The Express.
London, England, 1862-06-09 00:00:00

SOCIAL SCIENCE CONGEESS.-(THIS DAY.)

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This morning Dr. Tasvmss Twins read his
address ae Presidest of the Department al Trade and Inter
national law. He traced the history of international,
territorial, and maritime law, detailed the principled
upon which it had at viuious times been maintained,
and, referring to questions which bad recently
arisen from the war in America, remarked that the
courts of Greet Britain had held within the present century
that it was against the law of nations far a belligerent
sovereign to COOfilOgil the private debts due to an edierar's
merchants. Still the practice left the question in • state of
doubt, and latterly Laicisation of commerce care bad been taken
to include an engagement chid in any cam of war breaking out
between the parties the debts due front the subjecte of one
to the subjects of another should be respected
power
as the operation of treaties were necessarily suspended
by the outbreak of hostilities that provision remained only
as a matter of good faith. The principal maxims of inter.
national law were, first, that nothing was lawful which me
not necessary, and that nothing was lawful which was not
founded upon good faith, and as the proposed abadon-
meet of privateering in the declaration of the treaty of
Paris was as improvement founded upon those maxims, he
regretted that it had not been acceded to by the United
States of America.
Upon the motion of Mr. S. MORLEY a TOW of Shia' vas
accorded to the president for his address.
The diecustion upon the draft bill on the subject of a
general average was resumed, and was proceedinic during
the whole early part of the day.
The Department of Soria Economy, in the absence of its
president and three vieepresideets, was presided over by
Mr. Rummell °ornery. The papers read were upon the
emotion of providing dwellings for the labouring
classes. Mr. AKROYD proposed • plan for building im-
proved dwellings for workpeople, in connexion with
benefit building societies, explaining the general principle'
upon which building societies were conducted, and
Meting his remarks by a reference to buildings in mune of
erection by his own workpeople upon the. plan he proposedat
Halifax. Dr. W. A.GRXEIHILL described n apaper the Offal
of the Hastings Cottage Improvement Society which coo-
templated the purchase and adaptation of old houses in the
first instance, and which it was calculated would with ju-
dicious management return to the elareholders 4 per cent.
upon tho expenditure. Mr. PAGLIARDINI submitted a plan
for providing the industrial clamed with improved
la fwd.
lingo by means of jointatock companies, after the pn 4
the medal lodging-houses.
In the department of Educate% which was presided
the
over by the Dean of St. Pars, papers were reed by
Rev. J. P. NORRIS on the halftime system. and by- ta
Rev. F. D. MAURICE upon the subject of working into I

colleges.
connected with Prev
The department for subjects ectio,
Punishment, and Reformation. which was presided orer
by Mr. Thomas Chambers (Common Serjeant of Loodoel.
was enraged with the disonsaion of the convict sptems
of England and Ireland, to which interesting papers was
contributed by Sir J. Jebb, the Rev. J. P. Bart, and tte
Rev. W. L. Clay and others. ttr
The department of Public Health was occupied with
question of drainage. In this section Lord Talbot de 314'
lands presided.

CONORNS INTERNATIONAL DR BIEN Fr.
SANCB-INAUGURAL MEETING.-(THI:, LAY.i)

This morning the numbers of this copp,s
assembled in the rooms of the Royal Society, Bur!into..
house, and proceeded with their bUlillo2ll. The Wow'
room was well Med, the majority of those present Mice
foreigners. Mr. HMIs! ROBERTS, the chairman of Ow
organising committee, commenced the proceeing, 11
thanking the meeting for responding so readily to the
invitation which had been given by the National Marie
Sloe for the Promalioa of
originator
of Coogri,, Pee s!'
outline of the business which it wasthe proposed the (UV"'
should transact.
The Berl of SHAVITABURT was then elected Pe"del'i'
and wee received with loud cheers. Ile addreeed
the
meeting at some length.
Mr. Manatee, on the part of the congress, thasked,tke
noble lord for his speech, and the business was proce,.. ed
with.
There will be sittings for the reading of papers and diP
cuwione every day this week.

The more the proceedings at Wardaend Coot WY,
Sheffield, are inquired ieto, the more astouotliog th,
'elation.; become. Au investigation before the mailidis's
wee lards ea Saturday. and some revolting statements do+
leg the waded of the autos were made by Robert Pam'
labourer at the dematery, and by other ',Anemia 111
sexton, although be had taken out • warrant &picot Plk,
his principal &owner, did sot appear in court. The aim
was adjourned until Friday amt.