The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-06 00:00:00

EPIDEMIOLOGIC4L SOCIETY.

A monthiy meeting of the members of this society,
instituted last year fur the purp .se of investigating the
cawes and conditions which influence the origin, propa-
gation, prevention, and treatment of epidemic diseases,
was held at the house of the Royal Medieal and Chi-
rurgical Society, 53, Berners• sin ; Dr. B. Guy Babing•
ton in the chair. The proceedings of the previous meet-
ing having been read and approved, Mr. fucker, one of
the honorary secretaries to the society, proceeded to
read a paper by Mr. Grove upon epidemical diseases.
Mr. Grove argued that the poisons inducing epidemic,
endemic, and infectious diseases must be s nuked among
the things endowed with life. The faculty of reproduction
was a distirctive charscteristicof ardmation as contrasted
wii h mechanism or inanimate matter. It was during tte
reproductive period of existence, he said, that the most
energetic operations of the vital force were manifested,
and it was during the reproduction of the poison germs
within the body that the force of diseased action celled
for special attention. Whether they ex emitted an epidemic
or infectious disease of plants, of animals, or of man,
it would be found that the essence of the affection was a
something which had the power of reproducing its ape-
. cies. Taking this faculty of reproduction as indicative
of the existence cf a germ, he classed the agents of.' dis-
ease among living things, and regarded reproduction as
the primary law. To account fir epidemics and infec-
tion upon the chemical basi4 he held to be impossible,
seeing that in no purely chemical process was there any
multiplication of the ap,enia, and that, as far as the phy-
sical forces were concerned, one al ways increased at the
expense of the other, as the heat increased by the che-
mical &lenge taking piece in combustible bodies. The
lecture concluded, amonversation arose upon the subject,
in which Dr. Silvester, Dr. Snow, Mr. Charles Cocbratie,
Dr. M 414/ illiain, and Mr. Tucker took part. A vote of
thanks was then accorded to Mr. Grove for his able paper.
In Culiskquence of the lateness of the season, the society
adjourned till the month of November, when, it was an-
nounced, Dr. R. Gordon Latham will react a paper upon
epidemical diseases in Iceland. The committees of the
society will continua their operations during the recess.

SEABORNE MAILS.
[N signifies that the mails are sent front the General Post-OSX
by the night—and It by the morning—dispatch.]

When made up in From wodt
PLACES. GeneralPost-oce port dis- W 11.4 "
I Post-office
London: patched. sake*
•••••••••••••••1
America (by Brit. pkt.)N Ang. 8 .. Liverpool .• Aug. 11
America (by U.S. pkt.) N Aug. 19 .. .. Liverpool • Aug. 12
tmorica (by US. pkt.) SI Aug. 13 .. Southampt. Aug. 7
Attica (West coast).. N 14th of the month Plymouth Aug. 3
Alexandria* N 19th & 30th Of mo. Dover .. Aug. IS
lielvura N Daily .. .. . ;rover .. Daily
M 9th of the month Southampt. Aug, 12
Buenos Ayres • • .. M 9th of the month Southampt. Aug. i
Calitornia(viaChagres) Mad & 17th ot month Southern pt. A ug. 5
Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth.. Aug.
Constantinople* .. N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Aug. 10
Central America At ad & 17th of mon. Southampt. Aug. 5
Channel leles .N Mon., Wed., & Fri. Southampt. To. Th. 6 a
Chili 31;17th of the mouth Southampt. Aug 5
France .. &N' Twice daily Dover • • 2.'w load all;
Greece* .. N th 17th 27th ef mo Dover .. Aug. 10
Hamburgh N'Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat.
Holland .. Wednes. & Satur. London .. Mes.Tarr
Honduras .. .. • . N 17th of the mouth Southampt. Aug.
Ireland M & Ni Twice daily .. Holyhead .. Tw.tzie- ally
India (via Southamp.) 31'29th-of the month Southampt. Aug. 23
India (via Marseilles) N 7th& 24th e f month Dover • • Any. 16
Mediterranean (via
Southampton) 31 20th of the month Southampt. Aug. 23
Mediterranean (via
Marseilles) N 7th& 24th of month Dover • . Aug. lb
Mexico .
.....At 2d of the month.. Southampt. Aug. 5
Madeira M 9th of tke month Southampt. Aug. 12
'Malta*
7:,lo7tthh :19th,27th
} Dover Aug. 10
3 of month
Naples* .14 6th 15th 25th °lino Dover . Ang. 12
Papal States* .. 61.11 15th 25th of mo!Dover .. Aug 12
Peninsular.. 7th 17th 27th of mo'Southampt. Aug. 15
Pere „ 17th of the month 3outhamot. Aug.
Tuscany* sth 15th 25 th of mo Dover .. Aug. 12
West Indies 17th of the mouth Southampt. Aug. 20
West Indies (except
Havana & Nassau) M Id of the month .. Southatept. Aug.

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French packet ir!A Mame
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are now despaiched and di

2d of the month • •
ountries thus marl
Wes.

!Southatept. 'Aug. 5
ted (*) are convoyed by

and from Californii
lue by every Amerii

La, via the United states
lean packet.

BLACK WALL REGATTA.

The annual regatta, " to commemorate the day on
which the first meeting was held at Blackwell for the
establishment of that valuable institution, the Free
Water:n.4.'o and Lightermen's Asylum," came ;off on
Monday at Blackwell, for a new boat and other priz_s
eubicribed by the residents of the vicinity. The race
was in live heats, with six sculler, well contested, and
moat numerously attended.