The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-24 00:00:00

THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.

LEEDS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
The 28th annual meeting of the British Associa-
tion for the Advancement of Science has fairly
commenced. There has been a large influx of dis-
tinguished persons, and more are expected. Up to
yesterday evening 1,259 tickets were taken, and the
list of life members includes the following distin-
guished personages and members of local families :
—Gen. Sabine, R.A., D.C.L., Westminster; Brown,
John, F.G.S., Stanway ; Blanshard, W., Leeds ;
Foster, Rev. J., Loughborough ; Bickerdike, Rev.
J., Leeds ; Sopwith, T. London ; Taylor, Jas., Cul-
verlands •, Dr. Hamel, St. Petersburgh ; Ford,
H. R., Morecambe-lodge ; Shaw, E. W., Leeds;
Walker, F. J., Little Matford ; Atkinson, John,
Leeds; Tempest, Col., Tunghai' ; Leather, J. Tow-
lerton, Leventhorpe-hall ; Fairbairn, Sir P., Leeds ;
Monteagle, Lord ; Mount, Trenchard ; Hindmarsh,
F., London ; Meynell, T. Y., Killingbeck-hall ;
Murchison, Sir Roderick, London ; Rennie, Geo.,
F.R.S., London ; Herschel', Sir John F. W.,
F.RS., Collingwood ; Morley, George, Leeds ;
Wrottesley, the Right Hon. Lord, Wrottesley-hall ;
Mr. Andrew R., F.R.S., Isleworth ; Jardine, Sir
W., F.R.S.E., Jardine-hall ; Earnshaw, the Rev.
S., M.A., Sheffield ; Heywood, J., F.R.S., London ;
Edens, J., Liverpool ; Knipe, J. A., Caldwell ;
Mackenzie, the Rev. K., BOTTOWStONVIIOSS ; Bayley,
G., London ; Lloyd, Rev. H., D.D., F.R.S., Dublin ;
Grace, Admiral, London ; Hopkins, Mr., W. M.A.,
F.R.S., Cambridge; Webster, T., F.R.S., West-
minster; Hunter, it., F.R.S., Highgate ; Kenrick,
Rev. J., M.A., York; Richardson, Sir John, C.B„
M.D., F.R.S., Lancrigg; Hare, Dr., London •, Hen-
nessy, Professor, F.R.S., M.R.1.A., Dublin; Gassiot,
J.P F.R.S., London ; Neisen, F. G. P., London ;
Rankine,' W. J. M., LL.D., F.R.S., Glasgow;
Warrington, Robert, London ; Booth, Rev. Dr.,
F.R.S. •, Airey, G. 8., Royal Observatory, Green-
wich ; Dennis, J. C., F.R.A.S., London ; Fletcher,
Isaac, F.R.S. F.R.A.S., Worthington ; Ward, N.
8., F.R.S., London ; Cairns, J. C., Trinity Col-
lege, Dublin ; Higgins, Rev. H., M.A., Liverpool ;
Lister, Dr. J. F.G.S., Halifax ; Lister, Rev. W.,
Bushbury • Dean, H., Clapham ; Worthy, G. S.,
Bristol; Barlow, Rev. J., M.A., Secretary Royal
Institution, London ; Walton, Rev. J., M.A., Nor-
folk ; Wright, Dr. E. P., Trinity College, Dublin ;
Oldham, J. E. E., Hull ; Stoney, B. 8., M.R.1.A.,
Dublin ; Brewster, Sir D., D.C.L., St Andrew's ;
Weddall, T. Scarborough ; Pare, W., Dublin ;
Gages, A., Dublin ; Moore, A., Dublin; Brooke, E.
Stockport ; Brooke, P. W., Stockport ; Childers, J.
W., Cantley • Cull, R., F.S.A., London ; Gerard,
H., Liverpool ; Yeates, J., F.R.G.S., Peckham;
Greenwood, W., TodNtoiden ; Clarke, J., F.L.S.,
Saffron Walden ; Sorby, H. C., F.R.S., Sheffield ;
Shaw, N., M.D., secretary Royal Geographical So-
ciety, London ; Stevelly, Prof., Queen's College,
Belfast; Stewart, 8., Edinburgh Thorp, Dr. D.,
Cheltenham ; Cole, R., London; Greene, It., M.D.,
Paris • INl.Tyre, W., mil, Maybole, Ayrshire; Dove,
H., Glasgow ; Hincks, Rev. Leeds ; Tartt,W. M.,
F.R.S., Cheltenham ; Brown, John, London ; Ey-
ton, T. C., Evton, Salop ; Ramsay, Professor, Lon-
don ; Pengeliey, W., Torquay ; Henessy, J. P.,
London ; Cranford, John, London ; Huggon, W.,
Leeds; Hawkes, W., Birmingham; Strang, John,
LL.D., Glasgow •, Harkness, Professor, F.R.S.,
Cork ; Murray, W. G. S., Glasgow ; Wright, Thos.,
F.S.A., London; Watts, J. King, F.R.G.S., St.
've's.
FIRST GENERAL MEETING.
THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS.

Yesterday evening there was a very numerous
assembly of ladies and gentlemen in the spacious
and handsome hall of the Town-hall, when the Rev.
Humphrey Lloyd, D.D., resigned the presidential
chair to Professor Owen. We understand that the
attendance was larger than at the meetings at
Liverpool and Leamington, or indeed at any inau-
gural meeting of the association. The Rev. Dr.
Lloyd took the chair at half-past 8 o'clock, and im-
mediately around him and in other parts of the
room were most of the persons whose names are
given in the above list.
Before Professor Owen commenced his address,

The Rev. Dr. LLOYD, the retiring president,
briefly addressed the assembly. He said that the
task he had to perform was a very simple one—
namely, to resign the high trust which had been
conferred upon ntn by the members of the British
AS3oCatioll, and to give place to a successor whom
he felt to be in every way more qualified to dis-
charge its duties. In looking back upon the labours
of the association for the past year, it was gratify-
ing to him to know that the interest and the im-
portance of its proceedings had not lessened in any
way since the time of its first formation ; small as
was the share which the annual officer could have
in such a result, it would be a source of deep pain
to feel that the efficiency of the associative