The Sun. — London, England, 1856-08-07 00:00:00

• •-• 4 R• ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, TG-INTIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), at S e'cloc) , and Tuesday, Thursday, and , aturday Mornings at :1 stalls, 3e.: area, 2s. ; gallery, 15 .--ggyptian Hall, PP.INCE'S CLUB.—RACQUET and TENNIS COURTS, Hans-place, IleleTave-square. Gentlemen dc sirous of bee° ming members are requested to communicate with the secre tary, a t the club, who will furnish every information. GRAND MUSIC HALL.-ROYAL SURREY GARDENS.—JULLIEN'S CONCERTS.—Madame Roders• dorff— Change of Programme each Evening Danson's Colossal Views of Const ant i nople and the Alps—Phillips's Dioramic Views— Turkish kiosk and illuminated Terrace—Fairy Caverns and Fatima's llome—G ro nnds lighted t o a perfectly nov e l manner—Southby s Fireworks and Brilliant Emblematic Tableau. Admittance Is. CCM eert at Sewen. Fireworks at a Quarter past Ten o'clock. —......_______ TH} Z OIJAVES.—ROYAL SURREY aiRDEN-4.—The public 13 informed that the ZOUA YES, rom the :2d Regiment of the Imperial Guard, will appear EVERY NIGIIT fc.r a m onth only, the permissi:n from the French authoi idea expiring positively on the sth September next. 6th August, 1856. ....................... WILLIAM ELLIS, Secretary. ..... - DR. -KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square.—Open (for Gentlemen Only) from 10 till 10, upwir containing d of one thousand models health aNd preparations, i llustrating every part of the human frame in and' disease, the race of men, F.:T. Lectures delivered at 12, 2, and half-pu', 7, by Dr. G. SEXTON, ; and a new and hi hl ser i es of Lectures is now in course of delivery by Dr. KAAN, at 4 p.m. precisely. Admission, One -.billing. LAST THREE WEEKS IN LONDON. . W. S. WOO DIN ' S OLIO of ODDITIES. 31 R Ti.)-N I MIT and every evening, at 8. —The above entertain • rnent has I .eceived norel additions, Vocal and Visual, includinc a New Loco-Joke-Motive Lyric, .ntitled OFF BY THE rr. AIN, illustrated by numet, + -nq cu , anCes, faeial, lingual, and cur orcal. 31r. W. S. Wood in around as Mrs. } 'loretice, in th e " Y ankee Girl, " with the tongs of " Bobbing Kin W," and " Polly, won't you try me, oh !"—Polygraphic-hall, g illiam-street, Charing cross. ...c.,-.._......, C TA EMORNE.—Open Daily.—One THIS DAY, Au gus t 7 , and dur i ng the a ee k —First Repreeen tatloll of an entirely new Fairy Ballet of Action, entitled, The Vine dressers of Como; or. the Fairy and the —. The Brothers Hutch inson in the Silver Dance and Clas.dcal Gym nas , uin ; Dancing on the lionstre Chinese Platform to the Great Cremorne Band; M'Cullum. the -Amer ican wonder, in the Cirque Oriental ; M. Henderson as o L e F er Volant ; T a n ner ' s 't rou p e o f Performi ng D ogs; G rand an d Instrumental Concert. The Illuminations on th e usua l scale of m agnificence only to be fount in these grounds. Firew or k s 011 the l iver esplanade. Open on Sundays for pro mena d e. Admis sion free ; table d'hote at six. 2s. 6d. each. Tuesday and Wednes day, A ugust 19 and 20, a G ran d Fl ower Sh ow of Dahlias, Holly hocks, Fruit, &c. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. —OPEN' i VERY EVEN - ING.—The celehrsted TILINGA XIAIT BAND, under the direction of Herr KALOZDY, will perform every Evening at 9 and 11 o'clock, in addition to the usual Vocal Entertainment The following company of talented Vocalists are Permanently a ngaged for the performance of Selections ft oat all the Popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Duets, &c., viz. :—M.s J. Caulfield, Hiss Itrtmel, Miss Sommers, and Ni iss Pearse ; Sam Cowell, air. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans S. Jones, T. Farrant, W. /gelling, Barker, Russell Grover. and P. Corrie ; Masters E. Con nJ. ell, Austin, and Bennett , and Mr. T. Hackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Harroway, R.A. , harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &c , Until twelve o'clock. THE CHANCELLORSVILLE FREEHOLD GOLD MINING COMPANY. Capital 50,000/., in hO,OOO shares of 1/. each. Offices —No. I, Great Winchester street, Old Broad. street, City. The statement of the Directors of this Compa , .y to the Sharehol ders and the public (already advertised at length in the newspapers), conta ning a full account of its past proceedings and present position, and a calcul a ti on of the profits, may he had on application, personally or by letter, to Mr. W. S. TROTTER, the Secretary, at the above address. METROPOLITAN COUNTIES and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent street, Waterloo-place, London. Capital, 100,0001. Rt.ITRUSTEES. Spencer H. Walpole,M.P . Ri c h ar d S pooner, Esq., MP. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. lE. Vansittart Neale, Esq. Life Assurance business transacted in all its branches. N.B. The bonus declared et the last division of profits averaged 33 per cent. on all the premiums paid. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, • No. 11, Lombard-street, London. DIRECTORS. I.IIAII CIS HART DYKE, Esq., Chairman. lIE NRY HULSE BERENS, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. John Dixon, Esq. Stewart Marjoribank.s, Esq. Sir W. .1 M. T. Fa rqu h ar, Bart John Martin, Esq., M.P. . Walter R. Farquhar, Brt. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. JTohhonmHsonnrvitay, nkFq e ,s y,.Esq., M.P. James Morris, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. Jelin G. Hubbard, F.sq Geor ge Johnsto ne . Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. Joh n Laboucher e , , IFisEsqq. . John Thornton, F. q. J ohn Loch, E sq. 1 J H a e m nry cs T v t i t g ll n o e c , h E . E. .q A. w. R q obarts, Es AUDITORS. . Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. 1 LewiS Lloyd,jun., Esq. I John Henry Smith, Esq. Georgr, Keys, Esq., Secretary. 'LIPP Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. filament, --, bEPARTME!IT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par- Rthtit this Company participation ot Profits. now offers to future insurers Four-fifths of ' Pr° f ll s, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium te e i x p t a t d i ni divi s ion s i 0 o 01 m in t Th e n h a e r r i t:l At the fly Profits will he declared in June, 1860, when . ,Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year mas, 1859, will be allowed to share in the Profits. „ von e dmsions of Profits made by this Company, the total At a t ;r 7 11° as 11 " es added to the Policies have exceeded 913,000 . Of 4,24oqosotira, thes4' than 20^ ^ the Assurances in force amounted to upwards . lncome from the Life Branch in Guarantee Capital) exceeded 1 1854 was more u,vool . ; and the Life Assurance Fund (independent of the POI d i EIGN RISKs — ,700,0001. The Extra Premiums required for the East !Iri N e6t Indies, the /tritish Colonies, and the northern parts of the Woln__United. States of America, have been materially reduced. ALID LIVES . — Persons who are not In such sound health as it ,.. u " l unable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, may have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums. %A.NS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro attale" sch Policies s h a ll have been effected a sufficient time to have A 4e' u l in each case a value not under 501. — ' IGNTI \IENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, r ece i ve d and rezisitered. ItC.ICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge will be Made for "obey Stamps ticl of ' i" D EPAlinf E . r.—lniurances effected upon every descrip- Pre r , rEY, at moderate rates. Company. Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this . -----___ S_ _________ uITWEPP'S MALVERN SELTZER y . iv ATE R.—Having leased the Holy Well Spring at Malvern, vern.oyfned for its purity. J. S. and Co. can now produce a SELTZER Sundered ATE vrith all the Chemical and Medicinsl Properties which have turt the Nassau Spring so celebrated. They continue manufac • AD u g SC)DA, HAGNKSIA, an 4 PO CAS4 WATERS and LE MON ..vEe, at London Liverpool, Bristol, and Derby. z ry Bottle i i_______z' protected b a Red Label beating their signatures. LE APP ETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. UdallA. and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to Perfectly digest the food. The daily nseof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Lond Field by th e proprietors, Lea and Perri, 19, Fenchurch-street, on, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs, Crosse and Blackwell , and other oilmen and men chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.T3.-To guard against intitatiorts, see that the names of LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle GREY lIAIR RESTORED to its ORIGINAL COLOUR with ease, safety._ and certainty, by the PATENT GALVANIC COMBS and BRUSHE4 witch are ala ,an unfailing t r r e a m ted edy for nervous headache and all neuralgic affections. Illus. Parrmhlets. " Why Hair becomes Grey, and its Remedy," Gratis, or by post for four stamps. Neuralgia, and all Rheumatic affections are perfectly eradicated by the Patent Galvanic Flesh Bushes, the Most safe, ,itnole. and efficient galvanic instruments extant ; patro niaed by the faculty Offices : —F. M. HERRING, 32. trest. Agents : —Child. South Gallery, Crystal Palace ; Savory and 21° °re ; Atkinson. 24, Old Bond -street ; Godfrey and Cooke, Conduit- Itasinghall. street ; Rend , ie, 12, Tickborn e- street ; Twinberrow, 2, Ed vrards street, Portman-square ; Saunders, 315 a, Winter. 205, and Kennedy, 66 . o Xford-street ; Rosa, 119 Bishops_late-street ; Riminell, Gar rard-street .. , —oho ; Worn 17, ' Dawson -street, and Birch, 1, Moles- Wortu-street, Dublin. Sold ' by all chemists and perfumers of repute. • ----___ . „ N uL T , S °PP'S PALE ALE.—Reduction in Price. , ,LARRINGTON' PARKER, and CO., Wine and cleer kereaente, 5 , ' ' Of th e .......___ , e. Pall-Vali, a . re now delivering the March Brewings 4180 .we c elebrated Ale, in Caaks of 18 Gallons at 335. each. ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE IN BO TTLE, s P a n 'ta r:nn"ial Pints at 5g., mlerial Half - pinta , for L unc h eon, 3s, all June 13, 1 1856. . - AIR.R R °WARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet- FI CIAL Tgle ' „ s has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI ' t 11, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so I;:erreetlY resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from operatio 4 dee: right s' bY the closest observer; they will never change colour or meths e ldill be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. restore dog not require the extraction of roots, or any painful utuarauteed to ni and will Support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is rendere4 so Fleet-street. At articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth hOln fy 4nd five.aueful in mastication - -52, e fr o m ten till . rr°tRISTS and _ the scorchi 4n- T RAVELLERS exposed to win a nd ng rays of the sun, and heated particles of dust ROWLANDS' ICALYDOR dispelling the a most refreshing Preparation for the Complexion, ,cloud of languor and re. and ifnmediatel __ _. 'ax tion. ailaying . Y affording the pleasin- sensa on ii attending restored elsitleity anthful state of the kin fly Prem. ~_,. -.les, Tarsal SPoth, Pimples,Flushes, and Discoloration t. e all heat and irritabilik ,v .erore its application r bdi giveplac e to deli f ea s t n e tt c ur lea a rness with n _ b or I tinge 01 glow of beauty an I ' 'lnsects its virtues havoe long°°tln In kenuoweledoged. Price 4s. 6d. and B a g c . 6d. per bottle. ROWLANDS' MACASBAR OIL. , delightfully 11. a grant and transparent invigorator and punter be od 11 dent. The Prices ire 3s. 6d ' 7 3' n a prece .sfatnily bottles (equal 6 d., and double that siz . e ' s. , 21 preparation, and, as an ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or Pearl Daum exotics, It ce, corn rarest be _ Polinded of the whiteness, frees them n he Teeth a pearl-like firmness, and to the Breath rtar, a nd i il , ' ' told sweetness and purity. Parts to the gums a healthy end most fragrant a grate Price 2s. 9d. per box. Sold by A. Rewiam Chemists and Pe - rnunertisn.cl Sons, 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by A NEW AND lIIPoRTANI DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE OP MEDICINE Patent Office ' 4 cal of great Bram ' l p • a cole de Pharmade Pharnaacien de Paris, r Perilal Cnolleiroef Medici e, Vienna. & TRIEREMAR No. I, 2, and 3 p g form devoid of taste or smell, and can ,berepared in the waistcoat pocket carried in the sva by Fold in tin eases, divided int° separate doses, as administered yalpeau, Lalletaand, Roux, Rlcord, 84c., &e, TRIESEMA.R No. of a lozenge 1 is a. Remedy for RE . • LAXATION, SPERNITORRIREA, d all the distressing consequences arising front earlY abuse, IndiscriLnate excesses, or too long residence in hot climates. It has restored bodily strength and vigour to thousands of debilitated individuals who are now in the enjoyment of health and the Functions of Manhood ; and 'whatever may be the cause for DISQUALIFICATIONS for MAR RIAGE, they are effectually subdued by this Wonderful Discovery ! and sexual TRIESEMAR No. lg., . effectually, in the short space of three days c ompletely and entirely eradicates all traces of Clonotvliosa, both in its mild and aggravated orrns, Gleets, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder. Non-retention of Urine, Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which copaivi and Cnbebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruln of the health of a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR No. 111., Is the great Continental Remedy for Syphilis and Secondary SPIT' toms. It also constitutes a certain cure for Scurv, Scrofula, and all Cutaneous Eruptiohsemving and expelling in its course all corrup tions and impurities from the vital stream, as altogether to eradicate the virus of disease, and expel it with the insensible pen* through the medium of the pores of the akin and urine, and is a never-failing remedy for that class of db.orders which unfortunately the English Physician treats with Mercury, tothe inevitable destruc tion of the patient s en.,..... '- "-"°"'ution. and which all the sarsaparilla in !ration the world cannot restore. Price lls., or four cases in one for 335,, which saves Ils., and in 51 ,,' eases, whereby there is q saving of 11. 12s. To be had wh - desale ana retail In London, of Johnson, 68, it n annay Sanger, 150, Oxford •street forestreet ; s' ; IL 11. Ingham, druggist, 46, and Co., 63, Ox- Market -street, Manchester; 11. Bradbuy, bookseller, l ; Powell , Bolton; J. Priestly, chemist, 51, Lord-street, Liverpool ; Powell, bo okseller, IS, Westmoreland-Street, Dublin ;;IrbiLan, bookseller, 1144- stroet,Urmiligliam. . • ~ • - ~ ~ eal, each :ET- 16 stones M. t —2 :Heal ant Third. 50 03 - 0 Od 03 - Qt's day, and )melt' de— We must, 1 even at• There is )1e of new at 35s por 1 the rates. 8• 0 19 0 la 0 18 6 17 0 18 9 .17 3 .......18. 3 Ding much ling a tocks ill rat es of all to-day, dons, 103 s—Le ado, arm to-dal ad, 84h 51 extern, 63: rat Pott•om' • dne 1 - 3 Ea. , 43d., Weekll Weekly ,Twice 1110 c.rt" 6th o f me. 'ld 9th 41k21O 1 pt il6th 16th UncertAir Ur , 16th of so 16 t 4th & itan ru.Tn•" t. l'ot. 1 and 1 6 1 4 and :4 9 — l2 and .9 ' l . ( n 7 and 24 •-•• Twice d SY •• TWlCSd aill )ton,i, 7 , J 4,1" I an d 16 DM/ 'lB4 nt mo !Daily Itith 4 2Lud 21 re & : 49 ° 1 6 and 16 '4. 16, 1 4th s nd 21 list let and 16 1 4 weal: ,Ist d o 1611' Weekly 1 a Oros montblY 1 and 16 e b di It the 111. , ' to deepatcb''' ay evenieg! nd others 111 was held 5 ' the 29th sfr it not be su r i pressure °. year, p ar k and gene l 1 dinner eo ; u anal averse' ressnre. ittee found I for 1001., t° is only ell; linable to tu, lot be co 11 11: my so 13 4 „ ° / s now 6, 99 '; ths' R (111 '4 7.1. Reac t , f r ow • ,e,te . new s - g a lbf f e widows °f to a pole ,ow receillos, osioners du: pensionV . :, ts, includ ll4 if the social KENT 1 416 i it 28 years of rail 9 04 ' stet!° l3 ' gad was I Y' v r d had been s r . The ar t ! e wholly tl'i; at the v e F t , rery Funroo l , natural l e le eyes ; t , than a Doi has not Y` neck ast ° 4 the up Dig ‘ ," o destrust i is of the ;ymptortlil ° was four' ification. ly Maynt o . Bron3Pl" ' enovequo r° ' Dr. Biorrig' 7-square , a Hawn": f 6, Groll'. Ingh D b on of 01 1 g to rde-parict L. William" do, El* , Of Ihn Tucker' inter J3loll' zsibefh, tee 3tonehoas re, AllPl6l° e lsie ny / s 0113. ...,,, „ of . of a, age(' 61. ---- yot7l l6 ' ow , No. the county !kat. n ... N o . 20,010.) PUBLICATIONS Now ready at all the libraries, in 3 vols., ODERN SOCIETY in ROME. By J R. BESTE Esq., Author of" The Wabash." "Mr. Bette has written a work of great interest, Ills sketches of Roman society- are admirable. His knowleige of the elements that comprise that strange mosaic of contributions from all nations canes Roman Life in the upper circles is complete. In addition to th's, he is thoroughly versed in the whole history of the Ido trouldes in Rome, which he describes minutely and graphically." —Daily News. Burst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough -street. POST OFFICE DIRECTORY of DEVON SHIRE and CORNY,' rLL, Now Publishing, price 255. Also may be had, Directories of the fnllowing Counties : —Cam bridge, Norfolk, an.] Suffolk ; Warwickshire, Worcestershire, an , tafrordshire; Bedford hire, Buckingham hire, Huntingdonshire, P,erkshire, Northamptonshire, and Oxfordshire; the Town and Neighbourhood of shefflel i ; Essex, Hertfordihire, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey, and Sussex; Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and Itutlandshire ; Hampsh re, Do s-tshire, and Wiltshire; Lin colnshire; Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, and Shropshire, with the Cities of Bath and Bristol. KELLY & Co., 19, 20, and 21, Old Boswell-court, St. Clement'a, Strand; and all Booksellers. The Third Edition. Just Publi s h e d , pr i ce 55., by post, free, ss. 6d. ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, with View of diingishing the Imaginary from the Real Sufferer s t under this dise st ase, u and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Translated from the German of Dr.PICKFORD. " Dr. Picktord is known to English literature his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical This is the drat time, he informs as, that ho has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall 'acct any ether equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of ' Quiet Sympathisers,' And ' Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed and if this book zould find its way into the hands of those who suffer from the cora alaint of which it treats, we aro satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body add nalnd, and what Is of :cm importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money...... This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhrea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore. likely to do much good."—Medical Circular. rondon: H. Bal.tcre, '219, Regent-street. CURE of STAMMERING.-11.1r. HUNT bets to announce that his annual sojourn at his Marine Residence, Swanage, Donet, will commence on the 21st of August. Those cases of Defective Utterance attended with nervousness will find that the tonic influence of the sea air and change of scenes, combined with the only rational system for the cure of Imp ?fliments in Speech, will yield the most speedy and s Hsfactory results. A ctrd of terms may be obta ned on applical ion to Mr. Hunt, 8, New Burlington-street. N.B.—Mr. Hunt's new Work on Stammering is just published by Longman and Co., price 3s. 6d. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY._ ell-EAP EX 'ERSION . to 13 ATII and fiIIISTOE, —On SUND ‘Y, August 10, a Trai•i will leave Pad lington at 7.45 p.m., returning the same day from Bristol, at (5.30 p.m., and Bath at 7 p.m Fares—Bath, ss. and 95.; 13r stol, 6s. and 10s. No luggage allowed. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. EXCURSIONS to Birmingham, West Bromwich, Wednes bury, BPsten, Wolverhampton, Wellington, Shrewsbury, Oswestry, Llangollen-road, Wrexbatn, Chester, Birkenhead, and Liverpool.— Trains will leave Paddington on Saturdays, August 16 and 23, at 8 a.m., returning either on August 30 or September 6, from Liverpool (landing stage) at 8 a.m., and intermeditte stations as per hand-bills. Fares: —Birmingham, 20s. and 93. 6d.; West Bromwich, Wednesbury, and Bilston, 21s. 6d. and 10s.; Wolverhampton, 225. Gd. and 10s. Gd., Wellington and Shrewsbury, 27s Gd. and 13s. ; Oswestry, Llangollen road, Wrexham, and Chester, 335. ani 155.; Birkenhead and Liver pool, 375. and 17s. Tickets not transferable, and only available for the trains specified. Children under 12, half price. G REAT WESTERN and SHREWSBURY RAILWAYS. NORTH WALE; TOURIST TICKETS available for Three Weeks from the day of issue. These tick-ts will be issued until the 15th October. at Paddington, Oxford, Birmingham, and Wolverhampton, to Cheater and back, with permission for the passengers to stop at Shrewsbury either going or returning, to proceed either from Llangollen-road to lornwen, or from Oswestry to Wclshpool by coach, the London passengers hav ing the option of calling at Leamington and Warwick, and returning to London either via .hrewsbury, Ifereford, Ross, and Gloucester, or via Shrewsbury, Birmingham, and Oxford. Ist Cass and tld Class and Inside Coach. Outside Coach. From London and back.... .£3 10s. •• £0 10s. From Oxford and back.. .....• •• .• 110 s. 1 155. From Birmingham and back ...... . 1 103. From Wolverhampton and back 1 15s. ....1 7s. These tickets aro available by any train, but are not transferable, and they do not entitle the holder to travel twice in the same direc tion over any portion of the lines of railway. Passengers can proceed into the interior of Wales by coach from Corwen or Welshpool, by arrangement with the coach proprietors from those places. Fares. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN R A TWAY. TOURISTS' TICKETS, COMMENCING IST JUNE, AND TERMINATING 30rn SEPTEMBER, 1856. NORTH WALES. Ticketa, available for THREE WEEKS, enabling; the holder to stop at Rhyl, Conway, Bangor, Caernarvon, and Holyhead, either going; or returnimr,, re issued at the following fares by the through trains. The First-class Tickets are avalahle by any train, and the Second by snail trains as have second-crass carriages attached. Ist Class. 2d Class. aLondox to IWO - lead and back....., £3 10 0 .... £2 10 0 Oxford to o ditto and back.. • • 210 0 .... 115 0 Peterborough Rirmiragham to ditto and back 2 0 0 .... 110 0 IVolverhanapton to ditto ant back llb 0 •••• 1 7 0 To rue LA.KE3 OF WEiTAIORELAND AND CITN{BERL AND Tickets, available for TEIREE WEEKS, to the above Lakes, are , ssued at the followin,, FAres by the through Trains. The First class Tickets are available by any train, and the Second by each trains as have second-class carriages attached Ist Class. 2(1 Class. London to Windermere and back.. •• £3 10 0 .... £2 10 0 oxford }to ditto and back 215 0 .... 2 0 0 Peterborosigh Birmingham to ditto and back ..•• 25 0 .... 115 0 Wolverhampton . • To TrIE FAVOURITE LANCASHIRE WATERING PLACES, LYTHAM, BLA.CKPOOL, FLEETWOOD, OR SOUTHPORT. Tickets, available for THREE WEEKS, are issued by the ordinary trains of the Company. The First-Class are available by any train, and the Second by such as have second-class carriages attached. Ist Class. 2d Class. From London Z3 0 0 •• £2 5 0 „ Oxford „ Peterborough 2 5 0 .... 1 15 0 1 „ Birmingham wolverharnoton • ...... .• 115 0 .... 1 8 0 From Fleetwood Royal Mail Steamer sails every evening (Sunday excepted) for Belfas , , and Weekly Excursion Tickets are issued at the Steam Packet Office for Belfast, Armagh, the Giant's Causeway, and back. EXCURSIONS TO THE SEA SIDE. Tickets, available for TWENTY-EIGHT DAY -, are issued by the ordinary trains of the Company. The First-Class are available by any train, and the Second by such trains as h ave second-clus car- Mag es attached, to Harrowgate, Scarborough, Whitby, Filey, or Bridlington. H ARROWGA.TE and Back, for each Passenger--First Class, 433. ; econd Class, 325. O. SCARBO►tOUOB and Back, for each Passenger—First Class, 51s. Second Class, 355. . w HIT BY and Back, for each Passenger—First Class, 51s. ; Se cond Class, 355. FILM/ and Back, for each Passenger—First Class, 51s. ; Second Class, 355. B ItIDLINtGTON and Back, for each Passenger—First Class, 515.; Second Class, 355. These Tickets are not transferable, nor will they be available for the Return Journey unless they have been endorsed at the Booking office of the Station on the day of returning. Passengers to all the above places, except ilarrowg tte, are at liberty to break the journey by remaining one night at York, either going or returning. IRISH TOURIST TICKETS, Available for ONE MONTH, will be issued at the following prices : let Class. 2d Class. F rom London ...... £6 10 0 .... £5 5 0 Oxford 515 0 • 415 0 Elrrningham, Leamington, and Coventry And from the other principal stations at proportionate fares. These tickets (which in no case are transferable) will be available for One Month from the date of issue. They will enable the Holders to proceed to Chester, thence to Bangor, Holyhead, and Dublin, from Dublin to Cork, situate on the picturesque River Lee, and within ten miles of the celebrated Harbour, Dockyard, and Naval Station of Queenstown (Cove) ; from Cork back to Mallow, and thence by the Killarney Junction Railway to the far-famed LAKES OF KILLARNEY. The Tourist can remain as long as convenient to himself at Chester, Bangor (for the inspectiol of the Britannia Tubular Bridge), Holy head, Dublin, Cork, and Killarney ; the only condition being, that his return to the Station at which he took his ticket must be not later than One Month from the date of his departure therefrom. Supplemental Tickets for CONNEMAItA, GLENGARIFFE, the GIANT'S CAUs'E WAY, and other places of interest, are issued at Reduced Fares to Visitors holdln; " Irish Tourist Tickets." General Manager's Office, Euston Station, June, 1855. 2° MILNERS' HOLDFAST and FIRE RESISTING S %FES (non-conducting and vapourising), with all the improvements, under their Quadruple Patents of 1840.51.54 and 1*55, including their Gunpowder Proof Solid Lock and Door (without which no S*l - e is secure. THE STRONGEST, BEST, AND CHEAPEST SAFEGUARD EXTANT. MILNERS' PHCENIX (2,2 ,, ) SAFE WORKS, LIVERPOOL, the most complete an extensive in the world. Showrooms, 6 and 8, Lord-street, Liverpool. LONDON DEPOT, 47A, MOORGATE STREET, City. Circulars tree by post. A RE YOU GOING TO THE HIGHLANDS, unrivalled for scenery, famous in story and song, to visit the land of Sir Colin Campbell and the Highland Brigaie ? If s % make a note to call at (when in the Capital of the beautiful North) MACDOUGALL'S W REHOUSE, High-street, Inverness. There only can the varied products of the Hlghlaas, natural and industrial, be seen. In his extensive rooms MACDOUGALL has gathered together all the best productions of the Highland looms, in TWEEDS, TAR TANS, LINSEYS, PLAIDS, SHAWLS, DRESSES, the favourite HIGHLAND CLOAK, FLORA MACDONALD ditto, &e., &c., with the beat Native J E WELL ERY, CAIRNGORMS, PEARLS, &c.; the pretty products of the Skye, Lewes, and Gairloch Looms and Knitting Needles ; the Home-mute. Undyed PLAIDS of Ord, Suther land, and Aroch ; the SNUFF-BOXES, COUPS, BICKERS of the Culloden Carvers, &c. Side by side with all this he has placed all the necessary clothing of every description for Deer Stalking, Grouse Shooting, and for Tourists, &c. Visitors to his rooms can at once compare the varied products of the Three Kingdoms. _ _ D. MACDOUGALL, Inverness. R OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron —The QUEEN.— Founded 1828. The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone; no recommendation is required. During the past month the following number received the benefits of this Charity, either as out or in-door patients, on their personal application:— Week ending 7th July ... • • 2,108 Ditto 14th July ...... •. • . 1,966 Ditto 21st July ........ • • 2,045 Ditto 28th July .. • . 2,118 29th, 30th, and.3lst July Total in July ....... •.. • , 9,333 of which 3,843 were new cases, the remainder (still under treat ment) having been admitted previously. Heavy expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such exten sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of the public. The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, yearly elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual General Meeting in .January. A Board is held every Thursday, at 4 o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, when any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at all times desirous of receiving suggesti ons or Giving explanation. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun tary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer. John Masterman, E.Eq., M.P., Nicholas -lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts n s ; on N a b n b d et Co. ; and and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; Berri es and Co. ; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co.; o e ß r a e n re d l , ay G uarnnde Co.;y d D e c o n! Masterman and Co. LawndwailtitbleietHhaonskpielllir received. n D e e r a m c .s o t n r , eet and ; Co. ; Clothing for the destitute pati By order. J , B. 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Lane's Joshua, 4 yrs, Bst 4lb ........(Palmer) 3 and e following also ran :—John o' Bruges , Firelight, Th Johnny Gilpin. -7Betting to 4 agst Lady Florence, 3 to 1 agst Fire. light, 4 to 1 agst South-Western, and 7 to 1 aget Joshua. Won by a head ; a length and a-half between the second and third. yrs, s s t 1016 (induct.. The Brighton St a k es of 15 eova each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, etc., with 100 added. Tee second to re ........ (Crouch) ceive 50 sovs out o f th e stakes. The old course (1 mile, 6 furlongs, 265 yards). 27 subs, 12 of wh om d ec l ared. Lord Clifden's g e ldi ng , by Surplice—Cl ement i na, 4 s l b ey ca c a T r ri e r e na d ti ti g s a t u 9 t b 3) ing 516 extra) ... ......... (Fordham) . 2 Mr. Sherwood's The Earl, 4 y rs , 7 st 51b „ (Quinten) 3 Lord yrs, A 6 n 3 g t 1 e 7 The following also r a n : —R omeo, Merlin, and Speed the Plough. Betting-6 to 4 agst Clementine gelding, sto 1 each agst The Earl and T ermagan t, 7 to 1 eac aget Merlin and Speed the Plough. At one time Clementina geld• ing was backed at evens against the field. Clementina gelding led from start to finish, and won in a canter by two lengths ; The Earl was beaten about ten lengths from the second, Merlin and Speed the Plough took no prominent part in the race—the old horse was pulled up and did not pass the post. Quince was declared not to start at 1 p.m. this day. The Brighton Nursery Stakes (Handicap) of 10 soya each, with 100 added, for 2-yr-olds. Winners extra. T.Y.C. Three-quarters of a mile. 32 subs. Mr. Howard's Martinet, by the Cure, Bst 41b (include ing 71b extra) (Wells) 1 Mr. E. Day's Bannockburn, 7st 9lb (J. Goater) 2 Mr. J. Dawson's Orianda, 7st 51b (Plumb) 3 Mr. Allison's Evelyn, Est slb . (Cresswell) 4 The following also ran :—The Rejected, Tinwald, Kiwburn, Fright, Lady Malcolm, Sunbeam, Media Noce, England's Beauty, lareca, John Peel, and colt by Cotherstone--Ellen Horne. Potting.. 7to 4 aget Orianda, 5 to 1 aget Evelyn, 10 to 1 each agst Bannockburn and Media Noce, 100 to 8 agst Lady Malcolm, 100 to 6 agst England's Beauty. Won by a length ; half a length between the second and third, and a head between the third and fourth. lareca was an indifferent fifth, Tinwald sixth, Media Noce seventh, and England's Beauty next close up. The Rejected was beaten a long way, and Fright came into collision with England's Beauty at the start, and walked in a long way behind. On returning to scale Plumb, the rider of Orianda, thinking Bannockburn had won, made a complaint against him for closing on him near the finish. When he was informed that Martinet had won the objection was, of course, withdrawn. Sze , nd year of the Fourth Brighton Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 100 added ; for 3-yr.olds ; colts, B.t. 71b ; filles, Bst 41b. Certain winners extra. The sec end to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes. Bristol Mile. 29 subs. Captain Caristie's Bandalore, by Tadnaor, Sst 41b. (Wells) I Mr. J. Hart's Aleppo, 9st 21b (including 7lb extra) (A. Day) 2 Lord Ailesbury's Intimidation, Bst 716 (Flatman) 3 Mr. J. Barnard's Sirocco, Bst 716 (D. Hughes) 4 Batting 5 to 4 agst Aleppo, 3 to 1 agst Intimidation, 4 to 1 agst Bandalore. the more complex one but as developments of rudimentary parts existing in the more simple. Here, too, we may perhaps trace an analogy with His dealings with man kind, as unfolded in His revealed word ; from which we find that the earlier events retarded are often typical of those more modern, and that Christianity itself is in some sense a development of the Jewish dispensation which preceded it." Turning his attention next to geology, Dr. I)aubeny said : "This science has during the last 20 years made such rapid strides that those who endeavoured from an early period of life to ;follow at a humble distance the footsteps of the great leaders in that science, obeying the impulse of such zealous and ardent spirits as the one now, alas by lithe inscrutable decrees of Provi. deuce, lost to his friends and to science, who cousti. toted the head of what was once called, I hope not too grandiloquently, the Oxford School of Geology, have, if I may judge of others by myself, been often distanced in the race, and when they endeavoured to make good their lost ground found themselves trans ported into a new, and, to them, almost unknown region. Thus the thorough exploration which has taken place of the Silurian and Cambrian systems, through the exertions of two of our oldest and most valued associates, has added a new province—ought I not rather to say, a new kingdom 7—to the domain of geology, and has car ried back the records of the creation to a period pre viously as much unknown to us as were the annals of the Assyrian dynasties before the discoveries of Sir H. Rawlinson." Among the principles recently regarded as axioms in geology none seemed so little likely to be disputed as this :-- " That the classes of animals and vegetables which possessed the most complicated structure were preceded by others of a more simple one ; and that when we traced back the succession of beings to the lowest and the ear liest of the sedimentary formations, we arrived at length at a class of rocks the deposition of which must be in ferred, from the almost entire absence of organic re mains, to have followed very soon after the first dawn of creation. But the recognition of the footsteps and re mains of reptiles in beds of an earlier date than was before assigned to them tended to corroborate the infer ences which had been previously deduced from the dis covery, in a few rare instances, in rocks of the secondary age, of mammalian remains ; and this has induced cer tain eminent geologists boldly to dispute whether from the earliest to the latest period of the earth's history any gradation of beings can in reality be d e t ec t e d." After touching lightly on the controversy raised among geologists on this question, and adverting to the investi gations of Boussingault, Deville, and Bunsen, relative to the gases and other bodies evolved from volcanoes in their various phases of activity, the president glanced cursorily at the nearly allied science of geography. The important undertaking set on foot in connection with this department of knowledge, and the interesting disco veries made in it since the last meeting of the associa tion, were thus briefly enumerated : "1. Dr. Kane has extended Arctic discovery through Smith Strait, at the head of Baffin's Bay, to about three degrees near the Pule. 2. Mr. Kelley has announced the result of several independent surveying expeditions des patched by him to the Valley of the Atrato, with a view to the formation of a great navigable channel through Central America, between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. When Humboldt directed attention to this re gion 50 years since he had only uncertain reports to guide his anticipations ; and these surveys have been the first to throw actual light upon this region. 3. An ex pedition has been despatched to North Australia for the purpose of exploring the interior and tracing the extent of the northern watershed. Its arrival at the mouth of the Victoria River has bean announced. 4. It isproposed by the Geographical Society to despatch an expedition to Eastern Africa to explore the extent of the inland waters known to exist there, and if possible to discover the long sought sources of the Nile. 5. The explorations in the Rocky Mountains by several parties in South America, in the Pacific, and elsewhere, are far too numerous to be further alluded to." The president then referred to the change which the sen timents of the public have undergone in relation to the claims of physical science—a change, he observed, that afforded equal ground for congratulation with the actual progress made in those pursuits. It was gratifying to find that the attention of the Legislature had at length been seriously called to the consideration of what measures of a public nature might be adopted for improv ing the position of science and its cultivators. The Royal Society had appointed a body of its members to receive suggestions'on that subject, and to report upon it, in order that a matured plan to meet this object might be presented to Parliament at its next session. He also cited the School of Mines, the Ipswich Museum, the Oxford Museum, the growing interest taken in the pro ceedings of that association, togethee-ajth tlainTireasing recognition of the Thiprirtance - or 'velem, in the odusaatitaa of youth, as gratifying signs of advancement. He 1 ioked forward, he said, with confidence to the day when the requirements at Oxford in the departmeut of physi cal science would become so general and so pressing that no institution which professed to prepare the youth it instructed for academical competition would venture to risk its reputation by declining to admit those branches of study into its educational course. Having eloquently combatted the prejudice entertained against scientific studies on the ground that they are inimical to revealed religion, Dr. Daubeny concluded as follows :-- ,‘ We are told that in a future and a higher state of existence the chief occupation of the blessed is that of praising and worshipping the Almighty. But is not the contemplation of the works of the Creator, and the study of the ordinances of the Great Lawgiver of the universe, in itself an act of praise and adoration ; and, if so, may not one at least of the sources of happiness which we are promised in a future state of existence, one of the re wards for a single-minded and reverential pursuit after truth in our present state of trial, consist in a develop: ment of our faculties, and in the power of comprehend ing those laws and provisions of nature with which our finite reason does not enable us at present to become cognisant? Such area few of the reflections which the study of physical science, cultivated in a right spirit, na turally suggests ; and I ask you whether they aro not more calculated to inspire humility than to induce con cait—to render us more deeply conscious how much of the vast field of knowledge must ever lie concealed from our view, how small a portion of the veil of Isis it is given us to lift up—and therefore to dispose us to ac cept, with a more unhesitating faith, the knowledge vouchsafed from on high on subjects which our own un assisted reason is incapable of fathoming. Let us not then,' to we the words of a living prolate, think scorn of the pleasant land. That land is the field of ancient and modern literature, of philosophy in almost all its branches, of the arts of reasoning and persuasion. Every part of it may be cultivated with advantage, as the land of Canaan when bestowed upon God's peculiar people. They were not commanded to let it lie waste, as incur ably polluted by the abominations of its first inhabi tants ; but to cultivate it and dwell in it, living in obe dience to the Divine la w , an d dedicating its choicest fruits to the Lord, their God.' " Won by a length ; half a length between the second and third, and the same distance between the third and fourth. At a meeting of the Manchester. Town Council held yesterday it was agreed to repeat the invitation given to the British Association a few years ago to visit that city. The intention is to invite the association ti hold its meeting in 1857 at Manchester, and a committee of the town council was nominated for that purpose. The op portunity is understood to be favourable, because it has transpired that at Dublin the magnificent hall at Trinity College, where the association were to meet in 1857 if they accepted the invitation from that city, will not be completed in time. This being the case, it will pro bably be more convenient to Dublin to postpone its claim, and as the exhibition of art treasures at Manchester will then he open, the meetinfy there would afford the mem bers of the British Association a favourable opportunity of visiting this collection of works of art at the same time. The literary and other societies of Manchester will join in the invitation. The Marine Plate (Handicap) of 100 sous. T.Y.C. Lord Clifden's Bishop of Osnaburgh, by Surplice, 3 yrs, 6st 31b Captain Christie's Kestrel, by T earaway , 3 yrs, Est 41b (Pritchard) t Mr. F. Fisher's New Brighton 6 yrs, 94 111 b. (in cluding 51b. extra) The following also ram :—Claret, Rajah, Roebuck, Van Tromp, Queen Mab, Little Bird, Jeu d'Esprit, Eloquence, Arsenal, Blue Mantle. B,tting-3 to 1 agst Bishop of Osnaburgh, 5 to 1 apt New Brighton, 6 to 1 agst Eloquence, 8 to 1 agst Queen Mab mare, 9 to 1 agst Rajah, 100 to 8 agst Blue Mantle. Kestrel made the running to the stand, w h ere Bi s h op of Osnaburgh challenged. A fine race in resulted in a dead heat. A length separated the Bishop and Kestrel from New Brighton ; Queen Mab mare was-fourth, and Eloquence fifth ; tho others tailed off. The Bishop of Osnaburgh afterwards walked over, and Lord Clifden and Captain Christie divided the" Plate." The Corporation Stakes of 5 sous each, with 30 added, for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling weights, &e. T.Y.C. 6 subs. Mr. Howard's Chow, 2 yrs (1001.), Est 51b (Foribam) 1 Mr. French's Fashion, 3 yrs (501.), 7st 611) (carried ist 316 ) Count Batthyany's Raphael, 4 yrs (80/ ), 9st (A.. Day) 3 The following also ran :—Little John and Firelight. Batting-5 to 4 agst Chow. Won by a lehgth and a half ; two lengths between the second and third. . The winner was sold for 115 guineas. EXTRA MAITTCODCMIINICATION WITH DIJBLIN.—The Government and the Chester and Holyhead Company are in communication upon the question of an increased number of mail trains along that line ; and the former are also desirous of a greater speed being attained by the mails than at present, and for this arrangement they are willing to enlarge the yearly quota. The question of the sea transit is also engaging attention, as it is well known that, with a better clas of boat, nearly a couple of hours could be saved, and the communication between London and Dublin brought within the compass of half a day. The distance is 60 miles between Holyhead and Dublin, which at present takes five hours to perform. Under the new arrangement with the London and North- Western the charges for working the line will be mate rially diminished, and cheap excursion trains to Ire land are under consideration. [ADVERTISEMENT].—Nothing can bo more interesting than the numerous extraordinary cures without medicine of Indi gestion (Dyspesia), Flatulency, Constipation, Nervous, Bili ous, and Live r comp l a i n t s, C oug h , Asthma, Consumption, and Debility effected by Du Barry's delicious Health-Restoring Revalenta Arabica Food. We give a few.—Winchester, De cember 3d, 1847. Gentlemen,—l am happy to be able to inform you that the person for whom your Revaleuta was procyred has derived a very great benefit from its use ; dis tressing symptoms of Dropsy, Dyspepsia, and Constipation of long standing have been removed, and a feeling of restored health induced. Having witnessed the beneficial effects iu the above mentioned-ease I can with confidence recom mend it, &c. JAMES SHORLAND, late Surgeon, 96th Regiment. Silvington Rectory, Cl eo b ury M ortimer, Salop, F e b., 1851. 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Tho 101bs. and 121bs. carriage free, on receipt of post-office order. Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortunm, Mason, and Co., Purveyors to her M a j es t y, Picca dilly ; also at 60 , , Gracochurch-street ; 330 a n d 451 , S tran d ; 4 , Cheapsfa- -r 6 8 conhill ; 49, 13 i - shopsg3te-street ; 55, ing-erosz • Vpper _ ptkor-street ; 63 end 167, Oxford.. street. BETTING ON THE COURSE. EBOR HANDICAP. 5 to 1 bet Warlock (taken) 7to 1 agst 'Yellow Jack (taken freely) 8 to 1 agst Pretty Boy (taken) 12 to 1 agst Lady Tatton (taken) Yellow Jack in considerable demand. ST. LEGER. it to 1 agst Ellington (taken to 1001.) 3to 1 apt Fazzoletto (taken to 1001.) DERBY. 1,500 to 100 agst Blink Bonny (taken) (1,500 to 90 also laid.) 25 to 1 agst Athlete (taken) 3,000 to 60 agst Lady Hawthorne (taken) BRIGHTON RACE CLUB.—FIUDAT. PROGRAMME OF THE SPORT. The Brighton Club Stakes (Handicap) of 10 cove each, h ft, with 50 added. Winners of a handicap atter the weights were published slb extra. New Course. Five sn bs. Mare by Van Tromp—Queen flab, 5 yrs, list Red Rose, 5 yrs, 10st 101 b Perea Nena, by Spanish Jack, 6 yrs, 9st. Mr. Bacon and Mr. Elwes did not name. Plate of 100 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 5 dove each, for 2-yr-olds ; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 4lb. Winners once, 51b ; twice, Sib extra. Maidens which have hew,. beaten twice allowed 41b, three times 71U. T.Y.C. Nino subs. Orianda I The Banner Bearer Gemma di Vergy Fright Medea Noce I Filly by Orlando, nu t Yorkshirernan of Farmer's Daughter Tirmald (allowed 71b) I (allowed 71b) lareca Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 60 added, for 2.yr-olds. Colts Bst 10Ib, fillies Bst 71b. Tho winner t 01343 sold by auction for 150/. ; if entered to be sold for 1001., allowed Sib. ;if for :iOl, 121 b. Half a mile. To close and name by 8 o'clock this evening (Thurs day). Plate of 70 soya (Handicap) for 3-yr-olds and upwapds. Gentlemen riders ; professionals 51b extra. The win ner of any handicap after the weights are published slb extra. T.Y.C. To enter by 7 o'clock this evening (Thursday). The Brighton Club Plate of 70 sovs for 2-yr-olds, 7st 71b, and three 9st 31b, fillies and geldings allowed 01b. Three-yr olds, which have never won 501., allowed 101 b ; maiden 2-yr-olds, which have run twice, allowed 41b. The winner to be sold for 2001. ; if entered to he sold for 1001., allowed 51b ; if for 501., 121 b ; and if exemption from sale is claimed, to carry 141 b ex tra. Last half mile. To enter at 8 o'clock this evening (Thursday). Handicap Plate of 100 sovs.—Jockeys to ride. Bristol mile. To enter at S o'clock this evening (Thursday). Plate of 70 save. for beaten horses during the week (2 yr-olds excepted). The second to receive 10 soya, out of the plate. Gentlemen riders (professionals) 51b. extra. T.Y.C. To enter at the stand at 3 o'clock —the weights to ap. pear immediately after the preceding race. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RACES—WEDNZSDAT: The Borough Members' Plate of 50 soya, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 Bova each, for two-yr-olds. One mile. Captain Christie's Amati, Bst. (T. Cliff) 1 Mr. Whitehouse's fby Phlegon, 7st Bst ...(Bearpark) 2 Mr. Tittenson's Duchess of Sutherland, let 3lb The following also ran :—Silkmore, Josephine, Jane, and b c by Touchstone. The Scurry Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 20 added, was won by Mr. Wilkin's b g Salmon, beating Dwarf sad Betsy B. The Copeland Handicap, of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, with 50 added, the second horse to save his stake. One mile and a half. Mr. G. A. Hind's Lance, 3 yrs, 7st 51b ...)Wilberford) 1 Mr. T. Flintoff's Whalebone, 6 yrs, Bst 31b...(T. Cliff) 2 Mr. N. T. Copeland's His Piper, 4 yre, 7st 81b (Bearpark) S The Innkeepers Plate of 20 cove, 5 soya entrance, once round, was won by Mr. Carr 's beating With 20 and Dwarf. A Hurdle Dace Handicap, of 5 •3v added (heats), was won b y Mr . G. Richard's Miss H a t c h, beating Preston Strike and Peter Snipe. , INTEBESTINCt INCIDENT..The Gloucestershire ,l ro. nick says—A. strange circumstance has been communi cated to us as having lately been revealed in an ancient borough near this city. Several years ago, a young man, the son of respectable parents, left home, and as months and years passed away, and nothing was heard of him, his father and mother mourned him as dead. Occasionally, however, a beam of hope would flash across their minds that one day the wanderer would return ; and many a toil-worn wayfarer received relief at their hands, with the hope that should their son be still alive, and in distress, some one might be found to minister to his necessities. A few years ago the father died, and a stone was placed on his grave, on which the death of the son was inscribed in addition to that of the father. One day this week, however, the aged mother received a letter from her son, written about two months ago, and stating that he had amassed a considerable fortune in the new world of enterprise at the antipodes , and that be hoped , in the cour se of a few weeks at the furthest, t o revisit his native tow n , w h en ha would porn-1, , 1s wealth into the lap of his mother for,the gra , tification of sane more tieoipg tier. _ • •• ...••••••• • • * • 4 4. . ~d LONDON, rIiURSDAY EVENING, AUGCST 7, 1856. BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR TriE AD VANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. CHELTENHAM, AUG. G. The 26th annual meeting of this eminent bo3y com menced i s sittings this day at Cheltenham, under the presidency of Dr. Daubeny, F.R.S. The meeting pro mises to be one of the most sincessful and interesting of any which the association has yet held, and it is indeed gratifying to find that every year brings with it an in creased amount of interest in connection with the objects and movements of the association. The directors of Cheltenham College have placed that building at the disposal of the officers of the association, and the most active preparations have, for some days past, been made to render the different school-rooms suitable for the sit tings of the various sections. The two largest of these rooms have been assigned to the Geological and Geographical Sections. Both these rooms have been lighted with gas, it being intended that the in augural meeting and the evening lectures of Colonel Sir H. Rawlinson and Mr. Grove shall be held there. Cheltenham College is admirably adapted for the purposes of the association, and the various class-rooms have been most judiciously arranged and elegantly de corated under the direction of Mr. Hugall, one of the local secretaries. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll arrived at Chelten ham this morning, and, though there is a large attend. ance of members of the association and a considerable influx of visitors, there is no lack of accommodation in the town, owing to the absence of so many of the resi dents, and the lodgings are better and cheaper than at any place the society has previously visited. The follow ing are among the number of arrivals :—Earl of Ellen borough, Earl Ducie, Sir R. J. Murchison, Lord Wrot tesley, Lord Stanley, Sir J. Kay Shuttleworth, Sir H. Rawlinson, Professor J. D. Thomas, Dr. M'Adam, Mr. J. E. Appold, Dr. W. Gladstone, Mr. H. C. Sorby, Professor Corbett, Professor Ramsey, Mr. J. P. Gas siott, Professor Harknese, Dr. N. Shaw, Mr. J. T. Dawson, Dr. W. N. Hancock - , Mr. It. Cull, Profes 3or S'eveley, Dr. Lankester, Dr. Booth, Dr. Lee, Dr. Danbeny, Professor Sedgwick, Professor Lloyd, Mr. T. Tooke, Dr. Anderson, Colonel Yorke, Mr. Tite, M.P., Professor Phillips, Mr. J. Yates, &c. Tile proceedings of the association commenced this morning by a meeting of the general committee in the College at 1 o'clock ; Dr. Daubeny in the chair. Professor PHILLIPS, the assistant general secretary, read the minutes of the previous meetings, and the re port of the council of association, which was ordered to be printed. Mr. J. P. Gessior moved that the cordial thanks of the General Committee of the British Association be offered to Lord Wrottesley and the officers and council of the Royal Society, for the promptitude with which they have responded to the request of the Committee of the British Association, in granting the sum of 2501. for the purpose of lighting the Kew Observatory with gas. The motion, having been seconded by Mr. J. TAT- Lon, was carried unanimously. Lord WROITESLEY, on behalf of himself and the offi cers and council of the Royal Society, acknowledged the vote of thanks. The General Treasurer (Kr. J. Taylor) then read the following account THE GENERAL TREASURER'S ACCOUNT, FROST SEPT. 12, 1855 (GLASGOW MEETING), TO AUG. 6, 1856, AT CHEL TENHAM. RECEIPTS. To balance brought on frotni7lSCaccount £Bl7 1 S Life compositions at Glasgow, and sines 35) 0 0 Anneal subscriptions, ditto Associates' tickets, ditto Ladies tickets, ditto Composition or future publications Dividend ou stock, 12 mouths l6l 11 0 Received for sale of 7691. 10s., 3 per Cent Consols, at 954 l eav i ng 5,0001. 3 per Cent Consols invested From sale of publications, viz.— Reports of meetings £99 13 0 CataloguesofstarsaudDoveslines 42 2 9 141. 10 9 £:4,27G 1 10 PAYMENTS. By paid expenses of Glasgow meeting, sundry printing, binding, advertising, and inciden tal payments by general treasurer and 'veal treasurers £3l9 6 7 Printing report of the 21th nesting, engrav ing, &c.... 607 19 2 Paid for 2,2691. 103. 3 per Cont. Consols at 83 2,000 0 0 Salaries for 12 m on th s Engraving, &c., for report of 25th meeting 26 0 0 Maintaining the establishment of Kew Obser vatory— Balance of grant, 1854 Balance of grant, 1855 5'5 0 0 Ornithological synonyms . Chemical action of light Periodical phenomena Strength of iron p1ate5......,...... Dredging and dredging forms.... Propagation of salmon Balance at the bankers £192 5 5 Balance in the hands of the gene ral treasurer hnd local treasurers 15 16 II 10) 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 9 13 9 10 0 0 208 2 4 £4,216 1 10 The Rev. R. WALKER read the report of the Parlia mentary Committee to the meeting of the British Asso ciation, which was as follows : " We have the pleasure of announcing that ono very im portant subject to which our labours have been directed has been materially advanced since the date of our last report. We allude to the juxtaposition of the scientific societies of London in a convenient and central locality. The main building at Burlington-house has been placed by the Go vernmentstandig t h a a t t t h t b e e d y i s a l:i c e: o %l o m f otdh ate Royal the o Lin e ! ! e e a t y n , a o n n a t c h e b u e ni n c e a r 1 - i c S o o n e v i e e t r i t e e s a w i t t h o r a o c o a m p s a c t i h o e u r s e i b n a 1 ,• 1 a w n d b e t b h eis to o e s b t e w o i c n e g n p w i e i ldl by the Royal Society at all times when it is not required for the examinations and public meetings of the University of Lou den. We trust that the period is not far distant in which c p i e p r a m l a s n o i e e n n t t i accommodation b . o be a firde d t d l ing st o be erected all ntheeaprri then same site, and in pursuance of some general plan. Your committee, however, anticipate most important advantages to science from the present partial adoption by the Go vernment of the principle of juxtaposition; and our chairman has, in his address to the Royal Society, on the occasion of their last anniversary, alluded to the benefits likely to accrue from this salutary measure. In the same address also will be found a summary of our labours since our complete organisation in 1851, a perusal of which will show to what extent the proceedings of our committee have justified the anticipations of those who promoted its formation. During the past year two subjects have been referred to us, viz. —first, the question of the expenses in curred by scientific institutions not incorporated in ap pointing new trustees of their property when vacancies occur ; and, secondly, we were requested by your council, in January last, to support an application to Parliament in reference to lighting Kew Observatory with gas, when. , made by the Chief Commissioner of Woods. The first sub ject above adverted to has been considered by us, and we shall resum e its discussion when an opportunity offers for remedying the evil. With respect to the second, we must refer to the report of the Kew Committee for an expla nation of the reasons which have made it impossible for us to render that species of assistance which was contem plated at the time when the reference was made to us. The most important subject of our last report—viz., the ques tion ' Whether any measures could be adopted by the Go vernment or Parliament that would improve the position of science or its cultivators ?' has Since its discussion at Glasgow been again considered by us, and during the last session of Parliament it was brought before the House of Commons by Mr. Heywood, as an individual member of the house, and not as representing your committee. The discussion of our report by the Committee of Recom mendations at Glasgow in September last, the result of the debate which took place in the House of Commons on the occasion last referred to, and subsequent communi cations with members of the legislature have combined to convince ns—let, that men of science have as yet formed no definite opinion on the important question raised_in the report ; and, 2,11 y, that, Until such a result be attained, it is improbable that any important improvement will be effected in the position of science or its cultivators either through the agency of the Government or Parliament. It is desirable, therefore, that Some measures should be adopted which may be instrumental in inducing scientific men generally to apply their minds to the consideration of these questions, and to agree upon some definite proposals. We, therefore, recommend that the subject should be again brought before the Committee of R ecommendations. Mean while the General Committee will be gratified on learning that the importance of the questiony who has havebeenreferred t recognised i by the o Council it s Governmentconsiderationmet Grant Committee. Th a t , a sub-co mm it tee consisting of the ei he Roy a l S oc i ety and seven other President emtee and ha o v f t oeo the efi atp c b p oeeofficers Royal notfe (tl members, who will meet on the 7th of October for thepur pose of discussing the subject prior to the re - assembling of the society after the recess. Your committee recommend for the consideration of the General Committee, whetherit would be expedient to relax the rule by which vacancies in our committee must be filled up exclusively from members of the British Association, so far as to admit members of either House of Parliament who have advanced the inte rests of science. Tour committee also recommend that two vacancies in our body, caused by the non-attendance of the Earl Cathcart and Sir J. V. B. Johnstone, Bart., during two consecutive years, be filled by the election of the Earl of Burlington and Lord Stanley, Member of Parliament for King's Lynn. " WROTTRSLET, Chairman." A vote of thanks having been given on the motion of Sir R. J. MURCHISON to Lord Wrottesley and the mem bers of the Parliamentary Committee for their unceasing attention to the interests of science in the Legislature, Lord WrcorrEsrar, in acknowledging the compliment, stated that it was most desirable that the rule should be altered by which vacancies in the Parliamentary Com mittee were only allowed to be filled up by members of the association, and concluded by a formal motion to that effect. Professor PHILLIPB seconded the motion, whi c h Was adopted. Oa the motion of Lord WA9TWOLIAX the Earl °t au- lington and Lord Stanley were elected to fill the vacan cies in the committee occasioned by the deaths of Ea Cathcart and Sir John Johnstone. Professor PHILLIPS moved the appointment of the fol lowing officers of the different sections : SECTION A. — MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE. President—Rev. It. Walker, F.R.S. Vice• Presidents —Rev. IL P. Price, F.R.S., Sir W. Snow Harris, F.R.S., Rev. W. Whewell, F.R.S., and the Rev. H. Lloyd. Secretaries—Professor Stevelly, Mr. C. Burke, F.R.S., Rev. T. A. Southwood, Rev. J. C. Turnbull. SECTION B.—CHEMICAL SCIENCE. President —Mr. B. C. Brodie, F.R.S. Vice-Presidents —Mr. N. S. Ma3kelyne, F.G.S , Mr. W. Gregory, F.R.S., Mr. Lyon Playfair, F.R.S., the Master of the Mint, Dr. Miller, and Dr. Anderson. Secretaries—Mr P. Worsley, Professor Voelker, and Mr. J. Horsley. • SECTION C.—GEOLOGY President_ Mr. A. C. Ramsey, F.R.S. Vice-Press dents—Rev. Professor Sedgwick, Mr. J. Hamilton, and Mr. J. P. Jukes. Secretaries —Rev. S. B. Brodie, Mr. T. Wright, and Mr. J. Scougall. SECTION D.—ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY, INCLUDING PHY SIOLOGY. President —Mr. T. Bell, F.R.S. Vice-Presidents— Rev. L. Jenyns, Dr. Robert Ball, Mr. J. E. Grey, F.R.S. ; Professor Balfour, and Professor Henslow. Secretaries—Mr. E. Lankester, F.R.S.; Mr. J. Buck. man, F.G.S. ; and Dr. J. Abercrombie. SECTION 4.—GEOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY. President—Sir H. C. Rawlinson, F.R.S. Vice-Presi dents—Sir J. Davies and Sir R. J. Murchison, F.R.S. Secretarie , . —Dr. Norton Shaw, Mr., Richard Bull, M r . F. D. H S aitland, 4,.51, - ..,11. W. Ram se y, RC.. cerned at the rapid destruction of the trees which yield the Peruvian bark, limited though they be to a very narrow zone aid to a certain definite elevation on either side of th e equator. Already, indeed, chemistry has given token of her powers by threatening to altar the course of commerce, and to reverse the tide of human industry. Thus she has discovered, it is said, a substitute for the cochineal insect iu a beautiful dye producible from guano. Sh e h as s h own that our supply of an i mal food might b e o bt a i ned at a cheaper rate from the anti podes by si m pl y boiling down the juices of the flesh of cattle now wasted and thrown aside in those countries, and importing the extract in a state of concentration. Sue has pointed out that one of the earths which consti tute the prin4al material of our globe contains a metal as light as glass, as malleable and ductile as copper, and as little liable to rust as silver; thus possessing proper ties so valuable that, when means have been found of separating it economically from its ore, it will be capable of superseding the meta's in common use, and thus of rendering metallurgy an employment not of certain dis tricts only, but of every part of the earth to which science and civilisation have penetrated. And may I not also say that she has contributed materially towards the advancement of those arts in which an agricultural coun try like this is especially interested ? It is not often that the same individual has reaped a high reputation at once by establishing general principles in science and by ren dering popular their application to practice. But Baro u Liebig s t an d s equally distinguished for. his ingepuity in devising new methods of azalysi, for his I originality in propounding great theoretical principles in science, and for his happy talent in applying these prin ciples to purposes of practical utility." Referring to the discnis stone which havetaken place for some time past between this distinguished foreigner and certain experimental agriculturists in England with regard to the principles that ought to regulate the manuring of land, Dr. Daubeny proceeded : " In so far as concerns the relative advantages of mineral and ammoniacal manures, I presume there is little room for controversy ; for, although most soils may contain a sufficiency of the inorganic constituents required by the crop, it by no means follows that the latter are always in an available condition ; anti hence it may well happen that in most cases in which land has been long under cultivation, the former class of manures becomes, as Baron Liebig asserts, a matter of paramount necessity. Now, that the same necessity exists for the addition of ammoniacal manures can hardly be con tended when we reflect that, at the first commencement of vegetable life, every existing species of plant must have obtained its nourishment, solely from the gaseous constituents of the atmosphere, and from the mineral contents of the rock in which it vegetated. The only divergence of opinion, therefore, that can arise relates to the degree of their respective utility in the existing state of our agriculture, and to the soundness of Baron Liebig's position, that a plant rooted in a soil well charged with all the requisite mineral ingredients, and in all other respects in a condition calculated to allow of healthy vegetation, may sooner or later be able to draw from the atmosphere whatever else is required fo: its full development. And does not, I would ask, this latter position derive some support from the luxuriant vegeta tion of the tropics, where art certainly contributes no thing towards the result? And is it not also favoured by such experiments as those carried on at Lois Weedon in Northamptonshire, where the most luxuriant wheat crops have been obtained for a number of consecutiveyears with out manure of any kind, simply by following out the Tul ban system of stirring up and pulverising the soil ? How, too, are we to explain that capacity of subsisting without any artificial supply of ammonia which Mr. Lawns is led by his experiments to attribute to turnips and other plants of similar organisation, unless we assume that the power residing in the leaves of absorbing ammonia from the air may render plants, in some cases at least, inde pendent of any extraneous aid ? . . . Still the prac tical question remains whether, admitting the theoretical truth of Baron Liebig's position, a larger expenditure of capital will not be required for bringing a given farm into a condition to dispense with ammoniacal manures than for procuring those materials which contain that ingredient ready for use. And here experimental re searehea such as those conducted on so extended and liberal a scale by Mr. Lawns and Dr. Gilbert, come in aid of theory. They stand, as it were, midway between the abstract principles which science points out to the farmer and the traditional usages with respect to his art which have been handed down to him from one genera. tion to another. They bear the same relation to the farmer which the records of the clinical practice in a large infirmary do to the general principles of medicine expounded by the modern physiologist." Having awarded a meed of praise to the researches carried on in our own country, and especially those conducted under the auspices of the Highland Society by Dr. Au dersan ; at our own Agricultural College, by Professor Voelcker ; through the aid of the Royal Agricul tural Society by their consulting chemist, Mr. Way, the President next approached the departments of botany and vegetable physiology. In these branches of natural science he observed that— "It cannot, perhaps, be said that whole provinces have been added to the domain of the science since the pt•rio3 alluded to, as we have seen to be the case in our review of the progress of chemistry. As long ago as the year 1832 the elder Da Candolle, who, if not the most original or the most profound of the botanists of his day, was at least the most conspicuous for the wide range of his information, and for his happy talent of imparting it to others, published that admirable work on vegetable physiology which, even at the present time, is capable of serving as a most useful guide in many branches of the subject. And yet what a mass of impor tant information has been brought together since that period ! The improvements in the microscope which have since taken place render us familiar with particu• tars relating to the structure and functions of the vege ( -NW° creation which the ruder methods of investigation 6 - fore resorted to would never have revealed to us. We a, tto them the interesting discoveries of Brown and Iphe Broogniart as to the mode in which the pollen is brought into immediate contact with the ovules, by means of the tubes which it protrudes by a prolongation of the innermost of its two investing membranes. . . While the researches of Brown and others have shown there is no abrupt line or division in the vegetable king dom, and that one common structure pervades the whole, the later inquiries of Sutninski, Hofineister, Unger, Griffith, and Henfre, have pointed out several curious and unlooked-for analogies between plants and animals. I may mention, in the first place, as an in stance of this a n al og y b e t ween p l ants an d an i ma l s, the existence of moving molecules or phytosperms in the antheridia of ferns and other cryptogams, borne out as it has been in so remarkable a manner by the almost simultaneous observations of Bischoff and Meissner on the egg, confirmatory of those formerly announced by Barry, and Newport, and by the researches of Suminski, Thuret, and Pringsbeiro, with respect to the ovule of plants. I may refer you also to a paper real at the last meeting of the association by Dr. Cohn, of Breslau, whc, in bringing this subject before the Natural History Section, adduced instances of a distinction of sexes which harr,coine under his observation in the lower Algwa In like manner a curious correspondence has been traced between the lower tribes of animals and plants in the circumstance of both being subject to the law of what is called alternate generation To the elder De Candolle wo aro also indebted for some of our most philosophical views with re spect to the laws which regulate the distribution of plants over the globe—views which have been developed and extended, but by no means sub verted, by the investigation of subsequent writers ; among whom Sir Charles Lyell, in his Principles of geology, and the younger Da Candolle, a worthy inheri tor of his father's reputation, in his recently published work on Botanical Geography, have especially signalised themselves. But it is to the late Professor Edward For bes, and to Dr. Joseph Hooker, that we have principally to attribute the removal of those anomalies whirch threw a certain degree of doubt upon the principles laid down by De Candolle in 1820, in his celebrated article on the Geography of Plants, contained in the Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, where the derivation of each species from an individual, or a pair of individuals, created in one particular locality, was made the starting-point of all our inquiries Geology, by pointing out the probability of the submergence of continents on the one hand and the elevation of tracts of land on the other, enables us to explain the occurrence of the same plants in some islands or continents now wholly unconnected, and the existence of a distinct flora in others too isolated to obtain it under present circumstances from without. • • . An inquiry has been carried on for the last 15 years under the auspices of and with the aid of funds supplied by this associati on is , the results of which , it but fair to say, by no moans corroborate the reports that had been from time to time given us with respect to the extreme longevity of certain seeds, e'icemplified, as it was sail, in the case of the mummy wheat and other some what dubious instances ' • inasmuch as they tend to show that none of the seed s which were tested, although they had been placed under the most favourable artificial con ditions that could b e d ev i se d, ve getated after a period of 40 years ; that only 20 out of 283 species did so after 20 years ; while by f ar th e l arger n umber had lost their ger minating power in the course of ten." Having described some of the services rendered to botanical scien ce by th e l a t e Professor Forbes, Dr. J. Hooker, and Dr. Thomson, the president continued : " The will whi c h con fi nes the variations in the vege table structure within a certain range, lest the order of creation should be disturbed by the introduction of an indefinite number of intermediate forms,, is apparently the same ire its motive as that which brings back the celestial luminaries to their original orbits after the com pletion of a cycle of changes induced by their mutual perturbations ; it is the same which says to the ocean, thus far shalt thou go, and no further;' and to the winds your violence, however apparently capricious and abnormal, shall nevertheless be constrained within certain prescribed limits ' Ni faciat, maria et terras coeiumque profundum Qaippe feraut rapidi secum, verrantque per auras.' "The law, indeed, seems to be nothing else than a direct consequence of that unity of design pervading the universe, which so bespeaks a common Creator —of the existence in the mind of the Deity of a sort of archetype to which His various works have all to a certain extent been - accommodated ; so that the earlier forma of life . may be regarded as types of those of later creation, and SECTION F.- STATISTICS. President.—Lord Stanley, Vice-Presidents.—Dr. John Strang, Mr. T. Torke, F.R.S., Mr. W. Tite, Mr. J. T. Dawson, and Mr. J. Heywood, M.P., F.R.S. Secretaries.—Mr. W. Newrnarch, Mr. E. Cheshire, Rev. C. H. Bromley, Mr. W. M. Tartt, and Professor Randeock. SECTION G.—MaIIIANICAL SCIENCE President.—Mr. G. Rennie, F.R.S. Vice-Presidents— Mr. J. Nasmyth, F.R.S., and Mr. J. Taylor, F.R.S. Secretaries. —Mr. C. Atherton, Mr. 11. M. Jeffreys, and Mr. B. Jones, jun. The following letter, in explanation of a proposal to change the title of one of the see'ions, addressed to the general secretary by Mr. R. M. Milner, M.P., D.C.L., president of the Statistical Section at Glasgow, 1855, was then read by Professor Phillips : "Dear General Sabine,—At the last meeting of the Bri tish Association I gave notice of my intention to propose at the Cheltenham meeting, that the Section of ' Statis tics' should in future be entitled the Section of Economic Science and Statistics.' "I am desirous that this change should be effected, be cause I think it will bring the objects of the section more legitimately within the scope of the association. Political economy is now recognised as a science, not only by the establishment of chairs in the chief universities of Europe, but also by confirmation which experience has given to its principles and deductions. At the same time it is im portant that public attention should in every way be at tracted to its study at a time when its terminology, neces sarily imperfect from the period of its formation, is under going considerable revision, and when the investigations, now in progress on the Continent and in the United States are subjecting the doctrines of the most distinguished Bri tish founders to a severe and often hostile scrutiny. "At the same time I do not wish to give up the word statistics,' because its retention enables the section use fully to entertain many subjects of general interest which the wholttsome abstinence of the association from political and moral questions must otherwise exclude. I believe the public has derived great advantage from the materials of social and economical truths gathered together and pre sented at the meetings, and would ice with regret any further limitation of its objects. "I shall be glad if the general committee of the associa tion think fit to adopt the alteration which I propose, and I remain, dear General Sabine, yours very sincerely, "RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES. "16, Upper Brook-street, July 16." After some conversation, the committee agreed to change the title of Section F from " Statistics" to "Economic Science and Statistics," upon the motion of Mr. NEWMARCH, in the absence of Mr. R. M. Milnes. Mr. HOLLAND, M.P., on behalf of the inhabitants cf Cirencester, invited the association to visit and examine the Roman remains in and near that town and also the Museum and Agricultural College on Saturday next. The invitation was accepted, and the thanks of the committee were given to Mr Holland and the inhabi• tants of Cirencester. The meeting then broke up, having sat one hour. THE PRSSIDICNT'S OPENING ADDRESS. Dr. DAUBENY, the ;President, delivered the usua, opening address, taking for his subject " The Pragress of Physical Science within the last 20 years." After some introductory observations, the learned president commenced his review with the science of chemistry, the subject with which, he said, he was most familiar. He first reminded his auditory that at a period not much more remote than the date at which that association sat in the city of Bristol, 20 years ago, all that could be quoted as really worthy the name of chemical science was comprehended within the limits of the mineral king dom : "There was a world almost as little known to the chemists of that period as was the Western Hemisphere to the Macedonian Conqueror —a world comprising an infinite variety of important products, called into exist ence by the mysterious operation of the vital principle, and therefore placed, a 3 was imagined, almost beyond the reach of experimental research. This was the new world of chemistry, which the continental philosophers in the first instance, and subsequently those of our own country, had, during the last 20 years, been busy in exploring, and by so doing had nut only bridged over the gulf which had before separated by an impassable barrier the kingahet-s of inorganic and of organic na ture, but also added provinces as extensive and as fertile as those we are in possession of before to the patri mony of science ... World might never have been discovered, or, at all events, would not have been brought under our subjection, with out those improvements in naval architecture which had taken place prior to the age of Columbus, so the secrets of organic chemistry would have long remained unelicited but for the facilities in the methods of analysis which were introduced by Lieleig. Before his time the de termination of the component elements of an organic) substance was a task of so much skill as well as labour that only the most accomplished analysts—such men, for instance, as his lamented friend Dr. Prout in this coun try, or as the great Berzelius in Sweden—could he de pended upon for such a work ; and hence the data upon which we could rely for deducing any general conclu sions went on accumulating with extreme slowness. But the new methods of analysis invented by Liebig have so simplified and so facilitated the processes that a student, after a few months' practical instruction in a laboratory, can, in neatly instances, arrive at results sufficiently pre cise to be made the basis of calculation, and thus to enable the tweeter mind, which is capable of availing it self of the facts before it, to breathe life into these dry numerical details—just as the sculptor, by a few finishing strokes, brings out the expres4ion of the statue which has been prepared for him by the laborious chiselling of a number of subordinate workmen Formerly it had been the rule to set down the bodies which form the constituents of the substances we analysed, and vs hich had never yet under our hands undergone decom position, as elementary ; but the discovery of cyanogen in the first instance, and the recognition of several other compound radicals in organic chemistry more lately, naturally suggest the idea that many of the so-called ele ments of inorganic matter may likewise be compounds, differing from the organic radicals above mentioned merely in their constituents being bound together by a closer affinity. It is curious to reflect that while the bold speculations of Democritue had been realised by the Manchester philosopher, the reveries of the alche mists derive something like solid support from the minute investigations of his successors. Indeed it is not a little remarkable how frequently the discoveries of modern days have served to redeem the fancies of medieval times from the charge of absurdity. If the direction of a bit of steel suspended near the earth can, as General Sabine bas proved, be influenced by the posi tion of a body like the moon, situated at a distance from it mere than 200,000 miles, who s h a ll say that there was anything preposterously extravagant in the concep tion, however little support it may derive from experience, that the stars might exert an influence over the destinies of man 4" Pas3ing to the practical results bearing on the arts of life which have either been actually deduced, or might be anticipated to accrue from chemical discovery, the president remarked— "Of these, perhaps, the most important is the possibi lity of forming by art those compounds which had been formerly supposed to be only producible by natural pro cesses, under the influence of the vital principle. The last 2 years have added materially to the catalogue of such bodie3 artificially produced, as in the formation of several species of alcohol from coal gas by Berthelot, that of oil of mustard by the same chemist, and the generation of taurine, a principl e e l a b ora ted in tl - e liver by Strecker. And if the above discoveries should strike you at first sight rather as curious than practically useful. I would remark that they afford reasonable ground for hope that the production of some of those principles of high medi cinal or economical value which nature has sparingly provided, or at least limited to certain districts or cli mates, may lie within the compass of the chemist's skill. If quinine, for instance, to which the Peruvian bark owes its efficacy, be, as would appear from recent re searches, a modified condition of ammonia, why may not a Hellman be able to produce it for us from its elements, as he has already done so many other alkaloids of simi lar constitution? And thus, while the progress of civilisa tion and the development of the chemical arts are acce lerating the consumption of those articles which kind nature has either been storing up for the uses of man during a vast succession of antecedent ages, or else is at present elaborating for us in that limited area within which alone the conditions would seem to be such as to admit of their production, we are en couraged to hope that science ma y ma ke good the loss she has contributed to create, by herself inventing artifi cial modes of obtaining these necessary materials. In this case we need not eo much regard the exhaustion of our collieries, although nature appears to have pro- Yid#Xlllo menus for replenishing thew ;. nor oven be con-