DIGITISED MANUSCRIPTS

See that she is whipped soundly—whipped until the blood runs down!’ This man was allowed to become Lord Chancellor of England because there was no public opinion to condemn his crimes. In fact it may be stated that the judges in a body followed the brutal servility of Jeffries to the King’s orders. The exception proves the rule. Sir John Jones, who had been Attorney-General under Charles II., retired from office, and even refused the woolsack, as he would not support the arbitrary measures of the King. One day on refusing to comply with James II.’s orders to serve on the bench, James said that he would find twelve judges to serve. ‘Twelve judges you may, sire, but not twelve lawyers,’ rejoined Jones. InTOLERANCE.—The same sense of morality which now ensures to every criminal, whether political or otherwise, a fair trial, has moderated the religious intolerance which prevailed in this country up to a comparatively recent date. Religious fanaticism 1s the strongest passion of which the human breast is capable, and we may exonerate, to a certain extent at least, preceding generations from blame for cruel- ties perpetrated by the masses during crises of great excitement, and under the pressure of overwhelm- ing influences. Still, we cannot reconcile the pomp and pageantry of the English Court of the sixteenth