New-York tribune., 1867-09-28

JeIolq seiiJ MN 10, and inserted 1t III his Shilling
Principal Pullock of st. Andrews an ancient Uni.
vcrSity in these parts here The learned Principal
Church" Dean Stanley, who accompanied the Prince
OF Wales through Palestine, is also visitor TO the
Association and DR.. Boyd the Essayist. mentioned
Prof Fawcett, who. though blind is an active and
vigilant member of Parliament. Shooting his
fathers estate at Salisbury few years ago his gun
exploded IN his hand; and the centers of both his
eyes were penetrated. Prof. Charles Kingsley is
here He has lost that painful padness of face he
formerly had, and is now hale instead of pale, and
has exchanged his nervous animation for an express
sion of vgor. Sir Charles Lyell, well-known yisi-
tor to America, is also visitor 10 this meeting
companied by Lady Lyell. The Rev Mr.. Claiming
OF America preached on Sunday III the Thistle Hail.
Dundee. Several distinguished members OF the
British Association present. Sir John and Lady
Bowring' Prof. Fawcett NJ F.; and Mrs Fawcett
were among the number Mr.. Charming has qualities
as preacher which astOnished the "Dundonlans
as the towns people called. He repudiatcd the
doctrine of endesSness of punishment by God as an
otfense to the moral consciousness of humanity with
a personal eaTnesness that took the congregation
by surprise. Americans speak with personal
think while he speaks. He says what is in him, and
he speaks because something is in him. An American
seems 10 know better what IL i'll him than an English
man does and trusts himself in a degree We do not
Many came TO hear your late Chaplain of the House
of Representatives. and the congregation was large
Ihe Rev George Glhllan, whose dashlng criticisms
ON English and American men of Letters brought
him INTO notice some years ago. is resident preacher
here His sermon on Sunday in the School Wynd
Church was handsome cOngTatulatiOn and welcome
to Science III Dundee. The prophetic mannersin
has grown upon Mr.. Gilhllan lie is the very Op-
posite of Mr. Charming whose oratory is spiritual
Mr. Gilhllans mechanical. The Rev. Dr. Hannah,
one Of the Oxford hampton lecturers. in his
nobly said Men OF science prlzlng light above all
| things accepted the adaptation of the ancient
! prayer
"Only dispcrse the clouds they cry.
And if fate be death, gave light and let us die"
Sir Samuel Baker announces and explains the pur-
pose and point Of the several papers read. As sell
dom occurs 10 "a scientific man TO speak up, II IS
/ great advantage when a President who has lungs
| uses them To tell the audience what the inaudble
readers have said Sir Samuel proclaimed that II was
comfort TO find that after many thousand pill
gUms had been for centuries selling their clothes to
enable them To prosecute their journey 10 the Tomb
| OF Christ To find that they had been knecng at
| dirty spot which was now discovered not 10 be
Cmlss tomb at all. For centuries all sorts oi pco-
Pile had been TO Jerusalem. Ii was only lately That
/ science had been there, and now we know what IL
/ was that saw which pilgrims never did. Let MS
be attracted, We Will but let us he sure OF our AT
traction and science alone can give us surety and
tell us what tO revere The DuBdoo AdreTt'sG' tpre-
s.dcd over 10y Mr.. John Long. journalist Of great
encrgy is the leading paper here, and gives good re-
| ports of the general proceedings but speeches like
these of Sir s Baker do not occur in It's columns IL
gave the whole Of Prof IyndalIs great lecture. rs
| have already noticed, and which gave the >, Bold
Buccleugh" start-the noble Duke saying he shonld
not cOntInue Chairman if he thought science led 10
skepticism. Mr: Long Is not tlmld JOURNALIST 1y
any means. II is his brother who is editor OF The
| Shcffed Telegraph. and he Is the man who exposed
the Trades mons asSaSsnS BrOadhead ana CT0okes,
and who had TO carry for years revolver as well as
a pen lie is the best example we have OF a lighting
| editor
There are good Charncn of Sections down here.
Prof Rogers and Sir John BowIing who preside in
Mr. DHffs absence in the Economic Section are both
/ Dundee. Like Prof. Roleston of Oxford he Is the
greatest Chairman Of Sections Physioogy is his de.
paTtmcntl have ever seen. lie is not here tins
session. He looks after all papers, estimates them,
and challenges any error advanced making his sec
tion Court of Inquiry. Prof Rogers, l.. Ihorold
! Rogers, well-known writer in Inc Morning Star,
! and Sir John Bowring have both Prof. Bollestons
quality. Mr. Grant Mountstuart Duff NJ; T. the
! President Of the Economic Section is well known
| for his Studies of European Politics" and as
liberal and polished speaker in Parliament lie IS an
artist in sentences. He was lately ly chosen Lord
Rector of Aberdeen University, and represents the
cultured and progressive sides OF Scottish intellect
| His opening address 10 the Economic Section was
the ablest delivered tins year. He defined Economic
| Science as the "debateable land between men OF
/ thought and men of action lie defended tins
science against the charge Of hardness, quoting Mr.
! j. :. Mills remarkable question IN Ialhalncht;
| What can be unfeellng than EavItatlOnE
] Mr. Duff doubted not that " Economic Science had
well laid the fallacies of Protection, and that their
ghosts would no more come to ghbcr IN the hOSe oi
| Commons" lie expressed wholesome contempt
for the Rgby Of political life" who affect 10 sneer
at statistics, and cunumcratcd the mgh results VIC
owe to the calcuatOTs lie asked:
"Would that the people Of tins quarter OF the globe
%Cuu p5o aTHh9 ON the other SIDE Of the ftanic An Amer
lean politician came back last Autumn from rtussin & de-
sian town without meeting soldier An EnElsh % %nonu-
declaring that he had trayerscd the country from end
10 end without seeing even single soldier "lth VIII
monarchs and cabinets and popular assemblies learn that
old wisdom of william ILL., that that nation will hold the
balance of power which IN proportion o IT'S strength mas
and acGuired the highest degree of moral ascendency by
an honest and consistent allegiance TO the laws OF moral
ity in its domestic policy and its foreign relations
Mr. Duff concluded by giving remarkable piece
| of advice as many will think for Lord Rector OF
great Scotch University ii was that the members
| of the Section should observe the maxim OF the
Pyrrhonists, "Be sober, and remember TO doubt
Scotland. however is far more liberal now than It's
reputation. You may hear noble sentiments III hlgh
quarters everywhere III this country, is SGotand
| which has elected Mr. Grant Dun, Mr.: Carlyle, and
Mr. j. s. Mill, Lord Rectors-.three of the most IN,
trepid thinkers of Europe. Scotland has reverend
pictv which unites itself to profound philosophy.
Prof Leoni Levi, the great Jewish statistician,
makes the Sections radiant by his personal animation.
Instead of being as dry table of ogaithms he ap
pears to extract the cube root OF VlVacity OUT OF
every subject. Sir John Bowring, attacked the
'PrOdnctive Labor in Prisons" He said that America
reforms or detans its scOundIes at % less cost tah
we do, and that IN Continental prisons sconndleIs,
are made productive. Nothing but examples will
cure England of its insane dread OF making "a knaVe
work for his living-and get IT. Dr; Bowring was
Governor of the remotest English Colonies. and he
had sent 10 him the oldest kind OF creatures to EN-
noy i'm the civil service. He related that hetried an
arstocratc candidate IN spelIng ad iOId @ r tt t s
of them could write. Ii has been discovered OF late
that the English deficient in technical education
Mr. Grant Duff made this point IN the economic
Section and the fact (which has long been known.
and now is believed has added new public interest
10 science associations. Prof Phillips announces
Iat tbe law of meteorc stars has been discovered,
and that their period is 80 years. Mr.; Glasher the
great baoonst. says that all speculations about
falling stars has hitherto been held as worthless. Dut
NJ length we have got to the truth.
I'm 1S:s9 94O-4l was of the meteoTic watchers at
an astronomical station in the midland of England,
selected at the instance of NJ. Urago, the eminent
French Astronomer. Ii is only III 1867 that the true
Low, has been evolved out of many years of mid
-; - bt registration of FallinV-Star caprces l can
no5frm what Mr. Gaisher says of the utter hopeless
noss with which all attempts to solve the great No
ANn' yoft tha heavens regarded In the