The Express.
London, England, 1857-08-27 00:00:00

SIR WILLIAM CLAY FOR MIDDLESEX.

TO THL IMO& OP THII !MPHIL..
Sut,—There is not a moment to be lost in starting
A candidate of the right stamp for the metropolitan county,
the representation of which has unexpectedly become vacant.
Let not the liberals waste time on impracticable suggestions.
Mr. MAcaulay does not wish for another scat in parliament,
sad if Mr. Wskley's breast once more heaves with senatorial
aspirstiotui, he is not the man for Middlemen.
The most obviously suitable candidate for the post would
be Sir William Clay, and, in fact, bad his displacement from
the Tower Beni:eta occurred • few days earlier he would
probably have been ,Ant forward instead of Mr. Banbury. Ile
is s Middlesex m•a, has property in the county, is acquainted
with ha affairs and people, and has long represented a very
populous portion of it. Ile is familiar with House of Com-
mons business, and his political iniluersoe and ooaesxiona•
It not very conspicuous as • radicsi, he ls, se • liberal,
thoroughly reliable ; and I should think that while church
rates continue to exist, there is no man—exoept perhaps see—
whom the dissenters would miner wish to see back again is

parliament.
So let us at once cry " Clay for Itliddkeex," and, if sad
be, work so well as cry.—l am, /cc., A LIBERAL.
August N.

MR. COBDEN FOR MIDDLESEX.

TO TIC aDIIOI. 01 TOT WORM
Btl,—Thurso a ma of nark not he parliament whose
politics are in harmony with the bulk of the Middlemen
doctors, whose experienoe is large, and whose capacity se an
active politician now will mammy. Need I mention Richard
Cobden P What has he done that has not been done by
Mr. Bright, Mr. Gladstone, and Lord Robert Grammer
himself P Who so It to represent Middlesex u the friend
of Joseph Hume, the champion of free trade, and the leader
of the Corn-law League
The elector., I hope, will imitate Birminghese and choose
one of the ablest men of the day to represent them--a men
whose antecedents will bear the chalet scrutiny.—l am. do,
AN ELECTOR.
27, Liverpool-street, Biahopsgste, August 26.

THB BRITISH .ASSOCIefTIOX.

DUBLIN, WEDNVIDVT.
The twenty-seventh annual congress of the British
Association wee opened here to-day, under circumstances of
more than usual interest. The arrangement. made by the
local committee on this occasion are of tbo most satisfactory
character. The new buildings of Trinity College have been
placed at the disposal of the association, and the various sec-
tions will be enabled to carry on their business under one
roof without interruption.
The sections are arranged in the following order : A—Ma-
theoretics and Physics : President Rev. Thos. R. Robin-
son, D.D. Secreteries : Professor Stevelly, Queen'. College,
Belied ; Dr. Tyndall, Royal Institution ; Praisers
Heratery, Catholic University ; and Mr. Arthur Curtis—
B—Cbasistry and Mineralogy, Including their application
to Agriculture and the Arts: President James Apjohn,
M.D. Secretaries: Dr. Gladstone ; Mr. Ph. Weralv7
Nohow W. K. Sullivan,_Ph. D., Industrial Museum,
Dublin ,• and Mr. Edmund W. Davy, Royal Dublin Society.
C—Goology : Prealdrat : Lord Talbot do Mals.Lide. Secre-
taries Profaner Harker" Queen's College, Cork ; Mr.
Gilbert Senders, and Mr. Robert Scott. D —Zoology,
Botany, and Physiology President: Wm. Henry Harvey,
M.D. Secretaries: Dr. Lankester, Ray Society, London;
Mr. C. C. Bilingual. St. John's College, Cambridge;
William E. Steele, Royal Dublin Suctet; and Kr.
John R. Kinahan. E—Ethnology and Geogr.Dhy. Prod.
dent Rev. James H. Todd. D.D., Pres. It. .A. Secre-
taries: Dr. N. Straw, Royal Geographical Society ; Mr.
R. Cull, Ethnological Sodety, Landon ; Mr. Samuel
Ferguson; and Mr. Richard R. Madden.
nomic mience and statistics : President, the Arch-
bishop of Dublin. Secretaries: Mr. William Newmarsh,
Stational Society, London; Mr. E. Cheshire, Professor
Cajole.. and Mr. Henry Dix Hutton. o—Mechanical Sci-
ence: President, the Earl of Roses Secretaries Mr. Jas.
Thomsen, C.E., Mr. Wm. T. Dorre,Poriesear Downing,
LL.D., Trinity College, Dublin; and Sir. Alex. Tate.
The inauguration meeting was held this evening at the
Rotunda, where a very numerous and dietiuguished company
ma. amembled, including his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant
and the principal reembes of the ~.-regal court. The
preeident of the pmt the Rev. Humphrey Lloya,
D.D., Fellow of Trinity delivered the inaugural
address.