The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-02 00:00:00

PlOSilla
1111718 DAY. 01 Noninza IMIDAY.
N.Z. to N.WWI/. an. W., trash to 00Aen. N.N.W.
to Wto
ong.W.e.W..
= fresh

An ahem • • Wngettigx As shays.
W.N.L to W.N.W.. hoogligng. Northerly to weeterty,
tresh to strong, fresh to strong.
squally, shown.
As next above.
North--

UMW. As rasa above.
Weatara—lralaad. Ws, end id*
madam tioulasni—algUia Mame awl bay at Awy.
limeara—liaatword laaJaad sad North Sp.

A correspondent, writing from Woolatone, in
Hampshire, a famous place, it appears, for British song
birds, says that the nightingales were never heard in
finer song than they have been this year. The copses in
that neighbourhood used to be haunted by multitudes et
these feathered choristers. The ?Utley Abbey Railway
has destroyed the seclusion of this place, but last week a
number of nightingales were singing there magnificently.
both day and night. They are, unfortunately, most un-
wary birds and are easily lured by bird-catchers, by
means of that tempting bait, the meal worm. That
rather scarce bird, the long-tailed titmouse, sometimes
builds its long oval nest of lichens and wool at Woolstona
The object of the dual orilees in this met is at the
present time a subject of dispute amongst naturalists,
some believing that one of the orifices is for secret epees
in time of danger, and others believe that the nest being
too small for the bird's tail it is thrust through the orifice
just as if • tall man, building his own house, would form
his sitting-room too smell and make a hole in the wall to
put his legs through.
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL Rocurrr. —At the fort-
nightly meeting of the fellows of this society, held yester-
day, in the council room at South Kensington, Mr. W.
Wilson Saunders, F.H.8., in the chair, • magnificent col-
lection of aurieuhui was exhibited by Mr. C. Turner, of
gh. A. curious gourd from St. Paul de Loanda wss sent
bya Naudin. The Bev. M. J. Berkeley made some ob-
servations on disease in pinch trees ; and Mr. Bateman,
F.H.8., gave • lecture on the rainy month flower of Ceylon
(Dendrobium Macarthisi). Nineteen new fellows were
elected, including the Countess of Hopetoun, Lady Augusta
Fines, Mr. Bayley, C. 8., Dr. Raiders, he.
THE INSTALLATION OF THE LORD WARDEN OF
THE CiNycle Ponra—Earl Granville having sustained •
bereavement in the death of his brother-in-law and sister,
Lord and Lady Rivers, his lordship's installation as Lord
Warden of the Cinque Ports is postponed from the 22nd
May to an indefinite period. This was decided upon at •
meeting of the Dover town council yesterday,when a letter
was read from Earl Granville, stating that it would be ex-
ceedingly painful fur him at present to receive so great an
honour as the ceremony of his public installation. The
oorporation of Dover, however, have requested his
rd-
shiplord-
to fix as early • day as convenient for the
stallation.
WHITEHALL, HAY I. The Queen has been
' pleased to direct letters patent to be jostled under the
great seal granting the dignity of • Baron a the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the following
noblemen, and the heirs male of their respective bodies
lawfully begotten, viz.:—James, Earl of Cai..hness, in that
' part of the said United Kingdom called Sooaand, by the
' name, style, and title of Baron Barrogill, of Barrooill
Castle, in the county of Caithness; Thomas, Baron Clef..
mont, in that part of the said United Kingdom called Ire-
land, by the name, style, and title of Baron Clermont, of
Clermont-park, intim county of Louth ; William Meredyth,
Baron Atblumney, in that part of the said United King-
) dom called Ireland, by the name, style, and title of Baron
Meredytb, of Dollersistown, in the county of Meath—

Oaletie.
A Burnes Dowse.—Yesterday being the let of
May, the parish of St. George's-in-the-Fast. Wapping, was
in a state of great liveliness, the muse being the marriage
of one of the " hundred pound girls," the name given to
the successful candidates who are brought up, educated,
and teained in the asylum founded by fir. Henry Heine, •
brewer in that locality, in the year 3719, and the celebra-
tion of other ceremonies in connection therewith, in sc.
conlance with the will of the donor. The fortunate young
woman was Elizabeth Ann Beddington, and the happy man
Charles Daniels. The ceremony
glum by the
rector, in the great room of the seCharles-street,
Old Graveldsne.
THE MURDER OF THE POLICEMAN AT DUBLIN.
During the entire of yesterday, end up to a late hour
last night, the detectives were actively engaged in search-
ing for Kearney, who fired at the deceased man O'Neill,
but notwithstanding all their vigilance nut the least clue
, was obtained as to his whereabouts. The police authorities
have given orders that for the future two constables will be
sent to do duty in all those localities where any disturb-
ance might be apprehended, and this is a step which will
no doubt, give general satisfaction. The following me-
morandum has been issued by the Police Commis-
sioners :—" His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant has
been pleased to forward to the Commissioners of
Police, through the hands of the Under Secretary, 101..
to relieve the inunedinte necessities of the poor widow
of Constable Charles O'Neill, so cruelly murdered on
the night of the 2bth instant. It waa the wish of his
excellency that the gift should be accompanied by an ex-
pression of the deep regret with which he heard of the dis-
astrous occurrence, and of his rim thy', and that of Lady
Wodehouse, in her affliction. In compliance with his
excellency's wishes, the oommissiosers yesterday handed
104 to Mrs. O'Neill, and they have Cir fated the . • ne to Hi
made known. Mrs. O'Neill will be recommenued in the
usual course, as the widow of an dicer who lost his life in
the service. —DuUtsi Evening Mail.