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was postponed to the next session.THE BBIT I SB. ASSOCIATION FOB THEADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.Leeds, Wednesday Evening.Twenty-seven years have elapsed since the British Association was established, and the birth-place of (he society was not only within the county of York, but was actually within the walls of the cathedral town itself. More than a quarter of a century is allowed to elapse before the association returns to its old and earliest love, and it now does so under auspices probably the most promising and flattering that ever gladdened the eyes and ears of the distinguished savans whom England delights to honour. For this apparent inattention to Yorkshire and the particular patronage bestowed upon neighbouringcounties, there have been cogent reasons. Leeds was evidently the town that must be selected for the gathering of the association, if any meeting in Yorkshire was contem* plated. Her position in the West Biding, and the intelligence, and the wealth, and the influence of her citizens, all contributed to establish Leeds as the - town to be visited, should the association again come into Yorkshire. But the leading men of the town felt themselves placed in the position of entertainers, at the same time that they were sensible of the shortcomings of the entertainment, and years rolled by without an invitation being extended to the Association. In the meantime the Association had visited York, Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Dublin, Liverpool, Birmingham, and Glasgow twice, and had even taken up with the smaller towns of Plymouth, Manchester, Cork, Southampton, Swansea, Ipswich, Belfast, Hull, and Cheltenham ; but still Leeds made no sign. The time was coming. In 1857 the Leeds Town Hall—one of the most magnificent public buildings in Europe—was so far advanced towards completion, that the then mayor of Leeds—John Botfcerill, Esq., accompanied, by several gentlemen connected with the party of progress in the town, waited upon the British Association at their Dublin meeting, and invited them to hold their next meeting in Leeds. The offer was accepted, and in the same spirit as it wts offered, and this day the Association holds its first meeting in Leeds.There was a general meeting of the committee this afternoon, at which theKew report, the report of the Parliamentary committee, and other documents,, were submitted. This evening, at half-past eight o’clock, the opening meeting of the Association' was held in the large hall of the Town Hall, when the Rev. Dr. Lloyd resigned his office of president, and Professor Owen was elected to fill the vacant chair. The new president then delivered the introductory address, in which he reviewed the progress of sciences since the last gathering of the Association, and advocated strongly the necessity of such associations. The following is a list of the sections and their presidents j—Section A—Maihftw^tioal andPhy-sical Science Bev. W. Whewell.B—Chemical Science ... Sir John Herschel.C—Geology ......... W, Hopkins, Esq.D—Zoology and Botany,including Physiology Charles Darwin, Esq.E—Geology and Ethnology ... ... ... Sir B. I. Murchison,F—Economic Science andStatistics ... Edmund Baines, Esq.0—Mechanical Science ... W. Fairbairn, Esq. papers to be read will, of course, possess both general, local, and olass interest. In the first class, we find * P»per by Sir David Brewster, entitled “ Additional Contributions on the Structure and Functions of the Eye;” fttfeswr B. Powell’s report on “Falling Stars and Meteors f Mr. Whitehouse’s notes “ On the Atlantic Telegraph;” observations by Principal Dawson (of Canada) ‘On Vegetable Structures Found in CoalMr. CliftonSttby (Sheffield) on “ Some Examples of his Researches into Minute Structure of Bocks and Minerals;” Sir John Hfebardson“On the Fshes of the Lake Districts;” Mr. Whitworth (Manchester) “ On Recent Improvements in Railway Signals f and others of kindred interest. The local contributions will embrace a report by Mr. Huggon “ on «• Alkaline Waters of Leeds ^ Mr. Bailey “ On the Fossil sms of the Carboniferous Series”—in which various communications will be made on the position of thejjmmtones in the Yorkshire and other coal fields;Bbrwd Baines, Esq., “On the Woollen Trade ofMr. T. W. Leaker “ On the Flow of Water inth® Yorkshire Rivers and Streams f* and Mr. JamesJun., “ On the Statistics of the Iron Trade of Leeds.”® photographic exhibition, which is to be one of greatI^Wty, opens this (Thursday) evening, in oonnexion with®®°uver8azione; to-morrow (Friday) evening, Professorwill lecture “ On the Ironstones of Cleveland,” andSaturday, after the usual sectional meetings, there will8 grand horticultural fete within the picturesque walls of fountains’ Abbey.the detailed arrangements are now completed, and , '(^Hsday) morning sees the associational sectionslaunched on their work of progress and improvement.)iycG:. CaMPAWA MITURTTAf - A 1q44ap Pr/vm Patm
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