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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1818. [Jvly. 



JULY. 



Arrival off he Duke and Duchess 

 of Kent. — Yesterday morning, 

 July 1, between 12 and I o'clock, 

 their Rojal Highnesses the Duke 

 and Duchess of Kent arrived 

 with their suite in four carriages 

 at Ckremont, the seat of the 

 Duchess's brother, Prince Leo- 

 pold, who was in readiness, with 

 his attendants, to receive his 

 Royal Sister and the Royal Duke. 



2. Paris. — An accident of a 

 very melancholy and fatal nature 

 occurred yesterday evening at 

 the Montagues Beaujou. The 

 Baron Dufresne, military Inten- 

 dant, on leave at Paris, visited 

 this garden with his family. It 

 was his birth day. Yielding to 

 the wishes of his daughter, and 

 young Ducros, his nephew, aged 

 only eight years, he placed him- 

 self along with them in one of the 

 cars, holding the latter on his 

 knee. When they had descended 

 about half way down the moun- 

 tains, a wheel of the car broke ; 

 the young lady was thrown to 

 some distance by the shock, for- 

 tunately without experiencing 

 any injury, but M. Dufresne and 

 his nephew were precipitated 

 against the balustrade, which 

 broke, and one of the supports 

 of which passed through the 

 body of the boy, and mortally 

 wounded M. Dufresne himself. 

 The spectacle was most shocking. 

 The viscera of the unfortunate 

 sufferers were laid open and torn 

 in a dreadful manner. They died 

 in great pain a few hours after 

 t!»e accident. M. l>urresne was 

 aged 43, and ha'^ left a widow, 

 and daughter aged 13, to lanient 

 his loss. 



Cummercs. — Officicd Docu* 

 menfs. — The following letter, 

 dated Custom-house, London, 

 July 3, 1818, having for its 

 object " to prevent prosecutions 

 being commenced upon unfound- 

 ed information against Persons 

 and Vessels," has been transmitted 

 to their Collectors : — 



Gentlemen; — Deemingit highly 

 material, in order to prevent 

 prosecutions being commenced 

 upon unfounded information 

 against persons for having been 

 concerned in offences against the 

 laws of the revenue, and against 

 vessels for having been employed 

 in the contraband trade, that the 

 officer receiving the information 

 should, in the first instance, make 

 the most minute and particular 

 inquiries upon the spot, as far as 

 the same is practicable, not only 

 into all the facts and circumstances 

 connected with the charges, but 

 also into the character and pro- 

 bable motives of the informer, 

 and his witnesses, as well as into 

 the character, habits, and con- 

 nexions of the parties accused ; 

 and that all these circumstances 

 should be fully and confidentially- 

 reported to us, in order that we 

 may be enabled to weigh and 

 consider the nature of the evi- 

 dence in each case, previous to 

 our directing informations to be 

 filed against persons, or proceed- 

 ings to be had against vessels, 

 for past offences : and that where 

 the charge does not appear to be 

 satisfactorily made out, we may 

 direct further inquiry to be made, 

 in order to enable us to detemiine 

 on the propriety of commencing 

 proceedings. 



We direct you to govern your- 

 selves accordingly, and to be very 



particular 



