The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-14 00:00:00

AMERICA.

eminence
tion with the inquiry into
Mrs. Carpenter, 1001. a yt
of her husband, the late Mi
prints and drawings in the!
merit as a portrait painter
Mrs. Sykes, 757. a yr-tr, on account of the sertioadtet.,
pate husband, the late r. Godfrey tothrialsre
arts of the country, and to the muSsyekes, um at Sodas'
sington.
Mrs. Coulton, 7rd. a year, on account of the BO
merit of her husband, the late Mr. David Coats.
Dr. Patrick White, 75/. a year, in considering' d
services as an author, public lecturer, and ilhurritede
minstrelsy and banlic literature and music al um I.
modern Ireland.
jMr. Henry John Doogood, 40/. a year, for sect
• engaged in literary pursuits, and in connection est
public press as a parliamentary reporter, and non gol
and paralysed.
George Thomason, Esq., 401. a year, on accost A&
services in connection with the periodical literati
I day, being now afflicted with blindness.dr
Robert Young, Esq., 40/. a year, in reeelftt".
services as an historical and agricultural poet is Min.
I Miss Mary Craik and Miss Georgians Craik. 30t
each, in consideration of the services of theirtatbad•
late Dr. Craik, as professor of history and Will°
I ture in the Queen's College, Belfast.

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About half-past 8 o'clock to-night a COO u*
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out in the stationmuter's house at the Banitilasi°l
Terminus of the North British Railway in Fifeigit in
whole building was soon in Names, atdthen...it/0
they
steamer crossed the Frith of Forth troll BOO"' them
Granton no part of the station was expected to he r
The fire was seen from Granton and Edisbolth for t
station is an extensive one, and the lots to the he h
will amount to several thousand pounds. 4. the
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We read in the Cundwriiiiid Paopfri:l;
Right Hon. Edward Horsman, 31. P., and
ar 11'11',....dbilt.
the guests of F. L. B. Dykes, Eel.. m Coc.,
the past week, during which the quondam mesbe •
borough paid repeated visits to his old friends 409:
Esq., M.P., Dement Bank ; Mrs. Robert Be#4
Helen's ; Mews. Burnett, 3litchell, He
many others. The hon. member met several ef 1.0
election committee at the Apple Tree Inn.
member 'casting his bread on the waters,' in fil""
finding it again at tbo next election 7"
Captain Gibson, of the United Stat. o°o
Tahoma, has reported to the Navy Department.
ington that he was caught in the hurricane "to
much damage to Nassau, in the Island of New
Ir "-i
lie says that be experienced the storm on the 300 l
of October, when on a line between the Hern•-",),
Hatteras. From calculations that he :iftersoo---"41:0
considered that it was a revolving cyclone, the
of which was 260 miles, and that it moved in 6 6.-
E.N.E., at the rate of 13 miles an hour.
According to the census of IMO
31 the POI
of the United States and territories Ira
cording to a census taken of seven states in 1"`" -T*lo
lotion had increased 131 per cent.. and at thilf
population at the present time is 35.500,000% of/
According to the census of New Ze del
year 1865 the population of Auckland was 49,06; so,
terbury, 48,618; of Otago, 46,5`89; of Wellinfriaol
of Nelson, 13,920 ; of Southland, 7,046; of °P.-0
5,465 ; of Taranaki, 4,478; and of Hawkes 1lo1;.
There are now 20,000 natives in New 2.00 r
15,000 in Auckland, 2,500 in Ilawke's Bah 1054"
naki, and 1,000 is Wellington.

THE METEORIC SHOWIc...."'"
•
Those who, placing faith in altraliande
time, samilloal last night's sleep to witeuwitok.7l.
were richly repaid, end are to-day the envy egti.,711%
somnolent Mends. To begin with, the
4 deka yesterday afternoon was siagehdr 46.111 e SNOW "
it wan the subject of universal mosrk is the
sr
of the evening that a more brilliant sigittleg.....-7 was
witnessed in November. The stars seemed fita;;;` In this
g ceptional luny and the sky a deeper bk,. 114, lain
s
serrations from various points will of le.
°litany •
pouring into the pram. Oar own were mods ta-rLis alicharg4
I gate. As seen here the effect maybe deemedik."o" alums
Shoe lly before 12 o'clock a general exeusetsta""lha
the watchers was excited by the beeatital slaslttyllll.l., edpaiastThis tb
or six shooting stars streaming across the went of M
and, from that period until &hog 5 41,1-":7; the sum or
than which we cannot speek--this loot ` blond '
named with bat few intervals ey firratr °
times eight er ten stars would be ion and tom
various directions, leaving long lines of ii 0,77 He was
moments a single meteor would be diesoseet
e
colours varied. Many of the meteors &wand %L
a yellowish light, others a deep red, tleastti gitthign •
some of them appear, that their rseseliat;"4l
rockets occurred to everyone, and a.
seemed to listen for the rush' dm* 671 This
During the transit of the =tun, the 11" M
was 7,„.
the other stars was scarcely to be I„,goikilt : that
effect produced during the siandiseeses the d.
of meteors in the various parts of the 117. Mr.
was inexpressibly impressive. The nohdet verdict
see was no e
gave a thrill that no artificial splendurs sag that the ..
produce, The size of these shooting bedise else, 7. demos t
some cases the purge wee brief and the hotbis:a had bit
others a larger portion of the sky was twined relf
,
luminousness both prolonged and wow
EN new of
gliding motion, if such a term may be woe*, A o when . •
striking characteristic. siessege
Accounts received from other sources inhere sae o to the wit
Primrose-hill, on the bridges, on the Sumba, till • The
the heights and open spaces generally need jaht his sea
,as well as in the streets, large numbers of pram tow to 1,0131T0
the cold air, and witnessed with admired** wee hugelip
the scene of which we have given but a hiat leave
which no description could adequately mew wines to
wife cam
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THE LORD LIEUTENANT OP IMMO.,
IRISH POLICE CO
A deputation from the Town Commie* g
- Galway waited on the Lord Lieutenant yeeUrdeyeet who so
~ %Intrepid Lodge, for the purpose of present* hi mi. gu
Te,e on
✓ forty with • congratulater7 address ce kn affameett mails.
a the viceroyalty. • but his
- His Excellency returned the following reply; he led
" Mr. Chairman and Town Commissioners of Übe* of her m
nof Galway, it is with feelings of the highest lab*, Plymou
that I receive the congratulations, on my scusiaii Irmita
a
office of Lord Lieutenant, which are contsieed hue • Aeon,
us dress, and I thank you most sincerely for the wide dent eV
d pressions of regard towards myself with Airlines, but he
), gratulationsere accompanied. From my intimate arse destitufor her.
it with Ireland, subjects of local no less thee cf *Ms end the
n portance enlist my earnest sympathies. lea snide sponden
if, great interest taken by the late Lord Fglintee kites out of
blishment of en Atlantic packet station at °deem! s .
)r believe that to mismanagement alone it wieldable
which I deeply deplore. I fully recognise tin held
in peaceful conduct that has always been dimisyelhe,
to large seafaring population, and I feel the tress nue
The
of attracting to the public service the youth einem
ILS place.
ern coast. I believe that object could be beet pertly Mr.
C adopting some such means as you suggest, sad I Ail large
'143 steps to bring under the notice of the Sexennial Railwa
0,
tyhoautr
heolatery wiliateionves
twhiethaurhefeacrtdhtiao tfahveobarraurahLlutataimm, to dap formAThiftrr.
he My experience of landed property in Irehrd
The
hehall-c
shown me that the thte,
therefor,
thatof landlord
itmay sahelksiessis:
ar ticable to introduce some well-considered meseaten, tl;e_Loau
by•
by definitively settling the queztion of the town* ere in
fr. limy tend to the permanent advantage of alerts h , comm
ng aid in developing the natural resources of rnrflnd Mr.
Ireland is to me a pleasing duty, and I ma map I.
His Reed a
that her Majesty's government are earnestly Wad
assisting any well-matured plan by which that Wow
or- be attained." The
de, The deputation then withdrew. of Tun
to • few
res
ey CIVIL LIST PENSIONS.
. terfere
en, course
stated
aingAdit recently granted
rifianhilurotedwiHamaingby thcie,ivQlilooluee.lnisattlearPe:isoin°lllsecootinveill: hisMrer.l
.res eminence as a scientific chemist, and his servicemen. • theAt
liar tion with the inquiry into the adulteration of foot cation
the Mrs. Carpenter, 100/. a year, on account of tle 0,18 His
con of her husband, the late Mr. Carpenter, as keep
dtk
was prints and drawings in the British Museum* dime
the merit as a portrait painter.