TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD MANSFIELD, I KNOW not to whom I could dedicate the following papers, with so much propriety as to your Lordship; who have upon every occafion, when the conftitution has been attacked by A 2 defign defigning minifters, boldly ftood forth in its defence, and fupported with undaunted refolution, and unequalled integrity the laws of England; who have nobly oppofed every arbitrary and unconftitutional measure of government, during the course of this reign; and preferved the just rights of the people. You who have in your great mercy always punished the guilty, whereever you found them, and protected the innocent from: lawless violence, and a military force. You who was greatly inftrumerital, in easing the pangs of an almoft deftracted father, by bringing to Juftice the murderers of his Son. You who never would fuffer the leaft delay in the execution of the law fince your your advancement to the King'sBench. You, before whom, the perjurer, and the informer never dared to appear for fear of meeting from your Lordship's known regard for truth and justice, the punishment they deserve. You who have fettled grand juries upon their antient foundation, and restored them to their original use and purity, fo long, and fo much wanting, your Lordfhip being convinced this is the principal guard of every man's life, liberty, and eftate; for by the known laws, no fubject of this realm can be brought to the bar of juftice, without the cause being first enquired into by a grand jury. You who have in your great goodness and love for justice, juftice, explained the power and right of petty juries to judge of law, as well as fact. You who have abolished, that infamous method of filing informations in the King's Bench, and obliging many of the beft fubjects of this kingdom to anfwer at that awful tribunal, for no other crimes, but bravely daring to fupport the rights and privileges of Englishmen; for this noble ftand against Star-chamber tyranny; your Lordship deserves the united thanks of the whole nation. You who have fuch a degree of refolution, as never can be brought to fwerve in the least from what you think to be law and justice. You who have upon every great occafion, fhewed an intrepid zeal in afferting the autho |