The Sun.
London, England, 1870-09-24 00:00:00

who were, as testified by Goethe, comp,aratively torpid
and apathetic to the results of the conflict. Th.ey hare
had now to encounter men of another generation, whose_
patriotism and intelligence has been stimulated
national education. It is part of the case for tir
principle of national and short-service armies, thv
at a less amount of expense, the principle gl
a great numerical force ; and it is no answer that
_thre
French standing army has been over-matched in numbe •
But before Metz, the shorter-service and civilian force
kept its ground against superior numbers of the long'
service and standing army force, and has at other potints
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prevailed where there has been no numerical overmatch.
Mr. Cole, on competent military testimony, estimated
e
that, on the principle of a national short-Belly' .
army, a force of a million of men might be obtainv
at seven millions less of money than now largely ert.
haunts the ordinary tax-bearing power of our PoPulati° k
At the conclusion of his elaborate paper, Mr.- hies,
submitted submitted the following conclusions : That standing arlr'l7l
composed of arank and file, trained and engaged exclusiveix
in military service, have in the Erusso- Austrian war,,as.
also in the recent war of France against Prussia, been de,
feated by national armies, of a rank and file engaged
chiefly in time of peace in civil and productive owe_
tions, and that those standing armies have been proved
nto_
be erroneous In military principle. That standing
armies, whilst they are the least efficient,
than
excessively excessively more' expensive, to tha extent of more tna4;
double, those nci
uof properly organised national armies, such
double,
that of Switzerland, and are further perniciousa li
expensive, in the creation of war interests, of menace,"
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interest freedom, and external security. That it is to.
other
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interest of the people of this country and of the
France, and of the people of Germany, and of 0,
countries, that the principle of national defensive for;
' composed of commands ac well as of rank and fie'
occupied to the greatest extent practicable in
:ould
productive works and service in time of peace, s the
be generally and completely adopted;—with
important addition of the transference of as much
possible of drill and military exercises from the produc_ife,
adult stages to the non-productive or school stages ad..,11„.
as part of a sound national system of elementary me, "t it
tion, combining physical with mental training. -"a
be recommended to the council of the association to con-
sider recommending to Government the expediency :
setting an example to other large States in this respencv.
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and of forwarding the adoption of these principles in a Yr
international conferences that may ensue on the return
peace on the Continent.
The discussion on the desirability and practicabilitY 4
establishing courts of conciliation and arbitration betweeli
employers and employed commenced yesterday in °I1?
the sections of Econom and Trade, and resulted 111_4,
resolution being passed y unanimously to-day to the eh:en
that the section desires to draw the attention of to'
council of the association to the fact that in the opini°ll
of the section the working of courts of conciliation an.
arbitration has been completely successful : that such cuart;
should be established in other districts than those in will
they at present exist ; that the Board should consist of
wao.
equal number of representatives of employers and,,,e be
ployed presided over by an independent chairman, ""„fro
chosen by the representatives who should act as all uta,..Vat
if necessary, and whose decisions should be final;
the decision of the Board should be capable of legal sae
forcement, the Legislature being requested to Provl to
some means of compelling the attendance of witness
The
give evidence to carry out this legal enforcement, -"'"
Repression of Crime section was occupied also the
reading of papers, and discussions on ;
question in the working of the Prisons Act
nso'
1865 were entered into, and satisfactory °Pillieo
were expressed, especially with reference
productive prison labour. The Municipal Law sectio
employed itself with " Tribunals of Commerce ; Iry
desirability of establishing them, and the powers t'e"
ought to possess." of
The subject of "The Desirability, or otherwis.„.e, with the
Prohibiting the Exportation of Contraband of Alv
ufh
though one of great importance, was not deeraet. smi,}
ciently interesting to attract more than a ha?",.,—
of members to the section devoted to the discussion
international international law. It is truth to say that of the Pai",.o
read three at least had a tendency to dullness. A- 111°' --
popular section was the one given to the consider:
ation of educational subjects, the special question discus sea
here, to-day, was "by what means can a direct connee"
tion be established between elementary and 80°1,::
schools and the universities." The readers of papers were
the Rev. Brooke Lambert, and the Rev. John Percival
the latter of whom urged the creation °
an Education Minister, having authority over ever
grade of education. A discussion, vigorously maintaiu,'sed'
ensued, in which all shades of opinion were represer
on
Considering that the question under consideration was °
that particularly affected the members of the Association
of the sterner sex, it was curious to note to how 'are fln
extent the audience was composed of ladies.
The Ladies' Conference held at three o'clock
densely Crowded. Miss Emily Faithfull read a paper
on
the special training of women. The paper commenced ,Pai
pointing out that in consequence of want of dies`
training many women were starving, if not
worse. It contained a number of statistics
shew how many women there were who had to ir‘li
pend on themselves for support. The necessity of sp
training was then argued at some lengl
and the obstacles in the way of this specia
training were stated to be the short sighte id
policy which rejects everything, for which t
does not see an immediate return and the forlorn hope °
a possible husband in the fLse sentiment that 3
woman loses caste by training for, or wader-
taking, paid work. A long and interesting
discussion ensued. At half-past four the general com-
mittee on:Married Women's Property Bill was held, gr'
Hastings, the President of the Council of the Association,
and several other influential members, attended. A I°l4
report, declaring what the Executive Committee had sc.
complished, was presented.
The meeting of working-men held in the Town Heil
was a large and successful one. Mr. Isaac Lothian
presided in the absence of Sir W. Armstrong. kr.
Emily Faithfull occupied a seat on the platform.
Rupert Kittle was the first speaker, and his address desa'
with courts of arbitration and conciliation, which, he
argued, worked well on the whole, and ought to be
tended. Mr. Goodwin followed with some wise and 'weir
received counsels on the subject of " Health and the
way in which its Provisions are Neglected." 'Dr. LY°a
Playfair, speaking on " Education," characterised
the Government Education Bill as a great step in the
right direction. He strongly urged that the education
of a district should be specially adopted to the requirei;
ments of the employments of the district. Mr. Newmars
president of the Statistical Society, the Dean of Durhalla,
Mr. Rawlinson, president of the Health Department of
the association, Sir J. Bowring, and Mr. Joseph Bowen,
Newcastle, were the other speakers. .

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.
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The will of the Right Hon. John Henniker-Major, --;°
Henniker (fourth Baron), of Thornham Hall and 17Porling.
worth Hall, Suffolk, and 6, Grafton-street, St. Georges,
Hanover-square, was proved at Bury St. Edmunds on the
10th ult., by the Right Hon. Anne, Dowager Countess
Henniker, the relict, and the Right Hon. John fr
Majoro
Henniker-Major, Baron Henniker, the son, late ALP.
East Suffolk, the joint acting executors. The
pers maltywas sworn under £so,ooo,—The will of Sir Robert
John Harvey-Harvey Bart., late of Crown Post,
Trowse, Newton, Norfolk, formerly of the city "
of Norwich, and of Brundall House, Norfolk, banker'
worprn under 270,000.—The he
ult
will of Miss Hannah Blade!,
Hobson, formerly of Montague-square, Middlesex, an
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late of Shinfield Lodge, Berks, was proved in London, 011
the 14th instant, under £90,000 personalty, by her
nephew, Francis Hobson Appach, Esq., of 13, Palm
square, square, Brighton, and her nephew-in-law, Frederiq
William Allfrey, Esq., of Stanbury,.Reading, the Phi
acting executors.

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