The Express.
London, England, 1850-08-03 00:00:00

CASE OF THE BARON DE ROTHSCHILD.

Mr. Hume laid on the table of the House of Com-
mons last night the following amended resolution, in lieu of
thou of which he gave notice at the 'taming editing to be
moved ea an amendment on the necklaces of the Attorney.
General, ea Monday next :
" That the clerk of Ws home having proceeded as directed
by the home to schnisister the oaths to Baron Lionel Nathan
de Rothschild, cne of the members for the City of London,
upon the ad Testament, being the form which he declared
to be moat binding upon his conscience, and the Baron
having so sworn to the oath of abjuration with the °minion
of the words " upon the true faith of • Coristian," end doubts
having arisen as to the legal effect of his so taking the oath,
It is expedient, at the Gomm neement of the next anion of
ptrliament, that a bill should be introduced to declare the
law with refmnee to the due administration of that oath,
and, further, that this house will than take into its serious

consideration the subject of the oaths now administered to
its members with reference to the chancre which bays
taken plum since they were drat imposed by law."

THE REPRESENTATION OF LAMBETH.

Yesterday evening Sir Charles Napier addressed
large meeting of the constituency, as 'tabled in the Horns
Tavern. The gallant admiral was introduced by Captain
Macdougall is complimmtary terms, and proceeded, midst
muck interruption and %meter, mond by some partisans of
Mr. Williams, who were present, to .zplein him senti-
ments. He declared himself favourable to the free-trade
minims recently enacted isy parliament, and announced
himself to be a liberal in his opinions. He referred at
some length to the letters addressed by him to Lord J.
Rumell (and published in this joints]) on the state of
the navy, and advocated retrenchment of expenditure,
accompanied by greater efficiency in that branch of the ser-
vice. A question was put to him, as to whether he bad not
given the rebels in Portugal assistance without authority ;
and he replied that he went out to Portugal to restore a
young sovereign to her throne, and had b, en wretched of
the list. He had sumeeded, however, in his object, and he
looked en that day es the proudest of his life, when, with
three frigates and two brigs, be captured two line-of-battle
ships and the whole of the Miguellte squadron. In reply to
other interrogatories. Sir Charles declared that he did not
think men could be made religious by act of parliament,
though be was very anxious for the suppression of Sunday
trading. He said that he was not for the abolition of to igging
in the navy at present, nor for what was celled the People's
Charter; nor for the separation of church and state. He con-
cluded by declaring his intention to go to the poll. The fol-
' lowing resolution having been proposed by Mr. F. Knight,
and seconded by Mr. Evans, was, aft., a muse of great con-
fusion, carried by a show of hands, an amendment to the
effect that the liberal cause was endangered by Sir Charles's
eandidaterhip being rejected:
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That Sir Charles Na-pierls political opinions and stanch opposition to
all wasteful and unnecessary expenditure of public money being well
known, not only by his public writings, but also by his fearless and
manly conduct in parliament, this meeting considers him a fl, and
proper pets= to represent the borough of Lambeth in parliament.
A vote of thanks to the chairmen closed the proceedings.

Meetings were also simultaneously held of the friends of
Mr. Williams at the Baran T , Stork cell, and of those
of Mr. Palmer at the Rwemary Branch Tavern, Peckham, at
both of which the usual resolutions wt re passed.
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The election day has been fixed for blonday neat, at Ken-
nington-common, and, if a poll is demanded, it will ti.k.
plan an Tuesday.

BRITISH ASSOCIATION.

EDINBURGH, THURSDAY EVZNING.

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The meetings of the various Factions commenced
to-day in the Univeuity, the class,rooma of which were set
apart for the purlieu.
In the section of Mathemaical and Physical Science, Mr.
F. Ronald nude a report on the observations and experi-
ments at the Kew Observatory; and the Rev. Baden Powell
read a reply' on luminous meteors. Reports were also rend
by Mr. W. I. M. Rankine, on the laws of the elasticity of
solids; by Promisor 0 G. Stokes, on metallic refiezions ;
and by the R,v. Mr. Powell, on the se!raetive indices of
neural substances. A report was al.o given in by the Rev.
Dr. Scoresby, on Atlantic waves, their magnitude, velocity,
and phenomena. Dr. Scoresby, in his paper, gave a vivid
description of a storm which he had wiineuerl on
tin Atlantic; and stated that the result of hie
observations on that °cession wu, that be had

discovered that the height of the naves from the trough to
the crest was 43 feet, and that their average velocity was 32
and a fraction miles per hour. This, it was stated, confirmed
the observations m ode on the velocity of waves reported to
the association in 1945 by Mr. Scott Russell, who set down
their velocity at from 30 to 31 miles an hour. The Marquis
of Northampton made some remaiks to show the importance
of the 14110C1Wi011 in bringing pldlosophi rte together, and in
mutually confirming each other in their observations.
In the Chemistry section, Dr. George Wilson stated a
few unpublished particulars respecting the personal character
and habits of the late Dr. Black, the celebrated chemist.
Among other particulars of his singularity, he stated that
Dr. Black was in the habit of wearing in the streets of
Edinburgh a pair of tin shoes ov.r his leather ones
to protest his feet from wet, on which occasias
he used to be followed by troops of boys,
attracted by the singularity of his dress. He also
said that Dr. Black bad thermometers hung up in his sitting
room, and that the first thing he did whenever be entered
the room was to examine them. The servants discovered
that the mercury glasses, as they called them, told tales upon
them when they neglected the fires or overheated the apart-
ment ; and they ultimately adopted the practice, when the
thermometer stood too high,to hold them out at the window,
and when they stood too low to hold them in front of the fire,
• little before the doctor entered the room. The trick was
never disoovered. In this section • toper was read by Pro-
fessor Vulcker on the per centers of nitrogen as an index
to the nutritive value of food. The object of the paper was
to point out the objections which apply to the present method
of determining the nutritive value of articles of food by
chemical analysis. Papers were also read by Mr. Henry
Taylor cn the chemical composition of the rocks of the
coal formations, and by Mr. J. P. Joule on some
amalgams. Mr. J. R. Gutiot gave in a paper on a
peculiar form produced in a diamond under the
influence of the volttic arc. He showed to the section •
diamond which had been exposed to the intense heat pro-
dated by the voltaic battery when ranged as in the device
for the electric light. The diamond had been fused, but
instead of changing into coke, as in such circumstance.
diamonds generally do, it become a gluey mass, and seemed
to consist of a multitude of small crystals adhering together.
The other paper read in this section was one by Mr. H. C.
&why on the dimorphism of carbon.
In the Geological section, papers were read by Sir Roderick
Murchison, on the discovery of carboniferous fossils in the
crystalline chain of the Pores, France, and on the age of
lines of dislocation ; by Professor Edward Forbes, on the
succession of bade, and the distribution of organic remains in
the Donstshire wheels ; by Mr. Bryce, on the Lesmakiagow
and Douglas coalfields ; and one by Dr. Cullen, read by Mr.
J. Hoge, on California. A paper was also read in this section
by Mr. Orntroi, on the gradual subsidence of a portion of the
surface of Chat Moss by drainage. Mr. Omerod, its
his paper, showed that the resod of a series of levels taken by
him during the last four years over an extent of about 200
acres where drainage was carried on, was a subsidence at the
rate of one foot per annum.
In the Natural History section, papers were read by Dr.
Hugh Clasher'', on the hedge plants of India; by Sir J.
Dalyell, on the exuviation on the changes of integuments by
animals; by Professor Hoyle, on the distribution of the
herband d the Etat India Company ; by Mr. Hancock and
Dr. Embleton, on the anatomy of doris ; by Mr. C. Babies-
ton, on anacharsis alsinustrom ; and by Dr. Macdonald, on
the vertebral homologies of the buicraninus.
In the Ornithological subsection, papers were read by Dr.
E. Maks, on the language and mode of writing of the
ancient Assyrians ; by Protessor Rangabe of Athens, on ado
ditions made to our knowledge of the ancient Greeks hy•
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In the Mechanical Science section, • report was reed by
tiur treeen discoverieslZiooi r tilanulandtd,thspineviearGvirntheas;
Mr. Scott Russell, from Rio Janeiro, on the engross of tie
wave principle se applied to the construction of ships in CM
Brasile. Papers were also read by Mr. Stokes 0e the hyper-
bolic law of the elasticity of east don ; by Mr. Honeenham
Cox ; by Mr. Ratkven,on improvements to propelling steam-
easels ; by Mr. Macpheraoo, on • method of preventing,
water pipes bunting with frost ; and by Mr. James Neamyth.
on improvements in forging iron.
In the Statistical section, moot interesting papers were re
by Mr. G. R. Porter, of the Board of Trade, on some mad.
mien of selfiimpoesd taxation. Mr. James Simpson, Moo.
cote, and several other members, expressed their sense otth a
value of the paper now read by Mr. Porter, and hoped* as
it would be generally diffused. Professor Harcort then raid
a paper en the cost of obtaining patents in different come ties,
The seetlosal meetings finished at about three in the after-
noon.
A general meeting was held in the evening In the Muss.
hall, when • discourse was delivered by Professor Rennet.
' of the University of Edinburgh, en the peasage of the blood
through the minute vessels of animas in eannexion nith
I nutrition.

VISIT OF THE NEPAITLESE TO BIRIIINOHAE.—
Thies distingnieked foreigners arrived in 5W1010,4.21 on
Thureday evening. They took up their residence with Mr.
G. R. Collis, to whom they tad been introdueed by the
Turkish Ambassador, the gentlessen who 0011141•Da their
snits staying at the Royal Hotel. Yesterday morafig
they visited some of the prineipal manufactories: amonpt
thaw were, Mr. Marria's glom-hostas, the glsee-mana
of the Masan. Oder, Mr. Winfield's lisp and bra=
stead manufactory. Mr. Sargant's gem manufactory, the
plate glass-works at Senithwick, and Mr. O. It Collis% works.
A' several of these establishments they made large purchases.
At Mr. Collins', in addition to • considerable quantity of plate
(including,, a church communion senior), orders were_even
• number of tinp, including the given, Prince
Albert, the Duke of Wellington, the Y.arnais of Ariglewa
Lord Bilsaborough, Lord Dalhousie, Lord Rardim,,,, mnd
Lord (South ; the last-named noble.lo td having visited these
works on Thunday2 In the middl• of the day the Prince
visited the Music Hell. repressing himself much delighted
with the militnianent mien. In the evening his Highness
and suite visited the Theatre ar.d this morning (Saturday)
they will visit semi other of tae manufactoriee, and, ft is
expected, the principal works. fa the district. At present
the movement of the Prier hie uncertain; the erehthee
seeangemente are • run from Birmingham to thir Mena
bridge, and theses return imhightety to town.