The above is the title to a pamphlet just published by Mr. Thomson. The subject is one of such importance, that we should have been glad had our space permitted to give it in extenso; as it is, we place before our readers the more prominent parts of it. Mr. Thomson says—
“It has been the practice in Scotland for a considerable period to fix the rate of interest on landed securities periodically, with reference to the views expressed on the subject by, or more correctly the decision of, a meeting held in Edinburgh three months before each money-term of Whitsunday and Martinmas.