The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-07 00:00:00

science.

If for no other cause than this, social science, as an or-
ganised system, is a great development of modern life. It
may have its weaknesses, it may have its imperfect parts,
but the first of these will die with its growth, the second
will disappear with its increasing power. As it is, with all
its imperfections, it is a science which invites every person
to its contemplation, which provides the opportunity for
every man to express his honest opinions legitimately, and
in such a way that he must be universally heard, and
which counteracts anarchy by giving full scope to the ex-
pressions of liberty.—Social Science Review.

VICTOB HUOO ON COMPULSORY
BDUCATION.

" It is what we might call the mother question, gratuitous
and compulsory education. Such a subject is in itself a re-
commendation to the attention of the Congress. This
question resolved, one good law made from your initiative,
the example given to other nations, will indeed be an admi-
rable result.

" There is nothing so pressingly urgent (for discussion)
as gratuitous and compulsory education.

" The present lies heavily, but passes away; let us turn
our eyes to the great marrow which awaits civilisation; let
us prepare it. The child here is the grand question. The
child holds in his cradle the peace or the war of the future.
It is from this very cradle that the clouds of darkness must
be driven. Let us make light dawn upon the soul of in-
fancy. Twenty-five years of gratuitous and compulsory
teaching will change the appearance of the world.
" The child, I repeat it, is the future. This soil is pro-
ductive ; it yields more than the ear to the grain of wheat.
Drop but a spark upon it, it will repay you with a sheaf of
knowledge.

"In order to form a citizen let us begin by forming a
man. Let us open schools everywhere. He who has not
within him the enlightenment that instruction gives, is not
a man; he is only the head of a numerous herd which
suffers itself to act, and which the master leads now to
pasture, now to the slaughter-house. In the human being,
that which resists servitude, is not matter, it is inteligence.
Liberty begins where ignorance ends."—Social Science
Review.

MARKETS-THIS DAY.

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £1 16s to £4 12s 6d; Clover,
do., £3 10s to £6 Os; and straw, £1 14s to £1 18s per load.
A slow demand.

CUMBERLAND.—Mea4ow hay, Ll 16s to £4 15s; clover,
£3 lOs to £6 Os ; and straw, £1 14s to £1 18s per load.
Both hay and straw in slow request.

WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £1 16s to LI 15s ; clove►,
do., £3 108 to £6 Os; and straw, 14s to £1 18s per load.
Trade dull.

COLONIAL.

TEA,—The market has been dull, although full rates are
current for fine qualities of Congou, which are quoted 2s to
2s 8d per lb. Public sales are announced for the 9th inst.
The shipments for the season have amounted to
27,500,000 lbs.

SUGAR.—OnIy a limited business has been done, and
prices have remained without material variation. In the
refined market there has been rather more animation, but
without any material variation in quotations.
COFFEE.—The operations have been limited, holders,
however, demand fully late rates for all descriptions, and
good and fine qualities of Plantation Ceylon have slightly
advanced.
RICE.—In the better qualities of East Indian there has
been a moderate business negotiated, and late quotations
are generally wol. sustained.
SALTPETRE.—Business has been inactive, and the few
dealings entered into were at about previous prices.
laLLow.—The market has continued dull, and but few
transactions have been recorded, either for present or for-
ward delivery. P.Y.C., on the spot, is quoted 47s 6d, last
3 months 47s 6d to 478 9d, and spring delivery 48s to 48s
9d per cwt.