on the Honourable C. Yorke, 183.
The seals placed in his hands;
negotiates with Pitt and the Duke
of Newcastle; seals withdrawn;
speech on the American war;
offered the seals; refusal of
speech on the habeas corpus act,
186. Bill introduced into the
commons; he opposes it in the
lords; his speech; fate of the
bill, 187. Disputes between Eng-
land and America; supports the
mother country; speech preserv-
ed; insists on virtual represent-
ation and election for parliament
by favour of the crown; advises
coercive measures, 189. Lord
Shelburne's speech against; an.
swer of, 190. Opposes the Duke
of Grafton's measures as regarded
America; liberal in matters con-
cerning religion, 191. Statute
against bribery; Quakers; his
judgment respecting them; rules
for the toleration act; traces their
disabilities, 192. Trial of a Ca-
tholic priest; speech on the penal
laws, 193. His speech in defence
of religious liberty in 1767, 194.
His speech in 1770; expresses his
Ce-
contempt of popularity, 196.
lebrated Middlesex election; the
expulsion of Wilkes; Junius's
Letters; prosecution of the pub-
Jishers of, 197. Direction to the
jury; justifies his direction, 199.
Speech on the trial and outlawry of
Wilkes, 200. Wilkes imprisoned;
petitions the house for relief, 201.
His conduct much censured; de-
fended by Blackstone, 203. Lord
Chatham on directing a jury;
Mansfield's defence; Lord Chat-
ham's answer, 204. Lord Camden's
speech against the law courts;
Lord Mansfield defended by the
Duke of Grafton, 205. Censured
by his opponents; Lord Camden
presses him to answer their ques-
tions; promises to do so; refuses
to fix a day; betrays timidity, 206.
In the riots of 1780, a sufferer; dis-
pleasure of the populace; supposed
to favour the Catholics; person-
ally ill-treated; house set fire to
and destroyed, 208. Account of the
transaction; narrowly escapes;
the commons and treasury wish
to compensate him; his refusal
of, 210. Mr. Erskine's speech

on the trial of Lord G. Gordon;
alludes to the destruction of Lord
Mansfield's house; verses on the
occasion by Cowper, 211. Opposes
several bills in parliament, 212. Be-

comes infirm, retires from office;
his counsel present him with an
address, 213. His answer, 214.
Dies; buried in Westminster ab-
bey; no issue; character by Bishop
Hurd; judicial character, 216.
Conduct on the bench, 218. Po-
litical principles of, 221. His ap-
proval of Blackstone's Commen-
taries, 247. Accused by Lord Ash-
burton, 290.

Markham v. Fawcett, case of, 386.
Mayor, Lord, and Alderman Oliver,
Lord Thurlow's speech against,
262.
Melville, Lord, his impeachment,
396.

N.

Napoleon's comment on Lord Er-
skine, 377.
Newcastle, Duke of, his conference
with Sir William Blackstone, 246.

0.

O'Connor, Arthur, his trial for high
treason; defended by Lord Er-
skine, 376.

Oliver, Alderman, committed to the
Tower, 291.

Onslow, Denzil, his case, 141.
Oxford, proposed reduction of, 65.

P.

Paine, Lord Erskine counsel for, 353.
Palliser, Sir Hugh, speech on the
affair of, 298.

Parr, Dr. his character of Lord
Thurlow, 279. Friend to Jones,
307. Lord Erskine's letter to him,
375.

Penal laws, Lord Mansfield's speech
on, 193.

Penruddock, his trial, 68.
Pitt, Lord Mansfield's political
enemy; sarcasms against Lord
Mansfield, 178. Lord Erskine's
attack on India bill, 341.

Pope, his friendship for Lord Mans-
field; alludes to him in two of his
poems, 172

Q.

Quakers, their affirmation disputed;
their disabilities, 192.

re-

Romilly, Sir Samuel, born 1757; de-
scended from a French family;
his vivacity and sensibility; des-
tined for an attorney, 391. Prefers
the bar; 1778, member of Gray's
Inn; his letter to Mr. Roget;
letter concerning Mr. Howard on
the state of prisons, 392. In 1781
visits the Continent; called to the
bar, 1783; letter describing his
feelings; nervous temperament,
393. Answers the charge of being
a theorist, 395. Marries; ap-
pointed one of his majesty's coun-
sel; station in chancery; ap-
pointed solicitor - general;
turned to parliament; knighted;
on the impeachment of Lord Mel.
ville, 396. Devotes himself to the
reform of our criminal code; bank-
rupt laws; bill to repeal the sta-
tute of 8th Eliz. c. 4.; conduct of
the Duke of York; introduces
three bills in 1810; capital felonies;
speech, the title "Observations on
Criminal Law," 398. Returned to
parliament; advocates the cause
of freedom and humanity; his ef-
forts in various cases, 399.
1818 candidate for Westminster;
head of the poll; ill health of Lady
Romilly; letter to his friend, 401.
Death of Lady Romilly; and his
arrival in Russell Square, 402. Be-
comes deranged; dies; person of,
403. Speech on the criminal law;
on the Catholic question, 405. Eu-
logy on Mr. Horner, 407. Perse-
verance of; resolute mind of, 408.
Speech on reform, 409.
Russell, Lord, his trial, 118.

S.

In

Scott, Sir Walter, republishes So-
mers's Tracts, 170.
Selden, John, born 1584; educated
at the free-school at Chichester,43.

Enters the university of Oxford;
called to the bar; compiles an
early history of England; in 1610,
publishes two tracts relative to
English history, entitled "Eng-
land's Epinomis," and "Jani Aň.
glorum Facies altera;" also a short
piece, entitled "Duello;" in 1614
publishes a work on titles of ho-
nour, one of the most valuable
works in the English historical
library, 44. In 1616, edits, the
treatise of Sir John Fortescue;
addressed to Sir F. Bacon his
"Brief Discourse" on the chan-
cellorship of England; his tract on
the Jews; his celebrated work
"De Diis Syriis Syntagmata duo;"
and in 1618 publishes his "History
on Tithes," 45. The church vin-
dicate their rights; Selden sum-
moned to appear before the king;
promises to write an explanation;
again summoned before the court
of high commission, and compelled
to subscribe an ignominious de-
claration, 46. The churchmen send
him numerous answers; the king
forbids him to reply, 47. Publishes
three tracts, 48. Committed to
prison; in 1623-4 returned mem-
ber of parliament; adopts the po-
pular side, 49. committed to the
Tower, and transferred to the
Marshalsea; released upon bail;
publishes several works; in 1636
he produces the "Mare Clausum,'
51. Joins the proceedings against
the Earl of Strafford; appointed a
member of the committee against
Archbishop Laud, 52. Receives
a letter from Lord Falkland; his
reply; Selden suspected of having
joined in the conspiracy of Wal-
ler's plot; denied firmly by Waller;
subscribes the solemn league and
covenant in 1644; made keeper of
the records in the Tower, 54. In
1640 publishes a learned work on
the civil and religious polity of the
Jews; produces several literary
works in the years 1642, 1644,
1646, 1650, and 1653; elected mas
ter of Trinity-hall, which he de-
clines, 55. Dies, 1654; leaves con-
siderable wealth; bequeaths his
library to the Bodleian, 56. His
character, 57. Selden's "Table
Talk" published after his death;
its authenticity doubted; his
friendship for Hale, 62.
Shelburne, Lord, his speech against
Lord Mansfield, 190.

Sheridan, Fox's letter to, 270. His
motion for the repeal of the ha-

beas corpus or suspension act,
370.
Sidney, Algernon, trial of, 119.
Somers, Lord, born 1650; enters
Trinity College, Oxford, 1675;
called to the bar, 1676; case of
Denzil Onslow, 41. His tract on
the history of succession, 142. His
vindication of the two last par-
liaments, 143. His tract upon
grand juries, 144. His classical
pursuits; his translation of Dido
to Æneas, and Ariadne to Theseus,
145. He translates the life of
Alcibiades; removes to London,
1682; acquires reputation at the
bar, 147. Employed as counsel for
the bishops; they object to his
youth; returned member for Wor-
cester, 148. Appointed solicitor-
general; receives the honour of
knighthood; defends the revolu-
tion, 150. Appointed attorney-
general, 1692; appointed lord
keeper, 1692-3; created a peer,
1697, 151. One of the lords jus-
tices, 1695; appointed lord chan-
cellor, 1697; obnoxious to the
Tories; their efforts for his re-
moval, and struggle for power,
152. Charges against him; dis.
missed from office, 153. Is im-
peached, 1701, 154. Delivers
his answer, 156. Is acquitted;
Swift's pamphlet in favour of the
Whigs, 157. The king's letter to
Lord Somers; the parliament dis-
solved; a new one called; the
Whig ministry revives,158. Death
of the king; the Tories re-esta-
blished; devotes his time to science
and literature; introduces a sta-
tute; takes part in the union with
Scotland, 160. His speech on the
Scottish privy council; becomes
a member of the administration,
1708; is displaced, 1710; his health
declines; dies, 1716; never mar-
ried, 161. His character by Addi-
son, 162. By Swift; to be dis-
trusted, 167. As a lawyer; his
books and manuscripts; in pos-
session in the Hardwicke family;
destroyed by fire, 170. Somers's
Tracts; republished by Sir Walter
Scott, 170.

Somerset, Earl of, his trial, 32.
Southampton, Lord, Coke employed
against, 2.

State trials, Sir Matthew Hale en-
gaged in, 64.

Stockdale, his trial; Lord Erskine's
speech on, 347.

Strafford, Earl of, his trial; Sir Mat-
thew Hale's defence of, 64.

Swift, his pamphlet in favour of the
Whigs, 157. His character of
Lord Somers, 167.

T.

Thackeray, Dr., master of Harrow
school, educates Sir William
Jones, 307.

Thurlow, Lord, born 1736; character
in childhood; called to the bar,
1758, 258. Pecuniary difficulties;
employed in the case of Robinson
v. Lord Winchelsea; in the Dou-
glas cause; promotion to a silk
gown; appointed solicitor-gene-
ral; attorney-general; returned
to parliament, 1770; distinguishes
himself in the debate on the power
of the attorney-general, 259. His
speech; his vehement speech
against Mr. Sergeant Glynn's mo-
tion, 261. His speech against the
Lord Mayor and Alderman Oliver,
262. Reply to Mr. Dunning; pro-
moted to the woolsack; raised to
the peerage, 1778; Cowper's ad-
dress to him, 263. Opposes all
conciliation with America; sup-
ports the bill brought by the bishop
of Landaff, 264. Opposes the mi-
nisters; obnoxious to them; the
king stipulates for his continu-
ance; opposes two bills for the
prevention of contractors and of-
ficers of the excise from voting,
265. Celebrated ministry, 1783;
they insist on his being displaced;
the king's wish to retain him; ne-
gotiation broken off; driven from
office; celebrated India bill, 266.
The king requests his legal opinion
of it; declares it injurious to the
state; defeat of the ministers;
Pitt assumes the reins of govern-
ment; Lord Thurlow again re-
ceives the seals; his attachment
to the king; supports the propo-
sitions of Mr. Pitt; speech on the
occasion, 267. Becomes popular;
his duplicity brought to light;
Mr. Fox's sentiments of him, and
letter to Sheridan; letter of Lord
Loughborough, 270. Betrays the
secret interview, 271. Motives of
his adherence to Mr. Pitt; the
Whigs unfriendly to him; Burke's
speech against, 272. His opposition
to Mr. Fox's libel bill, 273. De-
fends the Stuart judges; objects
to alteration of the law; opposes
Pitt's bill for continuing the sink-
ing fund, 274. A bill for encou-
raging the growth of timber; at-
tacks the framers of the bill; Mr.

and retirement; called to the
bar, 1732; marries, 1743; his re-
putation increases, 229. Declines
the offers of the chancellor; his
letter to a friend; refuses a seat
in parliament; retires into the
country; induced to become one
of the judges of the bench; takes
his seat, 1755; knighted; one of
the commissioners of the great
seal, 230. His letter to his bro-
ther; remarkable escape, 1757;
letter to his wife, 231. Offered
the chief justiceship; declines
the honour, 232. Prevailed on
to accept of it, 1766; address to
his son; congratulatory letter
from Sir Joseph Yates, 233. Con-
duct as chief justice; case of
Wilkes, Lord Halifax, and others,
234. Offered the great seal; de-
clines it; his health declines;
letter to Lord Hardwicke, 1770.
letter to his brother; his wish to
retire; his resignation accepted
of; objects to remuneration;
favourite pursuits; letters to his
children, 237. His letter con-
cerning his health; death, 1792;
character of, by his son, 237.
Character of, by Horace Walpole;
his judgments published, 240.
Wraxall, his character of Lord
Thurlow, 276. His character of
Lord Ashburton, 304.

Y.

York, Duke of, the disclosure of his
conduct, 398.

Yorke, the Hon. C., Lord Mans-
field's panegyric on, 183.