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<3 358 OPEN .COUNCIL.
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Ladies Some , Time Since An Article Appe...
BRUSSEXS _INTTHUsATIONAL _ASSOCIATION _POE THE PROMOTION" OP SOCIAL SCIENCE .
Seconi > Session , Ghent , 1863 . From Monday , September 14 th , to Saturday , September 19 th . Honorary Presidents , M . Le Prince de Iiigne ,
sentatives Speaker of ; the M . Charles Senate ; Rog M . ier Vervoort , Minister , Spe of aker Forei of the gn Chamber Affairs ; of President Repre- , M . Fontainas , Burgomaster of Brussels ; General Secretary , M .
Auguste-Couvreur . Offices—London 3 "Waterloo PlacePall MallBrussels _46 Rue de Ligne . , , , ; , r Letter from M . Corr Vander Maeren to G . W . Hastings , Esq ., General
Secretary to the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science . " Brussels , May 5 th , 1863 .
" My dear Sir , —I have the pleasure to address to you the programme of " national the questions Association proposed which for discussion is to take p at lace the from second the meeting 14 th to of the our 19 Inter th of - *
September next , at Ghent , . If you would have the goodness to have this programme sent to the members of your Association , I am sure that many of them would attend our meeting , and take an active part in the
examination of those important subjects . We must not lose that opportunity to ciations cement . still The more _National strongl Association _y the ties of of relationshi _England p will which , I am bind sure our , give two all Asso due - -
support to her cosmopolitan offspring ; and I will vouch that the Brussels International Association will not prove ungrateful to her English parent . The ancient city of Ghent is actively preparing a series of _fe"tes for the
occaattempted sion , which of promises the sort ; to together surpass with in histori a disp c lay al exhibitions of the proverbial anything ancient hitherto hosp council itality of of our the Association opulent city the of special Charles mission Quint to . correspond I have receive with d the from English the
members in reference to the meeting at Ghent . I should be happy to respond to any inquiries which may be addressed to the General Secretary _^ or to myself , upon the subject of the meeting , and I shall take care to keep
you au courant of the progress of our labours . "I remain , my dear Sir , " Yours very sincerely ,
" George W . Hastings , Esq . Cork Vander Maeren . " QUESTIONS PROPOSED FOR DISCUSSION .
Section 1 . Comparative Legislation , 1 . How can imprisonment pendingtrial be best preserved from abuse , and from prejudicing the defence of the *
puni accused shment , con be sistentl abolished y with or a restricted due regard ? to 3 . publi Under c security what guarantees ? 2 . Can , and capital by forei what legal judgments enactments be best or promoted treaty sti ? pulations 4 . How , can can the the security easy execution afforded b of
giving gn a public and official form to conveyancing , and other private transac y - to tion s , be attained best reconciled in order with that cheapness such & , system and with the become convenience popular necessary ? 5 .
Within what limits should the rights of visit , capture may and blockade , in time those of war of , be neutral restricted s ? , 6 in . U order what to reconcile basis can the interests we establish of b an elli intern gerents ational with pon
law Sect with . II regard . Education to bills . 1 of . Oug exchange ht the ? State to interfere in education ? 2 . J $ y what extent means cantlie , while teaching preserving of the the living stud language y of the s be dead extended languages ? 3 . to What its present is the
" best organization , of professional and middle class instruction for girls as-
<3 358 Open .Council.
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1863, page 358, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071863/page/70/
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