The Express.
London, England, 1862-10-07 00:00:00

[Stamped, ld. Additional

THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE

ADVANCEMENT OP 801ENCH

Yesterday morning the various sections of the as-
at 11 o'clock, and proceeded with the Wai-
-1 nem of the day.

In Section E, a letter from Dr. Livingstone to Sir
Roderick Muroktison, the text of which was as follows :
"Shope's, R. Zembei, April 26,18101.
My dear Sir 11.4eriok Marehisate—With *sore, sore
heart I must tell you of the his of my much-loved wife,
whose form was laid in the grave yesterday worming. She
died is ShupsipAaosee no the evening of the 27th after
about seven days Wass. I most confess that this heavy
stroke quite takes the beast out of me. Everything else
that has happened only made ime more deterninaed to over-
come ; but with this sad strobe I feel crashed aad void of
streagth. Daly theca short mouths of her society alter
four years ! I monied her from love, sad the
looms I lived with how I her the more. A good wife
Lin:dgeaTli. Si. 4 "lute mother was
she
r—sod
dinner, for • ler own, cad the native e a
too, at Kolobeng. beg to bow to the blow as from our
Heavenly Father, who orders all things for us. Some may
afford to be stoical, bet I should not be natural if I did not
shed many tears over nos who so deserved them. I =war
contemplated exposing her in the lowlands. I proposed
that the Nyasa steamer should sail out, and no reside'
Romp= set wood sad steam up the river. This involved
but a few digs ie the lowlands ; butssiother plea was Re-
ferred ; she (Le , the steamer) came in Pieces 1* a bag.
!Mealy the Med alter ef Oapeala awa; el
XL& pure Isle as up thelianthissa nelissele,
found by a sheath's Width= the state in width the en-
gine' were preeluded mond* the Mire with the pieces on
based the Messer. We were breed to put her Weed= at
Shapeeiga„ sad we have been three months instead of three
or fear days dews here. Bad my plan been adhered to—
bat why =wren wash= repute? All had hem dose with
the bed basatioaft Hat yea mug neasether how I
bastesed the lint piety away from the Delta. and
though I saved them got abused for breaking the Sabbath.
Thee I preveated Bleb= Ilaollteasie's party both% at all,
till them same unhealthy mesas were pad, sad so see
=until the bishop came dews to the =healthy low
died. The Portuguese have taken advantage of
the meshes, keireleilp we have aspired, sad Pied their
Tete at =es. They lost bat two of a detschtseat, while
formerly, by keeplag them at Quillemaine sad Seams wady
all wise out eff.
" I shall do my duty sttll, bat it is with a darker Wiens
I set about it. Mr. Rae put the hull of the new steamer
together in about a fortnight after we brought up the keel.
She looks beautiful and strong, and I have DO. doebt will
answer all our expectations when we get her ow the lake.—
Ever affectionately yours, " Davin Livntairroaff."

On Dr. Shaw's conclusion, the Pl3/311)m remertsd that
ell present in that hall, and indeed the Esti= genemlly,
mat deeply sympathised with Dr. Lioesi sederhis
heavy affictMn. The president then maW oe Mr. Oewall,
the well-known companion of Dr. and Mn. Livispkur to
Lake liganti, to afford the meeting the Waft of his ob-
serration.
Mr. OIWILL, after patuzlist.whe mom touching isomplimente
m. to the memory of K gave some geogrsphical
sod other information es to region sod Ito inhabitecta,
now in courts of exploration by the doctor.

The Rev. Professor SILwTX then stated that the commit-
Well of the universities minion to &stem Africa have just
decided upon asking the Universities Boat (Aube to establish
a boat service es a wane of communicating between the
ocean and the hairier, independently of Dr. Livingstone._

The Rev. Wawa More, F.R.A.S., of St.
John's Oollene, gam muse interesting informetioe cocoons-
Mg Mrs. Limaptooe's last departure for Africa. He stated
that when staying with him in Cambridge only a few months
before her departing she informed him that she was iotend-
ing to join her husband unexpectedly, in order to consult
him on some domestic anxieties and concerning his own
future. This (Mr. Monk mid) explained the expression in
the letter just read by Dr. Liriogstone of regret at her
premature appearance on the Zambesi.
The Purrunster remarked that it was his decided opinion
that ladies should not proceed upon such expeditions.
Mr. CRAWFORD objected genendly to schemes of settling
at all upon the meters omit of Africa on account of the
unhealthy climate.

A 'testis( of the general committee was held at 3 o'clock
at the Town- hall, the President, Professor W ILLIB, in the
chair ; the special object of the meeting being to receive in-
vitations to the association to visit various towns in 1863.
The invitations forwarded were from Neweartleupon-Tyne,
Birmingham, Bath, Nottingham and Dundee. From New-
castle a Inge camber of invitations were formally read
from secretaries of a kindred character to the association,
the like to as to the other townie mentioned. The applica-
tions from the vitiate towns were supported personally by
the uncle:motioned gentlemen, who, as a matter of coons,
endeavoured to show that the particular town in favour of
which their sympathies were enlisted was the most eligible
for the next meeting : Mr. Bell, Dr. lieedlam, Sr W.
Artist' oog, Si, Walter Tnivelyan. and Mr. Clapham,
advocated the claims of Newcastle, Mr. Ball promising eves 7
accommodation for at twat 15,000 visitors, -Dr. Bell dwell-
ing on the importance of the worka of the proposed harbour
of refuge now forming, and Mr. Clapham promising a large
amemion of members. Mr. Goodman and Sir J. Chance
argued that the advantages to be derived from a visit to
Birmingham far outweighed those -offered by Newcastle.
Mr. Tate, M.P., Mr. Way, M.P., the Mayor of Bath, end
Dr. Faulkner advocated the claims of " the (Woes of the
Wes," Bath. Mr. The maintained that for riven, Roman
remains its geological museum, and aocessibility, Bath wu
we-eminent. Nottingham was represented by the Mayor of
Nottingham, Mr. Lowe, mid Mr. Feitham ; and Duodes
by the Provost (Mr. Barker), and Sir John Ogplby.
The opinion of the nesting being taken, the votes were
as follows :

For Nowomeils
• For Bath
For No,gban • 7

For Dundee. 3
On the motion of Proem/sr Fnowsnius, seconded by Dr.
Boisinsioo, Sir Will am Armstrong was unanimowily elected
president for next year. Sir Walter Ter/Myrna, 84r Chu.
Lyell, Mr. H Taylor, Mr. Bell, sail Professor Ohms Mir,
were appointedugh vios-presideuts.

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CAMBRIDGE, MONDAY.

It is usual with the members of the British
Association to make • visit to some place of awes is the
seighbourhood of the town where they assemble. Lest
year there ware several interesting exclusions proposed, and
this year again, those members who reside in Cambridge
have =de arrangements for the pleasure of their asso-
ciates. Two excusaione have been organised, and both now
have taken place. One was to litmetanton, • little
watering-plain on the Norfolk coast, which has just
been added to the re•lma at eivanation by the
formation of a railway, arid &saber to the district which
was lately inundated by the waten of the North Sea. It
was scarcely to be supposed that a large body of scientific
gentlemen would fiod themselves in the neighbourhood of
the theatre of a catastrophe 'which laid under water ohm
square miles of highly cultivated land and the peaceful
homes of many families who were gaining • livelihood
upon its smiling surface, without some desire to look upon
it. Accordingly when the excursion was mooted no less
them 90 members placed their names upon the list, and
made their way, marshalled by Mr.A ppold, C.E., F. to
the dam concerning which such general interest has bass
aroused. Of the party we observed W. Fairbains, req.,
F.R.S., Dr. Robinson, PAS., John Scott Rowell, P. 8.5.,
P. Le Neve Foster, ILA., 0. G. B. Daubsey, M.D., Captain
Sprott, Charge White, EN., Dr. Norton Shaw, Professor
Baskin, and many edam The train discharged the company
at Watliagton atatioo, and from thence they wre conveyed
to the sew works by omnibuses and vans, a distance of two
masa

When we arrived at the dam nothing was found in actual
operation save the progress of the works. A large number
of men were employed, under the intelligent supervision of
Ift. Linn, in laying down another siphon beside the six
which are already pieced across the dam. The Mphoes
were perfectly quiet, in fact the tide wee just coming in
over the sprat emoted on the sea-side. Still a good view
wee obtained of the system to be adopted Wore the water
covered some portion of the wain, and obliged oho wen to
shift to the opposite side of the diem, where an open mace
was kept for them by the joint agency of another spree sad
a steam-driven pump.
The reader who desires to form some idea of the method em-
ployed by Mr. Appold has only to imagioe &strong dam cheat
30 feel in height lying across the river from bank to bank. He
lea further to imagine seated upon this saddle, with equal
kip stretching down each side, on an incline of two feet to
me, sixteen siphons These tubes are each 31 feel in
diameter, end 160 feet bog. At either end they ere titted
with valves opening seawards. They are formed et segareele
12 feel in length met in the whole pieoe, and jointed with
ents, and halts, and lead. They each weigh some 40 toss.
The extremities of the siphons are placed upon a platform
atereeriste faced with timber, with the design of preventing
the wan, from sawing under thew. Along the top of
Mono Ulna, in the dimities of the dam, rum a pipe whisk
tontniuniester with etch iphoe, end the air-peep washed
be Amen en the beak. This ormeists, in fact, of three bran

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pumps, 14 inches in diameter, with two feet drake, worked
by a 12 horse-power engine.
Of course there were varier opinions expressed weasell-
ing this work, but without eueptice all present commended
the ingenuity which here had mastered so great a difficulty.
It remains to be seen whether this novel method of drainage
• esperesde She 41 sad explosive sluice but every day
pins it more favoer, and it is expected that Yr. Appold
will repave from the grata( al population of this nrifortonete
district the title of " dregon•stayer," which Mr. Smiled
tells us was formerly conferred upon all those men who,
by skill and industry perfected works of drainage, and
thereby removed the causes al sickens sad dinars, typified
in marina times as dragons or destroyers.
We observe that confidence is again returning to swore
the minds of the distressed occupiers of the drowned lands,
for now that the waters hare subsided the plough is opts at
work, and it is not expected that the effect ef the sat
water will have been such as to prevent the farmers front
reapinra good crop next harvest, se once was feared. The
greeter part of the visitors were scareely prepared for the
quiet humble beauty esjoyed by tissue ono, worthless swamps
. .

sod wastes, which now seed up • tribute of praise to the
skill of the engineers who have redeemed them from their
hopeless state, and please the eye, with green expanse de-
peatused with sleek cattle sod splendid sheep.
MP. APPOLD stated it ea his couviction that the power of
these syphons would be greater in the OM* of drainage
Hen tint of way shim that esehl be leusbill. The experi-
ments already made seem to have settled all ilwaht ea
that head. One siphon with 6•feet head will rue 41,500
gallons per minute ; and the six siphons with 2 feet 2 bads
head ma 127,500 vibes per minute. When they are all in
play, it is calculated that the discharge which the siphons
w➢ll be capable of effecting will be 30,000,000 pilots, with
2-feet heed, in 4i Was. Oa llooday the flow from the
six in work from heft-tide is hula-tide, the time during
which they are in operation, ridged the water ea the land
side nine inches.

At helf•peet two the somber, of the meniation samoned
their weveyanose and mode their way to Lim& liyan,
where a champagne lunch had ben provided fat then by
Mr. Appold, at the Duke's Head. Such se agreeable ter-
mination to the visit of inspection took the party by we
prise, and the health' of Mr. and Mn. Appold, who re-
sided, wire drank in hampers fad received with peat
cheering.
Before dour this sketch of the excursive, the
gesso Imo necked we that the Ihrehlaad Sluice has given
way, and that same asses of an adjoins( district the 'SAM
with the etatieelesneat so determiattely resisted elsewlsees,
This is, however, a smaller slake, and it is hoped that the
mischief may moo be repaired.