The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-02 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSD AY EVENING,

ACCOUCHEMENT of her MAJESTY.

BIRTH OF A PRINCE.
(From the Court Circular.)
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MAT 1.
This morning, at 17 minutes after 8 o'clock, the
Queen was safely delivered cf a Prince.
In the room with her Majesty were his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, Dr. Locock, and Mrs.
Lilly, the monthly nurse; and in the rooms adjoin-
ing were the other medical attendants—Sir Jamrs
Clark and Dr. Ferguson, and the Ministers and
Officers of State summoned on the occasion.

The Privy Councillors present were—The Most
Rev. Dr. Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury ; the
Right Rev. Dr. Blomfield, Bishop of London ; the
Duke of Wellington, Commander-in• Chief; Lord
John Russell, First Lord of the Treasury ; Sir
George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home De-
partment; the Msrquii of Breadalbane, Lord Cham-
berlain ; and the Duke of Norfolk, Master of the
Horse.

Shortly before nine o'clock yesterday morning her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at the
Palace.

At ten o'clock the Queen's physicians issued the
',Mowing bulletin

"-Buckingham Palace, Wednesday, May 1,
Ten o'clock, A.M.
" The Queen was safely delivered of a Prince at
seventeen minutes after eight o'clock this morning.
" Her Majesty and the infant Prince are well.
" JAMES CLARK, M.D.
" CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D.
" ROBERT FERGUSON, 241. D."
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at-
tended by Major Stephens, arrived at the Palace
yesterday forenoon to learn the state of her 1114jesty
and her Royal infant.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent returned
to the Palace in the afternoon, accompanied by his
Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen.
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, attented by his Equerry in Waiting,
Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon,
left the Palace for the Council-office, where a Privy
Council was held, which was attended by his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, the Marquis of Lansdcwne
(Lord President), the Archbishop of Canterbury,
the Bishop of London, the Duke of Wellington
(Commander-in-Chief), Lord John Russell (First
Lord of the Treasury), Sir George Grey (Secretary
of State for the Home Department), Earl Grey
(Secretary of State for the Colonies), Sir Charles
Wood (Chancellor of the Exchequer), Sir John
Hobhouse (President of the Board of Control), the
Right Hon. Fox Maule (Secretary at IVar),
the Marquis of Breadalbane (Lord Chamberlain),
and the Duke of Norfolk (Master of the Horse).
At the Council the Archbishop of Canterbury
was ordered to prepare a form of prayer for the
Queen's recovery.
The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the
Council in Waiting.
Prince Albert atter the Council returned to Buck-
ingham Palace.
About eight hundred of the nobility and gentry
called during the day yesterday at Buckingham
Palace to make their dutiful inquiries after the state
of her Majesty and the infant Prince.

From the London Gazette L' xtraordinary,mav 1.)
e.ttr T-Vri' flrs -

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, Mir 1.

This morning, at twenty minutes past eight .o'clock,
the Queen was happily delivered of a Prince • his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, several Lords of her
Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and the
Ladies of her Majesty's Bedchamber being present.
This great and important news was made known to
the town by the firing of the Park and Tower guns;
and the Privy Council being assembled as soon as
possible thereupon, at the Council Chamber, White-
hall, it was ordered that a Form of Thanksgiving for
the Queen's safe delivery of a Prince be prepared by
his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, to be used
in all churches and chapels throughout England and
Wales, and the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, on
Sunday, the sth day of May, or the Sunday after the
respective ministers shall receive the same.
Her Majesty and the infant Prince are, God be
praised, both doing well.
The Gazette Extraordinary also contains the usual
orders in Council for " Prayers and Thanksgivings"
in " that part of Great Britain called Scotland."

HER MAJESTY'S HEALTH.
The following bulletin of the Queen's health was
issued this morning ;--
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MAT 2, 1850, 9 A.M.
"The Queen has passed an excellent night.
"Her Majesty and the infant Prince are going on
favourably.

"JAMES CLARK, M.D.
"CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D.
''ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D.'

DRURY-LANE TH.EATRE.

The version of the Antigone of Sophoclee, wish Men-
delssohn's music, which was produced with such -success
at Covent garden some years ago, v‘as very judi-
cioudy performed last night on the occasion of Miss
Vaneenhoff 'a beaefit, fur the character of the Greek
heroine is unquestionably the one in which her talents
displayed to the beat advantage, %bile Creon is an
t.xcellcnt character f,r Mr. VandenbotE The music was
sung by the chorus of the Ito) al Italian Opera. At the
conclusion Mr. and Miss Vaudenhoff were both called
with enthusiasm.

FREN CIL PLAYS.
A most attractive novelty was presented here last
evening, in the shape of a five-act comedy by Scribe,
called La Camaraderie; ou, la Courte Echelle: a piece
which was originally produced at the TLeatre Fru cais,
in Paris, in the year 1837. Th• choice of this play
,hows great judgment on the part of Mr. Mitchell, inas-
much as it has enabled him to bring together all the
resources of his establishment in a manner which has
produced an ensemble such as the patrons of this theatre
have not often had au opportunity of witnessing. The
acting of four distinguished members of the Theatre
Frans;ais, viz., Mademoiselle Denain, Mademoiselle Na-
thalie, M. Sampson, and M. Regnier, in the same piece,
formed a combination of talent which could not be ex-
celled. It would be a superfluous task to enter into a
detailed account of the plot of La Camaraderie, or to at-
tempt to describe the various characters which form the
dramatis persona. The play has never before been per-
formed in this country, but nevertheless its merits are
•uflicieLtly known and appreciated by all lovers of the
school of the true French comedy. On the whole, the
piece was admirably represented, and at the close of the
third act the four principal artistes were called for-
ward to receive the applause or the audience. After the
second act of the play the national anthem was sung by
Miss Messent and M. Drayton Dorrissac—the whole of
the company joining in chorus.

SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE.
On the occasion of Mr. George Bennett's benefit his
daughter, Miss Jane Bennett, played the character of
Mice in his excellent drama, .Retribution. The young
lady bad previously acted in some of the private perfor-
mances at Miss litally's Theatre, but this was her first
ppe arsine ein public. To the difficulties naturally be-
longing to a debut were added the disadvantages of
sustaining a character which Lad been familiarized to
[DT audience, illustrated with all the tragic intensity
of Miss Glyn. However, she passed through her pro-
bation very successfully. She is very young, and gives
instances of a careful training, while here and there
were toucLes of pathos widar promise well for her future
career.