The Paris papers give the following intereiting particulars of the
aceouchement of the Dutchess of Weans- " At one o'clock on Friday morning, the first pains of Ithour began to he felt by her Royal Iligbn. as ; anal Dre..Moreau and Charnel were immediately summoned to attend the il ustrious patient. The pains, however, subsided ; and her Royal Highness was able to ervy some repose until five. The pains then recommenced, and at seven o'clock the Kiug anal Queen came to the apart- ments of the Dutchess, where her Majesty, as well as the Grand Datchess Dowager of Meekleriburg.Schwerin, mother of the Dutchess, remained by her bed side, without quitting it for a single instant, until the happy event was ac- complished. At trine o'clock, a summons was sent to Count Mole and all the Ministers, as well us to the Grand Chancellot of Fiance and the Grand Refe- rendary of the Chamber of Peery, informing them that the deliverance of her Roved Highness was fast approaching, and requiring their immediate presence at tile 'FLAIL:4. By ten o'clock, the above.reentioned illustrious and noble personages were all assembled in the Pavilion Masao, as well as the younger branches of the Royal Family, the Duke Alexander of Wurtemherg, M. de Cauchy, Keeper rit the Archives, Marshal Lobau, and Marshal Gerard, who had been designated by the King to be witnesses of the birth. His Majesty had also iuvitel to the residence of the Duke and Dutehess of Orleans, M. Dull* President of the Chamber of Deputies ; Count Portalis, President of the Court of Cessation; Count Simi-on, President of the Cour des Comptes ; Baron Segnier, President of the (jour Royale; the Prefect of the Seine, the Prefect of Police, General Jacqueminot, together with the Ladies and officers of the Royal Househulds. By twelve o'clock the rumour of her Royal High- ness being in the pains of labour had been spread through Patio, and a great number of persons came to the Tuilerks to inquire if the happy event had taken place. The couditiou of the Dutehess coutioued to be as favourable is could he expected, and at two, the witnesses were summoned to enter the bedchamber of her Royal Highness. At a quarter to three, the Dutehess of Orleans, after an easy delivery, gave birth to a boy, and the President of the Council, Count Mole, rushing from the bedroom into the ante chamber, exclaimed. Gentle. men, we have got a prince!' Cries of Vire ic Roi ." were immediately tittered by all present, and the liveliest joy was manifested by everybody throughout the palace. The members of the Roy al Family. the Ministers, the different officers of the Chateau, and the colonels of the regiments on duty, were then admitted to the bedchamber, and the long-wished for intelligence was communicated to the expectant crowds in the Court of the Tuileries; while, at a few minutes past three o'clock, the cannons of the Invalides an- nounced the event to the capital by 101 discharges. The foreign ambas- sadors, the municipality of the city, and other authorities, immediately received 'officio) notice of the birth of the Prince, and despatches were forwarded by telegraph to all the Prefects of departments, with orders to circulate the intelligenee throughout their respective districts. The Prefect of the Seine went to the Exchange, where the roar of the cannon had already made known the event, and continued the intelligence to the crowd of commercial notabilities by whom he was immcdiately surrounded. In the course of the afternoon, the members of the Corps Diplienatique came to the Tuileries to kequire after the health of the Dutchess. The feelings of their Majeeties and of all the royal family are said to have lieen very intense on this newt-ion, and the joy felt by them, as well us by the illustrious mother of the Dotehess, when all was happily terminated according to their wishes, may be more readily :thagined than described. It is a jov in which the country at hege will par- Civipate, and which will be amply shareil by the British residents."
Soon after the birth, ,,a painful crisis " occurred ; but it was "promptly dissipated." Donations were made to nearly all the schools and charitable institutions of Paris, by the King and the Duke of Orleans. The municipal authonties of Paris assembled immediately on the announcemeht of the birth of the Prince, and received the fol- lowing communication from the King.
Gentlemen or the mime itt Body of the City of Pm is—I lh,e no timeiii an- nouncing to t.oi to, self that the Datchess of Oilcans, my well helm VII daughter in-
lay', jost given bAli to a Piince, n Mt, thanks to Providence, is well. It is my wish that my eldest son's first offspring shall hear the title of the t!onot de Paris.
The munitiear body will, I am convinced, participate in f71:. \ awl in that of the Queen, my son, and toy whole family. 11 reel pleasure in as,n ing each or you that this auspicious event is d.uibly dear to my heart, as it pro ,ent, ill 1-l■it1ioualgoaranlve lot the stahility of oar institutions, and the sect it it all oh in forming a new bond of union between us it affords me an opp.rtunity of gi,in4 to in) native eit) Weil:leg proof ef the regard which I feel, ILO shall ever %eel fur it.
Yours aneetionately,
"Paris, August t4, 1838." (Signed) " Louis enuee."
The ceremony of baptism was performed a few hours after the birth, by the Archbishop of Paris, in the chapel of this Tuileries ; the Queen holding the Count de Paris ; who was named Louis Philip Albert. The Archbishop said—" We roust christen the Count de Peris on the 9th of October ; it is the fete cl St. Denis, patron of the Gauls." The Queen took the infant into the room adjoining the Dutchess's bedroom, and exhibited it to the ladies and gentlemen present.
Illonday's bulletin of the health of the Dutchess of Orleans wus- " Her Royal IlVmess the Ittitche,s 01 Orleans esperieneed ■esterlay the it try .optoins ot the milk fever. Ti,., night has he.oi caho. The te,ei.
nilnuing, and rove,l, regiihnly. The coalition of the Prilae is er:. ,alklactory. (igned) l'A,tiJtva jttitior, Moat: iv, Cnomc The speech of the Archbishop of Pal is to the Kitt., vele it his Mt- zesty went to return thanks at Nutre Dame, and the King's reply, have excited considerable intention in Pat is. It is thought that the Arch- bishop adverted to matters not in keeping with the jeyful occasion, and was sulky rather than pleased in his tone.
Sir—Decked NMI the rich ornaments which it is indebted for to your mu. Sificence, the Church of Paris rejoices with Catholic France, which is to say almost all France, at the solemn homage this day paid to the taith. It accepts with gratitude, at the lout of Mary's altats, the pledge of hope anti secunty wbieh your presence, on this day (if thanksgiving, conveys to that ancient and loly religion of your ancestors which EldWity* constituted the glory and happi- ness of our nation. Sir, our wishes cannot remain concealed in the depth of cur hearts: we cease nut to pray God, through the intercession of his august Mother, that he may vouchsafe to abridge these times of trials, sod to hasten thut hour of his mercy when all Frenchmen, heing united by the ties of the same faith and those of the charity it inspims, there will lie no longer amoug 1/3—acturding to the Word of our Lord JUSUS Cluist, and by the grace of his awned heart—but one flock Mid one pastor."
Loeis PHILIP'S RENA% "it is ever with eaginness that I conic to this church to do homage to the Almighty. I am happy to have contlibuted towards repairiog diaasters which ay heart has deeply deplored. Ill offering up my thanks to Gull for the es. 7ti.cial protection with which has coverva my person on so many occasions, 1 have double thanks to return at the present moment, ivivit 1 e,,:ee to express n.y gratitude for the perpetuation of my line, and for all the blessings which his band has cast uptm France, my family, awl myself. I implore the continuation f them : it is with such inteutiun that I join in your prayeis, and pray that the Almighty may bless Frauce and us."
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