The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-08 00:00:00

CRYSTAL PALACE DISTRICT GAS.

The report of the directors states that the works and plant
are in good order and effective. The profits for the half-year
ending the 30th June are £3,423, out of which the directors
recommend a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum
on the preference capital, and at the rate of 10 per cent. per
annum on the ordinary capital of the company, both free of
income-tax, leaving with £l7B from the preceding half-year,
a balance of £245. The balance-sheet showed that £18,950
had been expended on capital account, leaving a balance at
the bankers of £8,683. The revenue account for the half-
year ending the 30th June shows that £11,916 had been re-
ceived, and £8,494 expended, leaving- a balance of £3,423.

The Social Science Association.
...

The forthcoming meeting in Edinburgh of the National
Association for the Promotion of Social Science (says the
Scotsman), judging from the nature of the communications
already forwarded to the general secretary in London, the
large number of eminent visitors expected from all parts of
the United Kingdom, and the interest which the antici-
pated meeting is exciting among our community, promises
to be one of the most successful gatherings of the associa-
tion, and will without doubt fully realise the utmost expec-
tations of its promoters. The arrangements in connection
with the meting are most complete and satisfactory, and,
so far as they have advanced, seem calculated to promote
the comfort of the visitors and the convenience of the public.
The Congress will commence its meetings on Wednesday,
October 7th, under the distinguished presidency of Lord
Brougham, who will deliver an inaugural address in the
evening to the members and associates in the Free Church
Assembly Hall. The section meetings of the six depart-
ments into which the association is divided will commence
on Thursday, the Bth, and terminate on Wednesday, the
14th October,

The president of the first or Jurisprudence Department is
the Right Hon. Lord Curriehill ; and the vice-presidents are
—The Hon, Lord Mackenzie, Sir J. M'Neill, G.C.8., the
Solicitor- General, and James Hope, Esq., Deputy-Keeper
of the signet. The business of this department will be de-
voted to the consideration of the science of civil jurisprud-
ence, and the various subjects connected with the princi-
ples of legislation and the administration of justice. The
bearing of jurisprudence on the social condition of the people
—thc advantages derivable from a wide diffusion of its prin-
ciples—the practical defects in our laws—the evils arising
from such defects, and their fitting remedies, will be brought
before the meeting and discussed. The laws relating to
property and personal rights will also fail to be considered.
We understand that an unprecedentedly large representa-
tion of the legal profession both of England and of the con-
tinent is expected.

The department of education will be presided over by
Nassau W. Senior, Esq , the vice-presidents being Professor
Pißans, Professor Kt;Hand, Dr. Schmitz, and S. Campbell
Swinton, Esq. Mr. Senior, it is well known, was for some
years Professor of Political Economy at Oxford, and as one
of the commissioners in the recent royal commission on
National Education, dissented from certain conclusions
arrived at by his colleagues as expressed in their report.
The communications read in this department will relate to
various questions connected with the industrial and the
intellectual education of all classes of the community, and
will also embrace reports on the state of education on the
continent and in America.

The president of the Punishment and Reformation De-
partment is the Hon. Lord Neaves, and the vice-presidents
are A. Murray Dunlop, Esq., ➢I.P. ; Rev. Dr. Robert Lee,
Rev. Dr. Guthrie, and John Hill Burton, Esq. The pro-
ceedings in this section will relate to the management of
reformatories, statistics of crime, the prevention and re •
presaion of crime, the treatment of adult and young
offenders, the reformation of the criminal, and the best
mode of secondary punishment.

Professor Christison will preside in the Public Health
Department, and the vice-presidents will be Dr. Craigie,
President of the College of Physicians ; Dr. Newbigging,
President of the College of Surgeons ; and W. Lindsay,
Esq., Provost of Leith. This section will discuss various
matters relating to the drainage, warming, ventilation, and
general construction of houses and public baths. Papers
will be read treating of the relative healthiness of different
localities, the influence of external circumstances in the
production of health or disease, and the effect of different
occupations upon the health of those engaged in them.
Attention will also be given to the prevalence of adultera-
tion in food, and the evil effects resulting from the practice;
and the duties of the legislature in relation to public health
will be freely discussed.
The department of Social Economy will be presided over
by Sir John M'Neill, G.C.8., with Professor Lyon Playtair
C.B. ; W. Chambers, Esq., Glenormiston ; and the Rev.
Dr. Alexander, as vice-presidents. The questions affecting
strikes and combinations, the relations between employers
and employed, the industrial employment of women, the
industrial instruction of the labouring classes, and the rela-
tions of economics to education will be some of the topics
brought under the notice of this section.
The president of the Trade and International Law De-
partment has not yet been elected, but the following gentle-
men will act as vice-presidents :—The Master of the Mer-
chant Company, the Chairman of the Edinburgh Chamber
of Commerce, James Richardson, Esq., and Chas. Cowan,
Esq. This department was established at the Glasgow
meeting of 1860, for the consideration, by representatives
of all nations, of questions of international law, and for the
collection of information relating to production, manufac-
ture, and trade. Among the subjects which will engage
the attention of this section will be it on trade and its sta-
tistics. Scotch banking; trade, manufactures, and fisheries
of Scotland ; capture and destruction of private property at
sea by belligerents, and the laws of blockade and contra-
band.

The various departments will meet in section rooms pro-
vided for their accommodation in the Parliament House and
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associations in the evening, and will doubtless contribeuntde
much to the success of the meeting. The Industrial Mu-
seum, with its unique and valuable collection of articles
illustrating the development and growth of the principal
industrial employments of Great Britain, will be thrown
open for the entertainment and instruction of the number-
less visitors whom the deliberations of the association will
bring to the town. The walls of the National Gallery and
the Royal Scottish Academy will exhibit a magnificent col-
lection of the most celebrated works of Scottish art for the
inspection of members of the congress—and the College of
Surgeons and Senatus Academicus of the University will
extend their hospitality to the association.
On the evening of Friday, the 9th October, a great work-
ing men's meeting will be held in one of the largest halls
of the city. Loud Brougham will preside, and it is ex-
peceed that there will be a large number of delegates from
the various trades of Scotland present on the occasion.
It is expected that Prince Alfred and one of the Danish
princes will be present at one of the concluding meetings of
the Association.

The Right Hon. Lord Brougham and his brother, Wm,
Brougham, Esq., will be the guests of the Lord Provost of
Edinburgh during their stay in our city.

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