LORD CAMPBELLsaid, he wished to ask the noble Earl at the head of the Government the question of which he had given him notice, respecting the intentions of the Government as to the improvement of the Scotch Universities during the present Session. It was a subject in which he took a lively interest, being himself an alumnus of one of these Universities; but he would not then refer either to their merits or their defects, because he believed the noble Earl was in possession of full information on the subject. It was no party question, and he doubted not but the noble Earl would do what was just in the matter, and what any Government ought to do. The late Government were not without intentions on the subject. The late Lord Advocate stated, in answer to a question, that the subject had been under his consideration, and that he was then preparing a Bill with regard to it; he (Lord Campbell) trusted that the noble Earl would not abandon it. He would now content himself with simply asking his question, namely, whether it was the intention of Her Majesty's Government to introduce any measure for the improvement of the Scotch Universities during the present Session?
§ THE EARL OF DERBYsaid, the subject had been under consideration during the recess, and he was happy to say that his learned Friend the Lord Advocate was having a Bill prepared, which, he hoped, would be introduced in a short time.