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

SECTION Co.—GEOLOGY.

J. G. Marshall—On the Geology of the Lake
District ; T. W. Embleton—On the Northern Divi-
sion of the Yorkshire Coal Field ; Rev. J. W. Nor-
wood—On the Comparative Geology of Hotham,
near Cave ; P. G. Bevan, M.E., F.G.S.—On the
Marine Shell Bed of the South Wales Coal Basin ;
Rev. E. Trollope—On the Geology of a part of Lin-
colnshire hitherto unexplained ; Rev. W. Thorpe—
On the Permian System in Yorkshire ; Rev. F. F.
Statham—On the Geology of the Scilly Islands ;
J. W. Dawson—On Vegetable Structure visible' n

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the Coal of Nova Scotia.
SECTION D.—ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY, INCLUDINU
PHYSIOLOGY.
Professor T. R. Kinahan, M.D.—Report (provi-
sional) on Dublin Bay Dredging and on the Dublin
Bay Crustacea ; J. Davy, M.D., F.R.S., Inspector-
General of Hospitals—Some Observations on the
Fishes of the Lake District •, N. B. Ward, F.R.S.
—On Suburban Gardens and on Aquaria ; Mr. J.
H. Davis, Thirsk—On the Plants of the Oolitic
Moorlands ; Dr. Carrington, Yeadon—On the Geo-
logical Distribution of Plants in some districts of
Yorkshire ; Rev. H. 11. Higgins—On the Death of
the Common Hive Bee, supposed to be occasioned
by a parasite fungus; T. C. Eyton, F.L.S.--On the
arrangements of Birds and Further Report on Oys-
ter Beds and on the Habits of Oysters.
SUB-SECTION D.—PHYSIOLOGY.

Dr. G. Harley—NOtes of Experiments on Diges-
tion ; T. Nunneley, F.R.C.S.—On the Structure of
the Choroid Coat of the Eye, and more particularly
on the character and arrangement of the pigmen-
tary matter.
SECTION E.—GEOGRAPIIY AND ETHNOLOGY.
The President, Mr. F. Murchison, opened the
section with a brief but interesting address, and
then communicated letters from Dr. Livingstone,
on the Zambesi ; Mr. J. Crawfurd—The effects of
Commixture, Locality, Climate, and Food, OR the
races of Man ; Dr. N. Shaw—On the Geography
of British North America, more particularly British
Columbia, Frazer River, &c. ; C. R. Markham—On
the Navigation of the Ucayali, an affluent of the
Amazon ; James S. Wilson—Notes of the Physical
Geography of North-Western Australia.
SECTION F.—ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND STATISTICS.
John Strang, LL.D.—Water Supply to Great
Towns, its extent, cost, uses, and abuses ; Thomas
Bazley—Trade and Commerce the auxiliaries of
Civilisation and Comfort ; Wm. Newmarch—On
the History of Prices of 1857 and 1858 ; F. G. P.
Nelson--An Examination of the Influence of Over-
crowding and Density of Population in producing
Phthisis and Diseases of the Respiratory Organs,
applied to some cwestions discussed in the recent
report on the Sanitary Condition of the Army ; W.
M. Tortt—On the subjects connected with Crimea
and Punishment.
• SECTION G.•--MECHANICAL SCIENCE.
Address of the President. J. Oldham—On the
Loss of Ships at Sea ; J. Glynn—On the Economy
of Water Power ; G. Rennie—On the Construction
of Floating and Fixed Batteries ; Admiral Moor-
som—On the Performance of Steamvessels ; J.
Maclean—On the Submersion of Telegraph Cables;
C. F. Whitworth—On the recent Improvements in
Railway Signals ; also Electra-Galvanic and.
Mechanical ; E. Jones—On a Plan for the Drainage
of the Metropolis.
As most of the sections were sitting when this
report was despatched any further notice of the
papers must be deferred till to-morrow.
To-night there is to be a grand eon versazione in
the Town-hall.
Among the papers announced to 1-,e read in sec-