The meeting at Glaen ° aw of the:Association' ,for. the Pronaotion. of
Social Science, if it has done nothing more, has shown the unflagging vigour of Lord Brougham. His inaugural address -will stand comparison with any .of his oratorical efforts .10: the same line, and hie impromptu speeches, like, the comment on Sir James Shuttlewortli's educational essay, and the appeal to the working men in the City Hall, are quite as,•ohartioteristie of the man as the weightier oration. The. presence of ,M.'Garnier Page; M. Desraarete, and M. Louis Blanc on. the platform recalls` a period ',which has rapidly become historical, when France like England had i‘ public men ", and a Parliament ;. while the greet- ing which M. Louis Blanc received shows that a lurking ele- ment of socialism', and a strong sympathy for an exile exists among our working classes. The Sooial Science Association-is an agreeable autumnal fête ; it stimulates the discussion of varied'and weighty. subjects, and annually -produces a bet* in which we may dig for facts and .find food for -meditation in its abounding'theoretical disquisitions. . We the glad to see that the working mien have been enlisted. They can, if they choose, fur- nish some of the best material attainable for large and'solid re-
sults in.the dePartment-of Social Science. ,
Besides this great aisiniblge of -our' talking and essay- writing pubic teachers, .we. .have lacl,,some otl a Meetings of-
the
ordinary:sti yo,which- we need only refer.; Sir,John Law- renee, receiving-the freedenroffilasgow city,-has delit.erect the*: an essay on the causes of the -Indian' Mutiny, a: `vindication -jf the administration of the Punjaub, and some remarks on the 'duty of Government in relation to the spread of Christianity among- theilliadoes.- Mr. Henley, at Woodstock, has commented upon our, tranquil and prOsperous marsh C,OMpared 'with the trenblesV Southern Italy, and'has expressed a' hearty English wish that Right may triumph. Mr. Disraeli, meeting his rural constituents at Aylesbury, has altogether eschewed'. politics, and ,'talkta of prize short horn; prize labourers, and -the the scope and purpose of agricailtural societies.; Mr„Whilley IMO:been in North Wales promoting the registration of Liberal -voters, and,lifting
up in that religions community the cry of "No:Popery." These are the salient indications.of public) life at hoMe. Of course the
Volunteers are working cheerily, and their doings, form a run- ning accompaniment to every other kind of public -! action. So raq'it alivaptIst;:-
