The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-12
rHE NEW PRINCESS.

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THE NEW PRINCESS.
Our readers have already been informed
that Queen Victoria has another daughter.
| The mails bring US the details, and al
| though not one tenth the noise has been
made over this little sprig of royalty, that
a similar event created in the French en-
pire sometime since, the birth of the little
Princess was heralded with considerable
pomp. The details are not without inter-
est. The London Court Circular informs
| us that at seven minutes before O'Clock,
on the afternoon of Tuesday, April the 18th.
the Queen was safely delivered of Prin-
| cess, and Buckingham Palace resounded
with the squalling of new born babe for
the ninth time since the union of Victoria
and Prince Albert. There were present on
the occasion in her Majesty's room, his Roy
al Highness Prince Albert, DR.. Locock,
DR.. Snow. and Mrs. Lilly, the monthly
nurse. In the adjoining apartments, besides
the medical men, Sir J. Clark and DIR. Fer
guson, were the Mistress of the Robes and
the Lady in Waiting on the Queen, and the
following Officers of State and Lords of the
Privy Council. viz: His Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge, Lord Chancellor,
Viscount Palmerston, Sir George Grey, the
Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Secretary Labouch-
ere, Sir Charles Wood, the Bishop of Lon
don, and the Marquis of Breadalbane.
The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by
the Princess of Hohenloke Langenbury. ar
rived at the Palace shortly before 2 o.
clock.
The different foreign ambassadors and
many of the nobility and gentry called to
pay their respects during the afternoon.
Intelligence of the event was Immediately
telegraphed from the French Embassy to
the Emperor Napoleon, who replied by the
sane medium.
1T will be gratifying to our lady read
ers." says the Morning Chronicle of We'd
nesday, the 18th, ito know that the favora-
BILE progress of her Majesty since her &C
couchment, is in great measure owing to
the admirable manner in which chloroform
was administered to her Majesty by one of
the physicians in attendance, DR.. Snow
The pains of labor came on yesterday morn
ing, about half past three O'Clock and in
the course of the morning it was thought
advisable to administer chloroform. which
was accordingly done by DIR. Snow, who
kept her Majesty under its influence, with
few short intermissions, for three hours"
A depatch from Whitehall, dated April
the 18th, says: THE Queen has been pleas
ed to grant the dignity of a baronet unto
Charles Locock, first physician accoucher
to Her Majesty. THE report brought by
the steamer a week or ten days since, that
DIR. Locock had been dismissed by the
| Queen, was of course false. We were very
much disposed to doubt the statement at
the time. We thought the DR.. too discreet
a to divulge the secrets of the Royal
Chamber.
The Representatives of the various For
| eign Powers called at the palace during the
day, to learn the state of Her Maiestys
health. The United States Minister and
Mrs. Dallas, and Misses and Mr. p. Dallas
the Court Circular says-were among the
rest.
The London Star chimes in with the rest
of the British Press, and says:
ut may be necessary to remind the pub
lie that the Queen and Prince Albert have
been providentially blessed in their family
circle. They are now the parents of nine
children, and they have had to mourn the
loss of none. The eldest of the royal chill
dren, the Princess Royal, is II years of
age, the Prince of Whales is Is, the Prin-
cess Alice IA, Prince Alfred 10, the Prin-
cess Helena IL, Princess Louisa 9, Prince
Arthur Z. and Prince Leopold 4. In all,
four sons and five daughters"