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London, England, 1858-04-23 00:00:00

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i and discipline of the univereltiOs of qectfl4wd, ad 4 t ka;
proving and regu3atiog the course of study there; , ~0,,
for the uni'o'n'-of 'the two universities aktlicollegea!b -`
Aberdeen.,_ He spoke' with his back to,rtheigtarry, and S •
it was Very difficult to bear what tae hon. gentreihau said. ..x
He said, as ,we understdOd, that the existing system had
depreciated —the value' of, the - Scotch universities and:r
seats of' I
to earni nnttbeleearu.nliBv2eoniat!r systempomm
in sc,ot.
issioneas.-:X I.
appointed ig. I
inquire into th
laud, and. the repast of 'that cothtnivsion contained '7'
much valuable matter. ' It wad upon that, report that '
much of his proposed bill was founded.. ,The bill could •'
not interfere with giving instruction to occasional 'stn.,'
dents. Toe bill would establish a university board, ' ,
which would have the entire control of the . fund• of the
universities. He proposed that the board should be
composed of the rectors and a board of assessors who -
would be nominated by the professorr. The prolessors
at present had great cause of complaint. In many cases
the endownient was very inadeqeiate.' That endowment'
was fixed a long time ago and had' never changed, while -
the value of money- had -
undergone a great change.
Among other things he proposed a system of moderate- -..
retiring alloWances to indneo .profrasors
who were too -, " -
far advanced in years,. to
_retire from th'e chairs which-, 1
they occupied. Iri some of the universities.o.ther. chains ,:(1'
I were alsorequired, and for these- some-provision would
be needed. The brit which he wished- to introduce-would
propose an executive eemmission to carry ontabedettaikri*i,,l
which it embodied. +The proposal would not be coin- .11
plate if it did not provide for the union U'f'tlie two 'unir., --1
versities of Aberdeen, and this he also proposed to effect. 1
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Ile concluded by moving for leave to introduce the bill.
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Colonel -SYKES said he bad not heard a tithe 0
what the noble lord had said, and could .n.ot, therefore, -
be raid to give his unqualified support to the bill, but be
should riot oppise its introduction.
Mr. MONCRIEFF eerdially approved of the prin-
ciples of the. bill, 'which were simply to appoint an exe-
cutive commis: ion to carry out the recommendations 'of'
a commission made so long since as the pearl . 88Cv Be
congratulated the right honourable the Lord Advocate
on its having fallen to }pis lot to effect a beneficial reform •
in the constitution and management of the universities
or A,berdeen. (Hear, hear.)
'Lord ELCHO said that the reason why the speech of
the noble lord had not been heard'by the hon. member
for Aberdeen had arisen facilely from the inattention
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paid to it by . the bon. themtfers in that part of the
hooso- near where the hon. - member sat. He ass
heartily glad to Acid tbat the subject of the ref 'rm of the
universities had• been taken in hand by the Lord Aelvce;
sate. •
Mr. CUMING BRUCE cordiallyeupported the motion
for thelatrodnetieu of the bill, skid he especially approved
of that portion of it which' proposed the union of the two
noiversities.

Mr. BUCHANAN suggested that the universities of '
Scotland. should be 'placed upon the tame footing as
those cf England and Ireland in regard to their repre-
sentation by members in the House of Commonrc
Leave was then given to introduce the bill, which was
brought in and read a first time in the course of the
evening.

REGISTRATION OF PARTNERSHIPS.
Lord GODERICII moved for leave to bring in a bill
to provide for the general registration of partnerships.
The propriety of adopting a general system otregistra-
tion of partnerships had been approved of by the Chain-
her of Commerce at Manchester, by the late Social
Coagiess a'. Birmingham, and iy numerous other bodies
in the United Kingdom. The bill simply propo-ed to
require•that all persons who entered into partnership for.
business purnor:s in a less number than was required ~
under. the Joint-stock Arrangement Act, should be
called upon to register with accuracy who and what they
were. t. (Ilexr, hear.) He was by no means sanguine
enough to expect that the passing of this bill would be
sufficient to prevent the recurrence of such gross criminal
frauds as had recently been exposed, but he thought it
would -act as a considetatle check upon the numerous
frauds which were constantly taking place by means of
persons trading under fictitious names. The noble lord
hiving explained the protisions of the bill, and stated
that the superintendent-registrars throughout, the coun-
try would force the machinery for carrying out its pro-
visione, moved for leave to introduce the bill.
Mr. TURNER seconded the motion h r the introdnc-
t!on of the bill, and stated that tilt commercial &asses
of Manchester. felt a great in•erest in the measure, and
were mot at zious that it should be passed into law as
speedily as possible.
Mr. HENLEY stated that the Government would
offer no objection to the introduction of the bill. The
principle of the bill contained something that was novel
in its character and he reserved to himself on the part
of the Government, the right of adopting such course in
its futuro stages as he might consider proper.
The inotion was then agreed to, and the bill was in-
troduced.