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--- k it was of ted on the Ito become re Messrs• )f the over- , fagistrats authorities lid by Mr. L mily, they , but have in extreme ) the over his parish , g al a dvice. ed to their ounted to erseer---A or medical A ve days' think is a 5 SO much• d that the &c. food and g i v e them test impu [eh money ould have V to mak e in giving t it be Aw are he eseell- rrite• , r to I°s " .13065' n a bout doff. c Y . ea d i a bab Placed at P frout the 31sea, se' saw t he r t° the he s hop, avan t°. the r°b and gr• wa lking' „ c of the charge i ? a it. " ,an be ret' ee d se vot ,e, bash 5 e, " donk e Y w oe! 301 1 this 4y Pr°. t se ven : eve" in - 01) 3° • ct. le tja inhl cr : nn er , , e ; 1 with EAST INDIA HOUSE, SEPT. 17, 1834 . at COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, „, ft_t they will continue to receive, at the Auditor's Office in t. ;',!.! loue, Notifications of the Wish of the Proprietors o '-u-IN GAL SIX PER CENT. REMITTABLE PAPER to transfer their Property to the New er Cent. Transfer Loan, 3 :?,de r the conditions specified in tbe Courts Advertisement of the th l e t tlDf May last, until the Ist of December next, upon which day _ Lists will be finally closed. , Proprietors who either have notified or mar notify their wish to, transfer, are desired to observe that the Transfers will take effect PIY at the Period when the Notes to be transferred shall fall to be thatTscharged, under due notice , by the Bengal Government ; and the property in the New Loan will be held in the form . of FStock, instead of Promissory Notes ; that Stock Receipts will be n me in Bengal to the respective Proprietors, or their Agents, to for the Promissory Notes transferred ; and that the to Stock will be transferrable at the Place of Registry, in books uDe kept for that p ose in London and in India. --.—_______ WILIAM CARTER, Assistant Secretary. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, SEPTEMBER 12, 1834. HE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of HIS MA ,oat. iaterials, Drag RaPes9 JESTY'S ORDNANCE, do hereby give Notice, tha, Tant't Ness 1 , 1 Y of Saddles, Bridles, and other Artillery Harness, Har- Painted Covers, Tanned Hides, Great ‘ e - s, and other Artillery Clothing ; Old Serge, Paper, Junls, .e r aSi" 4 Brass Gun Metal Articles ; Clocks for Coffers, Hair pi ek %ttoras, Buckets, Kegs, and Barrels; Handlevers, Park go / 1p Sealing Ladders, Horse and other Boats, &c.,. will be 25% by AUCTION, in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, oi?, the t 'ePtember instant, at Eleven &Clock in the forenoon precisely. its rf el , variety ,rtielietors, and of article is lotted separately, and in such quantities ale is afford consumers an opportunity of purchasing them ; this r Ipr!a consequently worthy the attention of post masters, coach agriculturists, for whose purposes many of the. tr ace es a'e Well adapted. The Traces are suitable for plough g n ', and the Park Pickets for making temporary fences to con e cattle. There re • raag az i nes e a variety of Ship Stores, particularly of those used in theirisaarebe viewed from Ten to Four o'Clock, any day previous to Cat ai „ nd o ° I Lo 'Ill" and may be had at the Ordnance Office, Pall-mall, Tower n Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. By order of the Board, R. BYHAM, Secretary. ii,.llE tRIT ISH AMERICAN LAND COMPANY. . NICE is h ere b y g i ven to such Propr i etors or der 0f.11.6 have neglected to comply with the Notice issue t d e by to le ave .?e Board on the 4th day of August last,. iequ . irinshm Gly nn ....,L . t e Company's Offices the receipts given by Messrs. meet ' “allfax, Mills, Glynn, and. Company, for the first . instal holder9f:the eaPital, together with the name and designation of the book s "n order that the same might be" duly registered in . the f l ays afotfithe Company, and further requesting the Proprietors eight °Me e t e le aving such receipts, to call in person . at the Company's th at ._' 0 accept stock, and receive' proper• certificates of shares, be next , such receipts are brought in on or before the 9th day of " cenj l ext, and the shares accepted and registered, the same will -".ered unclaimed, and treated as the Charter directs. By Order , JOHN r 4, B ar REID, Clerk geyard, Bueklersbury, Sept. 19,1834. 114 LND SOUTHERN RAILWAY COM BRIGH T fr LONDON to HORSHAM, SHOREHAM Calll Pital-100,000/., in 10,000 Shares of 1001. each. COMMITTEE. Robert Aldridge, Esq., St. Leonard's. Thomas Attree, Esq., Brighton. C. G. Beauclerk, Esq., St. Leonard's. Captain George Brown, London. James Bell, Esq., Epsom. Samuel Bothwell, Esq., Dorking. henry Robert Hurst,sq. , M. P. , Horsham. T. R. Kemp, Esq., Brighton. henry Ladbrook, Esq., London. Thomas Sanctuary, Esq. Horsham. Wi lliam Tinkl er , Esq., Esq., 4 J. N. Wigney, Esq., M.P., Brighton. It i s With power to add to their numbers. thpaersrah:oproposed to comlete the line of Railroad from London to bjects'oi Slloreham, and Brighton, first, by which means the 'he Company will be brought into speedy and profitable 4ar e and render it unnecessary to call for more t , han 40/ per gharekor e Per Share to be paid on subscribing, and 31. O f P ar t I n one month after the Company is incorporated by Act klotjee 4anlent no Call to exceed 51. per Share ; and two months' ,l is tn .ent, l , ) o b ,° give . n between each Call. And by the Deed of Sett e ls" 'MPrletOr will be liable for more than the amount of Luiiill,reboeepotsopersitestive Shares, and 50 Shares to be the qualification for a re c . ved by the following Bankers ; viz., Sir John tnd w e r i ! ,and el., Ladbrol. ad Co., Cocks, Biddulph, and Co., lin„,(1C0 right and Co. London • Nash and Neal, Dorking; Wigney ,‘-hich'i_Rrighton ' Hopkins ' anCo., Arundel ; Ridge and Co., '0211401; Stoveld and Co., Petworth ; and Grant and Co., neations for Prospectuses, and other information, to be 3.ard ; °r , essrs. for Watson, Bower, and Willis, Tokenhouse- Ltt°oth c i e an. Secret:ry, at th e Office of the Company, No. 77, 13 3 4) 9 1\1 AND WESTMINSTER BANK, -U-PL I „,,r,RO GMORTON-STREET, and 9, WATER PALL -MALL. RS. hwiEl, ANDERSON, DIRECTO Esq. Pfti,lll,Y B OSANOGET, Esq. Wif BUIMESTER, Es jos.g.IAM ROBERT KEITH DOUGLAS, Esq. 4',!1 ESDAILE, Escl• CHAR"°MAS FREMANTLE, Batt, M.P. ttligttLE's F=IBRES, Esq. JA.Ai . 11 A RVEY, Esq. 3 1,9NAIYOLPORD, Esq. —Aivr,,-,;;y HAWORTH PEEL, Esq. Rort.ToN RENNIE:, JOIN. SWELL STEWART, Rsq., • ,N Fsq., PEAc° t. LOMONS, Esq. terms 't his t ank 'ON THOMPSON, Esq. as meta cc`ntinues to receive Current Accounts on pm same 411ir eY are now received by London Bankers, and instead o sums %lain ellstotner to keep a balance manages his account for a t i , nin annUally It likewi.e receives on Deposit, at Interest, . Th e - arm arnount from 101. upwards. ' Its pro °PPosition which is shown to the Bank in no respects retards 0: 1 ; ess in obtaining a daily accession of custorn a and Deposits. s ndWestmi nster ;TA th eet ers are determined that in the London Ith metropolis shall possess all the important advantages co thct Joe Stock Banks are calculated to ; and acting un best l gal advice they will accept Bills of Exchange . , and other e agency ' business for Banks, or persons in the '„Y• By order of the Board, JAMES WILLIAM GILBART, Manager. NATIONAL BANK OF IRELAND. t ., I L It numerous and highly-respectable Meeting of f A t i l qk ir,'Le Gentry, Merchants, Traders, and other Inhabitants o 'N.SITIRK-ON-SUIR, and its Vicinity, held at CARRICK- Ilt o , 'on FRIDAY, the 12th of SEPT., 1834. , The Hon. J. PONSONBY, Chairman. ~,,,IIeB , M , "Y P. Hayden, Esq.—Seconded by James Cantwell, Esq. i°4"' tt B an That thegeneral disadvantages arising from the want 1 ) . ob;Z k lis h ,_er lr e, a . _where tho annual exports exceed 260,0001., are tr ' e. ab enee 'Y oi a n n ife e s x t te to ns r i e v ri fi r o e a e t i i c h positioni and independently of g capital , and the consequent titltitotereitation of commercial and agricultural pursuits, which thare , 9 e4t_lll., evils of great magnitude, resulting therefrom, .o_ :Prieto,' lated to damp the ardour of the Merchant, Landed P 11 14 dela and P ariner, by involving them in the risk, expense, r 'cou nt ? of tra nsmitting all their Bills to other remote towns fo 111,, ed by John Walsh, Esq., Fanningston ; seconded by ot ' e solv ed R. Feehan, Esq. t „ . telu nti, --That having read the Prospectus of the National Bank lurtar y Aarra heard the satisfactory explanations given by the k c"ui '' 4r . John Re lds we hl ghly aprove of the same, and skier 't . - Y n° ' - - thetrade, commerce, 14.4agr,Henb, 1 uould be eminently useful to . her e s ' ut e of this town and its vicinity, to establish a Branch 4 1o ved ;_° connection with that establishment. li by John Power, Mount Richard, Esq. ; seconded by t kut e4 Aved_ ... .,, John Rourke, Esq. . . C4,l.ludertak.inat in order to unite al classes in this most impor of b, Bra ' 0 opal. "i%t l ' i ou ' ri g , We are f ' 'on that the local capital of the 44 th q lve 'ph ch of the National Bank of Ireland shall con ,,nutube °.tisand Shares of Five Pounds each, and that . so soon_ lov e d b r '3 subscribed for, no more Shares shall be issued. P.soi --Y l' ' P. Fitzgerald, M.D. ; seconded by John i II veti,, ris nad Esq. Iti° ' 44t lred " at no Shar h e lde ei rs can at any time hold more than , „ 4 by Red sha.res. Share ho vi lle, ol ert °I)onnell, Gurteen, Esq. ; seconded by Thomas ti s s iori k i ''' , l-.T il O'Neill, Esq. II °' i tit n itriit. t the following gentlemen be appointed as . a Pro- Th °ll „, i ,_* 44 1 r b eet ; ' ..... e e, for the purpose of carrying the foregoing reso llebsigs '-,0ri50,,,, \V„,'Y 11,i' Lal I.'l'j, Besboro' - je:".. 01)N,;: `'rgghouse j i l• hive ""tltn,Ntle ,r, , p r s , 1 ,,,, ~,,,_ Pat • , ° Wei. .I.l; u roup l a te T . peK th„ giktebney Castle A . 0 , Ftz‘e;e4 414:hard V k i I tiord- 'ld, k b. Saul°l)O44 e k I { ll e tle ll ,),geo t , g . rvra n John' O'Neirtizian 4 I c ho g , h 4 JN t ,eesh - ti c k ,„ati ' ll 4 b Nv t dtV ''° Yle erls ° , l , / o h,ard 15 I ,' L Ate,. ° ,Wer • 4' ef l rk eti i - "er O'Ryan, Bally- Ed 44 , Nir, 1, IN, iv il s _ '4trj, g u . 'RI, and Co. 41, 4, ,i, Alan ,litt44l(llllt°4 4 4 1 1 Re atie °wer k e 4 beef Three B r id ges 11Y T h t, ~tsoi, d -o,tnas Wilson, Esq., seconded by Patrick Keirwan, Esq. t.l,l l . l es e t e ;i - li hat the Committee, nine of whom t fo e rm eaur oofrutwin:. ar r ,.: , tii.L°.‘Fneet on Friday, in each week, at the h ,t° le e lnent e iNeW, Room, for the purpose of makingall proceeding 41 0 ,- Joh n s i t and to communicate the result of each . 'd by TheYnolds, the Secretary, 14, Usher's shall'tea i -)4las B. Wilson, Esq. ; seconded by J. Meagher Quay, Dublin. 1°• v ed....., , N , O'Ryan, Es ol owi e p a i d loat the sum of 25 percent. on thegross amount 44 ' 1 1°,1 4 Reuti'Y all persons becoming subscribers, .and that the i\ V4 te -R ,.",, i t to e l . ta i , en be a p po in ted Treasurers to receive the same, -.-beunu-e",-...-4eir joi crediti in the Bank of Ireland Office, 11, Pkt.,,,Hp-de n , J. Cantwell, John Power, William P The lifi 't . - eehan' , and T. F. Fitzgerald, M.D., Esqrs. -. 141 n, -11,°'n'abl .. A i --, r .,, e John p lONSJOHN h PON 7eft e - oved b cl, bei„, onsonby avin r , Dreltsseseived y E . po? called thereto, ' Ch C a h i:, ini an a d n. T. n es ., o . llr ,;:rhat w :er, Esq. ; seconded by J. Purcell, M.D. t o ' with '';.`itlttle t o . a nnot find words sufficiently to ex- On , by e '"911 h e e t4e .Ronourable J. Ponsonby, for the prompt perl3 vet, (n ninD - °lnPlied with the wishes of the people of this .1 proobezw!',:etardirittir s Ch id ai e r. at this Meeting ; and also 1 THOMAS E. LALOR, Chairman, W. O'DONNELL, Secretary. James Cantwell Patrick Codd John Rourke Joseph Wm. O'Donnell, Cottage Patrick Feehan James Kennedy Robert O'Donnell, Gurteen Pierse O'Donnell, Gurteen John Purcell, M.D. Thomas O'Neill Thomas Wilson Richard O'Donnell, Cottage William W. O'Donnell, Cottage John Wogan Jeffery Morris Thomas 13. Wilson Pierse Slattery Thomas Cantwell Patrick Byrne Christopher nerdn, Michael Dooley Thomas Keating William Dalton James Prendergast George Briscoe, Pilltown ~ V fit !~~ A No. 13,114. C4AIIIIIIII-111111"iv ; Un2/ 6j (-) /7 pc • • • •-• • r'N ** V.: 7 ' W .,. ";)i) C - 4 • - *6— r irL: * A S 4 ,1 4 f •••••,,, , cc • 0.0 I • At. 4 ; 3 - 1 ; s- , 4:4 , , , , r• 4 ^ 4 • 4.' (4 0 A'. At • ,S 41, tra6 4 4 , tt 6'5-1 %;‘); 471 1)1. " I°4 " 444 401§. 01 f-t'r .dr,,,Ao4* " .1 ? 0I T ;~ ~~ , ~~ PRICE 7D. x rten:a?up the stimulus which even the sunshine of wealth and patronage has sometimes failed to excite. The President having announced the hours and places of meeting for next day, the Assembly separated. SECOND DAY (TUESDAY.) On Tuesday forenoon, the different Sections met in the Class Rooms of the University, elected their office-bearers, and appoint committees for conducting the business. These preliminary arrangements having been completed, the Sections immediately proceeded to the discussion of their various departments of science. The following is a list of the Sections which have been formed, along with their respective Presidents : Mathematics and Physic Dr. LLOYD. Chemistry {Dr. DALTON (in room of Dr. Hope. ) Geology Professor JAMESON. Natural History Professor GRAHAM. Statistics. Sir CHARLES LEMON. Medicine Dr. ABERCROMBY. 19 the evening, at eight o'clock, the general meeting took place in the Assembly Rooms. The company was as numerous and brilliant as on the preceding night. Sir Trios. BRISBANE havirr , taken the chair, said that, before commencing the regular business of the evening, Mr. Taylor, the Treasurer, would report on the progres sive increase of the Association, from its commencement to the present period. The TREASURER then stated that the number of tickets issued to new members, on the present occasion, amounted to upwards of 800, and that probably 150 would be ad mitted to-morrow. The Association, at its commencement at York, numbered 350 members ; at Oxford they in creased to 700 ; and at Cambridge, last year, to about 1,400 ; so that at Edinburgh it already included 2,200, which would be increased in the course of to-morrow, to 2,400.—( Applause.) Sir Trios. BRISBANE then requested the Association to attend to the reports of the Presidents of the different Sec tions, as to the transactions of the day. Professor WHEWELL read the report of the Section of Mathematics and General Physics, from which it appeared that the effects of capillary attraction, the effect produced by heat on particles of bodies—and the oscilations of baro meters—had formed the subjects of discussion, in which Dr. Robison, Professor Moll, Professor Whewell, Professor Powell, and M. Arago, took a prominent part. Dr. DALTON, in the absence of Dr. Hope, read the report of the Chemical Section, the most particular part of which was a discussion which had arisen out of certain experi ments made by Dr. Daubeny, on the nature of gas from thermal water. Professor Jameson read the report of the Geological and Geographical Section, which principally embodied a dis cussion as to the stratification of various minerals, particu larly granite. Dr. Boase, Professor Sedgwick, Mr Greenough, Professor Phillips, severally explained their• views on these points, on which there appeared to be con siderable difference of opinion. Professor GRAHAM read the report of the Section on Natural History, including Zoology and Botany, which stated that a report by Mr. Jennings on the recent progress and present state of Zoology had been read. This report, which seemed to the section most luminous, began by no ticing the arrangements by Linnaeus and his followers, and afterwards entered into the internal arrangement of animals as contained in the works of Cuvier, The first part of a paper had then been read by Professor Hooker, giving an account of an excursion in Quito, and to Chimborazo, along with Captain Hall, and containing allusions to the state of vegetation in that neighbourhood, showing the general simi larity of the climate of that district with the climate of the south of Europe, and, at the same time, thB remarkable effects produced by the continuous spring of that climate, contrasted with the effects on animal and vegetable life, by the alternate seasons of other climates ; and a contrast drawn between the climates of high elevation in tropical districts, and the variable climates in higher latitudes, the result being in favour of the alternation instead of the inter nal weariness of the joys of everlasting spring. Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Chairman of the Section of Anatomy and Medicine, read the relative report, which set forth that, among other business, a paper had been read by Dr. Alli son on the dependence between the muscular irritability and the nervous influence. that one of the points for inquiry particularly insisted on by Professor Lindley, that of the influence of the chemical nature of soils, and of the excretions of plants was taken up at an early period of the existence of the Association, by one of its most zealous supporters, Dr. Daubeny ; and that, in reference to the review by Dr. Henry of the labours of European physiologists, we may quote, as a national honour, the discoveries of our distin guished associate, Sir Charles Bell. On the general con nexion and occasional apparent opposition of Theory and Practice, I would refer to some very pertinent remarks in the address of Whewell, at the last meeting. The im portance of carrying on both simultaneously and indepen dently, and of looking to our increased knowledge of both as the only sure means of ultimately reconciling discre pancies, has been manifested, by the desire of the Council of the Association, to procure two distinct reports on the Theory and Practice of Hydraulics, which have been drawn up with remarkable perspicuity, and within a small compass, by Mr. Challis and Mr. Rennie. Both these gentlemen have shown their zeal in the objects of the As sociation, by promising to continue their valuable labours. Mr. Rennie, on that part of his subject which relates to the motion of fluids in open channels, and Mr. Challis on some of those exceedingly interesting branches of theory altogether modern, which physically, as well as in their mathematical methods, have the closest analogy to that case ofthe motion of fluids treated of in the present volume, namely the Theory of Sound, and the intimate constitution of liquids. When, in addition to these reports, we shall have received that undertaken by Mr. Whewell upon the Mathematical Theory of Magnetism, Electricity, and Heat, we shall undoubtedly possess the most complete outline extant; of a department of knowledge entirely of Pelmet. date. In the science oZ. Hydraulics, indeed, some progress in theory has accompanied the increase of practical information, at least since the time of Newton ; but in the other strictly practical report of the present volume, that of Mr. Barlow on the very interesting subject of the strength of materials, little or nothing has been done of much theoretical import ance since the days of Galileo. Circumstances, which it would be easy to point out, prevent our setting out, except in rare cases,. from unimpeachable data ; but several very interesting conclusions of general application are derivable from well conducted experiments, and the Association may claim some credit for having brought into general notice the ingenious investigations of Mr. Hodgkinson of Man chester, more particularly alluded to in this paper. One report, and that the longest which has ever been printed by the Association, remains to be mentioned. It is by Mr. Peacock, on the present state of Mathematics. 'When we consider the vast extent of the subject, and the ex tremely limited number of persons, even in the whole of Europe, capable of undertaking it, we must consider the production of a work of so much labour as the present, which, as yet, is incomplete, but which the author has pro mised to resume, as the best trophy to which we can refer in proof of the entire efficiency of the Association. Were these annual reports the only fruits of the labours of this Society, there would be no reason to complain. But yet more specific results, of its impulsive action on science may be quoted. The questions suggested by the reporters and others, recommended for investigation, have met with ready attention from several individuals capable of satisfactorily treating them. Professor Airy has himself investigated, from direct observation, the mass of Jupiter, suggested as a desideratum in his report on astronomy ; and, since the last meeting of the Association, has confirmed hi s fi rs t re- - sults by new observations, which give almost the same mass t by the observed elongations of the satellites, as had been . deduced from the perturbations of the small planets by Ju . piter. Hourly observations of the thermometer in the ; south of England have, in two instances, been commanded, and we are assured that the same desirable object is about . to be attained by the zeal of the Committee in India, . where the Association has established a flourishing colony. . A series of the best observations, conducted for ascertain ing the law which regulates the fall of rain at different heights, has been undertaken at the suggestion of the Phy sical Section, by Messrs. Phillip and Gray of York, which have been ably discussed by the former gentleman, in last year's report, and have since been continued. A regular system of Auroral observation, extending from the Shet land Isles to the Land's-end, has been established under the superintendance of a special Committee, and specimens of the results have been published. Observations on the supposed influence of the Aurora and the Magnetic Needle, , have likewise been pursued in consequence of this proceed ing. The conditions of Terrestrial Magnetism in Ireland have been experimentally investigated by Professor Lloyd. An important inquiry into the law of Isomorphism has been undertaken by a special Committee, which has likewise reported progress ; and an elaborate synopsis of the whole Fossil Organic Remains found in Britain is in progress under the hands of Professor Phillips. Many specific in quiries are besides going forward, under particular indivi duals, to whom they were confided ; whilst it is not to be doubted that numberless persons, many of them perhaps new to the world of science, are at this moment pursuing investigations recommended in general terms, in one or other of the publications of the Society. To others the Association has not scrupled to commit a portion of the funds at their disposal, for the purpose of pursuing objects which required an outlay, which might be deemed unreasonable by individuals. Among the most im portant of these is the collection of the Numerical Constants of Nature and Art, which are of perpetual recurrence in physical inquiries, and which has been confided to the su perintendance of Mr. Babbage. When objects of still more peculiar national importance presented themselves, the Association has fulfilled its pledge of stimulating Govern ment to the aid of science. Five hundred pounds have been advanced by the Lords of the Treasury towards the reduction of the Greenwich Observations, at the instance of the Association ; and more recently the observa vations recommended by the Committee on Tides have been undertaken, by order of the Lords of the Admiralty, at above 500 stations on the coast of Britain. Individuals, as we have said, have been stimulated by the influence of the Association, but so may nations and great bodies of men. Its published proceedings have found their way to every quarter, and are tending to produce corres ponding efforts in distant lands. Our reports on science have produced some very interesting counterparts in the literary town of Geneva. America has taken the lead in several departments of experiment recommended by the Association ; and , the instructions for conducting uniform systems of observation have been reprinted and circulated in the New World. We must likewise consider it as an especial proof of the influence and importance of the Asso ciation, that a Report on the Progress of American Geo logy has been undertaken and executed by Professor Rogers of Philadelphia. Similar contributions from some other foreign countries have been promised, which will extend the utility of the Association, by making us acquainted with the more characteristic state of science in the various parts of Europe. Nor can we fail, on the present occasion, to consider, as a most auspicious promise of the future success of the Association, that the distinguished Secretary of the Institute of France has not only honoured this meeting with his presence, but has promised to interest that powerful body on behalf ofthe impor tant objects contemplated by the Association, which its co operation might effectually secure. The formation of a Statistical Section at Cambridge was the prelude to the establishment of a flourishing society, which acknowledges itself the offspring of this Institution, and which promises, by a procedure similar to that introduced by the Associa tion, to advance materially the greatly neglected subject of British statistics. We look forward with anxiety to the future fate of the Association. So long as it continues to be guided by the same principles as heretofore, it cannot fail to confer a substantial benefit upon the science of Britain. We have enough of energy in action to commu nicate to the many the knowledge of the few, but it is to prevent the stagnation of the stream at the fountain-head, which should be our especial object.—True it is that but a few are able or disposed to devote themselves unreser vedly to those great enterprises which require the whole man ; yet, though it is morally impossible that any others should undertake the highest generalizations to which we have just alluded, a division of labour is as practicable in intellectual as in mechanical science. If one designing mind direct the whole, distinct labourers may be engaged, unknowing each other's tasks, yet happy in the conscious ness of being more usefully and more honourably employed than in imperfectly attempting the execution of works which they might individually complete. The exquisite piece of mechanism which, in the form of a watch, issues from the manufactories at Paris or Geneva, has its various elements of its wheels and pinions, its balance and fusee, collected from the detached cottages of the peasantry of the Jura. To combine individual effort, to render parts capable of combination into a whole, to economize time and thus vir tually to lengthen the lives of those whose exertions are valuable in the cause of science, may be considered as humble, yet surely most important contributions to its ad vancement. We shall have little reason to regret the want of a National Institute, whose existence is the just subject of pride to our continental neighbours, so long as individual Sir C. LEMON reported the proceedings of the Section of Statistics, from which it appeared that Colonel Sykes, one of the deputy chairmen of that section, had some statistical returns as to the Deccan, which, however, were not as yet in a fit state for publication ; the Section also reported that Professor Forbes had applied for leave of access to the Ar chives of the East India Company, which had been, with their usual liberality, granted. It was also reported that a Statistical Association had been formed in London, and Mr. Benjamin Haywood, the remaining vice-preses If this sec tion, likewise mentioned the formation of a similar Associa tion in Manchester. The latter Association had acquired important information relative to the state of the working classes in that city, having visited no less than 4,102 fami lies, comprehending nearly 20,000 inhabitants ; of this num ber 8,851 were children, and of these 252 attended day same's - , an - d - 1,030 - attended - Sunday Schools, so that nearly a half were entirely destitute of education ; 689 families were found in comfortable circumstances, 651 less so, and upwards of 2,500 in uncomfortable circumstances. The next business that had been brought before this Section was a letter from Sir John Sinclair on the science of agriculture and on the means of its improvement, but the section wish ing to abide as much as possible to facts, could not enter upon this paper. This finished the report of the sections. Professor ROBINSON, of Armagh, then addressed the company at considerable length upon the subject of Comets, and said that the term " comet" had been from earliest as sociations almost synonymous with spirits, terror, and all the pageantry of unholy and fantastic apprehension. They knew that still such terrors were found,---they knew that lately in Paris, the capital of one of the most civilized and enlightened nations, such a panic prevailed at the re turn of one of those strangers, that, to calm the apprehen sions of the people, it was necessary to have recourse to one of the most eminent philosophers, to satisfy them that they were neither in danger of being suffocated by its noxious influences, nor crushed to pieces by its concussion. But, to philosophers, it presented itself in a far different aspect. Instead of announcing a tempest or revolution, or the fore warning of some dreadful scourge in the world,—instead of all these objects, which its presence formerly conveyed to the mind, they now beheld in its track one of the proudest triumphs of human genius, and derived the strongest con viction, that the person who should pretend to say to human. knowledge, " thus far shalt thou go, and no farther," was as yet in blindness, in infancy, unpractised in his strength, ignorant of the state of power to which the human mind could be raised. The learned Professor then entered into a most interesting disquisition on the history of the great Haley comet, which was calculated once more to appear in the latter end of the present year, although it would not make its nearest approach to the earth till the 6th January, 1835. This expected comet would bring another triumph to those who would hail with exultation its prompt obe dience to the mandate of the mathematician. He con cluded by giving a most scientific analysis of the various theories on this abstpase subject. Professor WHEWELL then followed up the observations of Professor Robinson by a still farther and lengthened comment. Professor HAMILTON, of Dublin, very shortly replied to the observations of the latter gentleman, as to comets not having always appeared at the times stated by philosophers, and being rather erratic and uncertain in their course. The Association then adjourned, and the President inti mated that the next evening meeting would take place in the same room, and at the same hour. THIRD DAY (WEDNESDAY.) The evening meeting of the Association commenced at the usual hour of eight ; and long before that time the room was crowded to excess with ladies and gentlemen. After the Treasurer had read a state of the accounts of the Association, reports of the proceedings of the different Sec tions through the day were read by the following gentlemen : —Professor Whewell, mathematics ; Professor Christison, chemistry ; Lord Greenock, geography and geology ; Pro fessor Graham, natural history ; Dr. Abercrombie, medi cine ; and Sir Charles Lemon, statistics. These reports appeared in general, to be little more than minutes of papers read in the various sections, of which, from the crowded state of the room, we could only catch the follow ing subjects :—ln the mathematical department, Professor Moll's paper on transverse vibrations was read. Dr. Powell of Oxford stated his views in reference to the un dulatory theory. Meteorology, also, it appeared, formed a prominent part in the discussions of the day, and on this subject the continuation of Mr. Phillips's report was read. In the Chemical Department, a paper was read by Dr. Charles Williams, on a new law of combustion, showing that certain bodies are inflamed at a temperature as low as 35 degrees of Fahrenheit. Dr. Daubeney read a paper on the comparative degrees of heat in coal tar and splint coal, showing that though tar may be used as fuel, it is not supe rior to coal. In Geography and Geology, Mr. Stephenson's report as to the change in the relative level of land and water was read.—This called forth some interesting remarks from Professor Lyell (who has recently returned from a tour in Sweden), who adverted to an important fact, that the land on the coast of Sweden has, within the last 100 years, gained somewhat more than three f e et. Other papers, principally geological, were read , and particularly one b; LOrd Greenock, on the coal strata of Scotland. In the Natural History Department, th e principal sub ject of discussion .related to the height at which certain species of vegetation exist. The limit of perpetual snow was a nother subject of observation, from which it appeared that the results differed in this point from that of calcula tion—the character of the country always assisting in de LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1834. BRITISH ASSOCIATION. The fourth meeting of this Association having been ap pointed to be held at Edinburgh, the first general meeting took place on Monday evening, in the Assembly Rooms, George-street. The large room (which by them has been splendidly repainted and supplied with new and brilliant gas lustres for the occasion), was completely crowded with the members, and the ladies, by whom most of them were ac companied. Among the distinguished strangers on the plat form, we observed Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Professor Arago, Sir David Brewster, Sir Charles Bell, Dr. Dalton. Dr. Daubeny, M. La Baron Ende, Dr. Lardner, Mr. R. Murchison, Professor Powell, Dr. Vlastos, Professor Whe. well, &c. Professor SEDGWICK, President of the former year, opened the meeting with an address. The Association, he said, had exalted him to a position of great honour, which, at the time, he prized as above all other power, and to which he would ever look back with the greatest delight. From this situation he was now on th point of retiring, but he did so, however, with feelings of ex ultation, if such feelings could be deemed appropriate on such an occasion, as indeed they were, inasmuch as the trust he held was about to devolve upon a gentleman of great eminence, and who was more equal to the un dertaking than the person who now addressed them. The Association was not one which was in a bankrupt state, or which was falling off in either power or numbers, but one which, on the' contrary, was going on increasing in strength and in power, and producing effects on the phi losophic world which would be felt in generations yet un born, and promote the best interests of humanity.— (Cheers.) Perhaps what he had said might be considered enough, and if he concluded here, by expressing his gra titude for past honours, it might be as well. But he hoped they would not think he was needlessly clinging to that chair, if he still detained them for a few moments longer, by touching on one or two topic s connec t e d w i t h the Institution. He becrged then to congratulate them on their increasing numbers. Even were it to be sup posed that motives of vanity had brought many of them together, yet under that view there was reason to rejoice that the public feeling was with them ; for unless they had the public sympathy, it was impossible even for a phi losophic body to go on with success. The Learned Pro fessor then proceeded to advert to the original institution of this association, which he said had been started by a set of independent men, with the best intentions, and with the most sober views of future good, and of the success of their scheme—hardly knowing what constitution to give it, and never dreaming of the glorious success which it had now obtained. The first meeting had been held at York— the second at Oxford, where a large accession of numbers was experienced—the third at Cambridge, where the num bers still further increased, and now it had reached the Scottish capital, where an addition had been made to their number beyond all precedent. He then went on to re mark on the many circumstances connected with this city, which tended to endear it to himself and others--especially that of its having given birth to so many illustrious philoso phers, men who had investigated the obscurest relations of physical science, and disentangled its phenomena. The learned professor then proceeded to expatiate on the advan tages of an association of this nature. On his way hither he had the good fortune to meet with M. Arago, the per petual Secretary of the French Institute, and Dr. Vlastos from Greece. M. Arago, in the departments which he had cultivated, was inferior to none in Europe. To meet with men like these—to breathe the same atmosphere —to par take the same sentiments, and enjoy their conversation and their friendship, were enough to justify the institution of that association, were there no other advantages.—(Cheers.) But there were many other circumstances which pointed out the use of these associations, among which was the power of combination. How feeble and how powerless was man when alone, and, on the other hand, how powerful and how forcible was he when acting in combination ? The brute elements could then be brought fully into subjection, and himself raised in the scale of intellectual beings—for as he gained knowledge lie gained power. Thus great good arose from combination, and from collision with men even of conflicting opinions, and a power of concentration was obtained, which was unknown to a person acting by him self. It was said in opposition to this, that the greatest philosophic works had been achieved in private. This was so far true: 1-ut the first genii of such Trc.riz. - wits DOl:sllg gestgd in private, but originated from the authors having mingled with men of similar pursuits. He instanced La Place, whose intercourse with men of letters and science, must have greatly aided him in disentangling the pheno mena of nature—for in all such cases when a point of ex periment was reached, it was always necessary to call in experimental men. The Learned Professor next adverted to the published' transactions of the Association, in illustra tion of the uses of the Association. Last year a discussion had arisen on the Aurora Borealis, which had been found to b e connected with electrical phenomena, thus forming a link in physical science. Soon after that, a beautiful arch across the heavens was seen simultaneously at various parts by, he believed, most members of the Association, and ex periments having been made by Dr. Dalton of Manchester, as to the altitude of the arch, it was found to be 40 miles above the surface of the earth. The Association at last meeting, had also rJcommended that experiments should be made on heated bodies long kept in fusion—in pursuance of which, certain bodies were at present in the furnace, and probably would be uncovered for examination in the course of ten years. Now, but for this Association, these experi ments would never have been attempted. He also alluded to certain observations which had been made at Green wich, which were in a raw unreduced state, but which, on application being made to Government by some members of the Association, some hundred pounds had been obtained to assist in preparing these observations for the benefit of the world. Observations on the tides were also in progress, from which great good was expected. The learned Pro fessor next proceeded to combat the objections which had been urged against such Associations. They are said to be dangerous in their tendency, but he denied that the investi gation of truth could ever be injurious to mankind —this was a libel on the God of Nature—for instead of impugning any of the grander truths, they would, on the contrary, be more and more corroborated. He urged most strenuously upon the Association the necessity of keeping in mind the objects of its institution, and to confine their researches to dead matter, without entering into any speculations on the relations of intellectual beings ; and he would brand as a traitor that person who would dare to overstep the pre scribed boundaries of the institution. If the Society should ever be broken up—which God forbid—he would predict that it would happen by some member's imprudently and daringly passing its boundaries. Before concluding, he made some complimentary remarks on the fame which this city had always enjoyed as a seat of learning and science ; and in allusion to the monuments of Burns, Playfair, and Stewart, which had been erected on the Calton Hill since last he (Mr. S.) had visited this city, said, that although he did not disapprove of monuments to warriors who had fought the battles of their country, yet he viewed with more pleasurable interest such monuments as those,—me morials as they were of peace,—and with which was con nected neither shrieks nor wailings, heart-breakings nor blood.—(Clieers.) They were the visible representation of those feelings in which they participated. He then moved that, in accordance with the resolution of the general com mittee last year at Cambridge, Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Brisbane do take the chair. Sir THOMAS BRISBANE then took the chair amid great applause. He said, that after the distinguished nobleman and the two celebrated professors who had preceded him in that honourable sit ua ti on , h e appeare d b e f ore t h e m eeting with the utmost diffidence, and he claimed their indulgence if he should prove unequal to discharge his duties in a be coming m anner , f or h e f e l t t h at i t wou ld requ i re un iversal knowledge to do justice to his situation. He then expressed his gratitude for the honour which had been conferred on him ; and remarked, that although Edinburgh could not boast of accommodation to rival that furnished in the other cities where the Association had met, he was sure the in habitants would not yield in any degree the desire to give the Association the best welcome, and uphold their national character for hospitality.—(Cheers.) Aft er a ll u di ng to th e kindness of the various public bodi es , i n o ff er i ng every faci lity to the Association, he proceeded to congratulate the Society on its progress and in creas i ng prosperity, and ex pressed a hope that it would go on increasing until its effects should be felt, not only throughout Europe, but throughout the globe which we inhabit.--((;Treat cheering.) Mr. RosisoN, one of the Secretaries, gave an account of the arrangements which had been made for the accommo dation of the members, and the general order of the busi ness of the week. Professor FORBES then rose, and proceeded to give a general view of the progress of the affairs of the Associa tion, but we are necessarily compelled to abridge his obser vations for want of space. The character of the Associa tion, he said, may be considered as unique. It is not to be confounded with those numerous and flourishing institutions which have sprung up, especially of late years, for the sim ple diffusion of scientific truths. Such diffusion does not even,..properly speaking, include any attempt at extension or accumulation ; if in many cases it does promote such extension, it is indirectly, and, beyond a doubt, has some times had the opposite tendency. The intellectual wealth of mankind is no more increased by this operation, than is the weight of the precious metals under the hand of the gold-beater. A greater display may indeed be attained, and a more commodious application to the useful and the ele gant purposes of life ; but for the actual increase of the stock which may hereafter be fashioned with ease and expe dition by the hands of a thousand artificers, we must recur to the miner toiling in his solitary nook, and to the labourer who painfully extracts some precious grains from the bed of the torrent. It is the furtherance of this species of produc tive energy that the British Association claims for its capi tal object. The diffusion of a taste for science amongst its numerous members is no doubt one of the most necessary and most desirable consequences of the principles upon which it is founded ; but it is not the basis of these princi ples. To teach those who have never pursued natural knowledge but as an occasional amusement, to feel that for them a field lies open which to-morrow they may call their own—to lend them such aid as may promote the success of their exertions, by removing the preliminary difficulties, and pointing out the existing boundary betwixt the known and the unknown—to stimulate these exertions and those of others who have already become, to a certain degree, fami liarized with the labours and with the results of intellectual toil, by enabling them to mix with the veterans in each department who have gained, and who still continue to gain, the highest rewards which the investigation of nature confers,—who will point out the methods which they pur sued, the disappointments which they met, and the difficul , ties which they surmounted ; thus affording at once the gratificatioit which every- generous mind feels in personal communication with those who have signalized themselves by intellectual achievement, and the instruction, and en couragement for the pursuit of a similar course which words and words alone can impart,—these we hold out as amongst the first and most valuable objects proposed to be attained by the institution of this Association. The migratory Scientific Associations of Germany and Switzerland—to which we gratefully acknowledge that our Britith one owes its rise—embrace only one class of the objects to which we have above alluded, as characterising this body. Their aim was simply to promote the inter course of scientific men, and to diffuse a taste for the pro secution of science. Their existence is not permanent,— they execute no functions but for the moments during which their members are once a-year assembled,—they re- - gard not the-past, and have no cares for the future,—they merely receive and consider the communications which the zeal of individual members places in their way. Such was proposed to be the character of the body this day assem bled,—an imitation of the foreign meetings having been suggested by some individuals engaged in scientific pursuits amongst whom Sir D. Brewster was conspicuous ; but the origi na l id ea , an d t h e muc h more s i gnal merit of bring ing that idea to bear, of establishing a permanent society, of which these annual reunions should simply be the meet ings, but which, by methods and by influence peculiarly its own, should, during the intervals of these public assemblies (whilst to the eye of the world apparently torpid and inac tive), be giving an impulse to every part of the scientific system, maturing scientific enterprize, and directing the labours requisite for discovery,;—the clear perception of the practicability of all thi s , an d th e di scovery an d sugges tion of methods for its fulfillment, were due to one indivi dual, and to one alone ; and I shall be borne out by all those who have closely watched the progress of this So ciety from its birth to the present hour, when I say, that not only f or th e id ea generally, and the modes of carry ingit into effect, b u t f or t h e actua l construct i on o f the ma chinery in its wh o l e d e t a il s , we are i n d e b te d to the almost single-handed exertions of Mr. Wm. Vernon Harcourt. If we now turn from the professions to the acts of the Associa tion, we shall find gra tif y i ng proo f t h at these sanguine an ticipations were not chimerical ; and that this primary ma chinery, not destined itself to do the work desired, but to construct the tools requisite for its performance, was want ing neither in efficiency nor in permanence. The first and most signal proof which we can cite, is the production of those Reports on the Progress of Science which appeared to the founder of the Association one of the most important objects of such an institution, and one which, beyond all dispute, no existing society could have attempted. To re quire of persons whose time was in all cases more or less val btu, inieh n devotion of it as was required for a syste matic and precise detail of the recent progress of the science which they respectively cultivated, was to make a demand, the boldness of which cannot well be appreciated, but by those who have had experience in the labour of bringing together the substance of detached, though often pro found, papers in the extensive range of scientific periodi cals and academical collections. Yet so obvious was the utility of the proposed undertaking, that, in the very in fancy of the association, there were found several distin guished individuals, and chiefly from the University of Cambridge, who had not even been present at the first meeting, but who volunteered to undertake some of the most valuable of these reports which appeared in the first volume of the proceedings of the Association. As Mr. Whewell enumerated these in his last year's address, I will not farther allude to them ; yet it ought specially to be observed, that these reports differ entirely from the short systematic treatises-on scientific subjects with which the press teems. They are not primarily, intended for the gene ral reader—they are not meant fo r th e purpose of particu larising technical subjects ; thei r ma i n o bj ect i s so to classify existing discoveries as to lead th e i n di v id ual who is pre pared to grapple with its difficulties to start with the most complete and accurate knowledge of what has already been done in any particular science, not intended itself to contain that knowledge, but merely to serve the purpose of a cata logue raisonnee, by means of a lucid analysis and arrange ment, at the same time (and h ere i s t h e great necessity of securing the co-operation of persons distinguished in the several departments) . that the report s h ou ld p o i nt out t h e most important questions which remain for solution, whe ther by direct experiment or by mathematical investigation. The second volume of Reports h as amp l y j ust ifi ed the ex pectations with which it was h a il e d ; an d wh i le the first was chiefly occupied with reports upon great and leading divi sions of science, we have here several happy specimens of a still greater division of l a b our b y the discussion within moderate limits of some particular provinces. Thus Mr. Taylor has treated of one particular and most interesting question in geology, the form a t ion o f m i neral veins—one of the most important, in a theoretical point of view, which could have been stated, and which, from its intimate con nexion with commercial speculation, might have been ex pected in a country like ours to have been more specifically treated of than it has been. It strictly belon gs t o th e dyna mics of the science , to which , s i nce the tim e o f H utton, b ut little attention has been paid until very recently, by the exertions of Mr. Came, of Dr. Boase, and Mr. Henwood of Cornwall, whose researches are to form one point of dis cussion in the geological section at the present meeting. That electric agency was concerned in the disposition of metalliferous veins can scarcely be doubted ; and the con- ---.. flexion between e lectricity and magnetism, now so - fully established,—the connexion between metalliferous veins and lines of elevation, and between the latter and the isodyna mical lines of terrestrial magnetic intensity, as suggested by Professor Necket of Geneva,—point out a bond of union be tween this subject and that of terrestrial magnetism on which we have a report by Mr. Christie, where the very interesting direct observations of Mr. Fox of Falmouth, on the electro magnetic action of mineral veins, are particularly noticed. Mr. Christie's theory of the diurnal variation of the needle, which he is desirous should be submitted to the test of a laboratory experiment, is likewi se i n ti mate l y connecte d with the actual constitution of our globe. The whole sub ject of Terrestrial Magnetism is one of the most interest.. ing and progressive of the experimental sciences. The de termination of the direction of the magnetic energy by means of two spherical co-ordinates termed the variation and the dip, and the measure of the intensity of that force, are the great objects of immediate research, as forming a basis of theory. The existence of four points on the earth's surface, to which the needle tends, has long been known ; and the position of two of these (in Northern Asia and America) has recently been elucidated by the persevering efforts of Professor Hanstein and Commander Ross. The precise numerical determination of the elements just alluded to, acquires a deep and peculiar interest from the multiplied variations which they undergo. Not only are these elements subject to abrupt and capricious changes, which Baron Humboldt has termed magnetic storms ; but gradual and progressive variations are undergone at different hours of the day, at different seasons of the year, and throughout longer periods, which may even perhaps bear a comparison with the sublime cycles of Astronomy. 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Th e t i me for h master. o. ret rn of the upp er f o r m b o y s liheisdwee st k, when the Rev. does not expire till the b eg i nning Mr. Hawtrey enters on his duties ago BIRMINGHAM MUSICA L FES TIVA L...._ pre a v s e r f r o e r d w a d a c r . parations for the approaching Festi va l are •l state. Several families of distinction have already commodations for the week. Numerous inquiries secured es having been made as to the regulations regarding costum e at the Fancy Dress Ball, the Stewards have decided that admissionshall nct be confined to fancy dresses, though they are desru s that 'all who can with convenience adopt them will do so. --Bir mingham Advertiser. - - r k Ayes • b . . „ ontrl ~ ,stove' ~. ..o,!' ----- f On 1 "' 'haf "s i~ a~~~ of ,ter 41. of ;00 5 1 05- ‘,llter 'Great rbei4 J o hn ei1; 11 " } (o' oar d, ;titer cttf 01 l a te » 036 , 0 0_J bert $1) , of . 1 S