New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-10-15

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light being Tsay in Se chemical ses
ton over which no presided Al were sorry 10 car, ~
Tspt Harvard in exploring the mysterious Pamir
Land in Central Asia, which no European mas YET ua
veTsed Col Gilpn of America, who was introduced Dy
Sir Rodcrick was received with much applause. The
Raah OF kOap0re. handsome, rather obese gentleman
very swarhy and picturesQuc-dressng in the day in
red silk In the evenings in green velvetmade pleasant
speech in the Geographical Section lie was also an
attraction at the Mayors receptions at the Town Hall
The pictures shown at Mayors official residence and
the Town Hail. ST. Georges Hail. were of good quality
they were mostly selected from private galleries.
The British Association meets next year III Edinburgh,
where enthusiasm TO receive 1t exists, ana declines
have greeted it, However, 1t goes TO Brighton In 1872
The President who is to succeed Prof. Huxley il sir
William Thomson. Prof Tyndal is the next President
Designate.
THE BRITISH SOCIAL SCIENCE CONGRESS-FoUR-
TENTH ANNUAL MEETING-THE PAPERS AND
DEBATEs-LADIES' MEETING.
lPROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
NEwCASrLE-UPoN- TYNE, Sept. 29.-Social
Science this year has displayed its good taste in visiting
these historic quarters famed not less for antiquities than
for Inequalities Every mile of ground and every knot
of river miles in diameter from this center has its
historic story every field and defie, every village and
town has been of bloody fight desperate raid
The Tyne River flows through the town. Along its banks
down to Tynemouh on both Sides 20 miles of bank are
covered with the most imposing and turbulent industries
England can show. Cannoncasting, shp-bulding, iron
smelling. chemical manufactures, all ponderOus and
grim piles imaginable, emitting thunder smoke, and
fire, thrust themselves eye and ear Nevertheless,
Newcastle itself is picturesque. Its bridge, whose
foundations laid by the Romans is vast lofty iron
structure spanning the Tyne and connecting Newcastle
and Gateshead. Looking up. it seems an iron road
through the sky and the railway passenger moving
over it looks down into the smoking chasm of the
town he may well mistake the mouth Ofthe bottom
less pit and the Tyne itself part of that lake which
burneth with fire and birthstone On the hill where the
mOnstrOus bridge terminates stands CASTLE fresh ana
GRIM and complete when 1t left the hands OF its Nor
man 500 years ago Near it stands ST. Nicholas
Church with a lantern tower, whose beauty has for
centuries caused to be looked at than the Stars
The cunning Scots when they burst not attempt an
Newcastle threatened to fire at the Spire OF ST.
Nicholas unless the town surrendered Some mcdlaval
Krupp had just then invented cannon The Governor OF
Newcastle who always Kept good stock Of Scotch pris
oners on hand, took the most important of them and
stuffed them into the arch Of the spre and made them
waddiDg for the dainty pnnacles and babe the
Scots fire away and St Nicholas spire was pre-
served in the bloody days. The tOwnsmen have plenty
Of the old vgOr in them Their ancestors since the
days of Cesar have had TO roll back the tides of invasion
| by warlike hordes seeking to pass the border into
| England.
The Duke of Northumberland, descendant OF the fiery
Pecies delivered the inaugural address the Congress
Canon Norris had previously delivered the inaugural
sermon in st. Nicholas Church. in which he commended
10 the Sanitary Section the secular truth that mans
body was a sacred thing" The Duke, who added pa
cifc grace TO his historic house by accepting the office of
President is middle-aged, midde-size, thoughtful
looking man, not fluent but precise and competent In
| thought and speech. He avOwed himself willing that
distinction of classes should cease in terms and fact
and that society should be bound together by OF
| common "nterest and goodwill" He regretted the
"impatence of authority" and decay of obedience :;
| he thought the first French Revolution warning
and mischief to Europe; he rather deplOred the ten
dency of Parliament respect chiefly the visbe and
practical" the best thing it has learned to dol He
mourned little Mr. Forsters Education bill. and
was sorry to "dogmatic teaching" forbidden he
agreed with Lord Shaesbury in preferring the platform
the Vatican Birmingham League. The eminent
Percy did not admire Mr.. loves plan OF admitting all
candidates for Government employ through the strait
and gate" Of competitive examination any more
than did the American temerity of permitting rail
sptters mionaires TO iii high Offices of state. His
Grace ended by quoting the testimony OF foreign
writer who knew all long ago and lately, and who Is
shocked 20 find that reform alarms an English
man, whether workman aristocra The Duke thinks
this an unfortunate manifestation and Is himself in
favor of revolution" rather than revolution" SO is
everybody, and revolution" would did not
many persons cOnspire to prevent evolution" His
Grace's address was bold and wholesome one. 1t is
well that social reformers should have put before them
those cOntTative views held by thoughtful and
hghly-placed as the Duke OF Northumberland.
Topics Of importance well handled, and many
OF mark took part in the proceedings. Mr.. Rupet Kettle
of Wolverhampton, the Wormen's Arbitrator brought
the subject OF COneiaOry Councils into discussion Mr.
owen of Bursem, who understands the worknans point
OF view, and foresees, Mr.. Kettle does that day
Cooperation will supersede Arbitratontook part in the
section discussing the question. Mr. Kettle Chair
man Of the Economy Department Mr. +. 0. Greenng
contributed commercial view Of Industrial Partnerships
TO this section Mr. j. Lothian Bell put practical
questions to Mr.. Head who has introduced semi-co-
operative partnership among his at the Iron Works
Of marlborough Mr. Head afterward read paper on
his experience and scheme. Mr. Hollond Of the Regis
trar Of Burials Office Whitehall, London earnest,
cearheaded, social philosopher, read upon Cooperative
Labor Markets" The Dean Of Durham advocated bet
ter scientific education for miners. The Rev. Brooke Lam
port very active and genial promoter of Social Science
Of the Church Of England, and the Rev. Mr.. Stein
! thai Of an opposite Church-the Untarian-were with
other gentlemen of holy repute. incessant in exerton
where the objects Of the Association could be advanced
No political religious differences counted here. Sir
! Stafford NorthcOte and Sir John BOwring Mr.. McLa
ren, NJ. p, work side by side in cordially.
Mr.. c. Woodyatt Hastings, President OF Council, made
the legal summary of the year progress Mr. Hastings,
Founder Of this Association, always makes good his
position by quality Of his addresses One point he
discussed the law Of cOntraband. No nation, he
said had power declare coal contraband it could only
be done by of International law Yet England
has been assaed for not doing it. II the world
governed by little WISDOM public opinion he added, was
formed with little knowledge. Prof. LeOni Levi con-
ributed of those authoritative papers he cOmpOses
on Defects OF International Law. Lord Neaves who
be both instructive and jocund delivered, President
Of the Law Section Characteristic address Jurs-
prudence and its Improvement Mr. Westlake a sonin-
law of Mr. Hare, author Of the New System of Personal
Representation, read paper worth looking into,
ConTaband of War. Mr.. Edwin Chadwick, C. b., had a
very wise plan for dealing with National Standing
Armies, which the Quaker element at the Congress did
not quite agree with it sound proposal neverhe-
less DE- LYON Payfair NJ 2 for Edinhurgh Uniyersity