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MEETING OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE 

 ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



The sixth Anniversary Meeting of the British Association took 

 place at Bristol on the 20th of August ; and if the numerous valu- 

 able scientific papers read before the respective sections are a just 

 criterion, this meeting may be considered the most important in its 

 results of any which has been held since the formation of this 

 society. On no former occasion has such a constellation of scientific 

 men assembled to elicit great truths, and to promulgate new and 

 momentous discoveries. The number of members enrolled was 

 818 from distant parts, and 568 inhabitants of Bristol ; total, 1386. 

 Amongst the most distinguished persons present were — The Duke 

 of Beaufort, Marquis of Northampton, Earl Bathurst, Lord King, 

 Lord Nugent, Lord Sandon, Lord Edward Somerset, Lord Cole, 

 Lord Browne Mill, The Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, Marquis 

 de Spineto, Baron Dupin, The Rt. Hon. Spring Rice, Chancellor of 

 the Exchequer, Rt. Hon. Henry Hobhouse, Hon. C. A. Harris, Capt. 

 Sir John Ross, Sir Chas. Lemon, Sir Thos. Aclaud, Sir H. Stra- 

 chey, Baronets ; Sir David Brewster, Sir David Wilkie, Sir Peter 

 Laurie, Sir Richard Phillips, T. G. B, Estcourt, M.P., T.Estcourt, 

 M.P., J. J. Guest, M.P., R. B. Hale, M.P., G. A. Hamilton, M.P., 

 H. Handley, M.P., Colonel Gore Langton, M.P., E, A. Sandford, 

 M.P., P. J. Miles, M.P., W. Miles, M.P., T. Wise, M.P. ; Pro- 

 fessors Buckland, Daubeny, Rigaud, and Powell, (Oxford) ; Sedg- 

 wick, Whewell, Cumming, Henslow, Peacock and Challis, (Cam- 

 bridge) ; Babbage, Baily, Christie, Cooke, Don, Phillips, Ritchie, 

 Todd and Wheatstone, (London) ; Forbes, (Edinburgh) ; Johnston, 

 (Durham) ; Barker, Evanson, Geoghegan, Sir W. R. Hamilton, 

 Lloyd, McCaul and McCulloch, (Dublin) ; Stevelly, (Belfast, Ire- 

 land) ; Von Breda, (Leyden, Holland) ; Moll, (Utrecht) ; Parigot, 

 (Brussels) ; Munier, (Geneva) ; Nilson, (Lund, Sweden) ; Von 

 Raumer, (Berlin) ; Hare, (Philadelphia) ; Doctors Lloyd, (Provost 

 of Dublin); Dalton, (Manchester); Lardner, Apjohn, Bliss, (Ox- 

 ford) ; Bowring, Fiske, (America) ; Henry, Luppenburg, (Ham- 

 burg) ; Metcalf, (Kentucky) ; Davies Gilbert, Esq., Thos. Moore, 

 Esq., the Very Rev. the Dean of Wells, the Rev. W. L. Bowles, 

 Rev. W. D. Conybeare, &c. &c. 



At the first meeting of the general committee, a letter was read 

 by the secretary from the Marquis of Lansdowne, announcing his in- 

 ability to preside, in consequence of the alarming illness of his eldest 

 son, the Earl of Kerry.* An express was dispatched to the Marquis 

 of Northampton one of the vice-presidents, who promptly attended 

 to officiate for the noble Marquis. After effecting an alteration in 

 one of the rules, limiting the number of vice-presidents to three, 

 the meeting proceeded to the election of the officers and committees 



* The death of this lamented nobleman took place on the following day. 



