The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-13 00:00:00

THE BRITISH ASSOCIA

[ON AT DUNDEE.

DUNDEE, WIDNIRDAT EVE2II7O.
The thirty-seventh annual gathering of the Bri-
tish Association for the Advancement of Science was
brought to a close this afternoon, and is generally pro-
nounoed to be ono of the most successful meetings they
have ever been held in connexion with the aaeociatica.
The preparations made by the public authorities for the
reception of the association were of the most perfect the-
racier, and the arrangements throughout have been admi-
rable. The attendance at the meetings of the various
sections has been unusually large, prooably owing to the
popular cbatacter of many of the papers read. The
number of members admitted is considerably in excess of
that at Nottingham last year, while the financial malt is
equally satisfactory.
The only section which met to-day was the mathe-
matical, in which aerial excellent papers were read.
There was not • very large attendance at this meeting ;
but a considerable number of the members visited Pen-
man, chapel, where the wonderful collection of articles
found in Kent's Cavern were exhibited. By far the
larger number, however, seemed to avail themselves of the
opportunity afforded them of learning something of the
various branch,, of industry carried on in the town ; and
every facility was afforded them fur this purpose, the
whole of the public works being thrown opento their inspec-
tion, while the utmost attention was shown to theviAtors.

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The meeting of the general committee was held in
Pannuire chapel, at one o'clock, at which the sums granted
to the association for the promotion of scientific
objects—not the least useful function of the institution
—were agreed upon, and at three the concluding meeting
took place, in the h;innaird•hall. The attendance wis, of
course, not nearly so large es at the opening ceremony.
but the ball was well tilled. Sir Roderick Illurchincn.,
Professor Ramsay, and others bore cordial testimony to the
lIIICOCIIS which had attended the meeting, and well-merited
compliments were paid to the authorities and the inhabi.
tants of Dundee for the reception the awoeiation bad met
with. A banquet was given in the Albert Institute in the
evening by the corporation to the principal members of
association ; sod the Philharmonic) Society gave a grand
concert in the evening.

The Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, First Lord of
the Admiralty, aeoompanied by Admiral Sir Alexander
Mike, paid a visit to Liverpool, and in the early part of
yesterday attended the atonal distribution of pnzes on
board the school frigate Conway. A large number of
ladies and gentleman were present on the measion,
cludirg Mr. T. B. Hornell, M.P., Mr. Laird. M.P., Capt.
Brandreth, R.N. (Mr. Cony's secretary), Mr. l&'Oregar
(Admiralty), Mr. Montagu Corry (secretary to Mr. Dis-
raeli), Mr. lirocklebank (chairman of the Mersey Dock
Board), Captain Ward (chairman of the Mercantile Marine
Service Association) &J.

Tux WARKINOTON RAILWAY AOCIDENT.—Mr.
Herbert, of the Board of Trade, writing on the subject of
the report made by Colonel Tolland un the collision that
took place on the 29th Jane last, between a passenger
train sad a coal train belonging to the London and North
Western Railway Company at Walton Junction, neer
Warrington, draws the attention of the directors of the
railway company to that portion of a report made by
Captain Tyler,oa a collision that occurred in the same place
on Jan.l, 1862, in which, amongst other things, he pointed
out howdesirable it was "that the most approved apparatus;
should be applied for working the points and signals In
connexion with one another;' and to Colonel 1, olland's
remark, that if "Captain Tyler's recommendations had
been adopted, the recent collision at Walton Junction cer-
tainly would not have happened." He adds:—" It is a
matter of very deep regret to their lordships that the com-
pany did not think fit to carry out Captain Tyler's recom-
mendations, the adoption of which would, as far as eau
be ascertained, have prevented so lamentable a loss of life.
Their lordships trust that the company will now see the
necessity of at once taking such steps as may prevent the
recurrence of a similar accident."

A DANGEROUS PRACTICE ON Itall.wava. —The
Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade in
transmitting to the directors of the London, Chatham,
mid Dover Railway Company the copy of is report by
Captain Tyler, the officer sppointed to inquire into the
circumstances which attended the accident that occurred
on the 10th July at the Battersea Pier junction on the
London, Chatham, and Doper Railway, direct attention to
the following remarks of Captain Tyler:—" It is, unfor-
tunately, the practice generally at railway junctions
for the signalman to tura his main srm.iphore
signal to danger while a train is passing, and
before it ha, completely passed through his points.
The safety derived from the application of the locking ap-
paratus is thus partially lost. When tho lever of the
signal is turned over the lock is taken off the points, and
the signalman is at liberty to make the disastrous mistake
which was evidently made by the signalman on this occa-
sion, and which he could not have made if he had allowed
his signal to remain down until the last vehicle' of the
train had passed through his points. The signalmen at
the junctions of one of the principal companies are even
subjected to the penalty of a tine if they do cot raise their
signals sharply while a train Is passing them ; it not
having been considered that such a practice, which is
as regards distant signals, is attended with the
danger here illustrated as regards the main signals."

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Monday next a selection of Classical Music and first appearance
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