The Express. — 1860-07-18 (London, England)

NALSAIJ W. SEVIOR presided over this section, which was ocaupisd in considering a paper by Mr. Newmareh on the statistics of prices and of wages in the principal trades, which it was suggested by the writer might be dealt with under two aspects, and with a view to two important purposes,cle.; first, as a means of tracing historically the 1*exchangeable value of commodities as compared with each other and with gold and silver (or money), and also as the mans of tracing historically the money rate of wages and the value in exchange of such money rate. And secondly, as a means of aecertaining daring more recent periods the fluctuations of prices and the course of wage* In any particular country, an; by comparison with the eanig class of facta in other minims, the relative exchangeable mine of commodities and labour in different part. of the world.  mans. The Earl of Brannon passidod over this section, at which a paper by Mr. Hammack was read by the author urging reasons for re-ooneideriag the subject, examining the existing method of collecting population returns, suggesting the hos& of inquiry, and the period at which it should be mole, and a variety of. other details, and propounding a catiaton,ede of rnsties. This papa pea ties to a Lasg in arida several of es fonts visitors to an active put, STATISTICAL InT/10.011.  In this section, over whirl ILQunreimr presided, a paon the statistics of literature was read by Mr. J. Winter Jones, in which the general propositions pet forward were, that the literary statistics of a country ought to embrace all that is the result of the exercise of the human Intellect, so far aa the same is manifested tbrongh flip 90018. In the comae of the morning his Royal Highness. the Prices Consort visited all the sections, a sewn& of which he remained a considerable time, and, without actually taking part in the discussions, evinced a marked interest in the subjects discussed. His royal highnees was attended by an equerry, and accompanied by Mr. Gibson, the President of the Board of Trade. At two o'clock there was • general meeting of the -coupon in the hall of King's Pottage, at which the Right Hon. W. F. Cowper, M.P., presided. A list of the representatrres of departments and societies of foreign countries not actually deputed by their respective governments, attending upon the conference, was reed : Belgium, M. Corr Van Der Maeren, President of the International Customs Reform Association ; France, M. Chatelane, of the Statistical Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ; Prussia, Dr. S. Neumann, delegate from the Society of Prussia for the Improvement of the Condition of the Labouring Classes, and from the Society of Scientific Medicine of Berlin ; Run* Ceptain Sierakorakine, representative of the University of Moscow and M. Gregorief, Fallow of the Geographical SOciety, sad member of the Central Fs Sta Dr. Janis, debgaie from the government of the United States, and mildest of the American Statistical Wynne, Keck. end Sheppard Humans, Esq., from the geographical and statistical societies of America. The British Asso,isition, tie National Asisaaiation, and the Manchester Statistical Society were likewise represented. M. Le Chevalier L. DiHRAITI Di SALM/SENNA drew attention to the inconvenience miming from the greater portion of the proceed' np being carried on in English, and recommended that as the oongress was international, its liminess should be conducted in the language which was most generally understood and spoken, viz., the language of France. The CHAIRMAN observed that it was optional to *ea in French or in the language of the country in which the congress was bold, as was done at Vienna when the session was bald there. OM. Debrana, M. chatelsin, and M. Cori Van Der Maeren were appointed foreign secretaries. The delegates hem Russia, Prussia, Holland, Norway, and Sweden read addresses, mostly in the French language. relative to the statistics of their respective countries, and the mode of collecting them. Dr. C. N. DAVID (Denmark) read a statement of the of statistical science is Denmark. He referred to rirXrnational inconvenience consequent upon the want of a uniform system of weights and memos.; and expressed an opinion that it would be aa advantage if care were taken to note with accuracy the statistics of suicide in all countries. Dr. ARMES (Hamburg) spoke of the necessity of obtaining en mourate arithmetical knowledge of all the factors that OM into competition in hawing a law. Least of all could we dispense with this knowledge in questing' of financial legislation. (He presented tables of the gross revenue of Hamburg from 1818 to 1869, both inclusive, with the average of every flaw years.) The value of the imports subject to duty had increased about 117 per cent., forming one-fourth of the entire value of imported goods. The value of the imports for the last three years was sheet 587} millions of mama lance, being an inereme of 709 per cent., as compared w ith 1815. Turning to the provision for the destitute poor, he stated that during the last seven years the state had supplied 80 per cent. of the expenses of their maintenance. There bad been a decrease of pauperism in the septennial period ending 1859, as compared with the septennial period ending in 1852, of 7 2-sthe per cent., though the number of blithe bad lainfiesed 9.27 per cent. Mr. L. K. DAD described the official statistical publicstione of Norway. In that country the county magistrates collected matisties on agriculture, fudience, trade, immunisetitre& mines. poor rates, wages, 'snap beaks, ale. He concluded by prompting the returns refired to, the alTrpreeeedhip were then adjourned till 10 o'clock this day, the modem reassembled.  GINILLOOKIAL AND lILINOSICAL SOCINFY OF GEXAT Stunt. —The seated atosting of this society was held lest eves* at the Merl of Flleamen's, the Mahon of the moiety. The paileries were crowded. Lord Slimy, one of the rice- premiss* took the choir, aad the vim chair wee occupied: by air Thomas Mama Wilma & report of the society's mesetdings was reed; and its adapter beilaisisioved by Sir Thomas Mama Wide* sad sesooded Brook Wok Bridges, it w Reecnonnob' adapted. Bet. Thomas Hugo read a taper as Domeffiff Beek sad he vas followed by Mr. paper with • treatise ea Aaglii-assoa and the awesislas of ZVII•111 promv to ae. The Rev. Profaner amitosis then delivered al muds" disarm= as a balf.ioceows eisraidered historically and arelmoistiadly. Dr. Pia. of Visalia, e caned his peseeipies of ratelow memory ; after which, not till a late hour, the gaoste took their departure.