The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-18 00:00:00

the noble lord, having briefly spoken his acknow-
ledgements, gave " Success to the National Asso-
ciation fox the Promotion of Social Science."

Lord J. RUSSELL, in returning thanks on behalf
of the association, pointed out its peculiar uses in
reference to questions of domestic policy and legis-
lation. They did not enter into competition with the
older association, whose object was exclusively the
development of science, their purpose being the solv-
ing of certain political problems of great interest and
to advance the social welfare of the community.

Several other toasts were given, and at a late
hour the company separated.
Whether as regards the additional strength which
has been uathered in the number of new members
and associates enrolled, the variety and scope of the
subjects dealt with, the practical bearing of the
discussions to the purposes of social improvement,
or the high rank and character of the most promi-
nent leaders, this second congress of the association
must be pronounced a decided success. The selec-
tion of the great shipping port of Liverpool as the
locale of the meeting was a happy one. On the one
hand, the migratory character of a large portion of
its population, whose occupation renders them prone
to excesses when the strict discipline of the ship
ceases to act upon them, necessarily exposes it to
many social evils from which towns differently cir-
cumstanced are comparativoly free ; and on the
other hand, the public spirit of its wealthy inhabi-
tants, which had already induced them to counter-
act the effect of those evils by a liberal expenditure
of public and private means, pointed it out as a most
promising field for such an association to work upon.
In every part of the town evidence of this public
spirit meets the eve. The public buildings, amongst
which St. George% Hall, with its law courts, the
library and offices ; its noble, gorgeous and exqui-
sitely proportioned meeting, banquet, or concert'
hall, as the case may be ; its beautiful little theatre
or small concert room, as it is called—the most ele-
gant apartment of the kind in England—stands
unrivalled alike for its grandeur of design and its
practical adaptation for the purposes for which it
was erected—the drinking fountains which are to
be met with in almost every street, and which have
been provided by the munificence of a single indvi-
dual—the ample supply of pure water and excel-
lent sanitary arrangements—all testify to the desire
of the merchant princes and opulent tradesmen of
Liverpool to improve the condition of the people.
In such a community the objects which the Na-
tional Association have in view were certain to
meet with sympathy and support; and the result of
the meeting has been to lend an impetus to the
movement which gives promise of germanence and
prosperity.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

ROCHESTER-OCT. 16.

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The supplies of grain brought forward to-day were not
large, and scarcely any improvement has taken place in
prices, which remain nearly the same as reported last week.
There was a brisker demand for wheat for seeding purposes,
which slightly improved the tone of the market, good sam-
ples of white being done at the full rates of last week, and
in some instances Is per qr higher. For inferior sorts last
week's prices were barely maintained. A slight advance
was obtained on good malting barley. Grinding sorts in
limited request. Oats a sluggish demand.
White wheat, new, 42s to 46s Barley, grinding.. 288 to 30
Red do. 398 to 43s Oats, old, .. 23s to 270
Old white 428 to 468 New do —8 to --g
Red do. 39s to 43s I Beans. 40s to 441
Barley, malting.... 39s to 43s Peas.. 42s to 44s

CHELMSFORD—Om 15.
The supply of wheat was tolerable. Barley of superior
quality made recent rates ; inferior lower. There was not
much variation in the prices of other sorts of grain.
Wheat, white 46s to 48s Peas, Partridge ..46s to 473
red 40s to 43s White 42s to 443
Barley 35s to 41s Boiling. 43s to 495
Chevalier ....Ms to 41s Dun 45s to 47s
Grinding 29s to 33s Beans, Tick ....39s to 415
Malt. 708 to 73s Harrow Ticks 39s to 43s
Chevalier 72s to 73s Mazagan 37s to 405
Oats 26s to 36s