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from acomplete abridgment of the whole 
bedy of the Jaw, is a work upon an ex- 
tenfive plan, and very defervedly held in 
high eftimation. We have alfo fome ex 
cellent books of practice up to that period, 
and even later. 
Tt is well known that the law and.its 
practice can only he altered by the ftatutes 
enacted by the parliament of this realm, 
the determinations of the courts of law and 
equity, and. by the rules and orders from 
thne to time made by thefe courts refpec- 
tively: I fhould think, therefore, a Law 
Magazine, which contained a complete 
nove as concife an abridgment as’ poffi- 
le (confattent with per{picuity) of the acts 
be: parliament of general concern paffed 
fince the time te which the law. is bro ught 
down by the editor of the laft edition of 
Bacon’s Abridgment, and the like abridg- 
ment of fuch ftatuies as fha!l in future be 
pafled, an account of thofe determinations 
of the courts of law and equity which have 
eonfirmed a doubtful point or altered the 
law fince that period, or which fhaliin 
future confirm or alter the fame, bya 
brict ftatement of the point determined, 
and the principles upon which it was Bee 
cided, the name of the parties, and the 
court and term in which each cafe was. 
adjudged, with references to the reports 
in which fuch cafe may be found, and cor- 
re&t copies of the rules and orders of the 
re{pective courts which have been or fhall 
be made after that period, could not fail 
of meeting with great encouragement, it 
properly executed. 
The execution of a Magazine upon this 
plan, however extenfive it may be thought 
by fome, is certainly praéticable, if a due 
regard is paid to brevity ; and there would 
be an inexhauftible fund of materials for 
its fwpport. The 
abridged claufe by claufe, exaétly in the 
order thofe claufes ftand in the original 
acts of parliament, without any attempt 
to digelt or methodize the different parts 
of the aéts. At the end of the year, a 
fupolementary number might be publifhed, 
containing a chig elted ihdex to the abridged 
ftarutes and adjudged cafes, with a litt of 
the cafes, andi reterences to the pages 
which contain them. To the above may 
be added, a lift of all law publications, as 
they are, from time to time, publifhed, 
and €rictures upon thofe which are en- 
tided to particular notice. 
Until the M-gazine is able in fome 
meafure to’ kecp pace with the ftatutes 
as they are paffed, and the adjudged cafes, 
it would be right to employ a larger quan- 
tity of letter:prefs monthly than it is in- 
Monwruiy Mas. No. 65. 
Law Magazine— Hair changed through Fright. 
ftatutes fhould be - 
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tended in general to furnifh, and the price 
muft cf courfe correfpond with the fize of 
the pamphlet. When this object ts at- 
tained, the price may be reduced, unlefs 
the editor fhould feel himfelf qualified and 
difpofed to fupply thofe titles which are 
wanting in Bacon’s Abridgment, or to 
improve thofe which it contains. I very 
much wih fome perfon or perfons compe. 
tent to the tafk would underiake fuch a 
peblication as the one above defcribed ; 
would not only, as I have before seae. 
meet with great encouragement, bat would 
render an important fervice to the greater 
part of the profeffion, particularly the 
practiting attornies and folicitors, and 
eipeciaily thofe who refide in the country, 
who frequently err for want of being ap- 
prized of fome recent alterations which 
have been made in the law, either by fome 
new fiatutes, or by the decifions of the 
courts. I am, Sir, 
Your moft humble fervant, 
15t) Sept. 1800. Ree 
wea 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
ERMIT me, through the means of 
your ufefui Mifcellany the Monthly 
Magazine, to requeft the opinion of your 
intelligent correfpondents on the following 
effects faid to proceed from exceffive grief 
or fear :— 
It is reiated of a boy, in one of the 
rudeft parts of the county of Clare in 
Ireland, that, in order to geey fome 
eaglets Tepe in a hole roo feet fram the 
fummit of a rock which rofe 400 feet per- 
pendicular from the fea, he caufcd himfelf 
be fufpended by a rope, with a fcimitar 
in his hand for his defence, fhould he meet 
with an attack from the old ones ;, which 
precaution was found neceffary, for no 
fooner had his compaions lowered him to 
the neft, than one of the old eagies made 
at him with great fury,at which ne fruck, 
but, unfortunately miffing bis aim, nearly 
cut through the rope that fupported him. 
Deferi bing his horrible fituation to his 
dobnwadee® they cantioufly, and fafi ‘ly, 
drew him up; when it was found that his 
hair, which a quarter of an hour bef re 
was a dark auburn, was changed to grey. 
Another inflance is given in a Selection 
of Anecdotes, &c. by L. ¥. Rede, under 
the article Afrighé; and a fimilar account 
is reported of the late unfortunate Queen 
of France, during her firt night of arreft 
and imprifonment; but as circumfiances 
cf this nature have been heard of by alm -ft 
every one, it would only be walling time 
to notice more 
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