LONDON:

LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, ROBERTS, AND GREEN.

1864.

LONDON:

EMILY FAITHFULL, PRINTER AND PUBLISHER IN ORDINARY TO HER MAJESTY, VICTORIA PRESS, 83A, FARRINGDON STREET, E.C.

CONTENTS.

Introduction.

1

Opening Address. Right Hon. Lord BROUGHAM AND Vaux

Address on Land as a Subject of Commerce. Hon. Lord CURRIEHILL

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Hon. Lord NEAVES

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Address on Education. NASSAU W. SENIOR .

Address on Punishment and Reformation.

Address on Public Health. Professor CHRISTISON

Address on Social Economy. Right Hon. Sir JOHN M'NEILL, G.C.B. 116

Address on Trade and International Law. Hon. Judge LONGFIELD,

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LL.D.

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Method of Legislation.

On the Consolidation of the Statute Law of Scotland, anterior to the

Union. PATRICK FRASER, Advocate, Sheriff of Renfrewshire

SELECT PAPERS, NOTICES OF PAPERS, ETC.

I.-JURISPRUDENCE.

Administration of Justice.

On Legal Procedure. ROBERT STUART, Barrister-at-Law

A Proposal to Abolish Small Debt Actions by Retailers against Con-

sumers for the Price of Necessaries. FREDERICK HALLARD,

Advocate.

The Law of Evidence in Criminal Causes. JOHN MARSHALL, Jun.,

Advocate

The Torrens System of Conveyancing by Registration of Title,

as in Operation in Australia, and Applicable to Ireland. R. R.

TORRENS

The Recent Statistics of Bankruptcy in Scotland. GEORGE AULDJO

ESSON

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Practical Suggestions for the Amendment of the Bankruptcy Law of

Scotland. JAMES M'CLELLAND .

Suggestions as to the Establishment of Public Registers of Debentures

issued by Railway and other Joint-Stock Companies. JAMES

HOPE

Laws relating to Persons.

On the Condition of the Insane in Scotland, as influenced by Legislation.

Sir JAMES COXE

Report of the Fourth Meeting of German Jurists. EDWARD ZIMMER-
MANN, LL.D.

Report of the Standing Committee of the Department

Summary of Proceedings.

Curiosities of Legislation. Sheriff BARCLAY, LL.D.

Discussions on the Statute Law

Discussion on the Law of Evidence

The Law of Evidence as Affecting the Administration of Justice in

Sheriff Courts. Sheriff WATSON

On the Marriage Law. J. CAMPBELL SMITH, Advocate

Discussion on the Marriage Law

English and Scotch Pleading and Jury Practice. JOHN M'LAREN,

Advocate

Discussion on Legal Procedure

Discussion on the Law of Bankruptcy

On the Landed Estates Court of Ireland, Supplemented by a System

of Registration of Title. HENRY DIX HUTTON

Discussion on Transfer of Land

II.-EDUCATION.

Draft of a Bill to facilitate the Acquirement of House Property by the

Working Classes in Large Towns. THOMAS HARE

Breach of Contract by Workmen. GEORGE NEWTON

Upper and Middle Class Education.

The Scottish University System, with Suggestions for its further

Improvement. Rev. GEORGE LEES, LL.D.

University Certificate Examinations, or "Local Examinations" for

Scotland. WALTER SCOTT DALGLEISH, M.A.

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Rev. J. P. NORRIS

On Middle-Class Education.

A Grammar School Bill for Scotland-the necessary Complement of
the Universities' Act. A. HAMILTON BRYCE, LL.D.

Foreign Education.

An Historical and Statistical Outline of the Past and Present Position

of Education in the United States of America.

WALFORD, Barrister-at-Law.

CORNELIUS

The Education of the Poor in France, especially in the Protestant

Communities. Rev. R. BURGESS

Miscellaneous.

The Hospital System of Scotland. F. W. BEDFORD, LL.D.

On the United Industrial School, Edinburgh. J. R. FINDLAY.

Report of the Standing Committee of the Department

National Education.

The Parish Schools of Scotland, and their bearing upon the Question
of National Education in Scotland. Professor MILLIGAN
On the Present State of Elementary Education in Scotland, with
Suggestions as to a Commission of Inquiry. Rev. W. FRASER 303

Summary of Proceedings.

On Morning and Evening Classes in the Universities of Scotland.

Rev. G. R. BADENOCH .

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Discussion on Middle-Class Education

Open Competition in Theory and in Practice. W. S. DALGLEISH,

M.A.

Remarks on some Points of the Revised Code of the Committee of

Council on Education, of May, 1862. Rev. Dr. BELL, M.D. .

Discussion on National Education

354

On the Admission of Women to Academical Degrees. W. A. BROWN 354

Discussion on University Reform.

355

On the Organisation of the High School, Edinburgh, and Cognate
Institutions. J. DONALDSON

Industrial Education, with Reference to Mechanics' Institutes. Rev.

GEORGE LEES, LL.D.

On the Scottish Sabbath-School System. Rev. R. BLYTH

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