THE ROYAL INFANT.

New Zealand Herald, Issue I, 1 April 1864, Page 4

THE ROYAL INFANT.

We take from thoEuropean Times the following interesting remarks on the birth of the Prince : — " ' Though Dr. Fair was at fii*st under the impression that the Princess's eonfv.ieinent was premature, IVIr. lJrown, the well-known surgeon, of Windsor — whose distinction it has hitherto been to physic the rising generation of the aristocracy in their stage of Eton schoolbovhood, hut who may now add that of having ushered into tho world tho eldest-horn of the Heir Apparent— all along maintained the maturity of the baby ; and all the Princess's medical attendants are now satisfied on the. point. There never was such an illustration of the way in which foresight may be baffled, and the most careful precautions rendered useless.' The Prineess of Wales had been enjoying the amusements of the ico with her husband on the day that she became a mother, and the Prince, who lingered behind, after his hard exercise, hungry and weary, was greeted on his return with the happy tidings. . The same Court gossip communicates this brief sketch of the Heir Apparent: —' All the ways of tho Prince, his love of sport ami athletic exereis-cs, his cheery and kindly ways with those about him, his heartiness and sin p!ieitv, arc calculated to make him a favourite with l.nglishinen, even more than the more refined and thoughtful tastes and pui>uiis of his father. It is well known that he has no relish lbr books, and perhaps for princes they are not the most indispensable reading, if only the living books of natuie, men, and matters are brought within roach. To these the Prince of Wales has had such facilities of access —thanks to his father's comprehensive wisdom—as were never before given to any son of England.* Jn every part ot the Pnited Kingdom the joy with which the intelligence of the birth was received, shows the hold which tho weKaro of the Queen and her family has on the feelings of the people."