The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-14 00:00:00

TEI SOCIAL SCIENCE CONGRESS AT

EZADFOAD.

BRADFORD, Tif r RID •Y.

The badness of the Cesium woe Proceeded with
so-day at eleven o'clock, when there wm a numerotts ate/M-
-IMI, at St. George's Ran, to bear the eddy.. of Mr.
MOM. k ToN Yuri., M.P., onto. punishment and memo-
ten of atom end the reformed= of erinalnale. Mr. Milne.,
dee esteem d hie ragouts, referred to reformatory establish-
ment', sod rid he believed that the o tval and military salvias
Imo the bed outlets for boys who had been in them
isseltintims.

INARITA TRL'r,.
Tb• Pili•UNOrr Mai • paper on this subject. After
elm Itattelleatery remarks upon the right.* ol property se
aired by kwe end especially with regard to the limitation
of prealenmemi sentrol of the owner over his property f
what win eallel .heritable purposes, the Vice-Chencellor
mid tbe pongee el Ids paper to call the attention, Bret,
to m the pre. of the law upon the subject; secondly,
to Its and iseompletesme in rent/moo to its
poliey ; and thirdly, le the mesesity of revision. The law
allowed • testator te milk his charitable object at his own
dlemities, Meted of oastalag him to as miming life or
Neve mad years afterwards, es was the one with regard
to .she kerseeta. He mistimed instances of the
Awed and frepeeterens bequest', called charitable,
bed ben keels. In on. case, a testator divided a
esesidemedepospowy Ise two equal portions, half of which
was be be glean to the 15 yuusg women, between the
sees of U sad Illorbe diode be the prettiest in the parish,
sod Idle weer eawsweit b SW* attendance at church, and
the sober MI wee to be dieleilonted @mono, .piaster. of 50
rare et age roMs.he sane qualifloations. (Laughter.)
The lifter* wee I, sisal, and &mod the ateemeity
he sow legal Mere were the doles of bread,
meal, to , +Mb were said bs meant be $l.OOOl. or 87,0001.
a year, which, anew the pewit mem, ware productive of
evil rather thaa of basin No eisiended the it was most
unreasonable be Mew any was to le for seer the future
dispositios of his prepm, and that posthumous charity
should be wey, regolated. He briefly tketched the
remedies whisk he semened, the principal of which would
reader ccetribstires a • charitable nature subject to the
control of the Obertty Commissioners under certain con-
ditions. They met, at all events, put an end to &bawd be-
quints each es he bed referred to ; and instead of chealdag
emersion% be believed that multi limitations would iSCPIIOIII
all real end seed basevelsece. (Hear, bear.)
Hr. Harman pressed the report of the Committee oa
Nareentile
eisoctatios et Liverpool. Legirlatiee, appointed at the lam meeting of the

Ilia LAWS Or SLNIESI:PTCY AND INSOLvINL Y.
Mr. EDWASD PST them read a paper, the principal of
of which was Anoted to an mums of the provisions
the bill upon the above 'abject introduced into parliament
ander the anapests of the eeeoeAtioo, the draft of which had
boss drawn by himself and Mr. F. Bristoe. The main pre-
natal' of this bill have room than once been published In
our whitens, and It u therefore needless to repeat thee.
Mr. W. S. (lissom, one of the registrars of the Neyeastle
Court of Bankruptcy, contributed • pew "Oa the Linn
alleeting Debtor. sad Creditors, and the Amandand of the
Lay of flsakeuptey," which, is his absence, was read by
Mr. A. Hyland, one of the secretaries of the department.
The paper wart at peat length into the whole question of
bankruptcy and insolvency reform, reviewing the venom
attarspoa at legislation on the subject, and expreseing °ma-
y some novel view.. It concluded by suggesting that
is amending the present bonkruptcy statute the chief
alteration should be—let, subjecting came of insolvency
of traders to judicial control and abolishing voluntary deeds
sad private arrangetniann ; 2nd, revising the mmitory of
awes against the bankruptcy law, giving greater facili-
ties for the punishment of fraud ; 3rd, modifying the closet-
Amnon id certificate*: 4th, reducing the present expense
of bankruptcy peoreedinp, by charging tbe salaries and cow
peamtion annuities upon the ounsoldated fund Sth,
the otiltsid actinism, partly by salary and partly by he.;;
OM, altering the procedure of tbe court, so far as regards
the publcity of bualnees not erprosaly adjudged by the
031110thiCalle to be presented in open roust ; 7th, reviving
the Sab-diviticn Copt of COUlteeleio64lll .a a emirt of
appal on questions of certificate; and Maly, Investing
mob commiencese with the powers of • county court judge
to enforce payment of debts found dm to • bankrupt's estate,
for which the present cumbrous sad sapenaire machinery la
beeffectual.

RATIIIK, of Huddersfield, at some length pieta
out the advantages which the commercial public would derive
from the adoption of the bill the provisions of which Mr.
IZbd deacribeel.
mu. MALI OLK ROAR, of Manchester, urged the importance
el a law bang passed to prevent bankrupts abeconding from
Ragland to Scotland or Ireland, and so escaping from their
creditors. (Beer.)
Mr. BRUN /OE having offered a few remarks,
Mr. NV-TIMM referred to the large coot of bankruptcy
proceedings, and stated that the commissioner upon beak-
reptcy admitted that the expenses were 33 per cent. But
they most recollect that this was only an average, and that in
some mate, especially in smell roams, the cusses often
amounted tom mach .0 70 per cent.
Mr. 8. Moran, Loadea, oeretoonted upon some of the
views which went pet forth la Mr. Otta.in's Doper, and thee
Mewl, argued the eatesity far the abolition of the °Moe of
oiled seelgase, at that the creditor, might have the power
directieg their own emirs.

Mr. DATID CZADWICK, of Salford. read a paper in on. of
the departments on working men'. colleges, and an interest-
tag discussion followed Mr. Chadwirk's ',marks.
A cmwdrel osmium of the working men was held in St.
Oserge's Hall at Bizet, the MATOk in the chair. The lend-
ing cobleineo sod gentlemen of the association were present,
end Mr. ADDIRLBY delivered an address. Lord RADOTOCK
sad other speakers followed beforu the proceedings were
brought to aelise.

The opportunity of the sleeting of the Social
Science Associatkm was taken by ths managers of the Brad-
ford Mecluinici lastitntios to held their annual mires fur the
distribution of prize to the escomand students of the laid-
Batton .wt of the Society of Arts, on Wednesday evening.
The meeting was held in Be, George's-hall, which was crowded
Is every quirky. As Lord Brougham, the, chairman entered
the ball, the vast audience rose and cheered vociferously.
Tar lklSlll NATIONAL SCHOOL STSTIeIi,--SOO3O
Cl the leading friends of the national system of education in
Instead are, it appears, bestirring themselves on it. behalf,
con•equence of the attacks which have bees reoestly mad*
term it. Subjoined is • declaration which has just been
Maid, hvrlsg attached to it the names of the Earls Cl
Amnon mad Dea.rt, Visconti Houck, the SIAN) of Down
mad Canner, Lard Clermont, the Deana of Elphin and Dro-
wn, Hejor-Greeral Chesney. four rz-Fellows of Trinity
College, several itifluentiel clergymen, and a long list of
espanar-lieutsnant• and magistrates —" We the under-
alis pelmet', teenagers, and tatecinde of national
ethesie is trebled, melobets of the estsbllithad church,
Irvin had oar at.entioe terqueatly directed to the miens-
presestneless which have been made concerning the national
myelin at adwitina, that children (requesting national
acme's ass precluded from receiving religions lastroction ;
sod, Wing aware of Ow ntisapprshesion which cones-
qteently prevail ea the subject, come leeward to state
Ass in national rehnois under our chary, careful religious
lostructiun ts given to church children in Holy Eleript
sued that ample opportunities are afforded by the Natiosal
Boded for the same. It is true that we do not nos these
salleslsas Isettuneete of proeslytistu, that we do not (amour
Nikkei Isstreeties es say children who entertain wearier-
Sees objectless le receiving it but we are glad to be able
le Mei that our church children have availed thertiolves of
the aseiptaral fusenectios which we give, and that with the
beg malt& We make this statement Lessem the
appears to bee time of crisis, &vamps being made rylst.eare
opposite and Influential parties to overthrow the national
system on the elleged ground of its being deficient in Wili-
am for religions instruction, and to introducer la it. stand •
system of denominational grants, which, in our opinion,
would be attended with ths most lamentable coasequenom to
this country."

Clan PALACE—Io place of the uqual vocel
portico of the discorday cOMONII4 as tatortalanwat of a novel
character le sanosaced for to-caerrow consisting of par.
hormones by two bladed the oelebratad Yorkshire Hand-
bell Wagers, who ore on their way Ce London weinstoy to
fatal a three days eappowat at the putitot.