The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-23 00:00:00

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LONDON :
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1840.

THE QUEEN.

SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST TWO.

The answer to inquiries at the Palace this after•
noon was, that her Majesty and the Princess Roya
had passed a good night, and were doing exceed.
ingly well.

No event, since the general peace, has caused
such unbounded joy throughout the metropolis as
the safe delivery of our beloved QUEEN. High
and low, rich and poor, rejoice alike, and though
many wished that the offspring had been a
PRINCE, the unanimous voice of the public is
expressive of gratitude to the ALMIGHTY that
het MAJESTY has survived and given birth to an
Heir Presumptive to the throne. Can there be
any mistake about the ardent feeling displayed on
this auspicious event, when wo reflect for a mo-
ment on the awful position in which this country
would have been placed, had it been the will of
PROVIDENCE to afflict us by a calamity like
that which occurred now twenty-three years
ago ? On that occasion the whole na-
tion mourned that an illustrious Princess,
heir to a great empire, had been suddenly
cut off in the prime of life, and buried in the same
tomb with her dead-born child. Then there were
many near heirs t© the Throne, respected and be-
loved by the people. We had no dread of the suc-
cessor to her Royal Father. The national grief
was solely caused by the untimely end of the suf-
ferer. But had such a fate befallen the QUEEN
we should have mourned not for her only, but also
for the nation, because her peaceable reign would
in all probability have been followed by comtno_
tions which might have convulsed the kingdom and
endangered the monarchy. Since the reign of
CHARLES IL—nay, we may say, in the whole
history of the Sovereigns of England, no suc-
cessor to the reigning Prince was ever
looked upon with such horror and dread
as the heir presumptive, but two days ago, to
the throne still occupied, through the mercy of
GOD, by our beloved QUEEN. For such. a gracious
delivery the nation may well be thankful, and it
will display its thankfulness by rejoicings unequal-
led in this country. They have already com-
menced. Throughout, we believe, every chapel,
Catholic and Dissenting, of the metropolis yester-
day, public thanksgivings were offered for the
safety of the QUEEN and her child, and prayers
were made for their health. The State Church
alone was silent ; the Catholic Church in London
adopted a prayer for the QUEEN before her deli-
, very. Then the State Church also was silent.
What a mockery of a Church ! The Clergy
cannot pray unless words are put into their
mouths by the Archbishop of CANTERBURY,
and therefore there will be no public thanksgiving
in the Established Church till the "attenuated
Prelate" (we quote the words of a dignitary of the
Church) has had leisure to sit down and tell the
obsequious slaves what they arc to say. But the
people pray in their hearts, and in words also re-
turn thanks (notwithstanding the sluggishness of
the priests), for one of the greatest blessings ever
conferred on this country. They pray that her
MAJESTY and her offspring may long live in
peace and health, and that the nation may never
be subjected to the tender mercies of the KING
who now rules over Hanover.

(From our Second Edition of Saturday.)
We are happy to state, that up to the hour we
write (past six o'clock), her MAJESTY and the
Young Stranger are going on as well as possible,
with every prospect of continuance.
Her MAJESTY has been in the habit of taking
pl enty of exercise, and so late as yesterday after-
noon she walked in Buckingham Gardens with

Prince ALBERT.
Early this morning symptoms rather •suddenly
indicated that an approaching event of national in.

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terest was near at hand. lucked, the event i,at
so -oon expected, that her Royal Highness the
Duchess of KENT, and the Great Officers of State
were specially, summoned to attend, as usual, on
such occasions. The LORD CHANCELLOR set
off as early as eight o'clock in the morn-
ing, and remained at Buckingham Palace
until the happy event took place One of the
papers (the Globe) states, that he bundled up his
papersand left the Court of Chancery for the Palace!
We arc in momentary expectation of an Extra-
ordi hary Gazette, with the particulars of the Person-
ages present at the birth of the Princess Vic roßbt
(we presume).

(FROM OUR COURT NEWSMAN.) • •
Her Majesty was taken unwell at an early hour OD
Saturday morning, and the medical gentlemen were in
consequence summoned to Buckingham Palace.
The Duchess of Kent was sent for at half-Past eight
o'clock by his Royal Highness Prnce Albert.
ger
Royal Highness immediately went to the Palace,
remained with her Majesty throughout the day, "61
six o'clock in the evening.
Sir James Clark left the Palace to give the requisite
information to Viscount Melbourne. The Noble Vi"
count and the Lord Chancellor arrived at the Palace
before ten o'clock. Summonses were sent to the prin-
cipal Cabinet Ministers and Great Officers of State in
t
town, and expresses were forwarded to the Marquis o
Lansdowne, Lord President of the Council, at his seat
ordPeiv tSeealbaatbNinVeattfmordin.isters
Bowood Park, Wilts, and to the Earl of Clarendon,
L somrofy h
of State arrived before twelve o'clock, And
twelve and one o'clock the Archbishop of Canterbury
and the Bishop of London arrived at the Palace.
Her Majesty was safely delivered of a Princess at te_a
minutes before two o'clock p.m. Their Royal nigh;
nesses Prince Albert and the Duchess of Rent were is
the room together with Sir James Clerk, Dr' L°c°6d.
Dr. Ferguson, and Mr. Blagden, the medical atten
and Great
bOeffitwceeerne
ants on her Majesty. the
In an adjoining room, the door being open. were b.
following Privy Councillors :—His Grace the Arc.
bishop of Canterbury, the Lord Bishop of London, 0:
Lord High Chancellor, Viscount Melbourne.
Steward First
Lord of the Treasury ; the Earl of Erroll, Lord r
of the Household ; Viscount Palmerston. Secretary 0.
State for Foreign Affairs ; Lord John Russell, Sec"'
tart' of State for the Colonies ; and the Earl of
made, Master of the Horse.
In an anteroom were—the Countess of Sandwich
Lady of the Bedchamber in Waiting ; Lord /31r.°P.'
(Clerk Marshal), Equerry
Lord in Waiting ; Colonel the Hon. Henry Cavend.isn_
Stovin, Groom in Waiting ; Colonel Wylde, Equerr.l_
GrooM
to Prince Albert ; and Captain Seymour,
in Waiting' Sir Frederick

Waiting on Prince Albert. into cabs
The infant Princess having been brought
room where the Ministers and Great Officers of Stat.:
were assembled, their Lordships took their
from the Palace directly afterwards. ed by
Information of the auspicious event was deSpatCh
Dosvoe.,.as
a messenger to htr Majesty the Queen
Sudbury Hall, and one of the Equerries in Waineg
conveyed the joyful intelligence to the Royal ramill
in town. Sophia
The Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess ;
e
came quickly to learn the state of her Majesty and t
Royal infant, and the Duke of Cambridge, on his n"
departur
COCO
rival in town in the afternoon from a visit to the
Dowager at Sudbury Hall, went immediately to the
Palace, and had an interview with his Royal Highness
Prince Albert. The Duke of Susses sent more than
once to learn the state of his August Niece and the
fant Princess.
The Earl of Belfast, Vice-Chamberlain of her Ma"
jesty's Household, attended at the Palace is the after'
noon. The Lord Mayor also arrived to make bis Per,
sonal inquiries after her Majesty.
Slimily before four o'clock Prince Albert, attended
Lord Robert Grosvenor and the Hon. Colonel Cave r
dish, left the Palace to attend a Privy Council.
The Council was held in the Council Chamber,
Whitehall, and his Roy al Highness Prince Albert took
his seat at the head of the Council table, having ;030'
diately on his right his Grace the Archbishop of Gar*
terbury. The members of the Privy Council present

were-

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Lo o.
rd
don, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Clarendon, Lo
Privy Seal ; Viscount Melbourne, First -Lord of the
Treasury ; the Marquis of Normanby, Secretary of
State for the Home Department ; the Earl of Er
Lord Steward ; Earl of Albemarle, Master of the
Horse ; Viscount Duncannon, Chief Commissioner ef.
the Woods and Forests ; Viscount Palmerston, Seere
tary of State for Foreign Affairs ; Lord John Russo°
ell'.
S cretary for State for the Colonies ; Right H
Henry Labouchere, President of the Board of
a Trade
at
Right Thomas Babington Macaulay, Secretry
Hon.
War ; and Lord Robert Grosvenor, Groom of the
Stole to Prince Albert.
The Hon. William Ba tburst was the Clerk of the
Council in Waiting.
was ordered that a Form of
At the Council it 's safe delivery of a Princes!
Thanksgiving for the Q ueen
should be prepared by his Grace the Archbishop pt
Canterbury, for England and Wales.
The Council broke up at half-past four o'clock, and
d
Prince Albert returned to the Palace, attended by Lor
Robert Grosvenor and the Hon. Colonel Cavendish.
The Duchess of Kent left the Palace in the earJY
part
of the evening, but returned about nine o'clock.
Yesterday forenoon the following Bulletin wasiSSlled
" Buckingham Palace, Nov. 2, 1840.
10 o'Clock, A.M.
" The Queen bats passed an excellent night. Her
Majesty and the infant Princess are going on favour.,
ably in every respect.

" JAMES CLARK, M.D M.D. D.
CHARLES LOCOCIC,
ROBERT FERGUSON, 1‘1.4"
RICHARD BLAGDEN."
The Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord President of the
Council, arrived at the Palace, in bis travelling carriag•
and four yesterday morning, from Bowood Park. Th,e
Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Chamberlain of her Maiestis
Household, also attended at the Palace yesterday

forenoon.
The Duchess of Gloucester paid a visit in the middle
of the day, when the infant Princess was presented t°
her Royal Highness.
The Lord Mayor, accompanied by the Shojis. 6f
London and Middlesex, arrived in the early part of tO
afternoon, the former and the (acting) Lady
Mayoress'
alighted at the Palace, and were received by the Gen-
tlemen of the Household in Waiting.
The Duchess of Kent, after attending divine service
in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, in the morning, went
to the Palace.
The Duke of Sussex paid a visit to his Royal High-
Prince Albert
nessin the afternoon. in
The Nobility and Gentry thronged to the Palace
the course et the afternoon, to make their dutiful ingot'
Prin-
ries after the state of her Majesty and the infant
cess. Among those Ladies who entered their willies on
her Majesty's list were—The Countess Bjornstjerne,
the Lady of the Swedish Minister ; Mrs. Stevenson, the
Lady of the American Minister ; Madame Dedel, the
Lady of the Netherlands Minister ; Madame Van de
Weyer, the Lady of the Belgian Minister ; B.ironess
de Coto, the Lady of the Bavarian Minister ; Mac Write
Mavrocordato, the Lady of the Grecian Minister;
Madame Marques Lisboa, the Lady of the Brazilian
Charge d'Affaires ; Duchess of Cannizzaro, Marchio-
nesses of Wellesley, Winchester, and Exeter ; Coun-
tesses of Erroll, Albemarle, Tankerville, Belfast, Cado-
gun, and Dowager Sandwich ; Viscountesses Palmers-
ton and Dowager Torrington ; Ladies Wheatley, Ida
Hay, A. Hay, Denman, Cottenham, Fanny Cowper,
Dowager Rivers, E. Gore, Elizabeth Hope Vere, and
Nugent ; Mistresses Thomas Erskine, Thesiger, G. E.
Anson, Ashley, Cowper, and Leicester Stanhope ;Misses
Quentin, Wheatley, A. Pepys, Pitt, Lister, and Caven-
dish.
The whole of the Corps Diplomatique, and the No-
blemen and Gentlemen, entered their names in Prince
Albert's book.
Throughout the day and evening her Mojesty and the
infant Princess were going on favourably.
The Duke of Sussex and the Duke of Cambridge
visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday evening.,
The Marquis of Noroaanby arrived at the Eaton.