V

THE

BRITISH CICERO;

OR,

A SELECTION

OF THE

MOST ADMIRED SPEECHES

IN THE

COLEGE LIBRARY NEW JERSEY.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE;

ARRANGED UNDER THREE DISTINCT HEADS OF POPULAR,
PARLIAMENTARY, AND JUDICIAL ORATORY:

WITH HISTORICAL ILLUSTRATIONS:

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED,

ODUCTION

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY AND PRACTICE

OF ELOQUENCE.

BY THOMAS BROWNE, LL. D.

AUTHOR OF " VIRIDARIUM POETICUM,” THE “ UNION DICTIONARY,” &c. &c.

CONTENTS

OF THE THIRD VOLUME.

PART THE THIRD.

CHAPTER XIV.

Forensic Eloquence

Mr. Justice Hardinge's Charge to the Jury, in the

case of Morgan William, accused of Murder

Sentence passed by Judge Wilds on John Slaten,
- for the inhuman Murder of his Slaye, in Janua-
ry, 1806

Mr. Justice Hardinge's Address, previous to pas-

sing Sentence upon Mary Morgan, convicted of

the Murder of her Bastard Child

Charge of a Judge to a Jury, on a Woman who

was accused of Murdering her Child

Speech of John Philpot Curran, Esq. in Defence of

the Rev. Charles Massey, against the Marquis

of Headfort, for Criminal Conversation with the

Plaintiff's Wife

-

Mr. Erskine's Speech to the Jury, in behalf of John

Petrie, Esq. who was accused of Criminal Con-

versation with the Wife of Henry Martin, Esq.

of Galway, in Ireland

Speech of the Hon. Thomas Erskine, (now Lord

Erskine,) in Defence of the Rev. William David

Shipley, Dean of St. Asaph, for a Libel, at the

Assizes at Shrewsbury, on the 6th of August, 1784

Speech of John Philpot Curran, Esq. in Defence of

Lady Pamela Fitzgerald, and her Infant Children,

at the Bar of the House of Commons in Ireland

Speech of the Right Hon. William Earl of Mans-

field, in the matter of Mr. Evans

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