ABBOT.

ABBOT, Archbishop, trial and acquittal of on a charge of manslaughter, i. 314-a Commissioner of the Treasury, 306.

A'BECKET, Thomas, fined and imprisoned, i. 19-fame of the miracles at his shrine, 21-immense riches arising therefrom, 31. ABINGDON, Earl of, conviction and imprisonment of for a libel on his attorney, iii. 64.

ABINGER, Lord, influence of, when

counsel, over Lord Tenterden, iii. 294-ruling by, respecting the doctrine mooted in Laugher v. Pointer, 306.

ABNEY, Mr. Justice, death of, from

gaol fever, caught when attending the Old Bailey Sessions, ii. 230. ABRIDGMENTS of the Common Law, interesting to the Antiquarian Lawyer-decisions of Gascoigne, i. 124 by Rolle, Chief Justice, Digest, 421, 433.

ACCOUNTANTS, public, attacks on in the House of Commons, by Lord Kenyon, iii. 18, 23.

ACRE, Ranulphus de Glanville killed at, siege of, i. 34.

ACTs of political importance to be presumed as proceeding from the advisers of the Crown, not from the Sovereign, ii. 476.

ADDISON, Right Hon. Joseph, successful performances of his tragedy of 'Cato,' when brought upon the stage, ii. 168-poetry preferred by to politics, 333.

ANATOMY.

ADOLPHUS, Mr., ready retort of, to Sir James Scarlett, iii. 295. ADVICE, Letters of, to sons and grandchildren, by Sir Matthew Hale, i. 583.

AGE of Reason, by Tom Paine, conviction and imprisonment of Williams for publishing, iii. 56. ALDERLEY, near Wotton-underEdge, birth and burial place of Sir Matthew Hale, i. 512, 579. ALIEN Bill of 1816, incident during the debate on the, iii. 212. ALLIBONE, Sir Richard, a professed papist, appointed Justice of the King's Bench, ii. 92-reckless and foolish conduct of, on the trial of the Bishops, 52, 110-illness and ALMON, REX v., trial and conviction premature death of, 112. of, for reprinting the letter of Junius to the King, ii. 477. ALNWICK Castle, besieged by the King of Scotland in 1174, i. 20. AMBASSADORS, foreign, their rights judicially considered, i. 428-statute declaring the immunities and privileges of, iii. 165.

AMERICA, cause and progress of the disputes with, ii. 467, 495, 499, 505-disasters of our troops in, 504, 533.

AMIENS, Peace of, in 1802, iii. 146, 152, 172-brief duration of, 175, 182, 183, 193. ANATOMY Bill, speech against, by Lord Tenterden, iii. 323.

ANDERSON.

ANDERSON, Sir Edward, Chief Jus-
tice of Common Pleas, refuses to
become Chief Justice of England,
i. 218.
ANGLO-SAXONS, oppression of, by
the Normans, i. 6; mutinous pro-
ceedings by, 8, 12-kind treat-
ment of, by Henry I., 16.
ANNAPOLIS, epitaph to Lord Presi-
dent Bradshaw at, i. 491.
ANNE, QUEEN, character of the mem-
bers constituting first House of
Commons summoned by, ii. 156
-important political events in the
latter part of the reign of, 167—
dislike of to the appointment of
Sir Thomas Parker as Chief Jus-
tice, 179.

ANSTEY'S Pleader's Guide, a poem
highly esteemed by Porson and
others, iii. 271.

APPEAL of murder, proceedings in,
i. 27; ii. 216-abolished by sta-
tute, iii. 171-Court of, for Cri-
minal Cases, created by statute, i.
185-to a Court of Error allowed
under Common Law Procedure
Act, when the Judges are divided,
iii. 306.

"APPRENTICE to the Law," the early
designation of barristers until
called serjeants, i. 399; ii. 28-
costume of, in 17th century, i.
585.

APPRENTICES of London, unjusti-

fiable prosecution of on a charge
of high treason, for pulling down
some disorderly houses in the
Moorfields, in 1668, ii. 30.
ARBITRATION, ancient practice among
Judges of settling differences pri-
vately by, i. 135-right of parties
to settle disputes by, fully esta-
blished by judgments of the Court
of Queen's Bench and the House
of Lords, iii. 35, 156.
ARIANISM of the English Presbyte-
rians in the first part of the
18th century, ii. 235.
ARLOTTA, the tanner's daughter of
Falaise, descendants of, i. 4.
ARMAGH, titular Archbishop of, un-

ATKINS.

fair trial of before Pemberton, for
alleged treason, ii. 36-indefensi-
ble and degrading execution of, 39.
ARNE, Edward, death of, in prison,

and prosecution of his gaolers for
alleged murder, by neglect, ii.
204.

ARNOLD, the King's Brewer, the only
dissentient juror on trial of the
Bishops, ii. 111.

ARTICLES, Thirty-nine, angry debate
upon, in Convention Parliament,
i. 541.

ASCHAM, assassination of, at Madrid,
i. 472.

ASHBY v. WHITE, memorable trial
of, establishing the right of elec-
tors to maintain actions for the
malicious rejection of their votes
by returning officers, ii. 157, 161,
166.

ASHFORD v. THORNTON, trial by
battle on an appeal of murder,
awarded in, iii. 170-appellee dis-
charged, 171; ii. 207 n.

ASHURST, Sir W. H., appointed a
Justice of the King's Bench in
1770, ii. 395.

ASKE, Richard, sole Judge of the
Upper Bench in 1655, i. 439.
ASSIZES of Jerusalem, its historical
value, i. 29 Bloody, prisoners
transported at, by Judge Jeffreys,
ii. 77, 100—recollection of by the
inhabitants of the western coun-
ties, 78.

ASSOCIATION, Protestant, of London,
monster petition from, to the
House of Commons, ii. 517—
riotous proceedings fomented by,
521-4.

ASTON, Sir R., Chief Justice of Com-

mon Pleas in Ireland, appointed
a Justice of the King's Bench in
1765, i. 395-a Commissioner of
the Great Seal, in 1769 and 1770,
ii. 291, 469.

ATHOL family, claim by for addi-
tional compensation for rights in
the Isle of Man taken from them,
debated, iii. 173.

ATKINS, Edward, Justice, refuses to