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Naval anti Military Intelligence.

Her Majesty was to have reviewed the British German
Legion at the camp at Browncrown, Gosport, last evening,
and also the Ist (King's) Dragoon Guards:. Every prepa-
ration was made beforehand by Major-General Breton, the
Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth, Commander-in-Chief
of the south-west district ; but the weather was so wet
and unfavourable the whole day that her llajesty pcstponed
the ceremony, and the Ist Dragoon Guards will proceed
to Aldershot to-day.
The depot of the 3d battalion of the Rifle Brigade, con-
sisting of 340 rank and file, joined the giirrison at Win-
chester on Wednesday last from Portsmouth.
On Wednesday a public dinner was given, at Coventry to
the Scots Greys, or 2d Dragoons, which came into the
town on their way to Ireland. The officers and men of the
10th Hussars, quartered in the town, and the pensioners
of the district, were invited. After the accustomed loyal
toasts, the chairman (Mr. W. Lynes, mayor of Coventry)
proposed the healths of those brave mon on whose behalf
the company had that day assembled—" Colonel Griffiths
and the Royal Scots Greys." Col. Griffith; in returning
thanks, assured the company, on behalf of every officer,
non-commissioned officer, and man in the regiment, that
the reception they had met with in the city of Coventry
would be fir ever remembered, for never had they received
so cordial a welcome as was shown by the immense gather-
ing of people. Of the deeds performed by the Greys at
Balaklara the company around him were sufficiently aware,
and their kindness and hospitality showed him that those
deeds were duly appreciated ; that they valued the men
who did their duty under whatever circumstances they
were called upon to act. He hoped he might be pardoned
if he said he was proud of the command with which her

Majesty had been pleased to entrust him, and of the hon

ours borne on his breast, which the men of the regiment
under his command had won for him. Several other
toasts, appropriate to the occasion, were given and duly
honoured, The company at dinner numbered about 450,
of whom 300 were privates, 30 officers, and 120 civilians.
Her Majesty's ship Majestic, 81, Captain James Hope,
C. 8., left Spithead yesterday for the Mediterranean.
The steam yacht Black Eagle, Master. Commander Pet-
ley, left Portsmouth yesterday for the westward.
The Salamander. 6, steam sloop, :Commander Mecham,
left Pcirtsmouth yesterday afternoon for the westward.
The W. S. Lindsay left Portsmouth on Thursday night
for the eastward.

His Imperial French Majesty's corvettes Le Panne, Com-
modore Barbet ; Lo Chassear, Captain Mallet ; and the
steam despatch boat Goaland, Captain Borgnis Desbordes,

arrived at Spithead yesterday morning, from Cherbourg;
the latter towed the two former. There are on board the
corvettes about 100 midshipmen from the Imperial French
Naval School, who have been sent to Portsmouth to in-
spect the naval establishments.

Yesiterday the A field battery of 6 guns and 11 carriages,
with G ()Seers, 1134 men, and 122 horses, embarked al
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Liverpool for Dablin, to be followed, on Tuesday, by the
G field. battery, of equ.al strength.

The fitting of the screw of the Turkish frigate Gaywan
Bahri is being proceeded with by Mr. Laird at the Sandon
Graving-dock, Liverpool, under the direction of Mustapha
Bay, on behalf of the Sultan, and Capt. Bevis, R.N., and
the Admiralty authorities at Liverpool. Another new
Turkish frigate is expected to arrive in the Mersey in a
few d ays, for the purpose of having similar fittings ap-
plied.

The steam-transport Clyde, No. 145, Captain Anderson,
arrived at Woolwich on Thursday night from the East,
with two officers of the 72d Highlanders and the Royal
Horse Artillery, and 539 men of the Land Transport
Corps, a complete field battery, and sundry addressed
packages.

APPOINTMENTS.
Lieut. Douglas Herbert, to the Amethyst ; A. J. Er-
rington and A. E. Dupuis, midshipmen to the Alacrity;
S. A. B. Capel, naval cadet to the Highflyer ; G. Everest,
surgeon to the Highflyer ; Isaac B. Moorman, assistant-
paymaster to the Waterloo; James B. Rawlings, assistant-
paymaster to the Brunswick ; John Adams, assistant-pay-
master to the Amethyst ; James Ray, assistant-paymaster
to the Princess Royal ; W. H. S. Batt, clerk to the Con-
queror; H. M. D. Wilson, clerk to the Brunsivick.

BRITISH ASSUCLITIO.V FOR Tu E AD.
VANCE MB ti 71 OF SCI EN CFI.

CIIELTENIIAM, AUG. S.
Last night there was a conversazione and musical pro.
menade at the Piaci!le Spa, a beautiful spot, with
ex-
tensive gardens, walks, water, treen &c. There was a
very large muster of ladies :nil gectlemen until late in
the evening.. At duck the e:ectric light was exhibited at
the'top of tie) Pump-romn, end for tee rest of the even-
ing illuminated not only the gardena hut the town of
Cheltenham. There acre to have been-some fireworks
OR the water, but their non-arrival train Landon caused
some disappointment. -
the sectional. To-day .....
sectional.meetings were resumed at the
College. The followin
papers were road in the different'
sections. Those on the se itj et of strychnine created a
good deal of interest
SECTION A.—Mathei»atical and Physical Science—A.
Cayley—Provisional Reporter, the progress of Theoretical
Dynaurcs. F., A. Osler—Supplerneptal R.-port on Atmo-
spheric Currents. D.-.
,Lochs—On theEallpse of the Sea
mentioned in the first 8 ntl: et' Herodows. Dr. Buoth
On, the Geometrical Type ~f Lognithms, and the Tri-
eoreintetry of the Parabola. Rev. Professor P;)well—
.
On Frceueee Thif rtnm. Dr. Greene---Oa a Working
Model of a Machine for Potisi.ieg S ecu!a and Lenses;
the Construction and Use of a N.. 34, P.tlisher. A.
Claudet, F.R.S.—On various Pnenotnena of Refraction
through Semi-Lenses, nroducin4 Anomalies in the
Stereoscopic Imoge. E. V.vian-01 Photographs, il-
lustrating" a New Process of introducing Conds and
Artistic Effects.
SEorfoY B.—Chemical Science—Professor Voelcker
—On the Composition of A meriean Pnospbate of, Lime.
Professor Voelcker—On BieiC Phosphates of Lime. Dr.
Gladstone, F.R.S.—Oa Mehromatic Phenomeca exhi-
hired by Coloured Matters in Solution. Dr. Anderson--
On the Constitution of Perefrine from different sources.
B. C. Brodie, F.R.S.—On a new C imbination of Car-
bon, Oxygen, and Hydroget', forma d by the Oxidation
of Graphite; and on than appearance of Carbon under
the Microscope. ' Dr. Stephenson Macadam—On the
Detection of Strychnine (liltistrated with Experiineets).
T. Horsley—On several New Methods of detecting
Strychnia and Brucia. A new Method of Extracting
the Alkaloids from Nux Vothica, f.r Toxicological and
Manufacturing Purposes. atperiineetti on Animals with
Strychnia, and probable reasons for the non-detection of
Strychnia in certain cases. A new Method of Institut.
jog post mortern Researches fer Strychnia. .
SECTION C.—Geology—Rev. W. S. Symonds, F.G.S.
—On some Phenomena in the Malvern District. Pro-
fessor James Buckman, F.G.S., F.L.S.—On the Oolit•
Rocks of the Cotteswold Hills. Professor Owen, F.R.S.
—On a New Species of Anoptotherioid Mammal (Dicho-
bune Ovinum Cue.) from the Upper Eocene of Herd-
well, Hantn with remarks on the genera Dichobune,
Xiphodon, and Mini-ether-luta. Pr..feseor Owen—On
the Scelidotheriurn leptocephalum, a Megatherwid
quadruped from La Plata. Edward Hull, F.G.S._..
On the Geology of the Cotteswold Hills. T. Wright,
M.D., F.R.S.E.—On the Occurrence of Upper Liam
Ammonites in the' (so called) Basement Bed of the In-
ferior Oolite. Charles Moore, F.G.S.—On the Middle
and Upper List of the West of England. Rev. P. B.
Brodie,, M.A., F.G.S.—On some new species of Lias
Corals. Rev. P. B. Brodie, M.A., F.G.S.—On a new
species of Pollicipes in the inferior aiiite. John E. Lee,
F.G.S.—On some fossil fishes from the strata of the
Moselle. John E. Lee, F.G.S.— al an Elephant's
grinder from the Cerinthium Limestone.
SEsiTioN D.—Zoology and Botany, including Physio-
logy.—Rev. L. Jenyns—On the Variation of Species.
Professor Henslow—On Triticoidai forms of Al.:Hops.
Professor Henslow—On the Specific Identity of Cen-
taurea nigrescens and nigra. Albany Hancock—Re.
marks on the Anatomy of Brachippeda. Professor
G-oodsir, M.D.--On the Morphological Relations of the
Nervous System in the Annulose and Vertebrate Types
of Organisation. Dr. Vogel—Description of the Ain!),
a kind of whale fouftd in the River Benne (Central
Africa), in Sept., 1853. Joshua Alder---On some new
British Zoophytes. Dr. Williams —On the Minute
Structure of the Brachia; of the Echinidaa, and in the
Cephalopodous Mollusca. Dr. Williams—On the Fluid
System of the Netnatoid Eutozoa. A ndrew Murray--
On a new species of Echeneis. T. C. Archer—Netice
of the Progress sfißeport of Natural Products imported
into Liverpool.
SECTION E.—Geography and Ethnology.—Duncan
M 'Pherson, M.A., F.R.G.S.—Researches in the Crimean
Bosphorus, and ou the site of the ancient Greek city of
Pantecapssum (Kertch). , F. D. Hartland, F.S.A.,
F.R.G.S —Vesuvius and its Eruptions ; illustrated by
a splendid collection of drawings, by W. Bayliss. Capt.
Charles Sturt, F.R.G.S., &c.—On Recent Discoveries
in Australia. Captain Sprott, C.B.—The Route between
Kastenjeh and the Danube. James Anderson—Report
relating to the Search for Sir John Franklin. Arch.
deacon of Cardigan—On the Site of Echatana.
SEcTroN F.—Economic Science and Statistics.—Vin-
cent Scully, M.P.—On the population of Ireland, from
1603 to 1856, with notes suggestive of the causes for the
periodical increase or decrease. John Strang, LL.D.—
On the money rate of wages of labour in Glasgow and
the ;west of Scotland. William Newmarch—On the
Credit Mobilier and other recent credit institutions in
France. John T. Danson—On the Wirral Peninsula :
its condition and prospects in connection with Liverpool
and the -Manchester. district. W. Neilson Hancock,
LL.D.—The definition of income in economic science
compared with the existing taxes on income. W. M.
Tartt, M.S.A.—On some statistics bearing upon the
relations existing between poverty and crime.
SECTION G.—Mechanical Science.---A. Henderson,
A.I.S.A.A.C.E.—A report on the measurements of ships
for tonnage. H. Hennessey—On the inundation of
rivers. G. Rennie, F.R.S.—On the friction and resist-
ance of screw propellers when driven at high rates of
velocity, and when immersed at different depths below
the surface of the water.
The series of four lectures delivered by Mr. Horsley
in section B, on the detection of strychnine, were pecu-
liarly interesting on account of their bearing upon late
trials.

This,evening, at half•past eight o'clock, Colonel Sir
H. Rawlinson, F.R.S., delivers a discourse in the oollege
on " Recent discoveries in Assyria and Babylonia, with
the results of cuneiform research up to the present
time."

To-morrow th( re is an excursion up the famous Stroud
Valley to Brimscombe, and thence to Cirencester Col-
lege, and to inspect the Roman 'mains recently disco-
vered in that town.
The attendance of ladies as well as gentlemen was
very large in all the sections of to-day.