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the architect of Leinster House, and the same who gave 

 the fiist sketch for the Irish Houses of Parliament). The 

 village churchyard was then described, when the touching in- 

 scription on the Rainey vault, and the epitaph on the tomb of 

 Rowe, the celebrated comedian, were read and commented on. 

 The female school, the parish school, the post office, village 

 library, the petty sessions, Old Breadac Cemetrv within the 

 demesne, the mansion of Belvoir, and Belvoir Park were then 

 passed in review. The paper was illustrated by a general 

 map and several sketches of the locality, prepared for the pur- 

 pose by Mr. Fitzpatrick. 



A very animated discussion followed the reading of the 

 paper, and several members referred to the fact that the late 

 Duke of Wellington, when a boy, resided at Annadale with his 

 mother. From the statements made at the meeting, it would 

 seem that the event really occurred beyond doubt. 



On Wednesday evening, 25th January, a paper was read 

 by Mr. J. J. Wilde, on "The Gulf-stream," of which the fol- 

 lowing is an abstract : — 



The series of observations carried on by the officers of 

 the United States Survey from 1845 to 1850, as published by 

 thti late Professor Bache, establish the existence of the Gulf- 

 stream as a broad and deep current of warm, almost hot 

 water (8o°-84° F.), which issues out of the Straits of Florida 

 at the rate of from 3 to 5 miles an hour, and flows in N. and 

 N.E. direction along the east coast of the United States, but 

 separated from the latter by a current of cold water of Arctic 

 origin, running in the opposite direction. Contrary to 

 the opinion hitherto entertained, which assigns Lat. 45 

 as the northern limit of the Gulf-stream, Dr. A. Peter- 

 mann, of Gotha, in his recent publication on this subject 



