New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-10-03
SCIENCE.
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR TIE ADVANCE.
MENT OF SCIENCE.

FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
NORWICH, Aug 2S--The chronological Section wh;o.
is TO bear chat no loDger was crowded one mon,
ing TO hear Mr.. Hepworth Dixons paper on "Gr..a
Praires and Prairie Indians" Many focked to r.
Peters Hall. hoping to hear passage of arms h.
tween MI. Dixon and the President, who had opsn,
attacked The Athengum of which Mr.. Dixon /.
editor Had Professor RollestOn been editor ana
attacked by the President. he would have fought. .
Runic duel with Dr. Hooker. aud made memorala.
the year in which scientific swords were draw,
But Mr. Dixon was silent, and let the great opport,.
nifty slide" and not personal conflict Of any kinA
animated any section. The Editor of The AtkenOr.
confined himself to hls paper and he showed that ~
understood the art OF reading paper. Mr. Dxon;s
perfect in composition and delivery came before ans
Of the sections The reading free, equal TO odS
nary extempOre speaking, with the added charm q
never tres0me, and it abOunded with picturesans
description. ending sometimes with q STACEY abruk
ness. Mr.. Dixon's paper was the narrative Of TIE
civilized traveller. not loss wonderful than the oldes
stories Of travellers with the great quality Of benz
more reliable and accurate. in its report ol
physical and Typographical facts. He usefulv
geographers adorned their maps. These. he said
were abundant in European maps of America BAL
had no existence in fact they retreated like The
ment approached them; and the childhood a
science always abounded with these geOraphicd
about the empire and ITS facts than did, described
Mr. Dixons paper as literary caricature, But thers
further surprise in store for us. The next day
The AhenGam arrived IN Norwich and the first art.
Gle in it was ostensible review of two volumes q
American travel; and this review word for word
the identical paper Dir Dixon had read to us. This
was a smart way Of utilizing a review article.
The presence of Prof. Archer Hirst, Mr.. w. c.
Shnn. aud Mr. Griffith OF Harrow Permanent Ad.
mnstraors Of the Association. were pleasant guar.
antees that all needful facilities would be afforded
to visitors Of every order. The rooms and halls y
which the sections met were all about the city; but
when arrived at, every convenience was found. aod
the reception room abOuDded in facilities for corr
spondence which have never been exceeded and II
sanitary provisions which were perfect; With The
exception of two comic notices, Norwich has beee
distinguished by courtesy both thoughtful and
liberal.
Section by reading paper on Inc Condition OF ths
opinion by his statements Here is his bold picture
OF the condition Of agricultural Britons who sing
they never Will be slaves?
Nowhere has the Improvement Of the agricultural 10
tine land Itself In the vest OF England the condios
OF the Iaborer very little improved, ana IN sooe
and provisions dear education has become neces
sary Of life for family the poor rate so admnIsteisd
west Of England an agricultural laborer had TIL lately
only U.s. S. week. and now only g. or ga Uniess
IS to Is 3D. or week for house rent. and provide
food clothing medical attendance fuel and every ohes
he esy h sGr en and seldom ses sIc
the costof as many hours OF hard WORK Ia getting
cider day and has portion Of his wages often paA
in quit which, when corn is dear is an advantage. eei
keep pig or poultry OF stealing food for then
from master. He works nominslly ten or ten and
meals He Is almost always. however in reality kepts
much longer time than this and "a seldom paid anything
Women get I'd or sd, day for outdoor work. with
quart OF cider and boys small n proportion IN
broth which consists Of an infusion Of and water
with little milk IT, which is not often the case can =
got. For luncheon and dinner, which they take via
them they have bread and little hard dry skim
milk cheese at 3D. per ID. For supper on their return
home they have potatoes cabbage, with very smAR
slice OF bacon sometimes give 1t flavor. Butchers
meat they seldom exceptt 10 given TO them Thsy
unable 10 lay by thing, and few comparatively
belong benefit societies They ongiyed. but evea
their prime feeble, aud at the Of so often emp
pied with rheumatism, the result OF poor living, som
cider. damp climate, hard work. and anxiety combined
There remains nothing them then but parish pay and
What picture of the craven docility of John Built
The gallant Canon has advised these men to emi.
enterprise. you would have all these people come
over IN body. In Buckingham-the county repre-
scented by our Prime Minister Mr. Disraeli-agric1i-
tural laborers are much worse on. letter OF your
London correspondent some time ago gave you
picture of things there more abJect than this. W
course the gallant Canon was attacked IN Section
Economic vigorously but not scientifically. SIR john
Bswring defended Canon Girdlestone. pointing out
that he had not been answered by being told thse
somewhere else than IN Devon the aborer was better
Off and Sir John added " Did that meeting know
the calumny and indignty to which he was subjected
on account OF his generous and fearies. defense o.
the 6 rr pr sIln s sS s .n MIN
into cheers, cries and enthusiastic applause Of the
gallant Canon that have never heard exceeded nos
even equaled, at scientific meeting. Whdows
were uneasy; museum-case panes gave way IN
shrieking cracks, through being pressed by sympe-
thizng friends of the Canon:
Canon Girdlestone himself Is q thin. why clergy
nj
dant gray hair; but withal, Of pleasant and On!
mated expression. When, however. he speaks b
obliterates ell distinctions OF attenuation and dmn
utiveness: his voice is that of lion Of Judah, ane
his confident fluent, bold tone commanded attentlos
aud general conviction.
Mr. Torrance. Member Of Parliament for last SUI
folk read a very useful and exhaustive paper on tns
social condition of the working class, including msny
literary facts touching the rise Of the wages system
in Great Britain. In the course of 1t be Announces
new moral discovery, which was more mover thss
convincing. Speaking Of the working classes ns
said: Their morality was not our morality, whles
implied an elevation Tor his own class when VI.
challenged the theory, and asked MI i@.
rance TO favor the Section with an exPlanss
Sn Of The There new wsTs ss
of the virtues of the upper classes OF society IN tn
gland and none had hitherto been struck by the ta.,
that their or Of
ty involved what Mr.. Heny, the bunest OF Enels'
squres in Parliament woud call an ugly rens,G ;.
ton on the w0rknen who, though backward 10 P oIs
teal economy. and prone to politics which fI1L
Leoni Levi had just deplored, they were on tns
whole a. moral rs the upper classes III CrsP Az
other speakers. supported this view: Mr. 1orrsnes
replied with protestations of his good feeling qus
sincere) toward the working class, saying that ~
Trades Unions Commission which had lately pup
lshed its report had given him the idea which Wa
called in question "a.
Mr. Harvey, NJ z. for Thetford. and Lady Henrlets1
Harvey gave an entertainment 10 the members o.
the Association at his splendid and picturcsqas
grounds at Crown Point, two miles from the Guy.
Steamers were provided on the Wensum to convey
visitors down. Any respectable person stepped IN.
no inquiry was made, no tickets demanded, no auoy
naLnd Arriving M Crown Point a hrKht an0