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in a mode conformable to tlie or- 

 dinance of the 13th April. 



But Messrs. the Charges d'Af- 

 faires will easily perceive, that in 

 order to apply the penalties there- 

 in decreed, an accusation connnu- 

 nicated verbally is not sufficient ; 

 but that it will be necessary to 

 have complaints in writing, ad- 

 dressed to the undersigned minis- 

 ter, and founded chiefly upon the 

 consideration, that the good un- 

 derstanding between the Couit of 

 the Grand Duchy and that of the 

 complaining minister may not be 

 interrupted. 



In referring anew to the fun- 

 damental law of the 5tli of May, 

 1816, and to the ordinance of the 

 13th of April of the same year, 

 such of you, as by receiving and 

 transmitting the expressions of 

 disapprobation above alluded to, 

 showed that they were stiangers 

 to the spirit and intent of our con- 

 stitution and legislation — these 

 presents will, at tlie same time, 

 convey to all the Residents and 

 Charges de Affaires of the Grand 

 Duchy the instruction, that they 

 shall no longer receive nor report 

 upon any verbal complaints made 

 to them with respect to articles 

 and passages in the public journals 

 of the Grand Duchy, but shall 

 reject such communications ; and 

 observe that, in order to any pro- 

 ceeding in such cases, tlie com- 

 plaints must be addressed, in due 

 fot m, to the undersigned Minister 

 of State, and founded upon the 

 considerati(m abovementioned. 



For the rest, the Grand Ducal 

 rescript subjoined to these pre- 

 sents, and of tlie same date, is 

 communicated to you as a j)roof 

 of the anxiety of His Royal High- 

 ness the Grand Duke to do justice 



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in all cases of such complaints as 

 may be presented to him, as far 

 as may be compatible with the 

 constitution of the country. 

 Weimar, Nov. 14, I8I7. 



Third Department of the 



Ministry of State, 

 (Signed) Count Eldikg. 



13. Isle of Wight. — Fatal 

 Duel. — On Wednesday last an in- 

 quest was taken at tlie Dolphin- 

 inn, in West Cowes, before Tho- 

 mas Sewell, Esq. Coroner of the 

 Isle of Wight, on view of the 

 body of a gentleman of the name 

 of John Sutton, who was killed in 

 a duel, in Northwood-park, that 

 morning. It appeared in evidence, 

 that the deceased was one of the 

 passengers about to proceed to St. 

 Thomas, in the ship Grace, now 

 lying in Cowes-roads : that on the 

 ])receding evening the deceased, a 

 Major Lockyer, a Mr. Redesdale, 

 and a Mr. Hand, and other jias- 

 scngers, were in company to- 

 gether at the Dolphin j that Major 

 Lockyer took offence at some ex- 

 pression made use of by the 

 deceased, and in consequence 

 challenged him. The parties met 

 the next morning, Mr. Redesdale 

 attending as second to Major 

 Lockyer, and Mr. Hand as second 

 to the deceased. Major Lockyer 

 only iired at the appointed signal ; 

 the ball entered the deceased's 

 body between the third and fourth 

 ribs on the right side, passed 

 through the ventricle of the heart, 

 lodged in the integuments on the 

 leftside, and occasioned, of course, 

 instant death. The principal and 

 seconds immediately fled. The 

 jury, without hesitation, returned 

 a verdict of wilful murder against 

 Major Lockyer and Messrs. Re- 



K desdale 



