The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-08-13 00:00:00

THE COURT.

ACCOUCHEMENT OF HER MAJESTY.—
BIRTH OF A PRINCE.
On Tuesday morning, at ten minutes before eight
o'clock, the Queen was safely delivered of a Prince, at
Windsor Castle.
In the room with her Majesty were, his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert, Dr. Locock, and Mrs. Lilly, the
monthly nurse. And in the rooms adjoining were the
other medical attendants, Sir James Clark and Dr. Fer-
guson, and also the Lady in Waiting on the Queen.
About half-past eight o'clock an official bulletin was
issued announcing the joyful event.
Intimation of her Majesty's illness was forwarded from
Windsor Castle to town, at six o'clock, and the intelli-
gence was received at the Home Office at a quarter-past
seven o'clock. Summonses which had been previously
prepared, were immediately forwarded to the Lord Chan-
cellor, Sir R. Peel, Sir J. Graham, the Duke of Buc-
cleuch, Lord Wharncliffe' and other Cabinet Ministers,
requesting them to proceed forthwith to Windsor.
The Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Buccleuch, Lord
Privy Seal; Sir James Graham, secretary of State for
the Home Department ; the Earl Delawarr, Lord Cham-
berlain ; and the Earl of Jersey, Master of the Horse,
were the first to arrive at Windsor, having left town by
a special train. which arrived at the Slough terminus of
the Great Western Railway at twenty-five minutes past
eight o'clock. The ministers and officers of state imme-
diately proceeded to the castle in one of the royal car-
riages and four, which was in readiness. Sir R. Peel,
First Lord of the Treasury, and Lord Stanley, Secretary
of State for the Colonies, arrived shortly afterwards,
levying travelled from town by a second special train.
The Right Hon. Baronet and his lordship were likewise
conveyed to the castle from the station in a royal carriage
and four. The Duke of Wellington arrived at the castle
soon after nine o'clock, the noble duke having travelled
from town by a third special train. The ministers of
course did not arrive at the castle until her Majesty had
given birth to a Prince. The necessary forms having af-
terwards been gone through, Si; James Graham and his
colleagues immediately lett Windsor, and arrived in town
at half-past eleven o'clock. Sir IZobert Peel waited some
time longer, and returned to Whitehall-gardens at a
quarter-past one o'clock.
On the return of the ministers to town, summonses
were immediately issued, by direction of Lord Wharn-
cliffe, for holding a Privy Council at three o'clock. The
Council was attended by Prince Albert, the Archbishop
of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, and most of the
Cabinet ministers. The Archbishop of Canterbury was
directed by the Council to prepare a Form of Prayer and
Thanksgiving to Almighty God for her Majesty's safe
delivery.
The Park and Tower guns were fired at one o'clock,
and the bells of the metropolitan churches rang merry
peals during the morning.
In the course of the day several special messengers
were sent off to foreign courts, to announce the auspicious
event.
The gratifying intelligence reached this town on Tues-
day evening. On Wednesday the royal standard was
hoisted at the Town-hall, and flags were displayed from
the various public buildings. The morning was ushered
in by a merry peal of bells, which were rung at short in-
tervals during the day, and in the evening they continued
for ringing hours.
The Royal Infant is spoken of as one of the strongest
and most robust children given birth to by our beloved
Sovereign. Some of the newspapers are giving currency
to a rumour, that the infant prince is to be created Duke
of Kent, but we cannot learn that there is any truth in
the report. In the Court Circular Prince Albert speaks
of the royal infant as the future Duke of York, which,
in all probability will be the title he will receive.
On Tuesday morning her majesty signed the commission
for giving the royal assent to various bills on Tuesday
morning, about five o'clock, scarcely three hours before
her accouchement ! The commission was dispatched by
the Lord Chancellor to her majesty by a special messen-
ger, who went by the nine o'clock train from Paddington
on Monday evening. It was mentioned to the Queen
that a commission requiring her signature had arrived,
but that she need not sign it till the following morning.
About five o'clock, however. feeling that her accouche-
ment was fast approaching, and with that presence of
mind so characteristic of her, recollecting that an impor-
tant public document was in the castle awaiting her sig-
nature, she immediately directed it to be brought, and,
although not free from pain and anxiety, affixed her sig-
nature with the same freedom of hand as usual, to the
commission, and the sheets of parchment upon which the
names of the bills were inscribed. As there were seven
sheets of parchment, the signature of the queen was re-
quired to be as often repeated.
Mrs. Parkins, the intended wet nurse to the royal in-
fant, was taken, upon her arrival at Windsor, from her
residence near Camberwell, to the wardrobe tower, oc-
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