The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-01 00:00:00

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The session of u __VP for the preseiit year
wal brought to a citp,,e yesterday (Thurday).-
We should mention, however, that after our report
was dispatched on Wednesday, the meeting for the
reception of papers was resumed under the presidency
of Mr. W. H. G. Langton, when the attend-
ance was larger than on any previous occasion.
Mr. J. QUECKETT addressed the company on the
microscope as applied to ardmologieal subjects,
showing more particularly its udlity in the examina-
tion of fossil remains. He also read a very interest-
ing paper on the flexible coral-lines, in which he
maintained that coral reefs are not, as commonly sup-
posed, built up by coral insects, but that the polyps
merely give life to the mass (like the oyster to tba
shell), and that the reefs are formed by an 2ttractive
power, which a certain► power or principle, designated
by him as the " organic basis," has of attracting to it-
self the carbonate of lime, silica, &c, wherewith to
form the skeleton to which it is the province of the
insect to supply the life.
Dr. TUNSTALL also read a paper on Bath Coat of
Arms.

"Votes of thanks were given to the auditors of the
papers, and the evening terminated by a conversazione
111 the Octagon room.
Oa Thursday the members again met at the
Assembly: rooms
, and thence proceeded on an excur-
P ion to Wellow Church, the Roman remains, and
Ktltic Kist, near Wallow ; thence to Englishcombe
Church, the site of the Castle (formerly belonging to
the Gournays, and, now attached to the Duchy of
Lancaster) ; the ti a
.nsdyi,
e, which is very clearly
Bt
traceable in this neighbourhood ; end the celebrated
at this spot made
acme
observationsir.one.tialelicgkeuanolaogical features of the
district. The excursionists then proceeded to New-
ton-park, the seat of Mr. W. H. G. Langton, where
they inspected the Castle de Sanctm Lando; and a
paper treating of the building was read by Mr. C. E.
Davis.

The members of the society were afterwards hos-
pitably entertained by the worthy proprietor, and
thus terminated a session which has proved one of
the most interesting since the formation of the society.
We must not omit to state that the museum of the

Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution was
thrown open to the members of the Archwological
Society and their friends, whe had also the entrée to
some very extensive private collections of great in-
terest.

COURT CIRUULAR.
BALMORAL, SEPT. 29.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and
Prince Alfred, drove yesterday in an open carriage
to the Braemar Tryst, and afterwards went to the
Lynn of Dee.
Viscount Hardinge arrived at Balmoral yesterday
from London, and had the honour of an audience of
her Majesty, at which his Lordship kissed bands on
the occasion of his appointment to the office of Ge-
neral, Commanding-in-Chief of the Army.
The dinner party yesterday included her Serene
Highness the Princess Hohenlohe Langenbourg, her
Serene Highness Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe
Langenbourg, his Serene Highness Prince Herr-
mann of Hohenlohe Langenbourg, and Viscount
Hardinge.

VPl'q

Mr. Brasstrup, Director of Police at Copenhagen,
Dr. Horrniman, and Mr. Schleisner, of Copenhagen,
had an interview with the General Board, of Health,
at their offices, Whitehall, yesterday, on the subject
of improved works of water supply and drainage, with
a view to their introduction in Denmark.
Mr. Evelyn Denison, M.P., bad an interview with
Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday, at the Home-office.
Mr. Jacob Bell had also an interview with the Right
Hon. Secretary.
A deputation on the subject of the London Liver-
pool, and North American Screw Steamship Com-
pany had an interview with the Right Hon. J. W.
Henley yesterday at the Board of Trade. The de-
putation consisted of Mr. Peter Rolt, M P., Mr.
Thomas H. Brooking, Mr. Robert Carter, Colonel
Wooldridge, Mr. Richard Penne, Mr. Henry J.
Prinsep, and Mr. Robert Gillespie, junior, accom-
panied by Mr, James Nelson (secretary), and Mr. J.
B. Ingle (solicitor).
Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office
yesterday from the Governors of the West India
Islands and the Governor of South Australia.

CREMORNE.
BALLOON
.ASCENT WITH THE DOUBLE

TRAPEZE PERFORMANCES.
Cremorne and its neighbourhood were the scene of
much excitement last night . an announcement
having been made that those intrepid performers, the
Italian brothers, would again surprise the visitors to
these delightful gardens by a double trapeze ascent.
By five o'clock the balloon-ground presented a most
animated appearance; and such was the anxiety dis-
played by the public to get a close inspection of the
preparations, that the usual barriers were invaded
not only by gentlemen but by ladies, who, on
ordinary occasiona are too timid to venture near
a lalloon. but on_this occasion were wonderfully
courageous, and pressed rather inconveniently
upon the new Royal Cremorne. Owing to
this in some respects, and in some measure to
briskness of the wind, the balloon drifted to the trees,
and the lower part of the trapeze caught firmly in the
boughs, from which it might have taken some time
and trouble to have extricated it, had not courage,
coolness, and determination of no ordinary kind been
displayed. The difficulty was felt, and overcome as
soon as felt by the active and powerful gymnasts, who
holding each firmly by one hand, tore away in a most
surprising manner the resisting boughs with the
other till a slight sway of the balloon enabled them
to clear all obstacles, and proceed rapidly on their
voyage to a round of cheers which their admirable
conduct elicited. So little did the untoward stoppage
affect them, that the instant they appeared clear of
the trees they commenced and continued as long as
they were in sight those wonderful twists and twirls
for which in the Cirque they are so much admired.
Before nine o'clock they put in a re-appearance at the
gardens, having safely descended at 'Woolwich, and
were most cordially and enthusiastically received.
For this advanced period of the year the gardens
may be said to have been crowded.

BRITISH ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
The new company, known by the name of the
British Electric Telegraph Company, have nearly
completed, and are about to open, a oonsiderable
length of wire uniting some of the most important
northern towns of the kingdom. This chain of towns
includes Liverpool, Manchester, Halifax, Bradford,
Wakefield, Barnsley, Leeds, Harrogate, and Stockton-
upon-Tees, with acme other of the the intermediate
places. The people of Liverpool and Manchester
were rather agreeably struck with the rapidity with
which this company succeeded in laying down their
wires in the streets, to complete the connexion bee
tween the railway stations and the company's offices.
There is no greater annoyance in large towns than
that which Parliament has granted to private compa-
anodf a
thannies of ripping up their pavements at all times and
places where it may be necessary for their in-
terests.
town
pave the a
streetsgag
at great expense, authorities
company, and then a water company, end
then a telegraph company, to open deep trencbes in
"tile of the leading thoroughfares, interrupting
the traffic and creating great inconvenience. We
have seen these trenches open in some cases six or
eight days; but in the present instances we are glad
to perceive that a great improvement has been intro-
duced. Mr. Charles Bright, the manager of the
British Electric Telegraph Company, we were in-
formed, had the merit of inventing a new mode of
laying down wires in the streets, which goes far to
remove the objections we have pointed out. The
method adopted by the old compan-
y has been to lay
down a line of round cast metal pipes through which
the insulated wires are passed. This is necessarily a
long and tedious
each length operation,
of because considerable time
is occupied, as pipe is laid down, in
passing the wires through it ; but Mr. Charles
Bright's piann, to use pipes split longitudinally into
two halves. The under halves of the pipes are laid
down in the trench, and then a large drum, on which
the insulated wires are wrapped, is rolled along
over the trench, and the wire is paid off easily
and rapidly into its place—the upper parts of the
pipes being put on afterwards, and secured in their
places by means of screws through flanges left out-
side for the purpose. So well has this mode suc-
ceeded, that in Liverpool the whole lengths of the
streets, from Tithebarn Railway station to the British
Telegraph Company's offices, in Exchange-street
East, were laid down in a single night (11 hours),
and in Manchester, the line of streets from the Salford
Railway station to Ducie-street, Exchange, in twenty-
two hours. This was the whole time occupied in
opening the trenches, laying down the telegraph
wires, and relaying the pavement ; and while great
credit is due to the company, on the ground of the
little public inconvenience occasioned, no doubt they
would find the benefit of it in economy of time and
money. The company, it is expected, will be in a
condition to open business now in about three weeks,
having only to complete a short link between Wake-
field and Leeds to make the line complete from Liver-
pool as far as Stockton. The Magnetic Telegraph
Company have their line at work between Man-
chester and Liverpool, and are said to be making pro-
gress with their extension towards the metropolis.--.
Morning Paper.

CONTRAST OF CoLourts.—An exquisite young lady
wriggled into a linendrtper's, and with the most excruciatia
drawl she could eff:ect, inquired if they had any " subdua
mouse-coloured sill., ' " No," replied the draper, win' $
sudden and expressive twirl of the yard stick, " but we hi
59me enraged rat colour." —