to the disgust and indignation of the unlearned
spectators, and the astonishment of some of the gentlemen of the jury
themselves--many of them the very first men of the county--Snap jumped
up on the form, pulled out his purse with an air of wild exultation, and
proceeded to remunerate Sir Godolphin Fitzherbert and his companions
with the sum of two guineas each. Proclamation was then made, and the
court adjourned till the next morning.

NOTES.

Note 1. Page 11.

Thomas De Quincey--a man whose genius and diversified and profound
acquirements constitute him one of the most remarkable men of the age;
and the book quoted in the text is worthy of him.

Note 2. Page 20.

The legislature hath since shown many indications of agreement with the
opinion of my unhappy swell: having lately abolished arrest on _mesne_
process altogether, as affording creditors too serious a chance of
preventing the escape of a fraudulent debtor; and having still more
recently made a step towards the abolition of arrest on _final_ process!
[1844.]

Note 3. Page 60.

[Greek:Tou_ kai\ a)po\ glo/sses me/litos glyki/on r(e/en au)e/]

Note 4. Page 107.

_Blackstone's Commentaries_, vol. iv. pp. 134-5.

Note 5. Page 108.

_Blackstone_, vol. iii. p. 400, where it is stated, however, that "that
practice is now disused."

Note 6. Page 110.

_Blackstone's Commentaries_, vol. iv. p. 135.

Note 7. Page 113.

By a very recent statute (6 and 7 Vict. c. 73, Sec.Sec. 37, 43)--passed in
1843--salutary alterations have been made in the law regulating the
taxation of the bills of attorneys and solicitors. Except "under special
circumstances," a client cannot now have his attorney's or solicitor's
bill taxed, after the lapse of twelve months since it was delivered. If
as much as one-sixth of the bill be struck off, the attorney or
solicitor must pay the costs of the operation; if less than one-sixth,
the client will have that satisfaction.

Note 8. Page 122.

This was written about the year 1838-9.

Note 9. Page 124.

This mode of treating the remains of a _felo de se_ was (on the 8th July
1823) abolished by Act of Parliament (stat. 4 Geo. IV). The remains of a
_felo de se_ are ordered by that act to be buried privately in the
churchyard, but without the performance of any rites of Christian
burial. The Prayer-book also prohibits the "office for the burial of the
dead from being used for any that have laid violent hands