12 JULY 1845, Page 15

. Among the papers read at the late meeting of

the British Association, was one byM. Coulnier Gravier. He has ascertained that there are between 6,000 and 75000 shooting stars to be seen in the course of a year; and that six o'clock in the evening is the hour when the smallest number are observed, and six in the morning is the maximum time He distinguishes shooting stars into "globes and stars of different magnitudes: the globes are larger than ordinary stars, and Shout twenty-four of them are observable in the course of the year; by far the greater majority of shooting stars consisting of those of the smallest magnitude These stars more int curves; and he had succeeded in tracing and figuring their pugs.