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To which are added remarks on the wonders of the Microscope in revealing the hidden mysteries "of Life within Life," and its advantages in detecting, by urinary examina tion, the cause and effect of everyvariety of these complaints, with numerous engravings and cases BY SAMUEL LAIMERT,M.D.,__ 37, BEDFORD SQUARE, thNDON, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Hono rary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Li dentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fear ful consequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, , which have produced e misery in Youth, degradation in Manhood, and premature decay at all stages of, life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists. 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Again we find at the late agri cultural shows at Birmingham, Cardiff, &c., the animals which carried off the highest prizes had been partly fed with Thor ley's food for cattle. Such facts speak for themselves, and we are forced to the conclusion that its celebrity arises solely from its own intrinsic merits, and the great demand for it can proceed alone from the good opinion and testimony of those who have tried it. All parties interested in horses and cattle will do well to apply to 77, Newgate-street, London, for a pamphlet which is sent post-free. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, Nervousness, Biliousness, Liver Complaints, Hysteria, Neuralgia, Sleeplessness, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartburn, Eruptions, Impurities, Irritability, Low Spirits, Diarrhoea, Hemorrhoids, Headache, Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinking Fits, Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Complaints, effectually removed by DU BARRY'S delicious Health-Restoring REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD, which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies in illness, and is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it is the only food which never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor interferes with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of gratitude from invalids :—Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies — " I have derived con siderable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines. Stuart de Decies." Cure No. 49,332. "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, ner vousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling. near Diss, Norfolk." Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, a cure ofextreme ner vousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous f an des. Cure No. 48,314. Mis s Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool : a cure of ten years dyspepsia, and all the horrors of nervous irritability. Cure No. 18,216. Dr. Andrew Ure, of con stipation, dyspepsia, nervous irritability. Cure No. 34,210. Dr. Shorland, of dropsy and debility. Cure No. 36,212. Cap tain Allan, of epileptic fits. Cure No. 46,116. Major Edie, of' enlargement of the liver, and total prostration of strength. Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms, and daily vomitings. Cure No. 20,418. Dr. Harvey, of diarhoea and debility. Cure No. 30,628. Dr. Wurtzer, of consumption. Cure No. 32,830. Wm. Hunt, Esq., barrister, of paralysis. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, wood merchant, Frimley, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver de rangement, partial deafness. Cure No. 58,816. Mrs. Hoize, aged 107 years, of dyspepsia (indigestion), debility, irritability, and nervousness, which had tormented her for 70 yea', Cure No. 50.1 - 'l4. Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea. Cure No. 52,612. The Dowager Countess of Castle stuart, of many years' nervous irritability, bile, andrindiges tion. Cure No. 54,812. Miss Virginia Zeguers, cured of con gumption, after her medical advisers had abandoned all hopes of recovery. Cure No. 180. "Twenty-five years' nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I have suf fered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured b Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. B. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London." No. 4,208. "Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility. with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had Consulted the advice of many, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health-restoring Food. I shall he happy to answer any inquiries. Rev John W. Flat/ ell, Riddlington Rectory, Norfolk." No. 32,836. " Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which tendered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's health restoring Food. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skib bereen.' Cure No. 3,908. " Thirteen years' cough, indiges tion, and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food. James Porter, Athol street Perth." important Caution against the fearful danger of spurious imitations : The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood granted an injunction on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Neville, for imitating "Du Barry's Reyalenta Arabica Food." Suitably parked for all climates, and with all Instructions. In canisters, 11h., 2s. 9d. • 21b., 4s. 6d. •,121b., 225. Super re fined quality 11b., Os. ; 21b., lie. ; 51b., 22s ; 101 b., 338. The 101 b. and 121 h. canisters are forwarded carriage free, on re ceipt of Post-office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly ; James Well, 48, Sloane-street ; also at 60, Gracechurch-street ; 330, 430, and 451, Strand ; 94, Cheapside; and 00, Dishopsgate.street , 63, 150, and 198, Oxford-street. Permanent Reduction of Annual Premiums. X s. d. 56 3 8 32 0 4 16 6 0 10 15 2 6 7 7 GEORGE HOBSON begs to call the attention of Gentlemen to his New Autumnal Trousers, 21s. to 255. Also his New Partridge Mixture Shooting Coats. Excellence with *Economy. GEORGE HOBSON, 57, Lombard-street. Established 1790. BANK OF DEPOSIT, Established A.D. 1844. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON. Parties desirous of Investing Money are requested to exa mine the Plan of The Bank of Deposit, by which a high rate of interest may be obtained with ample security. The Interest is payable in January and July. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. Forms for Opening Accounts sent free on application. ROME AND FRASCATI RAILWAY - - COMPANY. The Half-year's Interest on the Bonds of this Company, Nos. 1 to 120, due on the 22d of-September and Ist of October, 1858, will be paid at the Agency of the Banque Generale Suisse, 2, Royal Exchange. Buildings ; or at the Succursale of the same Bank, 30, Rue Louis le Grand, Paris. . , By Order, F. FRIELIGRATH, Manager of the Lo on Agency of the Banque Generale Suisse. LONDON & NORTH- . CHEAP EXCURSION f FIELD, MANCHESTER, aan October 2, returning on Wed.n DOWN TRAIN, Ocr. 2. a.m. London (Euston Stat.) dep. 9.20 p.m. Warrington Liverpool Stockport Manchester Staley Bridge „ 3.45 Greenfield Marsden Huddersfield „ 4.30 Dewsbury Batley _ FARES FOR TIIE I ffESTVRN RAILWAY. •om LONDON to HUDDERS- I LIVERPOOL, on Saturday, sday, October 6. RETURN - TRAIN, OCT. 6. a.m. ' Batley dep. 9.30 Dewsbury ,, 9.35 Huddersfield Marsden „ 10.10 Greenfield „ 10.25 Staley Bridge , 10.40 Manchester Stockport Liverpool „ 10.35 Warrington London (Euston Stat.) p.m. arrive about. . . 4.45 )OUBLE JOURNEY. . - Covered Carriages; Ist Class. _.. To Liverpool - lls. To Manchester and other Stations.. 10s: The tickets - are not transferable, and are only available by he above Trains. Particulars may be had at any of the Company's COMB, or tickets and bills at the office of Mr. Marcus, Crosby-hall chambers, Bishopsgate-street, City. By order. Euston Station, Sept. 22, 1838. RAIL JrA Y INTELLIGENCE. in continental lands, especially in or -near the tropics, had been forced to reflect on the changes of climate that appear to have occurred. There were parched and barren lands, dry river channels, and waterless lakes, and not unfrequently traces of ancient human habitations, where large populations had been supported, but where all was now deso late, dry, and barren. Ile had been first led to a consideration of the subject by phenomena of this nature that had come under his own observation, with which the electrical department of this under taking has been hitherto interrupted. There are few parts of the United Kingdom that are so thoroughly unknown and out-of-the-way as the western parts of Kerry ; indeed, until Valentia was fixed upon as the European terminus of the Atlantic Telegraph, this part of the world was as little known and as little visited by people from England as the wilds of Siberia. Yet, on the western coast of Kerry there is much to interest the lover of the picturesque, and a variety and pecu liarity about the scenery which cannot fail to in terest the most used-up of tourists. The thousands who annually do the hackneyed lions of Kilarney little think that, beautiful as they arc, they FOC but one of the picturesque places of Kerry and meet with the very worst specimens of Kerry people. For Killarney is a place that lives entirely - 11 the " tourist trade," and, like most p ar ts of the world where this is the case, the peasants are usually qualified professors of the lucrative arts of lying and cheating. To see the beauties of Kerry to per fection the tourist should penetrate into the so called wilds beyond the lofty range of Macgilli cuddy's Reeks, but among these " wilds" he will be surprised to find thickly scattered through the mountains and bogs a peaceful, industrious, and thriving agricultural population, and the district traversed by roads which, though engineered among difficulties of no common kind, for stability and regularity might put to shame the roads of the most civilised and populous counties in England ; the tORMS, of which Cahirciveen and Knight's-town •axt.fair specimens, are small, being - more places of trade-than of residence ; but small as they are they _contain the elements of progress and. improvement instead of those of decay, as is too often the case with Irish towns. A few years have made a sur prising change for the better in this district, which in the latter days of O'Connell obtained an unen viable notoriety for wretchedness and want of cleanliness, and a few years more will see both Cahirciveen and. Valcntia large and populous towns. The land in the barony of Iveragh, in which Va lentia is situated, though not rich, is improvable, and even in its present condition is eminently adapted for grazing and rearing live stock, which, with butter, from the staple articles of trade here. Of Valentia, harbour, the most westerly harbour in Europe, and probably one of the most sheltered in the United Kingdom, most people have heard, though for some unexplained cause it is seldom visited - by ships, and is altogether neglected by the Government and the Harbour Commissioners. Providence helps those who help themselves. The people of Galway, though far from the most westerly port, and even without a harbour in which a ship can safely anchor, come forward and assert their town to be the natural highway between the United Kingdom and Ame rica, and they are so far believed that a line of Transatlantic steamers is placed upon the station. Then we hear, for the first time, that the steamers cannot run during the winter if the Government do not turn the exposed roadstead of Galway into a harbour by building an expensive breakwater. With less money than this work will cost a railway could be built to Valentia, and the harbour made one of the finest in Europe. A scheme for con structing a railway between Killarney and this place has lately been set on foot, and, as it is warmly supported by all the landed proprietors of the West of Kerry, it will, in all probability, be soon carried out. There arc certainly no engineering difficulties against it, for the whole length of forty miles can be constructed without making a single tunnel, and but one cutting of any consequence. Regarding the scheme as the first step towards establishing a western harbour and packet station at Valentia, it is likely to prove a beneficial one, both to those engaged in forwarding it and to the district, which, like a great many others in this island, is rich in . minerals, and but requires facilities of communica tion to develope them to advantage. Slate of a superior quality abounds throughout the whole barony, and, indeed, is worked to a considerable extent on the island of Valentia, while traces of copper and iron arc abundantly to be met with among the mountains. The county of Kerry, in common with several of the adjoining counties, was visited last Friday by an extraordinary flood of rain, which has for a time completely devastated the country. The rain commenced about four o'clock on Friday morning last, the lith, and continued to fall literally, not figura tively, in torrents for twelve hours without intermission. Never before in the memory of the present generation was such a copious and sudden fall of rain witnessed. Not only was every little watercourse turned into an irresistible torrent, but thc sides of the mountains presented the appear ante of gigantic cataracts. The thousands of tons of water which momentarily fell upon them, unable to find channels through the ordinary ravines and watercourses, rushed down the mountains in vast sheets of muddy foam, sweeping away everything before it. The mischief done was almost incalcul able. Farm houses, farm produce, and cattle were carried away, not as much as a stone remaining to show where they had stood ; and I regret to add that in many parts of the country a great many lives were lost. The courses of some of the larger rivers about here were entirely and permanently changed by the tremendous body of water flowing into them. For a day or two after the flood sub sided no mails were received, and, though the mail bags are now got across the rivers where the bridges have been destroyed, the roads, some how or other, are still impassable to anything on wheels. The positive loss of property throughout the country has been very considerable, but the sums which will be required for the repair of the bridges and roads injured and destroyed will be greater still. It ap pears it is the intention of the Government to fortify Valentia harbour. Several of the Royal Engineers have been down here surveying the surrounding heights for the purpose of choosing the most eligible positions for the forts. One battery is, I believe, to be placed on Doulas Head mountain, at the right hand entrance of the harbour ; a second on the Island of Begennis, which divides the entrance, and a third on the Island of Valentia, to command the left hand, or lighthouse side. Other redoubts and batteries will no doubt be distributed among the hills which command the interior of the harbour. The Port Magee, or third entrance at the back of the island, will also doubtless be properly protected. While the engineers are down here executing these works, it would be as well for the Govern ment to turn their attention to the improve ment of the harbour. But a very little labour and outlay would remove the few obstruc tions that now exist in it, and enable ships of the largest tonnage to sail in and out with the greatest ease in any wind or in any state of the tide. Beyond the continuance of the few experiments which I have alluded to at the beginning of this letter nothing will be done with the cable until the preconcerted experiments at both termini of the line have been made. They have been fixed to take place early in the ensuing month. The result of these experiments will no doubt show with greater certainty the nature and position of the faults than could be shown by experiments at one end only. These researches will also demonstrate the possi bility or'impossibility of making the line work in its present defective condition. THE REVOLVER. —A fact highly flattering to the inventive genius of the British Isles is dwelt upon with un wonted frankness by the American press. The American Government having entered into large contracts for its navy with " Adams' Revolving Arm Company," was so satisfied with the efficiency and superiority of the revolvers supplied, that an official statement to that effect was issued; and, induced thereby, some American capitalists have made arrangements with the patentee for the right to manufacture in that country. It is said that the value of the Adams' revolver has been considerably increased by three new pa tents—one affecting the lever rod, another a double action cocking, and the third a simple check, which provides against the possibility of an accidental discharge. The patent hammer is a beautiful piece of finished mechanism, by which a direct pressure upon the charge is obtained, and it fits so close to the barrel that it is scarcely observable I These patents are taken out in Mr. Adams' name, that gentleman having recently entered business entirely on his own behalf. W. G. Thomson, and Major-General Tremenheere be elected directors of the company. The motion was seconded and carried unani mously. On the motion of Mr. A. Beattie, seconded by Mr.' Toulon, a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman and directors, and the meeting separated. THE BRITIS.II - ASSOCIATION. OTTOMAN (SMYRNA TO AIDIN). The annual meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern ; Sir Macdonald Stephenson, the chairman, presided. Mr. J. L. ELKIN, the secretary, read the report. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the proprietors on the favour able position of the company and on the progress that had been made in carrying out the undertak ing. Scarcely 12 months had elapsed since the commercial depression commenced which had the effect of discouraging the public from all under takings of the kind, and he thought, under the cir cumstances, they had attained a success which was not anticipated. The directors felt the utmost confidence in the success of the undertaking and made the necessary arrangements for constructing the works. They had deter mined on making the first 40 miles of line from Smyrna to Ephesus as soon as possible. The concession was a liberal one, and resembled, in some respects, that of the East Indian Railway. The Turkish Government had guaranteed 6 per cent. on the capital, and should the railway pro duce a dividend of more than 7 per cent. per an num the company would divide the surplus profits with the Government. The just mode adopted by . the Turkish Government towards the company had given great satisfaction. There was no doubt what ever as to the soundness•of the guarantee, for the net commercial returns of the line would in all pro bability amount to a much larger sum than the guarantee, which, so far as the Government was concerned, would be merely nominal. The impor tance of the undertaking could scarcely be over rated. Smyrna was a place of historical and poli tical interest, it was the ancient capital of Asia Minor having a large export and import trade. The district to the south-east was very productive, and there was no reason why all the great modern improvements should not be introduced, which would have the effect of greatly facilitating trade, adding to the comfort of the people, and decreasing mortality. They had received a report from Mr. Meredith. It stated that the line was 70 miles in length, and for convenience of execution, and to make a portion of it available for traffic as soon as possible, it was divided into three sections, and de termined to complete the first section, 40 miles in length, from Smyrna to Ephesus. The second section, commenced at Ephesus, was eight miles in length, and the third section, about 22 miles in length, to the city of Aidin. The completion of the first section would enable them to open it for a lucrative traffic. The heaviest works on the first section were in an advanced state, and a large quantity of rails and sleepers had been delivered on the line. It was fully ex pected that the first section would be completed for traffic by the autumn of next year. There was a tunnel on the second section, which might be com pleted in two or three years. The works on the third section were light, and might, if desirable, be completed in 12 months. He said that Mr. Edwin Clarke had made his report, that part of the first section had teen ballasted and the permanent rails had been laid for a distance of upwards of two miles. The works on the remaining 32 miles on the first section were generally light, and might be com pleted by the autumn of next year. A temporary wharf had been constructed at Smyrna for landing materials. Two locomotives had been landed, and were now working on the line. A large proportion of the permanent way was on the ground, and the stores for the construction of the electric telegraph throughout the line were delivered, and a tele graphic communication with the station at Ephesus would be at once established. The next most im portant thing was the traffic. The law of increasing existing traffic by the construction of railways in Europe would scarcely apply in this case, because the circumstances were different. The facilities of railway communication were so much greater in proportion than the existing modes of conveying traffic, which were the slowest and most inconve nient that could be devised. The concessionnaires of the line had obtained data inrespect of the traffic, which had been afterwards tested and confirmed by Mr. Wakefield. That gentleman had stated that the price of the carriage of merchandise from the bazaar at Aidin to Smyrna, a distance of 72 miles, was £3 10s. per ton, or about ls. per ton per mile. He further stated that the means of transport was the sole limit to production, the district being very productive. The imports of Smyrna for one year, 1857, amounted to £2,535,000, and the exports to £2,487,000. The number of vessels that visited the port in that year was 1,750, and the tonnage 437,000 tons. The population of Smyrna was 160,000, and of the city of Aidin 30,000. The population of the intermediate places was in proportion to their size and extent. The cost of the line would be about one-fourth or one-fifth of the cost of railways in England. They intended to introduce the principle of carry ing the largest number of passengers they could at . the lowest rate. He could not help thinking there was a great analogy between their railway and railways in India. The mode of conveyance was the most costly, tedious, slow, uncer tain, and un safe that could be imagined, while railways afforded the most perfect and the most rapid mode of con veyance. It was difficult to say what effect such a change in the mode of transit would have in deve loping the traffic and resources of the district. He had no doubt the traffic would increase with the increased facilities afforded. When the East Indian line was projected it was thought the trade would be principally in goods and minerals, and that the passengers would be . inconsiderable ; but after the line was opened for traffic it was found that one million of passengers availed themselves of the facilities of the railway in the course of the year, and the goods and mineral traffic had vastly in creased. No one could say what their line from Smyrna to Aidin would do, but he knew of no country in which the introduction of English capi tal would produce better results. He concluded by moving that the report be received and adopted. Captain WARREN seconded the motion, which was put and carried unanimously. On the motion of a proprietor, Mr. G.W. Browne was elected audito4, the remuneration being fixed at £5O per annum. The CHAIRMAN announced that Mr. G. F. Hol royd and Mr. A. Wilkin, who had given notice of their intention to become candidates for seats at the board, had withdrawn their opposition as can didates. The meeting was then made special, for the pur pose of electing six directors, who would continue m office till March, 1862, the present directors being eligible for re-election. Captain WARREN said he had much pleasure in proposing the election of Sir M. Stephenson as a director of the company, and in doing so he con sidered he was promoting the best interests of the company. (Hear.) Mr. G. THOMSON seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then proposed that Captain D. Warren ; Mr. P. P. Blytht Mr. B. C. Smith, Mr. LEEDS, MONDAY AFTERNOON.. The eight sectional meetings of the British Asso ciation, which are going on contemporaneously in different apartments of the Town-hall, are well attended, the interest in the proceedings, which rather flagged on Saturday, being as great as on either of the preceding days. Several additional , names have been added to the list of arrivals, in cluding the following :—The Earl of Carlisle, Col. Rawlinson, K.C.8., the . Rev. A. Hume, D.C.L., Mr. T. Avison, F.S.A., and Mr. Josh. Mayer (who attended as delegates from the Historic Society of, Lancashire and Cheshire) ; Dr. Achille Foville, jun., Paris ; M. T. J. Silberrnann, College of France, Paris ; Dr. Havenclever, Aix-la-Chapelle ; Mr. J. Wethered, United .States; Mr, W. Collett, Rio .de Janeiro; Bingley, Sheffield-; Rev. Professor' Clark, Cambridge University ; Mr. Robert P. Greg, F.G.S., Manchester; Dr. J. P. Joule, F.R.S., Man chester ; Dr. A. Matthicson, London ; Yen. Arch deacon Mu,sgrave, In Section A, which is for the consideration . of _mathematical and physical science, the following Papers were read on Saturday . : , !-B , v the Rev. Dr. Booth, " On the Mutual Relations of Inverse Curves and InverSo. Curve Surfaces;'"_- Colonel 4ykes, " On the Desirableness of Renewing Balloon Ascents in England for MeteorOlOgical Objects ;" by the Rev. J. -Dingle, " On the Configuration of the Surface of the Earth ;" and Colonel Sykes called attention to Astronomer Broun's having successfully established a meteorological and mag netical observatory in Travancore, at 6,200 feet above the level of the sea, and to the result of magnetical observations at Trevandrum, as com municated in a letter from Mr. Broun to General Sir Thomas M. Brisbane. Among the papers read in the same section to-day have been the following:—By the Rev. Dr. Booth, " On a general method of deriving the Properties of Umbilical Surfaces of the second order, having three unequal axes, from the Properties of the Sphere ;" by Sir. David Brewster, " On the use of Amythyst Plates in experiments on the Polariza tion of Light ;" by Professor Hennessy, " On the Heating of the lower strata of the Atmosphere by contact with the Earth's surface ;" and " On the Decrease of Temperature over elevated land ;" by Dr. Gladstone, " On the Fixed Lines of the Solar Spectrum." Professor STEVELEY read a paper by Mr. A. J. Cooper, M.P., "On the Parhelia and. ascending nodes of the Planets.' In Section C (Geology) to-day the first paper was by Professor Phillips. It was an interesting notice on some phenomena at the junction of the granitic and schistose rocks in West Cumberland, and remarks on the slaty cleavage in the Lake dis trict. This was followed by a paper by Mr. H. S.rby, " On some Peculiarities in the Arrange ment of the Minerals in igneous Rocks, and on a new Method of determining the Temperature and Pressure at which various Minerals and Rocks were formed." The following were also appointed to be read in this section to-day :—By Professor Harkness, " On the Distortion of Fossils ;" by Pro fessor King, " On the jointed Structure of Rocks, particularly as displayed in some Localities in Ireland ;" by Mr. David Page , •" Further Contribu tions to the Palaeontology of the Tile-stones, or Siluro-Devonian Strata of Scotland ;" by. Pro fessor Huxley, " Observations on the genus Pteraspis ; " by Mr. Charles Moor, "On the Conglomerates near Frome and their Organic Remains ;" by Mr. W. H. Bally, "On two New Species of Crustacea from the Coal Measures in Queen's County, Ireland, and some Remarks on Forms allied to them ;" and " On the Fructification of Alethopteris (Cyclop teris) Hybernica, from the Upper Devonian or Lower Carboniferous Strata in Kiltorkan-hill, county Kilkenny ;" by Mr. Lucas Barrett, " On the Atlas and Axis of the Plesiosaurus ;" by Mr. Edward Charlcsworth, "On some remarkable Yorkshire Fossils, including the unique Plesiosauri in the Museum at York, with pictorial Restorations by Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins' ' of the Crystal Palace ;" by Mr. S. Baines, "On Yorkshire Flag with Fossils ;" and by the Rev. W. Thorp, " On the Permian System m Yorkshire." In Section D (Zoology and Botany) on Saturday the following papers were read Mr. R. H. Meade, "On some Points in the Anatomy of the Araneidoe, or true Spiders, and especially on the Internal Structure of their Spinning Organs ;" by Mr. H. T. Stainton, "On the Formation of the Cells of Bees ;" by the Rev. Dr. Whewell, " On the Cells of Bees," by Mr. R.`L. Ellis ; by the Rev. T. Hincks, "On the Reproductive Organs of Sertu laria Tamarisoa ;" by the Rev. F. F. Statham, " On the Occurrence of Bombyx Mori in this Country;" by Mr. Samuel Smith, "On the Formation of Or ganic Balls found on the Shores of the Mediter ranean ;" and Mr. Henry Peckitt read some notes on Earth Worms and Larvae. In the same section to-day the following papers were to be read :—By Dr. Lankester, "On the Epidermal Cells of the Petals of Plants, by Tuffen West ;" by Mr. R. Warrington, "On some Addi tions to his Portable Microscope ;" by Mr. C. Brooke, • " On some Improvements in the Stage of the Microscope ;" by Mr. W. Ladd, " On a Mag netic Stage for the Microscope ;" by Mr. R. War rington, "On the Multiplication of Actinia in Aquaria ;" and by Mr. G. Hyndman, " Report of the Belfast Dredging Committee." Professor OWEN new read an elaborate paper, by Mr. G. A. Lewes, " On the Spinal Chord as a Sensatorial and Volition Centre." The writer maintained, from practical experiments and obser vations, that the spinal chord was a centre of sen sitive volition both in man and animals. Some discussion followed, in which Mr. T. P. Teale, of Leeds, surgeon (who was in the chair), and Mr. T. Nunneley, also of Leeds, surgeon, controverted the conclusions at which Mr. Lewes had arrived. In section E (Geography and Ethnology) on Saturday Sir Roderick Murchison, the President, gave some particulars from a letter dated " Simla, 24th of July," which he had received from Dr. William Russell, the well-known correspondent of the Times, confirming the rumours o f the de ath of M. Adolphe Schlagentweit , at Yarkand. He (the President) regretted to say that there was no longer any doubt of the death of this adventurous traveller. After penetrating as far as Yarkand, where no European had ever been before, he was living in the suburbs of the city at a period when a- war broke out between the Yarkandese and the Chinese, and he was slain by a number of the former, who sur rounded his house in the night-time. Fortunately, the chief portion of his papers would be saved, M. Schlagentweit having left them, before proceeding to Yarkand, at a place within British influence. His travels were connected with a geographical discovery of much importance, as no region so far to the North-West of India as Yarkand had been previously approached by a European. M. Schla gentweit and his two brothers had travelled brthe authority and at the expense of the East India Company. The brothers did not penetrate as far as Yarkand, and they had since returned to Europe. Mr. YEATES read a translation which he had made of a paper written by Dr. S. Muller, and en titled " A Geognostic Sketch of the Western Portion of Timor." A brief discussion afterwards arose relative to the island, which is situate in the Indian Archi pelago, between India and Australia, and about • but 200 miles distant from t he latte r country. Mr. Crawfordsp M oke of Timor as a poor and wretched Mr. Marsh, 111. P., who had vi s ited it,. placethought that this was a more unfavourable view than the island justified. He mentioned that the natives were very similar to the aborigines of Northern Australia, and also stated that the Timor pony, though rather diminutive, was a beautiful specimen of the horse tribe, being. in fact, a minia ture Arab. Mr. H. CONYBEARE read a paper " On the Phy sical Geography of the Neighbourhood of Bombay, as affecting the design of the Works recently erected for the Water Supply of that City." The most interesting portion of the paper was that in which the author described the formation of the works for supplying Bombay with water, of which works he was the successful engineer. The water is collected in an immense reservoir, the largest in the world, about 14 miles from Bombay. This reservoir is made by damming up a portion of the valley of Ghierka, anti the full extent of it is 1,294 acres. As the rains fall, as it were, only once in a year, it is necessary to have a store of water for a twelvemonth's supply, and this is now supplied. Mr. GALTON read a paper by Mr. J. Spotswood Wilson, " On the General and Gradual Dessication of the Earth and. Atmosphere." The writer drew attention to the fact that those Who had. travelled THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH, articularly in Australia, and he soon discovered that dessication, so very observable there, was too extensive and permanent to be explained by Occur rences of an irregular nature. Remembering also that similar appearances had been observed in other parts of the world, for which no satisfactory cause was assigned, he had collected the observations of travellers in regard to various countries, and en deavoured, by the evidence they afforded in the fail ing of the water systems, to establish the theory of a general and continuous decline of the humidity supported by the atmosphere, .and.then to discover in the operation of some law of our terrestrial sys teni the cause of dessication in both land and atmosphere. After quoting largely from the works of various travellers and writers (among the latest of whom was Dr. Livingstone), and giving interesting descriptions of dried-up rivers and desolated tracts of country in Australia, Africa, Mexico, and Peru,which had formerly been inhabited by . man, Mr. Wilson proceeded to give his own theory as to the cause of this desiccation, contending that the upheaval of the land, the waste by irrigation, and the destruc tion of forests, all of which had been put forward as the cause, were insufficient to account for what had been described. He remarked that the amount of aqueous vapours that east be borne, by the atmo sphere at any time mustlbe in proportion to the mass of the atmosphere itself, from which -it fol.- Jowed t4inta reduction in, mass of the atmo sphere would produce a corresponding decline in the amountof hydrous vapours absorbed and supported. If, therefore, a physical operation involving a waste of the atmosphere could be discovered, it might be concluded that at least one cause had been found for its declining humidity, and a decline of tem perature was another cause. Agreeably with these conditions it was learnt that a vast amount of the atmosphere, and of the ocean likewise, had be come solidified. The rocks, in the history of their own formation, bore witness to the tendency to this transmutation in the character of both. The ele ments of water were hydrogen and oxygen, and the atmosphere was composed of oxygen, nitro gen, and carbonic acid, in which hydrous vapours mingled in varying quantities, all of which had entered largely into the formation of rocks and minerals. The coal plants hadabsorbed largely all the elements of air and water, but particularly of carbon, of which coal contains on an average from 80 to 90 per cent. Carbon united with oxygen formed carbonic acid, which, combined with lime and solidified, formed more than two-fifths of all limestone rocks. Oxygen was said to form half of what is known of the material of the globe. Be sides existing in air and water, it formed a part of most earthy substances, and of nearly all the pro ductions of the animal and vegetable kingdom. The solvent power of water was very great, and acted particularly on the calcareous and alkaline elements of stone, especially when it held carbonic acid in solution, which was abundantly supplied to almost every large river by springs, and was col lected by rain from the atmosphere. The oxygen of the atmosphere was also gradually absorbed by all animal and vegetable productions and by almost all mineral masses exposed to the open air. Hence the equilibrium of the elements of rocks was destroyed and. finally reduced into powder ,And rendered fit for soils. From such fact s as he had adduced, and others, Mr. Wilson concluded that there was a gradual solidifying of the aqueous vapours, and consequently of water, on the face of this terrestrial world, which he inferred was ap proaching a state in which it will be impossible for man to continue an inhabitant. Yet, he added, we should feel satisfied with the prospect that the term of our occupation is not yet half expired. Races preceded us in the chain of existence, and there was no reason to suppose that others would not follow. Indeed, some of those that are destined to succeed seem to be already in existence, and have their home in the icy sea, where they enjoy a climate which exceeds man's endurance. Various considerations lead to the conclusion that the fit ness of the earth for man may extend to a periol much longer than that in which it has been occu pied by him, nor will that term end till after the Polar bear, the walrus, and the narwal have be come inhabitants of the tropics. Sir R. MURCHISON said that whatever was thought of Mr. Wilson's theory his facts were very good. (Hear.) It was certainly not a very plea sant idea to think that our race was to go out of existence—that it was to die through thirst. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Geologists would be disposed not at all to agree with Mr. Wilson in disavowing the influence of the elevation of land in causing some of the effects alluded to ; but they certainly believed that the quantity of water now "misting was very much what it was when the world began. (Applause.) This morning the proceedings in section E (Geo graphy and Ethnology), were commenced by Lieut.- Colonel James, R.E. the superintendent of the Ordnance Survey, delivering a brief address " On his Geometrical Projection of Two-thirds of the Surface of the Earth." Dr. NORTON SHAW next read a communication which had been received by . Sir R. Murchison from Mr. Asa Whitney, of New York, " On the Forma tion of a Railway from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, through the British Possessions of North America." The writer stated that he had for a number of years exerted himself to induce the Government of the United States to construct a railway to the Pacific through their own posses sions, but, as there was now no probability of their doing so, he desired to urge the English Govern ment to avail themselves of the territory which they possess in North America to undertake the work, being convinced that it would be attended with very great advantages, and would give Eng land a control over the commerce with all Asia. The PRESIDENT said, he should be much de lighted to see such a project carried into execution, but he thought it very probable that public men might entertain serious objections to it at the pre sent time. There might be considerable inter national difficulties in the way ; for instance, it might be found impossible to construct the line with out deviating a little into the territory of the United States, and it was very desirable that any mixed interest should be avoided.- (Hear.) He could say nothing further upon the subject than this, that it would ;,be his duty to communicate the paper to Lord Derby, and he hoped it would receive his lordship's earnest consideration. (Hear, hear.) If it should be possible that the colonial Government of Canada, aided by the Home Government, could en tertain the project, the object of Mr. Asa Whitney would be fully answered. He (the chairman) feared—and he believed this was the opinion of most English people—that the Government could not do anything in the matter, and the scheme seemed too gigantic for any joint-stock company to undertake. He certainly hoped, for the interest of Europe and the nations of the world generally, that something, somehow or other, should be done sooner or later to realise the project. (Hear, hear.) Mr. R. MONCKTON MILNES, M.P., said, the de velopment of British Columbia and the adjoining island (Vancouver's Island) would certainly give to such a project as had been described a prospect of reality which otherwise would have been very visionary. He thought it most probable, if such a scheme was to be realised in British territory, it should begin at that point at which one would naturally suppose it should have ended, namely, on the Vancouver's Island side, and not on the Halifax side. General CHESNEY then read a paper " On the Extension of our Communication by means of Elec tric Wires," and a discussion afterwards arose, in the course of which Sir Henry Rawlinson expressed his belief that within the next 12 months there would be perfect telegraphic communication be tween England and India. It being now three o'clock the discussion on these ethnological subjects was, after a few observations from Admiral Fitzroy and Sir IL Rawlinson, post poned till this day. The sittings of the sections will conclude this day (Tuesday), and the closing meeting of the Asso ciation will be held to-morrow (Wednesday). This evening Professor Owen will give a discourse in the Town-hall " On the Fossil Quadrupeds of Aus tralia." VALENTIA, SEPT. 24. Since my last communication no improvement has taken place in the electrical condition of the Atlantic cable, nor indeed until within the last few days have any operations or experiments (beyond those the results of which have already been com municated) been undertaken to ascertain the nature of the leakage in the cable, or the possibility of working through it in its present condition. Up to yesterday everything remained in state quo. During each alternate hour the regular succession of signals previously alluded to are despatched, and during the intervals the galvanometers of Professor Thom son are watched for some indications of currents from the other side; but these, unfortunately, are seldom seen at all, and still more rarely can these slight deflections be depended on as currents from Newfoundland. However, there is still this much cause for satisfaction that the fault does not get worse at any time, while it occasionally for a time improves, considerable and distinct " reversals" from Newfoundland being discernible. The opinion prevalent among many here that the principal fault in the cable is comparatively near shore daily gains ground, and, though Professor Thomson's opinion is directly opposed to such a supposition, I cannot help thinking that there really is more in it than was at first supposed. For the reasons given in my last letter there is, no doubt, ft fault existing in the cable iiper( the bank which divides the.shore watei• (vim the depths of the Atlantic, - about 220 mileS from the -Irish coast; but this fault, without the existence of several minor faults nearer shore would not account for the total interruption of the currents sent from either termini. All that Professor, Thomson, Mr. Henley, or Mr. Varley can say re specting the fault is that it gives a resistance to the electric current equal to 300 miles 'of the cable. But it does not therefore follow that the interruption is 300 miles away ; for, by passing the current through a few yards of fine wire, or a basin of salt water, the very same amount of resistance can be produced. Though the distant fault may tend to interrupt the small portion of the electric , current which passes the nearer faults, yet, if these more accessible ones were repaired, it is the opinion of many here competent to judge of the matter that the supposed loss of in sulation out at sea.would not materially affect the working of the line. The more recent advices from Newfoundland decidedly tend to strengthen the opinion that the main interruption is close to this place. Mr. Cyrus Field, in writing from America, says that " no messages have been received from Ireland since the Ist inst., though the insulation of the cable remains perfect." Now, according to the experiments of Prof. Thomson and others, it has been ascertained that a loss of insulation 300 miles from either shore would affect the currents sent from both ends equally, whereas if the defect were close to either shore the loss of insulation would only be apparent at the terminus nearest to it. A very similar defect to the present occurred a short time ago in one of the North Sea cables. Mr. Varley and other scientific gentlemen tested the cable, and pronounced the defect to be 170 miles off. The cable was accordingly underrun and cut at a dis tance of 30 miles from the shore, when it was found that the defect was much nearer, and after a variety of other experiments had been tried the faulty place in the cable was discovered, not out at sea at all, but actually in the portion of the cable buried in the beach. The above incident, which I believe to be substantially correct, should teach the autho rities of the Atlantic Telegraph Company not to pronounce their scheme a failure until the theoreti cal experiments (which are but uncertain guides, no matter how ably conducted) are verified in some measure by practical tests. The practical tests can not be obtained without underrunning and cutting the cable for some distance from the coast. This operation will undoubtedly require fine weather to render it certainly successful. The usual season of fine weather, of which there has been very little this year upon the coast, is now almost over, and people down here already begin to look out for the commencement of those violent storms which render these parts of the Irish coast exciting if not amusing places of residence during the win ter time. During October, which here as well as in other parts of the United Kingdom is usually a a fine month, much might be done towards under running and repairing at least some of the damaged portion of the cable. There is certainly no time to be lost, for every week that the cable remains at the bottom diminishes the chances of its being raised from the more considerable depths should it be ne cessary to do so. The Cork steamer, which arrived here on Monday last, brought Mr. Henley's gigantic magneto-electric machines, which as soon as they were landed were put together and got into opera tion on the following day. The machines are a slight modification of the magneto-electric machines which in place of batteries are used for working over all the telegraph lines in Ireland, though of course on a gigantic scale, being the largest and most powerful instruments of the kind yet con structed. The two permanent magnets, from which the electric induction is obtained, are each com posed of 30 horse-shoe steel magnets two feet and a half long and from four to five inches broad. The induction coils attached to these each contain about six miles of wire. Some idea of the power of this instrument may be gathered from the fact that one shock from it, if passed through the human body, would be sufficient to destroy life. With the aid of this instrument Mr. Henley hopes to be able to work through the cable during some part of each day, even if the fault should prove irreparable. The smaller instruments of the same kind, which are used by the Magnetic Telegraph Company, have been found to work better over badly insulated lines than any other description of instrument. What is undoubtedly true of faulty overground lines may prove so also of the Atlantic cable ; and certainly, as far as the experiments have already gone, Mr. Henley's instrument seems likely to work through the line in its present condition if anything will do it. A variety of experiments have been tried lately, both by Professor Thomson and Mr. Henley, to discover the relative power of different electrical currents to pass a fault. For this purpose the wire connected with the cable was stripped of its gutta percha covering in one place and the fault immersed in water. The relative amount of electricity which passed by the fault into the cable was accurately measuredby a delicate an inch long on ga lvanometer. It was found that a current of ti va h of passing n sin by g a ; elec tricity direct from the battery cells was hardly per bcerpetaikbliny trbedeuincesdalaon an nt eiitgyht after in q the induced current from Mr. Henley's magneto electric machine was slightly interrupted in passing the same fault, but the high tension induced coil currents, which have been used from the first in sending messages from both sides of the ocean, were found to be almost entirely stopped by it. These experiments, besides showing the kind of electricity best adapted for working through the cable in its present defective state, also show most conclusively that one defect in the insulation, however great, would not be sufficient to interrupt the communica tion ; so that there must be several faulty places in the line. That some if not the majority, of these places are close to the land there can be very little doubt. The soundings from Valentia for about 60 miles to sea show a rocky and irregular bottom, which, indeed, the precipitous cliffs which line the [ADVERNISMIENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment.—The most coast, and the numerous lofty islands which sur soothing, cooling, searching, and healing application hi- round it in all directions, would show without the therto discovered. The properties of the unguents used use of the sea lead. Over these submarine hills an d by the people of the East have for ages past had the praise of all who have witnessed their miraculous effects ; but, valleys avery strong current sweeps, to resist which notwithstanding their great excellence, their curative it would require a cable at least three times as thick powers are not so manifest, their admirers not so numerous, their virtues not so widely celebrated as those of Holloway's a s the one now in use. 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