The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-06-26
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FIie' Queens Last Baby.
The London correspondent of tile
Boston, Pilot gives tic. following ac-
count Of the birth Of little Nic's ba.
by:
Last Wednesday morning tic
whole town was starHcdi by the loud
peels of all the church bells, by the
noae Of cannon, and by tho rapid
movements, Of government passcn.
gers, The telegraph office too was
monopolized by tho government, the
wires were necessarily in operation,
and official dispatches were sent to,
the four corners Of the earth. A
stranger would naturally ask what all
this, noiso and confusion was about;
and whether England was likely to
Resinyaded by France; whether the
Ghartists had again organized them
selves; ): Or whether there was not
another rod,hot rebellion in Ireland
Ef ones feelings were all excited.
how cheap and fiat one must feel
when informed that tho whole of this,
grand hubbub was; caused by the
birth of q royal pauper! Yes, Queen
Victoria made present on Wednes-
day last,, to the nation called Great
Britain, of another Of those interest
ing little strangers, and there are
now seven Of these distinguished and
very expensive national playthings.
En- q few years the people, the trades.
people, as we'll as the working-men
Of the nation, willfnd that some We,
ny heavy additional tax Bill will be
presented to them,, and they will
murmnr: as Z have heard several
Ehglishmen murmur, about this af-
fair, within forty-eight hours. John
Bull processes to rejoice at this event.
He says, i'm the most hypocritical
language, that it is once more our
joyful task to- give utterancc to. those
feelings, Of dniful and ah,ectionate
attachment to. tile. crownand tile per
son Of Queen Victoria, which every
accession to her Majesty's domestic
happiness calls forth in loyal hearts" Z"
QThis, is falsehood the first, now
comes the secondly Another roy
al child is born to. strengthen
throne whose foundations have ever
been deeply laid in the willing hom.
age Of FREQ people" (Thcsc roy
al children will weaken the throne
and the government, for the people
will refuse to- pay enormous taxes for
their future splendid establishments.
However, here,is falschood the third
1.-The. customary signs Of public re-
.ioicing, by which the country has al
ready welcomed the Infant Prince,
have, reality and truth in them
far beyond their mere conventional
import" CThroughout the whole of
Wednesday, when | informed dozens
OF Englishmen that q Prince was
born, the only acknowledgement I
obtainedi for the information was to
the effect it is, another bad ioB'-
more taxes for U.S. ali, she d bet
ter be satisfied now,' and similar
expressions; ). as. for any 'rcioicing'
on the occasion, there certainly was
not. (But here is falschood the |
fourth and last "Thc heart of
England speaks Of popular gladness,
andfIomi myriads of homes has arisen
the earnest prayer that. whilst other
noyal families are wandering home,
lhas- exiles, and whilst other thrones
are yet rocking to and fro, Queen
Victoria anahe House may even On
Joy the blessings which Heaven has
hitherto poured on monarch whose
sceptre is the symbol of just laws and
liberties" Nearly all the mctropol.
itan journals arc sending forth such
sickening and. false adulations, whilst
bulletins are issued daily from Buck.
ingham Palace, and prayers are or
dered to be instantly prepared to be
mead in alli tlie churches,