§ VISCOUNT MELGUNDasked the Lord Advocate whether it was his intention to 634 propose a Bill on the subject of national education in Scotland?
§ THE LORD ADVOCATEsaid, that he very much wished in this first Session of Parliament to have recommenced his attempts to introduce a system of education into Scotland, and nothing but the want of time had prevented him from making that attempt; but he considered that it would not be desirable to add to the other difficulties of that question the great difficulty of the want of time. Next Session, however, he hoped to be able to bring in a comprehensive measure on the subject.