The Express.
London, England, 1862-10-03 00:00:00

Socrion E.--GHOGB.APHY AND ETHNOLOGY.

This worm est in ribs boll of King's College : She chair
nosy Paxson GAIRON. Dq., presiding. I.me Me or
ampere el Ms *Mem
of were :—air Merlon NWaatsa.Mr.
Oraiihroi, preii the Braelopoal frosiety ; lb. Mer-
tes Mom, SrS Muir Freest, the Res. W. Makesisy,
M.A., Mirky College ; Mr. Fawcett, of TrinitySslL sod,
d opus% the readers of the varies. yarn. The sodiesse
we sonorous, the eapecinue ball berg shoat ball filled, sod
comerioni a large number of ladies.
The lint paper nod was or cessmosicated by Owl*
RICIARD Burros, the celebrated traveller, h Majesty's
reseal at Fenrodo Pa, oa the resat al the Clarroosa
Moestaiss, is West AMos.
cotremtneusio neat read a most boteresting paper es
as a ten of Race* in Man. It wee exceedingly

lengthy, and starting with the extremes of colour in the
Maeda and the Scaedinevian dwelt upon those of the
various nom, and argued that colour was a character im-
printed on the various' races from the beginning, and that
neither time, climate, nor loath ty produced soy champ—
the Albino not being a natural difference in the colour of
the skin such u characterises the normal nineties of mos,
but the result of • diseased akin, and occasimially springing
up in every variety of man. Mr. Crauliud combated the
h of Sir Benjamin Brodie and Sir Henry Holland
(w-hich he described as whimsical and baseless) that there
could be true Albino offspring from two Albinos. The sop-
poised analogy of white domesticated animals or even white
ones was not, be said, of the smallest value in the argument,
as they were not .Übioos in the sense in which the term was
applied to the human subject. It was certain, he said, that
all the primitive unmixed ram or species of man must have
existed before any of them could have given birth to an
Albino. The skin, the eyes, and hair excepted, every other
attribute, whether or intellectual, remaised un-
changed in the Albino—the European was still an Europa
i
the liege* a Negro, the Hindu • Hindu, and the Malay a
Malay.
Sir Charles Nicholson, Sir Charlie Ward (Surveyor
General of ladia), Sir Charles Everest, and Mr. Hodgkin.
made some remarks tending to argue that the differences
of altitude of residence. language, climate, food, and other
mums gave some indications of facts which would justify
diffennee of cinch= on at least some of the poises advanced
by Mr. Omitted. Colonel Sykes was called upon by the
chairman, but said the subject was one of too much 4=l:S-
-tade for him to do justice to during the time allotted to the
proceedings of the intim, sod
Mr. Csacrusui replied in detaiL
The Rev. Mr. Mope read letters from Dr. Livingstone
from Eastern Africa, and from the Bev. H. klendanicee on
the proceedings of the United University Musics. Mr.
Moak, after some introductory remarks, read a letter from
Dr. Livieptose, dated the god of January, 1862, and has
already been extensively published. Mr. Scadamore (ad.
=I
proceeded as
Monk) after some preliminary oinerrations,
as follows :
" Mesmer°, Apnl 5, 1862.
" You will have learnt long before you repave this the dis-
tressing aecount we have just sent home. It has been • aid
blow to us, and must be to all connected with the mieden.
I mean of course the death of our bebop, for whom every
one of us, even the bleak people, our new freed", had the
greatest affection and respect. He death, followed soon
after by Bump's, who had joined us only • few weeks
before, has an= a gloom over us which has sot and will
not soon disappear Os our first coming everything
seemed to prosper bettor than we could have ex-
fed or eves hoped for. The doctor's great
his tablas us up at the Shire 'drily
and comfortably in the Pioneer, and then introducing
tie to the Manjauje chiefs, smoothed the way completely.
Then the bishop being enabled to take charge of the rescued
slaves, to feed sad protect them, seemed to be the earnest
of thew:cid work the miuwn had intended. Again, the
fighting with the Ajawa, though not perhaps so congenial
to us, was attended with such good moults as made us think
we could not have entered the country at • happier time.
We are now in some difficulty about getting our storm.
. The doctor is now engaged with his very difficult
task of getting the Hyaena as to the lake, that we nose of
us =low when we may see him. Dr. Kirk and Captain
Wilson, of the Gorgon, came up to Soche, about 30 miles
from here. A few weeks piece they had brought Miss
Mulleins and Mies Barrup to Chitieass. Some of
as went down to me them. It was • most
melancholy WO
fig,ea you can well imagine.
Captain Wanes, who hr been most kind both to them and
to us, took them away agate. Min Machensis, on her way
up the Shire, was very nearly dying at the mouth of the
Rao, where the bishop died, though they knew nothing of
his death until they reached Chilies' Lased. Our station
is in the centre of • large plain in which is Lake Shirwah, •
day's walk from as. Three mountains, the Milan* Zotnba,
and Chiradzaro, rise from the edge of this plain, appearing
nearly equi-distent from each other. From us they are
40, 25, and seven miles away. We have visited these : the
Milton, above far the greateet mountains in this part of
the country ; Zomba sect, and then Chiradearo ; the
Mdanje are 7,000 or 8,000 feet high. Our huU
we call them, compared with the native d• • -
hone= are built on a minissula of about 2011
keg and 100 broad, formed by a river with well
wooded banks, called Otiantadsi--that it'' He always has
water,"h fact not to be takes for granted is an Althea river.
The immense plain is se perfectly eat, and the gram as tell-
-10 or 12 feet high daring part of the we have
no
very fine views. However, there is a small bill above ten
Wastes' walk from es, and from the we ma me manytniles
around, and besides the mountains already vesetientet, oa
the• of our southern horizon, a number of feney-looking
from thebilk which the doctor has named the naiad terrace
eldre.

—P.B. Chiba's', May 7.—Before I have finished desorib-
lag Maoism we have been obliged to leave* Want of
stores and the anlasalthieees of the *es Nade'lt addable,
but the immediate cause Was the Ajaws, who burnt some
villages within four or five miles of us, and were on the point
of surrounding us on all sides sod cutting off our path to
the river. This is a fine position for a mission-station. We
are already betaking to build, and hope to be free from
several of the inconveniences at Magomero. We have not
seen the doctor yet, nor shall we probably for some time.
This is about to be despatched by a canoe to Patetismo set-
tlements. I must now conclude.—Your, Telly obtusely,
" H. C. SCODAYOILE."
At the conclusion of Mr. Monk's paper, the president
called epos the Chamellor of the University of London to
make some seeervatices with reference to the umuseity
mignon to Africa. This Hood speaker dwelt forcibly on
the mods of Africa on the one hand, and on the duty of
VAto try and supply these needs as the other.
...Oro. WILLIAMS, of King's College, next gave
some account of the mission, end this subject was reminded
by some vary eloquent remarks on the whole subject of
oLvery, Christianity, and civilisstion is AM's, by Mr.
WILITZSIDN, Q.C., M.P., who received much applause at the
eed of his eddies&
Etnertur F.—ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND STATISTICS.
This swam met Is the hall of Clare College.
LuwDl CsAxams, Esq., the president of the seetion,
delivered sa epeeist odder.
/b. E. MACIWIT, one of the secretaries of the section,
read a paper by the Rev. Verson Harcourt, M.A., "Oa
Tut -Weal end Scientific Evidence in Courts of law," which
dealt with the present public feeling with referees. te "ex
parts" scientific evidence, which ran so meoh apart iii ad-
mission, that it was even thought desirable that it Ghoul
not be received at all. This latter course, it was
was sot practicable ; but it was urged that the p=sellei
=nrequired rueful arida% and it wee
th* plan adopted in navigation oases is="rel
oteeded to all courts of law, and that in all uses
which required scientific knowledge for their elucidation
the judge should be assisted by three asemeise,
experts in the particular scientific matter involved, aod
that an act of parliament should be passed for effecting this
object. It was also proposed that a judge should have
power to call is additilesl scientific witnesses is a ram
It should be stated that this paper is the report of a com-
mittee appointed to investigate the subject at the last meet-
aka the emaciation at Masehester.

7ft very interesting discussion ensued, in which Mr. fley.
wood, Mr. Tice, lir. Thos. Webster, Mr. Whiteside, Ur.
Napier, /sc., took part, in whirls it was elicited that, al-
though on the face of the report it was left an open qnsation
whether a judr.with actestiA3 mweseurs should superset!, •
jury, tut the balance of opinion of the committee WIN thet
the practice of ibis Admiralty Court should be followed, sod
that there should be no jury.
A paper by Mr. Charles Willich, "On the Expectation
of Life • technical disquisition on life assurance, was
Mott raj.

Ape per by the Rev. George Fisher, M.A., F.R.S., "On
the N nmerical Mode of estimating Ed ncatioesl qualifications
as pursued at the Graham& Hospital School," was also
read, sad the section adjoursed.
Ramon G.—MECHANICAL SCIENCE AND
SCHOOLS.

W. F 41.11LBAIIIN, Fiq., F.R.S., the president of the
seetion, delivered an openiog address, takrog for his subject
the ha VIUNOIP a WIC hasioal SC/ODDS.

Is thin maim papers were read by Kr. James Nasmyth
" On an Improved Form of Link Motion ;" by Mr. Edward
E. Allen, "On the Importance of Eorroommion reel la
Iron Ships; by Dr. Filhppo Grimaldi, " Os a riew Marks
Boiler;" by 31r. W. Tborold, '•On the Failure of the
Sluicein the Fens, and on the means of mooring aria
shalom spinet &similar aintingeocy ;* by Mr. J. Oaryton,
" Os a Vertical Wave-line System of Ship Omistrnetaos ;"
also, "On =Obligee System of Solf.rerfing Sails;" and
"On an Atampieris Guide Propeller," by the rime ten-
ting's.

WEST HIGILLANDIL —POTATO Dessass.--We regret
flays the Ectisfeirsdi Comsat) to mote that the potato blight
sialdog sad haves Is the ltd. here. Is sway pion half
el the roots are at easil. Serious apprehends:les as, ester-
Wised that destitution to • large ex tame will prevail this
what. the Wait Higlabids, es • great °umber of the
pose people shams intirely on their potato seep.
Harvest has bass aanamassoed is this district, sad is making
tepid progress, the weather for the past few days beinogg flat
The crop is oat rather green, it having ripesed
It is ambers an average._
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