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 ACTS OF PARLIAMENT, relating to the Courts of the Stannaries of Cornwall, with the Rules and Orders for the Regulation of the Practice and Pleadings in the same Court, &c. 12mo. London. 1842.

for regulating the affairs of the Parish of St. Mary-le-bone. 8vo. London. 1823.

ADAIR, W. J. Discussions of the law of libels as at present received ; in which its authenticity is examined, with incidental observations on the legal effect of precedents and authority. 8vo. London. 1785. ADAM, WILLIAM. A Practical Treatise and Observations on Trial by Jury in civil causes, as now incorporated with the jurisdiction of the Court of Session. 8vo. Edinburgh. 1836.

. Additional observations on Bills of Exception, being a Supplement to his Treatise on Trial by Jury. 8vo. Edinburgh. 1836. This is the production of a judge of great learning and experience, who was practically acquainted with the subject which he treats, having filled, for many years, the office of chief jury judge. The trial of civil causes by jury in Scotland, is of comparatively recent date, and it had to encounter many unavoidable difficulties ; and, perhaps, nothing short of the wisdom, the experience, and the delicate tact of the author of the Practical Treatise, could have surmounted such obstacles. The venerable judge — at the close of a laborious life spent in ameliorating and administering the laws of his country, at the sacrifice of his health and the almost total loss of his vision — produced this treatise upon jury trials, which he has had the honour of encouraging and introducing into Scotland. 1 Month. Rev. N. S. 1837, 285; 12 Legal Obs. 277; 2 Edinb. L. J. 521 ; 17 L. M. 229. Bell's illustrations of the Law of Scotland. ADAMS, JOHN. A defence of the Constitution of Government of the United States of America, against the attack of M. Turgot. 3d ed. 3 vols. 8vo. Philadelphia. 1797. and London. 1787 and 1794. This "Defence was first published by its learned author, while resident, as ambassador, in London. In it, the writer has ably combatted the opinions of Turgot, Mably, and Price, who were in favour of a single Legislative Assembly, and by it has contributed much towards establishing that division of power in our Legislative Assemblies, with its proper checks and balances, which we now enjoy. His accounts of other 50