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London, England, 1864-11-08 00:00:00

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The National Association for the Promotion

of Social Science.

The opening meeting of the department of Jurisprudence
and Amendment of the Law WAS held last night at the
office of the society, 1, Adam-street, Adelphi. The chair
was taken by the Right Hon. Lord Brougham, and on his
right sat M. Berryer, the distinguished French advocate,
and M. Deemarest, batonnier of the French bar. Among
those present we observed the Attorney-General, Sir F.
Kelly, M.P., Q C.; Sir P. Cochrane, Judge of Gibraltar;
S r Eirraley 'Wilmot, Mr Daniell, Q C., Mr Forsyth, Mr D.
Leo, the Right Hon. the Judge-Advocate, Sergeant Pulling,
Sergeant Burke, Sergeant A kinson, Sergeant Parry, Ser-
geant Simm, Mr Neat°. M.P., the Hon. G. Denman, the
Hon. D. Campbell, W. Hawee, Ell., J. Parkes, Esq,, Mr
Macqueeo, &e.
The entry of the two illustrious strangers was hailed
with warm eppiatiee.

HER, MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 7.
The Queen walked and drove in the grounds
this morning, accompaniend by her Royal High-
ness Princess Beatrice.

Her Royal Highness Princess Louise went out,
attended by Madlle.

Her Royal H'ghnss Princess Helena rode in the
Riding School.

His 1-tyal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
attended by Colonel the Hon. J. Macdonald, arrived
at the Castle last evening, and accompanied the
Duchess of Cambridge to London this morning.

Mr G. M . HASTINGS, general secretary, then read an
address from the standing committee, which in the first in-
stance alluded to the able address of Sir William Erle,
Chief Justice et the Common Pleas, at the last meeting of
the association, held at 'York in September last, upon the
present condhion of English law, especially the absence of
a digest of recorded decisions by the different equity and
common law courts. It refert ed to the evils which at present
ari-e from the want of an organisation of ,the profession
throughout the country, and the want cf authority to cor-
rect the evils and irregularities which arise on various occa-
sions. The patent law was next alluded to, and it suggested
that patent cases should be tried without a jury, but with
the aid of scientifio men. The bankrupt law was next
brought under consideration, and it was said that it now
gave great dissatisfaction to the mercantile community, and
referred to the opinion given by the committee which sat on
the subject during the last session of Parliament. The in-
quiry was to be renewed in the next session, when it was
hoped the difficulties surrounding the question would be re-
moved. The report, in conclusion, stated the present meet-
ing was called a week earlier than usual in order to have
the honour of receiving their two distinguished visitors—one
of whom was the most illustrious advocate of the French
bar, and the other the official head of that bar. (Cheers.)
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in moving that the report be
received and printed, said it called attention to many sub-
jects of the greatest interest and importance, and in a
manner which would recommend them to the serious
consideration of all who were called upon to deal with
them practically. On this occasion he could not, of
course, avoid giving exprcesion to his own feel-
ings, and the feelings of these around him, as to the in-
teresting circumstance which led to the assemblage of
the members being so large. They certainly hoped to show
M. Berryer to-morrow that th:, English bar was more
numerous than anybody that could be contained in that
room, which was devoted only to the delibera ions, in a
private way, of a society whose object was the amendment
of the law. He should not be surprised if M. Berryer saw
one of the finest and most ancient of the halls in the metro-
polis as well filled to-morrow night by members of the bar
as now was that room to which many were unable to ob-
tain admittance. He believed ho expressed the unanimous
feeling of the profession when he said they were proud to
and felt highly honoured by
see hprimes,enpreoeu. d
(tco
hheoenrso.u; him,

The Duchees of Cambridge attended Divine eer-
vice at St. George's Chapel yesterday afternoon.
Her Royal Highnees, attended by Lady Geraldine
Somerset and Lieutenant-Colonel Cdtton, left the
Castle this morning for London.
Earl Granville also left the Castle.

Return of the Prince and Princess of Wales.
The Royal yacht Osborne, Commander George
H. K. Bower, having the Royal standard flying at
the main, made her appearance off Woolwich Arse.
nal yesterday, at a quarter before two p.m., having
on board the Prince and Princess of Wales and suits
on their return to England. The (Morrie sailed
from Antwerp at noon on Sunday, and, with the
exception of a slight gale which rose soon after
midnight, the passage was calm and favourable.
The yacht arrived and anchored off the Girder
Light, near Ramsgate, at half-past two yesterday
morning, and awaited the mid-day tide to proceed
up the river. A notice to that effect was tele-
graphed to the authorities at Woolwich from Capt.
Bower at an early hour in the morning. Captain
Gordon, C. 8., superintendent of military stores,
then gave orders for the preparation of the T pier,
so that a landing might be made with comfort at
low tide. The arrangements were admirably exe-
cuted, the lower platform steps and pier throughout
being decorated with bunting and carpeted with
clean tent cloths. The tide had begun to ebb, and
the yacht, assisted by a couple of tugs from the
dockyard, succeeded, after some little delay, in
turning and facing the stream, and was brought up
close alongside the pier. Prince Arthur, who had
ridden down from the Ranger's house in Green-
wich Park (attended by Major Elphinstone,
R.A.), then stepped on board and spent a
few minutes with the Prince and Princess
previously to their coming on deck. On
their appearance soon after at the head of the gang-
way they were received by General Warde, C. 8.,
commanding the garrison, attended by his aide-de.
camp, Captain Williams ; Major Ord, Acting.
Major of Brigade ; Captain Nangle, Deputy-Assis-
tant- Quartermaster. General ; Commodore Dunlop,
C. 8., and his secretary, Mr. Ponsonby ; Capt. Gor.
don, Superintendent of the Store Department ;
Lieutenant-Colonel Clerk,Lieutenant- Colonel Shaw,
and Captain Boyle, superintending officers of the
Royal Carriage-square; Capt. Majendie, Instruc-
tor Royal Laboratories, and cfficers in full dress
uniforms. Their Royal Highnesses both shook
hands cordially with General Warde, and hav-
ing remained some minutes in conversation on the
maindeck of the ship, they were escorted by the
officers above named to their carriages at the
entrance to the pier. Both the Prince and Princess
appeared in excellent health,and graciously acknow-
ledged the salutations of numbers of spectators who
had assembled on the landing.place. A Royal salute
was fired from the flagship Fisgard on the °Anne's
being sighted in the offing at Woolwich, and the
Royal standard was hoisted on the arsenal flagstaff,
but no other demonstrations were observed in conse-
quence of an official order from the War Department
desiring that the reception should be "as quiet as
possible" by the Prince's special desire. They were
attended by Mrs. Grey, Lieut.aGeneral Knollys,
Colonel Keppel, and D. Minter (Inspector• General
of Hospitals and Fleets), and a large number of ser-
vants. Their Royal Highnesses, accompanied by
Mrs. Grey, left Woolwich in the first carriage, and
drove direct to London, and the remainder followed:;
the luggage being conveyed in a couple of spacious
fourgone. The Osborne is under orders to replenish
with fuel at the dockyard and afterwards proceed
to Portsmouth.

Sir F. KELLY, in seconding the motion, said it was im •
possible for him to express his gratification in meeting on
such an occasion by far the most illustrious member of the
bar of France known to the present generation—in seeing
an individual who being a native of that country in which
great changes had taken place within the memory of all of
us—in its Government, in its constitution, and in its des-
tiny—had ever remained faithful to the purest principles
of liberty, and to the independence of the bar and
the people. (Cheers) They also saw before them a very
eminent and able member of the French bar—one who had
by the members of his profession been elected to the high
and honourable office of baionnticr of the bar of France,
M. Desmarest, whose reputation was not only good and
brilliant in his own country, but had spread throughout
Europe and the world. He had come amongst thaw to
show his appreeiation of the bar of England—it was not the
first time—and to declare, as he hoped he would have an
opportunity of doing to morrow, that amongst the members
of the English bar and the bgr of France, as well as of
every bar throughout Europe, the principles of liberty and
independence prevailed—that there was no substantial
difference of opinion between them, and that they were all
united together by a spirit of fraternity. He therefore re-
joiced that, under the presidency of their illustrious leader,
Lord Brougham, thy should once, at least, in his great
career be honoured by the presence of such eminent per-
sonages. The hon. and learned gentleman then spoke in
terms of praise of the address of Sir J. Wilde at York, and
said they could not hope for any success in the codification
of the law until they had settled upon some satisfactory
principle for the complete consolidation of the statutes.
He expressed himself in favour of allowing the counsel for
tho defence in criminal cases to sum up the evidence, and
of other reforms in the law which he hoped would soon be
carried into effect.

After a few words from Mr. HEA.DLAM, M.P.,
Lord BROUGHAM quite agreed with the Attorney-General
that it was not to bo expected he should express opinions on
that occasion upon the various points in the address of the
association. Indeed, no opinions wero expressed in the ad-
dress, it being simply a statement of the different subjects
which required consideration; and he doubted whether any
one would question that they did require coneideration. He
was struck with one or two things, and partially the changes
in the decisions of the courts and the authority of the de-
cisions. He well remembered a most distinguished gentle-
man answering a question of his—whether the case of
Thompson v. Jackson was now reckoned an authority. His
answer was, that it was a good authority in every case in
which the plaintiff's name was Thompson and the defend•.
ant's name was Jackson, but that it would not go much
farther. (Laughter.) Something was said about the impor.
taut attempt repeatedly made to extend the measure allow-
ing the admission of the parties to give evidence in civil
cases to criminal cases, where the party tendered himself
and wished to be examined, and where, of course, he would
be subjected to a sifting cross-examination. That any
one should be compelled to be cross-examined, and particu-
larly cross-examinei by a judge with all the information
before him, and with every other means for cross-examina-
tion, as in Fl ance—and this was one of the very worst parts
of the French criminal procedure—to any provision of that
kind ho would be strenuously opposed; but he thought the
accused in a criminal case might be examined under the
circumstances he had mentioned. The noble lord concluded
by expressing his pleasure at the meeting being attended by
the distinguished visitors who had honoured them with their
presence.

Princess Louis of Hesse.

The following is the latest bulletin issued re-
specting the Princess Alice :

" Her Royal Highness the Princess Louis is now
completely convalescent, and, as well as the young
princess, is in good health. No more daily bulle-
tins will now be issued.

" Dr. PRIESTLEY.
" Dr. WEB ER.
" Darmstadt, Nov. 4, 1864."

A communication, dated on Saturday last, con•
firms this official announcement, and states that
the princess had passed a good night.
Her royal highness had received visits from the
Prince and Princess of Wales, on their way through
Germany ; and from Prince Alfred, who had traw
yelled to Darmstadt from Bonn, where he is at pre-
sent residing for the purpose of completing his
studies.

The motion for the adoption of the report was then una-
nimou,ly agreed to.

Foreign Courts.

BERLIN, Nov. 6.

M. BERRYER (Who spoke in French, and was loudly
cheered) said he was much indebted to Lord Brougham for
having introduced him to such an assembly, and that he
had listened with admiration—and even with a certain jea-
lousy—to the discussion that bad taken place upon the
amendment of the law. He concluded by olaiming the
honour of becoming a member of the association, (Cheers.)
M. DESMAREST, Who was also warmly greeted, said
he hoped to-morrow to address another assembly in his
own language; but he asked permission, in the familiar
meeting of that evening, to speak a little English. He
had reasons for doing so. He confessed he was afraid to
speak French by tho side of his illustrious neighbour—the
comparison
(Laughter.)
in their
native language would be too dan-
gerous. He should not, however, escape that
danger to.morrow ; but he was perfectly resolved to be
beaten then. (Laughter.) But that night he profited by
their indulgence; and as he did not speak in his native lan-
guage he had a chance of not being completely understood
by that meat dangerous sweetness which could cross-exa-
mine him it he spoke in French, (Laughter.) Among the
things which Sir Fitzroy -ally had said, what particularly
touched him was his allusion to the international sympathy
which existed between the members of the bar in different
countries. He accepted that, for the feeling was in his
heart. Some years ago ho conversed upon that feeling in
Spain, Italy, and other countries of Europe where he had
travelled, When he bad the good chance to come to Eng-
land he mot this society, under the able direction of Lord
member of it ; and
having enrolled
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banner, he subsequently
attended its meetings at Dublin,
a faithful soldier of the
Edinburgh, and London.
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Lord BROUGHAM—It is the elder daughter of the asso-
ciation, (Hear, hear.)
M. DESMAREST hoped this
family would grow for the
benefit of
They were d
and for the welfare and peace of all na-
tions.all interested in that object, and if the
mank in,
great and liberal English nation directed its thoughts to
that end it would accomplish great results. After some
further remarks tho learned gentleman thanked the meeting
for their hearty reception of him, and resumed his seat
amidst loud applause.
The
rest for honouring the association
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The motion was seconded liy Mr FOESYTU, and carried
their
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by acclamation.
A vote of thanks to Lord Brougham, moved by the
M. BERRYBJa acknowledged the compliment in a few
words.
ATTORNEY. GENERAL, concluded the proceedings.

Early yesterday morning the King of Prussia, accom-
panied by the Emperor of Russia, left Berlin by special
train for the put pose of hunting in the Letzling Forest,
The Grand Duke of Weimar, Princes Charles and Albert
of Prussia, Prince Augustus of Wurtemberg, the Duke of
Ujest, Prinee Bogislav Field. Marshal von
Wrangel, M. Bismarck, the Minister of War, and other
Ministers also travelled by the train and took part in the
sports. The royal and imperial party returned this even-
ing, and at ten o'clock the Emperor of Russia and the
Grand Duke Constantine left Berlin by special train on the
Lower Silisian Railway for St. Petersburg. The King, the
princes, and the members of the Russian Embassy were
present at his Majesty's departure. Prince Gortschakoff,
who had had several conferences with M. Bismarck, re-
turned to St. Petersburg on the previous day.
VIENNA, Nov. 3.

The Augsburg Gazdie states that the departure of Lord
Bloomfield from Vienna, on three months' leave of absence,
during the late political crisis, has given rise to much
astonishment. The departure was so sudden that a mem-
ber of the English embassy, at Munich, was telegraphed
for to take charge of affairs, as the first secretary at Vienna
was ill. The well known cause of his lordship's hasty de-
parture, however, was the condition of Lady Bloomfield,
who, it is stated, was suffering frcm a chest complaint.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited the
Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough House
yesterday shortly after their arrival.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge will
shortly honour the Earl and Countess of Derby by his Com-
pany at Knowsley Park, Lancashire.

The Duke and Duchess of Manchester, who came
to town on. Saturday from Kimbolton Castle, Hunts, left
yesterday for Knowsley Park, on a visit to the Earl and
Countess of Derby.

The Duchess of Somerset and Lady Gwendoline
St. Maur have left the Admiralty for Bulstrode Park,
Bucks.

The Duke of Roxburghe has arrived at the
Clarendon Hotel irom Floors Castle.

Prince P. Wittgenstein and Count Demidoff
have arrived at Long'e Hotel.

The Earl and Countess of Wilton were to leave
Heaton Hall yesterday to join a party visiting the Earl and
Countess of Derby at Knowsley Park.
The Eirl and Countess Spencer are residing at
St. Leonardo, and not receiving company at Althorp
" Toni THUMB" is about to visit England with
his wife and child.

MR. HERBERT, R.A., left England for the East
on Saturday last, It is his intention, it is said, to remain
there some months, with a view to collect materials for the
execution of other works of a similar character to that
which has excited so much admiration in the Peers' Robing
Room. Mr Herbert is accompanied by his son, "Wilfred
himself an artist of considerable promise.
AMONG MR MILLAIS'S CONTRIBUTIONS to the
forthcoming Exhibition of the Royal Academy will be an
oil picture of, the design which formed so valuable a part
of his illustrations to " The Parables," representing the
"Devil sowing Tares"; also a picture having for subject
Mr Tennyson's " Oh, swallow, swallow, flying south."
The former will form the artist's diploma picture at the
Royal Academy.

NEW PEERS.—Five new peers will be entitled to
take their Beate in the House of Lords at tha commence-
mencement of the next session of Parliament, viz., Lord
Harry Vane, formerly M.P. for Hastings, who has suc-
ceeded to the dukedom of Cleveland—the Earl of Lincoln,
who has succeeded to the dukedom of Newcastle—Viscount
Boringdon, who has become Earl of Morley—Viscount
Chelsea, who has succeeded to the earldom of Cadogan—
and the Earl Jerroyn, lately M.P. for West Suffolk, who
has income Marquis of Bristol. Lord Rodney, whose father
died on the 19th of August, will not be able to take his
seat until 1878, when to will Le of age.

HE SUN, I.ol\ DON, TUESDAY EVEINING, OVEMBER 8, 1861.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This day.