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Africa the Roman law as modified by the Dutch, in India the laws of the Hindoo and the Mohammedan. Therefore, whether ul timately incorporated with the House of Lords to form a single court of appeal for the whole empire, or exercised as heretofore in an independent tribunal, this great im perial jurisdiction is a matter of vast moral

as well as legal significance. It is an effort, by sustaining diverse customs and principles of right which have been consecrated by long usage and stamped with the approval of generations, to heed that cry of humanity heard through all the ages for justice and peace among men. THE END.

A STRANGE EXPERIENCE Bv John De Morgan. IT is not given to many men to be hanged and buried, and yet be able to tell the tale, but such was the experience of one John Bartendale, who was executed at York in 1634 for felony. After his body had hung for nearly an' hour, it was buried. A gentle man passing by the grave, which had not been filled up, thought he saw the earth move, and with the help of his servant, he disinterred the convict, who was still alive. It was the custom, in those days, to bury suicides and executed criminals without any coffin. The man was carefully treated, and entirely recovered. He became hostler at the coaching house in York and lived a most exemplary life. When asked what he could tell in relation to hanging, as having experi enced it, he replied: "That when I was turned off flashes of fire seemed to dart from

my eyes, from which I fell into a state of darkness and insensibility." The incident is referred to in a rhyming itinerary, known as ''Drunken Barnaby's," which used to be very popular with street venders in the North of England. A piper being here committed, Guilty found, condemned and titted; As he was to Knavesmire going, This day, quoth Boys, will spoil thy blowing; From thy Pipe th'art now departing; Wags, quoth th' Piper, you're not certain. All which happen'd to our wonder, For the halter cut asunder, As one of all life deprived, Being bury'd, he reviv'd; And there lives and plays his measure, Holding hanging but a pleasure.