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SEPTEMBER 16, 1846.
No. 16,846. LON DON, W EDNES DAY EVEN 4, G S Ny

T. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL AND
MEDICAL COLLEGE.

BANK OF ENGLAND, SEPT. 10, 1846.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the GO-
VERNOR and COMPANY of the BANK of ENGLAND give
notice, that a GENERAL COURT will be held at the Bank on
THURSDAY NEXT, the 17th instant, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon,
to consider of a Dividend. This will also be one of the Quarterly
General Courts appointed by the Charter.

BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE
ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.
SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY EVENING.—To-day, the
excitement caused by the visit of Prince, Albert has
passed away, the town has resumed its wonted appear-
ance, and the proceedings of the sections have observed
their usual course, without the disturbance caused by
the arrangements for " amusing his Royal Highness,''
as the president of one of the sections observed, when a
popular abstract of a paper had been read, instead of the
paper itself. Nothing is said of another visit from the
Prince, and the great meeting, gun of the the gun-cotton
of Professor Schoenbein, will be fired off to-night with-
out the presence of the royal patron. In the hurry to
save the railway train last eyeing it was impossible to
do more than give the results of Mr. Scott Russell's ex-
periments on the resistance of railway trains at different
velocities. I now return to that and to one or two other
subjects which there was no time to notice in yesterday's
proceedings.
RESISTANCE TO RAILWAY TRAINS.—The result of
Mr. Scott Russell's experiments tiro so remarkable, and
so opposed to all previous notions on the subject, that
their accuracy may not unreasonably be questioned ;
and during the discussion that ensued, when he was
required to detail the mode by which the re-
sults were attained, there seemed some reason to sup.
pose that the resistances noted were caused under dif-
fering circumstances, so that the actual varying resistances
by different velocities alone were not correctly given.
Some of the results were taken from experiments made
at different times and under various conditions, and as
most of the new experiments were made on actual work-
ing trains, it may well be supposed that a d.fference
would arise. Nevertheless, it is very remarkable, that
under any circumstances of the experiment, the resi-t-
-ance at a velocity of 45 miles an hour should be less than
at a velocity of 31; 'and still further strange is it, that
whilst between a speed of 32 and of 33 miles an hour
there is no difference in the resistance, that there should
bo between the, velocities of 46 and 47-miles an hour, an
increase of resistance from 23.11b5. to 33.71b5., and be-
tween 50 and .51 miles a diminution of from 32.91h5. to
26.41b5. per ton; whilst between the velocity of 51 miles
an hour, and of 53 there should be an increase from
26.41bs to 41.71b5. In the formula which corresponds to-
lerably closely with the results of experiment, Mr. Scott
Russell estimated the friction at a constant quantity of
about 61bs the ton; the next elenient in the resistance was
the atmosphere, and this he estimated by multiplying
the area by the pressure and by the square of the velo-
city. The residue consisted of the various other causes
of obstruction which tended to impede the progress of
the train and occasion loss of power. One of these
causes was the concussion of the earth by the moving
train; for it was impossible theAurface of the earth could
be continually agitated by the passing trains without a
great loss of power. Mr. Scott Russell offered no expla-
nation of the causes that could produce such extraordi-
nary results as his experiments exhibited. In the dis-
cussion that followed, Dr. Robinson stated, in reference
to the agitation caused by railway trains, that in his
astronomical observations he:had perceived the surface of
the mercury agitated at a distance upwards of 7,000 feet
from a moving train, and as the concussion would be ex-
tended both ways, it would 044 (11113 t to an agitation of
the earth over an area of the diameter of 1,500 feet.
GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF AUSTRALIA.—Among
the papers read at the geological section yesterday was
one by Mr. Jukes, giving a sketch of the geology of
Australia. A portion of the s4tch was of course only
conjectural, but observing that:" 'a 'chain of hills passed
from New South Wales in a direction nearly parallel
to the eastern coast, consisting of granite and other pri-
mary rocks, and that the order of stratification was the
same as in Europe, he concluded that the great level
tertiary formations on the opposite coast were in the
same order of succession, and that the geological axis of
that country lies in the chain of hills from New South
Wales, and that there is no greatly elevated districts in
the interior.
EVENING LECTURE.—Yesterday evening Mr Lyell de-
livered a discourse in the Assembly Rooms, " On the
Valley and Delta of the Mississippi, and other points in
the geology of the United States. from observations
made in the years 1845-46." The lecture was illustra-
ted by gigantic diagrams, exhibiting the principal rocks
and strata, and their dispositions, in the United States.
There, as in this country, the same formations are ob-
served, and following in the same order. It is Mr.
Lyeli's opinion that most of the geological formations
were produced by the gracival though slow operations of
time, and in the valley of the Mississippi he found abun-
dant evidence in support of his views. To the deposi-
tion of the mud and vegetable matter brought down by
the stream of that mighty river he attributed the forma
tion of the large peninsula of Florida ; and the appear-
ance of the banks of the Mississippi, with parts of the
trunks of trees growing over each other at all levels,
formed, he thought, the elements of future coal fields.
The room was very well attended, and the lecture was
received with much applause.
ELECTRO-PHYSIOLOGY.—This morning M. Matteuci
made a communication in French in the physical section,
containing the summary of his researches in electro-
physiology. He attributes muscular contraction to elec-
trical force, and he contended, that by the forms of the
muscles and of the nerves, they were calculated to form
voltaic batteries, and to become in the positive and nega-
tive states of 'electricity. The communication was re-
plete with interesting speculations and demonstrations ;
but, is Professor Owen observed, they required to be
read and considered before they could be perfectly un-
derstood. Sir J. Herschel said the cause of muscular
forte had been hitherto not satisfactorily explained, and
he made to few suppositions, merely with a view of in-
viting discussion, to the effect that it was possible that
muscular contraction might be caused by the altered
position of the muscles of muscular fibrine, supposing
them to continuous be.ellipsoids, and that the changes of
position might be produced by electrical currents. Mr.
Carpenter maintained, on the contrary, that muscularcon-
traction is not due to nervous influence in many cases,
and he felt confident that muscular fibrine is composed
of tubes divided into sections longer than their dia-
meters. The contraction of these fibres, he said, was
produced, not by reversing their positions, as conjec-
tured by Sir John Herschel, but by the depression of
the longitude of sectional divisions.
Another communication on a similar subject was made
by Dr. Joseph Buller, in which, however, without refer-
ence to the action of electricity, he described the develops
ment of a bird from the egg,
The proceedings in this section were considerably
,thpererpaatrtalitnogrso' of
plates and knives in the ad-
to the general dinner, which
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takeberdo
INFLUENCE OF SPONGY PLATINA.—The Rev. Dr.
byplace this evening.
room,
Robinson read a paper in the chemical section," On the
Influence exerted by finely-divided Platina on the Elec.
trodes of a Voltameter.', Though the communication
occupied a long time, the principal point which Dr.
Robinson's experiments were calculated to show was,
that when the electrodes of a voltameter are covered with
a finely-comminuted platina, the decomposition of water
is effected
by
a less powerful current of electri-
city, fact, there is apparently no active
febcntetd
when,noti only n
current whatever. He thought this effect, analogous to
other instances in which the inherent forces or attrac-
tions of bodies are increased by bringing them into closer
contact, by extending their surfaces.
Mr. GRCVE agreed with Dr. Robinson as to the cause
of the increased effect, and in commenting on theriubject
he alluded to the peculiar fact, that ebullition in no cir-
cumstances seems to take place excepting from the sur
fare of solid bodies. ' The bubbles of air in a glass of
Champagne, for example, always rise from the bottom
or sides of the glass, and the steam of boiling water
always collects in bubbles against the solid surface,
and never rises from amongst the particles of the liquid.
He was of opinion that, supposing it possible to heat
water without contact with a solid surface, fluid would
not boil till the whole mass burst into ebullition at once.
THE TUBULAR BRIDGES.—In the mechanical section
to-day Mr. Fairbairn read the whole paper, of which an
abstract only had been given yesterday, respecting the
proposed construction of tubular bridges over the river
Conway and the Menai Straits. The discussion that
took place after the reading of the paper was very inte-
resting. The bridge at Menai, which is to be called the
Britannia-bridge, will be supported on four piers, and
the distance between the central piers will be 450 feet.
The weight of the metal is estimated at 1,200 tons, and
it will be constructed of wrought iron. Mr. Eyton sug-
gested that it would be better to strengthen the tube by
inverted irorr arches, to protect it from the action of the
wind. Dr. Robinson said that, though the bridge might
be quite strong enough to bear a dead weight, he
thought the engineers ought to ascertain what was
likely to be the resilient free on the sudden rushing of
the engine on to the bridge. He apprehended also that
the vibrations might be cumulative, and increase as the
train advanced, until they produced a serious effect. At
the same time he trusted to the skill and caution of the
engineers, that they would make the tube sufficiently
strong, and with respect to the calculated action of the
wind at 501bs. to the square foot, he thought they
had exceeded all possible effects of storms by
one-half; for a wind acting with the power of 501bs.
to the square foot must be moving with the velocity
of 110 miles an hour. During the severest storm
that he had known the velocity of the wind was not
more than fifty miles an hour. Mr. Fairbairn, in reply
to these and to other remarks. said that not one-sixth of
the estimated breaking weight could be placed on the
bridge. The plates on the outside at the top would be
nine-sixteenths of an inch, and those inside would be
half an inch thick. The bridge, from bank to bank,
would consist of one rectangular tube, rivetted together
and resting on the supports. To avoid the effect of
vibration it was intended to lay the rails on vulcanised
India rubber, about two inches thick. The tube would
be elevated to its position in compartments, to be after-
wards rivetted together when fitted. The first compart-
ment nearest the pier would be raised on pontoons at,
high tide, and fitted into a rest at the bottom of a groove
in the pier. up which it would be elevated by hydraulic
pressure. The only risk to be feared in fixing the bridge
was a high wind during the raising the first compart-
ment, for when that was fixed the remainder would not
be attended with risk. With respect to the strength of
the bridge to bear a lateral pressure, he said that had
not yet been tried, but it would be efficiently tested on
the model bridge, and the suggestions of Dr. Robinson
respecting sudden impact, and the effect of continued'
vibration, should be attended to. The Presieent was
compelled, by shortness of time, to put an end to the
discussion.

CHINEESE METHOD OF BORING.—MT. Vignolles read
a paper in the mechanical sectitn on the Chinese method
of boring, as practised on the Continent, and as appli-
cable to the boring of Artesian Wells, and fur the venti-
lation of mines. The Chinese method, which has been
in successful operation for two thousand years, consists
in having a heavy weight, at the bottom of which is
fixed the cutting tool, attached to a long rope, which is
wound round an axle. The weight is drawn up for a
few feet, and then allowed to fall, like the monkey of a
pile-driving engine. By this means the labour and
time required to remove a rigid heavy rod, to withdraw
the rubbish, is greatly saved, and the work proceeds far
more quickly, and at much less cost. Though this
method has been introduced on the Continent very suc-
cessfully, the prejudices of English workmen have pre-
vented its adoption in this country.
The following is the list of all the papers mad yester-
day:—

The WINTER SESSION will commence on THURSDAY, October
Ist, 1846, with an Introductory Address by Mr. Paget, at Seven
o'clock p.m.

LECTURES.
111EDICINE—G. Burrows, M.D.
SURGERY—WiIIiam Lawrence, F.R.S.
DESCRIPTIVE AN TOMY—F. C. Skey. F.R.S.
PHYSIOLOGY and MORBID ANATOMY—Mr. Paget.
SUPERINTENDENCE of DISSECTIONS—Mr. M`Whinnie and
Mr. Holden.
CHEMISTRY—Mr. Griffi' hs.
MATERIA MEDICA-0. L. R6npell, M.D., R.R.S.
MIDWIFERY, &c.—E. Rigby, M.D., F.L.S,
SUMMER SESSION, 1847, commencing May lst.
BOTANY—F. J. Farre, M.D., F.L.S.
FORENSIC MEDICINE—W. IDly, M.D.
MIDWIFERY, &c.—E. Rigby, M.D., F.L.S.
COMPAR,ITIVE ANATOMY—Mr. M'Whinnle.
PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILOSOPHY—
Mr. Grit s.

JOHN* KNIGHT, Secretary.

OF EXCHANGE.-FRAUD.- TO
Ai) BANKERS, BILL BROKERS, DISCOUNTERS, AND
OTHERS.

Two BILLS of EXCHANGE for 2501. each, bearing date the 28th
or 29th of August, 1846, drawn upon and accepted by the Rev.
Francis Glossop, at foutimoths after date, payable at Messrs. Young
„ .

and fallings', St. Mildred's-court, Poultry, London, having been
OBTAINED by means of conspiracy and FALSE REPRESEN-
TATIONS made to the acceptor, the Rev. Francis Glossop, of West
Dean, Wiltshire, all persons are hereby cautioned against receiving,
negotiating, or in any manner dealing with the said Bills of Ex-
change, or either of them.
_

Hospital Practice.—The Hospital contains 530 beds, and relief
'is al:Ended to 48,000 patients annually. The in-patients are visited
daly by the Physicians and Surgeons, and during the Summer Ses-
sion four Clinical Lectures are delivered weekly—those on the medical
cases by Dr. Itoupell and Dr. G. Burrows ; those on the surgical cases
by Mr. Lawrence and Mr. Stanley. The out patients are a'so daily
attended by the assistant Physician and assistant Surgeon.
Collegiate Establishment.—warden, Mr. Paget —Students can
reside within the Hospital walls, subject to the rules of the collegiate
system, established under the direction of the Treasurer and a Com-
mittee of the Governors of the Hospital. Some of the teacher; and
other gentlemen, connected with the Hospital, also receive students
to reside with them,

. For further information, &c., apply to Messrs. Bush and Mullins,
solicitor:, No. 7, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry, London.

-VAST VILLA, SCARBOROUGH.
TO BE SOLI), by PRIVATE CONTRACT, the above
most de,irable FREEHOLD VILLA, with the Gardens and Plan-
tations surrounding the same, situate in front of Belvoir-terrac.!, in
Scarborough.

SECTION A.-MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE.
Phillips, Professor—Report on anemornetry.
Sykes, Colonel—On the fall of rain on the coast of
Travancore.
Brookes, C., Esq.—On a new self-registering ba-
romet,,r, thermometer, and psychrometer.
Miller, J. F.—On the fall of rain in the Cumberland
Lake district.
Lee, Dr.—On meteorological observations made at
Alten in Finmark, and
Leo, Dr.—On the aurora, at Alien, in Finmark;
Christiana in Norway.
Rankin, Thos., Esq.—Account of a halo, paraselcne,
and remarkable aurora borealis.
Dolland, G., Esq.—On an atmospheric recorder.
Childers, W. NV., Esq.—On the meteorology of Jersey.
SECTION 8.-CHEMICAL SCIENCE, INCLUDING ITS APPLI-
CATION TO AGRICULTURE AND THE ARTS.
Forchammer, Professor—On comparative analytical
researches on sea water.
Oersted, H. C., Professor—On the changes which
mercury sometimes suffers in glass vessels hermetically
sealed.
Rose, IL, Professor—On a second new metal (pelo-
plum) in the Tantalite of Bavaria.
Leeson, Dr.—On the crystallography and a new
goniometer, illustrated by apparatus and models.
Connell, Professor—Analysis of the American nema-
lite.

The house commands a beautiful view of the sea and line of coast,
has a south aspect, and is well screened by the plantations from the
east wind. It contains spacious dining, drawing, and morning rooms,
fimr good family bed-rooms, four servants' bed-rooms, several excel.
lent closets, two kitchens, twa water-closets, and two staircases,
besides a scullery, butler's pantry, and other conveniences. It is
also well supplied both with hard and soft water, from a well and
cistern on the premises ; and Is ready fi,r immediate occupancy.
Any person desirous of possessing a Marine Villa Residence, would
find the present a valuable opportunity, as the house was recently
erected by the late occupier for her own residence, In a substantial
manner, with the best materials, and its situation is unexceptionable,
having the advantave of easy access through the gardens and grounds,
to the Sands and Cliff Bridge.

Scholarships, Prizes, &c.—At the end of the Winter Session the
annual Examination will be held for a Scholarship, of the value of
451. a-year, and tenable for three years. The Examination for the
Wix, Bentley, and Collegiate Prizes, and those of all the Classes for
Prizes and Certificates of Merit, will take place at the same thee.
Further information tray be obtained from any of the Medical or
Surgical Officers or Lecturers, on application at the Anatomical
Museum, or the Library of the College.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNIIILL LONDON.
Capital .£500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
with respect to Life Assurances aita Deferred Annuities. The assured
has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the ;premiums paid (see Table) ;
also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in-
terests to meet other conveniences or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible
rates.

For further- particulars, -and to view the property, apply to Mr.
Joseph B. Baker, wine merchant, or to

3lessrs. ILESP and IJPPLEBY, solicitors, Scarborough
Scarborough, Sept. 14, 1846.

DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The remartable success and increasing prosperity of the Society
has enabled the Directors, at the last annual Investigation, to declare
a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid
on each Policy effected on the Profit scale.

EXAMPLES.

INVENTORS and DEPOSITORS of WORK-
'II,',I ji_ LNG MODELS and of other Specimens of the Useful Arts (as
5. Bonus j Bonus in g• g• Assured' well as the Visitrs ofthe ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION)
cn , Premium. g,,' added. ' Cash. r.• E," may are respectfully incurmed that the Directors have given their anxious
P 7,
1,5 ; g Borrow. consideration,tEctitl,l,
_tothe new a,pglinbterr. ent of DEMONSTRATORtOth4 ttitiet
1 -,- 1 S whose duty to explain Visitors
Principles and Uses of the above Specimens with clearness and
4 £S. d. 11837.£217 15 I £lOO 011 £l6 0 4 £445 0 0 simplicity. The Lectures now comprise the ELECTRIC TELE-
1838; 192 3 0 87 1 4 13 10 2 395 11 1 GRAPH, as well as other objects of present interest. The beautiful
60 1000 3 4 18391 165 11 10 74 19' 11 3 1 i 346 2 3 Optical Exhibitions, &c. &c.
1-

Daubeny, Dr.—On Cavendish's experiment respecting
he production of nitric acid.
Percy, Dr., and Miller, Professor—Report on crystal-
ine slags. _

Gassiot, J. P., Esq., F.R.S.—On the electricity of
.ension in the voltaic battery.

F !1837,'
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60 1000 3 4 j 1839
18401
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1£21715 I£loo 011£16 0 4'£445 0 0
192 3 0 87 1 4 13 10 2 395 11 1
165 11 10 74 1 9i 11 3 1' 346 2 3
116 7 6 54 010 718 10,1 296 13 4
111 6 8 49 10 1:1 710 4, 247 4 5

SECTION C.-GEOLOGY AND PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.
Buckland, Very R'v. Dr.—On the applicability of M.
Fauvelle's mode of boring artesian wells to the well at
Southampton, and to other wells, and sinkings for coal,
salt, and other mineral beds.
Forbes, Professor E.—On some natural history phe-
nomena bearing on geology, observed since the last
meeting.
Forchhammer, Dr.—On arctic currents, as exhibited in
the distribution of the north drift.
Jukes, J. 8., F.G.S.—Notice of some tertiary rocks
in the Islands, stretching from Java to Timor.
Ditto—Sketch of the geological structure of Australia.
SECTION D.-ZOOLOGY ♦ND BOTANY.
Owen, Professor—On the vertebral structure of the
skull.
Thompson, Mr. W.—Zoology of Lough Neagh (the
entomological part by Mr. Halliday).
Portlock, Captain—On the natural history of Corfu.
Allman, Professor—On the structure of Christatella
mucedo.

Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price.

The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in
December of the present year.
F. FERGUSON CANIROUX, Secretary.

COLOURED PHOTOGRAPHIC POR-
TRAITS by the improved process which Mr. BE ARD (the
sole Patentee of the Daguerreotye), has recently introduced, are
taken daily at 85, King William street, City; 34, Parlament-street,
Westminster; and at the Royal Polytechnic Institution, Regent-
street.

U NITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY,
No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.
• Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. •
DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG TIIE ASSURED.

" We have been much pleased with the inspection ofsome portraits
taken by Mr. Beard. They exhibit a degree of boldness, and stand
ut with a relief greatly desiderated in all the earliest specimens ;
while the method of colouring renders them agreeable and life like."
—Times. .

JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman
HANANEI. DE CASTRO, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Samuel Anderson, Esq. Charles Graham, Esq.
Hamilton B. Avarne, Esq. F. Charles Maitland, Esq.
Edward Boyd, Esq., Resident William Railton, Esq.
E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Assistant- John Ritchie, Esq.
Resident I F. H. Thomson, Esq.
Charles Downes, Esq.
Surgeon—F. Hale Thomson, Esq., 48, l3erners-street.
This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most
perfect security in a large paid. up Capital, and in the great success
which has attended it since Its commencement in 1834, its animal
income being upwards of 82,1001.
In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 2/. per cent, per annum on
the sum assured to all policies of the participating class from the
time they were effected.
The bonus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st of De-
camber, 1840, is as follows:
Sum Assured. Time Assured. Sum added to Policy.
£5,000 •• 6 years 10 months .... £683 6 8
5,000 •• 6 years .... . GOO 0 0
5,000 .... • ... 4 years ........ •..... 400 0 0
.5,000 .....• •• 2 years .............. 200 0 0
The premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and
only one-half need be paid for the first five years, where the insu-
rance is for life.
iEvery information "will be afforded on application to the Resident
Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of No. 8,
Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.

HOT WEATHER.- TRAVELLING-.-SEA-
SIDE.—The REGISTERD PALETOT in London, only at
22, Cornliill, opposite the Royal Exchange; and the chief Llama
Cloth Warehouse, 114, Regent-street. Do not be deceived by a
similarity of name, placed in the windows of a few petty shops in the
neighbourhood of the Patentees. Each Paletot is stamped " H. J. and
D. NICOLL, 114, Regent-street."

REMOVAL.
D."
: R. CULVERWELL has REMOVED to No.
10, ARGYLL-PLACE. EGENT-STREET, (leading to
Great Marlborough-street,) where he may be consulted, as usual,
Daily till Three, and in the Evening front Seven till Nine ; and
where also his several publications, of which entirely new and en-
larged editions have recently been published, may be obtained.

Owen, Professor—On the embryogeny of pulmogrades
and ciliogrades, by Mr. J. Price.

SECTION F.-STATISTICS.
Guy, Dr.—On statistics of life in professional men.
Neeld, Mr.—Report on the criminal and miscellaneous
statistics of the police in Manchester.
Knowles, Mr.— On the supply of coal in Great Britain.
Porter, Mr. G. R.---Report on the iron manufacture of
Great Britain.

TO be PEREMPTORILY SOLD, pursuant to
a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in
a Cause of " BATTEN v. PARFITT," with the approbation of
Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Masters of the said Court, at the
White Hart Inn, Glastonbury, in the county of Somerset,
on Trtuasomt, the 24th day of September, 1846, at Three o'clock in
the afternoon, in 13 lots.

SECTION G.- MECHANICS.

A FREEHOLD ESTATE, called the GLASTONBURY PARK
ESTATE, comprising a farm-house and buildings, and about 170
acres of arable, meadow, and pasture ground, including Weary-All-
Hill, situate in the united parishes of Saint John the Baptist and
Saint Benedict Glastonbury, in the Eastern Division of the County
of Somerset.

Particulars and conditions of sale, with plan, may be obtained
(gratis) at the said Master's office, in Southampton-buildings, Chan-
cery-lane, London ; of Messrs. Clowes, Wedlake, and Co., 10, King's
Bench-walk, Temple, London ; of Mr. John Batten, jun., Yeovil ; of
Messrs. Wiglesworth, Ridsdale, and Co., 5, Gray's Inn-square,
London ; of Mr. Raven, 2, King's Bench-walk, London ; of
Messrs. Newman and Lyon, solicitors, Yeovil; of Mr. Short, -solici-
tor, Bristol; of Mr. Pratt, solicitor, Glastonbury; of Messrs. Clark,
Gray, and Wooecock, 20, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; of Messrs.
Cooke and Sons, solicitors, Bristol; at the Commercial It )oins, Bris•
tol ; the White Hart Inn, Bath ; the Castle Inn, Taunton ; the Cla-
rence Inn, Bridgewater , the Swan Inn, Wells ; and at the place
cf sale.

Sharp, Mr.—On gas meters.
Ricardo, Mr. M.—A description and models of self•
registering mechanism for recording the velocity and
resistance of railway trains.
Fairbairn, Mr.—Gave a short account of the experi-
ments in connexion with the proposed tubular bridges
across the Conway and Menai Straits. The subject will
be renewed to-morrow, Tuesday, the 15th inst.
Russell, Mr. Scott.—Account of some recent experi-
ments on railway trains, for the determination of the
resistance at high velocities.

The estate may be viewed on application to Mr. Thomas Comer,
at the farm-house ; or to Mr. A. Bailey, at the White Hart Inn,
Glastonbury.

CLONES, WEDLAKE, and CLONES, Temple, London,
' ' Plaintiff's Agents,

COURT OF ALDERMEN.

Yesterday the first Court after the holidays was held.
THE Lon]) MAYOR—CONSERVANCY OF TEE UPPER PART

OF THE THAMES.

The report of the Lord Mayor's visit to Oxford, and
his conservancy trip in the western district within his
jurisdiction, was brought up and read.
The following are extracts. We exclude a good deal
of matter descriptive of the exceedingly warm reception
given to his Lordship and the numerous party by which
he was accompanied, at Oxford and other places to which
the visit was extended. After having described the ele-
gant hospitality with which Mr. and Mrs. Morrison, of
Baceldun House, entertained his Lordship and party,
the report in substance goes on thus:—
On Friday morning, the 7th of August, the Lord
Mayor was joined at Reading by Thomas Raymond
Barker, Esq., the chairman of the commissioners of the
Thames navigation, and also by the Mayor of Reading,
and embarked on board the state barge soon after eight
o'clock. A large number of the inhabitants of the town
were assembled on the banks to witness his Lordship's
departure, and a considerable company were on board a
barge decorated with flags and garlands of flowers,
and attended by a band of music, who accom-
panied the Lord Mayor nearly as far as Henley.
During the progress down the river Mr. Barker ex-
plained to the Lord Mayor the various works for the
improvement of the navigation which had been executed
by the commissioners since Alderman Wilson's view,
and particularly the new bridge and high towing-bridge
just completed above Henley. . . ...... It
appears that the Kennet and Avon Canal is now used in
preference to the Thames and Severn Canal, as a more
desirable communication between London and Bristol,
in consequence of the present improved state of the
navigation in the upper districts, and when the import-
ance of trade, by rail and navigation, between the cities
of London and Bristol, and the adjoining counties and
districts, is duly considered, and how essential it is to
the interests of all parties concerned that every facility
should be afforded to retain and, if possible, increase the
same, which can only be done by maintaining the line
in the most efficient state, and by suitable modification
and reduction of tolls where it presses heavily on the
public, it becomes obvious that surveys of a similar
natura to the present, having for their view those
desirable objects, are requisite and important, as well
as tend to keep up a friendly communication and in-
tercourse between the local commissioners and the
magistrates of the Corporation of London, who, by
virtue of their office, under the authority of Parlia-
ment, are likewise commissioners of the upper districts
of the river Thames as before stated. The Lord Mayor,
as conservator of the river Thames, feels it his duty to
draw the particular attention of the court to the various
Acts of Parliament which have been passed from time to
time for the improvement of the navigation of the rivers
Thames and Isis, and more particularly those of the 11th
Geo. 111., cap. 45, and the 35th Geo. 111., cap. 106,
under the provisions of which the Lord Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of London for the time being are
constituted and appointed Commissioners of the upper
districts from the City of London to the town of Crick-
lade, in the county of Wilts, feeling fully confident that
unless the navigation in those districts is properly at-
tended to, the locks and other works kept in good order
and repair, and suitable reductions made in the tolls and
lock-charges, it will be impossible for the barge-owners
successfully to compete with the carriage of goods and
merchandise by means of railway, and that consequently
all interests connected with the above portion of this
noble river must be most seriously affected, if not ulti-
mately destroyed. His Lordship cannot refrain from
alluding to the statement of the Chairman of the Com-
missioners as to the necessity of reducing the tolls
on the whole line, and his hope that the private
lockholders would consent to an unanimous scale
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without expressing his approbation of the general state
of the work, both in the upper and the city districts,
and of the improvements now being carried out for the
further benefit of the navigation ; and he avails himself
of the present opportunity of conveying the assurance
of the commissioners (as expressed by their chairman)
of their satisfaction at visits like the present, which ma-
terially tend to keep up that mutual good understanding
and friendship between all parties connected with the
navigation of the river Thames. The Lord Mayor hay.
ing received from the town-clerk of Oxford a statement
of their proceedings at the coronation of King Charles
the Second, on their claim to attend with the citizens &
London and assist in the King's butlerage upon that
occasion, on which they expressed in high terms the
attention they experienced from the mayor and alder-
men of London, his Lordship annexed this document to
the report.

SUB• SECTION OF ETHNOLOGY.
Jukes, J. 8., Esq.—On the aborigines of Newfound
land.

Latham, Dr. R. G.—Remarks on a Newfoundland
vocabulary.
Jukes, J. 8., Esq.—Varieties of the human race in the
neighbourhood of Torres Straits.
Port Essington—On the inhabitants of Port Essington.
Davies, H. 8., Esq.—On the Tasmanians.
Von Middendorf, Professor—Ethnolvical notes on
Siberia.

Brien, Captain—On the Africans of the neighbour-
hood of Bonny.
Freeman, ltev. T. B.—On the inhabitants of Prince's
Island.

Retzius, Professor—On the ethnological distribution
of ronnd and elongated crania.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
WEST RIDING UNION.
The first general ordinary meeting of shareholders in
the West Riding Union district of railways, was held on
Monday, at the large room of the White Lion Hotel,
Halifax.

Upon the motion of Mr. G. POLLAND, 11. W. Wick-
ham, Esq., took the chair.
Mr. OTTLEY, the secretary, read the report of the
directors, which glanced at the formation and progress
of the company. In the last stages the supporters of
the West Riding Union Railways received an unfavour-
able reverse at the hand of the Standing Orders' Com-
mittee, and it required the greatest exertion of the
Manchester and Leeds directors and the Members of
Parliament for the borough and the riding to obtain a
second reading before the Committee. In the end the
directors of this company conceded terms to the Liver-
pool and Leeds Company, whereby the opposition of
that company was withdrawn. The Bill was next
opposed by the Huddersfield and Manchester Company,
who applied for a branch to Bradford, which was a
vital part of the West Riding scheme; but their
application was unanimously rejected. The directors
reported that it was the opinion of Mr. Robert
Stephenson and Mr. Randshaw that the project of the
company, as at present sanctioned by Parliament, was
more complete than any of the rival schemes brought
forward last year; and those gentlemen were of opinion
that the directors acted properly in withdrawing from
their original scheme. The capital of the company was
two millions, in 100,000 shares of 201. Of these the
number of 29,070 had been allotted to the Manchester
and Leeds Company, 29,070 to the scripholders in the
late West Riding Junction Company, 29,070 to the late
West Yorkshire Company, 9,375 to the Huddersfield,
Halifax, and Bradford Company, and 3,417 in part dis-
charge of 12,000 shares agreed to be given to the Liver-
pool and Leeds Company, and the residue of the 12,000
shares to be borrowed from the Manchester and Leeds
Company. The total length of the lines, including three
short works, is 451, and the sum of 194,7111 95. 10d.
had been received in deposits. The directors were not
able to state the exact liabilities of the company; but
the following was as near the mark as possible:—
Deposits received with interest

Disbursements paid for land, engineering, Sce. £27,283
Property at Bradford .., 2,773
Interest due to Mr. Wright....

£30,964

Balance in hand
The directors expected to be able to cut the first sod of
the railways at the latter end of October, and the Right
Honourable Charles Wood, .M.P., had been requested
to perform the ceremony, The whole of the shares of
the company would be conveyed to the Manchester and
Leeds Company on the 18th of November, and Manches-
ter and Leeds scrip would be issued for the same. It
would be necessary to adjourn the present meeting, to
affix the seal of the company on the register of proprie-
tors ; and it was proposed to adjourn the meeting to the
17th of November next. The meeting would also have
to appoint auditors, and the directors recommended
Me,srs. Rawdon, Briggs, and William Walker to the
office.

The CHAIRMAN next briefly addressed the meeting
offering his sincere congratulations on the result of their,
labours. They had had a very arduous battle to fight,
and the district had been anxiously expecting the forma-
tion of those lines of railway. He believed that the
lines which had been adopted by the engineer to the
West Riding Union had given general satisfaction to
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been compiled with great labour and care. After paying
a compliment to Mr. Hawkshaw, the Chairman stated
that in a short time this company would be amalgamated
with the Manchester and Leeds Company, this company
having the advantage of receiving dividends upon any
of the lines as soon as they were completed, and he bad
no doubt but that the result would be increased returns
to both companies. It was intended to proceed with the
works with all possible dispatch. Some of the tunnels
would be immediately commenced, as they would be a
work of considerable time, and the lines leading to them
would be commenced afterwards. The object of the
directors, however, was to start every main line, in order
that the 33,000 inhabitants of the district might receive
the benefit of railway accommodation at the earliest pos:
sible period.—(Applause.) He should be happy to
answer any question that might be put to him.
A SHAREHOLDER asked the Chairman whether one
remark which he had made was not at variance with the
Manchester and Leeds policy. It appeared that they
were going to have the branches of the West Riding
Union scheme commenced all at once. When they took
into consideration the amount of capital that would have

THE SCHOOLMASTER WANTED.—Six marriages
were solemnised at our parish, church on Sunday last
and, out of the twelve newly-married persons, only one
could write his name. Of the twelve witnesses to the
ceremony not one could write. Thus, of twenty-foul
whose signatures should be in the register, twenty-three
had to affix marks,--Preston Chronicle.

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to be called, he thought that they would be doing in
three years that which ought to occupy them a quarter
of a century. He thought very highly of the lines, and
that they would pay a remunerating profit to the Man-
chester and Leeds Railway.
The CIIAIR3TANT said it was not the wish of the direc-
tors to press heavily on any shareholder. They would
not make any call before the end of February or the
beginning of March, and he believed that the amount of
that call would not be more than 21. per share, and he
believed further, that not mere than 2/. per share more
would be required throughout the next year. The branch
from Huddersfield to Bradford would be a profitable one,
and between Halifax to Bradford there would be consi-
derable traffie.---_(Applause.)
Metsrs. Briggs and Walker were appointed auditors.

EXETER LINES.
The railroad question still maintains an unabated in-
terest in this good city. The county, both east and west,
has been seized on by the surveyors, and rumour is
active in preparing the public mind for an extraordinary
development of projects both broad and narrow, to
occupy the attention of the forthcoming session of Par-
liament. The Great Western Company are suddenly
enamoured of a short line, and claim a right to put the
best gauge upon the shortest route. The South-Western
Company are prepared to meet them with a comprehen-
sive narrow gauge project, which shall study the require-
ments of the whole western district of country. The
several companies which appeared in connexion with the
South-Western last year, are now to be merged into a
South-Western Extension Company, which will be iden-
tified with the South-Western itself, and the stock of
the old companies is probably to be exchanged for the
South-Western Extension stock. Negotiations to effect
this arrangement are, we understand, now pending.
The Great Western have been taught a severe lesson.
They have learnt that a cathedral city is not to be so
easily extinguished as some of their flatterers imagined,
andthata community of some 40,000 souls possesses a
means of operating on public opinion (especially when it
has justice and common sense on its side) with a degree
of effectiveness and power which even a great company
cannot afford to despise. It is unnecessary now to ask
if a line of railway preferring the northern coast as much
as it well can on its road to Exeter, and thence crossing
to the south coast, and hugging that from Exeter to
Plymouth, and thence to Falmouth, can be received as
the sole trunk line of the west ? Common sense answers
that it cannot. The Great Western Company have a
right to indulge in a great roundabout propensity. They
have a right to neutralise the merits of their gauge by
the circuitousness of their route—they have a right to
clap ten miles of way upon the natural distance between
Exeter and Plymouth (considering perhaps that now our
good bishop talks of beginning to think about coming
back to his palace a few years hence, the further these
two towns can be placed apart the better)—the great
company have a right to outrage common sense, and to
set at nought public feeling, and to scorn local advice,
and turn a deaf ear to local appeals—but having neg-
lected to take the straight path, and to construct the
trunk line of the West of England, they have no right
to stand as obstructives in the way of persons ready and
willing to do the work which it is their fault that it now
remains to be done.

The trunk line must ani will be made. The Great
Western people have decided that it is to be a narrow
gauge line, for they have steadfastly refused to make a
broad gauge trunk line. Circumstances render a narrow
gauge the best line, because the Legislature has deter-
mined to limit the extension of the broad gauge, and a
narrow gauge line restoring to Exeter, in the first place,
her old direct line of route to London, and the revival of
her connexions with the several towns thereon—and in
the second place connecting the great arsenals of the
empire together, and placing the western port of Fal-
mouth in junction with London, Manchester, and the
great marts of commerce, by an uninterrupted and un-
broken line of communication—all this, we say, will show
the citizens of Exeter, and the community at large, the
importance of supporting the direct line.

'With respect Co. the speed of the two gauges, let it be
remembered that we are in the infancy of the atmos-
pheric system of traction, and that it is calculated that a
speed of 75 miles an hour may be obtained upon it ;
this rate of speed is frequently attained on the
Croydon line, although the machinery was made with
the imperfection necessarily attendant on inexperi-
ence. if the atmospheric succeed, the great
charm of the broad gauge is lost, and the expen-
siveness of its construction will alone remain. The
triumph of the atmospheric will be a tower of strength
to the narrows, and that triumph the broad gaugers are
doing their best to consummate. We are assured, on all
sides, that the atmospheric principle is daily surmount-
ing the difficulties which novelty and inexperience en-
tailed upon it, and that when the South Devon line is
opened with it, the locomotives will be banished.
We should entrust the South-Western wit; stabsolute
power as reluctantly as we should the Great Western.
But it is due to the South-Western to say, that they
have never outraged public opinion so offensively as the
Great Western have ; nor have they disregarded local
feeling so much ; whilst they have studied the feelings
and comforts of the poor third-class passenger to a very
eminent degree. We do not want to prefer one com-
pany to the other, we want to prefer both to either—
give us the old direct road—and above all, give us com-
petition. - _ _

- The success of the atmospheric will equalise the 'peed
of both the gauges.— 14'eston Times.

HOP INTELLIGENCE.

BECKLEY, SEPT. ] 2.—The hops are a little better than
last week; they average about 65 bushels to the cwt.
Duty estimated at 200,0001.

BURWASH, SEPT. 12.—Hopping goes on vigorously;
some planters, whose grounds have been cleared pretty
fast, will finish in a few days. Many plantations are be-
ginning now to indicate the necessity of proceeding with
the
.picking as fast as possible; a high temperature is pro-
ducing a rapid change in them. The weight of the hops
has improved a little during the past week. Opinions
here are against the present high estimate of duty. Ex-
perienced planters will keep their produce at present out
of the market, in the belief that better prices than those
now prevailing will be realised.

E;STROATI3LY, SEPT. 12.—The hop-picking here-
abouts is proceeding rapidly. Never was weather more
favourable for the pickers; in many instances their la-
bours have been brought to a close, and the poles stripped
and stacked, which gives to the gardens a very winterly
appearance. Many have still a fortnight's picking, but
we fear by that time the quality of the hop will be much
deteriorated. The weight in general about here will
come far short of what was at one time expected, but
the number of bushels grown doubtless far exceeds that
of many years past, in some instances supassing the num-
ber of hills on which they were grown.
GOODHURST, SEPT. 12.—We are progressing very
nicely with our hop-picking, getting more bushels than
we expected, but not any more in weight; some pieces
Are going off very much in colour, in consequence of the
severe drought; there will be but very few more good
coloured samples. The duty is considered too high at
200,0001.

G UESTLING, SEPT. 12.—The hops in this and the
neighbouring parishes are very large and plentiful. At
many places pickers are obliged to leave off before night,
in consequence of getting more hops than the oast can
take. Samples are very good, but require 70 to 75
bushels per cwt.
HousmoNDEN, SEPT. 13.—We have a general com-
plaint that the hops do not weigh well, though the
number of bushels anticipated is in most cases realised.
There are some splendid samples produced in this parish,
but at present prices we trust our planters will not be so
insane as to part with their hops, as from the great
deficiency in their weight we think the duty very much
overset.

HURSTCUEEN, SEPT. 13.—The hop-picking is draw-
ing to a dose in this parish, Salehurst, and adjoining
parish, Etchingham ; many of the farmers will finish this
week. The hops still continue very light-70 or 80
bushels to the cwt.; and the general opinion is that the
duty is estimated too high in London ; the set here is
about 185,000/.

IDEN, SEPT.I2.—The hops are a little improved since
my last report, as it does not require so many bushels to
the cwt. as they hitherto have done.
MAYFIELD, SEPT. 13.—The picking goes on rapidly.
The weather still favourable for the planter. Never
was there a finer season. Should the fine weather pre.
vail another week or ten days, it will be brought to a
close. In some instances the red rust has got hold of
the hop, but not sufficient to injure the samples; and
they weigh considerably better than at the commence.
went of the hop picking. Do not consider the duty
over set.

NORTHIAM, SEPT. 12.—The hops weigh a trifle bet-
ter than they did at the commencement of the hop pick-
ing, but they are still light; we hear of none coming
under seventy bushels to the cwt. The picking will
pretty generally close this week. In many grounds the
hops are going off very fast.
WADHURST, SEPT. 13.—Hop-picking still goes on
most favourably, owing to the fineness of the weather,
but the hops do not weigh much better than last week.
One gentleman's hops run about 65, whilst others re-
quire 75 bushels to make a cwt. We have plenty of
pickers, and the consequence is they do not work long
days, as was the case last year, which makes them
rather dissatisfied, many of them coming from a great
distance. Duty set at 195,0001., and many eminent
planters think that too high, as some of the hops were
picked before the condition had arrived at its maturity.
The mould makes sad havoc in some few instances.—
Sussex Advertiser.

The young Prince de Montfort, second son of
Jerome Buonaparte, and nephew of the King of
Wurtemburg, arrived in London on Saturday last. He
proceeded immediately to Bath, where he intends to
visit his cousin, Prince Napoleon Louis. It is known
that, by the death of Louis Buonaparte, ex-King of
Holland, the chief representative of the Imperial family,
is now the ex-prisoner of Ham, Prince Napoleon Louis.
There is now exhibiting at ' Valencia, says the
Espanol of Madrid of the sth, a child 14 months old, half
of whose body is black and half white, covered with ex-
traordinary marks. Its legs are deformed—r-one of its
arms is nearly in the natural state, but the other is like
that of a monkey.
Mohun Lal and suite has arrived in Paris, en route
for Marseilles.