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to Spain : and in the " Unkinde Deserter" we read of a Bishop 

 being sent to the Duke of Lorraine, in company with other 

 persons, in the year 1651 : but in these authorities there is no 

 mention whatever of the embassy which this paper helps to 

 disclose. It is believed that Father de Burgo was afterwards 

 Bishop of " Duacensis in Anglia." — Hibernia Dominicana, 

 p. 490. 



" Besides this document, a large collection of papers rela- 

 tive to the Stapleton foundation in the University of Louvain 

 will be found among the Archives. They are not of general 

 interest, being principally the pedigrees of adverse claimants 

 to the many bourses which were bequeathed by the founder 

 to the Irish pastoral college of Louvain ; and as these bourses 

 are yet in existence, the documents may be of much use to the 

 different members of Dr. Stapleton's family in proving their 

 respective claims. » 



" A few letters giving an official account of the reception of 

 the Duke of Cumberland, after his landing in the Low Coun- 

 tries on the eve of the battle of Fontenoy, and a short memoir 

 of the Irish College of Lille, complete the collection as far as 

 Irish history is concerned." 



The special thanks of the Academy were given to William 

 R. Wilde, Esq., for his Donation of a large collection of the 

 remains of oxen, sheep, goats, dogs, Sic, found at Dunshaugh- 

 lin, described by him to the Academy, April 27, 1840,* and' 

 since deposited for inspection in the Museum of the Academy. 

 Mr. Wilde also presented an ox head of the ancient short- 

 horned variety, from Navan, similar to those found at Dun- 

 shaughlin ; and eleven specimens of Bronze Celts, and one 

 Brass Spur. 



* See Proceedings, Vol. I. p. 420. 

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