THE

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

REVIEW;

OR,

EUROPEAN QUARTERLY JOURNAL.

"In primisque hominis est propria veri inquisitio atque investigatio.

VOL. V.

JULY-OCTOBER.

1837.

CICERO, DE OFF.

LONDON:

RICHARD AND JOHN EDWARD TAYLOR.

MDCCCXXXVII.

PRINTED BY RICHARD AND JOHN E. TAYLOR,

RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.

THE

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

REVIEW;

OR,

EUROPEAN QUARTERLY JOURNAL.

"In primisque hominis est propria veri inquisitio atque investigatio." CICERO DE OFF.

N° IX.

LONDON:

JAMES RIDGWAY AND SONS, PICCADILLY.

CONTENTS

OF

N° IX.

ARTICLE

I.-Journal of a Residence in Norway during the Years

1834, 1835, and 1836, made with a view to in-

quire into the moral and political economy of

that country, and the condition of its inhabitants.

By SAMUEL LAING.

II.-Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and

Statesmen. By WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR,

Esq.

IV.-Transportation and Colonization, or the causes of

the comparative failure of the Transportation

System in the Australian Colonies, with sugges-

tions for ensuring its future efficiency in subser-

viency to extensive Colonization. By JOHN

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DUNMORE LANG, D.D. Principal of the Aus-

tralian College, and Senior Minister of the

Church of Scotland in New South Wales. . . 89

V.-The History of Scotland.-BY PATRICK FRASER

TYTLER, Esq. Vol. I. 1828,-Vol. VI. 1837. 133

VI.-Debate in the House of Lords upon the Earl of

Radnor's Motion for a Commission of Inquiry

into the Statutes, &c. of the Universities of Ox-

ford and Cambridge.

Debate in the House of Commons upon Mr.

Pryme's Motion for a Commission of Inquiry, &c.

A Historical Account of the University of Cam-

bridge and its Colleges; in a Letter to the Earl

of Radnor. By BENJAMIN DANN WALSH,

M.A., Fellow of Trinity College.

VII.-Scripture Lessons adapted for the Use of Schools,

recommended by the Commissioners for the Edu-

cation of the Poor of Ireland.

National Schools of Ireland defended in a Letter

to the Rev. Dr. Thorpe. By FRANCIS SADLEIR,

S.F.T.C.D.

VIII.-Report of the Committee on Joint Stock Banks.

1836.

Speech of WILLIAM CLAY, Esq. M.P. on moving

for a Committee on Joint Stock Banks, with Re-

flections and Remarks.

Letter to Lord Melbourne on the Cause of the re-

cent Derangement in the Money Market, and on

Bank Reform. By Col. TORRENS, F.R.S.

Causes and Consequences of the Pressure upon the

Money Market. By J. HORSLEY PALMER,

Esq.

Reflections suggested by a perusal of Mr. J. Hors-

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