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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1818. [July. 



be best calculated to prevent any 

 interruption of the strict neutra- 

 lity declared by the Prince Regent 

 to be the rule of his conduct in 

 the contest between Spain and 

 her insurgent provinces. 



(Signed) " Geo. Harrison. 



" Commissioners of Customs.'' 



Kew-palace, Saturday, July 11. 



This afternoon, at four o'clock, 

 the solemnity of the marriage of 

 his Royal Highness William 

 Henry Duke of Clarence and St. 

 Andrews, Admiral of the Fleet, 

 third son of his Majesty, with 

 her Serene Highness Adelaide- 

 Amelia - Louisa-Theresa-Caroline 

 Princess of Saxe Meiningen, 

 eldest daughter of his Serene 

 Highness the late reigning Duke 

 of Saxe Meiningen, &c. was 

 performed in the grand saloon at 

 the palace at Kew, by his Grace 

 the Archbishop of Canterbury, 

 assisted by the Lord Bishop of 

 X,ondon, m the presence of her 

 Majesty the Queen, his Royal 

 Highness the Prince Regent, 

 their Royal Highnesses the Dukes 

 of York, Kent, and Cambridge, 

 his Serene Highness Frederick 

 Landgrave of Hesse, her Royal 

 Highness the Princess Augusta 

 Sophia, her Royal Highness the 

 Duchess of Gloucester, her Royal 

 Highness the Duchess of York, 

 her Roj'al Highness the Duchess 

 of Kent, her Royal Highness the 

 Duchess of Cambridge, her Roj^al 

 Highness the Princess Sophia of 

 Gloucester, and her Serene High- 

 ness the Duchess of Saxe Mei- 

 ningen (the mother of the bride, 

 and Regent of the Dukedom of 

 Saxe Meiningen); the following 

 Ministers of State, the Lord 

 Chancellor, the Earl of Liverpool, 

 Viscount Sidmouth, Count Mun- 



ster, Minister of State for Han- 

 over, and the Baron of Koenitz, 

 Minister for the Dukedom of 

 Saxe Meiningen, assisting at the 

 ceremony. 



The solemnity of the marriage 

 of Field Marshal his Royal High- 

 ness Edward Duke of Kent and 

 Strathern, 4th son of his Majesty, 

 with her Serene Highness Victoria- 

 Maria-Louisa, youngest daughter 

 ofhislateSereneHighnessFrancis- 

 Frederic- Anthony, reigning Duke 

 of Saxe-Col)ourg of Saalfeld, 

 consort of his late Serene High- 

 ness Charles-Louis Prince of 

 Leiningen, sister of his Serene 

 Highness Ernest-Charles-Louis- 

 Anthony, reigning Duke of Saxe- 

 Cobourg, and of his Royal High- 

 ness Prince Leopold of Saxe- 

 Cobourg (which marriage had 

 been previously solemnized in 

 due form at Cobourg, on the 

 29th day of May last), was also 

 performed this evenmg in the 

 grand saloon at the palace at 

 Kew, by his Grace the Arch- 

 bishop of Canterbury, in the 

 presence of her Majesty the 

 Queen, his Royal Highness the 

 Prince Regent, and the other 

 royal and illustrious personages 

 above-mentioned ; the same mi- 

 nisters of State also assisting at 

 the ceremony. 



An inquisition was taken on 

 July li, at St. Thomas's Hos- 

 pital, before Thomas Shelton, 

 Esq., Coroner, on the Body of 

 George Saunders, a gardener, in 

 the employ of B. Burder, Esq. 

 of Tottenham. 



Mr.Burder,of Wood-green farm, 

 Tottenham, stated, that a short 

 time ago his gardens were robbed 

 nightly by thieves, and, to jiro- 

 tect his property, he sent his 

 § servant 



