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ANNUAL REGISTER, l81g. 



Warsaw. — Three days ago there 

 flew over this city an extremely 

 large swarm of inland locusts (in 

 Polish called koniki). They re- 

 sembled a thick cloud, and some 

 of them fell on the roofs of the 

 houses. They bear much resem- 

 blance to the Asiatic and African 

 locusts, but are by no means so 

 destructive to the fruits of the 

 earth. 



18. His Royal Highness the 

 Commander-in-Chief left town for 

 Windsor, in order to be present 

 at the gi'and entertainment given 

 by the inhabitants of Windsor to 

 the Royal Blues, together with 

 the other troops on duty there, in 

 commemoration of tiie battle of 

 Waterloo. The banqueting-tables 

 were laid in the grand avenue in 

 Windsor-park. The troops were 

 regaled with plenty of roast-beef, 

 plum- pudding, strong beei', and 

 other liquors ; the officers, with 

 the greater part of the nobility 

 and gentry in the town and its 

 vicinity, })artook of a grand din- 

 ner in the Town-hall, at which his 

 Royal Highness the Commander- 

 in-Chief was present. 



The OtRcers of the tliree regi- 

 ments of Foot Guai'ds, who were 

 at the battle of \V'aterloo, gave a 

 dinner at the Thatched -house 

 tavern, in commemoration of that 

 day. 



Spots ill the Sun. — Tlie Journal 

 de Rennesof the 18th of June con- 

 tains the following comnmnica- 

 tion : " On the 10th of June, at 

 6 h. 54 min. 2.5 sec. I observed 

 on the sun's disk five spots in- 

 clined to the equator, in the di- 

 rection of the terrestrial ecliptic : 

 that in the centre appeared to be 

 of the size of the eaith's diameter. 

 On the 12th, at 7 h. 52 min. 10 



sec., I observed six spots. On 

 the 16th, at 7h. 25 min. 30 sec, 

 I observed eight. These obser- 

 vations were made in the morn- 

 ing, with a telescope of DoUond, 

 and one of the best of them in 

 France. 



(Signed) " D'Ajht, 

 Astronomer." 



19. An erroneous report of an 

 intended review at Wimbledon 

 yesterday drew an immense con- 

 course of people. Booths were 

 erected on the heath, and more 

 than 20,000 persons were col- 

 lected. Every precaution was 

 taken to prevent this assemblage ; 

 for when it was known that 

 booths were erected on the heath, 

 and that crowds were hastening 

 from every quarter towards Wim- 

 bledon in the expectation of wit- 

 nessing the grand military spec- 

 tacle, persons were posted at va- 

 rious stations on the several roads 

 leading to the heath, to give no- 

 tice of the error ; but their infor- 

 mation was not attended with the 

 desired effect: the vehicles, horse- 

 men, and pedestrians, equally re- 

 solved, pushed on to their desti- 

 nation. About eleven o'clock, 

 when it was found that the report 

 of a review was altogether un- 

 founded, symptoms of disappro- 

 bation were manifested, which 

 broke out in acts of violence, and 

 the heath was set fire to. An ex- 

 press was sent to London, and a 

 small detachment of the guards 

 was sent in consequence to re- 

 store tranquillity. A female was 

 thrown out of a chaise on the 

 road to Wimbledon, and taken to 

 an adjoining house in an insen- 

 sible state. 



The siatue of the late Mr. Fox 



was placed upon its pedestal in 



Bloomsbury- 



