JULY.

Arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Kent. Yesterday morning, July 1, between 12 and 1 o'clock, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Kent arrived with their suite in four carriages at Claremont, the seat of the Duchess's brother, Prince Leopold, 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 Montagnes Beaujou. The Baron Dufresne, military Intendant, 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 mountains, a wheel of the car broke; the young lady was thrown to some distance by the shock, fortunately 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 the accident. M. Dufresne was aged 43, and has left a widow, and daughter aged 13, to lament his loss.

Commerce. Official Documents. The following letter, dated Custom-house, London, July 3, 1818, having for its object "to prevent prosecutions being commenced upon unfounded information against Persons and Vessels," has been transmitted to their Collectors :

Gentlemen;-Deeming it 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 probable motives of the informer, and his witnesses, as well as into the character, habits, and connexions 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 evidence in each case, previous to our directing informations to be filed against persons, or proceedings 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 determine on the propriety of commencing proceedings.

We direct you to govern yourselves accordingly, and to be very particular

Barrels.

Barrels.

281,484

340,560

168,756

185,412

157,061

168,962

151,887

151,107

110,776

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130,217

124,468

118,481

98,301

97,920

60,307

60,247

the 3rd June, and the Mauritius June 17th. The Cabalva, it appears, sprung a leak off the Cape, in a severe gale on the 22nd June, when it was determined to bear up for Bombay, to dock the ship; in her passage thither she struck on the small island of Cargados, on the 7th of July, and was totally wrecked. The crew were landed in succession, by the longboat, Capt. Dalrymple remaining on board till the last: he then embarked with Mr. Grant, the surgeon's-mate, and 15 men, but unfortunately, in the attempt to reach the shore, the long-boat was upset, and all were lost in G 2

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sight of their surviving companions. Captain Dalrymple, we understand, married only a few weeks before setting out on this disastrous voyage. Mr. Ayres, the purser, quitted the scene of the wreck in an open boat with the 6th Officer and eight men; and without the aid of a compass, or any other nautical instrument, arrived safe at the Isle of France, in three days. On the 14th July, his Majesty's ship Magicienne, with the Challenger sloop and a schooner, immediately put to sea, to bring away the crew; taking with them some practised divers, in the hope of recovering some part of the specie lost in the Cabalva. The ship and cargo were extremely valuable, and, by the best accounts, are estimated at 350,000l. A great proportion of this value belongs to the EastIndia Company, who never insure; but the remainder is far from being covered, the whole of the policies effected at Lloyd's not exceeding 60,000l.

Madrid, July 9.

Note transmitted on the 12th of June last, to the High Allied Powers, by the Cabinet of Madrid, relative to the situation of South America.

"Since the period that unhappy events, by a natural consequence, disseminated the seeds of revolution in Spanish South America, and caused the most deplorable efforts to be exerted to separate our subjects from their legitimate Sovereign, his Catholic Majesty made the following principles the invariable rule of his conduct:-First, to employ all the means which

human wisdom could suggest, to recall the misled to the path of order and obedience; and secondly, to have recourse to diplomatic negotiation for political means of accomplishing this: desire. The revolutionary enfranchisement of South America, or its return to legitimate authority, presents, indeed, considerations of so much importance in a political point of view, as to render it necessary that the eyes of Europe should be turned to events which may introduce a new order of things into its political and commercial relations.

"The united efforts of the principal European Powers have already defeated this disastrous system which nurtured the American revolution; but it still remains for them to annihilate this system in America itself, where its effects are of the most alarming nature.

"His Catholic Majesty having never lost sight of the two principles just stated, and being always animated with a desire of of blood and devastations which putting a period to the effusion are the deplorable consequences of a war of this nature, only waited an occasion to call the attention of the High Allied Powers to an object which has already been at different times the subject of several notes addressed to them, and recently of the negotiations opened in so amicable a manner with his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Great Britain.

"The insurrection of Pernambuco made a sensible impression upon the mind of his Catholic Majesty; and at the moment

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when he wished to recommend this event to the attention of the Sovereigns, his Allies, it was necessary to demonstrate its connexion with the general interests. "His Majesty received the answers of his High Allies with the greatest satisfaction. They cleared the way to very important negotiations, and led the Powers to interpose in the unfortunate circumstances in which America was placed, in order that measures of prudence and vigour might be adopted, to reduce the revolted provinces, and to put a period to the immorality and political contagion arising from such an order of things.

"To follow up proceedings so happily commenced, his Majesty considers, that the moment is arrived when he ought solemnly and categorically to represent to his High Allies, the principles which he has prescribed to himself to produce the good he has in view, and such as from his sentiments of humanity, they ought to expect.

Accordingly, and in reference to the propositions he has already made, his Majesty now declares, that the following are the points on which he is invariably fixed :

"1. General amnesty to the insurgents on their submission.

"2. Admission of native Americans, endowed with the requisite qualifications, to all offices in common with European Spaniards. "3. Regulation of the commerce of the provinces with foreign States, according to free principles, and conformably to the present political situation of these countries and Europe.

4. A sincere disposition on the part of his Catholic Majesty to accede to all measures which, in the course of the negotiations, may be proposed to him by his High Allies, and which shall be consistent with the support of his rights and dignity.

"His Majesty is therefore persuaded, that there is no longer any opposition to the opening of negotiations upon the above bases, the principles of which he knows are conformable to the views already manifested by his august Allies."

The following is a copy of a letter, addressed to the Commissioners of Customs, dated Treasury Chambers, to warn English subjects against embarking in the contest between Spain and the South Americans :-

Treasury Chambers, 9th July. "Gentlemen; The Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, having received a communication from the Secretary of State for the Foreign Department, upon the subject of the preparations making at the different outports, and at the port of London, for sending out officers and men for the service of the Insurgent troops in the Spanish and American provinces; their Lordships desire you will direct your officers employed at the different ports to take measures to make known to such persons as have been engaged in this service, by any Spanish American Agents, or others, that they are thereby rendering themselves obnoxious to the laws, as warned by his Royal Highness's Proclamation of the 27th November, 1817; also that you will adopt such other measures as may

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