The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-23 00:00:00

BIRTH OF A PRINCESS.

FORM OF PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING.
His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, agreeably,
to the orders of the Privy Council, has issued the fol-
lowing Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving for the safe
delivery of her Majesty:—
" Almighty and merciful God, by whose providence
the whole world is governed and preserved, we yield
Thee hearty thanks that it bath pleased Thee to deliver
Thy servant, our sovereign Lady the Queen, from the
perils of childbirth, and to make her a joyful mother.
We humbly beseech Thee to keep her under Thy fatherly
care and protection, and enable her in the hour of weak-
ness to feel the support of Thy everlasting arm. Defend
the infant Princess from all dangers which may happen
to the body, and from all evil which may
.assanlt and
hurt the soul; and grant that as she grows in years she
may grow in grace and every Christian virtue. Let Thy
continual help preserve our Queen and her Royal Con-
' sort, that Thou being their ruler and guide they may so
pass through things temporal, that they finally lose not
the things eternal.
" And grant, 0 Lord, that Thy goodness to our land
may so affect the hearts of us Thy people, that we may
show our thankfulness by ready obedience to Thy will,
by dutiful allegiance to our Sovereign, and by Christian
charity one towards another; that so living on the faith
of Thy dear Son, who loved us and gave himself for us,
we may be indeed a holy nation, a peculiar people, and
show forth Thy praise, who halt called us to Thy king-
dom and glory. Grant this, 0 heavenly Father, for
Jesus Christ's sake, our blessed Lordiand Saviour.—
Amen."
The prayer is further ordered to be read in all churches
and chapels in England and Wales, and in the town of
Berwick•upon-Tweed, upon Sunday, the 26th day of
March instant, or the Sunday after the respective meta-
-1 tors of such churches and chapels shall receive the same

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TRIALS or DOMESTIC LIFE —One of our ablest
female writers, Mrs. Bray, so widely known as the
authoress of " The White Hoods," " Trelawney,"
has just claimed the attention of the reading public for a
w work under the title of " Trials of Domestic Life."
The leading objects of the author in this new production
are to trace the fearful consequences arising from the
want of a proper education, and an introduction to so-
ciety suitable to the aex and station of the individual ;
and, secondly, to show the danger of a want of confi-
dence towards parents on the part of children, and the
error of parents in not encouraging, at an early period,
and by a judicious treatment, such confidence in their
offspring. To use the words of an eminent critic, " the
union of high moral and religious feeling, with striking
incident, variety of character, and profound knowledge
of manners," cannot tail of obttiping for Mrs. Bray the
most cordial welcome from all who read to be instructed
as well as amused.
WITHOUT THE PALE OF SALVATION !—A good
deal of excitement has prevailed in Melton Mowbray,
in consequence of the refusal of a church clergyman to
administer the rite of baptism to a dying infant, on aa.
account of its illegitimacy. The rev. gentleman com-
menced the ceremony; but when he inquired what name
was to be given, and who the father was, he flatly re-
fused to go through with it, alleging as a reason that
bastards were not only undeserving of the rite, but were
without the pale of salvation.—Stamford Mercury.
[The instances of the illegitimate sons of nobles, and
even of princes, being ministers and dignitaries of the
Church of England are not unfrequent—are they all
without the pale of salvation? We suppose Melton
Mowbray is not included in any bishop's dioccse.]---
Douglas Jerrold's Newspaper.