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THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. CHELTENHAM, AUG. 9. The evening meeting of Friday was held in the great room of the College, when the members of the association and the elite of the society of Cheltenham were assembled to do honour to Sir Henry Rawlinson, the President of the Section of Physical Geography and Ethnology, who had promised a repetition of his discourse as delivered at Glas gow on cuneiform discovery. The actual discovery of the mode of decyphering those wonderful inscriptions which may be seen at the British Museum on the Assyrian remains, covering in long lines the sides of the colossal bulls, the great black obelisk, the clay cylinders and bricks, the gems and seals of that extra ordinary era, is not so new in point of time as the parallel discovery of the mode of reading the hieroglyphical writ ings of Dr. Young and M. Champollion. The original hint of the former arose, it is said, from a wager, made by an erudite German, who was employed during the war of the first revolution at Bonn, in the character of a decypherer. He boasted of his skill in this particular, and offered for a wager to decypher anything. His friend proposed to him the arrow-headed inscriptions in " Niebuhr's Travels ;" he accepted the challenge, and taking the very simple trilingual inscription of Ecbatana, he soon resolved the Persian one into its elements, composed the rudiments of an alphabet, and read the names and titles of Xerxes and Darius, the son of Hystapsis. Colonel Rawlinson, it appears, arrived at the same result by a similar process the gallant colonel was connected with the Persian em bassy, and being stationed at Hamadan, the ancient Ecba tana, he was struck with the same inscription, cut on a rock near that place, and by a similar process arrived at the same, though entirely independent, results ; and he was as much surprised as were the German philologers that a young soldier in the heart of Persia had made the same dis covery as had been communicated to the learned world in the " Annalen" of Gottingen some few years before. Since this period the study of these inscriptions has been pursued in Germany principally by Grotsford and Lassen; in France, under the patronage and at the expense of the French Government by Dr. Boppert ; but nowhere more success• fully than by the unaided efforts of Col. Rawlinson in England, and Dr. Hiuckes in Belfast. The mode of form ing these curious characters was a subject of discussion in the geographical section on the morning of Friday on an explanation given by Mr. Nasmyth, supported by Colonel Rawlinson, and impugned by Dr. Whewell, the Master of Trinity. Mr. Tite, at Bath, early in January of this year, in the course of reading a paper in the Guildhall of that city on these discoveries reproduced before his auditors, in moist clay, a portion of the inscription at Ecbatana, containing the names and titles of Xerxes. Indeed the process is so simple that any one may repeat it. The arrow-headed character is simply made up of the form of an ancient arrow-head somewhat elongated—generally moderately so, but in the Babylonian inscriptions more extravagant in that particular. If any one desirous of repeating the experiment will take a smooth surface of moist clay and a piece of wood about three-quarters of an inch square and three inches long, cut square at the ends, he will find, on pressing the angular point into the clay, he can reproduce any of the characters with the most per fect facility ; and if the surface of the clay be of sufficient size he may reconstitute, as Mr. Tite did, the Hamadan inscription. It is probable that in the cylinders and tab lets this impress was made by a metallic tool or style, and of course on the sculptures and rock inscriptions the origi nal character was only imitated ; but Col. Rawlinson has shown that the impressions on the bricks found at " Ur of the Chaldees" were marked with the name of a king which he Minks identical with the Chedorlaomer of Genesis, and at less 2,000 years before Christ. Sir R. MURCHISON rose to propose a vote of thanks to Sir Henry Rawlinson. He stated that though the subject was so extremely interesting, still it was one that, except for the addresses of Colonel Rawlinson, he knew but little ; and though these researches boasted of making us acquainted with remote antiquity, he must claim for geology an antiquity far greater, with handwrite ing not less distinct than the wonderful inscriptions of the cuneiform character. In alluding to the daring of Colonel Rawlinson at the Rock of Behisten, he said, that he thought no geologist, however venturous, or however interested in fossils of such rocks, would expose himself to similar peril in the pursuit of science, which the Geogra phical Society had, however, rewarded with their gold medal in 1837. After a glowing eulogium on the Colonel's attainments in physical geography, which had procured for him the honourable post of chairman of that society, Sir Roderick concluded by moving "The cordial thanks of the meeting to Colonel Rawlinson." Mr. TITS seconded the motion, and stated that he was requested by the Council to do so, proba bly because he had enjoyed the unusual advant age o f having on former occasions heard Sir Henry Rawlinson at much greater length, and that he had himself become thereby so much interested by the discoveries that he had entered upon the study, and in a neighbouring city (Bath) had in a humble way endeavoured to give some account of the nature and extent of these interesting researches. He assured the meeting of the entire accuracy of the translations which had been read, so far as he was able to judge, and stated that he hardly knew whether most to admire the learning, the ingenuity, or the perseverance which had characterised tho researches of Colonel itawlinson. He thought more credit was due to him, because this great work had been originated and pursued when he was a young soldier, oc cupied in a position of political importance, and requiring most of his time. In a pla6 like Cheltenham he consi dered that any reference to the historical evidence of the Holy Scriptures would be received with becoming atten tion, and that the inhabitants would feel with him that the researches of Colonel Rawlinson were almost providen tial in their character, as showing, by the undersigned coincidences of the Assyrian inscriptions, the entire truth of the history of the chosen people of God. Mr. Tite agreed with Colonel Rawlinson in the greater value in this point of view of their discoveries, as compar ed with the hieroglyphical researches of Dr. Young and M. Champollion, because after the exodus the history of the Jewish , people was separated from that of Egypt, and those records and inscriptions only fur nished two striking names—viz., that of Shishak, the con temporary of Solomon, and "Tishahak, King of Ethiopia ;" whereas these Assyrian inscriptions gave cotemporary re cords, and introduced names to us as familiar from our childhood as household words, such as Hezekiah, Senacche• rib, Jelin, and the host of other names the Colonel had quoted. This morning about 160 of the members visited Ciren cester. The weather was most unfavourable, and the rain fell heavily during the whole of the morning. The train left the Great Western station, Chelteuham, at nine o'clock, and, after stopping for about ten minutes at Ciren cester Junction, where Professor Beckman described the fault occurring in the oolitic strata, reached Cirencester at a quarter past 10. The modern town of Cirencester is built upon the site of a Roman military:station, once of some importance, called Corinium. It was ono of the hiberaia, or winter quarters of the Romans, and on this account there are frequently found many remains illustra ting the manners and customs of the Romans, and also the floors, walls, and foundations of these habitations and military defences. Several tesselated floors have from time to time been exposed in the neighbourhocd, together " with a large number of coins, domestic and other utensils, weaeons, and ornaments. In 1849, while some excava tions were being made in the principal street of the town, f.: the purpose of making a sewer, the workmen came upon two floors—one 15 the other 25 feet square, running in an oblong direction across the street. On hearing of the discovery Earl Bathurst, with great liberality, offered to build a suitable museum, in which the pavement and all other records of ancient Corinium might be carefully pre. served. The building is now completed and the pavements have been rolaid with great taste and precision. The super intendence of the wcrk of removal was undertaken by the Rev. Canon Powell and Professor Buckman, who, imme diately on the discovery of the pavement caused the earth to be removed carefully to the full extent of the floor. A correct copy was next taken of the pavement by laying down large sheets of thin paper, and tracing the tessalce stone for stone in the exact colours of the original. The sheets, when finished, were joined together, and thus formed a correct working plan from which the pavements could be relaid with perfect accuracy. The pavements were then removed to the museum, which is a substantial scone building at the north-west corner of the town, on the road leading to the Royal Agricultural College. These pavements having been inspected by the excursion party, they proceeded to Oakley. house, the residence of Earl-Bathurst, where they were re ceived by the noble earl. Here the principal object of in terest was the original equestrian portrait of the Duke of Wellington, by Sir T. Lawrence, painted in 1816. Some of the party then proceeded to visit the church, the remark able features of which were explained by the Rev. Canon Powell. A visit was also made to the Royal Agricultural College. Here the excursion party were received by the principal of the institution, the Rev. J. Haygarth. The experimental gar laboratory, the geological museum, the den, and the farm buildings of th e institution having been visited, the party returned to Cirencester station and reached Cheltenham at 4 o'clock. SECTION E.—GEOGRAPHY and ETHNOLOGY. This section will not meet to-day on account of the ex cursion to Cirencester. At the meeting yesterday Mr. F. D. Hartland read a paper on Vesuvius and its eruptions, and after an interesting description of the geography and early eruptions of Vesuvius, which he illustrated by a most splendid aeries of drawings and specimens of lava, proceeded to give the following account of the last eruption : The 54th and last eruption of Vesuvius took place on the Ist of May, 1855. The warning of its approach was given early in January, by the opening of a new crater at the summit of the cone, between the old one and the city of Naples, and directly across the route of ascent. This crater differed from the others, insomuch as it was neither sul phurous in its character nor was it of the usual chimney form. It was from 60 to 80 y ar d s wide, and a slight smo k e issued from;its blackened sides. After its appearance the report of an immediate eruption was spread and kept up without intermission for many months, but on Monday, the 30th of April, the symptoms were so apparent that the guides declared to a party then making the ascent the num ber of hours it would be before it occurred. On Tuesday, the Ist of Say, Vesuvius was invisible at Naples, and, it THE SUN, 144 )NDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AtlausT 13 ) Is6e. was not till the afternoon that the fact became known that the eruption bad commenced; a rush was then made for Santa Lucia, the aide of Naples from which the mountain can best be seen, and here the truth became apparent, as the mountain was blazing from several places. on ac complibhing the ascent, and after passing the Hermitage, the intense heat betrayed. the approach of th burning element; and, after leaving various cascades or fire, down which half-melting blocks of lava were dash., g at a pace to overcome all resistance, the current of the ruption was reached, and resembled a liquid fiery river rushing from the side of the cone, and apparently fed from an orifice about half-way up it, which, amid flames of fire, was throwing out stones to an immense height, accompanied by volumes of dense smoke, while all below was clear, and the lava at times even assumed a bright phosphoric blue. This was the most magnificent part of the scene, as the ascent of the cone did not repay the risk and trouble. During the scene daylight dawned, and so earnest had been the attention given to it by the thousands assembled on the mountain that al though a perfectly visible eclipse of the moon occurred dur ing the time it passed with few exceptions unobserved. The eruption continued till near the end of the month, and before its close 11 cones were in active operation, the dis charge from which was so great that at one time a total falling in of the mountain was dreaded. This discharge almost unaccompanied by the ejection of stones or ashes was the peculiarity of this eruption. A paper has also been read in this section by Mr. VIVIAN, of Torquay, on " the earliest traces of human remains in Kent's Cavern, especially flint knives and arrow-heads, beneath the stalagmitic floor." The peculiar interest of this subject consisted in its being the link be tween geology and antiquities, and the certainty afforded by the condition in which the remains are found of their relative age, the successive deposits being sealed up in situ by the droppings of carbonate of lime, which assume the form of stalagmite. The sources from which the statements in the paper were obtained were principally the original manuscript memoir of the late Rev. J. M'Enery, F.G.S., which is deplored by Professor Owen, in his Fossil Mam malice, and by other writers, as lost to science, bat which has been recovered by Mr. Vivian and was produced before the section ; also the report of the sub-committee of the Torquay Natural Society and his own researches. We have not space for the interesting statements con tained in the paper, or the extracts from the manuscript which were read, beyond the following brief summary of Mr. Vivian's conclusions which were mainly in accordance with those of Mr. M'Enery. The cavern is situated beneath a hill about a mile fromTorquay and Babbecombe, extend ing to a circuit of about 700 yards. It was first occupied by the bear (ursus spelms) and extinct hyena, the remains of which, with the bones of elephants, rhinoceros, deer, &c., upon which they preyed, were strewn upon the rocky floor. By some violent and transitory convulsion a vast amount of the soil of the surrounding country was injected into the cavern, carrying with it the bones and burying them in its inmost recesses. Immediately upon its subsidence the cavern appears to have been occupied by human inhabi tants, whose rude flint instruments are found upon the mud beneath the stalagmite. A period then succeeded during which the cavern was not inhabited until about half of the floor was deposited, when a streak containing burnt wood and the bones of the wild boar and badger was deposited, and again the cave was unoccupied, either by men or animals, the remaining portion of the stalag mite being, both above and below, pare and unstained by soil or any foreign matter. Above the floor have been found remains of Celtic, early British, and Roman remains, together with those of more modern date. Among the in scriptions is one of interest as connected with the landing of William 111. on the opposite side of the bay, " W. Hodges, of Ireland, 1688." In the discussion which followed, and in which Sir Henry Rawlinson, the secretary of the Ethnological Society, and others took part, the position of the flints beneath the stalagmite seemed to be admitted, although contrary to the generally received opinion of the most eminent geologists, thus carrying back the first occupation of Devon to very kigh antiquity, but not such as to be at variance with Scriptural chronology the deposit of stalagmite being shown to have been much more rapid at those periods when the tavern was not inhabited by the greater discharge of carbonic acid gas. Without attempting to affix with any certainty more than a relative date to these several points, or formilig a scriptural interpretation upon natural pheno mena, wiiich, as Bacon remarked, too often produces merely a f& lse religion and a fantastic philosophy, Mr. Vivian suggested that there was reason for believing that the introduction of the mud was occasioned, not by the comparatively tranquil Mosaic Deluge, which spared the olive and allowed the ark to float without miraculous in tervention, but by the greater convulsion alluded to in the. first chapter of Genesis which destroyed the pre-existing races of animals—most of those in this cavern being of ex tinct species, and prepared the earth for man and his con temporaries. The subject was also continued before the geological sec tion to-day. 'SECTION F.—BcoNomio SCIENCE AND STATISTICS. W. M. Tartt, M.S.A.—On some statistics bearing upon relations existing between poverty and. crime. Richard Beamish, F.R.S.—Oa the statistics of Chel tenham. _ _ _ Edward Clibborn.—On the tendency of Earopean races to become extinct in the United States. R. Thomson Jopling.—On the mortality among officers of the British army iu the East. The Rev. C. H. Bromby, M.A.—Suggestions on the People's Education. Professor Richard Hussey Walsh.—A. deduction from the statistics of crime for the last ten years. ticultural Society, an "honour" tble mention" having been awarded to it at a recent meetit ig of the council. SECTION B—CHEINE (CAL SCIENCE. T. Dearsly—On several newt aethods of detecting strych nia and brucia. A new metho , ' I of extracting the alkaloids from nux vomica for toxologi cal and manufacturing pur poses. Experiments on anima kis with strychnia, and pro bable reasons for the non-fine ling of strychnia in certain cases. A new method of ins tituting post-mortem re searches for strychnia. P. J. Worsley, B.A.—On a f iew process for making and melting steel. Dr. Lloyd, Professor Ball, Mr. Perry, Professor Jukes, and Mr. Hancock. Mr. HEYWOOD, M.P., on behalf of the eityof Manches ter, did not wish to oppose any obstacle in the way of the association visiting Dublin next year. He had hoped that they would have been able to visit Manchester during the time of the exhibition of art treasures in that city, but he thought Dublin had a prior claim on the association, inas much as it was 22 years since they visited that place, while it was only it years since Manchester was honoured by their presence. After a few remarks from Mr. M. Xmas, M.P. with respect to the invitation to Leeds, Sir R. J. MURCHISON, mo'red that the next meeting of the British Association be held in Dublin, and the motion having been seconded by Mr. HEYWOOD, M.P., was car ried unanimously. On the motion of Dr. WHEWELL, seconded by Sir W. HAMILTON, Dr. Lloyd was elected president for next year. The vice-presidents elected for next year were —the Lord Mayor elect of Dublin, the Provost of Trinity Col lege, the Marquis of Kildare, Lord Talbot, the Lord Chief Baron, Sir W. Hamilton, Mr. E. J. Cooper, and Mr. Griffiths. The meeting adjourned at 4 o'clock. extra. The second to Pave his stake. Once round. (D subs,) Mr. Rickaby's Nettle, by Sweetmeat, 4 yrs, §4 (Rickaby) 1 M. E. GiTs Plausible, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Aldcroft) 2 Mr. Ridley's Preston, a yrs, Ist 21b (Bates) 3 NIA% Plintoff's Tiniothens, aged, ?st dib ...(G. White) 4 Mr. Crump's Hera, 3 yrs ) Est 4lb Mr. Cliff's Bucksfoot ) yrs, 7st 10Ib (T. Cliff) 6 Won by a neck. The Borough Members' Plate of 60 sous, for three yr•olds and upwards (optional selling weights, &c.), one mile and a half, was won by Miss Hatch, beating Indian Queen, Ostrogoth's dam filly, and Betsey B. From the London Gazette of Last Night. WFITTEiLILL, Aua. 9. The Queen nag t'etti pleased to appoint Colonel William Cartwright and LieutenatitzColonal John Woodford to be Inspectors under the " Act to render more effectual the police in counties and boroughs in England and Wales." WHITEHALL, AUG. 11. The Queen hag been pleased to give and grant unto the under-mentioned officers her Majesty's royal licence and permission that they may accept and wear the Military Order of Savoy, conferred upon them by his Majesty the King of Sardinia, as a mark of his Majesty's approbation of their distinguished services before the enemy during the late war, viz.:— Lieutenant-Generali Sir William John Codrington, K.O 8., the Grand Cross of the said Order; and unto Major-General Sir Harry David Jones, K.O B. Major-General Sir Richard James Dacres, Major-General Sir Henry William Barnard, K.C.8., Major-General Sir R. Airey, K.C.8., and Major-General Charles Ash Windham, C 8., the Cross of Commander of the First Class of the said Order. The Queen has also been pleased to give and grant unto the under-mentioned officers her Majesty's royal licence and permission that they may accept and wear the Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, conferred upon them by his Majesty the King of Sardinia, as a mark of his Majesty's approbation of their distinguished services before the enemy during the late war, viz. : Lieutenant-General Sir Cohn Campbell, G.C.8., the Grand Cross of the said Order; and unto Major-Gen. lir John Lysaght Penn efa,ther. K C. 8.. and Colonel Lord William Paulet, C. 8., the Cross of Com mander of the First Class of the said Order ; and to Colonel the Hon. George Cadogan. Colonel Thomas Montague Steele, C. 8., Colonel the Hon. Percy Egerton Herbert, C. 8., Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Blane, and Commissary-General Sir George Maclean, K.C.13. the Cross of Commander of the Second Class o f the said Order; and to Deputy Commissary-General William Henry Drake, C. 8., the Cross of Officer of the said Order. - - [This Article is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of Friday last, the Bth inst.] WAR DEPARTMENT, WHITEHALL-GARDENS, AVG. 8. Notice is hereby given that the officers and men in her Majesty's army, named in the supplement to the London Gazette of Friday, the lit inst., as having received her Ma jesty's permission to accept and wear the insignia of the several classes of the Legion of Honour, conferred upon them by his Majesty the Emperor of the French, and who have not already received such insignia, are requested to apply for the same to Henry Elliot, Esq., War Depart ment, Pall-mall, between the hours of 12 and 4 o'clock daily, commencing on Monday next, the 11th inst. The insignia for such non-commissioned officers and men as h•tve been nominated to the sth Class of the Order, and who are now serving with their respective corps , will be delivered to the officers commanding those corps, or to such officers as they may depute to receive them, with a view to their distribution. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, AUG. 8. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a de spatch from her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris, contain ing a copy of an Imperial Decree opening the Custom house of Wissembourg (Bas Rhin), for the importation of hides, at sf. per 100 kil.; thread, of linen and hemp; ma chinery (machines mecaniques), complete or in detached pieces. WAR DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, AUG. 12. - - Royal Regiment of Artillery—Brevet-Colonel John Hill to be Colonel, vice Clarke, retired upon full-pay; Brevet- Colonel Collingwood Dickson, C. 8., from the Supernume rary List, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Hill;. Second Captain Edward Taswell to be Captain, vice Rogers, re tired on half-pay ; Lieutenant Ferderick Thomas Whin yates to be Second Captain, vice Taswell ; Lieutenant John Henry Blackburn° to be' Second Captain, vice Far mer, placed on the Supernumerary List ; Brevet-Major John Singleton to be Captain, vice Mowbray, retired on half-pay ; Lieutenant William Noel Waller to be Second Captain, vice Singleton. BREVET.—Colonel Robert Clarke, retired full pay of the Royal Artillery, to be Major-General, the rank to be ho norary only. NOTICES TO MARINERS. ATLANTIC OCEAN—FRANCE. Pontaillac Light, River Gironde. The French Government has given notice that on the 10th July, 1856, a light, alternately red and white (each colour lasting twenty seconds, without intervening eclipse), was exhibited from the summit of a wooden tower erected on the high ground of Pontaillac, situated near the en trance and on the north bank of the River Gironde, on the west coast of France. The tower is 104 feet high, and the light 177 feet above the level of water, and should be visible 15 miles in clear weather. It stands in latitude 45 deg. 38 min. 10 sec. N., longitude 1 deg. 3 min. 42 sec. W. of Greenwich. The north channel leading into the Gironde is lighted already by three lights, exclusive of that of Cordouan ; one on Point de la Conbre, the second on Point de la Fa laise, and the third on the tower of Terre Negre. Sailing Directions.—ln entering the Gironde by the north channel at night, bring the white fixed light of Terre Negre on with the red and white light of Pontaillac, and keep them so until the Point de la Coubre light bears N.N.E., then alter course immediately, and steer for the revolving light of Cordouan, until you have brought the lights on Point do la Falaise and Terre Negre in one. Steer for and keep these lights in one until Cordouan Light bears S.S.W., after which alter course to S.E. by S. [All courses and bearings are magnetic. Var. 20 deg. 45 min. West.] By command of their Lordships, JOHN WASHINGTON, Hydrographer. Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, July 21. This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts : Ushant to Finisterre, No. 61 ; Sables d'Olonne to the Gi ronde, No. 71 ; Gironde to Arcachon, No. 72; French Lighthouse List, No. 160. MEDITERRANEAN SEA. Light on Mount Navidad, Cartagena. The Spanish Government has given notice that, on the 15th July, 1856, a fixed light, of the natural colour, was established. on Mount Navidad, on the west side, at tho entrance of the Port of Cartagena, in the province of Murcia. The illuminating apparatus is catadioptric, of the fourth order ; the light is placed at a height of 125 English feet above the level of the sea, and should be visible 10 miles in clear weather. It stands in lat 37 deg. 35 min. 30 sec. N., long. 0 deg. 518 min. 37 sec. west of Greenwich. Every vessel entering the port of Cartagena by night, and intending to anchor on its eastern side, near the pow der magazine, or near the suburb of Santa Lucia, should always keep the light in sight slightly open of Navidad Point, taking care not to lose sight of, so as to pass clear of the shoal named the Laja, within the harbour. On the contrary, if the intention is to anchor in the part of the harbour known by the name of the Espalmador Grande, the vessel should lose sight of the light, by keep ing as close as possible to Navidad Point. Light on Cape Huertas, Alicante. Also, that on and after the 15th day of August, 1856, a fixed light, of the natural colour, will be exhibited on Cape Huartas, in the province of Alicante, in lat. 38 deg. 20 min. 30 sec. N., long. 0 deg. 22 min. 37 sec. West of Greenwich. The lens is catadioptric, of the fourth order. The light is placed at a height of 121 feet above tho level of the sea, and should be visible at a distance of 10 miles in clear weather. By command of their Lordships, JOHN WASHINGTON, Hydrographer. Hydrographic Office. Admiralty, London, 25th July, 1856. These notices affect the following Admiralty charts : Mediterranean General, No. 2,158; Gibraltar to Alicante ' No. 1,186; Alicante to Palathe s, No. UST ; Carta gena , Plan, No. 1,194; also Mediterranean Lighthouse List, Nos. 5 a and 7 a. SECTION G.-MECHANICAL SCIENCE. Dr. Green.—On a new railway break, invented by M. Sioco, of Paris. James ThJuispn, C.E.—Report on the measurement of water by weir boards. G. Ronnie, F.R.S.—On the devolpment of heat by the agitation of fluids. In the evening there was a soirée at the college, which was attended by nearly 1,000 persons. The Literary and Philosophical Institution has been converted into a Geological Museum for specimens of fos sils found in this district, and in analogous strata through out the country. These are arranged in a series of glass cases, and form one of the best collections of local geolo gical specimens ever exhibited at any meeting of the Bri tish Association. On the sides of the room a variety of well-executed diagrams, illustrative of the geology of the district, are displayed. Excursions are proposed to the following places on Thursday next :—A geological party to Chatfield and its interesting locality, visiting Tortwith Court, and also to Chepstow Castle and Winchcomb. CHELTENHAM, AUG. 11. The business of the various sections was re3umed this morning at 11 o'clock, the attendance being unusually good. The following papers were road during the clay : SECTION A.—MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE. W. Symons—On a new form of cast-iron Galvanic Bat tery. T. Dobson—Oa tho Balaklava Tempest. T. Dobson —On the causes of Great Inundations. H. Poole—Observations with the Anereii Thermometer on the shores of the Dead Sea. Rev. H. It, nkin—lleteorolo,gical Observations for 1855 at H'iggate, Yorkshire. Captain Woodall—Barometrical and Thermometrical Observations at Scarborough. Dr. Lee—On Negrett's Patent Mercurial Minimum Thermometer. Professor Hennessy—On an Instrument for Observing Vertical Currents in the Atmosphere. R. Garner—On a Remarkable Hailstorm in North Staf fordshire. J. Welsh—To Describe a Model of a Self -recording Anemometer, designed and constructed by Mr. R. Beckley, of Kew Observatory. J. Welsh -Instructions for the Gradation of boiling point Thermometer. B. Stewart—Description of a Thermometer for Measur ing Fluctuations of Temperature. Mr. E. VIVIAN then laid before the section some (elabo rate and highly interesting statistics of the meteorology of Torquay and South Devon contrasted with those of the average of England, as given in the Reports of the Regis trar-General, to which he is a contributor. The observa tions on which they were based extended front 1842 to 1850, but the comparative statement was confined to the last six years. The following was the general summary : =7l g g I q, 4 s g ' t•-• •_,•-• 0 Z 1 to a 5 2 a' 27.8 3.4 25.5 3.4 Torquay England deg 27 15 6g He explained the principles upon which the cool summers and mild winters of South Devon and Cornwall are to be accounted for—namely, the equable temperature of the sea with which the peninsula is surrounded. He had observed the surface water of Torbay to be as much as 21 degrees above the minimum, temperature of the air in winter, and 13 degrees below the maximum, in summer. He also ac counted for the equable hygrometrical condition of the air by the same cause —the temperature of the sea being fre quently above the dew point in winter and below it in summer. He reviewed the inaccuracies in several medical publications, which had raised a prejudice against South Devon as a summer residence as being too relaxing, while the exact contrary is shown by these observations. He ex hibited a set of his newly invented meteorological instru• meats for obtaining all the really important elements of climate by one daily, weekly, or monthly observation, especiallyad minimum u m f. reg istering hygrometers, one f orthe maximum difference of the wet and d ry b ulb thermc a meters, the other for registering their average difference during any period of time. In the discussion which followed, Mr. Pritchard related a striking instance of the injury occasioned in a house of exotic plants by variations in the degree of purposes. humidity of th e air, a n d expresse d a hi g h opinion of the value of the instru meat for horticultural as w 4.11 as meteorological A. similar estimate had been expressed by the London for. LEWES RACES.-TIIESDAY. The Sussex County Cup, value 200 sovs, by subscription of 10 soya each, h ft, with 150 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Certain penalties and allowances. About two miles and a half. (13 subs.) Mr. Lewis's Pantomimr, by Lanercost, 6 yrg, 9st 31b (Snowden) Walked over. Pantomime only putting in an appearance, both the cup and the added money were withheld. Handicap Plate of 40 soya. Winners extra. T.Y.C. Mr. Lewis's Pantomime, by Lanercost, 6 yrs, 7st 61b _ (Snowden) 1 Mr. Vansittart's Golden Slipper(late Haunch of Veni• son, 6 yrs, Est 41b (Fordham) 2 Mr. H. Lane's Hart Royal, 3 yrs, Est (J. Rogers) 3 Betting-5 to 4 agst Golden Slipper, 3to 1 agst Hart Royal. A good race in, won by a head ; half a length between the second and third. Miss Dixon jumped round at starting, and was left at the post. Selling Stakes of 3 sous each, with 20 added, for 2 yr olds and upwards. Optional selling weights, &..3. One mile. (5 subs.) Mr. H. Lane's Clara, by Van Tromp, 3 yrs (201.), 7st 1016 (Fordham) 1 Mr. Robinson's Prosperity, 2 yrs (201.), sst 91b (J. Rogers) 2 Mr. Armstrong's Persia, 3 yrs (391.), Bit llb (J. Stegglev) 3 Mr. Paxton's Cunning Bird, 4 yrs (601.),. 83t 51b (C. Hornsby) 4 Betting-6 to 4on Prosperity, 3to 1 each aget Clara and Persia, 10 to 1 aget Cunning Bird. Won by a length and a half ; half a length between the second and third ; bad fourth. The winner was bought in for 35 guineas. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas ; 3.yr-olds, 7st 11lb ; four, 9st ; five, 9st 71b ; six and aged, 9st 101 b. New Course. Two miles. Mr. Monk's Buckingham, by St. Lawrence, 3 yrs (Fordham) 1 Lord W. Powlett's Middleton, 3 yrs (J. Mann) 2 Mr. Presant's The Bruiser, aged (Ur Boynton) 3 Mr. Davis's Tom Burke, 4 yrs (Abrahams) 4 Col. James's Pantheon, 4 yrs (Clements) 4 Betting-3 to lon Middleton, sto 1 agst Bucking ham. Won by a neck ' • very bad third ; the othe rs b ea t en off'. Terror was pulled up, and did not pass the post. The Innkeepers' Plate (Handicap) of 50 sous. Winners extra. T.Y.C. Mr. goward's Martinet, by The Cure, 2 yrs, 6,t 31b (in. 71b extra) (Fordham) 1 Mr. Armstrong's Alcyone, 4 yrs, 7st 9.b (J. Steggles) 2 Mr. Bickham's M'ss Dixon, 2 yrs, 44t 71b (C. B rown ) . 3 The following also ran:—Heart Royal, The _Borderer, and The Rejected. _ . _ - Betting-- 1. 5 to 4on Martinet, sto 2 agst Alcyone, 5 to 1 agst The Borderer. Won by a length ; bad third. BETTING ON THE COURSE. EBOR HANDICAP. 7to 1 oast Coroner (taken). DERBY SUMMER MEETING. Weights for the Tradesmen's Plate. Two miles. Age et lb Typee 6 8 9 Saucebox Aladdin Pretty Boy 3 7 12 Goldbill St. Andrew Shoreham Little Davie Prince Plausible 4 6 10 Yorkshire Grey 4 6 9 br to Grey Tommy 6 • 6 8 Strood 4 6 5 Bay Hilton 3 6 4 The Chatsworth Handicap. Age at lb Fanny Grey —... 4 6 4 Elastic St. Clare 5 6 2 Vulcan Sly Fellow 3 5 12 Enchanter His Piper ..... 4 5 10 Challow Boy 4 5 10 Pock Swalcliffe Preston De Ginkel Miss Hark away 3 5 0 One mile and a quarter. Age st lb Ty pee 6 8 9 Saucebox Aladdin Mary 4 7 2 Prince Plausible 4 7 0 Goldhill 3 7 0 Little Davie Venison 4 6 10 Stork 3 6 8 Whitelock 5 6 7 Fanny Grey 4 6 6 Sly Fellow 3 6 3 Mary Ann 4 6 2 Dramatist Agra Leamington If the highest weight accepting be under Bst 91b, will be raised to that weight, and the rest in proportion The Nursery Handicap. st lb Age st lb Challow Boy 4 6 0 Breeze Vulcan Lucy Lockit 4 5 11 Gaudy Omar Pasha Paninure King of Scotland 3 5 8 Emulous gelding 3 5 7 Elfrida S ivalcliffe Spinster 3 5 2 Hiss Harkaway 3 5 2 Fortuna 3 5 0 St. Danstan At lb Ruth Maraschino 7 6 Six and Eightpence 7 4 Growler Naughty Boy Duchess of Sutherland 7 2 Springy John Silkmore Lady Hercules 6 12 Lady Jenny 6 10 Mongrel (h b) Jane 6 3 KI Aug, 9, at 9 a.m. Kertch Chief Ratillon Peeping Tom 8 0 Gin(le Hawk A tnati Oriatida, Lady St. Liz Daisy !I.D. Harrie 7 11 Master Bagot 7 10 Barbarity 7 9 The weights were declare. COL. LAKE, C.B.—We announce with much regret that Col. Atwell Lake, once of the Madras Engineers, and more recently "of Kars," has been compelled by the state of his health to retire from the company's ser• vice. We believe that he retires on a pension belonging to the rank of a captain in the army. It is to be hoped therefore that her Majesty's Government will confer on him something more than mere barren rank in the Queen's service. The company, however willing they may be, on personal ground.% to grant him a special allowance in con sideration of the distinguished services rendered to the country by one of their officers, cannot but feel that those services were rendered to the Crown, and ought to be specially rewarded. Apart from any reluctance which they may feel to deviate from established prece• dent and violate a fixed principle, the company, under such circumstances, could h;rdly reward Col. Lake, without constructive reflection on the Crown. Such, at least, appears to us to be the difficulties of the case ; but we have little doubt that her Majesty's Government, whilst conferring on Col. Lake a commission in the royal service, will at the same time secure to him professional employment &uch as his high scientific acquirements will render as beneficial to his country as to himself.— Smith, Elder, and Co 's Overland Mail. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—The great injury inflicted ou many in valids by drugs increases the interest the public take in Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, which cures without medicine indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility. We quote a few out of many thousand cases of cures by this delicious food :---From the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart. Cure 52,612. Rosstrevor, County of Down, Ire land, December 9, 1854.—The Dowager Countess of Castle stuart feels induced, in the interest of suffering hunianity, to state that Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food has cured her, after all medicines had failed, of indigestion, bile, great nervousness and irritability of many years' standing.. This food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be considered a real blessing. Inquiries will be cheerfully answered.—From the Venerable Archdeacon of Ross. No. 32 ,83 G.—Three years' excessive nervousness, withpains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's health resteringfood.—Aux. STUART, Archdeacon of Ross, Skiboreen. 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[ADVERTISSMENT.I SIGHT AND HEARING SPECTACLES, POWERFUL TELESCOPES, OPERA, RA.CB, AND PERSPECTIVE Glassms.—Messrs. S. and 13. Solomon, opticians, 39, Albe marle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel. By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Per speCtive Glasses, to know the distances. These telescopes possess such extraordinary powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars. With the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger and al: sizes, with increasing powers accordingly.—The Royal Exhibition, 1851. Valuable, newly-invented, very small, powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known 1 miles distant ; they answer every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera houses, country scenery, and ships aro clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful power. Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses of the groat eat transparent power. The valuable advantage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occu. pation- can see with these lenses of a much less magnify ing power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most remote part of the world, by sending one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the eyes they can read small newspaper print with it; and those who have not made 11S2 of spectacles by stating their age.—Deaf ness. New Discovery. The Organic Vibrator, an ex traordinary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass any thing of the kind that has been or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not per ceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed; and illatiords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.--- 4 9. Albemarle )treot, Piccadilly. Observe--opposite the York Hotel. Sporting Intelligence. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUERDAT. EBOR HANDICAP. 7to 2 agst Warlock (take 4to 1) 6to 1 agat Coroner (taken) 9to 1 agst Pretty Boy (taken) 10 to 1 aget Lady Tatton (taken) 10 to 1 agst Yellow Jack (taken) ST. LEGER. 3to 1 agst Fazzoletto (taken) 7 to 2 agst Ellington (taken) 10 to 1 aget any other (offered) READING RACES—TUESDAY. The Easthampstead Park Stakes, of 5 save each, with 25 added, and 10 BOYS for the second horse. One mile and a quarter. (5 subs.) Mr. T. Stevens's Noisette, by Nutwith, 6 yrs, Bst 81b (Yates) 1 Mr. W. Day's Moonshine, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Sly) 2 Mr. T. Hughes's Westminster, 4 yrs, Bst 91b (Hughes) 3 The Duffer and Bobby B. also ran. Betting --5 to 2 agst Moonshine, 3to 1 agst any other. Won by a neck ; bad third ; the fourth and fifth ran in abreast, about a length behind Westminster. The Abbey Stakes of 10 sous each, h ft, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41h. Maiden horses at the time of starting, if they have run once, allowed 31b ; if twice, 51b • winners of a stake of 200 save value or upwards, 311; of two such stakes 51b extra. About five furlongs. 18 subs. Mr. 1. Walker's Gemma di Vergy, by Sir Hercules, Bst 71b (Kendall) 1 Mr. Drinkald's Black Tommy, Bst 21b (Covey) 2 Mr. Sargent's Sister to Spindle, Bst 41b (Quinton) 3 The following also ran :—Equinox, M. Dobler, Extra vaganza, Cantrip, and Euxine. Betting-6 to 4on Gemma di Vergy. The favourite made all the running, and won by three lengths, half a length between the second and third, Cantrip was a bad fourth, Euxine fifth, and M. Dobler sixth. The Berkshire Stakes (Handicap) of 20 sous each, h ft, and only 5 if declared, with 100 added, the second to save his stake. About two miles. 36 subs, 13 of whom declared. Mr. Drinkald's Brother to Grey Tommy, by Chanti cleer, 6 yrs, 7st (Covey) 1 Mr. Barber's Pretty Boy, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b (in. 71b ex.) (Quinton) 2 Mr. E. R. Clark's Mr. Sykes, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (car. Bst 91b) (Dockeray) 3 The following also ran :—g by Surplice out of Cle mentina, Rialto, Comedy, Fair Geraldine, Tame Deer, Miss Harkaway, The Cropper. Betting-6 to 4on Pretty Bov, 6to 1 aget th e Cle mentina g, 8 to 1 aget Comedy, - 10 to 1 agst Brother to Grey Tommy, 12 to 1 agst Mr. Sykes. The Clementina gelding, with Miss Harkaway in close attendance, got off in front, a wide interval separating them from Tame Deer, who was third. Behind them came Pretty Boy ; the Cropper, and Mr. Sykes heading the rucic ; Comedy bringing up the rear. As they a pp roac h e d the far turn, the lot took close order, and in coming into the straight the Ciementina gelding and Miss Harkaway dropped back beaten ; the Cropper going on with the lead, Mr. Sykes being second, Pretty Boy third, and Brother to Grey Tommy fourth. They ran thus to the distance, where the Cropper gave way, and Pretty Boy came on, with Brother to Grey Tommy in close pursuit. Half way up the distance, Brother to Grey Tommy made his effort, obtained the lead, and at last won by a neck. Four lengths separating the second from the third ; the Cropper was fifth, and Rialto sixth. The Clementina gelding was beaten off. Imogene was struck out at 1 p.m. The Ladies' Plate of 30 sots, added to a Sweepstakes o 3 sows each. Straight in—about 5 fur. 8 subs. Mr. Saxon's Ida, 4 yrs (501.), Bst llb (Rod burn) 1 Mr. Hewitt's Profile, 2 yrs (301.), sst llb (car. sst 41b) (Hibberd) 2 Mr. Evans's Miss Nightingale, 2 yrs (301.), sst llb (Rayner) 3 The following also ran :—Ninette, Admiral of the White, Glendosina, and f by Loup Garou out of Pomme de Terre. Betting-2 to 1 agst Miss Nightingale, 3to 1 agst Admiral of the White, 6to 1 agst Ida. Won by t lengths, a length between the second and third. The winner was sold for 70 guineas. The Nursery Plate (handicap) of 60 sovs, for 2 yr-olds. One mile. Mr. G. Drewe's Worcester, 7st 71b (Wakefield) 1 Mr. Sax , na's Coxwell, 6st 10Ib (Quinton) 2 Mr. G. Drewe's Dexterity, 7,4 31b (Bray) 3 The following also ran :--Orianda, Sister to Elfrtda, f by Trap out of Australia, and Desdemona. Betting—Even on Dexterity. At first 5 to 4 was taken about Orianda, at last 100 to 5 was offered against her. Won by two lengths ; three lengths between the second and third. The Borough Plate of 25 sove, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each ; 2-yr-olds, sst 10tb ; three, 7st 101 b ; four, 8-t 81b; five, 9st; six and aged, 9st 21b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 80 sove, if demanded, &c. Half a mile. 14 subs. Mr. Gulliver's Sorceress, 2 yrs, s.it 71b (carried sst 101 b) (Bray) 1 Mr. Evans's Miss Nightin ga l e , 2 y rs , s s t 71b (Plumb) 2 Mr. Sargent's Jane Shore, 3 yrs, 7st 71b...(Quinton) 3 The following also ran : —Bacon, Wild Strawberry, Titormus, Peeress, Araby's Daughter, f by Pyrrhus the First, Annot Lyle. Bating-4 to 1 agst Jane Shore, sto 1 each agst Bacon and Annot Lyle, 6 to 1 agst Titormus. Won by three quarters of a length, a head between the second and third, and a head between the third and fourth. BETTING ON THE COURSE. EBOR HANDICAP. 100 to 30 agst Warlock (offered) 7 to 1 agst Coroner (taken) 10 to 1 agst Yellow Jack (offered) ST. LEGER. 500 even on Ellington and Fezzoletto laid twice. Despite the many meetings which take place during the current week Reading Races seem to have lost none of their popularity. Since the accession to office of Mr. H. Hibburd they have attained a degree of importance which has rendered them as successful and attractive as any within the home circuit. Pleasure folk mustered in large numbers, and notwithstanding the counter-attrac tions at Lewes and at Wolverhampton, the ring was strongly represented. The most important incident which marked the sport WAS the defeat of Pretty Boy—the winner of the Good wood Stakes, and of the Lawes Handicap yesterday — by Br. to Grey Tommy, a horse belonging to Mr. Drink aid, whose colours have not of late been borne frequently first past the winning chair. WEDNESDAY. Weights for the Stand Plate. Age st lb Flacrow 4 9 6 Clementina g 4 8 4 Mary 4 8 0 Mr. Verdant Green 3 7 12 Alembic 5 7 12 Oltenitza Romeo Poacher 6 7 7 Questionable Bessie 4 7 4 Little Gerard 5 7 3 Bobby B 3 7 2 Diana 5 7 0 Titormus Michaelmas Maid 6 7 0 Golden Plover 6 7 0 o:ympus 3 6 13 Newmarket Octa via TheFairGeraldine 3 6 12 Ida 4 6 10 The Roman Age st lb Queen Mab mare 5 6 10 Jane Shore British Remedy 3 6 7 c by Clumsy out . of Bastile Primrose Eloquence Madame Cliequot 2 6 0 Grayling 2 5 12 Gurnet Madame Rachel 2 5 8 Bacon 2 5 7 Sealark Parole 2 5 7 Spectator Dexterity Sister to Spindle 2 5 5 Illustrator Equinox 2 5 0 Araby's Daughter 2 5 0 Profile WOLVERHAMPTON RACES.—TtrEsper. The Patshull Handicap of 10 soya each, 5 ft, and 3 only if declared, &c., with 50 added. Certain winners extra. One mile and a half. (24 subs, 13 of whom de clared.) Captain Christie's Bandalore, by Tadmor, 3 yrs, sst 71b (in. 71b extra) (Pritchard) 1 Mr. T. Dawson's Gaudy, 3 yrs sst 101 b (Bullock) 2 Bandalore made all the running, and won a length and a half. The Chillington Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added, for two•yr•clds. Colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 51b. ners extra. T.Y.C. (13 subs.) Mr. Wilkin's Withal!, by Melbourne, Bst 121 b (in. 51b extra (Aldcroft) 1 C iptaiu Christie's Equity, Bst slb (T. Cliff) 2 Mr. lialford's Goldwater, Bst 71b (Standing) 3 Won by half a length. The Cleveland Cup, in specie. by subsription of 10 says, h it, with 50 added, for three-yr.olds and upwards. Certain penalties and allowances. The second to re. ceive 20 says out of the stakes. Twice round. (9 subs.) Mr. E. Parr's Aladdin, by Harkaway, 5 yrs, 9st 21b (Sa 1 Mr. T. Par r ' s G o ldhill, 3 yrs, fist 21b ( Bates) 2 Mr. Moseley's Alonzo, aged, 9st 11lb ...(W. White) 3 Won by two lengths ; same distance between the second and third. Before the race the owner of Gold hill lodged an objection against Aladdin, on the ground that the horse Aladdin was incorrectly described. The case will be referred to the stewards of the Jockey Club. Free Handicap of 5 !Joys each, with 50 added. Winners BANKRUPTS. Benjamin Brett, boot and shoe manufacturer, Saint George's-street, Itatcliff-highway, and High-street, Pop. lar, to surrender Aug. 22 at half-past one, and Sept. 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Sole, Turner and Turner, Al dermanbury. James Bramolev, cotton manufacturer, Holcomb Brook, near Bury, Aug. 22, and Sept. 12, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Man chester ; Hampson, Manchester. William Lawford, oil crusher, Liverpool, Aug. 27, and Sept. 24, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Dodge, Liverpool. James Taylor, cotton spinner, Lancashire, Aug. 28 and Sept. 18, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester; Crossland, Bury; Higson and Robinson, Manchester. Henry Gardner, manufacturer, Wellington, Aug. 20 and Sept. 17, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Stogdon, Exeter. Joseph Cooper, senior, and Joseph Cooper, junior, cot ton spinners, Chisworth, Derbyshire, Aug. 29 and Sept. 19, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Herna man, official assignee, Manchester; Sutton, Manchester. Joseph Thompson, draper, Bishops Stortford, Hertford shire, Aug. 22, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 26, at half past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Langley and Gibbon, Great James.street, Bedford-row. Joseph Elteen, grocer, High-street, Kensington, Aug. 26, at eleven, and Sept. 26, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Clarke and Carter, Cannon-street. Mary Bullivant Walters, Swan Hotel, Birmingham, Aug. 22 and Sept. 12, at half-past eleven, at the Birming ham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birming ham ; E. and H. Wright, Birmingham. Walter Dale, builder, Wolstanton, Staffordshire, Aug. 27, and Sept. 17, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Cooper, Tunstall ; Hodgson and Allen, Birmingham. Benjamin Holmes and Charles John Morris Lewis, boot makers, Birmingham , Aug. 29, and Sept . 18, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Motteram and Kig Birmingham. Thomas 011iver, livery-stable keeper, Prestbury, Glou cestershire' August 25 and Sept. 23, at ele ven , at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Towle, Cheltenham. Henry Herrick, licensed victualler, Epsom, Aug. 23, at eleven, and Sept. 26, at oae, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basiughall-street ; Shaen and Grant, Kennington-cross. Victor Chaudron and Florent Babin, dealers in perfu mery, Saville-house, Leicester-square, Aug. 22 and Sept. 2 at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Leverson, St. Helen's place, Bishopsgate. John Lindsay, of the firm of Lindsay, Matheson, and and Co., Sydney, New South Wales, Aug. 23, at eleven, and Sept. 26, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Carman, official assignee, Alderman bug ; Law rence, Plows, and Buyer, Old Jewry -chambers. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. David Smith, sen., ironfounder, Airdrie, and West Cal der, Edinburghshire, deceased. Archibald Crawford, cattle dealer, Glasgow. Robert Milne, tailor and clothier, New Market Gallery, Aberdeen. Marion Smith, or M'Crae, grocer and victualler, Kil marnock. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. J. Thomas, Roxburg-terrace, Haverstock-hill, commis sion agent—W. Flattersley, St. George-street, St. George's in-the-East, botanist—P. Graham, Cursitor-street, and New-street -square, City, printer--J. Matchett, Manning street, Edgware-road, contractor for earth works on rail ways—H. Taylor, Marlborough-square, Ch e lsea, proprietor of a recip e f or the manufacture of British brandy—H. eet, Blackfriars-road," an d Coming, Great Charkite - Ntr Mortimer-street, Cavern - 10 1 _ S' pare, auctioneer. DIN -1 -1 SEND '0 BE GRANTED . Sept. 2. L. Gardie, R. Neal, Wanclswor th-comi non, S urre y, carman , S ep t . 2 . NV( :stbour ne -G rove , B ayswa t er, CERTIFICA',."-ES sculptor —J. Tucker, Sou th, tmpton, china dealer—G. F. Owen, Lewisham, Kent, but cher. Sept 4. S. Margetts, Birmingham, licensed victual ler—J. Rock, jun., Birming ham, factor. Sept. 5. J. You. il, Burton-upon-Trent, Staf fordshire, brewer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. C. Smith and G. Goxnett, it. Mary-axe, City, manu facturers of essences—D. Bing a. ad J. Brew er , Hi g h Wy combe, Buckin g h ams hi r e, des la Jr; in corn--W. Parsons and Louisa Parsons, Copetahag, au• wharf, Limehouse, car men—T. Lawes, G. T. Florrell, rid F. J. Harrell, City road and Old Kent-road—W. 1 7( .Ison and D. Crowden, Keswick, Cumberland, tailors— C.. Nicolson and J. G. Barrow, Davies-street, Berkeley. square, surgeons—E. C. Grant and W. D. Griffith, Ludgat e -hill, City, booksellers --G. Tilley and J. Turner, Fan ringdon•street, Wheat Sheaf-yard, and King street, Snoi r-hill, undertakers—J. Seaward and .T. D. Capel, Canal Ir on Works, Poplar, en gineers—G. Esch and E. Each, Liu le-street-square, City, foreign merchants—J. Meyer and W. H. Richardson, Dawson-street, Dublin, army and navy contractors—G. Douglas and A. Robertson, Penrith, Cumberland, sawyers ----Elizabeth Elmslie and J. Elmslie, Batch worth, Surrey, grocers—T. Clare and W. B. Mawso a, Bread-street, City, lace manufacturers—J. Campbell, ju D., and H. V. Rudd, Liverpool, shipbrokers—J. E. Rite Lie and W. Couper, South Shields, shipbrokers—E. Lloy, I, A. Dupuy, and W. B. Agard, San Francisco, Californ is s, merchants —G. Prichard and H. Ruberts, Chester, I )ooksellers—J. J. Eamonson and T. W. Parker, Belle Si %u/age-yard, Lud gate-hill, wholesale ironmongers—D. Cue perand 13. Cooper, Reading, Berkshire, chemises—S. Roger 3 and G. Casper, Norwich, boot manufacturers. Country Mark :et% SECTION C-C tEOLOGY. Professor Rogers, of the Unit, xl States, read a paper on the Correlation of the North American and British Palaso zoic Strata. This paper very ably review ed the continent of North America, and proposed a new - nomenclature for the rocks. A discussion of very great length ensued between Sir R. T. Murchison and Professor 3edgwick, on the old debated ground of Siluria and Cam} ;Ha. Professor Phillips, and others, took part in this disc.assion: Professor Rogers, in reply, stated that as a republican and the disciple of an inexpendent school of Geology, he wished to emancipate American geology from the tram mels of English nomenclature. Sir R. J. Murchison read a paper on the Bone Beds of the Upper Ludlow Rock, and the Base of the Old Red Sandstone ; and Professor Phillips followed with the Re port of Cleavage and Foliation of Rocks. SECTION D.-ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY, INCLUDING PHYSIOLOGY. Robe•rt Patterson—Reports on Forms for Dredging, and the Re , iults of Dredging at Belfast. The Rev. C. P. Miles—Report on the Results of Dredg ing on the West Coast of Scotland. T. Egton—Report on the Oyster and Oyster Beds of the British Shores. The Rev. P. Carpenter—Report on the Mollusca of Cali- fornia. Sir W. Jardine—Report on the Artificial Propagation of Salmon in the Stormontfield Ponds of Perth. Professor Gregory—New Form of Diatomacem from the Clyde. Robert Darner—On the Pearls of the Conway River, North Wales, with some Observations on the Natural Pro auctions of the Neighbouring Coast. Professor Goodsir—On the Morphological Constitution ocf the Skeleton of the Vertebrate Head. Professor Goodsir—On the Morphological Constitution c •f Limbs. Dr. Augustus Waller—Experimental Researches on the Eye. G. B. Knowles—On the Motions of Oseillatorias. SECTION E.—GEOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY. J. B. Davis, F.S.A.—On the Forms of Anglo-Saxon Crania. Professor Buckman, F.G.S., &c. —Notes on some An tiques found at Cirencester, as evidence of the Domestic Manners of the Romans. Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., M.A., F.R.S., &c.—On the most ancient Map of Australia. D. E. K. Kane, N.S.W. (Gold Med.), R.G.S.—Report on his Expedition up Smith's Sound in search of Sir John Franklin. Capt. Irminger, R.D.N.—The Arctic Current around Greenland. Dr. Rae, F.R.G.S.—Remarks on the Esquimau'. SECTION F.—ECONOMIO SCIENCE AND STATISTICS. R. G. Latham, M.D.—Statistics of the Albanians. Louis K. Daa, of Christiania.—On the last Census of the Laps of Norway. Professor Richard Hussey Walsh, LL.B.—A Deduction from the Statistics of Crime for the last Ten Years. Rev. John Clay.—On the relation between Crime, School ing, Attendance on Religious Worship, and Beer-houses. T. Barwiek Lloyd Baker.—Statistics and Suggestions conneeted with the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders. R. Thompson Jopling.—On the Mortality among Officers of the British Army in the East. A paper was also read by Mr. DANSON on the diversity of the measures used in the corn-markets of the United Kingdom, and the consequent waste of labour involved in a comparison of their current prices. The evil is the same that caused the appointment of a committee of the House of Commons in 1833, " to inquire into the present practices of selling corn in the United Kingdom ;" the report from which committee recommended a remedy that seems to 'nave been too complicated for adoption, and so had no effect. Taking the current circulars of upwards of 20 firms engaged as cornfactors in as many of the principal corn-markets of the kingdom, Mr. Danson enumerated the various measures upon which the prices were quoted, some having reference to capacity only, some to weight only, and some to both ; and the weights used varying with nearly every change of locality. In London the bushel of wheat and all other grain is determined by the imperial measure. In Liverpool a bushel of wheat means 701 b. ; in Birmingham, 621 b. ; in Gloucester, 601 b. ; and in New castle-on-Tyne, 631 b. Again, in Birmingham, a bushel of barley means 49113. ; in Gloucester, 501 b. ; in Leeds, 5241 b.; and in Newcastle, 561 b. ; and to extend the field of com parison only extends the variety of measures to be dealt with. The following evils were specified, as resulting from this want of uniformity in these markets, where, since the promulgation of the Imperial Measures Act, it is vul garly supposed that tolerable uniformity has existed : "1. That in almost all cases in which a seller or buyer of agricultural produce has occasion to resort to more than one market he is compelled to deal with more than one mode of ascertaining the quantity sold ; and that, while Finch differences answer no good purpose whatever, they check the freedom of commercial intercourse, afford facilities for the commission of fraud, often cause mis. takes and disputes, and always involve trouble and loss of time. " 2. That the quotations by which producers, dealers, and the public seek to inform themselves of the variations of the price of the same commodity at the same time in different parts of the kingdom (in order to their equalisa tion by the legitimate action of trade), are deprived of a great part of their proper utility, in consequence of the weights or measures quoted for each locality being very commonly unintelligible in most others. " 3. That the inconveniences thus arising are increased precisely in proportion as the commercial intercourse of each locality with every other in the kingdom is promoted, by the improvement of road and postal communication ; and hence are now much greater than tkey were when re ported on by the Parliamentary Committee of 1833, and are growing greater year by year." A paper was also read in this section by Mr. W. M. TIRTT "On some statistics bearing upon the relations ex isting between Poverty and Crime." After alluding to the frauds comn2itte3 by those who were in the enjoyment not merely of competence but of luxury, he contended that al though poverty might be a predisposing state it was rarely an immediate cause of crime till allied with drunkenness and ignorance. It was proved by prison returns from the manufacturing districts of Lancashire that crime increased during periods of prosperity; and diminished (sometimes even to the extent of 40 per cent) in immediately succeed ing periods of adversity; plenty leading to vicious indul gence, while poverty was the severe teacher of economy and restraint. The same retum showed that the greater proportion of crimes committed were directly or indirectly to be traced to drunkenness. At the assizes for Lancaster in the year ending in March, 1354, out of 330 of the worst cases, 250 (including murders) were traceable to this vice ; and, of the male prisoners who came under the notice of the chaplain of the County House of Correction in 1853 and 1854, 1,038, or 41 per cent., were incapable of read ing ; 938, or 36 per cent., were unable to repeat the Lord's Prayer with any approach to accuracy in the words or proper comprehension of their meaning; and 1,836, or 72 per cent., were unable to understand the import of the plainest language necessary to convey instruction in moral and religious truth. Similar results were shown by the returns from other places. The remedy was the greatest difficulty. Something, perhaps, might be accom plished by getting rid of the monstrous anomaly of raising revenue from the vices of the people ; for, whatever may be shown by tabulated returns, he could not but believe that the establishment of beerhouses had been the greatest incentive to crime that was ever sanctioned by legislative enactment. One of the judges (Mr. Justice Wightman) had declared his belief that drunkenness would ultimately be eradicated by moral and religious instruction. Mr. Tartt hoped, however, that, as the vices of the higher classes are imitated by those below them, their virtues may also have some influence, and that the temperance which has been substituted for debasing excesses in the ono may before long be witnessed in the others. A discussion of about an hour followed, in which Mr. M. D. Hill, Dr. Farr, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Barwick Baker, Pro fessor Hancock, and Lord Stanley took part. SECTION G.-MECHANICAL SCIENCE. H. Bessemer—On the manufacture of iron and steel without fuel. Mr. Kelly, of New York—On communication between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by the Atrato and Torando rivers. R. Methuen, F.R.G.S.—On the management of mercan. tile vessels. Dr. Greene—On a method of uniting iron with iron and other metals without welding, invented by M. Sisco, of Paris. A meeting of the general committee was held this after noon, the President of the association (Professor Daubeny) in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting of the general committee having been read and confirmed, Professor PHILLIPS pro ceeded to read letters from the corporation of Dublin, the Provost and Fellows of Trinity College, the Royal Irish Academy, and the Geological, Statistical, and Meteorologi cal Societies of Dublin, inviting the British Association to hold their next meeting in that city. Letters of invitation for next year wore also read from the Town Council and the Statistical, Botanical and Horticultural, Geological, Literary and Philosophical, and Royal Societies of ➢ian chester. He concluded by reading a letter from the Lite rary and Philosophical Society of Leeds, inviting the asso ciation to visit that town in 1858. The CHAIRMAN intimated that it was intended by the University of Oxford to forward an invitation for 1859. The meeting was then addressed by a deputation from the city of Dublin, consisting of the Lord Mayor elect, LIVERPOOL-Auw UAT 12. There was a good attendance to-d ay. Prime wheat met a good co,nsumptive demand, ant' l being comparatively scarce, brotight an advance of 3d t o 4d per 701bs on red, and 4d to 6tl on white. Prime sou nd flour also in demand, and is per bs•rrel dearer off the I veek. Ordinary and in ferior descript ions of wheat or fl.)ar only saleable at last week's rates. Oats sold slowly, at late rates. Oatmeal very difficult tc.. more, though offered on easier terms. Barley and beans maintained thei►• value, with a slow re tail sale. Canadia.n peas were obt► linable at 38s to 39s per qr., being a decline .of is to 2s. I. adieu corn in moderate request for feeding, at 2t)s 9,1 to 3C►s 3d for yellow, 29s to 29s 6d for mixed, and 3LI s 6d to 32k; for white. L.EEL )S-AuG. .12. The quantity of fine fresh wheat on offer is extremely small, and such readily fetches an advance of 2s per qr. from Friday's rates ; the high prices asked for common qualities are not compliers l with, and on the whole not much business has been do me. Very little passing in other articles, and valne unaltem HITL - G—Aua. 12. An exceedingly small show of English wheat, and a poor attendance of farme rs. The business done was at 68s to 74s per qr. for aver age runs of wheat, being 3s to 4s above the rates paid last 'J l'uesday. A good retail demand for best foreign. Barley s, ;arc° and dear. Oats in fair sup ply and demand. Beans Unaltered. Linseed held firmly, but business limited. Cs kes in fair demand, and oil again dearer. nape cakes scat ee and much wanted ; crushers will not enter upon rapes sod at the prices demanded for the new crop. Wheat, English, red 68 to /5 Ditto white 72 to . 76 ff. Peas, grey and black to Linseed, Black Sea 54 to 51 Ditto Petersburgh 45 to 54 liDitto Riga and Arch angel! ' 42 to 46 'Ditto Konigsberg and Memel 3B to 44 Dantzic and Konigs berg 7O to 80i Pomeranianand Ham burgh 74 1 Danish, Holstein, and 68 to. Friesland 6O to , 65 Russian and Odessa 55 to , 60' Oats, English Ditto Danish Per Ton. Lins.c., Hull 9115 s to 10/ Os Od Ditto fine for. 71 .15s 911080 d Ditto inf. for O/ Os Od to II Os Rapeseed OOl Os to 001 Os Rape cakes .-s Od. to 130 s Od Tares, English Ol. to —0 Ditto foreign Guano OOl Os Si to 121150 Bones ,Flour, per brl. 3ss. 380. Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 27 to 28,1 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 3G to BSI ~ 41 to ,1E; :ANOE.--YESIMERDAY. Gibraltar •• •• .• •• •• •• •• Leghorn .. • . 29 95 Genoa 000000 •••• •• •• •• 25 75 Milan .......• Venice • • •• •• • • •• •• Naples •• •...... •• 44 Palermo ••••• Messina .. 133 4 Lisbon •. • ..... •••• •• Oporto •• •• , o• •• •* 52,1, Rio Janeiro •••••, Buenos Ayres •• .•.'. New New York, 60 days'isight Philadelphia rams OF ammo, MI OZ. Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 5 0 New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Sliver la bars 0 Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel 4O to Beans COURSE OF MD msterdam .......... H 17 ' Ditto, three months .. 11 19% Rotterdam 11 19% Antwerp • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 25 52% Brussels •• • • ••a••• •• 25 02%; Hamburgh ............ 13 8% 4.ltona •• •• •• •• a• ••• • • ••••• •• 25 32% Ditto, three months .. 25 62% 1 .rseilles •• • • • • • •• •• •• 25 65 ~uurdeaux •••••• • • • •• •••• Frankfort-on-w ine 120 Berlin •• •• •• •• •• .• •• •• Vienna•• ..•• .• •• •• •• 10 21 Trieste• ••••••••••• •• •• 10 23 Petersburg ............ 37% Madrid •.••••• •• •• vt• •• 49 3 4 Cadiz •••.•.••• •• •• •• 50% Barcelona • • •• •• •• •• ea •• ..•••• B.IIABORNB MAILS. at signifies that the mane are sent from the General Post-0111( 97 the night—and M by t:te morning —despatch.) Day when made up From what . ii ,- ,er it COUNTRECC in General post- Port due IA °dice, London.. Dispatched. En t , lard. - -----.... imerica(byßrit.paok)N klvery Friday .... Liverpool ... 'Weekly . America (by United Ste • packet ) , ...N Every Tuesday . SouthamptorlWeekly kmorica (by U. Statt • ...... . _ Liverpool ... packet) ••••• • •• ••N tustralia (via Liver pool) ..... ....... re 4th and 19 th .... Liverpool .. r..:wice _niji Ditto (via Marseilles) N .....,,,, ... Dover ....... Ditto (via Cape of Good . •• •• •• !•• Urtiet,lstl2 MVO •• •• •• •• •• ••N •43/1 of the month:. Plymouth .. 6th or mo. tn ., & 20a, of moo. Southatniun, k 6l le ri 3 e tn W ri c a s . t . C .. ° • 84 ... ). ...N N 10th fk 26th of n.o . Dover •• •• •• Yd Ce r9th 4 /kaolin l l oi x tt a Z i a ri ! . ... :::::: ...1 1 17th of the month Southampttn lath Belgium ............N Daily.. .... ..... , Dover .... • • D.: Y 3rasil ..............1v; 9th of the month.. Southamp:ot, lath. "f the month.. Southampton 16th R Cape u e n ° O l t' A G Y r o Good ... . Hope . .. . MN 9th h certain Cape of Good Hope ..li . . Southampton Qth nr th. m ont h 16th of ono Case de Verde ......N Ceylon (see India) 10th and 26th lb h 09th Ceylon ..............74 4th and 20th Channel 151e5.... ~...N 'a ~ . ..,Wea.,.e.;.9.rt,4, Southampton Tuan.pat. Chili•••• •• •.........111 2d t 17th of month SOUthanlp' On 1 and 16 China .... • 4th and 10th ... 14 and 'l9 Constantinople ......N 10th and 26th..... Doves' ••• .. 2 and s'9 Censtantinople Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily ...... Dover ...... Twice day Egypt (see India) France .... •... M & N Twice daily.... .. ,Dover ....... Twicadaillf Gibraltar .......... M. 4, 7.17, 20, 27 4rn. Southampton 6,7, 24,9 0, Greece (see India) Greytown ..........M,2nd lk 17th of mon, s , ,uthempthr 1 and 1 6 flaranurgh ..........NlDaihr • ;London ...:. Da/ 1 3 [savannah •• .• ...... Al 2nd of the monthlSour..!ampt... Ist nt mo Holland ............M Dai1y........ Dover .:. „.„ Daily Honduras A 1.......... 17th of the month. Southampi on 16th (ndie (v!.aSouthampt.)2l4l4th .',. 20th of mon. Ply:nulth .. 4 and 2112 India (via Marseilles)3l 10111&26th of moth. Dover ......i l5 A 29 ' I/ lonian Isles (see India) —• • •• • • • Dover .... • . Ireland •••••• ••M & NlTwice daily!....„ Holyhead , .. Li5ben..............31 2d i o. . Southamptrn Vfadeira ............1,4 9'l. of •-.0,1;h Sbuthamptoli6 and 16 tiadeira ............. l'T 234 of, month Malta (see India) . . Valta .... 1 ........ ,N 4; 10, 20, and 26,. Dover ....,... L. 15, 21,9 ! , ,fauritlus (see India` l'.auritins .....,...... 20 ,11 of the mon 11, 14th and 21 Mczien M Oil of the month.,,Soutiithpt,v ,i st Naples., .... ~ .... • i , Daily.— • . ....IDover ...... New •Iranada X' 2d Ra :7thof inonth'Southamptm let and 1 6 ,' New Zealand......; .... Tv%ic,c a month .. Various port - ..g --.. . . Papal =AO3 ..... ~, l ,, Daily. •.. Dover ...... 4 weekly.-. 1 Peninsula N , iouthaßiptor Peru N: it & 27th of mon. .3outhamptc.r, let k 161 h Port Natal ...: N 117 private ship..-. Various portP Sicily ~ l7 Every Saturday.. ..Dover ....... Weekly' Tuscany /q Dolly • • ....... .. • • Dover .... Venezuels /11 24& 17th ofmonth BouthamPto ' n I m 16 mod Van Diemen's I,And (set A.wdralia) ...... . , 4th of mon... .. , monthly vir e o• 1 - ,,u, .. . .,,.. . .irp ~ No ,-,, • 9ontharonter.ll and 16 Tllll CORN MARKETS IN FPANIVE.—In the Paris corn market during the past, week but little business Waft transacted, few purchasers presenting themselves, and only for such quantitiefia.a they absolutely required. The four marks have experienced a further decline of from 2f.-to 3f., and in some cages even more. The p r ice on Saturday was 93f. the 157 kilos. In the departments the fall has not been generally altogether so great, al though at Lille at the last market it was as much as 4f. 50c. the hectolitre and a half. The decline in wheat bas been more marked than in ft)ur, the price being 52f. and 53f. the hectolitre and a half. The present year's wheat is remarked as being exceedingly fine in quality. The news from Marseilles contributed to the decline in the Paris market, the arrivals from the Sea of Azoff being so numerous that all the stores were full, and yet more vessels were daily expected. From Germany the accounts are most satisfactory, and there appears to be no doubt that the harvest will be in the centre of Europa above an average one. BIRTHS. OF A BON. On tho lth inst., at Chepel, near Southampton, the wife of F. P. Williams Freeman, Esq. On the 10th inst., at Upper Clapton, the wife of Daniel Spink, Esq., of Cannington, Somerset. OP A DAUGHTER. On the 11th inst., at 42, Eaton-place, Lady Colville, of Culross. On the 12th inst., at 151, Fleet-street, the wife of Mr. J. S. Dalby. MARRIED. On the 12th inst., at St. Gabriel's, Pimlico, the Rev. Edward P. Eddrup, eldest and only surviving son of the late E. C. Eddrup, Esq., to Helen Annette, only daughter of Sir John N. R. Campbell, and granddaughter of Sir Robert Campbell, Bart. On the 9th inst., at Walthamstow parish church, Essex, Mr. Ralph Renner, of Birkenhead, to Louisa, the secon t daughter of Mr. John Stevens, of Marsh-street, Waltham stow, and 23, Mark-lane. DIED. On the 9th inst., at the Lower Ward, Windsor Castle, Sir J. M. Doyle, aged 72. 0,1 the 12th inst., at Norwood, Frances Elizabeth, the second daughter of Sir William Verner, Bart., M.P. On the 12th inst., at Southall, Wm. Randall Vickers Esq , Baker-street, Portman - square, aged 55. On the 12th inst., Edward Yates, Esq., of 30, Compten• terrace, Islington, and 60 , Barbican, agd 76. On the 11th inst., at Bayswater, Thomas Hopper, Esq., of Connaught-terrace, aged 79. On the 11th inst., at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Emily, wife of the Rev. Charleton Maxw , ll, rector of Leekpatrick, co. Tyrone, Ireland, and daughter of the Hon. Richard Ponsonby, late Bishop of Derry. On the Bth inst., at 8, S t. Mary's-square, Lambeth, Lieut.-Gen. Philips Hay, aged 83. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, iu tho county of /gWdlosex, Wednesday, August 13,1836. • ~; -; • ..1 • • V., • ' , .1 ,' F