The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-12 00:00:00

THE LAST PRINCE OF WALES.

The birth of the last Prince of Wales took place under
circumstances eminently auspicious. At the moment the
guns of the metropolis were announcing his nativity a
. troop of the Life Guards passed up St. James's street,
escorting twenty waggons, laden Is ith bullion, to the
.enormous amount of nearly two and a half millions ster-
ling, the fruit of the Spanish ship Hermione, captured in
battle. More pacific and lasting, if less dazzling,
triumphs usher in the birth of the present Heir Appa-
rent. A tempest was then passing in the pelitical hori-
zon, which ultimately robbed England of a noble realm;
but the flag of the present Prince's illustrious Mother
now floats in serene security over regions where a slave
never treads, and the sun never sets.

The following address was presented to George the
Third by the City of London on the occasion of the last
Prince of Wales's birth. It will doubtless serve as a
precedent for the present :
" Most Gracious Sovereign---We' your Majesty's ever
loyal and faithful subjects, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen,
and Commons of the City of London, in Common Coun-
cil assembled, humbly beseech your Majesty to accept
our most sincere and dutiful congratulations on the safe
delivery of the Queen, and the auspicious birth of an
Heir Apparent to the throne.
This joyful event in your Majesty's illustrious family
will always be considered by us as a substantial security
to the civil and religious liberties of this your Majesty's
tree and native land.

"'The addition to your Majesty's domestic happinessaction
ills our hearts with the highest pleasure and :ad
And hilly confiding that your Majesty's royal sentiments
ever coincide with the united wishes of your faithful
people, we gladly embrace this opportunity of testifying
our joy, and laying our congratulations et your .Majes-
cy's feet.
"Permit us, therefore, Royal Sir, to assure your Ma-
jesty that your faithful citizens of London; from their
zealous attachment to your Royal house,"and the true
honour and dignity of the Crown, whenever a happy
;?stablishment of public measures shall present a favour-
Able occasion, will be ready to exert their utmost abilities
in support of such wise counsels as apparently tend to
render your Majesty's reign happy and glorious."
To which the King delivered the following answer :
" Gentlemen—l thank you for this loyal and dutiful
address. Your congratulations on this addition to my
family, and your assurances of zealous attachment to it,
cannot but be very agreeable to me. I have nothing so
much at heart as tile welfare and happiness of my people;
and have the greatest satisfaction in any event that may
'be an additional security to those civil and religious
liberties, upon which the prosperity of these kingdoms
t,...,,
'depends."

_JOICINGS IN THE COUNTRY.
PORTS 11, Nov. 9.—The news of the birth of a
.Royal PritiG, and the well doing of her Most Gracious
loa.lesty,- was .received here a few minutes before three
'oisiektihis• afternoon. Immediately on the arrival of
this gratifying intelligence the Standard of England was
hoisted at the forts and on board the ships of war in the
harbour, and royal salutes were fired by her Majesty's
ships Victory, St. Vincent, and Excellent, and by the
guns of the batteries. The bells of the various churches
were set ringing, and every public demonstration of joy
was exhibited upon so auspicious an event as the birth of

a Prince who, in all probability, is destined to be the
future Sovereign of these realms.
Admiral Sir Edward Codrington presided over a very
laage meeting this evening, held for the benefit of an in-
stitution of which the Queen is the Patroness—the
School for the Orphan Children of Seamen and Marines.
In the course of his Address he stated that it was a sub-
ject of deep congratulation to all, that the Sorendo bad
that day given birth to a son who would succeed to the
Government of the kingdom.—(Loud cheering.) No
other country was so happily ruled as this. Our system
of Government was most admirable. It had carried us
through every danger, and the greatest benefit had arisen
from it. He therefore thought that the circumstance of
her Most Excellent Majesty having that day given birth
to a son who would perpetuate this system, was a sub-
ject upon which all should reloice.—(Loud cheers.) Her
Majesty had given twenty guineas to that Instituton.—
(Cheers.) That was only one of the very many chari-
ties which her Majesty supported. It was not, perhaps,
generally known, but was nevertheless true, that our
Most Excellent Queen expended annually in charity the
enormous sum of thirty thousand pounds.—(Loud and
continued cheering.) She had shown herself possessed
of all those kind, benevolent, and noble feelings that
would adorn even the humblest station of life, while at
the same time she displayed all that dignity and grace
so well calculated to shed an additional lustre on the ele-
vated position in which it had pleased God to place her.
LIVERPOOL.—On Tuesday night, shortly after nine
o'clock, a special messenger arrived in Liverpool with a
dispatch from the Home-office for his Worship the
Mayor, announcing the birth of the Prince of Wales.
The happy news was quickly disseminated through the
town. It was announced at the theatres, where brilliant
audiences received the news with loud hurrahs, and
" God save our gracious Queen" was strcuk up by the
orchestra, amid the shouts and congratulations of loyal
hearts. The bells of St. Peter's rang a welcome, and
throughout our land all will join in wishing long life and
happiness to the infant Prince and the Royal mother.
The' messenger who brought the above immediately
e3gaged a steamer and proceeded to Dublin.
BRISTOL.—The news diffused universal joy and con-
gratulation. _ The bells were ringing in all parts of the
city, and every opportunity taken to express the general
satisfaction. At the Promenade Concerts in the evening
" God save the Queen " was played at the opening
amidst rapturous applause, the audience joining in the
choruses.
WINDSOR, WEPNESDAY.— The intelligence of her Ma-
jesty's accouchement reached Windsor within less than
two hours, and a royal salute of 42 rounds was fired from
the ordnance of the corporation (consisting of six twelve-
pounders, presented by Viscount Ashbrook), in the
Bachelors' Acre, under the superintendence of the
High Constable, and the CorpQration gunner. The
bells of St. George's chapel and the parish church
rang continuously throughout the day. In the
evening Mr. Sharman, a loyal inhabitant of Windsor,
brilliantly illuminated his house in celebration of the
happy event. In addition to other devices there was a
large transparency, representing the eye of providence,
and underneath the inscription, " God bless the Queen."
Preparations will be immediately made for rejoicings at
Windsor upon a most extensive scale.
BRISTOL, TUESDAY.--This event was announced in
the early part of the afternoon. The bells were in-
stantly in motion, and every opportunity taken to testify
the general joy. At the Merchant Venturer Society's
dinner, which happened the same evening, " The health
of her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales" was received in the most enthusiastic manner,
and at the Promenade Concert, at the theatre, the au-
dience joined heartily in the chorus to " God save the
Queen," which was played with good taste and effect
at the °petting.
KlNGSTON.—lmmediately on information of the joyous
event reaching this place, the bells rang many merry
peals, and the guns kept firing until nearly midnight;
health and long life to the Prince seemed to be on the
tongue of every one. At the Sun Posting Inn an excel-
lent supper, consisting principally of game, was served
up in Mr. Russell's best style, and the health of the
Prince was received in the most loyal and enthusiastic
manner. It may truly be said that the joy is universal.
BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY NIGHT.—The news spread with
"rapidity, and crowds flocked to the News-room agents,
and places of public resort, to ascertain, the particulars
of the joyous event. The bells struck up a merry peal,
and one feeling of joy seemed to pervade all classes.
The event has been, indeed, anxiously looked for, and I
• may say with perfect safety, there never was an event
connected with royalty in this country, which caused
more universal exultation, than the safe delivery of her
Majesty Queen Victoria of a Prince of Wales.

LITERARY. INSTITUTION,
ALDERSGATE-STREET.
MR. HAYDON'S LECTURE.
Mr. Hayden, on Wednesday, delivered a most interest-
ing lecture on the Elgin Marbles, at the abo4Thstitution.
Of all men living, Mr. Haydon is the one best 4ualified to
lecture on such a subject. He was the first person in this
country who was permitted to make drawings from them,
and when all the English world of art, led away by the
ignorant criticism of that vastly overrated man Payne
Knight, affected to doubt their genuineness as works of
I'hidias, and to sneer at their beauties, Mr. Hayden,
strong in the enthusiasm of youth and genius, through
evil report, and good report, continued to bear witness
to their truthfulness and sublimity, until at last.,
when Canova came to this country, and expressed his
admiration of these divine works, the English nation
came to the conclusion that the young student was right,
and the old pedant was wrong ; and the Government
purchased, for a miserably inadequate sum, these price-
less gems, and deposited them as iritional property in
the British Museum: It was a proud day fur Mr. Hay-
don, the 'day on which these glorious remains of ancient
genius were 'depOsited in their present resting-place ;
and, as might be expected, he alluded with feel-
ings of natural satisfaction to his triumph over
the conventional cliques, who,'because they were
unable to understand, attempted to depreeiate these
sublime realizations of the mighty conceptions of the
Prince of Sculptors. His refutation of Payne Knight
was complete and triumphant, His strictures on the
conduct of the Royal Academy as a body were riebly
deserved, and well laid on ; but we cannot say so much
foi his attempted vindication of the conduct 0# Lord El.
gin, and his attacks on those who had expressed their
del disgust at his Lordship's conduct, That many of
the dilletanti, those curses of the arts and artists, may
have been influenced by envy, hatred, and malice, and
all uncharitableness, we are willing to admit ; but
among the vituperators of Lord Elgin must be numbered
many who, like Lord Byron, held the same enthusiastic
faith in the regeneration of Greece, that Mr, Harlon
himself held in the genuineness of the marbles, and who
therefore could nut withhold the expression of their go-
nCrous indignation against the man who had despoiled an
oppressed but noble-minded people of all that was left
them in their captivity, the rnettl.PPPP. of their former
greatness. It is no vindication of Lord Elgitils conduct
to say that if he had not robbed the Parthenon the
Frown or the Turks would have done so, can
men be justitied in entharkltig In the alaYe irate because
if they do not steal Africans the Portuguese and the
Brazilians will f Besides, the same interest which
enabled Lord Elgin to prow() a firman autho-
rising the removal of the marbles would have
procured him a firman commanding their preservation.
In whatever point of view Lord Elgin's conduct may be
regarded, it appears to us morally unitistiflahle, With
this exception the lecture of Mr, Ilaydon was every-
thing that could be desired, His description of his night-
musings among these life-like creations of the genius of
the olden time was a iaerfect poem, The lecture-room
was crowded to the ceiling, even the side galleries were
crammed. Throughout the whole lecture Mr. Ilaydon
carried his auditors completely with him, and he was
frequently interrupted by enthusiastic cheering.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Brighton Gazette.)
POBTSMOUTIL—The Seringapatam, 46, in charge of
Captain W. Johnson, Captain Leith having been inva-
lided, arrived on Saturday from the West Indies, and
sailed to the eastward on Monday to be paid off. This
ship has been upwards of four years and a half in com-
mission, principally employed on the Leeward Islands
station, and has been relieved, pro tempore, by the Pique,
36, Captain Yates. Commodore Douglas, late senior
officer at Jamaica, came home in the Seringapatam, and
has joined his family in this neighbourhood. It is un-
derstood that the ship will be re-commissioned, if found
serviceable.
Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Rich Owen, K:C.B., has.
struck his flag on board the Queen, 110, and loft for
London. Every exertion is snaking to complete her
for departure to the Mediterranean in the early part of
December.
The Illustrious, 72, Captain Erskine, will go to Spit-
head on Thursday, be paid advance of wages, and em-
bark the new Governor-General of Canada for convey-
ance to New York. She will thence proceed to Halifax,
to receive the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir
.Charles Adam,
K.C.8., who will set sail in her to visit the several
Islands within the limits of his command, accompanied
by the steam tender Carron.
The Siren, 16, Commander Smith, and Thunder sur-
veying ship, Commander Barnett, have passed by this
port for Plymouth, the former for China, and the latter
for the West Indies.
The Apollo troop ship, Commander 13. M. Festing, is
preparing to convey the 98th Regiment to China.
The Resistance, 42, will shortly be. commissioned at
Plymouth as a troop ship.
At.Spithead—No ship of war.
In Harbour.—St. Vincent, Queen, Britannia,Victoria,
Illustrious, Royal George yacht, Excellent, Warspite,
Vindictive, Belvidere, Hazard, North Star, Orestes,
Apollo, Viper, Sapphire and Echo steamer.

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THE PARISH CLERK, EDITED BY THEO-
DORE HOOK, ESQ.—This merry production of the hu-.
morous " Peter Priggins" opens with a description of
an interview with the late eccentric Mr. Abernethy,
which, though irresistibly comic, bears upon the face
of it the impress of truth. The tales in these volumes
are the result of the author's acquaintance with a very
funny individual—Davy Diggs, the " Parish Clerk" of
an obscure village on the coast of Sussex—a specie's
of the genus Caleb Quotem. In the first tale, " The
Twin Squires," the reader will find Peter Priggins at
home in Oxford, and, if he be an Oxford man, will not
fail, we think, to recognise more than one character
most ludicrously depicted therein. " The Lieutenant's
Tale" is possessed of so much dramatic interest, that it
is impossible to lay down the book till it is finished.
The scenes in the stores of the Mill at Tide-end, re-
minded us of many p: ssages in " Guy Mannering." The
third tale, "The Tretlsure-finder," is a strange mixture
of the grave and gay, quite after the fashion of the la-
mented editor.
Lord Stanley, in answer to a deputation from
Scotland, assured the gentlemen who waited on him that
the subject of emigration was under the serious consi•
deration of her Majesty's Ministers.