The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-13 00:00:00

BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE-

MENT OF SCIENCE.

HULL, MONDAY.
The various sections resumed their sittings at
It o'clock this morning.

SECTION A. X TICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE.
The following were the papers to be disposed of in this
section to-day:—Professor Phillips, on magnetic pheno-
mena in Yorkshire. Part 1. Magnetic declination and dip.
Part 2. Magnetic intensity—Professor Plucker, on new laws
of magnetic and diamagnetic it.duction—Professor Mat-
teueci, of Piss, on the distribution of electrical currents
in the rotating disc of M. Arago ; also on the magnetism
of rotation in masses of crystallised bismuth; and on the
magnetism of rotation developed in maws formed of very
small insulated metallic particles; Professor Hodgkinson,
on the elasticity of crystalline bodies; J. J. Waterston,
Esq., on the density of saturated vapours and their liquids
at the point of transition, also on a law of mutual depend-
ence between temperature and mechanical force in elastic
fluids.

The following papers were disposed of to-day. Professor
Johnstone, note on the formation of the magnesian lime-
stone ; Dr. Price, on the determination of the commercial
value of the peroxide of manganese; W. R. Grove, Hq.,
on the conduction of electricity by flame and gases; T. J.
Pearsall, Esq., notice of changes in wood obtained from the
submerged forest at Wewire, in Holderness ; Dr. Glad-
stone, on the corrosion of iron-built ships by sugar cargoes;
Professor Johnstone, properties and composition of the
coca leaf ; T. B. Pearsall, Esq., notice of peculiarly formed
substances called " lime flowers," from the brickwork of
the reservoirs of the Hall Waterworks before they were
completed for use.

In this section six papers IMO disposed ot :—Pro..
tensor Johnstone, on a chiming ISM illr change in the
composition of rooks ; Protium Phillips, ea the most re-
markable causes of the wasinkemity among the strata in
Yorkshire, also on the armies el emtio blocks at higher
levels than their piment seek is Yorkshire, and on a new
plesiosamus in the Yeekekim Mum= t Mr. Cbarlesworth,
F. 0.5., on the Attar spiral body la pertain fossil sponges,
and a notice of several remarkable fossils from the York-
shire strata ; Mr. Twamley, on • singular fault in the
southern tenninstion of the Warwickshire coal Gelds.

SECTION D. ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY.
The followiog papers were read : The Rev. F.F. Statham,
A.M., on a curious exemplification of inetinct in birds ;
R. E. Strickland, Esq., on a new form of sponge, animal ;
Dr. Lankester, report of the soisraittee for the registra-
tion of periodic phenomena in plants and animals; 13.
Clarke, Esq., additional observations on a new system for
the classification of plants; Professor, balfour, on some new
plants; Dr. Fowler, on the influence of the circulation of
the blood on the mental Sanctions. Dr. James Blake
(Sacramento), on the physiological action of inorganic
substances introduced directly Into the blood.
SECTION E.-OEOGRAPEY AND ETHNOLOGY..

The section was ocumpied from eleven to three in the
reading and dimension of the following papers: (8. W.
Earl, F.R.A.8., progress of discovery in the western por.
tion of New Guinea from 1828 to 1862; Captain Tickell,
late surveys in Armies ; Rev. Dr. Scoresby, D.D. F.R.8.,
on the popular theory of ea Arctic basin—i. it trio; I Pro-
fessor Rafe (of Copenhagen), contribution to the ancient
'geography of the Arctic regions; Sir Charles Anderson,
Bart., on the influence of the Juniuss of the Danes and
Scandinavians is early times, at certain localities in
England ; Chu. Beckett, Esq., 1.R.C.8., the dialects
north and south of the Humber compared; Dr. R. G.
Latham, on the traces of a bi-lingual town (Danish and
Anglo-Saxon) in England.
SECTION P.--lITATISTICII.

In this section there was a very numerous attendance to
hear a most excellent paper by John Locke, Esq., on exces-
sive emigration and its reparative agencies in Ireland.
Professor Paul Chair, corresponding member, F.R.C.8.,
on a summary of the census of Switzerland ; Francis Ben-
noch, Esq., suggestions for an improved system of cur-
rency and banking. F. 0. P. Neiman, Esq., read a com-
munication by Mr. Bracebridge, on the local registration of
births and deaths.

lICTEXCE.
Colonel Chesney read a paper on life beats. The follow-
ing papers were also read:—B. Samuelson, Esq., of Ban-
bury, on some recent improvements in machines fir tilling
land; William Fairbairn, Esq., C.E., experimental re-
searches t• determine the strength of locomotive boilers,
and the causes which lead to explosions; James Thompson,
Esq., A.M., C.E., Belfast, on an experimental apparatus
constructed to determine the efficiency of the jet pump, and
a series of results obtained ; W. Croukill, Esq., Beverley,
on improvements in machinery for grinding corn. A corn
munication was read from Lady hentham on the progress
and improvements of machinery in her Majesty's dock-
yards, as suggested by the late General Samuel Bentham
and Sir Isambart Brunel.

SECTION 0.

GAROTTE ROBTSERT AT

evening, about nine o'clock, Mr. Nutt, of 37, Moseley-
street, Manchester, wee robbed under the following circum-
stances. Mr. Nutt, was staying at Mr. Eye's, the Royal
Hotel, and was oaths time above stated proceeding through
Barter's-gate, and along George-gate, in the direction of
the ruins of the late parish church. When he had arrived
near the offices of Mr. Mason, the town clerk, he was at-
tacked by two young men in dark coloured clothes, and
seized by the throat by one, whilst the other took from him
a 10!. Bank of England note, and from forty to fifty
shillings in silver. Both of them made a desperate effort
to take his watch, but they failed. The street whore the
robbery took place is a public thoroughfare, not a hundred
yards from the market place, and the main street in the
town.

APPREHENSION OF OFPENDERS.—Att act was
passed last month to extend the powers of a former act for
the apprehension of offenders. Warranta may now be
endorsed for the apprehension of persona charged with any
felony.