New-York tribune., 1867-10-12
THE BRITISH CONGRESS.

ever and anon the slightest spark percussion gnltes IT,
and an explosion follows No the name OF Sir
Thomas Bateson NJ P of the local magnates
of the Association. than it felt inevitable that
somethng would In the last session Of Parlla
ment SIR Thomas up evening. and hrusting his
oTi in nebrated accents that Mr.. Gladstone had emas
culated Tory party" The inelegance OF the attitude
roar and Mr. Gladstone turned round and laughed with
the rest "Emaseuated, say reiterated slr LhoHlas
looked again, aud seeing the odd plight OF the orator
he turned his head away IN pity ana m % &
sided in unegaIded h0arscness. No sooner had
hear1 Lord Duern's illusions 10 the Church, than
he wrote to The Bcfqs Nelrs Letter. and repudlated tne
DufIcrn pleads Lord Brougham's exanpe in vain. Be-
cause he attacked AmerIGa Lord pae4 & SfnSSfs e e m
he would not have taken the post of President-atis is
unless he could wander from his subject, he WOa NOT
have undertaken 10 speak upon H. surely logic 20
brilliant as this could not be matched except t
in Belfast Sir Thomas Batcson Is quito equal
TO the occasion, lo retifes because he does not
agree with the President Every member Of the Asoca-
ton might retire upon the same ground But this little
episode viii do the Social Science Congress- harm It
Belfast The London Daily Necs takes the same objection
to Lord Duferns dchqon OF social science rs 81, hsl 8
which have already stated, and ventures 70 9UI P I ch %
substitute Social Science investigates the Jaws Nncn
regulate the formation and the Development OF society s
Mental Science deals with the laws Whgh IeEtIf Etfo ~
operation Of the individual mind Inc manIIiiG II
certainly nearer than Lord Dulern got, but surely the
most shadowy guidance is this. o,,..
OF sections by his address to the Jursprudence Depart
ment It is sufficient in Itself TO distinguish the Con
gress of 1867. When lawyer spins
Down the ringing grooves Of change
| TThe right honorable gentleman quoted this lne OF
Tennyson one gives him up as lost; put F " IaShn S
returned To the present sphere upon which he was Ih
ous and practical He said "rribonian ard hs fellows
sad ia GSy' hay S"ned MANY camels In Egiad
work had yet 10 be DONE but what had been 80 wen ac
cOmpshed In New Urk for the English law cannot be
incapable of imitation la tins country, when piOduceu
It," The learned Judge made anoble appeal an classes
part OF the education Of all gentlemen: "CentuIieS
ago" he said the statutes ot the srtIg ETSlin ~
those OF modern days, as any one may sec Who o
he carly ~ & @Gt st sopeq M c century
We should look the examples Of consulnnae skl eN
Saf I T xusR y the style tie Roman a%yc
was always simple and clear commonly bllef ana nefn
ous" tIs wise and prctmucnty usetnl thng 10 say
all this in Ireland, where the national style gaseous
In wide and yet relevant historical facts m discussion ana
application, Mr. Justice O'Hagan's address was model
OF what Lord Dufcrin thinks impOssibe-1n Grafton long,
interesting, and yet to the purpose ..,,,,,,, ,-o,
! Education received an important contribution from
Prof Goodwin Smith, who treated the adaptation oi nj
verses 70 the present requremGints t or .o sT' % Ti
enced i'm oxford. Prof McCosh read valuable paper on
debate Of great interest followed Mr q. W. Hastings
maintained, hc did three years ago that the question
as patty question, but should be considered on phlio
r Xndfews rather illustrated the Irish Historical habit
Of going back to the HOOD III treng Ihe o spJeIT Gi s &
tonal Education. The Rev j. scott IoiteI, munster @
Of great activity or mind aud rfputc, dclcnueu we
present national syscm The debate which followed ts
adjres, and paper was rendered animated by Mr. T. G.
Colin of Boston, who said tie national ssem Of educa
ton OF the country to which he belonged Wa. hhbHu
cent machine into the hopper ot which they threw Win
ont scrnpo the raw material Of tie native, Indigenous
and H. ported. They tossed IN annually 10000 lIsl-
! men, 100000 Duchmen, some 2o,0J swedcs aud
| Norwcglans all tho Frcnchmcn at hand and
miscellaneous heap OF arry from other parts OF tho
all M together and now they mad resolved temper the
result By mixing IN 3ooGCo blacks. 40 ioss GutlouI 70
know what came out ot the oiher ehd OF ts
hopper, he could say that there Issued population al
speaking The Engiish hngdgee ana sen,1,a{ STn I1 Ia
formed IN consequence oi the operation lGy hAu uhucr
gone and il Ireland would perform similar operation
UDrasei and would be better able TO asslmate tho
merOus cuiPants rIn sent to thclt sort NI we're -
ter followed, defending the Irish National hystem Mr.
V. Poster Ike Mrs Chlshoim MAKES lnSes,in' oIW1Ds
TO America aud other counties, t. improve tL9 Iati.s
ana Is I'm every way man of remarkable experience as
prof Goodwin smith, whose maine Is known TO America
Imay add by way II interjccton that Lord DufcIln
has also form corrected an error ho fcl ut0iu dcscrb
ing tho Assoclaon as founded by Lord Brougham The
true history OF its formation by MI George hooayat
hastings gave in my last letter.
In Mr. Dudley Fields department n paper was rced
from Lord Hobart winch started With The proposition
that "our existing order of things WIS si one OF Iicr,
national anarchy, sill cnchcd the wo,ld w blood and
extracted asOop00O annually from The pocket, oi indus.
tnoua men Tor thc maintenance OF meets ana ai inlcH
Arbitration might arrest th--hut arbitration was yet at
great distance from The selection of International
arbitni0s WHO had no interest n thc questions 10 bc
decided and who were armed with power TO enforce their
decisions were Indispensable. II We are 10 get rid of the
dteadiul burden oI an "in'H leacc pups9 bglllineht
must DC improved men must BE- tenacious Oh Their real or
iues of thor own people and Willingness must be
evoked to defer TO prcccdcns and decisions by arRtcrs
Lord Hobarts logic very much OF piece with that Of
the late Peace Congress at Geneva, where disposition
was manifested to 80 TO o. promote peace. Armed
arbtcrs not be indispensable Mr. Dudley Field tho
President OF The section In which these papers were read
combat cd Lord O51rt's idea lle thought that the pub
lie opinion OF nations would far o. support decision
Of Arbitration Court and great deal would be gained
until an appeal had been made 10 International arber
In the section OF trade Mr.. Mulholland, j. p and Mr.
Ynyr Burgess both advised the extension OF max growing
In Ireland adapted to its soil and beneficial to its
merce Mr. Arthur Cleary, barriser-at-law developed
cooperative theory, which was pacty expressed. 1t
amounted TO this: the industry OF Europe had
tered OF open markets. Competitors decided
who should command the customers, ana commercial
supremacy belongs to the cheap producer Industry IS
not yet organized to full the conditions OF cheap pro-
Hitherto capital had zone in search Of labor In future
cooperative credit should go In search OF capital The co
operation Of capital with labor equitable terms with
agreed participation OF profits present solution OF tho
difficulty. This statement does not quito cover tho
ground but rs barsters theory ~ comes near 70 ihe
facts Another Paperist Mr.. Barnckson, recommended
Ireland to grow beetroot and make II into sugar Mr.
John Noble gentleman well known nc these congresses
for able papers social and economical questions occ
stoned considerable discussion on the taxation OF Ireland
Mr. j. Heron, j. r. had equally close relation 10 Irish
wans-ike Mr.. W. d. Hendersons paper on The statistics
OF the London Clearing House The Congress ltseI Is
The Right Hon J. T. walshe Master Of the Rolls,
stated in his Presidential address that 90 years ago there
were n England aud lI5 In France, punished
with death, and that now only one ohense-llder-is
so treated IL Is estimated that sxseycnhs OF criminals
escape detection one means OF repressng crime would
be 10 increase the certainty OF detection Confessions
should be used against them, man who had committed
many ofenses should be made accountable for all Grim.
by way OF TctribuOn They should experience harder
than fell 10 the lowest honest aborer The Master Of
the Rolls was little In favor OF the gaOws or the lash,
but punishment tending 10 reformation, should be
reality OF very distasteu order Professor Mofet had
a word to say against cruelty TO animals In all forms.
The Mayor OF Dublin pointed ont that many OF the evils
which Prof Molet rightly deplorcd had been remedied
Dr. Lancaster Of London attention to the Dietary
OF Panpers ana criminals; ana we & icS' IA "a, Sen. @