SERIOUS ILLNESS OF THE QUEEN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 4, 24 January 1901, Page 19

SERIOUS ILLNESS OF THE QUEEN.

If ia needless to say that considerable uneasine33 was felt when a Court circular announced on Saturday that her Majesty the Queen had not been for some days in her usual health, and that her physicians thought it advisable that she should be kept perfectly quiet and should abstain from transacting any business. Her Majesty's health had shown signs of failure since the death of her son, the Duke of Saie-Coburg and Gotha. and her grandson, Prince Victor of Teck. On Monday of last week the Quoen gave an audienca to Lord Roberts.

It was reported at Portsmouth that the Dnke of York's Australian visit has been abandoned, but there is no official confirmation of the report. A private cable received in Sydney on Sunday stated that her Majesty was hopelessly ill. A message received on Monday stated that the Queen has been for some time suffering from nervous excitability, aocompanied by occasional attacks of faintness. A very serious failure of power occurred on Thursday last. The most profound nympathy is manifested throughout Europe at"i Ampriffl It was reported that her Majesty was %n rxtrenns on Sunday r.ight, rmri n"w received here on Tuesday morning stated that she was sinking fast. Her Majesty's illness was the cause of profound sorrow in every capital in Europe. His Holiness the Pope evinced the greatest sorrow when he heard the news, and prayed earnestly for the Queen's recovery.