The New York herald., 1844-09-01
Accoushement Of the Queen-Birth or
Prince. Na

leved every solicitude as to the personal welfare
ct Queen Victoria, and has given new security
for the direct succession to the Crown. The Queen
taken liz soon after five o'clock on Tuesday
morning, The 9th inst. aud her medical attendants,
Sir James Clark, DR.. Locock, Mr.. Fer
hold at Windsor,were summoned at once. About
6oclock messenger was ssent to Slough, to direct
summonsb by the electrical telegraph for the Cabinet
Ministers and the Great Officers Of State the mes
sengsr arrived at Slough In eight minutes the de-
spatch reached Paddington and was acknowledged
| IN three more. Al twenty three minutes past eight
O'Clock arrived the first special train at Slough, hav
ing performed the journey Of eighteen miles and
quarter In eighteen minutes: il bore the Duke Of
Buccleugh, Earl Delewar, the Earl of Jersey, Lord
| Lyndhurst, and Sir James Graham. The next con-
veyed Sir Robert Peel and Lord Stanley, rather
slower, TO avoid collision with the first. The third
with the Duke of Wellington alone, travelled the
distance IN seventeen minutes and half, and in
eleven minutes more he was at the Castle; royal
carriages having been stationed at Slough to carry
| on the Ministers All the Ministers eventually
reached the Castle, except the Earl of Liver
pool, who by some accident failed to receive his
the actual birth, which took place, without any ad-
verse occurrence, ,at ten minutes before 81 o'clock
In the course Of the morning guns were fired at
Windsor, at st. James Park, and at the Tower;
quarter as the news spread Intelligence OF the
event specially sent to all the members of the
Royal Family. The Bishop of London, going
nsters " returning , and came % back with With them he to
town. Mrs Perkins, the wet nurse, whose
own lying in occurred only on Friday se'nnight
was removed in close carriage from the Ward
| robe Tower to the Royal residence, between ten
and eleven o'clock. The daily cads Of inquiry at
] the Castle have been numerous. The Privy Coun-
Gil have issued the usual orders directing public
Tuesday, Prince Albert rode out on horseback. In
| the evening, the Duchess Of Kent dined with his
Royal Hghnsss. The Queen and the infant have
continued TO do well such being the tenor of the
| bulletins down to the last issued.
| The, Morning Post tells an aaecdote Of, the
commission for giving the Royal assent to various
five O'Clock, scarcely three hours before b r ac
| couchment. The commission was despatchedby the
Lord Chancellor to Her Majesty by special mes
dington on Monday evening. It was mentioned
| to the Queen, that commission requiring her
signature had arrived, but that she need not sign it
| till the following morning. At O'Clock, however,
feeling that her acc0uchement was fast approach
ing and with that presence of mind 30 character
istlc of her. recollecting that important public
document was in the Castle awaiting her
signature, she Immediately directed it to be
brought and although not free from pain and anx-
iety, affixed her signature, with the same freedom
| of hand as usual, to the commission and sheets OF
parchment upon which the names Of the bills were
inscribed As there seven sheets OF the parch-
ment, the signature Of the Queen was required to
| be as often repeated"
! Orders have been given for the immediate
| equipment of the Royal steam yacht Victoria and
Albert. She has accordingly been masted, &c, land
| Adophus Ftzclarence, had arrived from Cowes, for
the purpose OF Fastening her outfit; and the yacht
will in few days make trial cruise, having been
| furnished with new engines and boilers.
/ An American aloe is now in full bloom in the
| gardens of the palace at Windsor. The blossoms,
which rise to nearly three feet in height are the
source of considerable attraction to the numerous
| visitors.
| ExRcUTIoN-William Savillc, the murderer, was
executed at Nottingham on the 7th inst, when a
fatal accident happened among the great crowd as
sembled to witness the hanging Just after the prl-
soner was turned off, a rush of the crowd took
place; and number Of persons were forced down
narrow avenue, that leads to the street in which
| the execution had taken place. This avenue is a
very steep descent called Gamers Hill, and at the
top are three OF four steps. The persons who were
forced down fell on the grsund and the others were
pushed over them. Those who had fallen were
trampled upon, and thirty persons were taken up
more or less injured: twelve were quite dead.
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE. the national
/ Balance-sheet OF Revenue and Expenditure, Just
published, the commercial writer in the Times OBJ
/ serves" The excess OF income over expenditure,
amounting to El,7700S0, is indeed less than that
exhibited by the April baancs-sheet, which was
upwards of f2,OOo,000, but, nevertheless, it indi-
Gates increased prosperity, if we look at the items
by which it is produced. In both the balance sheets
| China occasions loss the money received under
the treaty being very much less than the expenses
for the expenditure and the Opium compensation.
In the July Sheet however, the receipts under this
/ head are much less than in April while the cxpen-
diture is somewhat greater; and if the items refer
ring to China were struck out of the two accounts,
we should have an increase in the excess OF income
| over expenditure Gas compared with ApriD amoxnt-
ing to about E300,00O The balances in the Exche-
quer, amounting to E5, ,6S7, 600, not only present
most favorable contrast with these of the cores
pondlng period last year, amounting to I'll ,S35, 900,
but show an increase OF more than "a, 900 OOO com
pared with the balances on the 9th Of last April"
PooR Law RETURNS, &c.-A return Of the num-
Der OF orphan and deserted children in the poor-aw
laid before the House Of Commons. The number
i of unions in the English counties is stated to be
sos. The total number of orphan children ii. e.,
having lost ono or both parents) under fourteen
years OF age, in the various union workhouses, on
/ the 18th of March last, amounted to 15, ,605, OF
of whom S,8l6 were males, and $3.50 females.
The total number Of children under fourteen years
| Of age, who have been deserted by their parents,
| amounted at the same period, 10 6,A0S, Of whom
| 3,409 were males, and 1893 females. The total
| number Of widows receiving outdoor relief, on
the 18th Of March last amounted to ,250, and the
| total number Of CHILDREN under fourteen years Of
age, dependent on them for supportand subsistence,
| to 102,9l3 In the thrty.eight unions of Wales
there are 5l4 orphans (274 males and 240 females);
23S children deserted by their unnatural parents
(l22 males and ll6 females); 5,995 widows re-
ceiving outdoor relief; and S,6ll children depend.
| ing on them for subsistence. The grand fetal for
England and Wales Qnclusiye of places under
i CliDeHs act) was as iolioWe, VIZ OSU UNIONS;
s26l orphan children under fourteen wears of age
| C0,205 males and s,056 females); 1852 children
under fourteen years OF age, deserted by parents
| (3,sl3 males and 1889 females); s5,2s6 widows
/ receiving out doOr relief on the 18th of March
1874; and 1890 children dependent upon them
| forsupport and subsistence.
j MURDER OF AN AMERICAN CAPTAIN on THE HIeH
| SEAs.-The Thomas Bennett, a vessel on her
voyage from Liverpool to Charleston, $ G. whence
she sailed the 3D. inst, returned on the l4th, in
/ consequence of the murder of the captain by the
cook. She had been out five days when the mel
ancholy event occurred, but had only reached the
| Bay OF Biscay, when the chief mate put back,
and on arrival the murderer, fine-looking fellow
named John Kent, was apprehended and placed in
commander Of the vessel, though generally a very
| sober man, had been under the influence OF potent
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