The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-21 00:00:00

Social Science Congress at Edinburgh,

The reventh annual meeting of the National
Association for the Promotion of Social Science is
to be held at Edinburgh. The opening address,
will be delivered in the Free Church Assembly
Hall, on Wednesday evening, Oct. 7, by Lard
Brougham, the venerable president of the society.
The business of each of the six following days will
be opened by addresses from the presidents of the
different departments in rotation, delivered in the
Free Church Assembly Hall, and, after the address
the sectional meetings will be held in the La;
Courts and Free Assembly Hall. The concludir,g
general meeting will take place in the Church of
Scotland Assembly Hall, on Wednesday, the
14th of October. The Council will meet in the
library of the writers to the signet, and the Parlia-
ment House will be open as a reception room, the
College and law libraries and other public buildings
and places of exhibition will be open to members
during the week. Conversaziones will be held. in.
Cie University, in the Museum and Hall of the Royal
College of Surgeons, and in the National Galltzy,
on the evenings of the Bth, 9th, and 12th. A
working men's meeting will be held in the Corn-
Exchange on the evening of the 9th, at which Lord
. Brougham will preside; and on the 13th the Asao-
cation dinner will take place in the Music-ball.
The Royal Scottish Academy intend to bold an
exhibition of the works of deceased and living
artists of Scotland, collected for the occasion,
during the meeting of the Association. The
Speculative Society of Edinburgh propose to
celebrate the centenary of their foundation by a
dinner to be presided over by Lord Brougham, who
was one of the most active members about 60 years
ago. The Lord Provost of Edinburgh, the Lord
President of the Court of Session, the Lord Advo-
cate, M.P., Principal Sir David Brewater, and Mr.
Black, M.P., have been appointed vice-presidents
of the meeting, and among the presidents of de-
partments two local selections have been made—
i Lord Curriehill, one of the Judges of the Court of
Session, having been chosen to preside over the
Department of Jurisprudence, and Professor Chris-
risen over that of Public Health. The Scotch rail-
ways, generally, have agreed to give return tickets
to members and associates, and the leading English
lines will afford facilities to visitors through their
tourists' tickets. A reception committee, of which
Lord Ardmillan is convener and Mr. C. Lawson,
jun., is sub convener, has been engaged for home
time in arranging for the reception and accommo-
dation of visitors.

Visit of the Channel Fleet to the Clyde.

The Lord Provost of Glasgow has received the
following letter from Admiral Decree, C.B.
" Edgar, Kirkwall, Aug, 14.
"My lord,—l beg leave to point out to you a great in-
convenience that was occasioned to the ships of the Channel
squadron, under my orders during its stay in Leith Roads,
in consequence of the defective arrangements made by the
masters of steamboats conveying the numerous visitors to
the fleet. Return tickets for the passage to and from the
shore were granted, and the holders were obliged to return
to the shore in the same steamer or steamers of the same
company that carried them to the ships, other steamers
declining to take them. Thus, in several instances, many
people were left on board the fleet during the greater
part of the night, much to their own discomfort and in-
convenience, and still more so to that of the officers and
crews. I would suggest that tickets available for all
steamers should be issued, and that steamers should ply
through the fleet until all the visitors are removed. The
ships will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.,
and thus every facility be afforded to those who wish to see
them. I have brought the subject to your notice for such
measures to be adopted as may appear to you best to pre-
vent a like inconvenience in the Clyde. I have made a
similar communication to the Provost of Greenock.--I
have the honour to be, my lord, your obedient servant,
(Signed) "S. C. DACRES,
Rear-Admiral Commanding,
"To the Lord Provost of Glasgow,"

In consequence of the foregoing communincatiott
from Rear-Admiral Dacres, the Lord Provost of
Glasgow and the Provostof Greenock have have bad
under consideration the most expedient arrange.
went to be adopted, with a view to the comfort and
convenience of persons desiring to visit the fleet,
in order to preserve good order and the public
peace.