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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1818. [Apk. 



kirk is to be considered in future 

 as a port of France, under the 

 Navigation Act : 



" Treasury Chambers, 4th 

 April, 1818. 

 " To the Commissioners of Cus- 

 toms. 



*' Gentlemen; — I have laid 

 before the Commissioners of his 

 Majesty's Treasury, your report 

 on a memorial, praying that 

 three cases of French wine, im- 

 ported at this port from Dunkirk, 

 may be admitted to entry for 

 private use on payment of duty ; 

 and I am to desire you will give 

 orders for the delivery of this 

 wine, on payment of the proper 

 duties ; and I am to acquaint 

 you, that it appears to my Lords, 

 that upon a fair construction of 

 the principles of the Navigation 

 Act, the port of Dunkirk must 

 now be considered, to all intents 

 and purposes of the said Act, as 

 a port of France, and entitled to 

 all the privileges thereof. 

 (Signed) " S. R. Lushington." 



" 7. Stockholm. — On the 24th 

 March, a hurricane raged in 

 Sweden, which has done the 

 most dreadful damage. For these 

 20 years, we have not had so 

 violent a storm. Several churches, 

 innumerable barns, whole forests, 

 (to the future great prejudice of 

 the iron-forges), have been 

 thrown down ; ,many wooden 

 buildings have been carried away 

 so entirely that not a trace of 

 them is left. Several towns, 

 particularly Uddevalla, were in- 

 undated, and the roofs and win- 

 dows dashed to pieces. Snow 

 and frost followed immediately, 

 and still continue. 



The marriage of the Princess 

 Elizabeth with Philip Augustus 



Trederick, Hereditary Prince of 

 Hesse-Homberg, took place at 

 the Queen's house this night, 

 April 7. The acquaintance of 

 the new married couple com- 

 menced two years ago, since 

 which a correspondence has 

 been maintained between them. 

 Cards of invitation were issued 

 between two and three wrecks 

 since to the Foreign Ambassadors 

 and Ministers and their Ladies, 

 the Lord Chancellor, the Cabinet 

 Ministers and their Ladies, the 

 Deputy Earl Marshal of flngland, 

 the Great Officers of State and 

 the Household, the King's, the 

 Queen's, those of the Windsor 

 Establishment, the suites of the 

 Royal Dukes and Duchesses, the 

 Lord Chief Justice of the Court 

 of King's Bench, and other dis- 

 tinguished characters who were 

 to perform and assist at the so- 

 lemnization of the marriage cere- 

 mony. 



A great profusion of wedding- 

 cakes have been preparing for 

 several weeks. 



Among the company were the 

 Russian, French, Spanish, Dutch, 

 American, Swedish, and Neapo- 

 litan Ambassadors, with their 

 ladies, together with most of the 

 ladies and gentlemen of the 

 different Royal establishments. 

 Shooting at Lord Palmerston, 



at the War-Office, April 8th. 



Queen-Square. — Lieutenant 

 David Davies, on the half-pay of 

 the 62nd regiment of foot, was 

 yesterday brought to the office 

 m custody of Lavender, the offi- 

 cer, charged by Mr. Wm. Owen, 

 of the War-office, with having 

 fired a pistol, loaded with ball, 

 at the Right Hon. Lord Palmers- 

 ton, Secretary at War. 



Witness 



