The Sun. — London, England, 1859-09-16 00:00:00

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' 1 i '., I,T i ';',. ~ ;- -,--' 0, 1 a 7 , 0 66 •- - L ' Da_ ~ . **?!"..t ...„ ~ . g f -4 THN'ARMY. 7\ ' 1 ;:k • .1\ <~ // The head-quarters of the 61st (South Glcfneeit shire)_ Regiment' are now- -on their passagethene7.7 4 • from India, and are expected shortl y to arriregt Gravesend. The two-company depot of the regi ment, stationed at Chatham, has received orders to hold itself in readiness to proceed from that garri son to Pembroke, where it will be quartered until e. companies. The 61st Re giment has been upwards of 14 years in India, hp ing left England in the month of July, 1845. Since the termination of the Punjab campaign the 61st Regiment has seen much service in several parts of India, and was-one of the regiments which took an active part in" the suppression of the late Indian re hellion. ()Wing to its numerous losses, the service companies of the regiment have been considerably reduced, but the depot at Chatham is very strong, which will bring the regiment up to its required strength. Yesterday millers were received at Chatham from the Horse Guards directing a portion of the two. company depot of the 84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment, consisting of 350 non-commissioned . officers and men, to , proCeed to-morrow - morning from that garrison to Sheffield, for the purpose of joining the head-quarters of the regiment, recently arrived from India. The remaining portion of the depot, about 150 men, are to remain at the Hut Barracks, Brompton, until further orders. The fol lowing officers of the 84th proceed with that regi ment from Chatham to Sheffield—viz., Capt. H. B. Crohan, in command ; Lieuts. T. White and F. E. E. Wilson, Ensigns H. Arkwright, W. F. Wheat icy, M. T. Simpson, J. H. B. Isherwood, R. H. O'Haly, and W. Kemmis. The officers who remain at Chatham with the depot are—Capt. W. M. Keats and Ensign J. G. Wilson and W. C. Clayton. The authorities at the Horse Guards haring de cided en removing the whole of the depots of In dian regiments from Pembroke as soon as an open• ing can be obtained for them at other depot batta lions, orders have been issued for the depots of the 31st and 91st Regiments, now at Pembroke, to pro ceed to Chatham to relieve the depots of the 61st - and 84th Regiments. The 31st depot will on its ar rival at Chatham be attached to the 2d Battalion and the 91st depot to the 3d Battalion. The first portion of the wives and families of sol diers serving in India who are to be sent out to join their husbands will embark at Plymouth on the 21st inst., in the Clara. Yesterday orders were received at Chatham for the married women and children belonging to the 77th Regiment to embark at Ply mouth on the date mentioned, and those belonging to the 35th Regiment to embark at Liverpool on the day following, in another vessel. In order to enable the soldiers' wives to procure comforts for them selves and families during the voyage, the authori ties have ordered for each woman the sum of £l, and for each child 10s., which will be handed to them a few days previously to their embarkation. Yesterday the Secretary at War notified to the officers of the different Artillery volunteer corps that they would be attached to Militia Artillery re giments, that they might be made perfect in their profession. The Akbar troopship embarked yesterday along side Portsmouth Dockyard the officers and troops for Bombay, as enumerated in The Sun of the 13th inst. She sails for her destination this day, At the meeting of the Sheffield Town-council, on Wednesday, a resolution was unanimously passed to present an address to Col. Lightfoot and the offi cers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of the 84th Regiment, which took a prominent part in the suppression of the Indian mutiny, and is now sta tioned at Sheffield, expressive of. the high appre ciation of the people of Sheffield of their gallant and self-denying exertions, and welcoming them home. It was proposed as an amendment that a subscription be entered into to provide a dinner on the occasion, but the amendment was not pressed, it being understosd that the committee appointed to draw up the address would take that matter into their consideration. It was stated that the Cutlers' Company and other public bodies would join in the address. The West Essex Yeomanry Cavalry and Artil lery, which is the oldest volunteer military company in that county, will assemble tomorrow at Chelms ford for eight days' permanent duty. Major George Palmer is in command, the subordinate officers being gentlemen of considerable property and influ ence in the southern part of the county. The corps is said to be in a most efficient and satisfactory state. The West Essex Militia, under the command of Lieut.-Col. R. Brise, will be enrolled on Wednesday next for 21 days' training at Chelmsford. The East Essex Bias will be cnrolled at Col chester on Wednesday next, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Kelly, vice Hon. C. H. Maynard, and will be quartered in Colchester camp. I TUEBANK OF ENGLAND , SEPTEMBER 15, 1859. GOVERNOR and COMPANY of the CO IT AANK of ENGLAND eive notice that the GENERAL 121 .& - T n , held at the Bank this day is adjourned till TEM lor th ext, the 20th inst., at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, or wri e t rirPose of taking the determination by vote,. in print po sed _ilg, of the Question on the following Resolution, pro dirid 4 t the Court for a Dividend, viz. That a half-year's next end of interest and profits be made on the 10th October th e / 2 1 £4 10s. per cent., without deduction on account of o' 1 -e4ale Tax ' That a 4t the voting will comm ence at 11 "ek, and t . erminate 11. S JAMES STEUART, Secretary. Section F.—Economic Science and Statistics. • able to overcome. Let us follow the activity of the association in these three different directions. The reports on the stato of science originate in the conviction of the necessity for fixing, at given intervals, with ac curacy and completeness the position at which it has arrived ; for this object the general committee of the asso ciation intrusts to distinguished individuals in the different branches of science the charge of becoming, as it were, the biographers of the period. There are special points in diffe rent sciences.' in which it sometimes appears desirable to the different sections to have special reports elaborated ; in such cases the general committee, in its capacity of the represen- tative assembly of all the sciences, reserves to itself the right of judging what may be of sufficient importance to be thus recorded. [We are compelled to abridge the remainder of the address.] Having noticed the great genius and labours of the late Humboldt (the anniversary of whose birth by a singular coincidence happened that day), his royal high ness thus concluded :—Philosophers are not vain—vain theorists, but essentially men bf practice—not conceited pedants, wrapped up in their own mysterious importance, but humble inquirers after truth—proud only of what they may have achieved or won for the general use of man. Neither are they daring and presumptuous unbelievers. A character which ignorance has affixed to them, who would, like the Titans;-storm heaven by placing mountain upon mountain till hauled down from the height attained, by the terrible thunders of outraged JoVe ; but rather the pilgrims to the Holy Land, who toil on in search of the sacred shrine—in search of truth—God's truth—God's laws—as manifested in His works in His creation. (Loud and con tinued applause.) Sir BENJAMIN BRODIE theri, in a few words, moved, and the Loan PROVOST briefly, seconded, a vote of thanks to his Royal Highness the :Prince Consort, which was heartily given, the whole company rising and cheering. • The address occupied an hour in delivery. PUBLICATIONS. AT a GENERAL COURT of Proprietors, held Setit at the Bank of England, on THURSDAY, the 15th ~ ember, 1859 ~iteaolved 46 r vo vern . hat the thanks of this Court be given to the 4 11 ,.. or, Deputy-Governor, and Court of Directors of the ,k °f Exigland for their able management of the affairs of 0 4 0 rPoration during the last half-year." the Daily That the said Resolution be advertised in all altY Morning and Evening papers." JAMES STEUART, Secretary. OYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT lU INSTITUTION.—The Committee of this Institution earnestly appeal to the public for pecuniary ass stanc • to aid them, to meet the present heavy demands on the limited funds of the Society. THOMAS BARING, Chairman. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Deputy-Chairman. PresidentL—Colonel Sykes, M.P., F.R.S., F.G.S. Secretaries—Dr. Strang, H. A. Smith, Esq. Section G.—Mechanical Science. President—Robert Stephenson, Esq., M.P., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.G.S. Secretaries—H. Wright, Esq., Peter Le Neve Foster, Esq., R. Abernethy, Esq. THE GENERAL MEETING. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., A LIFE FOR A LIFE. By the Author of "John Halifax, Gentleman," "A Woman's Thoughts about Women," Azc. " In 'A Life for a Life' the author is fortunate in a good subject, and she has produced a work of strong effect"— Atheneum. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Sept. 13, 1859. Contributions will be thankfully received by Messrs. Willis and Co. ; Coutts and Co. ; nerries and Co. • and of the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi,'W.C.at the office The first general meeting of the association was held in the New Music Hall last night at half-past eight o'clock. The hall, which is just completed, and was opened last night for the first time, is capable of accommodating up wards of 2,000 comfortably; and eve r y c orner was ciewded last night by a brilliant assemblage to hear the inaugural address of the Prince Consort. His Royal Highness (who is the guest of Alexander Thomson, Esq., the Convener of the County) arrived at Banchory House from Balmoral yesterday afternoon, and arrived at the Music Hall a few minutes before the hour of meeting. Among those who accompanied H.R.H. to the platform were, Sir David Brewster, Sir Charles Lyell, Lord Provost of Aberdeen, Dean of Armagh, Col. Sykes, M.P. ; Mr. Tite, M.P. ; Rev. Dr. Lloyd, Dublin; General Sabine, Dr. Norman Macleod, Professors Faraday, Hopkins, Rogers, Blackie, Laycock, Shank More, Bennet, Allman, Feltner, and Phil lips ; Lord Rosse, Duke of Richmond, Lord Monteagle, and Sir W. A. Hamilton. Professor OwLN, the retiring President, took the chair precisely at half-past eight o'clock, and after a brief ad dress resigned the Presidential chair. TAE GREAT EASTERN. AMENDED ,ARRANGEMEItTS.—In consequence of the accident th e e" occurred on board the Great Eastern on Friday last, , e following alterations' in the dates of sailing have been o " ' r ed necessary :—From PORTLAND, near Weymouth, krindthe Trial Trip on the Bth October, instead of thel7th inst., th e fr om HOLYFIEAD to PORTLAND, United States, on it 2 Oth October, instead of the 29th Inst. 4t hvaY arrangements will be shortly announced. sh i ° l :Turther particulars apply at the offices of the Great P Company (Limited). 11, Ki ng William-street. By order, J. A. TATES, Secretary. RED SEA AND INDIA TELEGRAPH COMPANY.—Notice is hereby given, that this Com pany will be prepared to TRANSMIT MESSAGKS for the public on and after the Ist of October, and till further notice, between ALEXANDRIA and ADEN ; and that the follow ing scale of tharges has been fixed for through messages over this portion of their line, viz. : For a message ortwenty words , i ncludin g the address — From Alexandria to Suez . 48. Kossier..... . Suakin 2ls. Aden . The Directors have entered into a provisional agreement with the Electric and International Telegraph Company for the transmission of their messages to and from Alexandria, and agents have been specially appointe d for that purpose. Arrangements have also been concluded with the Indian Government and the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Naviga tion Company with regard to messages between India and Aden. The only routes at present available between this country and Alexandria are those via Marseilles and Trieste, but the Mediterranean Extension Company expect shortly to open their new line to Malta, whilst there is every probability that a direct communication with Alexandria will be esta blished through Constantinople in the course of a few weeks. In the meantime messages for the Red Sea, India, Austra lia, or China can be despatched from any station of the Eleci trio and.. International Telegraph Company, via Trieste or Marseilles, at the following rates : For a single message of not exceeding twenty words, in cluding the address— Now ready, at all the Libraries, in. 3 vols., RAISED TO THE PEERAGE. By MRS. OCTAVIUS OWEN. "We heartily welcome Mrs. Owen into the sisterhood of novelists, and are confident that Raised to the Peerage,' will make her' name a household word among our reading circles."—John Bull. "Mrs. Owen's work abounds in incident ; and a series of scenes are presented in rapid succession, with a power of graphic delineation and vivacity of spirit which may befairly commended."—Sunday Times. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE GREAT EASTERN AT WEYMOUTH. R A „ CHEAP EXCURSIONS. via GR EAT WESTERN le a AY.—nn TUESDAY, September 20th, a Train wl ve the Paddinon Station at 6.45 a.m. for Weymouth. re- B ur ning on Wednesday, the 21st, or on Frida y , Sept. 23d, at x. r e A t ho on THURSDAY, Sept. 22, fro m Paddington at 6.45 a.m., on Friday, the 23d, at 5.45 a.m. THE GREAT EASTERN at WEYMOUTH. The GREAT EASTERN is now lying at PORTLAND, ICI nn for the reception of visitors, previous to SICIS on her Trial yoyage.—SPECIAL FAST MCCUE ,t TRAINS, via SOUTH-WEST KIM RAILWAY, will 6i n on each Week-day, from 9th to 17th September, ineld i:el t ° WEYMOUTH, from London and the undermen tlied Stations, as follows FARES TO WEYMOUTH AND BACK. First Second Covered Le Class. Class. Carriages , heave London (Waterloo - A.M. bridge Station at 7.0 Vauxhall at 7.6 t, Kingston at 7.25 Woking at 7.50 Farnborough at 8.5 8 . 35 Winchest. , r n .Cr " Bishopstoke at 9.30 Southampton (West- 1 105. 85. 65 A r , end ).9.45 , Station ere at Weymouth at 12. 5 ttet ar p i,urning from Weymouth each week da y at 4.30 p.m., an ci T he in London about 9 . 45 p .m. T „ . e Excursion Tickets will be av ailable to return by the , Excursion Train on the day following that on which ul th ey are issued, thus enatilng p a ssengers to remain at Wey p„7lll from 12 noon till 4.30 p. m. on the following day ; or sengers with Excursion Tickets may return by the Ex si 41011 Train the same day, in their option. Ex eir eta taken on Saturday are available to return by cursion the pedal Train on Monday. I,,hildren under Three Free ; Three to 12, Half Fares m l :kets not transferable:and available at Weymouth only. A Sall carpet-bag only allowed as luggage. wainboats will ply between Weymouth Quay and the eat sl i t, r. Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., THE TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA ; showing why they so often appear In curable, when in reality they might be removed by the most simple means. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " This work is the production of a surgeon whose special attention has been directed, through a long professional life, to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases which Mr. Conrtenay has given supply ample evidence of his great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management is founded. By his systematic man ag,rement an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuable contribution, both ti the general and professional reader, and ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject to stricture."—Medical Circular, Dec. Ist, 1858. London: H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. s. From England to Suez(including the charge to Alexandria) 0 17 51 Kosseir 1, 4 Suakin 11 11 11 1.14 1, Aden 11 2 13 any Telegraph Station in India „ 2 17 Half the price of a single memage being charged for every, ten words or fraction of ten words inlxcess. - Thus, for a message from England to India of from twenty to thirty words, the charge will be £4 58. 6d. ; from thirty to forty words, £5 145., &c. Due notice will be given of the tariff via Malta as soon as the line comes into operation. Messages for Australia and China will be forwarded by post from Aden.. Messages from India, with the full payment due upon them, at the above rates, will be received at any of the Government Telegraph Stations in that country, and forwarded by tele graph to Bombay, and thence, by the first opportunity, to Aden. Messages from Australia and China must be sent by steamer to the Company's Superintendent at Aden, and de posits will be received at the office of' the Electric and Inter national Telegraph Company at Lothbury, as security for the payment of such messages by the parties receiving them in England. All messages will be forwarded by the first vessel leaving either of the Company's Terminal Stations, Alexandria or Aden. The Company will not be responsible in any cas e for dela y s arising either from the absence of such means of transmis sion, or from any interruption in the working of their tele graph, or from any other cause. In order to provide as far as possible against mistakes in the transmission of messages by the electric telegraph, every message of consequence ought to be repeated by being sent back from the station at which it is to be received, to the station from which it is orginally sent. aif the usual price , for transmission will be charged for repeating the message. Any further information may be obtained at the Company's office. 128. 10s. Ba. 111 E NAVY. H E FIRE K IN G TO THE 'EDITOR OF THE SUN. . _ - - - SlR,—Will you have the kindness to insert the following in your paper : " We, the undersigned, believe that Francesco Filliponi, the man condemned for perjury, has been deceived by Davidi Robin', the man who made the declaration before the magis trate that Christoforo Buono Core wished to poison Fran cesco Filliponi, but who afterwards disappeared ; and we beg to submit to the public the very words of Filliponi him self. " Giovanni Sartorelli, the confidential friend of the pri soner and promoter of the subscription ; Joseph Trefoldi, the landlord of Filliponi ; Pietro Ver duccini, the secretary of Filliponi; Giovanni Borgo, William King, G. C, Young, John Stowell, James Corrotti, Michele Colla, 'rhos. Flowers, Guard!' Domenico, De Bianchi Bellinetti, T. C. Bantasi, De Grussa Giacomo, friend of prisoner ; Francesco D the inventor he to who recommended those persons to be taught; Henry Fe drani, Sontano Francesco, Comanisci Antonio, W. A. Flarman, John Mombetti, Boosigjo Sus soni, Daniel Connor, Hubert Edifier, 11, Riley street, Chelsea, landlord of Filliponi. " The accusation Buono Core makes against me is that I did swear falsely. It is not true that he is the sole inventor of Fire-proof, for he has learned the composition from Frede rick Smith Gonsalez, who is the inventor, who taught both me and Buono Core, and he has all his certificates from Italy to prove it." WEYMOUTH and CHANNEL ISLANDS Q* STEAM PACKET COMPANY (Limited). —SUM aud''',,SERVICE, via GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY T "„EYMOUTII. DA"IJEEY SA TUR D AY, JERSEY every TUESDAY, THURS A„„.... and at 8 0 a.m., by the CYGNUS or ;II ILA Steam-ships. Ivlarough Booking* f r om principal stations on the Great stern Railway, at moderate rates. JOSEPH MAUNDERS, Manager and Secretary. By order of the Board, C. L. PEEL, Secretary. 62, Moorgate-street, E.C., London, Sept. 9, 1859, THE LONDON. The attention of Gentlemen t 8 especially drawn to the adVitaltErCS offered in these t le. reei't and spacious Saloons , which fulfil all the require sip 8 , of aeter a West-end club of the most ar istocratic and exclu f!, enar. ke „ ( , )1 1 trouve dans la Salle de Lec ture non seulement les et eurs juurneaux Anglais, mail aussi Allemand, Francais, THE BRITISII ASSOCIATION - AT F. SAWYER, Proprietor, 191, Fleet-street. ABERDEEN. THE ROYAL STATION HOTEL, Paragon street, - Hull, requires only to be visited to be pronounced °inoi the most splendid hotels in England. The situation is buil l aod healthful, a few minutes' walk from all the public th e "tngB and places of business, and being connected with tailway Station, affords railway passengers arriving or tering by every train day or night, the advantage of being att, e sPot, and having their wants and wishes immediately t o . r ee ; l l l o linblic should know that under the present manage eke: t he will flnd every . comfort and convenience at the ae oe ;,,,euarges they are paving at the minor hotels. It has 11 4oraodation for upwards of one h undfed and fifty visitors, so B u, op with every luxury a n hotel can command, and is anged for the advantag e of every class of visitor, that 4 8 , - ,,;an be had from ls. to 2s. ; Private Rooms, from 2s. to all of Dinners, from ls. 6d. to 2s. ; Dinners, from 2s. ; and aati e r er charges of that moderate character which will give vi sit. action to every class of visitor who may pay the hotel a Th e e hotel, contains Gentlemen and Ladies' Coffee doo m s; piPecia suite set apart for Commercial Gentlemen ; ten p arties s of Rooms ; large spacious Rooms for Dinner h ie t ` l es Public Meeting's &c., &c. ; two first-class Refresh 'it R ooms ; two Smoke Rooms ; Bath and Billiard Rooms. A Night Porter in attendance. EDWIN TAYLOR. Proprietor of the Royal Station Hotel, Hull, and Crescent Hotel, Filey. t o / : T ilt ---TAYLoR'S CRESCENT HOTEL, fronting the sea wa _amilies and Gentlemen. It has accommodation for up - five of one hundred and fifty visitors. Table D'Heste at trains,o'clock. O mn ib use s and Cabs from the hotel me et all the Good stabling and coach-houses. Moderate terms. (From the Scotsman.) The. twenty-ninth annual meeting of the British Associa tion for the Advancement of Science commenced yesterday (Wednesda) at Aberdeen under the most favourable aus pices. This being the first meeting the Association has held in the North of Scotland, it has excited the liveliest interest among all classes, which has naturally been in creased by the factthat his Royal Highness the Prince Con sort had agreed to assume the presidency of the association and deliver the opening address. The best evidence of the interest taken by the inhabitants of the district in the meet ing is the amount of the contributions to the fund in aid of the local expenses, which is already about £1,900 —or within £5OO of the sum subscribed at Leeds last year. On Monday and Tuesday every train brought a large number of strangers to attend the meeting, and yesterday the streets were thronged with visitors, and presented a gay appear ance, banners being displayed at all the public buildings. The meeting promises to be a most successful one in point of numbers, no less than 2,675 tickets having been taken out up io Tuesday evening. Yesterday morniig the recep tion room in Market-street was crowded with applicants for ickets, and up to two o'clock the numbers given out were • Old annual subscribers BO New annual do. - New life do. Old life do. Associates do. Ladies do. METROPOLITAN, COUNTIES, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent-street, Waterloo-place, London, S.W. Life Assurance, Annuities, and Endowments. Loans on real and personal security. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. T H TEA ESTABLISH MENT 4, and 5, King William-street, E.C. We beg to announce that on and after OCT. Ist, our Esta blishmclock, ent will be of 9 o'c loc CLOSED on as SATURDAY EVENINGS at 8 o' instead k, heretofor RIDGWAY AND CO. RUY IN THE CHEAPEST MARKET.- This was the advice of the late lamented statesman, Sir Robert Peel.—The EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY are still supplying Black, Green, or Mixed Tea, in 61b bags, at 2s. 4d. per lb; and Coffee in the Berry at 10d.—Warehouses ) 9, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, City. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.—Every person having an interest in domestic or farm animals should obtain a supply of this celebrated and economical hod, which will prove invaluable during the approaching, season. For keeping horses in"good condition it is unequal led. Pigs fatten with surprising rapidity upon it. and their flesh increases in flavour and value. Cowkeepers will find great advantage in the incrcaied_nu.ntity and improved qua= Sty of the milk during Its use. All animals are benefited by It. A pamphlet on this interesting subject, accompanied by Testimonials from the principal Nobility, Gentry, and Agri- culturists, forwarded on application. In casks containing 448 feeds (measures enclosed), price 505., carriage paid to any Railway Station in the United Kingdom. Post-offisaorders payable to Joseph Thorley, 77, Newgate-street, LoTwAi. N.B.—The public are cautioned against being impofied apon by worthless imitations. FURTHER IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES IN THE FAR NORTH. 122 1102 682 MCCOLLUM'S GREAT ANGLO-SAXON CIRCUS. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.- Almost an entire change of performance. New and niereating attractions. Two performances daily, commenc ' ,4 Z at 3and 8 p.m. Total 2049 ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. —These elegant rooms are now open for the 4 aier Season for Promenade Concerts, with the celebrated r _gYll Baud, con d u cted by Mons. A. LitMOtte ; principa l c o.n et_ a-piefon, M. Boulcourt. Da ncin g at 10 o'clock. Doors o p en at 8, commence at half-past. Admission, is. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, High Eolborn, RE-OPENED for the SEASON. — T his e stablishment, pre-eminently distinguished fo r the elegan3e and matchless beauty of its decorations, combined with the Cr Leution of its management, is OPEN EV ERY EVENING. t reat alterations and improvements have been made during b e re cese. and nothing has been left undone that could en ,itir the beauty of the place, or increase the comfort of the at t ° lll . Doors open at half-past 8; overture at 9; closing 12 Punctually. Admission ls. DAILY, AT THREE O'CLOCK ( and on MON- Dr jloAy and SATURDAY evenings at half-past eight), KAHN will DELIVER his celebrated a nd popular LEC -ItE on the " Philosophy of Marriage." The MUSEITM, 3, Tichborne-street, Haymarket, is OPEN fr e „ Tll ,:f (for gentlemen only). Admission, is. Handbook 'Visitors. Dr. Kahn's treatise on " The Philosophy of car nAge," free by post for twelve stamps, direct from the tabor, 17, Harley-str eet, I t eet Cavendish -square. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, kNo USED IN THE ROYA L LAUNDRY, PRONOUNCED BY HER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to he TILE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. WHEN YOU ASK FOR GLENFIELD P &TENT STARCH, BEE THAT YOU GET IT, As inferior kinds are often substituted. Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers, &c., C. ....___WOTHERSPOON & CO., GLASGOW AND LONDON DR. LA'MERT, Registered L.S.A., Honorary th Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, M.D. S University of Erlangen, &a, continues to be cases of Deb Nervousness, and the ON- Secretfrom infirmities of Youth, Manhood ility, , and Old Age, DAILY, 11 till 2, and from 6 till 8. at his residence, 37, BEDFORD -SQUARE, LONDON hr. La Mert has just publis hed, price Sixpence, with nu yri""a Engravings an d Cases, a New Ed i tion o f h is Work, entitled SELF-PRESERVATION, AN ESSAY ON NERVOUS DEBILITY. w b~ch will be lorwarded post free in a sealed envelope by fp -n n. Bookseller, a ny rnhill, London, or by the Author . , "on) , his residence, to address, for eight postage stamps. CONTENTS. tner tow I.—The Physiology of the Generative Organs. ti 'EeTtow IL—Puberty—Manhood -The Morale of Genera vr,e Physiology—True and False Morality. b"'neTtox lll—Marriage in its Social, Moral, and Physical "‘e,Yttion 6—lts Expectancies and Disappointments. bo "'ineriow IV.—Spermatorrhcea and Impotence —Sterility in b._ Sexes—Self-inflicted Miseries—Sad Consequences of Vent. per nicious V.—The Vices of Schools—E ff ects of certain per "cc o s t .habits on the mental and general faculties—lmport bitrierrMorrmlivl Discipline. I.—Treatment of Nervous and Generative De ftrioirsimPotence and Sterility—Dangerous Results of Novel Remedies—The Author's Principles of Treat ent tiara' edical, Dietetic, and General, derive d from Twenty successful practice. U BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABICA turto CHOCOLATE POWDER Contains the greatest to tint persona assimilated nourishment for strengthening ebte children, and infants with weak stonrchs, brew or nerves, and, at 3-pence per meal, affords a delicious o k fact, lunch, or supper. It is the best dietetic homcepa- N" nrePa-,, tion, and maybe eaten eithe Admirably adapted to r alone or mixed with rea." r arry r 's Revalenta Arabica Food. sb' infants with. u Tins at ls. 6 d ; 11 b. , 3 5.; 21b., ss. 9d. ; relop,"l2B. '`4 • 121 b 265. The 121 b. f orwarded carriage free, on p os iloffiee order. Du Barry and Co., 77 Regent eir London ; and through all Grocers and Chemists. NO MORE MEDIC INE RA,RRY'S DELICIOUS HEALTH-RESTORING ',ALF7sTA ARABICA FOOD Cures effectually Indig,es biii,,`,,dYgnepsi a), constipation, flatulency, phlegm, nerv l ousness, ne,, - ,," s ness, liver complaints, hysteria, neuralgia, s eepless 'rt.(' acidity, palpitation, heartburn, eruptions, impurities, ), lability, low spirits, diarrhoea, dysentery, hemorrhoids, "peains, noises' in the head and ears, debility, diabetes, oetween the shoulders, despondency, cramps, spa_sms, fit, s Z , and sickness (during pregnancy or at seal, sinkin con i '' n gh. asthma, bronchitis, consumption, also Children's mpelaints. nr extract a few out of 5,0 000 expressions of gratitude from alids thus cured : Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies of T e a 2 l 3 , years' dyspepsia. Cure No. 49,832. "Fifty years' co nbable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, A t"" , conctipation, flatulency, spasms. sickness at the excellent and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry Mar shall Food," Maria Joly. 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It consists of a small and elastic pad, to which a lever is attached, and (instead of the usual steel spring) a soft bandage, fitting so closely as to avoid detection. A descriptive circular may be had, and the trtlss forwarded by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer; Mr. John White, 228, Piccadilly. Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. Double ditto, 315. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. Post-office Orders to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. Maker of Elastic Stockings, Knee-caps, Sze. CERTAIN RELIEF for the AFFLICTED. = Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, are a sure remedy for affections of the liver, indigestion, bile, sick headache, giddiness, loss of appe tite, lowness of spirits, dic. 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Ife will therefore send free, secure from observation, on receipt of a direc he d env con , and two stamps to p re p a y postage, a copy of t book, co taining every information required. Address, James Wal lace, Esq.. Wilford-house, Burton-crescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. 3, GREAT MART HE LBOROUG PANTHEON H-STREET, W., NEAR .", -1-1' R. CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Licentiate of Afidwifery, and Apo thecaries' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as above, on all cases of Nervous Debility , Languor, Incapacity, Loss of Memory, Sterility, and all Functional Derangements of both Sexes, emanating from early and excessive indul gences. Has Just published, price is. ; by post, 13 stamps, 18 sealed, No. 4, An entire new and oridnal Work, entitled OURSELVES. al I:4ynopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation --The Origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. Also, an Exposition of, and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange . ments and Marital Disqualifications, MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Blennerrhagia (Gonorrlicg.), Sperrnatorrluea, Impotency, and all Diseases of the Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, &o. FEMALE. The Physiology and Anatomy of Women- Functional Ir regularities in Health and Sickness—Choice in Marriage — Their Expectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and ilemoval of Sterility—The Theory and Symßtoms of Gesta tion—Use of the Speculum, and the securing of Healthy Offspring. Also, . No. 1. HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY On Debility, Nervou sness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, N0._2.. __ - - LOVE AND MARRIAGE : Their Obligations, Happiness, and Disappointments ; Love and other Matches. Sterility Removed, and Healthy Off spring secured. No. 3. THE CASE BOOK : 100 Cases of SPERMATORRWEA, Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confessions and Cure by Cauterisations, Galvanism, &O. Sic. Stc. 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NO MORE MEDICINE Price 2d., free by post, a popular treatiNose, sixty-four Pages, THE NATURAL REGENERATIOf the DIGESTIVE ORGANS , practically illustrating the effectual Cure, without Medicine, Acidity, of Indigestio n ( dyspepsia ), habitual Constipation, Flatulency Palpitation of the Heart, Torpidity of the Liver, bdous Headaches Nervousness, Biliousness, General Debi lity, Cough, Asthma, Consumption;Despondency, Spleen, &c., i without Pills, Purgatives, or Medicine of any kind, by reader. London: simple, pleasant , and infallible means ; adapted to the general Barry Du Barry a Co. 77,1egent-otreet Among thoaewho have arrived in Aberdeen to be presen at the meeting are :—The Duke of Richmond, Earl of Sea field, Right Hon. Joseph Napier, ex-Lord Chancellor of Ireland ; Earl of Enniskillen, Earl of Caithness, Mr. Tite, M.P., Sir R. I. Murchison, Professor Faraday, Professor W. Thompson, Glasg ow ; General Sabine, General Secre tary; Lord Monteagle, Sir E. Belcher, Dr. Neill Arnett, Rear-Admiral Sir J. C. Rosse, Sir W. R. Hamilton, Rev. Dr. Robinson, Sir W. Jardine ; Professor G. Wilson, Edin burgh ; Mr. C. Wentworth Dilke, Mr. Hennessey, M.P., Archdeacon Fenwick, Professor Syme, Sir John Richard son ; Professor M'Donald, St. Andrews ; Professor Blackie, Professor Sedgwick ; Professor Dickey, Belfast. There were opened yesterday the following exhibitions, which were numerously attended throughout the day :—A collection of antiquities and works of art, collected with great taste and judgment, and no small amount of labour, by Mr. Charles E. Dalrymple and Mr. Jae. Hay Chalmers. It begins with relics of the earliest times, at brings us down through the long periods into which history does not penetrate, but where science is labouring to resuscitate con nected memorials, to those modern times on which history, romance, and tradition concentrate so much popular inte rest. In the collection of portraits are almost all the men who distinghished themselves in the North during the last two centuries, with many of the great names in Scottish history ; and, in the collection of autographs and autograph letters —of which Provost Webster has taken charge—there are MSS. mementoes of the persons whose portraits adorn the walls. In addition to this admirable illustration of local history, there was an excellent photographic exhibition, collected and arranged by Mr. John E. White; and, to those who wish to see something of local industry, most of the public works in the city are thrown open. MEETING OP GENERAL COMMITTEE. The general committee of the association held its first meeting in Marischal College yesterday, at 1 p.m., for the election of sectional officers, ani the despatch of the busi ness usually brought before that body. The chair was oc cupied by Professor Owen, and there was a large attend ance of the committee. The CHAIRMAN stated that the number of associates now admitted amounted to 2,000, about the number which the Music Hall could accommodate. There was, of course, no limit to the admission of members, but he wished to take the opinion of the committee whether the admission of as sociates—a question of the relation of nuntbers to space— "should not be limited to the number stated. It was agreed that the number should be limited to 2,000. Professor PHILLIPS, assistant general secretary, read the minutes of the last two meetings of the general committee, which were confirmed. The SECRETARY then read the report of the general council, which was chiefly occupied by a detail of the pre. ceedings taken by the council with the view of obtaining a series of magnetical and meteorological observations at Vaneouver's Island, Newfoundland, the Falkland Isles, and Pekin. . The report was approved of. Professor PHILLIPS read the abstract of the general trea surer' s report, from which it appeared that there was abalance at the commencement of last year's meeting at Leeds of £238 13s. 3d., the whole money available after the Leeds meeting having been £2,627 17s. Sd. The grants for the year amounted to £1,275. The maintenance of Kew estab lishment amounted to £5OO, and a like sum had been in vested in the 3 per cent. consols. , The balance at present, after expending several small sums, was £199 7s. 10d. The report was adopted. The meeting then proceeded to the election of presidents and secretaries of the various sections . at the Aberdeen meeting, when the following gentlemen were elected : Section A.—Mathematical and Physical Science. President—The Earl of Rosse, M.A., K.P., F.R.S., M.R.1.A., F.R.A.S. Secretaries—Professor Stevelley, H. J. S. Smith, Esq., M.A., J. P. Hennessey, Esq., M.P., Professor Maxwell. Section B.—Chemical Science. President—Dr. Lyon Playfair, C. 8., F.R.S., F.G.S F.C.S. Secretaries—Dr. Gladstone, Dr. Odling, G. D. Liveing, M.A., J. S. Brazier, Esq. Section C.—Geology. President—Sir Charles Lyell, LL.D., D. C .L., F.R.S, F.G.S., &c. Secretaries—Professor Harkness, H. C. Sorby, Esq., Rev. Dr. Longmuir. Section D.—Zoology and Botany, including Physiology President—Sir W. Jardine, Bart., F.R.S.E. Secretaries--Dr. Lankestsr, Professor Dickie, Dr. Ogilvie. Secretary for Sub-Section of Physiology—Dr. Redfern. Section E.—Geography and Ethnology. President—Rear-Admiral Sir J. C. Ross, D,C. L, F.R.S., F.L.S., F.R.A.S. Secretaries—Dr. Norton Shaw, Dr. Cull, Professor Geddes. • PRINCE ALBERT'S INAUGURAL . ADDRESS. His Royal Highness the. Prince Consort took the chair vacated by Professor Owen ,amidst enthusiastic applause, and proceeded to deliver the following address :—Gentlemen of the British Association—Your kind invitation to me to undertake the office of your president for the ensuing year could not but startle Me, on its firtst,announcement. The high position which science occupies; the vast number of distinguished men who labour in her sacred cause, and whose achievements, while spreading innumerable benefits, justly attract the admiration.of mankind, contrasted strongly in my mind with the consciousness of my own insignificance in this respect. I, a simple admirer and would-be student of. science, to take the place of the chief spokesman of the scientific men of the day assembled in furtherance of their important objects. The thing appeared to me impossible ; yet, on reflection, I came to the conclusion that, if not as a contributor to or director of your labours, I might still be useful to you, useful to science, by accepting your offer. Remembering that this association is a popular association, not a secret confraternity of men jealously guarding the mysteries of their profession, but inviting the uninitiated — the public at large—to join them, having as one of its ob jects to break down those imaginary and hurtful barriers which exist between men of science and so-called men of practice, I felt that I could, from the peculiar po sition in which Providence has placed me in this country, appear as the representative of that large public which profits by and admires your exertions, but is unable actively to join in them, that my elec tion was an act of humility on your part which to reject would have looked like false humility—that is, like pride—on mine (Great applause.) But I reflected fur ther, and saw in my acceptance the means, of which neces sarily so few are offered to her Majesty, of testifying to you through the instrumentality of her husband, that your labours are not unappreciated by your Sovereign—(loud cheers)—and that she wishes her people to know this as well as yourselves. (Renewed cheers.) Guided by these reflections, my choice was speedily made, for the path of duty lay straight before me. If this, however, are the mo tives which have induced me to accept your flattering offer of the presidency, a request on my part is hardly necessary that you will receive my efforts to fulfil its duties with kind indulgence. (Cheers.) If it were possible for anything to make me still more aware how much I have need of such indulgence, it would be to succeed as your president a man of whom this country is justly proud, and whose name stands among the foremost of the naturalists in Europe for his patience in investigation, conscientiousness in observa tion, boldness of imagination, and acuteness in reasoning. You have no doubt listened with pleasure to his parting address, and I beg to thank him for the flattering manner in which he has alluded to me in it. The association meets for the first time to-day in these regions, and in this ancient and interesting city. The poet in his works of fiction has to choose, and anxiously to weigh, where to lay his scene, knowing that; like the painter, be is thus laying in the background of his picture, which will give tone and colour to the whole. The stern and dry reality of life is governed by the same laws ; and we axe here living, feeling, and thinking under the influence of the lopalimpressions of this northern seaport. The choice appeat4 to Me a good one. The travel ling philosophers have had to come far, but in approaching the Highlands of Scotland they meet nature in its wild and primitive form, and nature is the object of their studies. The geologist will not find many novelties in yonder moun tains, because he will stand there on the bare back-bone of the globe. But the primary rocks which stand out in their nakedness exhibit the grandeur and beauty of their peculiar form. And in the splendid quarries of this neighbourhood are seen to peculiar advantage the closeness and hardness of their mass, and their inexhaustible supply made avail able for the use of man by the application of new mechanical powers. On this primitive soil the botanist and zoologist will be attracted only by a limited range of plants and animals, but they are the very species which the extension of agriculture and increase of population are gradually driving out of many parts of the country. On those blue hills the red deer in vast herds hold =disturbed dominion over the wild heathery forest, until the sportsman, fatigued and unstrung by the busy life of the bustling town, invades the moor to regain health and vigour by measuring his strength with that of the antlered monarch of the hill. But notwithstanding all his efforts to overcome an antagonist possessed of such superiority of power, swiftness caution, and keenness of all . the senses, the sportsman would find himself baffled had not science supplied h'm with the tele scope-and those terrible weapons which seem daily to progress in the precision with which they carry the deadly bullet, mocking distance, to the mark. (Cheers.) In return for the help which science has afforded him, the sportsman can supply the naturalist with many facts which he alone has opportunity of observing, and which may assist the solu tion of some interesting problems, suggested by the life of the deer. Man, also, the highest object of our study, is found in vigorous, healthy development, presenting a happy mixture of the Celt, Goth, Saxon, and Dane, ac quiring his strength on the hills and the sea. The Aber deen whaler braves the icy regions of the polar sea to seek and to battle with the great - monster of the deep. He has materially assisted in opening these icebound regions to the researches of science—he fearlessly aided in the search after Sir John Franklin and his gallant companions, whom their country sent forth on this mission, but to whom Pro vidence, alas 1 has denied the reward of their labours—the return to their homes, to the affectionate embrace of their families and friends, and the acknowledgments of a grate ful nation. The city of Aberdeen itself is rich in interest for the philosopher—its two lately united universities niake it a seat of learning and science. The collection of anti quities formed for the present occasion enables him to dive Into olden times, and by contact with the remains of the handiwork of, the ancient inhabitants of Scotland, to enter into the spirit of that peculiar and interesting people, which has always attracted the attention and touched the hearts of men accessible to the influence of heroic poetry. (Loud cheers.) The Spalding Club, founded in this city for the preservation of the historical and literary remains of the north-eastern counties orticothina, is honourably known by its important publications. Gentlemen, this is the twenty-ninth anni versary of the foundation of this association, and well may we look back with satisfaction to its operations and achieve ments throughout the time of it s existence. When, on the 27th September, 1831, the meeting of the Yorkshire Philo sophical Society took place at York in the theatre of the Yorkshire Museum, under the presidency of the late Earl Fitswilliam, then Viscount Milton, and the Rev. W. Ver non Harcourt eloquently set forth the plan for the forma tion of a British Association for the promotion of science, .which he showed to have become a want for this country, the most ardent supporter of this association could not have anticipated that it would start into life, full grown, as it were, enter at once upon its career of usefulness, and pur sue it without deviation from the original design, triumph ing over the oppositions which it had to encounter in com mon with everything that is new and claims to be useful. Gentlemen, this proved that the want was a real and not an imaginary one, and that the mode in which it was in tended to supply that want was based upon a just apprecia tion of unalterable truths. Mr. Vernon Harcourt summed up the desiderata in graphic words, which have almost iden tically been retained as the exposition of the objects of the society, printed at the head of the annually appearing vo lume of its transactions —to give a stronger impulse and more systematic direction to scientific inquiry ; to promote the intercourse of those who cultivate science in different parts of the empire with one another and with foreign philosophers ; and to obtain a more genera)l attention to objects of science, and a removal of any disadvantages of a public kind which impede its progress. To define the nature of science, to give an exact and complete definition of what that science, to whose service the association is devoted, is and means, naturally must at all times occupy the metaphysician. He has answered the question in various ways, more or less satisfactorily to himself or others. To me science in its most general and comprehensive acceptation means the know ledge of what I know, the consciousness of human know ledge. Hence to know is the object of all science, and all special knowledge, if brought to our consciousness in sepa rate distinctiveness from, and yet in its recognised relation to, the totality of our knowledge, is scientific knowledge. We require, then, for science—that is to say, for the acqui sition of scientific knowledge—those two activities if our mind which are necessary for the acqu isition of any know- ledge—analysis and mnthesis—the first to dissect and re duce into its component parts the object to be investigated, and to render an at ate account to ourselves of the nature and qualities of these parts by observation ; the second to re compose the observed and understood parts into a unity in our consciousness, exactly answering to the object of our in vestigation. The labours of the man of science are there fore at once the most l nimble and the loftiest which man can undertake. He only ices what every little child does from, its first awakening int o life—and must do every moment of its existence—and yet ho aims at the gradual approximation to Divine truth itself.. If, then, there exists no difference between the work of the man of science and that of the merest child, what constitutes the distinction ? ' Merely the conscious self-determil ration. The child observes what acci dent brings before it, and unconsciously forms its notion of it. The so-called•prisctical man observes what his special work forces upon him, and he forms his notions upon it with reference to this particular work. The man of science observes what he intends to observe, and• knows why he in tends it. (Cheers.) The value which this peculiar object has in his eyes is not determined by accident, nor by an ex ternal cause—such as the mere connection with work to be performed—but by the place which he knows this object to hold in the general universe of knowledge—by the relation which it bears to other parts of that general knowledge. (Cheers.) To arrange , and classify that universe of know ledge becomes therefore the first and perhaps the most im portant object and duty of science. It is only when brought into a system, by sep "rating the incongruous and Combin ing those elements in which we have been enabled to dis cover the internal connexion which the Almighty has im planted in them, that we can hope 'to grapple with the boundlessnes of his creation, and with the laws which go vern both mind and matter. (Cheers.) The operation of science, then, has been systematically to divide human knowledge, and raise, as it were, the separate grounds of subjects for scientific consideration into different and distinct sciences. The tendency to create new sciences is peculiarly apparent in our present age, and is per haps inseparable from so rapid a progress as we have seen in our days. For the acquaintance with and mas tering of distinct branches of knowledge enables the eye, from the newly-gained points of sight, to see the new ramifications into which they divide themselves, in strict consecutiveness, and with logical necessity. But in thus gaining new centres of light from which to direct our re searches, and new and powerful means if adding to its ever-increasing treasures science approaches no nearer to the limits of its range, although travelling further and fur ther from its original point of departure. For God's work is infinite, and the boundlessness of the universe whose confines appear ever to retreat before our finite minds, strikes us no less with awe, when, prying into the starry crowd of heaven, we find new works revealed to us by every increase in the power of the telescope, and when the micro scrope discloses to us in a drop of water, or an atom of dust, new worlds of life and animation, or the remains of such as have passed away. (Cheers.) Whilst the tendency to push systematic investigation in every direction enables the individual miad of man to bring all the power of whick he is capable to bear on the specialities of his study, and enables a greater number of labourers to take part in the universal work, it may be feared that consciousness of its, unity which must pervade the whole of science, if it is not; to lose its last and highest point of sight, m a y suffer. It has occasionally been given to rare intellects of the highest genius to follow the various sciences in their divergent roads, and yet to preserve the point of sight from which alone their totality can be comtemplated and directed. Yet how rare i the appearance of such gifted intellects ; and if theybefoun at intervals, they remain still single individuals, with all th imperfections of human nature. The only mode of sup plying, with any certainty, this want, is to be sought in the combination of men of science, representing all the speciali; ties, and working together, for the common object of pre.: serving that unity, and presiding over that general direc tion. This has been to some extent done to many coun tries by the establishment of academies embracing the whole range of the sciences, whether physical or metaphy sical, historical or political. In the absence of such an in! stitution in this country, all lovers of science must rejoice at the existence and activity of this association—(cheers)- 1 - which embraces in its sphere of action, if not the whole range of the sciences, yet a very large and important section of them—those known as the inductive sciences, excluding all that are not approached by the inductive method of in vestigation. It has, for instance (and, considering its pecu liar organisation and mode of action, perhaps not unwisely) eliminated from its consideration and discussions those which came under the description of moral and political sciences. This has not been done from undervaluing their importance and denying their sacred rights to the special attention of mankind, but from a desire to deal with those sUbjeets only which can be reduced to positive proof, and do not rest on opinion or faith. The subjects of the moral and political sciences involve not only opinions but feelings, and their discussion frequently rouses passions, for feelings are " sub jective," as the German metaphysician has it., they are in separable from the individual being—an attack upon them is felt as one upon the person itself, whilst facts are objec tive, and belong to everybody; they remain the same facts at all times and under all circumstances. They can be proved, they have to be proved, an d when proved, are finally settled ; it is with facts only that the association deals. There may for a time exist differences of opinion qn these'also, but the process of removing them and resolving them into agreement is a different one from that in the moral and political sciences. These are generally ap • preached by the deductive process ; but if the reasoning be ever so acute and logically correct, and the point of depar ture which may be arbitrarily selected is disputed, no agree ment is possible. Whilst we proceed here by the inductive process, taking nothing on trust, nothing for granted, but reasoning upwards from the meanest fact established, and making every stay sure before going one beyond it, like the engineer in his approaches to a fortress, we thus gain ultimately a roadway, a ladder, by which even a child may, almost without knowing it, ascend to the summit of truth, and obtain that immensely wide and extensive view which is spread below the feet of the astonished beholder. This road has been shown us by the great Bacon, and who can contemplate the prospects which it opens without almost falling into a trance similar to that in which he allowed his imagination to wander over future ages of dis covery. (Cheers.) From amongst the political sciences it has been attempted in mode& times to detach one which admits of being severed from individual political opinions, and of being reduced to abstract laws, derived from well authenticated facts. I mean political economy, based upon general statistics. A new association has lately been formed, imitating our perambulating habits, and striving to comprehend in its investigations and discussions, even a still more extended range of subjects in what is called "social science." These efforts deserve our warmest appro bation and goodwill. Our own association has since its meeting at Dublin recognised the growing claims of politi cal economy to scientific brotherhood, and admitted it into its statistical section. It could not have done so under abler guidance and happier auspices than the presidency of the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr. Whately, whose efforts in this direction are so universally appreciated. But even in this section, and whilst statistics alone were treated in it, the asociation, as far back as 1833, made it a rule that in order to ensure positive results only those classes of facts should be admitted which were capable of being expressed by numbers, and which promised when sufficiently multiplied to indicate general laws. If, then, the main object of science —and I beg to be understood henceforth as speaking only of that section which the association has under its special care—viz., inductive science—if, I say, the object of science is the discovery of the laws which govern natural phenomena, the primary condition for its success ,is accurate observation and collection of facts in such comprehensiveness and completeness as to furnish the philosopher with the necessary material from which to draw safe conclusions. Science is not of yesterday—we stand on the shoulders of past ages, and the amount of ob servations made, and facts ascertained, has been trans mitted to us, and carefully preserved in the various store houses of science. Other crops have been reaped, but still lie scattered on the field. Many a rich harvest is ripe for cutting, but waits for the reaper. Economy of labour is the essence of good husbandry, and no less so in the field of science. Our association has felt the importance of this truth( and may well claim as one of its principal merits the constantendeavour to seeurethat economy. Oneof the latest undertakings of the association has been the conjunction of scientific memoirs, which, by combining under one head the titles of all memoirs written on a certain subject will, when completed, enable the student who wishes to gain information on that subject, to do so with the greatest ease. It gives him, as it were, the plan of the house, and the key to different apartments in which the mea sures relating to his subject are stored, saving him at once a painful and laborious search, and affording him, at the same time, an assurance of what is here offerer, contains the whole of the treasures yet acquired, while this has been one of its latest attempts. The asso ciation has from its very beginning kept in view that its main sphere of usefulness lay in that concentrated atten tion to all scientific operati ons which a g eneral gives to the movements of his army, watching and regulating the progress of his impetuous soldiers in the different direl y tions to which their orders may have led them, carefully noting the gaps which may arise from their independent and eccentric action, and attentively observing what impediments may have stopped, or may threaten to stop, the progress of certain columns. Thus it attempts to fix and record the position and progress of the different labours by its reports on the state of sciences publishei annually in its transactions. Thus it directs the atten tion of the labourers to those gaps which require to be filled up, if the progress is to be a safe and ste ad y one. Thus it comes forward with a helping hand' in striving to remove those impediments which the unaided efforts of the individual labourer have been or may be wa. The Lords of the Admiralty landed from the Os borne yacht in Hamoaze at the Devonport Dockyard at half-past 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning. The First Lord, the Duke of Somerset. went to the office of the Admiral Superintendent, Sir T. Pasley, and held a levee, which was attended by a large number of naval officers residing in the western district. Admiral Pelham, Commodore Eden, and Sir B. Walker were in the meantime occupied in the Arsenal. At half-past one their lordships returned to the Osborne, and after a short delay visited the gardship of ordinary, Royal William, 104, flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir T. Pasley ; the new screw steam frigate Orlando, 50, Mr. Buchan, chief engi neer, and one of the gunboats, and then pulled for the powderworks at Bull Point. During the after noon Admiral Pelham, Commodore Eden, and Sir Baldwin Walker inspected the Royal Sailors' Home at Devonport, and expressed themselves pleased with the arrangements. In the evening the Lords of the Admiralty entertained Port Admi ral Sir Barrington Reynolds, the various naval officers in commission, and the heads of depart ments at Moorshead's Royal Hotel, Devonport, after which they patronised a ball in favour of the Royal Female Orphan Asylum, which took place in St. George's-hall, Stonehouse. The business of the Board at Plymouth would close probably yester day, and their lordships are expected to leave to day. Their next place of inspection is Pembroke. Yesterday intelligence was received at the Ad miralty, under date Lagos, West Coast of Africa, Aug. 16, that on the 18th of July Lieut. Hope, of her Majesty's gunboat Brune, with Mr. E. J. Kil brow, second master, James Mack, gunner's mate, and 10 kroomen, were off the Bar of Lagos taking soundings, when their boat got into the surf, was capsized, and every soul perished except one kroo man, who was picked up four days afterwards 70 miles distant, clinging to the boat and nearly dead from want of food and water. The Defence Commissioners, who are now at Ply mouth, inspected Catwater, Catdown, and the Laira on Wednesday. There being no outwork of any description, this district, which lies to the eastward of the town, is quite unprotected, excepting that part which is near the citadel. The screw frigate Ariadne, 32, having had her lower masts put on board, was yesterday removed from the shear-hulk and taken into the large second dock at Chatham, for the purpose of being rigged and made ready for sea. The naval store ship Hope is making good her defects at Chatham. The Odin, 22, paddle, in the steam basin at Ports mouth, got up steam yesterday to try machinery. She is ordered to be prepared forimmediate service. The Sphinx, 6, paddle, and the Ringdove, 6, screw despatch vessel, are also under orders to be at once prepared for commission. The Colossus, 80, screw steamship, lit fires in the steam basin at Portsmouth yesterday for the purpose of testing the efficiency of her furnace in the filling of hollow shot with molten iron. The Serpent target brig was selected as a mark on which to try the effect of these fearful missiles, fired from a gun on board her Majesty's ship Excellent. The fur nace worked in the most satisfactory manner, sup plying without any difficulty fully one ton of molten iron per hour. To explain this any' further is quite needless for obvious reasons, but we may state that the hollow shot or globes which were to be filled with the liquid iron were supplied by the patentee, and were of three different degrees of sub stance. No. 1 representing the thickness of iron to 11 inch in one part, and in the opposites an inch. No. 2, 4 inch, and t an inch. No. 3, 4 inch, and aof an inch. The effects of these globes of liquid metal striking a ship are supposed to be, that they would break, and scattering the liquid metal on the woodwork of the ship, at once set her on fire. The nature of the experiment yesterday, however, precluded its being tried in this sense, and it was merely tried with reference to its effects as compared with red hot shot as hitherto prepared for such purposes. The hollow iron globes were filled with the molten iron from the furnace on board the Colossus alongside the north wall of the steam basin, and were then conveyed in an iron bucket to a boat on the opposite side of the quay, which pulled aboard the Excellent ; the average time from the metal being run off from the furnace until the missile left the mouth of the gun on its errand of destruction being six minutes. To ascertain the ef fects of the practice it was of course necessary that the shot should effect a lodgment in the object fired at, but this was found, from the rotten state of the Serpent and the short range-800 yards—to be a matter of too great difficulty. Ten shots were fired altogether, two of which burst, but the metal inside of them had lost too much of its liquidity from the length of time it had been drawn from the furnace to produce the effects intended in its liquid state. It is expected that the Colossus will be moved out of the steam basin, and further experiments carried out from her own guns at the Undaunted target ship at a longer range. Capt. R. S. Hewlett, C. 8., of her Majesty's ship Excellent, directed the experi ments. On the occasion of the paying off the Alarm, 26, Captain Curry, last week, at Devonport, £5,200 was paid to the crew in half an hour, and several of the men received upwards of £lOO. They wore all perfectly sober at the pay-table, and when paid, those not belonging to the neighbourhood proceeded to their respective homes. The Alarm had a very young crew ; they were in good:discipline, and very well behaved—the generality of them continuous service men. A long service medal and gratuity of £l5 was awarded to John Sinclair, boatswain s mate, and William Barthrop, private, R.M. Good conduct gratuities were also given to six other petty . officers. The Alarm has had an alarming name during her commission, but, en tirely owing to the admirable management of Captain Corry, few ships have ended their term of service more favourably. He will have no difficulty in getting men, should he again commission a ship. Several of the officers are also much respected. Many of the officers of the dockyard observed that they bad not known a hip to pay off more credita bly, or a crew that were more orderly. On Friday evening the gun-room officers gave a splendid en tertainment at the Royal Hotel, to which were in vited Lieuts. Hooper and Legh, Mr. Death, pay master, and Mr. Bluett, assistant surgeon. Lieut Hooper was prevented, by a serious illness, from being present. So pleasant an evening had not been before, during the Alarm's commission. The Rhadamanthus paddle steamer arrived yester day at Portsmouth, with machinery, from Woolwich. The Svetlana, Russian frigate, left the Mother bank yesterday, at 6 p.m. On leaving she exchanged the customary salutes with the garrison and her Majesty's ship Victory. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Captain R. D. White, to the Madagascar, vice Commander Leycester, su perseded at his own request; Dr. W. M. C. Saunders, surgeon, to the Renown ; Charles S. Harford, midshipman, to the Arrogant; Alan B. Thomas, midshipman, to the Marlborough; R. F. Hammick, midshipman, t o the Melpomene , • and the Hon. A. F. Hood, midshipman, to the Trafalgar. (From the Australian Mail.) Mr. Stuart returned to Adelaide yesterday in the Marion steamer from Port Augusta after an absence of six months. His party consisted of two persons besides himself, and they had with them about four pack and four or five saddle horses. Mr. Stuart's first business was to survey and lay off the runs discovered and claimed by him some time ago. After that work was finished he started with his party on a further exploratory expedition, and the result has been the discovery of an immense tract of country exceeding in richness of pasturage and abundance of water anythinc , that has yet been met with. The distance traversed was 300 miles beyond the farthest point reached by Mr. Babbage and Major Warburton, and the country was found to be luxuriant beyond description. Mr. Stuart started from the Emerald Springs about the begin ning of April , and r eached lat. 26 S., the northern boundary of the colony, about the middle of May, and during his entire journey there and back he states that he was never a single day without water. The country traversed consisted chiefly of immense plains interspersed with innumerable hillocks from 100 to 150 feet high, from the sum mits of which gushed springs of pure fresh water intersecting the plains and discharging themselves into numerous creeks and rivers running in an easterly direction. One of the rivers discovered is reported by Mr. Stuart to be three miles broad in one part of its course. The ranges flanking the plain are chiefly table-topped and about 1,000 feet high. Mr. Stuart made a detour occasionally of from twenty to thirty miles on each side of his track, and found the country everywhere of the same beautiful description • and it seemed to be of a similar character as far the eye could roach beyond the farthest point atta ined b y him. Indeed, he seems to have turned back through surfeit of good. country. He thinks there would not be any diffi culty whatever in crossing over to the Gulf of Car pentaria, or to any other portion of the north coast. His impression is that an inland lake or sea exists its to the eastward, which probably discharges waters in Victoria River to the north-west. At any rate, the theory that the centre of New Holland is nothing but a desert may now be exploded. Mr. Stuart has brought back specimens of the grasses, seeds, and minerals of the country, the latter of which are said to include some precious stones. A considerable portion of the ground traversed is represented as auriferous. We have had an oppor tunity of inspecting Mr. Stuart's map and sketches, which are at present in a rough state, but we are not at liberty to publish further details at present. We hope pbe able to do so in a few days. We need scarcely say that should these new and im portant discoveries be verified, we hope that Mr. Stuart will meet with some adequate reward for his enterprise as an explorer from the Government and the country. THE 10TH OF OCTOBER AND THE INCOME TAX. —Under the new Income Tax Act the 10th October is the half-year in which the additional income tax of 4d. in the pound on £l5O and upwards, and under that sum of lid. will become due. abmade Under epoa s ni c d h oir e n d aul.ll2teezßetehtichese firstin new li Ou r a cot t fo e bl i Be n rwiik a g t ~ Eng land is 2d. in the pound and lid. in Scotland and Irel and. - e tme allowed to maltsters in consideration e of t l A h n er discounteexs pc respect t t o is dutyimalt, o a i l b s t the reduction of credit. The act recites that her Majesty's mK o in st o d o u ni tifu i l n an r d ar l i o i y a a ra l Com mons e su nt bj as ect s s e , m th bl e ed, necessary supplies, have freely and of the United give and 'grant to her Majesty . the seorawla rates voluntarily resolved to under the act. DISINFECTING PLASTER.—The French Academy of Sciences has received a new communication on the sub s r ais i nga d du duties sub ject of Drs. Come and Demeaux's disinfecting composition of plaster and coal tar, from Dr. Bonnafont, physiceian hie to the Invalides. At the request of D r. Faure, th physician, the mixture was ma de according to the for mula announced by Dr. Velpeau, and tried for the space of thirty-two days on various p a tients. All the sur geons were instructed to write down, when on :duty, the results they had observed in dressing the wounds in the evening ; Dr. Bonnafont himself su usi p ens comeerintend ing the dressing ev er y morning. T h e concl to were as follows :—l. The mixture of coal-tar and plaster destroys or covers the smell which arises out of sores; 2. Its action is in an inverse tio to the quantity of suppura tion ;3.1t is not very a b sorbent; 4. On taking off the bandages nothing is smelt at first but the coal-tar ; but it soon appears that the matter below has lost none of etor ;5. This mixture , in conse q uence of its n itsot f being very absorbent, is ill adapted for mili tary hospitals, especially during a campaign, since it renders a more frequent repetition of the proeess of dress ing necessary ; G. Some of the powder also remains stick ing to the wound, and it requires some time to remove it ; but other powders are more difficult to rem eve than this ; 7. Its action on the wound is undoubtedly 51Outary, but it remains to be ascertained whether it be mor e so than other powders which have longbeen in use. Upon the whole, Dr. Bonnafont's experiments do not seem to hallo led to such i favourable results as Dr. Larrey's at Milan, . Now ready, in 3 vols , with Illustrations, REALITIES OF PARIS LIF E. By the Author of " FLEMISH INTERIORS." " 'Realities of Paris Life' is a good addition to Paris books, and important as affording true and sober pictures of the Paris poor."—Athenaeum. 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