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

THTTRSD AY

ACCOUCHEMENT of her MAJESTY.

BIRTH OF A PRINCE.
(From the Court Circular.)
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MAY 1.
This morning, at 17 minutes after 8 o'clock, the
Queen was safely delivered of 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 James
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 Marquis 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
following 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, M.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 Majesty
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 War),
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 cf prayer fur the
Queen's recovery.
The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the
Council in Waiting.
Prince Albert after 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 Extraordinary; May 1.)
BUCKINGB AM PALACE, Mer 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, MAY 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 THEATRE.

The version of the Antigone of Sophocle', with Men-
delssohn's music, which was produced with such success
at Covent-garden somo years ago, was very judi-
ciously performed last night on the occasion of Miss
Vaneenhotf 's benefit, fur the character of the Greek
heroine is unquestionably the ono in which her talents
are displayed to the best advantage, while Creon is an
excellent character for Mr. Vandenhoff. The music was
sung by the chorus of the Royal Italian Opera. At the
conclusion Mr. and Miss Vandenboff were both called
with enthusiasm.