EMILY FAITHFULL, INTER IN ORDINARY TO HER MAJESTY, VICTORIA PRESS,

83A FARRINGDON STRFET, E.C.

CONTENTS.

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Introduction.

Opening Address. Right Hon. LORD BROUGHAM and Vaux

Address on Jurisprudence and Amendment of the Law. Right Hon.

Sir JAMES P. WILDE

Address on Education. His Grace the ARCHBISHOP OF YORK

Address on Health. Sir CHARLES HASTINGS, M.D., D.C.L

Address on Economy and Trade. EDWIN CHADWICK, C.B. .

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26

40

54

69

129

The Landowner in relation to the State. J. T. DANSON, Barrister-

at-Law

Are the Laws of Real Property in the Three Parts of the United

Kingdom respectively, in their Substance and Tendency, suited to

the Present Condition of Society? and if not, How should they be

Improved? RICHARD DENNY URLIN, Barrister-at-Law.

143

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Criminal Procedure.

Whether any, and what, Ameliorations can be introduced into the

Institution and Conduct of Criminal Prosecutions? ROBERT

STUART, Barrister-at-Law .

Responsibility and Mental Competence.

On what Principles ought the Law to deal with Questions of Responsi-

bility and Mental Competence, in Civil and Criminal cases respec-

tively? JAMES FITZJAMES STEPHEN, Barrister-at-Law

The Legal Doctrine of Responsibility, in relation to Insanity. S. W.

NORTH, M.R.C.S..

156

178

192

Procedure.

The Business Arrangements of the Superior Courts of Law. JAMES

WALTER SMITH, LL.D.

205

Criminal Law.

The Deterrent Influence of Capital Punishment. THOMAS BEGGS,

F.S.S.

A Plea Against Capital Punishment. W. O. MARKHAM, M.D.

REFORMATORY SECTION.

Address on Our Improved Treatment of Criminals in 1864. Sir

WALTER CROFTON, C.B., Chairman.

213

225

227

On the Penal Servitude Acts. M. D. HILL, Q.C..

236

On Discharged Prisoners, and the Means of Assisting them to Obtain

an Honest Living. JAMES MARSHALL

243

On the Non-Imprisonment of Children. MARY CARPENTER

Reformatory and Industrial Schools in Yorkshire. Rev. I. FISH, M.A. 255

247

Summary of Proceedings.

History of the Law of Entail and Strict Settlement. CHARLES

NEATE, M.P. .

259

On the Real Property Law of Scotland. ROBERT STUART, Barrister-

at-Law

261

On the Ancient Local Courts of Record existing in England.

GAINSFORD BRUCE, Barrister-at-Law.

300

Proposal for a New Court of Probate, Matrimonial, Maritime, and

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. G. W. HASTINGS, Barrister-at-Law. 300

On the Probate and Succession Duty levied on Property left under

General Power of Appointment. Rev. NASH STEPHENSON

The Law of Banns of Marriage. Rev. S. C. WILKS

On the Exclusion of Evidence. ALFRED WADDILOVE, D.C.L..

The Office of Legislation in the Prevention of Intemperance.

H. RAPER

301

302

303

JAMES

303

Reformatory Section, Summary.

On Penal Labour in Houses of Correction. Rev. J. FIELD.

Discussion on Penal Discipline in County Gaols .

Observations on the Discipline and Classification of Prisoners recently

introduced into Winchester Gaol. Sir WALTER CROFTON, C.B..

Resolution on Prison Discipline

305

306

310

313

On a Uniform System of Sentencing. T. B. Ll. BAKER

313

On the Supervision of Licensed Convicts. C. P. MEASOR

314

On-Convicts Without the Prison. JAMES C. ORGAN

315

An Analysis of the Report on Reformatory Schools. C. H.

BRACEBRIDGE

315

On Efforts to Prevent Crime. A. O. CHARLES..

316

On the Various Modes Devised at Different Periods for the Punish-

ment of Criminals, and their Influence on Civilization. GEORGE

HARRIS.

Public School Education.

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321

344

The Report of the Royal Commission on Public Schools. Rev. David
MELVILLE

Notes on Public Education. Rev. B. H. KENNEDY, D.D.

Addiscombe. Its Origin, Constitution, and Objects, as Illustrative

of a Department of Education, and Suggestive of some Improve-

ments in our Public Schools and Universities. Rev. THOMAS

BISSET, M.A. .

Middle-Class Education.

353

Suggestions for the Improvement of Middle-Class Education. Rev.

CANON ROBINSON

367

380

394

The Proposed Royal Commission of Inquiry into Middle-Class Educa-

tion. J. G. FITCH, M.A.

On Secondary Instruction as relating to Girls. EMILY DAVIES.

On the Proposed Examination of Girls of the Professional and

Middle Classes. Rev. J. P. NORRIS

Elementary Schools in Small Town Populations. Rev. CANON TREVOR 412

Increase of Assistance to Rural Schools. Rev. CANON RANDOLPH

Evening Classes, and the Associations for promoting them. Rev. H. R.

SANDFORD

426

On Sanitary Instruction and Training in those Domiciliary Habits which

conduce to Physical and Moral Wellbeing. HENRY ROBERTS,

F.S.A.

433

Ragged Schools.

The Duty of Government to Aid in the Education of Children of the

Perishing and Neglected Classes. MARY CARPENTER

Summary of Proceedings.

Discussion on Public School Education

436

444