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 BUR of Bills, and giving the precedent of each part, discusses all the deci- sions which bear on it ; and in almost every instance the Irish cases are referred to." Leg. Rep. BURROUGH, SAMUEL. History of the Chancery, relating to the Judicial Power of that Court, and Rights of the Master. 12mo. London. 1726. " Lord King was so much pleased with the work that he rewarded the author with a mastership in Chancery." Cooper's Defects of Chan- cery, 350. . Legal Judicature in Chancery stated, with Remarks on a late Book, entitled, Discourse of the Judicial Authority, &c. 8vo. London. 1727. The author, it is said, was assisted in composing this work by Mr., afterwards Bishop Warbuiton. Hurd's Life of Warburton ; Cooper's Defects of Chancery, 350. BURROUGHS, SIR JOHN. Sovereignty of the British Seas, proved by Records, &c. London. 1729. BURROW, SIR JAMES. Reports of Cases adjudged in the Court of K. B. in the time of Lord Mansfield, from M. T. 30 Geo. II. 1756, to Easter T. 12 G. HI. 1772. 5th ed. with cri- tical Notes and References to other Reports and authorities. By the late Serjeant Hill. 5 vols. 8vo. London. 1812. These volumes are the faithful repositories of Lord Mansfield's deci- sions. Burrow is an indefatigable, accurate, and pains-taking reporter. From his constant attendance in the Court of Kino's Bench, from his regular and methodical method of note taking, as well as from the facili- ties of access to the records afforded him by his office, he was enabled to give a complete history of each cause. " The material facts of the cases are luminously detailed ; the arguments of counsel circumstan- tially, but not tediously reported ; and the opinions of the Court accu- rately and satisfactorily stated. On the principles of the lex mercatoria these volumes may be considered a copious and original fountain. Bur- row is to be regarded as, of all other reporters, the most elementary and methodical, and, therefore, best suited to impart instruction to the stu- dent." The great reputation of the judge, whose decisions Burrow records, will perpetuate the reporter's name, "like a column designed to per- petuate the fame of some illustrious action or the memory of a great name," The American editions are, 5 vols., 8vo., Philadelphia, 1808 ; 2 vols., 8vo., condensed. New York, 1833. Life of Blackstone, 109 ; Bridg. J^eg. Bib. ; Brooks' Bibliotheca, 165