The Express.
London, England, 1865-10-04 00:00:00

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NATIONAL
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nATION FOR T
SOUIAL 90IENCE,

(swat Osa sracw. asintrea.)
SHEFFIELD, TIJIRDLY.
The ninth annual meeting of this institution
will be commenced tomorrow, ta this meat perhaps twee.
evident but not very inviting metropolis of cutlery. One
says not iaoonveanat, inseam& as the rooms foe the mast.
leg of the different " departments" (they are sot oiled
notions in this aseosiatioa) are grouped well toilMbor
around the reception-room, sad the wasp from the ate
to the other will not be prolonged. The Alexandre Music-
hall. where the aggregate meetings will take plena is
the most distant from the rest, but the distance
is not considerable. As hitherto, Lord Brougham
will occupy the presidential chair, and will to-morrow
(Wednesday) evensg deliver as inaugural whines. As yet
the sips and symptoms of the amenablige of the practical
pnlceophers who are to take pert la the °engross are not
visible, and the tumid indication Is the delve ni
they
and direction posters are wantisg. At present the surds
and
at the Ontlese-hall exhibits eons of the prepara-
tion for the business and coincidence of the mem-
bers of the
week
which were complete oa this
day of the week of the meshes aS York last
year. These matters, of coarse, depend on the keel
neoutive, and no doubt their energies have bees reserved
until the last, and tomorrow we shall and the usual ao-
cosomodation provided. The mrangements far the business
of the meeting es completed, and the subjects for discus-
sion and the papers selected to be reed are all ready. In
the first department, that of Jurisprudence and the
Amendment of the Law, the president is Biz R. Philiceore,
the queen's Advocate ; and the vioelresidents are Mr. W.
F. S. Daniel, Q.C., Mr. Forsyth, Q.C., H.P., Mr. T. B.
Eastwood, and Hr. Thome' Dean. The special questions
for dismission will embrace intonational law, municipal
law, in whisk the subjoin of bankruptcy, the jurisdiction
and procedure of loon courts, and the exudes of admis-
sibility of evident* in civil and arimioal cams 'Ribs included;
repression of crime, including the advisability of establishing
reformatories for adult criminals ; the poor law, is feistiest
to its neaten obstacles to the reform of criminals sod the
repression of crime ; and the mesas which it is desirable to
adopt to prevent the pains( of sesteaoes inadequate to the
proper repreesionof crime. In the second department, that
of Education, the Dean of Chichester will preside, sup-
ported, se vioapreaidente, by Rev. Oman Sale, Kr. J. R.
Fowler, sod Rev. Nash Stephenson. Here will be discussed
such matters es whether • better province ought
not to be made for the education of girls of the
upper mad middle dames ; what farther regulations
of the labour of children are required to promote
their education, and the prsseat mode of government pay-
:meet for particular subjects, and its results as regard the
efficiency if primary schools. A semion of art has bees
added to this department., is which will be eousidered
what improvements can be made in school nurseries and
art exhibitions for the development of the public taste
and the prosperity of our rasaufseteres. The third depart-
mat is designated "Health," and its president is Dr.
]skeeter, and the via-presidents are Alderman Fisher
nerd Mr. Hoary Jeoksoe. Here sanitary science will re-
ceive a large exposition, aid the specialities recommended
for development will include considetatioss of the manner is
which the uansommary expoeure of werkmea to damns at
life or health eau be best avoided, especially is collieries,
mines, end meardactorks; the best means of preventing
the spread of oceitegions &amass, the extent to which and
the means by which the oontaminatem of air is towse
as
be diminished, ho. Some chtliculty wee foamed in obtains(
a presideet for the Fourth Department, that of Economy
and Trade, but the duties of the aloe have bees placed in
the experienced hands of Hr. Edwin Chadwick, who has
for his neenhairmaa Kr. Edward Holland, IL P., Mr.
Thomas Hughes, Mr. J. G. Shaw Lawny, M.P., end
Alderman Robert Jaoksoa. The subjects recommended
for notice comprise the consideration of the best
means of establishing a system of authentative
arbitration between employers and employed is cans of
strikes and look-outs ; whether the principles of eo-opsra-
tics can be profitably applied to production, and if so, ands:
what condition ; whether it is desirable to consolidate the
existing railways of the United Kingdom into one system
under government Gonad ; and so on. A section of seri-
culture has been added to this department, where each
questions as the game laws, agricultural tontine, Isaacs,
agricultural education, We., will be discussed. Jades;
trim the list of papers to be read which has bees
made up leers will be no lack of contributions to the
objects of each department. As regards the variations
from the more immediate and mote solid, we will not
say more heavy, business of the association, it may
be mentioned that on Thursday there will be • " Working
Men's Meeting "in the Alexandra Hall, over which Leal
Brougham will preside. Oa Friday there is to be a Center.
anions in the Cutler's Hall, and on Tuesday there will be
• reception by the Mayor in the same building. Os Sena.
day examrsione are projected to Chatsworth, Clumben
Welbeok, and Hidden, the mansions of the Dukes of New-
castle, Devonshire, Portland, and Rutland. As might be ex-
pected all the principal manufactories of Sheffield have been
made available for visits from the members of the assosia-
nog, while the public buildings, which are stuneroas,
will be equally acoenible. Up to the present time the
facilities for obtaining information as to the number and
diameter of the viaitere who will join the business and
pleasure, such as it is, of the association, are not great, but
it is stated that there are expectations of a good meeting.
Lord Brougham arrives this eyeing at Wentworth, the seat
at Earl Fitzwilliaro, and tomorrow (Wednesday) he will
come into the town and will be the guest of the mayor
durieg his stay. The weather is superb, sad has a cheering
inflame' even on the dense and smoky atmosphere of this
town ; and that is saying a gnat deal.

THE CONFEDERATE LOAN.