,and about three thousand that I got from my friends."  'What did you break the window for ?" mked tho Court. "I didn't intend to do it, your worship. Ask the policeman if I did." "No, sir," corroborated ti ,e officer. "He was throwing the brick at his &of, "