TRANSACTIONS

OF THE

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

FOR THE

PROMOTION OF SOCIAL SCIENCE.

1858.

EDITED BY

GEORGE W. HASTINGS, LL.B.

GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE ASSOCIATION.

LONDON:

JOHN W. PARKER AND SON, WEST STRAND.

CONTENTS.

Sermon preached before the Association. Right Rev. LORD BISHOP
OF CHESTER

Opening Address. LORD JOHN RUSSELL, M.P.

Address on the Diffusion of Knowledge. LORD BROUGHAM
Address on Jurisprudence and Amendment of the Law. LORD CHAN-

CELLOR OF IRELAND .

Address on Education. Right Hon. W. CowPER, M.P. .

Address on the Punishment and Reformation of Criminals.

CARLISLE, K.G.

56

EARL OF

69

84

96

Address on Public Health. EARL OF SHAFTESBURY

Address on Colonization as a Branch of Social Economy. Right Hon.

Sir JAMES STEPHEN, K.C.B..

SELECT PAPERS.

I. JURISPRUDENCE AND AMENDMENT OF THE LAW.

The Legislative Arrangements of a Ministry of Justice. ARTHUR

Free Trade in Land, a few Suggestions on the Expediency of facili-

tating the Sale and Transfer of Land in Great Britain. JOHN

LOCKE, A.R., F.S.S.L.

131

Statement of the Proceedings of the Special Committee of the Associa-

tion on Bankruptcy and Insolvency. G. W. HASTINGS, LL.B. 135