The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-03 00:00:00

THE ALOVE HEADS.

Total. Weekly Average
Consumption l3B of Five Years.
147
Scarlatina B5 34
Pneumonia . ..... . 59 79
Dropsy .. ... .. .. ............
Hooping Cough .. . ..
Typhus
Small Pox 37 15
Disease of the Heart
Measles ... l5 28
Apoplexy
Diseases of the Brain ......
9
Diarrhoea.. - .. 23
12
Sudden Deaths
_.......____ .. 15

DISTRICTS.

West
North
Central
East . 228 207
South 212 242

Total .................932 346

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BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE

ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.
(From Punch.)
This Association having met at York, science is, of
course, being advanced in that favoured city, and such is
the determination of some of the more active members to
keep science on the move, that they have resolved on
pushing it to the very last extremities.
Science has taken a very considerable round in the
hands of this very able body, and we should not be as-
tonished to hear of its eventually going to Jericho.
What will become of the British, &0., for the advance-
ment, &c., it is not our business to inquire. What the
British, &c., &c., &c., &c., is actually about at the pre-
sent moment, is the point to which we shall confine our-
selves. The Committee having met, Colonel Sabine—
no relation, we believe, to the historical Sabines—came
forward to read the report in his character of General-
Secretary. It is worth while to observe that the Asso-
ciation for the Advancement of Science has advanced the
secretary, by making a colonel into a general—for
General-Secretary is the title which the Colonel goes by
in his connexion with the Brit. Ass., as the sapient body
occasionally calls itself.

Colonel-General-Secretary SABINE, having cleared his
throat, and sent for his spectacles from the President of
the Optical Section, who had borrowed them in order to
try some experiments in reading books—Colonel-General-
Secretary Sabine hating, in a style worthy of the Archi-
tectural Section, placed his glasses on the bridge of his
nose, began to read the report, of which the following is
a summary:—

" Your Committee have great pleasure in stating that
they have tried an experiment with a captive balloon—"
Here the Secretary was interrupted by a new member
inquiring what was meant by a captive balloon. Was
it a balloon that had caught on the railings of a house,
as Mr. Hampton's generally did ? or was it a balloon
seized and become captive on account of the damage
done by its descent, which happened occasionally to Mrs.
Graham and other intrepid aeronauts ?
Colonel SABINE having paused for some time, and
having looked out the words " captive" and " balloon"
in Johnson's Dictionary, replied that he could not answer
the question. He would, however, refer it to the Lexi-
cographical Section, if the Hon. Members desired it.
The report was then proceeded with.
" Your committee having had some maps, have drawn
some lines showing some good spots for some canals,
some Artesian wells, and some other advantages."
The new member inquired whether the lines did not
disfigure the maps ?

COIOIIOI SABIICTE--itatller.
NEW MENDER—Then Cui b0)/0 ?

The PRESUSENT here interfered.—" If," said he with
much warmth, " the association is to have the cui bone
test applied to its proceedings—if we are to be asked
what is the good of this or that, we may as well dissolve
the body."—(Much cheering.)
Colonel SABINE then proceeded—" Your Committee
have sent out Professor Forbes with a dredging tea-
chine."
NEW MEMBER—A what ?
Colonel SABINE (continuing)—" A dredging machine
for the purpose of dredging the lEgean Sea."
NEW MEMBER—Oh ! that's too rich—ha, ha, ha
The PRESIDENT—The Hon. Member is right. It was
the richness of the .2Ecan Sea that induced this Associ-
ation to dredge it. G'o on, Mr. Secretary ; what does
the report say as to the result of the dredging ?
Colonel SABINE (reading)—", Your Committee feel
much cestacy in stating that Professor Forbes has dredged
up several buckets of mixed stuff, which have been laid
before the Analytic Section, and found to contain 150
species of animals, all new to science.
NEW MEMBER-150 animals ! Let's have their names.

The PRESIDENT (interfering)—We should be glad to
afford every information, but these interruptions are lm-
proper.
NEw MEMBER—WeII, let's have a few of the names
of the 150 animals all new to science.

The PRESIDENT—WeII—I don't know ! Suppose We
say the Cockleius Scollopccoculus, 'or " Cockle good for
scolloping." That's one ! I can't think of any more
just now. Pray go on with the report, Col. Sabine.
Colonel SABINE (winking at the President)--,, Your
Committee wished the Government to publish the result
of this dredging ; and Sir Robert Peel agreed to print
500 copies, if there were any means of getting rid of
them. 100 were at once carried away by a celebrated
professor."
NEW MEMBER—What became of the remainder ?
The PRESIDENT—That's an unfair question. I don't
know.

A CLERK—The cheesemonger—
Colonel SABINE and the PRESIDENT (very vehement!!
to the clerk)—Silence, Sir ; silence. You are steppig
far beyond your duty, Sir. hold your tongue, Sir.
Colonel SABINE (continuing'to read)—" Your Cora'
mittee have received 1,0001. from the Treasury for tl4
publication of Lalande's catalogue of the stars."
NEW MEMBER—What a rum catalogue! Lot one,
Mr. Macready, I suppose. Eh ?
Colonel SABINE (stuffing his pocket-handkerchief into
his mouth, and coughing)—Shall I go on with the report
or not ?

The PRESIDENT—Pray go on.
Colonel SAnINE (continuing)—" Your Committee,
finding they could do no good with the collections illus;
trative of the railway sections, have given them a"
away."

.I\EW MEMBER—AII
Colonel SABINE —Every one. They were of no 'l°e
to us.

NEW MEMBER—What did they cost ?
The PRESIDENT—That question must be referred t°
the mathematical section.

tion ?—(Loud cries of "bluntdeviclenieth is
l
NEW MEMBER—Yes,
„amthidestpawyhiniegh etebee"
new member sat down.)
Colonel SABINE-64 Your Committee beg to say, in
conclusion, they have got several invitations for nest
year, and amongst others Cambridge was anxious fur the
honour of taking them in—and doing for them 1"
The report having been read, a warm discussion took
place on a Daddy Longlegs, the point of dispute beih4
whether the Daddy should be referred to the zoologicel
section, or whether an ethnological sub-section shook'
be formed fur the purpose of placing the Longlegs in the
hands of a separate committee. It was ultimately agreed
to look upon the Daddy Longlegs as a subject for the
zoological section atpresent. The meetimg then broke up'