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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1816. 



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these islands inhabited only by 

 birdsj crabs, and rats ; there 

 wei'e here and there shrubs and 

 cocoa trees, bvit no trace of in- 

 habitants. Lieutenant Lasarew 

 named them the Suvv arrow Islands, 

 after his ship. He fixed their 

 south latitude at 13 deg. 13 min. 

 l.S sec. and tiieir longitude at 

 1 63 deg. 31 min. 4 sec. west of the 

 meridian of Greenwicli. Thus these 

 newly-discovered islands lie at an 

 almost equal distance from Navi- 

 and the Society Islands." 

 Lord Viscount Fitzwilliam, 

 lately deceased, has, by will, be- 

 queathed a splendid donation to 

 the University of Cambridge, viz. 

 his extensive collection of jjroof 

 prints, to the amo\nit of 10,000 

 in ji umber, selected by his lord- 

 ship in a long course of years 

 with the gi'eatcst taste and atten- 

 tion, and estimated at the value 

 of 40,0001. He has also given to 

 the same University his extensive 

 collection of highly-esteemed pic- 

 tures ; and, to comi)lete the 

 magnificence of his bequest, he is 

 said to have left 100,0001. in 

 LSouth Sea Stock, to erect a build- 

 ing in the said University, appro- 

 priate to the reception of these 

 valuable collections, and probably 

 for an endowment also of a pro- 

 fessorship in this branch of tlie 

 fine arts. His lordship has be- 

 queathed the rest of his disposable 

 property, (amounting to 10,0001. 

 a year) to Lord Pembroke : he 

 has left only 300l. a year to the 

 heir at law. 



21. Galwaij. — Yesterday even- 

 ing a meeting took place near 

 Merlin Park, between P. Dillon, 

 Esq. of this town, and B. Kane, 

 JBsq. of , wheu the former 



received his adversary's ball under 

 the right breast, and instantly ex- 

 pired. These two gentlemen 

 were close frionis for many years. 

 Mr. Dillon fought several duels, 

 in all of which Mr. Kane acted 

 as his' second ; and it is remark- 

 able that j\Ir. Dillon's father lost 

 his life in an affair of honour with 

 the late Malachy Fallon, Esq. at 

 the same age, and nearly on the 

 same spot where his son fell. 



'2'2. Yesterday morning the 

 Prince of Saxe Cobourg arrived 

 at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond- 

 street, from Dover. Lord Cas- 

 tlereagh, as Secretaiy of State for 

 Foreign Affairs, waited upon the 

 Prince to congratulate him on his 

 arrival, and know his pleasure as 

 to his future arrangements. Lord 

 ( astlcrcagh, as soon as he had 

 taken his leaA e of the Piince, dis- 

 patched a messenger with the re- 

 suit of the interview to the Prince 

 Regent at Brighton. 



■23. At three in the afternoon, 

 Prince Leopold Saxe Cobourg, 

 accompanied by Lord Castlcrengh, 

 an"ived at the Pavilion at Brigh- 

 ton : he was received by the 

 Duke of Clarence, Sir B. Bloom- 

 field, Count Hardenberg, and the 

 nobility residing at the Pavilion, 

 hnmcdiately after the Prince 

 alighted, he was introduced to 

 the Prince Regent. 



24. St. John's, Newfoundland. 

 — .\ very alarming fire broke out 

 here about a foitnight since, and 

 the tlamcs at one time laid us 

 under serious apprehensions for 

 the ."safety of our own and our 

 friends' propcity in our care ; 

 but happily the hwy of the con- 

 flagration was checked just in 

 time to prevent the fire commu- 

 nicating 



