3 July 1805

Evidence

Introd. Jurisprudential

Ch. 3. Sources

''. 2. Dicta

The institution of a licencer royal by whom fact or veto[?] thus important preliminary might be ascertained, would for the severity of matters be a highly durable amendment to Statute the plan of which is amply supplied by the above pair of dicta. By such an institution indeed the power of the Court of the King's Bench on matters of libel would suffer no small domination. But as virtue in that honourable court is the inseperable confusion of power, the domination would no doubt be submitted with becoming mysticism should it be [?] [?] by the wisdom of Orleanus[?].

4. "The law of nations in its full virtue is part of the law of England" "Lord Torbut Lord [?] declared this as a clear opinion." A noble field for jurisprudential power, cloathed[?] in jurisprudential service. A lawyer glides over it upon the ways of the word, laying down the law as he goes, which they Lords and Commons are jolting and thwarting one another all the time, are crawling to and fro upon the ground some times forwards sometimes backwards always at a snails pace.

5. Christianity is the law of the land. Under favour of these [...?], an Orthodox chief patron (and how is it possible /is it in the power/ in chief patron to observe this orthodox?) confutes infidelity confutes heresy, proving whatsoever is not to be proved by reasoning by the logic of imprisonment and force.