The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-14 00:00:00

BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE-
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WENT OF SCIENCE.

ACLL, TCZSDAT.
The adjourned general committee meeting was
held yesterday afternoon, after the despatch of oar parcel.
?he minutes of the preceding meeting having been read
and confirmed, and signed by the president, it was an-
nounced that imitations had been received front Liverpool,
Glasgow, Lard., Brighton, and Gloucester.
Professor Phillips asked if say other gentleman bad the
paws of any other town which he was authorised to add to
the hat.

Professor Stavelly, on looking round the room, did not
see Professor Allman present, and therefore repeated the
invitation with whieb that gentleman wen charged from the
city of Dublin, which was presented last year at Belfast.
Dr. Dickinson, president of the Liverpool Literary and
i Philosophical Society, and chairman of a meeting formed
of deputations from the various literary and scientific so.
eieties in that town, appeared to present officially the invi-
tations of those bodies to visit Liverpool next year.
The invitation to visit Liverpool was supported by Mr.
Yates (the representative of the Mayor and Corporation of
Liverpool), and by Dr. llume, who stated that that town
was about to expend a considerable sum of money in the
erection of a library and museum, open free to all the world.
(Cheers.) The invitation to visit Glasgow was supported by
Mr. Liddell, of that city, by Dr. Walker Arnett, the repre-
sentative of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Glas-
gow, and by Mr. Smith, of Jordan Hill. Mr. Ward, of
Leeds, brought forward an invitation for the association to
meet at Leeds in 1836, by which time the new Town-hall
would be completed. A letter, renewing the invitation
from Brighton, was next read. Mr. Ousiot urged the
claims of Gloucester, in the absence of any deputation from
that city. 111 was supported b Dr. Dunbeny, H. E.
Strickland, Eq., and R. Groves' Esq., but he ultimately
withdrew the invitation on the grounds that he had no
means of satisfying the officers of the association as to what
accommodation there was for the association in the event of
its accepting the invitation. James Haywood and Dr.
Scoresby urged very strongly the claims of Liverpool, and it
was agreed on that the neat meeting of the association
should be held in Liverpool in the latter part of August or
the beginning of September, 111.54, the exact date to be fixed
by the council.
On the motion of Colonel SABINI, the Earl of Rae-
rowby was elected president for the Liverpool meeting.
Lord Wrottesley, Sir Philip Egerton, Dr. 'Jewell, Pro.
lessor Owen, Mr. Tavel!, and Mr. J. B. Yates were ap-
pointed vice-presidents. Mr. Dickinson and Dr. Thomp-
son were appointed local secrct.irits for the next meeting,
and Mr. Robert Mc Andrew treasurer.
The PnEsitiesir then announced that Dr. Roy's, the late
general secretary, had resigned his office, and moved a vote
of thanks to him, which was carried.
Colonel Sabine was, with his consent, appointed general
secretary. Professor Phillips was re-appointed assistant
general eeeee ry, amidst grist cheering; and Mr. John
Taylor general treasurer. The council for the ensuing yes,
was then appointed, and the committee adjourned until
Wednesday afternoon.
This (Tuesday) morning the various sections sat for the
last time in Hull.

SECTION A.—MATIIIIIATIC IL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE.
Professor Helmholtz read leis paper on the mixture of
homogeneous colours. Dr. Price, on a new photometer.
William L'iwtoo, Esq., meteorological observations at Hull.
J. K. Watts, Esq., on parkelion obenrvcd at St. Ives. '
The Rev. Thoix.as Rankin, meteorological summary for
1832, of observations at Ilupgate, Yorkshire; also on the
continuation and the country of the thunder and rein
storm, which commenced in Herefordshire on September
4, and terminated in the Yorkshire Welds, on September
5, 1862 ; bud a notice of a terrific thunder cloud on the
Width, September 26, 1862. Dr. Leo communicated sug-
gestions on medical meteorology, by Mr. James Day, hydro-
grapher. Papers were also read by George Ronnie, Esq.,
C.E. on the combined steam and ether engine; by Corns-
litu Esq., on his graphic telescope; by the Rev. Dr.
Scoresby, on deep-sea soundings and errors therein from
strata currents, with suggestions for their investigation.
By Dr. Buie., on a submarine current measurer; also on
a new hygrometer and mountain sympienometer, and on a
remarkable hail storm in India. William Monday, EM.,
exhibited and described a model of a self-registering
thermometer.

SECTION B.—CHEMICAL SCIENCE.
Professor Johnson, on the causes, physical and chemical,
of diversities of soil. W. H. Weenn, Esq., C.E., described
some new forms of galvanic battery, by 111. Kukler, of
Vienna. Professor Hodges, M.D., made a report on the
pules evolved in steeping flax, and on the composition and
economy of the flax plant. George Lowe, Esq., C. 8., made
some remarks on the advantages arising from the purifica.
Hon of coal gas, by the application of water in an instru-
ment called " the scrubber?'

SECTION C.—OEOLOOY.
John Calvert, EN., read a remarkably interesting paper
on the production of gold in the British Islands.

SECTION D. ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY.
In this section several papers were disposed of.
SECTION E.—GEOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY.
Lieut.-General Jochinus, Notes on a journey to the Bal-
kan or Haemus, with maps of the routes of Darius, Alex-
ander, and Diebitch ; G. W. Eule, Eq., F.R.A.8., on the
progress of discovery in the western portion of New
Guinea from 1828 to 18.52; Lynch Kerr, Esq., on the tombs
of Ezekiel, and the country to the west of tho Eoph,atts ,
R. W. Plante, BK., on a journey to St. Lucia Bay, and
the adjacent country in S. E. Africa ; Ernest Haugh, Esq.,
on a proposed expedition to as the Victoria and descend
the Albert in N. Australia; the Rev. A. W. Anson, on the
Oka language, W. Africa ; Dr. William Freund, en the
Ronsanish languages of the Tyrol and Switzerland; A. Pe-
termann, Esq., on Central Australia.

SICTION P.-sTATISTICI.

F. G. P. Neison, Esq., an analytical view of railway ac-
cidents in this country and on the continent of Europe in
the twelve years, 1810-1852.