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London, England, 1846-09-11 00:00:00

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, Ring, dated Juno 1, MC
the number of people Tilled by aceidertt wed, tvetei
,at as the number wounded, showing the ibaMil
ccter of those accidents. They chiefly arose from
Ming in of materials. Of course the wages of such
hazardous employment are high.
There is a good deal of interest about the meeting
this evening, to which Prince Albert will come over from
Osborne House. It is to be held in the Victoria-rooms
—a building full of lecture apartments. The largest
room has been selected for the occasion, but it has the
misfortune to be down stairs. When his Royal High-
ness alights at the entrance of the house, he will have to
proceed down into tho part commonly appropriated in
our houses to the kitchen. However, a carpet is being
laid upon the stairs, and with other arrangements for a
facilis deeensus, the best face will be put upon the mate
ter, though a meeting in the area will be something new
to the Prince.
The day's proceedings hitherto have been dull in the
extreme ; but I have amused myself with a pamphlet
which the Southampton local committee present to every
member of the Association. A very respectable gentle-
man has been persuaded to write a description of the
town and its neighbourhood, for
.the use of the visitors
on this occasion. He is quite an enthusiast, but evi-
dently has an eye to the useful as well as the pleasant.
The want of water, f,,r instance, being a sad trouble to
the inhabitants, the difficulty is very naturally handed
over to this " congress of men of science," as he phrases
it, whilst if any of them are disposed to migrate, they
may see the need the town has of an infusion of better
folks, for " it has been ascertained that in one district of
it, among 1,094 persons above fifteen years of age, 957
do not attend any place of worship."' As for antiqui-
ties, if the members of " congress" have a taste that
way, every acre of it, it appears, swarms with relics.
Here, as tradition runs, is " the pond where King John's
horses were watered ;" an ancient hall over the Bar-
gate being used to this day as a court of justice, the
judges still " sit by the gate." The Queen lately cast
anchor here—" her Royal vessel occupying the very
station which the galleys of ancient Rome were wont to
occupy ;" and it is alleged to be " indeed highly pro-
bable that the quay of Southampton " may have been
the scene of Canute's long famous rebuke to the flattery
of his courtiers."

It seems that the treasurer's account for the past year
contrasts rather unfavourably with its predecessor,
although the statement just presented includes the
meeting at Cambridge in 1845—a town at which 1,000
'members then met, and which had the benefit of being
remembered as the place where, at the meeting in 1833,
every member's signature was obtained, and a litho-
graphed fac-simile of each published as a " volume of
varieties." The receipts from subscriptions during the
*et year have fallen to about one-halt the amount of
the previous year's; the small number of annual sub-
scriptions leads to the conclusion that a large proportion
of the members have availed themselves of the privilege
of subscribing 101. in one sum, instead of 1/. a year.
The credit side of the account, presented yesterday, is
kept up only by the sale of 1,000/. Consols. The grants
for scientific purposes have sunk from 8311. in the one
year to 6851 in the other; but the officers' salaries have
risen from 1751. to 5251., the latter slim, however, being
stated to be for 18 months.

SIR O'CLOCK.—Prince Albert has just arrived in the
Fairy, and has driven off to Lord Palmerston's seat at
Broadlands, about six miles from this place. Ilis Royal
Highness will dine there, and will come to the Victbria-
rooms at eight o'clock. The Fairy has returned to
Cowes, and therefore the Prince will sleep at Broadlands.

EXPERIMENTAL TRIP- OF THE
SIDON STEAM FRIGATE.

This fine war steamer, constructed at Deptford on the
plan of Sir Charles Napier, and fitted with engines of
.550 horse-power, on a principle entirely new in its ap-
plication to steam-vessels, was tried down the river yes-
terday to ascertain her capabilities. The Sidon left her
moorings opposite the dockyard, Deptford, at two o'clock
having on board Captain Superintendent Sir John Hill,
Commodore Sir Charles Napier, Captain Pelham, and
several other scientific gentlemen. The river was very
crowded between Deptford and Greenwich with vessels,
steam-boats, and barges, and it was a task of some diffi-
culty to steer a vessel of the magnitude of the Sidon,
through them without injury to the smaller craft, but by
skilful management the difficulty was overcome in a very
satisfactory manner, and the vessel passed Greenwich
and Blackwall without much difficulty. On entering
Bugsby's Hole, a schooner, the Two Sisters of Whitby,
had just lifted her anchor, and was floating up with the
tide, and although warned in ample time to starboard
her helm, the steersman ported it, and the vessels came
in contact, the paddle-box of the Sidon crushing the
stern of the Two Sisters, and the fore-yard of the
steamer breaking down the top-mast of the schooner.
The Sidon was presently got clear, and proceeded down
the river in fine style, after a delay of about three-
quarters of an hour. Captain-Superintendent Hous-
ton Stewart, C. 8., of Woolwich Dockyard, came
on board on the Sidon arriving opposite that
place, and she then went down the river to Long Reach,
her speed being guessed at from eight to nine knots per
hour. The timbers of the Sidon are put together in the
strongest manner, and her accommodations on board are
of a superior description. The engines above the water
level are entirely made of malleable iron, or of a com-
position similar to gun metal, as hard as the best
iron, to resist the action of shot. The expansion
gear is worked by tappits below, and the shaft is per-
fectly clear of any trapping. The stroke of the engines
is six feet four inches, and the number of revolutions
with_rtstrldle-wheel, thirty feet in dia.
Deptford-dockyard at five minutes past six o'clock, p.m.
During her progress up the river-a very pretty model of
a reefing paddle-wheel was exhibited, and the principle
of its construction and advantages explained, to show
that the floats could be regu ated by the crew on deck to
suit the changes in draught of water according to the
load on board at the time.

The Sidon has all her guns on board, consisting of
four 56-pounders of 88 cwt. each, on gun-carriages, with
traversing platforms. Two of these guns are placed at
the stern and two at the bows. She has four 32-pounders
of 56 cwt. each on the upper deck, and ten on the lower,
making her whole armament 18 guns, with two light
6-pounder field pieces mounted, to be drawn on shore by
men or horses, and two 12-pounder carronades. Her
masts have been fitted with Harris's lightning conductors,
and no exertion has been spared on the part of her de-
signer to render her a perfect war steamer worthy of the
British navy.

MISS BURNEY'S DIARY.—We are requested to
state that the sixth volume of " THE DIARY AND LET-
TERS OF MADA➢IE D'ARBLAY," authoress of " Evelina,"
" Cecilia," &c., in small Bvo., price 10s. 6d. bound, and
embellished with a portrait of Madame de Steel, is
published this day by Mr. Colburn, and may now be
had of all booksellers. The following are also now
ready;-72. Burke's History of the Landed Gentry, com-
plete in 2 vols., royal Bvo., price 2/. lOs. bound. 3. The
Nelson Letters and Dispatches, complete in 7 vols., Bvo.
4. The ninth volume of Agnes Strickland's Lives of the
Queens of England, comprising Mary of Modena, con-
sort of James IL 5. Travels and Travellers, by Mrs.
Trollope, 2 vols., 21s. bound.

A girl, only ten years of age, employed in a bead
manufactory in the Rue de Faubourg du Temple, was
so tormented by her associates that she became weary
of life. Having made a packet of her little property,
she left it, with a paper directing its distribution among
her sisters after her death. She passed Sunday with
her mother, and on going to bed took a most affec-
tionate leave of her and the rest of the family. She
got up, but instead of going to her work, walked to the
canal and threw herself in; but, fortunately, a man
going to his labour saw the act, and jumping in, brought
her safely out. After a short delay, she mentioned
where she lived, and he took her back to her mother.—
Paris paper.
Lord and Lady Campbell and the Honourable
Miss Campbell are shortly expected to arrive at Stewart-
field, near Jedburgh. The Noble and Learned Lord,
since he bas purchased that estate, has had the man-
sion greatly improved by alterations of an extensive
description.
WOOLWICH, SEPT. 10.—The Acheron steam-vessel,
Lieutenant-Commander Aplin, was paid off at Woolwich
yesterday, having been nearly five years in commission
on the Mediterranean station. She was commissioned
to-day by Lieutenant Dunlop, who will command her.
The Adventure transport-ship was towed to Deptford
yesterday, to be loaded with stores for the western
yards. The Bebe hulk has been brought alongside the
William and Mary yacht, to receive the single men of
the Royal Marines of the Woolwich division who are to
do duty at the dockyard, and the married men will re-
main for the present in qulrters at the garrison, to do
duty at the north-best entrance, until their new bar-
racks are finished. Seventy-one female convicts were
brought down the river yesterday, in No. 2 Waterman
steam-boat, and one hundred and four female convicts
this morning, in No. 7 Waterman steam-boat, under the
charge of five matrons, three policemen, and one super-
intendent, and placed on board the Henry and Elizabeth
barque, lying off the Royal Arsenal to receive female
convicts for New Australia.

POST-OFFICE ARRANGEMENTS..--The inhabitants of
the south-eastern suburban districts of the metropolis
were most agreeably surprised yesterday morning by re-
ceiving their country letters before nine o'clock, instead
of as heretofore, between ten and eleven, or even later.
This alteration will give great satisfaeLion, and add ma-
terially to the convenience and interest of large numbers
engaged in business.

ADEAD BODY FOUND.—The body of an elderly
woman, five feet two inches in height, of stout build,
and who had apparently moved in humble life, was, on
the 4th instant, cast up by the sea at Birchington, in
the Isle of Thanet. From the state of the body, it had
evidently been several weeks in the water. She had on
when discovered a light drab mousseline de laine gown,
spotted with black and pink, a flannel petticoat, a thick
plaid petticoat, white cotton stockings, marked I. N.,
and thick boot shoes, much worn. In the pockets of her
dress were found three keys, one of them five inches
long, having attached to it a small oblong copper label,
marked "N. Tower," a light brown silk purse, with
plated clasp, containing 9s. 6d., a dark bone-handled
knife, with two long stout blades, but bearing no mark
or name, and a tooth packed up in a brass thimble. On
her wedding finger was a thin gold ring. The clothes
and other matters have been preserved by the Deputy of
Birchington, as likely to lead to her identity.—Dover
Telegraph.

THE-EARL GROSVENOR.—Hugh Lupus, the eldest
son of the Marquis of Westminster, will attain his
majority on the 18th of October next. It is said that
public rejoicings in celebration of the auspicious event
are to take place in Chester. and throughout the ex-
tensive estates to which the Noble Earl i 5 heir; but what
the nature of them is to be,
has nos transpired.--Chester
Chronicle.