Scotland, 269; proceedings of the
Chancery Commissioners, iii. 56, 59;
of the Common Law Commissioners, 63,
69, 293; of the Real Property Commis-
sioners, 65, 77; of bankruptcy in Lon-
don, 173; of country commissions,
185; fourth report of the Common Law
Commissioners, 368.

Commitments, returns of, for contempt of
court, i. 158; report on, 487.
Commm Law, state of, in the United
States, i. 31, 436; proceedings of the
Common Law Commissioners, iii. 59, 63,
293, 368. See Commission.
Common Pleas (see Courts), proposed
alterations in the Court of, i. 99; Mr.
Brougham's observations on the Court
of, ii. 11.

Consolidation (see Codification), of the
bankrupt laws. i. 51 (see Bankruptcy);
of the laws against coining, iii. 306.
Constitution, review of Mr. J. J. Park's
Dogmas of the Constitution, iii. 267.
Cooper, C. P., his Account of the Court
of Chancery, reviewed, ii. 81; letter
from Mr. Humphreys in reply to, ii.
125; his Letters on the Court of Chan-
cery, reviewed, 242.

Coote, Mr., his pamphlet on registration
noticed, iii. 321.

Copyholds, bill to amend law relating to
devises of, i. 144.

Copyright, see Literary Property.
Coroners, laws affecting the office of, in
want of revision, i. 42; fees of, 42, 43;
history of the office, 44; qualifications
of, 45; checks upon, necessary, ib.;
abuses by, 47; exclusion of the public
from the court of, 48; medical know-
ledge necessary to, 49; importance of
medical witnesses, 404.

Corporation, observations on the corpora-
tion and test acts, i. 237; origin of,
238; remarks on the state of corpora-
tion law, iii. 447.

Corruption, of the judges, iii. 29.
County Courts, see Local Courts.
Cours d'Assize, account of, iii. 209.
Cours Royales, account of, iii. 347.
Courts, various jurisdictions of the supe-
rior courts, i. 99; relative amount of
business of, 103; courts martial, obser-
vations on, 174; of the West India
colonies, constitution of, 425; Mr.
Brougham's observations on the supe-
rior courts, ii. 11; necessity of local
courts, 94 (see Local Courts); number
of courts of requests, 95; fees in courts
of justice in Scotland, 268; account of
the courts in India, iii. 161; observa-
tions on the Court of Bankruptcy, 171;

account of the French courts, 198;
want of municipal officers to act in con-
nexion with, 228; report on the eccle-
siastical courts reviewed, 593; review
of proceedings of, 442.

Cousin, V., his theory of punishments re-
viewed, i. 354.

Crew, Sir R., character of, iii. 384.
Criminal Law (see Punishment, Prison
Discipline, &c.), article on the revision
of, i. 1; Mr. Peel's labours, 2; pro-
priety of a committee to examine, 3;
Mr. Hammond's writings, 6; report
of committee in 1824, 7; object of pu-
nishment, 354; importance of medical
witnesses, 404; state of crime in Eng-
land and France, 458; tables respecting
the state of crime in England, 478;
in France, 473; and in Spain, 486;
state of crime in the metropolis, ii. 280;
abstract of the act relating to offences
against the person, 327; of the act
against night poaching, 337; history
of the criminal code of France, 362;
review of Wakefield on the Punishment
of Death, iii. 122; returns of persons
committed, convicted, &c., 130; on the
reformation of criminals, 188; early cri-
minal procedure, 252; review of Whate-
ly on Secondary Punishments, 428.
Criminal Trials, review of, iii. 252.
Croke, Sir George, his honesty, iii. 386.
Cromwell, Oliver, his conduct towards the
judges, iii. 388.

Death (see Forgery), registration of deaths
in France, ii. 40; in England, 46;
iii. 225; review of Wakefield on the
Punishment of Death, iii. 122; debate
on Mr. Ewart's bill for abolishing the
punishment of death in certain cases,
301, 439; Mr. Hughes's sentence of
death bill, 307; Society for the Abo-
lition of Capital Punishments, 316;
Dr. Whately's observations on capital
punishments, 433.

De Bath, Sir H., his corruption as a
judge, iii. 30.

Debtors (see Arrest), return of number of,
committed to King's Bench, &c., i. 321.
Delegates, Court of, abolition of, recom-
mended, iii. 393.

Diocesan Courts, abolition of, recom-
mended, iii. 400.

Dissenters, history of the restrictive laws
affecting them, i. 237; registers of,
ii. 42; act for repeal of the corporation
and test acts, 322.
Divorces, American law relating to, i. 440.
Drama, observations on the censorship of,
i. 272;
Sir Robert Walpole's act, 275;

dramatic copyright, 298; laws relating
to theatres, in France, iii. 53.
Dupin, Lettres sur la Profession d'Avocat,
ii. 223.

Duval, Mr., his services in the registration
question, iii. 341, 342.

Dwarris, his report on the administration
of justice in the West Indies, i. 422.

East Indies, see India.

Ecclesiastical Courts, number of, ii. 100;
iii. 399; report of the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners upon, reviewed, iii. 393;
remarks on the projected reforms in,
436.

Education, legal education in England im-
perfect, i. 33; state of legal education in
the United States, 36, 435; of persons
to fill judicial stations in India, ii. 228;
Professor Austin's observations on the
education of the lower classes, iii. 116.
Eldon, Lord, sketch of character of, i.
455; his opinions on criminal law, 459;
cited, ii. 113.

Elections, abstract of act to amend laws
relating to trial of controverted elections,
ii. 322; of act to regulate the mode of
taking the poll, 335; changes in the
French law of elections, iii. 39.
Embezzlement, by persons in public
offices, act against, iii. 440.
English Law, remarks on certainty of, i.
405; historical illustrations of, iii. 29,
381; how far prevalent in India, iii.
158.

Equity, see Chancery. Equity courts of
the United States, i. 32, 445; equity
jurisdiction of the Exchequer, 104;
Vice-Chancellor of the Exchequer sug-
gested, 105; Parkes on the reform of
courts of, 446.

Erskine, Lord, cited, iii. 96.
Evidence, rejection of evidence on account
of religious belief, i. 91; case of Rich-
ard Carlile, ib.; rejection propter delic-
tum, 96; admission of slave evidence,
427, 442; Mr. Brougham's observa-
tions on defects in system of, ii. 25;
Lord Tenterden's variance act, 321;
act for amending the law of, 330; on
the exclusion of, iii. 1; exclusion on
the ground of interest, 6; exclusion on
the ground of infamy, 10; exclusion on
the ground of religion, 13; exclusion on
the ground of being parties, 17; exclu-
sion on the ground of professional em-
ployment 21; exclusion on the ground
of relation of husband and wife, 22; on
the conclusiveness of evidence, 24; de-
sirableness of reform in the law of, 27;
suggestions as to proof of public docu-

ments, 70; evidence on early criminal
trials, 255; introduction of viva voce
evidence into ecclesiastical courts re-
commended, 401.

Exchequer (see Courts). proposed alter-
ations in the Court of, i. 99; necessity
of opening it, 102; Mr. Brougham's
observations on the Court of, ii. 12; ob-
servations on practice of equity side of,
161; opening of the Court of, iii. 88;
bill for the abolition of the Court of, in
Scotland, 299.

Exclusion (see Evidence), of evidence,
observations on, iii. 1.

Execution (see Arrest), Mr. Brougham's

observations on defects of law of, ii. 28.-

Fees of coroners, i. 42; in bankruptcy,
69; of officers of justice in America,
444; in courts of inferior jurisdiction in
Scotland, ii. 268.

Fines, abstract of the bill for the aboli-
tion of fines and recoveries, iii. 284.
Flogging, observations on the practice of,
i. 177 (note).

Foreign Law (see France, United States,

India, &c.), how recognised in Ame-
rica, i. 434; study of in America, 435;
effect of foreign judgments in America,
436; Mr. Humphreys's acquaintance
with, ii. 132; changes in French law,
iii. 37.

Forgery, Mr. Hammond's Law of For-
gery, i. 6; punishment of, in Ame-
rica, 445; remarks on bill for abolish-
ing punishment of death in certain
cases of, iii. 438; debate on that bill,
458.

Fortescue, his character of the judges, iii.

35.

France, law of literary property there,
i. 113; laws relating to the drama in,
298; state of crime in, 458; operation
of juries in, 467; tables respecting the
state of crime in, 473; system of paro-
chial registration in, ii. 38; translations
of the French code in America, 65;
history of the codes, 341; law relative
to prescription in, 380; changes in
French law since the revolution of July,
iii. 37; statements made by the Minis-
ter of Justice, 154; account of the judi-
cial establishments of, 198, 347; value
of manuscript law cases in, 247; new
legal publications in, 471.

Friendly Societies, abstract of act relating
to, ii. 563.

Game Laws, property in game, i. 253;
qualification to kill game, 255; ques-
tion of property being in the king, 256;

right of pursuing game over another's
land, 259; remedies for killing game,
260; laws against poaching, 262; pro-
priety of altering the law of qualifica-
tion, 265; sale of game, 269; impro-
per tribunal for administration of, ii.
16; on the title "propter privilegium"
to game, iii. 403.

Gazette, fees for advertisements in, i.
302.

Gentili, Aubrey, memoir of, iii. 100.
Germany, common law of, ii. 187, 196.
Gibbeting, remarks on, iii. 451.
Godwin, W., his account of the judges
during the Protectorate, iii. 389.
Grand Juries, observations on, i. 190;
their duties, 191; want of knowledge
of law of, 192; sinister interests of,
195; protection afforded by, to magis-
trates, 197; arguments in favour of,
198; origin of, 200; duties of, might
be entrusted to public prosecutor, 201;
review of Laurie's Inquiry into the Use
and Abuse of, iii. 278.

Greffiers, in the French courts, account
of, iii. 367.

Grotius, his opinions on the object of pu-
nishment, i. 365.

Habeas Corpus, law of, in the United
States, i. 34.

Hall, Sir M., cited, i. 4; iii. 68, 99, 217,
231, 263.

Hammond, Anthony, his writings on con-
solidation, i. 6; his law of forgery, 7;
his consolidated criminal code, 8, 11.
Hardwicke, Lord, his doctrine as to ju-
risdiction of equity over infants, i. 73,
77, 78; cited, ii. 472.

Hargrave, Francis, cited, ii. 69; iii.
238.

Harvey, Mr., his motion for inquiry into

proceedings of the inns of court, iii.
462; remarks on, 441.

Heber, Bishop, cited, ii. 234.

Hindoo Law, account of, ii. 236; law of
prescription in, 374; law of evidence,
iii. 4.

Hobbes, his definition of punishment, i.
366.

Hodgkin, Mr., his pamphlet on registra-
tion notice, iii. 326.

Holland, Mr. Humphreys's observations
on the laws of, ii. 132, 313.
Holland, Lord, his speech on capital pu-
nishments, iii. 439.

Huissiers, in the French courts, account
of, iii. 367.

Humphreys, Mr., letter from, in reply to

Dr. Reddie and Mr. Cooper, ii. 125;
Mr. Park's observations on, 217; Dr.
VOL. III. JU.

Reddie's reply to, 307; his lecture on
the law of real property, 469.
Humphry, Mr., his pamphlet on regis-
tration noticed, iii. 328.

Husband and Wife, observations on the
evidence of, iii. 22.

India, account of the legislative measures
for restraining the freedom. of the press
in, i. 74; regulations respecting, de-
clared by Sir F. Macnaghten not to be
repugnant to law, 79; contrary opinion
of court at Bombay, 82; on the admi-
nistration of justice in, ii. 225; iii. 157;
value and want of law reports in, 249;
review of Rammohun Roy's Exposition
of the Judicial and Revenue System of,
280; India jury bill, 460.

Infamy, observations on the exclusion of
witnesses on ground of, iii. 10.
Infants, jurisdiction of Chancellor in case
of, ii. 66; evidence of, iii. 15.
Informers, observations on the admission
of evidence of, iii. 9.

Inheritance, abstract of the bill for the
amendment of the law of, iii. 292.
Insolvent Law, returns of insolvent debtors,
i. 157; ii. 484; fees for discharge of
debtors, 300; expences of commis-
sioners, i. 303; Mr. Brougham's ob-
servations on, ii. 30; necessity of
change in, iii. 71; propriety of uniting
the jurisdiction in bankruptcy and in-
solvency, 174.

Interest, observations on the exclusion of
evidence on the ground of, iii. 6.

of money, ought to be recoverable
in all cases of money detained, 450.
Ireland, system of assistant barristers
commended, ii. 423.

Italy, jurisprudence of the cities of, in the
middle ages, i. 215.

Johnston, Sir A., his account of the in-
troduction of trial by jury at Ceylon, i.
123; his merits, ii. 235.
Jones, Sir Thomas, noticed, iii. 392.
Judge Advocate, observations on his office,
i. 173.

Judges, appointments of, in the Exche-
quer, i. 100; number of, in England,
ii. 95; plurality of, undesirable, 10;
historical account of, iii. 29, 381; their
rules for uniformity of practice, iii. 86;
salaries of Indian judges, 162, 169;
question of single judges considered,
176; character of judges of Court of
Review, 179; salaries of judges in
France, 200; ought to give the reasons
for their judgments, 235; sensible of
the necessity of legal reform, 443, 444.

2 I

Judicial Establishments, observations on,
in Mr. Brougham's speech, ii. 8; neces-
sity for reform of, in England, 96; of
India, 229; iii. 161; of France, 198,
347; reforms in (in 1832), 436.
Jurisprudence (see Codification, &c.), state
of, in the United States, i. 22; written
and unwritten law, ii. 181; of Louisi-
ana, 434; relation between jurispru-
dence and history, iii. 29; Austin's Lec-
tures on, reviewed, 105; distinction
between jurisprudence and legislation,
107; of India, iii. 158.

Jury, introduction of trial by, at Cey-
lon, i. 121; Sir A. Johnston's letter on,
123; operations of juries in France,
467; introduction of trial by, at Ma-
dras, ii. 236; changes with regard to,
in France, iii. 52; persons qualified to
serve on juries in France, 210; intro-
duction of, into New South Wales,
460; Indian jury bill, ib.

Justice de Paix, in France, account of, iii.
361.

Justices of the Peace, proceedings before,

i. 159, 322; Mr. Brougham's observa-
tions on the administration of law by,
ii. 15; observations on the licensing
system, 16; on the general jurisdiction
of, 400; history of, 403; qualification
of, 416; quarter sessions, 419; Mr.
Peel's bill to provide for the better exe-
cution of their office, 429; conduct of,
iii. 314; a bone-breaking magistrate,
315; conduct of Irish magistrates, 316;
remarks on the magistrate cases in
K. B., 448.

Juvenile Offenders, necessity of an institu-
tion for, iii. 128; eighth report of the
Prison Discipline Society noticed, 277;
seventh annual report of the New York
Society for the Reformation of, 462.

Kent, ex-Chancellor of New York, his
opinion on abolishing courts of equity,
i. 32.

Ker, Mr. Bellenden, his pamphlet on re-
gistration noticed, iii. 328.

King's Bench (see Courts), relative
amount of business of, i. 103; Mr.
Brougham's observations on the Court
of, ii. 11.

Lansdowne, Lord, his speech in favour of
capital punishment, iii. 439.
Landrecht of Prussia, ii. 207, 208; law
of prescription in, 382, 387, 393, 397.
Land, Archbishop, his conduct towards the
judges, iii. 385.

Laurie, Mr., review of his Inquiry into the
Use and Abuse of Grand Juries, iii.278.

Lawyers, unfitness of, to be reformers of
the law, i. 5; iii. 215.
Legislation, British, defects in the system
of, iii. 67; Sir M. Hale's plan of law
making, 68; Bentham's works on, 105;
distinction between legislation and ju-
risprudence, 107.

Legitimacy, question of, in medical ju-
risprudence, i. 399.

Licensing System, Mr. Brougham's ob-
servations on, ii. 16; an act to regulate
the granting of licences, 335.
Limitation (see Prescription), history of
the law of, ii. 374; observations on,
378; abstract of the bill for the limi-
tation of suits relating to real property,
ii. 282.

Literary Property, sketch of English law
of, i. 114; state of, in France, ib.;
report of commission to inquire into
state of, 117; draft of law of, 119.
Litigation, cbservations on, ii. 264.
Local Courts, necessity of, ii. 94; sug-
gestions for establishment of, 97; pro-
posed situation of, 114; observations
on Mr. Brougham's plan of, iii. 72.
Locré, M., his Legislation de France,
ii. 341.

Lords, appellate jurisdiction, Mr. Cooper's

observations on, ii. 102, 260; charac-
ter of, as a court of appeal, iii. 179.
Louisiana, jurisprudence of, ii. 434.
Lunatics, Chancellor's jurisdiction over,
i. 396; abstract of an act to amend the
laws for the erection of lunatic asylums,
ii. 331; bill to lessen the expences of
writs de lunatico inquirendo, iii. 299.
Lyndhurst, Lord, his attempts at reforms
in Chancery, iii. 60.

Mackintosh, Sir J., error of, in system of
law reform, ii. 4; his opinion of
Aubrey Gentili, iii. 102.

Macnaghten, Sir F., his opinion on the

legality of the regulations respecting
the liberty of the press in India,
i. 79.

Magistrates, see Justice of the Peace.
Mansfield, Lord, his remarks on the law
of libel, i. 416; cited, 373; ii. 29,
219; iii. 414, 417.
Marriage, American law relating to
foreign marriages, i. 441; registration
of, in France, ii. 39; in England, 43;
iii. 226; law of, in Louisiana, ii. 439;
whether the ecclesiastical courts should
have jurisdiction over, iii. 396.
Masters in Chancery, new rules relating
to, ii. 168.

Medical Jurisprudence, medical assessors
to coroners recommended, i. 50; ob-

servations on, 378; importance of the
study, 380; history of, 381; English
writers on, 384; Dr. Gordon Smith's
principles of, 385; remarks on College
of Physicians, 386; on College of Sur-
geons, 387; on Company of Apotheca-
ries, 388; on medical schools, 390; on
preservation of public health, 391; on
insanity, 395; jurisdiction of the
Chancellor in lunacy, 396; questions
of legitimacy, 399; feigned diseases,
403; criminal trials, ib.; Aubrey Gen-
tili's works on, iii. 102.
Mewlnera, Mr., his pamphlet on registra-
tion noticed, iii. 336.

Milbank Penitentiary, expence of, iii. 194;
success of, 276.

Military Law, observations on the pre-
sent state of, i. 169.

Miller, on the administration of justice in
the East Indies, noticed, ii. 225.
Minors, American law relating to, i. 441.
Montesquieu, cited, iii. 110.

More, Sir T., accused of bribery, iii. 35.
Municipal Institutions, law of municipal
elections in France, iii. 42; want of a
new system of municipal officers, 223;
in connexion with police, 225; in mat-
ters relating to property, 227; in con-
nexion with courts of law, 228.

Park, Mr. J. J., his contre-projet to the
Humphreysian Code noticed, ii. 217;
his definition of the common law, 218;
review of his Dogmas of the Constitu-
tion, iii. 267.
Parkes, Joseph, his History of the Court
of Chancery reviewed, i. 446; cited,
ii. 72.

Parliament (see Reform), debate on
Mr. Baring's bill relative to privilege
of parliament in matters of arrest, iii.
307; abandonment of that bill, 442.
Parliamentary Papers, &c.

March, 1827-Expired and expiring

acts, i. 154; returns of debtors and
insolvent debtors, 156; of commit-
ments for contempt of court, 158.
July, 1827-Returns of sums received
by Lord Thurlow as patentee, &c.
320; of the profits of the Chancel-
lor, 321; of the number of debtors
committed to the King's Bench,
&c. ib.

Jan. 1828-Returns respecting crimi-
nals, 473; report on criminal com-
mitments, 487.

April, 1829-Expired laws, ii. 481;
expiring laws, 482; statutes passed
in last session, 484; returns relating
to insolvent debtors, ib.
April, 1832-Returns of persons com-
mitted, convicted, &c. iii. 130; ex-
tracts from the Report of the Keeper
of the State Prison at Auburn, U.S.
145.

July, 1832-Returns relating to the
Court of Bankruptcy, iii. 309; of
the duties performed by the Secre-
taries of Bankrupts, 312; Lord
Brougham's speech on taking leave
of the bar, 313.
Parliamentary Proceedings.

March, 1827, i. 131; Mr. Peel's bills,

133; Chancery bill, 139; writ of
right bill, 142; copyhold devise
bill, 144; bills of exchange bill,
146; spring gun bill, 147; miscella-
neous bills, 148.

July, 1827-Prospects of law reform,
i. 305; Chancery reform, 307;
heads of statutes passed, 308; ab-
stract of Mr. Peel's criminal acts,
311-314.

Jan. 1829-Statutes passed in the last
session, ii. 320.
April, 1829, ii. 479.

Nov. 1832, iii. 452.

Review of parliamentary proceedings,
1832, iii. 434.

Parochial Registration, system of, in
France, ii. 38; in England, 41; as to
births, ib.; as to marriages, 43; as to
deaths, 46; Lord Nugent's bill for re-
gistration of births, iii. 220; necessity
for a new system of municipal officers,

223.

Paupers, see Poor Law. Observations

on suing in formâ pauperis, ii. 266.
Peel, Mr., his speech on the larceny bill,
i. 2; analysis of his larceny and mali-
cious injuries' bills, 133; letter to, by
Swinburne, on law of inheritance,
ii. 117; his bill to provide for the bet-
ter execution of the office of justice of
the peace, 429; remarks on his new