The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-10 00:00:00

sciamripic SOCIETIES.

ETHNOLOGICAL

A toasting of this eolaty was held yesterday
imam le the roars of the Ileagetical Society, St. lsresem-
srmitee—illr. B. BOTTISLD, M.P., In the chair.
A. paw, entitled "Boss Contributions on the Ethnology
of Modem Europe," by Dr. Latham, wee, in the absence of
the author, read by Mr. Wright, the honorary secretary.
The principal object of this communication Irma to point out
the coleako of different mallow now settled in the vaaious
eovatries in Europe. In his caethiantion of colonists, Dr.
Laths United bismeif to those potpie who still retain their
Meath hiastiagu, maws, aid rergente, sad In this re-
stricted team of the term thin me no colonists to Great
Bil out Indeed ; kthough the girths were named as
a disclose peep* their amatied mode of hi dose not entitle
*sea to be Gelled asiothsta. It is sea* the mate with the
earthen mistrial of Bann with /coos, mid with the
Pusismals, whom very few trent of ooloalsatica ate to be
them/ ; bet in Doty sad ia the sethitamt of Europe there
are ammous etheetes whit% amingtha Eels Intional she-
reoleeidee. la Italy, Dr. Latham meaticeed sis distinct
rbut the colossus are nearly alefromother parts of
sie ls'
gaths Germans and the Freesia beim conspicuous
moss the amber.
Yr. J. Yeesedy than mid a cememmtratioa
teati
8 teepsetins the Nalittmlity mid Leagverle
ths=Htruesaan"

SOCIETY OS ARTS.-AO/LICULTUILLL
PROOLISS.

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"On the Program ef the dedestharel Implansth Trade
garb( the hat Twenty Teem," by B. athey. The anther
directed streaks to the remerbehle far that, to the eendt of
lumps, ploughs MINI stlll In me ems woe pthrithlys le oft-
erwetthe then those rempleyed by err lbws and Name
eneostro—the remerthide reprovements made In the Zee-
Irk *seek heal/ bus me doubt rimeleted by the dthrelty
la modes the dew teases sell of this matey. Twenty
years ago geed verity of phoghe were It the, wetly Gibed
seestrarion, end nth up to 1841 the prthelpel bola air-
°BMW writers wed to broth ri the Meg plough. The
maw deserted whir be addend to be the ler esmetrero
Ike of want plough, and thee prod to the barer, ea to.
Owned es old, if net elder, thee the On the coati-
mat, where the peke el km wee higkoide lova dr-
awly eardrely if weed, end fra the thine
We. web** wee meelly reremard dike movie=
work and ben teeth, bas at Peat thrum ark* of
iron as eurrolvely mod, the Item most mimed berg
the sig-rtg, withjobb In the sestre, oilerterterg upon
some ether isspirmuteu the .ether briley deputed 0..
which ke esalifored oemarkohly elisselve, known es "Creep
kill'• dad rasher," which we invemeed In 18110. He thee
mead to the Inkier of sewlng. ?wady yew ego, the
ass, in all but timer Um et the ewe deemed otentlee,
and steel y all the rest mops of llatered,, were sewn by
hand broadcast, slit wee then 1110 ries ego a
isachim wee lave tar rain la weir rows,
Between 1782 and MA searr drib were invented, bet did
zitarar I. came to, guard nee math the therednellon
mans. Thelness-bee, snider very areal ha-
Cl=wse as lisle town as the drill, eat et lab& and
11141; when It we inhibited sad tesemded at the
Royal Agrineltmel Bestry's Slaw et Limper; but, Ithe
the drai, us el the benethee bed were/ • powerful
rimers from the of portable root am yea, end
wed* of Lie enparphoedda of lime. Peeving to
the abject el rea g-.r the sailor observed that
bre the bwrovemeat within twentytaare hod been very
rya Nemerty la this pert el tare had left our
farms little &Wu Ilte amid Inland In one yaw
mpg awey Imbeds of thesersda of haymakers and
reapers. Fanners were slowly converted to the mss of
the beet fors of bee-wheeled ploughs, iron harrows,
cultivators' searthent, drlfe end hone-hors, but it was the
dearth of leboar, add.ly created, and onsparedly
eared by famine, a enormous emigration, and war_, widish
forced the way for the progress of the harnaldsg, the
bans-rake, and reaping seachinse. Within the Yet twenty
=e the whole =Lot preparing conk for market bad
momet
only had the 40 bean
dproodoitithe threshisreoschine, but the threthiar
machine Itself lad been so perfected sad onsaded that
wheat wee balsa oat of the awn, lb. straw carefolly
shaken, carried away into the bib while the grab was win-
nowed, the wrings seposeed ban the clog it=
cons from the ben, seed the whole enalked gad
reedy kw the market. After dwelling upon this odder et
mad herb, and pointing out the soselist disedven-
wee of the old mann of threahiag, Hes author es-
larged upon the various purposes foe which the eta.-
reins wow now employed upon many well-maaaged firms.
He had not spats, henrever to go into the subject of
steam ploughing, which ham been occupylag so sena public
atteatka ; bat he thought what we moot muted wee •
Emblems which could be set to work the moment the mop
we off the ground,when hones and sea were meet buoy, out
then thousands of awes of art-rats oorn land could be turned
up end cleared of weeds before Christmas, which now for
mat of bone-power, or in coneeqoence of a wet sealon,
amid never be touched mill riag. The author oosoloded
by giving soma Weakness- which had been made of the
national elpanditura ad gavials from the modern oystum at
ealtivanon carrleitczt:rn imp;ennate.
♦ disetusion fa which hems. Bentall, Jams
Howard, R. Herren, Baer, J. J. tYwhi, William
Bennett, the Chairmen, and ether gestlereen took part.

ARCHMOLOOICAL INSTITUTE OF GREAT
BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

At a meeting held on Wednesday, in the Guild-
the MATO& in the chair, an influential local
cisamehtee wee sppointed to make each arrangements many
be .sry for providing room for the assembling of the
above society tot the metin♦ . of the emend sections, for
the revision of the temporery Museum, and for the mane-
action of ell other Imenres incidental to the approaching
misting of the society in Bath.